Divorcee Actress and Actor Husband Outsized Alimony Debate
A discussion centers on a high profile divorce case involving a young actor who married an actress with a family of actors. The contended alimony amount is cited as ten thousand dollars a month, with commentary on the financial burden and the lifestyle it supports. The piece notes the actress’s eligibility for substantial support and questions how such payments affect both parties as the dispute continues.
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Burdock
James A
How to Raise Revenue for a New Congress
The extraordinary session of Congress convenes April 11 under a new administration. Debates focus on taxation and tariffs to raise four billion dollars, with proposals ranging from ending excess profits taxes to a direct sales tax. Proponents argue a sales tax distributes the burden fairly and increases transparency, while opponents warn of new costs at the point of sale.
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Congress
Uncle Sam
Cigebes
Paying the Price Divorces Swift Heiress Wife
Multimillionaire James A Swift of New York sues for divorce accusing his burlesque actress wife of infidelity. His background ties to Stillman family, leading bank president, and daughter Mrs. James Brown Poiter cited. commentary dismisses the complainant as lacking sympathy.
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James A. Swift
New York
James A. Stillman
United States
James Brown Poiter
Editorial Echoes Of International Rivalry And Local Tax Reform
The piece critiques Anglo American commercial tensions and suggests a Japanese influence narrative from The Press. It urges fair tax reform in Waterloo Town, proposing a uniform assessment system to ensure equal payments. It cites weather prognostications and mocks trivial dreams as local commentary.
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Britain
United States
Germany
Russia
Japan
England
America
Contaminated vegetables in typhoid prevention talks
Health Talks by John KR Huber M D discuss how vegetables grown in soil tainted by typhoid discharges can carry bacteria on leaves and in sap. The piece warns that rainwater cannot cleanse these vegetables and explains the germ’s longevity in soil, urging laws to curb human waste fertilization and improve market produce hygiene.
Friend Wife By Roe Fulkerston
Imogene and Andrew discuss a fortune teller who claims to read initials, predict wealth, and reveal Imogene’s future, including marriage, money, and a courtly life. The seer charges $2, plus hints about generosity, cleverness, and societal ascent.
Some Day By Frack L. Stanton and Breakfast Question
Fragmentary verse and dialogue appear with broken syntax and spelling errors. A humorous exchange about a political run asks if a governor candidate could endure two weeks away stump speaking while a companion suggests breakfast options. The text blends poetry and casual banter without a clear news event.
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John
Molly
Fortune Telling Omissions Spark Dark Man and Water Crossing
A fragment recalls a fortune teller omitting warnings of a dark man with a bundle and a journey. It hints at crossing water and a remarriage with children, then notes a woman silencing the man by covering his mouth.
Town legislature debates funding for livestock disease and tuberculosis
The Town legislature considers bills to grant a quarter million dollars to combat livestock disease and nineteen thousand to fight human tuberculosis. Other items praise road work on Logan Avenue and advocate modernizing street names. The column humorously comments on public finance, school boards, taxation, industrial democracy, rural electrification, city governance, and Patience Worth’s latest book.
Side Talks on Fidgeting by Ruth Cameron
Ruth Cameron muses on fidgeting, noting how restless habits mar appearance and speech. She cites restless hands, facial expressions, and strained laughter, urging steadiness and relaxed posture as a subtle art.
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Ruth Cameron
Local Dispatches From Cedar Falls and County Notes
Fifty years ago Cedar Falls faced a major fire that consumed Overman's three story structure and two adjoining buildings with early estimates near seventy five thousand dollars. Peter Melendy of Cedar Grants was named United States marshal through Senator Harlan's efforts. Marriages and local appointments fill the page, including Elwin M. Peast and Miss Sarah J Week, T O Dowd admitted to the bar, and a long list of scholastic honors led by Fernando Parsons with a perfect record.
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Peter Melendy
Cedar Grants
United States
James R. Harlan
Cedar Falls
Overman
Assassination rumors and local notices from 1881
Forty years ago on March 13 reports reach Secretary Blaine that Russia’s czar was killed by bombs in Moscow. The article notes political upheaval, local business updates, deaths from scarlet fever, marriages, and residents moving, with several small items about trains, real estate, and a showman seeking a beauty queen.
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J James G. Blaine
Washington
Foster
St. Petersburg
Russia
Alexander III
Marriages and courthouse bonds noted in Orange township
Twenty years ago in Orange township Rev Daniel Miller officiated at the wedding of Miss Martha Beekly and Hubert Sweitzer on March 14 at the bride’s home on the J J Weller farm. Mr Atkinson of Webster City won a contract to build the new courthouse for 310,000, with $3,500 premium.
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George B. Lichty
Annie M. Derrick
A. C. Manwell
Abraham Ehret
Mary Holmes
C. E. Baker
Albert W. Bates
Tama County
Lois M. Powell
Waterloo
B. N. Wood
Matilda Baysinger
Mr. Manvwell
Daniel Miller
Orange Township
Martha Beekly
Hubert Sweitzer
J. J. Weller
Orange
L. R. Peifer
Aebes Atkinson
Webster City
Atkinson
Burrough
Fourth and
Commerce
Haffa
Clements
First National Bank
Chicago
Jerusalem Cherry Poison? Answers in Nature Notes
Incomplete readable fragment asks three questions about plant and animal safety. It references Jerusalem cherry toxicity, rabbit fattening in a single winter night, and whether a road ranger or chaparral bird preys on rattlesnakes, with a note that answers appear in tomorrow's Nature Notes.
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Jerusalem
Answers to Previous Questions On Blue Jar And Starfish
A reader asks about a blue jar description, noting blue jars with crested heads, grayish blue upper parts, and white spots around the neck. Another query describes a starfish detaching its arms when caught, driven by self preservation, not reasoning. A third explains milk production in cows as a blood-driven factory, milk flow affected by nerves and stranger disturbance.
Hidden Lives Behind the Paycheck Revealed
A note on how some people fade from view yet live within their earnings, while a jury weighs both sides of every story, emphasizing accountability and perspective in public discourse.
Iowa Editors A Further Closed Season on Birds
Sioux City Journal reports both houses of the general assembly voted to extend the closed season for prairie chicken and quail by five years. The birds have become rare due to civilization, habitat loss, and hunting, yet the state preserves a chance for survival. Iowa joins other states in efforts to save these species from extermination.
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Will
Onawa
Sioux City
Permanen
Iowa
Bob White
Mystery in Riverton Bank scandal and a murder
Paul Harvey investigates Hartshorne murder as part of a tense social dinner at the Ledyards. Suspects include Swarthmore Braddock and Trixy while Mrs Cowles and Matilde probe motives and alibis. Adare recalls a telling, unsettling remark from Matilde about the crime scene’s lack of tears.
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George
Bherien
C. F. Warren
Sarah Myers
Paul
Jess
Moura
Tment
Riverton Bank
Paul Swift
Ledyards
Mrs. Hartshorne
Swarthmore
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Mr. Harvey
Adare
Madame
Correct English Don’t Say
The prisoner was charged with crime. The defendant was accused of theft. He is interested in the study of art. He was enamored with the charms of the lady. He availed himself of the opportunity.
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd
A scrambled newspaper item asks readers to name the longest English word, noting the 21-letter disproportional ness as a candidate and inviting contestants to set a better answer. mentions No 680 Tebus and Paul etc.
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Sam Loyd
Tebus
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