Wet and Dry Debate Persists in Prohibition Era
The article argues that many congressmen elected recently favor increasing alcohol content in beer and wine and that a growing sentiment supports lighter beverages. It notes direct wet and dry votes in states, appeals to voters about wealth enabling liquor access, and criticizes law enforcement as a farce while prisons fill. The piece predicts a renewed, more rigid nationwide Prohibition effort.
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Friends of Radical Prohibition
Mywell
Thev
Pany Pen
Vlompain
Hough
Campaign promises and voter influence in agriculture
The piece argues that many campaign promises are impossible to enact and misleading. It contends the paper serves farmers in the county and state, prospering when farmers prosper and suffering when they do not, suggesting the paper could inflame prices if it could.
Campaign promises and farmer costs in Casis county
The piece argues legislative support will not fix wages or freight costs without harming farmers. It notes promises to labor and farmers conflict, warns higher wages raise living costs and freight rates, and suggests testing campaign claims by comparing grain shipping prices before and after the election. The News-Telegraph cautions voters to assess redemption of promises.
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Anny
Casis County
Tax exempt securities near constitutional amendment debated
The Omaha Bee editorial discusses two proposed constitutional amendments, one to end tax exempt bonds and the other addressing child labor. President Harding backs ending tax exemption. Tax-free municipal and federal bonds are said to drain revenues and divert capital from productive industry, benefiting wealthy investors.
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Omaha Bee
United States
Enild
Isbor
Fregident Harding
Edwin R. A. Séligban
Charles 3 Schwab
Treasury
A Reader's Taste for High and Low Literature
The writer reflects on diverse reading tastes and defends enjoying both highbrow classics and popular detective tales. He contrasts rigid literary hierarchies with his broad appetite, noting pleasure in Bratt, I, Sleuth fiction, and Holmes adventures alongside serious novels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Gemp
Juni
Matthew Adams
Fragmented Odds and Ends From the Times Page
A jumble of miscellaneous lines quotes and quips about football actors innovators and politeness. It notes armistice era profiteers Red Cross humor and a boast about a pump kin and a reformer. The piece reads as a collage of floating opinions and trivia with no single event or figure dominating.
Lee County Reduces Bonded Debt and Tax Mills
Lee County reports a reduction in bonded debt to about 160,000 with annual liquidation around 20,000. During the same period taxes rose modestly, with the 1916 levy around 25.5 mills and overall state millage increasing from about 4.5 to 69.28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barton Payne
Wilson
Fort Madison
Lee County
Foster's Weekly Weather Bulletin North America forecast November 18 1922
Washington reports a outlook for precipitation from Oct 1 1922 to year end. Overall moisture is expected near the ten year average with some regions drier or wetter. Severe storms unlikely for about twenty days then active weather patterns may raise moisture aiding winter grains. Regions from the Rockies to the midwest show varied temperatures and storm potential with noted global grain shortages.
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Washington
North America
Australia
New Zealand
Islands
South Africa
Argentina
Europe
Rockies
Rockies’ Crest
Crest
Myers
Mae ‘Ean Tine
Adair County Voters Split on Soldier Bonus Measure
In Greenfield Iowa the News Telegraph reports the soldier bonus proposition nearly failed in Adair County with 2,042 votes for and 4,780 against. The outcome shows strong opposition and a narrow margin of support among local voters.
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Adair County
Greenfield
News-Telegraph
Adair
Megta ‘News-Telegraph Wain
New York Steel Output Shows October Rise
United Press reports no orders for United Steel Corporation for October. Production rose to 8,902,287 tons, an increase of 220,680 tons from September.
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United Press
New York
United Steel Corporation
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