Smith urges safeguards for girls amid rising disappearances
Ida B. Wise Smith, leader of the Iowa Christian Womans Temperance Union, warns of about 65 000 girls going missing in the United States yearly. She attributes causation to immodest dress, public entertainment, and weak parenting while urging parental authority, home discipline, and stricter moral standards to reduce the danger and protect youth.
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Fedar Rapids
United States
Ording Wto
Ida B. Wise
Iowa Christian Woh’s Temperance Union
J . Smith
Cara
Smith
Netional
League of Women Voters pushes for 2 hour work limit
The committee plans to advocate a two hour maximum work rule for women in industry at the upcoming general assembly. The effort reflects ongoing campaign priorities of the League of Women Voters to improve labor protections for female workers.
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League of Women Voters
Postmaster Sued Over Lost Registered Mail in Iowa
Des Moines reports Theodore Wall, Osceola postmaster, named in government suit for loss of two registered letters. The firms Banta & Banta and a war savings stamp package are cited, totaling 536.61 dollars. Wall’s conduct questioned, no criminal accusation, case set for trial in Judge Wade’s court.
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Des Moines
Theodore Wall
Osceula
Clarke County
Walk
Banta & Banta
Walt
Post Office Department
Wade
Triple Wedding for Hahppp Daughters in Kingsley
Sioux City Ia Nov 26 Three sisters Anna Minnie and Barbara Hahppp of Kingsley Iowa will wed their fiances Clarence Nugent Ralph Schindel and Edward Harry at the German Lutheran church on December 8. The trio of brides and grooms will share nerves and the moment as one family marks a single wedding day.
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Sioux City
Anna
Mmarry Clarence Nugent
Minnie
Ralph Schindel
Barbara
Edward Harry
First Waterloo Ferry Began by Samuel L May in 1853 1854
The article recounts Samuel L. May as an early proposer of a Cedar River ferry at Waterloo with license granted Oct 12 1853 for a one mile river reach. It notes fording difficulties in high water and describes early river conditions and subsequent ferry licenses including Butterfield and Barnes in 1855 1865. It mentions a steam ferry by Lake and Bullock in 1857 that quickly failed after multiple dam incursions.
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Waterloo
Samuel L. May
Tenth Street
Margaret
L. Hewitt
First Street
Mr. May
Mrs. Hewitt
Hewitt
May
Cedar River
Samuel L
Penate
Pratt
Mooney
Benoni H. Butterfield
Tenth
Butterfield
Lawis Hatock
Hoong
Benjamin Barnes
Lake & Bullock
Casearets Advertised As Quick Laxative For All
A 1900s style ad promotes Casearets as a pleasant laxative that cures headaches biliousness indigestion and sour stomach by morning. It claims gentle action without griping, costs ten cents a box, and appeals to both adults and children.
Testimony Endorses Rheumatism and Neuritis Treatment
Manchester auctioneer Banta Hopkins testifies he suffered neuritis in neck and shoulders until one bottle of W. A. Abbott's Rheumatism and Neuritis Treatment relieved all pain. He recommends it to others. Sold and guaranteed in Waterloo by Wangier Bros. Co.
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Banta Hopkins
Manchester, Ia
W. A. Abbott
W. A. Abbott Co
Lamont, Iowa
Ferry license ends steam powered dream on Cedar River
The county court in 1854 granted J. R. Cameron a license to operate a ferry across the Cedar River opposite Codera village, halting the town's hopes for steam powered ferries. The entry notes a livery stable on the riverbank and marks a pivotal act of perfidy ending the steam ferry era.
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J. R. Cameron
Cedar Ana
Codera
Four Doctors Gave Her Up in Kenosha Wisconsin
Mrs Mary Napustock of 270 Wisconsin Street Kenosha Wisconsin suffered six weeks bedridden with what doctors called inflammation of the bowels Four physicians said she would die A neighbor advised Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound which she began Taking The doctor urged her to continue with Pinkham’s medicine and she recovered The article urges women with irregularities inflammation ulceration displacement backache headaches bearing down nervousness or the blues to treat the cause by taking Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
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Kenosha
Wis
Lydia EL ‘Pinkham
Pinkham
Mary Rnapstock
Wisconsin St
Wisconsin
Lydia E. Pinknam
Tama Man Acquitted of Wild Duck Sales
Nov 26. D A Bucks testified he sold two wild ducks to Wright Wilson of Traer but stood by his claim he acted on orders from a deputy game warden. The trial before Justice T F Stoaken found Wilson not guilty of violating game laws.
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Tama Man
Sol Manley
Traer
Wilson
Ley
T. F
Stoaken
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Vinton
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Ita A. Abbotts
Wan
L. Langtt
Buick
Daistas
Phose F. O
Flint
Michigan
Black Hawk
Buick Company
Washington
Iowa
Thead
Kurtz-Reinhart Co
Byrank Transfer & Fuel Co
USL & Transfer
West Mullan Ave
Pho
L. E. Glaza
Lydia E. Pinkham
C. W. Nash
Nash
Delco
Air Line
Ager
PRI
Masenger
Masenger Coupe
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Mitwantes
West Motor Sales CO
Jefferson St
Chicago Tribune
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Bette Rou Aare
Waterloo Business College
Wort
Jenks
Black Hawk Bank
Crescent
Ior
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Hawkeye Oil Company
Eith
Walnut
Stockwell & Jones
Red Ball
W. Mullan
E. Lance
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Pon Campbell
Hawkeye
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Denver
M. Homerding
W. 4Th
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