Broders Under the Skin and Air Mail Parade Reflections
A fragmented editorial piece critiques modern urban life and the Des Moines air mail debut. It juxtaposes city skylines with rural imagery while recalling Atlantic subscriptions and local service notes, ending with a chaotic meditation on social unity and nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ortat
Rattroit
Des Moines
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Lanis
Omuky
Cheyenne
Talen
Atlantic
Mining wage fights and idle miners face job shifts
The article discusses how economic pressures, not unions alone, push mining toward layoffs and wage disputes. It notes that nonunion mines undercut union ones, leading to idle days and a drive to lower salaries, while broader industry competition reshapes demand for labor and immigration policy is cited as a remedy. It also touches on unrelated aphorisms and a note on the first hospital for women and children founded in New York in 1853 by Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metry
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive. Engineers
West Virginia
Western Federation of Miners
Chicago
Lewis
First
Woman's Hospital
New York Infirmary For
Thes
Elizabeth
Emily Blackwell
State and local tax relief and budget controls urged
The piece argues people should keep every dollar not needed by state and local governments and urges a strong budget law for subdivisions. It notes 1923 Iowa state spending of 42 797 899 per capita 7.88 and calls for tighter limits amid praise for federal budget restraint and Coolidge policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Capia
Union
Britain, China and Kellogg Wary Over Propaganda Roles
Far Eastern experts warn British efforts shape Western views of China as anti foreigners, not just anti British and Japanese. Officials say Britain uses selective reporting to sway global opinion while American interests in Mexico and Kellogg's warnings provoke skepticism in Washington about competing narratives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Stewart
NEA
Washington
China
State Department
South America
Kellogg
Callea
Latin America
Mexico
Pene
Rio Grande
Sheffield
Carrie Nation Debate Echoes Through Prohibition Era
A 1925 George Matthew Adams piece mocks Carrie Nation and her temperance movement, lampooning her assault on alcohol and labeling her a brash leader. It critiques anti liquor rhetoric and portrays it as misleading to youth in a lively opinion voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yone
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Carrie May Arige
George Matthew Adams
Women Move Against Vice News Magazines
The piece portrays a movement by women to curb magazines that claim to expose vice by printing sensational tales. It argues these publications corrupt youth, urging collective action to end the magazines by destroying the last issue and halting the spread of immoral content.
Iowa Archaeology Survey Advances Across Counties
Charles B Kayes reviews progress of the state archaeological survey under the Iowa Historical Society. Across nine weeks of field work in eastern and southern Iowa forty five counties have been surveyed. mound sites cataloged and artifacts studied. Further work will extend to central and west central Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Journal of History and Politics
Charles B. Kayes
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Pointe Weote Ward
Tuwa
Lowa
Mississippi Valley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Canada
U. S
United Press
Knill Burke, Inc
South Michigan Blvd
New York City
Brokaw
Broadway
News- Telegraph
News-Telegraph
Coolidge
Tie
St. Louis
Dallas Cpex
Dead Sea
NEA Service, Inc
Britain
Japan
America
England
Walt Mason
Imi
State Historical Society
Hudson
Essex
Essex Coach
Glinder
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