Joining the Issue and Iowa Red Cross Participation
The paper denounces labor extremism led by Fitzpatrick and urges workers to reject his views, endorsing law, order and private ownership. It highlights Red Cross adult membership by state, noting Iowa leads in percentage with 23.12% and West states dominate, while southern states trail.
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Ejustice
Charles E. Hughes
Katrica
Versailles
League of Nations
Willbridge
Kemployes
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
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Lenine
Troteky
Russia
Fitzpatrick
America
Chicago
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Iowa
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Red Cross
Glands
New York
Health Advice on Swallowed Objects and Timidity Cure
Reader questions range from foreign bodies swallowed by children to a timidity issue in a young educated woman. Guidance covers when to seek a doctor, safe remedies like starch foods, potential airway blockage, and the role of X-rays. A health column by Dr. John B. Huber offers general prevention and sanitation notes and invites stamped self addressed envelopes for questions.
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John B. Huber
Little Life Confidences in the Experience of a Couple
Andrew and Imogene discuss Thursday plans while Beatrice hosts a Bohemian studio party. Imogene frets about the guests and atmosphere, preferring theatre to the bohemian crowd. Andrew laments the choice and imagines a dilemma between two options, echoing discomfort with the social scene.
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Andrew
Imogene
Rob Fulkerson
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Johnson
Horn
Walter Johnson
The Fairy Well and Hans's Golden Reward
Hans helps a thirsty stranger at the spring and is rewarded when his shabby pitcher becomes gold. A neighbor named Jansen mocks him and suffers a sudden fall into the well as retribution for his envy and cruelty. The tale ends with Hans and his mother vowing to live simply on their new wealth.
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Hans
Jansen
Typesetting Scheme May End Straight Matter In Print
On the right side of the page current experiments by several publications suggest a new scheme that could eliminate typesetting of straight matter in magazines books and other publications. This potential process aims to streamline printing and reduce traditional layout work.
Queen of Hearts in a Tense Card Game Night
A noisy scene follows a tense poker table where players vent and bluff. One participant grumbles about a backache from shuffling, while another taunts rivals as the dealer reveals looming loss and a 2 0 lead. The tone is confrontational and derisive.
Czernin on War and Peace From 1916 to 1918
Count Czernin, Austria Hungary’s foreign minister, reflects on the war era from 1916 to Brest Litovsk and Bucharest. He argues victory was impossible, peace essential, and that central powers failed to avert collapse, offering a humane, non sensational critique of Ludendorff, Wilhelm II, and Allied leaders.
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Count Czernin
Hapsburg Empire
Grest- Litovsk
Bucharest
Empire
Austria
Ludendorff
Tirpitz
Czernin
Belgium
France
Moltke
Bismarck
Alsace-Lorraine
Poland
Austrian Galicia
Roumania
Transylvania
Tisza
London
Italy
Hapsburg
Russia
Romania
Serbia
Tf. Czernin
Germany
Brest-Litovsk
Kuhlmann
Fratzky
Gen. Hofman
Hoffman
Qzernin
Grernin
Charles
William II
Wilson
Hansburg
Brest
Berlin
Ueips
Paris
Dobrudjan
Budapest
Hungary
Uttermit
Tialy
Iowa Editors Not Enough Work for the Miners
Des Moines Capital notes a surplus of bituminous coal miners with around 1,000 workers affected by reduced demand. The piece highlights job scarcity in the mining sector and calls for alternatives or relief measures for the workers.
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Des Moines
Miner Earnings versus Operator Profits Revealed
A regional report compares wages of miners with operator earnings, detailing pay scales, bonuses, and profit margins. The piece highlights disparities, noting longer hours and risk factors for miners while operators benefit from efficiency gains and market demand. Local figures and quotes illustrate the ongoing labor-cost dynamic.
Census Riddle: How Few Can Live in One House
A census man faces a knotty problem asking how few people can occupy a house with two fathers and their sons, two mothers and their daughters, and three married couples with no children. The answer hinges on counting overlapping relationships.
Pope's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
The ad claims a first dose eases colds and a schedule of doses every two hours for three doses breaks up severe grippe misty. It promises open nostrils, stopped nose, relief from headache fever sneezing and stiffness, tastes nice, costs only a few cents and acts without assistance.
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Dorus
Pape
Coal mining work and school funding in Iowa
The piece argues for steady mine employment to support 10 000 workers and their families, highlighting the Iowa state appropriation for schools near coal mines as one of the best expenditures. It critiques Sweet's voluntary labor arbitration as flawed, warning it would revert to public exclusion and endless appeals. It also notes public sentiment shaping outcomes in the coal miners’ case.
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State of
Iowa
Sioux City Tribune
Sweet
Sweet’s
Fort Dodge Messenger
Ile
Coal- Miners’ Union
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