Conditions Are Compared Yet No Place for Poor Man
Letter from Los Angeles reader discusses cooler winter, growing population, higher taxes, and cost of living. Notes citrus profits, business opportunities, packing plants, and high school costs. Warns working men, mentions Oriental labor competition and urban spending. Ends with contrast between California and other states.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Courier
N. Northey
Up' d
Wear
America
Needles
Portland
John
Marys
Lillians
Geraldines
Annettes
Placid
Pacific
Chas. M. Woods
United States Blockade Runner John G McCullough Captured
The American schooner John G McCullough has been captured for attempting to run the blockade and taken to Falmouth where her cargo awaits prize court. No listing appears for an American schooner of that name in records. An unrelated Henry Mary Pickford note appears as a theater advertisement.
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London
John G. McCullough
Falmouth
Azores
Early start in home gardens boosts early veggies
An extended gardening advisory urges starting vegetables now using cold frames and south-facing, warm sunlit plots. It explains frame construction, seed sowing timing, hardening plants, and the value of clean, well-presented produce for higher prices. It notes tomatoes peppers and cucumbers can be bought locally and offers guidance on overcoming short growing seasons.
Paroled Man E A Boggs Plans Waterloo Return
E A Boggs, who has been in Fort Madison since December 16 1914, was paroled by the state board of parole last night. J Murtagh, his longtime counsel, notes the judgment in Morrison larceny by embezzlement case, affirmed by the supreme court. Boggs will join William Galloway and seek work as Waterloo interest grows in his future.
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B. A. Boggs
Fort Madason
State Board of Parole
J. ©. Murtagh
Murtagh
Grundy County
Boges
Farmers Savings Bank
Morrison
Supreme Court
Boggs
Fort Madison
Waterloo
William Galloway
Mr. Boggs
Labor union backs school board ticket in Waterloo
The Central Labor union announces a labor slate for Waterloo east and west school boards. It argues working families need better education with vocational training and safer texts amid rising living costs. The union cites support from 2400 workers and outlines its stance on textbook changes and democratic reform.
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Tvo
Organized Labor
Waterloo
Liw
Central Litr Union
Kchaot
Central Labor Union
Sa Id
Catarrh Cure Claims Internal Treatment Works
Cure advocates say catarrh is constitutional not curable by local applications. The remedy is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Ad says it is a nonquack prescription from a leading physician and invites free estimates. Also promotes Hall's Family Pile for constipation.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Prlee Tc
Hall
Taft Plans South Tour Under Peace League
Taft cancels all paid engagements from March 18 to April 4 to tour the South and Southwest with the League to Enforce Peace. He aims to awaken 20th century citizens to defend their rights and duties, with stops arranged by local League branches and cooperating citizens and organizations.
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New York
Wa Hi
Taft
Lunttad States
D International Law Nal Yate University
League
Paul Revere
Organiaition
Waterloo Travelers Find Florida Cold and Little Damage
Mro and Mrs. 0. El. Sweeney left Jan 20 for Florida and traveled through Chicago Louisville Nash ye Chattanooga and many southern towns. They reached Madison Wisconsin where Abs West’s plantation impressed them, noting frost damage limited to young citrus and some tender crops while older trees recovered. local lights and farming practices in Tampa cited as patterns.
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Mro
el. Sweeney
Florida
Chicago
Louisville
Nashye
Chattanooga
Alhamfa
Cordello
Pitts
Valdosta
Madison
Dickvanville
St. Augustine
St. Petersburg
Chadtae Noga
Sweeney
Tampa
Wit
Kph. West
Waterloo
Tn Independence
Mr. West
Witerlog
Abs. West
Mira. Wubbard
Thom
West Iis
Mississippi
Bower
Living in the county “Living is reasonable here”
The note mentions affordable produce with grapefruit and strawberries priced before frost, scenes of parks and beaches for picnics, and plans to return home. The speaker states plans to assist at the county treasurer’s offices after March 20 following March 10.
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California
Tiany
Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement Expanded in Waterloo
A Waterloo reader, Mrs. Fannie A. Pyle, testifies Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved years of backache and kidney pain. She reports renewed confidence in the remedy after 1907 and 1915 statements, noting relief from dull days and kidney discomfort. Wester-Milburn Co. of Buffalo distributes the product.
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Doan
Waterloo
Fannie A. Pyle
B. Sece
St. Waterloo
Dean
Pile
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Selena
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Justine
Mme. Lyra
Venus
Peace League
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