Waterloo paper notes war insurance campaign and power plans
A Waterloo news digest highlights a three day reinstatement and conversion drive by the veterans bureau with Becker-Chapman post and Red Cross support. It covers government life policies from 1,000 to 10,000, six forms, and March 3, 1926 as deadline. It also reports on a Coal Field Super-Power group, a nationwide power grid concept, with 11 electric power firms tying into a regional distribution system for cross section support.
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United States
Coal Field Super-Power Group
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Waterloo
Veterans' Bureau
Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Focal
Red Cross
Davenport
Burlington
Veterans’ Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Mine Safety Reforms Urged by Labor Group
The American Association for Labor Legislation pushes mine safety reforms including shale dust suppression, universal safety standards, use of permissible explosives, insurer reward schedules, and robust inspections. It notes explosions stem from coal dust ignition and advocates coordinated power systems and national integration. The Iowa Des Moines house passed a workers compensation bill unanimously, with Senate likely to follow, signaling broad agreement among labor, employers, and lawmakers.
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American Association For Labor Legislation
House of Representatives
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Tabor
House
Senate
Personal Health Service notes on thinness and nutrition
William Brady presents guidance on undernutrition in adults and children, explaining that being underweight is not the sole nutrition test and outlining diet patterns, common causes, and cautionary notes about health risks. Includes Q&A on child feeding and college student lunches with practical menus and outcomes.
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Dn Brady
William Grady
Oddities From The Times On March Thirds And More
The item notes strange details about envelopes received by revenue offices lacking names or tax returns, a minor lumber shortage, and a six year old Minneapolis chess prodigy who dominates Mah Jongg. It mentions Adam and Eve and a pun Adamant Eve, a rising river and falling milk prices, and reflects on colonial history with a phrase about palefaces. It also cites a World War I era army test finding only two tenths of twenty year olds educated by normal standards, while eight tenths could read or write a little.
Davenport Times Questions Senate Probe Tactics
Iowa readers see the Davenport Times critique the Daugherty investigation, arguing the senate panel admits hearsay and irrelevant testimony. The piece urges restraint to keep the probe focused on competent evidence, noting the public nature of the inquiry spreads impressions nationwide.
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Vicious Piffie
Davenport
Mellon
Daughenty
Senate Committee
Daugherty
Abe Martin on street dangers and fate across the road
The column humorist notes it is dangerous to stare while crossing the street and jokes about wrist watches, Airedale dogs, and business ventures. Fortune tellers would have closed up shop if not for such risky curiosities.
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Conrad
Imb- Ses
Andrew
Ime
Mat Bessa Smith
Marcel
Friend Wife by Roh Fulkerson
In a light domestic dialogue Imogene and Andrew discuss the lure of country life. They mock the modern comforts and distances from rural living, noting frozen pipes and laborious chores, while dreaming of a peaceful orchard manor yet acknowledging practical limits.
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Imogene
Andrew
McKinney
Wei
Prospect
Bae
Brain Tests by Sam Loud 6 Minutes to Answer This
A playful brain teaser asks how far a giraffe could beat a hippopotamus in a two mile handicap race given gearing where a giraffe beats a rhinoceros by one eighth of a mile and the rhinoceros beats a hippo by one quarter of a mile. The puzzle ends with a wordplay note that BALM transposes to LAMB.
The Sandman Story Of A Fox And A Coon
A Fox hides his trap plan to steal turkeys from a farm and tricks a Coon who discovers the danger. The Coon warns the Fox, Dog appears digging at Johnny Woodchuck’s home, leading to close calls and comic pursuit. The tale ends with Fox reflecting, while the Seventy Mile Kid is noted as ranger of Moshnley National Park.
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Mr. Pox
Mr. Coon
Mr. Fox
Mr. Dog
Johnny Woodcheck
Johnny Woodchuck
Johnny
Johnnyi
Mr. Doz
Mr.Coon
Alaska
Dr. Moshnley National Park
Virginia in the Motion Picture Star Race in Hollywood
Virginia, daughter of Virginia’s first familias, rebels against her Puritan grandfather and travels to Los Angeles to pursue acting. She befriends Gloria Summers, meets Herbert Richardson and Theodore Stratton, endures illness and casting obstacles, signs a contract as Miss Winston, and begins a film career amid studio intrigue and romantic entanglements.
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Virginia Pairfax
Virginia
Armland
Los Angeles
Sho
Gloria Summers
Herbert Richard
Gloria
Herb Richardson
Kitty
Theodore Stratton
Stratton
Suayity
Eddie Montforth
Eddie
Ihe
Theodorostratton
John Storm
Jack
Virgie
Mr. Merton
Mr. Stratton
Miss Winston
Maud Sauson
Smith
Baby Child Dress and Secret Debt in Virginia Tale
A character remarks on a round neck dress with short sleeves and a sash for Virginia's baby. The narrator recalls worry about credit, pondering borrowing from Kitty to cover the expense as the scene hints at financial strain and social expectations in Tomorrow-Virginia's Part.
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Virginia
Credit House
Kitty
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Answers
Questions about nature are answered in this column from 1923. Readers inquire about mockingbirds lily of the valley and coral beads and the nature notes department provides explanations in Domortow's Nature Notes.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Nature Notes
Lily-Pi-The-Valley
Domortow
Questions and Answers on Birds Bees and Crops
Answers discuss sparrow troubles in England with Passer domesticus displacing sand and house martins. Advice for bee stings in horses includes salt and hot-wrapped blankets. Origin of the word cereal traces to Ceres and harvest rituals. seeds develop from grasslike stalks with papery chaff. A Nebraska woman sought custody of the family cow in a divorce petition.
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England
Norvy
Sonvanis
Ceres
Diamond Dyes Packaging Claim Promises Easy Dyeing
An older warning instructs shoppers to demand the words Diamond Dyes on the package and refuse any substitutes. It notes each 15 cent package includes simple directions for dyeing fabrics and clothing, claiming novices can dye skirts, dresses, coats, and more.
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Corner Park Ave
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John C. Hartmin
Teckson McCoy
Iowa
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Ed Womber
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Mtes
Dougherty
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley
Ren‘s
France
America
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
New England
Niagara
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Courne
D. B
Annswer
Tam
Minneapolis
Adam and Eve
Eve
Vermeer
Delre
Abe Martin
Friend Wife
Roh Fulkerson
Sam
Sandman
Mrs. Fla. Walker
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