Greater Iowa campaign inspires home pride and progress
A long reflection on the Greater Iowa drive praising civic effort to promote state wealth and home life. The piece argues attracting residents requires strong schools, safe communities, and moral standards, while highlighting women’s role in family decisions and the need to keep emigration at home. It also lists extensive Red Cross relief efforts and wartime medical supplies shipped to Europe, with totals and funding notes.
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Pen
Iowa
Btute
Massachusetts
Lot
Sodom
The Blamed Thing and the New Orleans Knockers
The passage laments Kansas City’s lack of knockers and praises New Orleans for its builders. It argues knockers shape a city beyond mere pageantry, contrasting with St. Louis and stressing the role of practical builders in forming a thriving commonwealth.
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Kansas City
Commonwealth of
Happy Valley
New Orleans
Mur
Jnbia
T. Louis
St. Louis
Fighting for the Right to Peaceful Service in Waterloo
A veteran theater critic recalls life with General Lee as a fifteen year old orderly and praises Dr. H. Mr. Hamill now leading a thirteen million strong US movement. As president of the International Sunday School association, he notes growing wartime peace support. Five is cited as Waterloo’s great readers hosting visiting army chiefs of a world church order.
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United States
Waterloo
Five
Community Christmas Tree Project in Waterloo
A Waterloo plan for a public Christmas tree yearns to aid needy children. Organizers propose funds donated to this event be redirected to purchase shoes mittens coal and warm garments for destitute families, arguing church and home ties make the tree worthwhile yet funds could better serve mercy.
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Waterloo
Neady
Happiness and the Soul in Maupassant Tale
An aged couple in Maupassant’s Happiness left society to live together in a wilderness. The story probes whether happiness or the complex human soul governs life, contrasting personal doubt with a supposed simple bliss. The text questions whether longing, fear, and dissatisfaction reveal deeper human essence.
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Guy de Maupassant
Shakespeare
The Knocker Who Hired a Fire reprinted in St Louis Post Dispatch
Waterloo readers will recognize Frank Putnam and his inimitable style as he argues that Waterloo, though criticized, surpasses twice as many cities in censure. The piece discusses Chicago’s fame as a punching bag, plus local praise for Vinton church plans and a Chicago flirt case jury's disagreement.
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Bfi
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Waterloo
Frank Putnam
United States
Chicago
To the Heart of the Matter EDUCATION IN DISGUISE
A dreamlike school sequence shows two sets of teachers guiding play based learning. Pupils begin at night, engage in physical games, then explore minds through mathematics, reading, writing and science games. The piece frames learning as playful exploration.
Early self guided learning yielded college education before fifteen
Students directed their own spontaneous activities rather than being pressed by teachers. They learned through the exercise of their own wills, not by the teacher's will. As a result they gained a college education before they reached fifteen.
Howland Landlord Hurdles Cash Claim in Liverpool Tale
A quoted exchange from the Liverpool Mercury reveals a buyer claiming his landlord refused a small payment, insisting on more. The Mercury then cites a Russian drink called glass, described as warm water poured over tre or barley meal to make a fermented, cooling beverage fed to poverty-stricken peasants.
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Russia
Liverpool Mercury
Foley Kidney Pills Relief for Women’s Kidney Trouble
Women suffer ferribly from kidney trouble with backache headaches swollen joints and weariness. Foley Kidney Pills give quick relief by strengthening kidneys and easing aches and fatigue. Make life worth living again and feel better. Sold by all druggists everywhere.
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Foley
Protection for Battleships in the War Effort
The piece extols naval science advances after three months of war, noting battleships remain undamaged except for minimal paint wear. It describes measures: anchored ships in harbors, protected by mines, torpedo boats, submarines, wire fences, and guards, with possible wheels for mobility. Speculation about future concealment in cathedrals or shipment by Parcel Post hints at wartime anxieties.
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France
Germany
England
Europe
Red Cross Ships War Relief Effort in Early European War
The American Red Cross organized ship and relief aid at the war outbreak. It chartered the Hamburg American Line vessel for sixty days to transport 156 surgeons and nurses with equipment to Europe, under special act and Hague treaty protection. Costs included $10,000 war insurance and about $1,200 per crew caper for six months.
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Europe
American Red Cross
U. S. Army
Red Cross
Paris
Theuropean
Red Cross Societies
Bureau of Prisoners
Geneva
America
Robert, Lansing
State Department
Ned Cross International Relief Board
War Department
Department
Congress
American Ambulance Association
United States
Cape Ita
Jor
The Knocker Who Hired a Hall
A New Orleans citizen rents a hall to vent criticisms of his beloved city. He says loud speakers let critics be heard while those uninterested can stay away. The piece argues public grumbling may amuse and even benefit a town without harming it.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
New Orleans
Dead Sea
Jericho
United States
Chicago
The Greatest Meanness in Modern Society
Ruth Camyron laments male boasting about a woman's affection and contrasts it with female discretion. She criticizes unrequited love as a social stigma on women and a mark of male vanity. The column explores gender double standards in public perception and flirtatious behavior.
Stenotype topic discussed at Cincinnati club meeting
The article notes women debating secrecy and safety against persistent offenders while Head shows skill in steno typing. Mr Harrold discusses steno typists and the National Association of Stenotypists founded in Cincinnati a year ago. About 69 clubs exist, aiding members, linking graduates to practice, and planning contests with potential national representation. The local club will elect officers next Tuesday week and guests from colleges attended the banquet.
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Harrold
National Association of Stenotypists
Cincinnatii
Winnners
United States
Waterloo Stenotypists Form New Local Project
After a banquet at the First Brethren church hosted by Prof Galeg of Waterloo Business College, about 140 attendees including stenotype graduates and guests heard M C Harrold and Mises Mabel Head champion a new local stenotypy project. Mina led postbanquet actions.
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Waterloo
Galeg
Waterloo Business College
First Brethren Church
M. C. Harrold
Wuagierant
Stenotype Company
Mises Mabel Head
Mina
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