Legion Post Proposes Cash or 20 Year Endowment Plan
Mason City March 30 members of Clausen Worden post No LOL American Legion seek a $50 monthly soldier bonus based on service length. If cash unavailable they would convert to 20 year endowment life insurance, with recommendations sent to state and national headquarters. Hanford MacNider states plan aims to ease immediate fund needs while protecting veterans long term. Also notes education efforts for other posts and a related newspaper ad about Foley Kidney Pills.
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Mason City
Clausen-Worden Post
American Legion
Hanford MacNider
Congress
You Can Stop That Cough Remedy Ad Claim
A vintage advertisement urges readers to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after failing remedies. It cites Mrs. J. L. Jones of New Kensington Pennsylvania who reports a year long dry hacking cough improved almost immediately after using the product.
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J. L. Jones
New Kensington
Man's Trouble Arrested By Remedy Claim
A man claims years of stomach Catarrh improved after taking Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. He says the simple product clears catarrhal mucus and reduces inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. Advertises money back guarantee through Wangler Bros Hansen & Hansen and druggists nationwide.
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Mayr
Wangler Bros. Hansen & Hansen and Druggs
Phosphate treatment touted to flesh out thin figures
An vintage advertisement promotes Bitro-Phosphate as an inexpensive remedy to bulk up underweight people. It claims nerve nourishment from phosphoric food elements improves health, energy, and appearance, with cautions against fat promotion for those not seeking weight gain.
Notable Soldier's Tale Of Policy and War Graves Visit
A elderly veteran reflects on maintaining life insurance amid unpaid premiums and borrowing against policies. He envisions touring battlefields and seeking graves of American soldiers in Jackson County, with plans to visit Switzerland and Germany if feasible. He contemplates honoring many fallen.
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Jackson County
Switzerland
Gersingling
Four Candidates for Sheriff in Butler County
Butler county fields four hopefuls for the sheriff’s office. Incumbent Albert T. Martin seeks reelection, Tray Yost of Aplington signals a run, E. C. Trager returns to the race, and Alfison, once a sheriff candidate, again seeks the post. Robert Neal, a World War II veteran, also enters the race, promising a spirited contest.
Priest to Tour Europe from Maquoketa Ta
Very Rev N J a Jackson county clergyman residing at Bellevue has departed Maquoketa for a trip to Europe He plans to visit relatives in Belgium and Luxembourg before returning to the United States as announced locally The journey appears to be for family and church ties with no further itinerary disclosed at this time
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Europe
Maquoketa
Very Hev. N. J
Jackson County
Bellevue
Belgium
Luxembourg
Coffee Week Promotes National Coffee Consumption
The piece notes Coffee Week from March 29 to April 3 and asserts the United States consumes about half of the world’s coffee. It observes Americans drank three billion more cups in late 1919 than in 1918 and calls the U.S. an active, vibrant nation needing sustaining food.
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United States
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