Welfare of Iowa drives push for publicity and jobs
The Iowa League of Commercial Clubs calls for widespread publicity at the 1915 San Francisco exposition and a free state employment bureau to link job seekers with work. The letter also urges permanent road funding, state supervision, anti fraudulent advertising measures, and municipal water terminal bonds. It cites biologists and zoos urging protection of birds and a tariff amendment banning wild bird plumes with limited domestic exceptions.
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Iowa
Iowa League of Commercial Clubs
Free State
Bekiares Casa
Free Employment Bureau
Commercial Clubs
Exterminating the Beautiful Birds for Fashion Demands
The article notes that fashion in women's hats is driving the extermination of about a hundred bird species. Leading naturalists warn of the impact on biodiversity as these birds are killed for plumage. Henry Fairfield Osborn is cited as a leading voice in the discussion.
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Henry Fairfield Osborn
Playground progress at Waterloo area schools
Waterloo east side school board pushes ahead with playground plans duplicating McKinley Hawthorne and Alcott layouts at Fiske Washington and Lafayette. West side follows, providing ground space as new buildings rise. Greenfield and Wastfeld Galloway gain full square playgrounds. The piece notes child development and weather events, including the resignation of the U.S. weather chief and a dramatic Omaha wind event.
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East Side
Waterloo
McKinley
Hawthorne
Alcott
Fiske
Washington
Lafayette
West Side
Wastfeld Galloway
Austria Eyes Scraps with Montenegro and Servia
The piece argues Austria acts to issue ultimatums and faces a test of real power. It notes Woodrow Wilson’s popularity among relatives due to his decision to reside in Washington.
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Austria
Montenegro
Servia
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Political commentary and reports from Iowa papers
The Des Moines Capital questions if a democratic congress will abolish free seeds and notes human nature common to parties. Marshalltown Times-Republican critiques a legislator seeking shelter from newspapers revealing self interest. Anamosa Journal reports Judge Wile of Iowa City, national Democrat committeeman, in Anamosa on court business.
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Des Moines
Democratic Congress
Marshalltown
Times-Republican
Modern Inventions ANTIQUES by GEORGE ITCH
An antique is a relic of by gone days loved for its price name. Collectors with money prize them and place them in parlors as status symbols. The article notes rising antique demand, new production in Michigan and New York, and inflated values for items like Italian paintings and Medici warming pans.
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Marie Antoinette
France
Michigan
New York
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Italy
Medicis
Iowa Post Offices Turned to Final Recommendations
Postmaster General Burleson has handed the Iowa post office matter to him and the state committee for final recommendations. The Sanitary Closets bill would require railroads in Iowa to install and maintain sanitary facilities at every station, amid criticism of dirty and poorly lit stations.
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Burleson
Iowa
State Committee
Cedar Falls
Chase
Hamilton County
Senate
Bureau of Insurance
Washington
Ways and Means
Pneumonia Follows Cold Warns Against Substitutes
Medical ad notes pneumonia can follow a cold but says use of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound stops cough heals sore inflamed air passages and strengthens lungs. Urges genuine product in a yellow package with a beehive on the carton and to refuse substitutes.
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Foley
Mayor Durant Jones Arrested Over Smallpox Case
Boone Iowa March 25 Durant Jones mayor of Perry is arrested on information by Boone authorities charged with sending a smallpox victim from Perry to Boone county. The patient is quarantined at Madrid a temporary pest house and will be tried soon at Madrid.
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Boone, Ta
Durant Jones
Perry
Boone
Boone County
Madrid
Delights of Jail Life Reporter Tour of Ludlow Street
Humanitarians may find hope in Ludlow Street jail life where twelve inmates are housed at a cost of about ten dollars daily per person. A warden eleven keepers and four cooks manage meals and health with one physician keeping inmates ruggedly well. An Alimony club operates inside the jail and social connections appear to linger beyond the walls. The piece promotes The Iowa Homestead as a leading farm paper, offering subscription details and agent opportunities from publisher James M. Pierce of Des Moines Iowa.
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Davenport Times
Iowa
Des Moines
New York Herald
Ludlow Street
Fifth Avenue
Alimony Club
Iowa Homestead
James M. Pierce
Weather forecast signals unsettled national week
The weather bureau expects abnormal storm activity and varying temperatures across the country. A storm central over the Rocky Mountains will move northeast with rains and warmer east and south, followed by colder spells in the middle west and southwest, with another disturbance forming in the far west and crossing the central valleys to the east by Friday or Saturday.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Middle West
Mississippi River
Far West
Great Central
House Passes Bill Prohibiting Treat ing in Public Saloons Des Moines
Des Moines reports the House passed the anti treating bill preventing giving liquor to persons unless the donor pays, as part of a broader session agenda. The paper details appropriations, budget plans, and various bills on taxation fire safety insurance workmen compensation and utilities.
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Nabooch
Ge Prohee
House
Senate
de Wolf
Towa
Representative Grout
Waterloo
Danderine Hair Cleanse Promises Lush Healthy Locks
An advertisement touts Knowiton's Dandeline Danderine priced at 25 cents. It claims cleansing of dust dirt and oil, improved shine and fullness, and stops dandruff and itching while promoting root vitality and hair growth. The copy urges trying the product for lustrous soft hair.
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Knowiton
Vote on Raising Costs Highlighted in Ad
Advertisement urges a mass meeting to vote on lowering living costs by eating and raises, referencing a car near water works and a location called East Raisins.
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