Build the Air Line through Whiteway Seven route
Notice to subscribers and local editorials urge completing the Air Line route across the county from Anita to Le as part of Whiteway Seven. Advocates argue speed in road surfacing and state plans, noting delays harm progress and push for Council Bluffs cross-state routing. Local towns contend the project affects development and funding.
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Air Line
Anita
Whiteway Seven
Council Bluffs
Whiteway Suver
Harlan
Audubon
Counsel Bluffs
Whiteway
Need for a new Atlantic community development group
The text urges forming a strong local organization to foster growth in Atlantic and surrounding territory. It laments the end of the prior Commercial Club after the war and argues existing Rotary and Lions clubs cannot fully serve as a community development body. It stresses the need for an active, united group with faith and vision.
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Atlantic
Wagai
Rotary
Lions
Aden Euh
Voters Urged To Choose Progresive Leaders
A fragment urges voters to back leaders who will push forward city progress, speed improvements, and highway projects. It warns against lagging behind and warns that reactionaries have no place in development. It emphasizes building permanent roads and growing the county seat towns and larger centers.
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Pelegraph
Hannervat
Avantia
Vote on band tax at eig election Monday
Citizens debate a two mill tax for band purposes to fund a city band under a new method. Property owners will pay a small share, with strong support from the community. The incident reflects broad approval for financing public entertainment through a band tax vote on the upcoming ballot.
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Eig
Delaware Bayard and du Pont Families Dominate Senate
In Washington the Bayard and du Pont clans in Delaware shape the Senate’s makeup. Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. and T Coleman du Pont hold senior and junior seats with deep family ties among five prominent dynasties. The piece notes Delaware’s small size and dense population, making political influence through lineage especially potent. It also references Tom Marshall’s view of Calvin Coolidge’s restrained style as a strategic weapon.
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Harry B. Hunt
NEA
Washington
United States
Senate
Delaware
Bayard du Pont
Thomas’ Francis Bayard
Bayard
Delry
Hief-Erindfather
Richard Barset
James Ashvton Bayard
T. Coleman du Pont
Columbia
Bayird
Merchants Warn Against Charge It Fiscal Reckoning
A fragment suggests merchants will condemn the practice of charging purchases as old ledgers are discarded. The text quips that the town will be charged and hopes for a return to prudent finances as economic habits change, warning readers of a coming reckoning.
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Grarge
Matthew
Springtime Quips and Rumors Amid Daily News Bits
A collage of light anecdotes and gossip items from 1925 touches on optimism, politics, fashion, and culture. It notes rumor about Mrs. Coolidge being pregnant, jokes about spring uncertainty, kites raising spirits, and playful quips about hats, gum, and mushrooms, ending with a copyright note.
Sculpture of Governor Miriam Ferguson by Enrico Gerrachio
In Clay as bust of Governor Miriam A. Ferguson of Texas was completed by sculptor Enrico Gerrachio. Ferguson paused from official duties to pose for the model, marking a formal portrait in stone.
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Miriam A. ‘Ferguson
Texas
Enrico’ Gerrachio
Huff praised for supporting Bergman tax measure
The News Telegraph congratulates Cass county representative Charles W. Huff on his vote for the Bergman baseline tax measure. It passed the House in Des Moines, aligning Huff with progressive ideas of the time and showing his responsiveness to public-financed improvements.
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the News-Telegraph
Charles W. Huff
Cass County
State General’ Assembly
Des Moines
Iowa at a Glance highlights from Sioux CityWX
United Press reports from multiple Iowa towns noting Woodbury County farmers seed small grains under favorable weather with clover and alfalfa starting well seed corn testing expanded. Sioux City police battle pranksters hurling water-filled bags at streetcars while guards inspect units. Fort Madison conducts mass testing of students under Dr Elmer Ritter. Oskaloosa adds Harvard classics to Penn College Library as Arthur Hadley donor. Fairfield reports a deadly crackdown on unmuzzled untagged dogs. LeMars covers domestic case involving Mrs Anna Hill and John E Hill in Merrill seeking separate maintenance.
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United Press
Sioux City
Woodbury ‘County
Fort Madison
Elmer Ritter
Iowa State Teachers College
Bright Future in Rhyme Censures Merchants and Debt
A satirical piece critiques merchants and debt with a chorus of rhymes by Walt Mason. It mocks inflated prices, unpaid bills, and the burden on common buyers while lampooning a “merchant prince” and his assistant Clarence Glagk as chaotic profiteering escalates costs for everyday goods.
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Clarence Glagk
Smith
Ballad of Agile Nations and Loyal King Bond
A fragmented note references two agile speaking nations sharing loyalty to a king. It mentions Shakespearean revival and a London Mortilog Post style tone, hinting at a ball or social event as a metaphor for unity and shared duty.
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London
Mortilog Post
Feamone Bags A Punching Bag Mystery
A fragmented text mentions a bag and objects like candy and a windbag. It references a cat, a bag of Gour, Ehrat base, and mentions an acbage or theta bag. The readable snippets hint at objects rather than a coherent event. No clear persons, places, or dates are identifiable.
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Feamone
Ehrat- Base
Apples Odilly Colored one trees rad be the root
Odilly document fragment discusses root conditions and perpetual hed terms with unclear references to apples and a person named Abe AM. The readable text presents an abstract, disjoint set of phrases suggesting a botanical or editorial note without clear events or outcomes.
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Abe
Iowa City Red Cross Sends Aid to Tornado District
A Red Cross chapter in West Liberty sent one hundred dollars to the devastated southern Illinois district after a tornado. Local Scouts install a radio for a blind woman in Columbus Junction. Women managers attend a Standard Publications convention with delegates from multiple states. A Shenandoah item notes a local pastor’s son’s death from blood poisoning. Des Moines reports a National Guard manpower reduction effective March, with full strength after June 30 due to funds.
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Iowa City
Illinois
Red Cross
West Liberty
Here
Standard Publications Company
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Nebraska
Infans
Sinjin
Neveting
Hes Moines
Ade Witant Deeneral
Ayen
Farm Women Record Show Hidden Strength in Home Duties
A four year survey of farm women highlights steady effort in essential household tasks. The study notes discipline, resilience, and community roles beyond traditional labor, underscoring the quiet contributions of women in rural life.
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Washington
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South Michigan Blvd
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Hunt
Tom Marshall
White House
Tom
Coolidge
Marshall
New York
New Jersey
Talse Cain
NBA Service, Inc
Charley
Iowa
Sioux. City
Iowa National Guard
William Buerkle
Topeks
Kans
Oskaloosa
Penn College
Harvard
Arthur , Hadley
Fairfield
Nimala
Hn. Peterson
Ubedix’ Beane
Rippi Ing Rhymes
Walt Mason
Jenwat
Columbus Junction
Shenandoah
Warren
Dudley
W. M. Ridley
Methodist Church
Mins
Oln Hawkins
aKnans Wesleyan
Sa- Tina
Kavneas
News Telegraph
Willys-Overland
INE Motor CA
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