The Pound of Flesh Coal Strike Critics Call Unjust
A Waterloo Iowa newspaper column attacks coal miners demands as unwarranted, urging government and public nonprofits to oppose the five day week and 60 percent wage rise. It cites wage data from Franklin County and Pennsylvanian mines to argue profits would rise on consumer coal prices. It questions AFL leadership including Samuel Gompers’s stance on miner demands.
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W. OH. Hartman
West Park Aveee
John Godartman
A. W. Peterson
Reas
Tall
Lowa
Oateide Lown
Waterloo
Associated PR
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Reflectey Ee Ee
Washington
D. G
Munsey
E.G. Dougherty
Lex York
Philadelphia
Chiteno
Stow, Brooks & Finley
Upani
Lahor Wilson
Boston
Lamar
Franklin County
Tuivois
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Mr. Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Germans to Mexico and the treaty debate at home
A long, critical discussion examines Germans moving to Mexico and the League of Nations treaty. It argues over immigration, regional security, and political maneuvering surrounding the reservations and Senate filibuster threats.
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League of Nations
Senate
Europe
Tumulty
Hitchcock
Ledge
Sentor McCumber
McCumber
Wilson de_ clares
Gall Stones and Liver Ailments Explained in Health Talks
Dr John B Huber discusses gall stones their formation in the gall bladder and bile ducts caused by sedentary habits constipation and inflammation. Symptoms include intense pain on the right side and possible jaundice with fever chills and vomiting. Prevention relies on temperate living diet changes and exercise. Readers may request literature by sending a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Iewalth
John B. Kuber
The Great American Duel in Domestic Life
Imogene and Andrew discuss the persistence of male rivalry and the so called great American duel driven by women and social expectations. The dialogue notes how economic pressures and social games keep husbands in conflict, while criticizing romantic illusions and material pursuits.
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Imogene
Young Fox Moves In On Vacant Homes In Woodland Tale
Young Fox roams seeking an empty dwelling in the woods. He ignores Badger and Bear homes until he locks into a quiet, unoccupied house. Badger climbs in and clashes over rightful occupancy, ending with Badger asserting the toll of his jaws on Young Fox.
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Young Fox
MR. Badger
Mr. B
Mr. Fox
Old Rabbit
Mr. Bear
Fox
Radzer
Hone
Badger
Young Tox
Mr. Badges
Tony Towan
Grand and Glorious FeeLin' Nighttime Lullaby
A fragmented, lyric style fragment describes a tired person turning over, humming a lullaby, crawling into bed, and lying awake for ten minutes waiting for an outcry. The piece centers on weariness and a quiet, intimate moment.
Must Have Merit in a National Rail Debate
An Iowa editor argues for practical action over talk and cites famine as a test of resolve. The Cedar Rapids Republic notes the Cummins bill for railroads as a likely correct path, favoring private ownership with future regulation to address transportation issues.
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Washington
Knoxville Journal
Cummins
Local remarks on work ethic and a clothes wringer purchase
A speaker named Pinky Kerr voices a self criticism about equal effort, joking that if he did as well as others he would stay indoors. The item notes that Mrs Lib Pash has a new paid in full clothes wringer.
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Honer
Jasm
M. Ywain
Pinky Kerr
The Pay Streak And Labor Jokes In Midwest Papers
A collage of satirical items from Iowa newspapers notes farmers preparing to husk a yellow crop while Dubuque Telegraph-Herald warns coal miners may strike. Marshalltown Times-Republican adds Detroit sees a 5 percent drop in the cost of living.
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Council Bluffs
Middle West
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Detroit
Adventures in aspirin and care during emergencies
A mother uses a T shaped plaster to soothe four burned fingers on the Fourth of July. An advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in a Bayer package with directions for headache, colds, pain, neuralgia, lumbago, and rheumatism. It notes Bayer as the genuine aspirin brand prescribed for nineteen years, with handy tin boxes of 12 tablets costing a few cents.
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Rio Grande
Geran Dnvestors
United States
Thuy
Earth
Mexico
Sahara
Ineist
Bayer
George Grindstaff
Doeville
Tenu
Alonzo C. Bliss Co
Washington, D
Cure Your Rupture Like I Cured Mine
An aged seaman recounts a long illness from a ruptured hernia that left him bedridden for years. He rejected operations and trusses, chose self cure, and claims to have recovered without surgery using his own method.
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Collings
Decto
Truss
Taling
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Waterlos
Universalists
Congregationalists
Unitarians
B. Huber, A
Andrew
Jim Turner
Jones
Manu
Turner
Mrs. Jones
Sandman
Mrs. F. A. Walker
Alea
TV A Tata
Xok
Tas
Helier
Tar
Pyramid Nel Company
Marshall Mich
San Biren
Oley
Stace
Dubuque
Sam Loud
Wangler Bos
Piiso’s
Steve Polish
Efron
Carter
Vin
Bradfield Regulator Co. Opeld
Atlanta
W- A. Collings
Tne
Tox
Watertown
N.Y
Ny Park
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