WORTHY PROJECT FOR SOCIAL WELFARE LEAGUE
A Waterloo Iowa newspaper urges the Social Welfare League to raise about seven thousand dollars to fund staff expansion including a second staff visitor and a visiting housekeeper. The appeal highlights the Iowa Plan cooperative effort with the county board and federal employment resources, aiming to sustain clinics, tuberculosis services, and a free job service, while stressing public support to prevent program closures after wartime funding ends.
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Capvass
Social Welfare League
State
Federal Employment Bureau
Iowa
Bord
Red Cross
Waterloo
Stari
Liberty Calendar movement gains unlikely support in Iowa
A letter denounces a Chicago listening post and Iowa graft rumors while endorsing a Minneapolis backed Equal Month Calendar that would create thirteen four week months and a fixed weekday for all dates. It notes a possible 1922 start and an emergency congressional session in May to push nationwide adoption.
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Hayes
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Des Moines
Towa
Middlewest
Hawkeye Siate
Iowa
Commonwealth
Iowa Quail and Prairie Chicken Closed Season Debate
A 1911 report argues Iowa should retain a five year closed season on quail and prairie chicken amid opposition. It cites winter survival, shooting impact, and conservation by the Iowa Conservation Association urging readers to contact their senator or representative to oppose any repeal.
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Iowa
Lowa
Igwe
Towa
Iowa Conservation Association
Writer’s Cramp in Occupations Affects Many Professions
A historical survey notes writer’s cramp and related occupational neuroses affect ink users, musicians, telegraphers, tailors, shoemakers, drivers, and many others. It details onset ages, risk factors such as excessive writing, symptoms like finger stiffening, spasms, pain, and fatigue, and outlines treatments including rest, shoulder writing, massage, gymnastics, and galvanic therapy.
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Scrivener
The High Cost of Living Brings Family Budget Tips
A reader asks how a wife can manage rising costs and avoid blame. Practical steps include careful food selection, renovating wardrobe items, trimming miscellaneous expenses, and proposing a monthly budget with husband involvement. Emphasizes calm, collaborative planning and tactful discussion to reduce criticism.
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Son
Toner
The Sandman Story By MIS. FF. A. WALKER
A child’s playroom scene begins with a Paper Sailor Boy whose hat is swept by a curtain. The hat remains fixed and the Sailor is carried out of the window onto a high tree, then returns as a Wooly Cow on wheels nearby awakens to the scene.
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the Sandman Story
Mis
FF. A. Walker
Sailor
Sailor Boy
Sailor Boy Recounts Brave Tree Climb for Hero Tribute
In a playful tale among talking toys Marie Doll and others listen as Sailor Boy claims to have climbed a tall tree and torn his clothes to save the day. Mooly Cow and the toys weigh the tale while Sailor Boy hints the true feats lie in how the story is told. The scene ends with lingering doubts from Mooly Cow about the veracity of the sailor’s heroic claim.
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Shim
Sailor Boy
Marie Doll
Jumping Jack
Mooly Cow
Madam Cow
Bey
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd Puzzle Card
A 1919 Sam Loyd brain teaser offers a timed challenge with resolutions in puzzle form. After deciphering, readers are invited to admit the guidance is solid for the year. The item presents No 28 and references solving No 20 by wordplay involving fowl fox and ox.
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FOX
Sam Loyd
Two Sides to Every Face and Profile Differences
An inn veranda encounter shows a man’s profile differing greatly from his full-face look revealing how profiles can mislead impressions. The piece notes many faces hold both good and bad sides and suggests eyebrow and facial features reflect character while hinting at public investigations and political upheaval in Des Moines.
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Stevenson
Des Moines
Iowa Leaders Highlight Federal Committees in 1920s
Iowa's prominence in federal committees is noted as Democrats regain control. The piece cites Iowa chairmanships on appropriations, agriculture, rivers and harbors, insular affairs, and merchant marine and fisheries, plus Campius as interstate commerce chair. It laments public service, urging reform and better officials amid overall low competence.
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Towa
Des Moines
McKinley
Grand Old Party
Iowa
Congress
House
Senate
Allison
Finance
North
South Carolina
Agriculture
Insular Affairs
Campiius
Union
Massachusetts
New York
Illinois
Mondeil
Wyoming
Lowa
Homemade Pinex Cough Syrup Promises Fast Relief
An old home remedy guides readers to mix Pinex with syrup or molasses to create a pint bottle cough remedy. It claims relief within 24 hours for throat tickle hoarseness croup bronchitis and asthma, praising Pinex pine extract and urging readers to ask the druggist for 244 ounces with directions. The Pinex Co. guarantees satisfaction or money back.
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The
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne, Ind
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Thompson Feature Service
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