The Beauties of the Primary in Iowa Politics
A newspaper column criticizes the Iowa primary system as costly and ineffective. It highlights the candidate for railway commissioner, Fred Woodruff, as well qualified, while the winner Richardson is described as a truckman with no technical background. The piece argues primaries fail to select capable officials and questions repeal prospects.
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Fred. Woodruff
National Association of Railway Commissioners
Richardson
Cedar Rapids
Tawa
Dawes Emerges as Strong Pick for Republican Ticket
The piece weighs in on party reform and nominating processes, praising Dawes as a strong, Roosevelt-like fighter who strengthens the Republican ticket. It notes voter skepticism of third party labels and predicts Dawes will carry support across regions, highlighting his stand against graft and political compromise.
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Stength
Cleveland
Farmer-Labor
Charles Dawes
Roosevelt
Industrial revolutions spread by Fords vast output
A Washington Post reader notes that Ford Motor Company’s 10 million touring cars mark a broader social and industrial shift. He highlights rapid gains in transportation, communication, electric lighting, radio, and rising corporate wealth, praising science for longer life spans and widespread modern conveniences.
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Ford Motor Company
United States
Egr
Washington Letter From Honts and Haynes on Prohibition at Conventions
A Washington letter discusses Roy Haynes and agents enforcing prohibition at the Cleveland convention and plans to extend similar efforts to New York during the Democratic sessions. Republicans prefer McAdoo as opponent, hoping to weaponize the oil scandal, while Jim Watson faces a Klan joke about his grip.
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Harry
HUNT
Fryastanoron
Roy Haynes
Voly
Wormmissioner
Roy
Cleveland
Rey
New York
New Jersey
Haynes
Enator
Jim Watson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Jim
Pessimists Pile On Calls For “Good Old Times”
The text rails against doom sayers who insist the world grows worse and longs for bygone days before millions of flivvers. It mocks calamity hawkers and their nostalgia for a past with fewer cars and simpler times.
Reparations Plan Backed by German Government
The new German government accepts the Dawes committee reparations plan and aims to apply it to ease Europe's finances. The decision reassures allied powers and may steer a revival of European rehabilitation as Dawes is nominated for vice president on the Republican ticket. European leaders track U S politics closely and will weigh Dawes’s role as a measure of American resolve.
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Sioux City Journal
Dawes Committee
Eirape
Germany
Dawes
Cleveland
Berlin
Gen. Dawes
Coolidge
United States
America
Republican Party
Dan
Indignation at Platte County School Board Over Miss Olson
A Nebraska newspaper column rails at school discipline rules and age stereotypes, praising Miss Olson’s independence and flirting with male admirers. It laments strict conduct codes, defends teacher charm, and suggests local youths lack judgment and pep if Olson remains in teaching.
Miss Olsen Gets Second School Maam Contract
We glory in her spunk Miss Anna Olson of St Edward Nebraska earns a second year contract from District 39 Plaza County school board. She refused a clause banning courtship showing spirited independence and commitment to teaching.
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Omaha
Anna Olson
St.Edward
Neb
Plaza
County
Miss Olsen
Objections and quips on work and mischief
A collage of sayings and wry remarks on work, pride, and society. It jokes about prize fighters assistants, trains of thought, crime losses, taxes, and opinions on bankers professors and window dressers with playful wordplay and aphorisms.
Next Big Act Echoes in Romantic Verse
A playful excerpt riffs on roses and June moons to note how optimism shifts perception. It wryly suggests bold moves and timing matter in love and life, arguing that progress comes from participation and early acts of courage.
Great Men And Their Vain Disguised Heads
A curious folk discourse recalls vanity among famed figures Caesar Balzac Napoleon Buffon. Caesar avoided scratching his head to hide baldness, Balzac removed his hat when speaking to himself, Napoleon boasted of many vanities including his small foot, Buffon listed five great geniuses as Newton Bacon Leibnitz Montesquieu and himself in jest.
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Caesar
Balzac
Napoleon
Buffon
Newton
Bacon
Leibnitz
Montesquiew
Rightful officeholder faces voters in grim self defense
A satirical piece quotes an officeholder claiming readiness to shoulder blame for right actions amid threats and scorn. It contrasts steadfast conscience with political pressure, noting voters rally in blocks for those who do right, while threats fill the air. Copyright 1924 George Matthew Adams.
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Donner Srutter
George Matthew Adams
Mexico as World’s Storehouse and Rich Mineral Region
A historical note extols Mexico as the world’s storehouse due to fertile soil and vast natural resources. Humboldt praised Mexico as a dreamlike home for the world, highlighting its undeveloped yet richly mineralized regions and potential noted by a 19th century naturalist.
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Mexico
Humboldt
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B. P. Chase
Atlantic
Iowa
Congress
Canada
U. S
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Fice
United Press
Erill Burke, Inc
Chicago
South Michigan Blvd
New York City
Brokaw
News- Telegraph
News-Telegraph
House
Senate
Washington (D. C
Post
Washington
McAdoo
Miss Olson
Commonwealth
Annt Olson
Platte County
Walt MA
Walter P.rysler
Chrysler
Maxwell
Garside Motor
Towa
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