European Telegraphs and Balkan Relief Appeals
An eclectic page notes the Courier’s foreign and advertising details, praises Bell System pension plans and a Balkan relief appeal led by Marie Bakhmeteff, urging aid to Greece and Bulgaria through the American Red Cross. It also casts leaders like Wilson and Roosevelt in a civic light, and touches on urban cleanliness, theatre critique, and transportation safety.
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Balkans
Batkan
Europe
Asia
Macedonia
Constantine
Balkan
Washington, D.C
Greece
Bulgarian Red Cross
Bulgaria
American Red Cross
Marie Bakhmetefef
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Spirit of the Iowa Press Highlights on Suffrage and Politics
Iowa newspaper clippings note Chicago violence and local responses, questions on national suffrage shifts, and confidence in Wilson's presidency. Davenport praises Governor Johnson's California effort while Taft electors debate unfolds. Marshalltown asks how Iowa would vote on the suffrage amendment and its potential impact. Dubuque cites stock market confidence after the election.
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Davenport
Johnson
California
Taft
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Union
Iowa
Pavements By Georgeh Fitch A humorous essay on streets
A humorous piece by Georgeh Fitch describing pavements as brick or asphalt over mud puddles and detailing the costs and chaos of paving. It contrasts slow work with frequent repairs, noting the high expense to homeowners and the rough fate of streets under crews and city projects. It blends satire with vivid scenes of traffic, clumsy delays, and the ills of poor paving.
Iowa Leaders Debate Board Size and Temperance Push
In Cedar Falls a call to shrink the board of supervisors from seven to three is praised as economical and efficient, with examples from other Iowa counties. Mason City notes temperance gains linked to Shankland’s bill, while Des Moines applauds Governor Clarke’s broad campaign reach and a forward moving progressive program for Iowa.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Mason City Times
Polk County
Shankland
Shank
General Assembly
Des Moines
Clarke
The Average Wife and Faithful Husbands
A suburban newcomer notes that local talk centers on keeping husbands faithful, contrasting with her village where finances and home life mattered more. She questions whether modern women’s intensified vigilance misreads reality, arguing most middle class husbands remain faithful and that marital harmony is harder than mere fidelity.
How to be happy though married says Ruth Cameron
The author argues that marital unhappiness often reflects personal shortcomings and ordinary life troubles rather than marriage itself. She cautions against cynicism about marriage and sex relations despite new knowledge, urging a focus on being happy as humans.
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Ruth Cameron
Bell Systems Plan of Employes Benefits Terms
Pensions for male workers aged sixty with twenty years service or more. option to retire at fifty five with twenty five years. women retire five years earlier. 30 years service qualifies for pension with company president approval. Pension equals 1 percent of average ten-year pay times years of service, minimum $20 monthly. Accident and sickness disability benefits outline full and half pay periods for varying disability durations and service lengths.
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Bel Telephone System
Pinex and Sugar Syrup Cure for Coughs
Home made cough syrup recipe claims to stop obstinate coughs within a day and aids croup and sore throats. Mix sugar syrup with Pinex in a pint bottle, take a teaspoonful every one to three hours, with a laxative effect and appetite boost. Guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded.
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United States
Canada
The
Fangs Co
Wayne, Ind
Company Benefit Plan For Employee Death And Illness
The plan outlines life insurance and compensation for death or illness tied to service length. Death from work related accidents pays three years of pay up to $5,000 to dependents. Death from sickness or non work accident pays one year or half year depending on tenure, up to $2,000. State law prevails if liberal. Employees may choose legal rights or company benefits.
Getting Together in the Republican Crisis of 1916
The Minneapolis Journal analyzes 32 states showing a united Republican victory potential, cites electors, and argues reunification of Progressive and regular Republicans is feasible. It notes Democrats united after 1896 and suggests personal ambition hinders party healing, predicting 1916 may yield new leaders.
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Minneapolis
Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Progressive Republican League
Iowa
Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson
Trials of the ex convict Chicago Tribune
An ex convict laments that society bars him from employment and trust. He argues references replace a record of crime in hiring and business, yet a parolee with enterprise may succeed if given a chance. Society favors safety over risk, making reintegration hard.
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Chicago Tribune
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Couple toss baby in river over gender wish
Cincinnati couple aged 22 confessed to disposing of their ten days old son by wrapping him in a shawl and tossing him into the Ohio River. The body was not recovered and both were arraigned yesterday. the husband blamed his wife for wanting to abandon the child.
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Cincinnati
Fred Kopp
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