War veterans bureau aims to rehabilitate ailing soldiers
The United States veterans bureau, created to care for and rehabilitate wounded veterans, has spent vast sums yet faces corruption rumors. Despite flaws, substantial progress includes 65,000 veterans in vocational training by Jan 1, with 30,000 in trades, 15,000 in commerce, 12,000 in professions, and 8,900 in agriculture, preparing for reentry into work nationwide.
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La Follette Eyes Third-Party Bid in 1912 Campaign
La Follette signals a third party presidential bid with a sweeping reform platform. He aims to spark a national movement, backed by public ownership, direct democracy measures, labor protections, and fiscal reforms, while critics doubt his electoral chances.
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Should Kaby Talk. Mothers urge plain speech for babies
Dr William Brady argues against baby talk, noting girls usually speak earlier than boys and that early speech development benefits from using standard English at home. He warns that baby talk can hinder language learning, delaying progress and reinforcing faulty speech patterns. By 15 months boys and girls begin with simple words, and by age two they form short sentences.
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Questions on infant vaccination and teen sex education debated
A reader asks about neonatal vaccination timing and cosmetic surgery for a young actress. The exchange covers advising medical doctors, age appropriate sex information for boys, and ethics of cosmetic procedures.
Listening to Iowa editors on politics and quail bills
A mosaic of editorials discusses voters' rut of honoring loud self promoters over qualified candidates. It urges identifying capable leaders to reform Congress, critiques a quail conservation bill as overly restrictive, and notes local political races and media commentary from Sioux City to Marshalltown.
Friend Wife in Window Reflections on Desire and Golf
In this fragment Rog Fulkerson explores Imogene and Andrew's playful sparring about appearances and desire. He contrasts Imogene’s window shopping for dresses with Andrew’s fixation on sporting goods, using humor to reveal flirtation, vanity, and mutual irritation. The stage directions imply a domestic tension centered on attraction and social cues.
Brain Tests by Sam Lor
Minutes to answer this brain teaser show eight children splitting two apples. Ann gets one, Mas takes two, Jane three, and Kate the remainder. Ned Smith equals his sister, Tom Brown has twice his sister’s share, Bill Jones thrice his sister’s, and Jaci Robinson four times her sister’s share. Can you form the surnames of Ann May Jane and Kate from the wordplay.
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Window Display Sparks Quote Filled Night Reflections
A fragmented reminiscence describes a man in a sporting goods window scene. He recalls guns gear and toys, the scent of powder, and the thrill of shooting, skating, poker chips, and pocket tools. A friend chides him for waking and missing the moment to play with items in the display.
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Burroughs Nature Glub Notes questions column
Letters ask questions about nature topics and bird molt frequency and camel adaptation. Readers queried about honey and wax storage turning grainy with time, awaiting answers in tomorrow's column under Waters Notes Center.
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Answers on sand and water erosion and bird calls
The text explains sand as minute quartz grains formed by weathering and grinding of stone. Water wears rocks by sand and pebbles carried in streams, creating scratches that deepen, increase surface area, and eventually produce mud. It also notes bird calls from red breasted and white breasted nuthatches, describing squeaky "Ank ank" notes and a March chorus with a "Poo too" call.
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Metermen's school trains 183 metermen at ISU
Ames Iowa March 19 Iowa electric service firms spent more than 5000 on education for metermen at Iowa State College. Five day short course covered repair and operation of meters. All 183 attendees were sponsored by their companies with expenses paid. Participants largely from Iowa cities, plus attendees from six other states.
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Jefferson County Harrows Roads To Let Out Isolated Farmers
Fairfield March 19 Roads in Jefferson County, largely blocked by mud, are being opened using old fashioned farm harrows pulled by two or four horses. Road draggers work countywide, allowing previously cut off farmers to reach the county seat by auto for the first time in weeks.
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Boottegger the Lark Chides Unmarried Nan in Frustration
Abe Martin notes Boottegger the Lark complains of fatigue after holidays and jokes about laying out fines until he fattens his pockets. The piece centers on how the unmarried nan is treated like a brute when things fail to go his way.
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Fine Waterloo barn and local notes from Waterloo Courier
Fifty years ago Waterloo papers report on a fine 36 by 40 barn under construction for a hearse landaulet and stud horses. Also notes on a snowstorm, tax penalties, a temperance crusade in Charles City, bank director elections, Headley-Davis marriage at Cedar Falls, school expenditures, and Courier subscription reminders.
Plan for national bank could build new church in La Porte City
Forty years ago a committee plan was discussed to form a national bank one that would be an ornament and credit to the city. A church project was also noted, with Rev J H Drake leading funeral services for Freddie Zeising aged five months. An ice gorge formed above the La Porte City area dam forced mills to close briefly.
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Burglars Enter Carl White Saloon in 1904 Theft
Twenty years ago on Sycamore street burglars forced entry to Carl White's saloon and stole $10 from the cash register while most of the stock liquor remained untouched. Other items note typhoid fever abating after boil-water advice and local obituaries and society chatter.
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Virginia’s Dream in the Movies and a Hollywood Ball
In a melodramatic tale set amid the film world, Virginia Fairfax rebels against Puritan family expectations and heads for Los Angeles to pursue acting. She befriends young Herb Richardson, attends a party and ball, and navigates letters from Theodore Stratton and Edward Tonforth as Kitty Dalton’s illness and redemption unfold surrounding illusions of cinema stardom.
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The Sandman Story by Mrs. Foal Walker
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