29 Apr 1921
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1921
Page
1
A condensed wrap reports high railroad freight rates as a central issue, immigration restriction progress, cabinet nominations, and impeachment talks. It notes a German reparations mediation rejection, Senate actions on Colombia treaty and rail investigations, thefts in Chicago, wage cuts in Connecticut, aviation milestones, and various international political moves.
Bellevue Herald publisher Anthony Brandt dies at home in Bellevue. Governor Nate Kendall visits Iowa City to deliver opening address for a 1 million dollar Iowa Memorial Union fund drive. Mason City school board authorizes sale of 75 000 dollars in bonds for Midland Heights school. Des Moines man William P. Baldwin dies at soldiers home in Marshalltown. Des Moines granddaughter Mrs. Marie Mr. Jacksons resides there. Hamburg man Samuel C. Hudson, 40, dies in St Joseph hospital after injuries from a stationary engine explosion. Johnson County Dealers association thanks council for tuberculosis law pass. Farm Bureau report reviewed by board of directors. New Hampton market ships one car of 144 000 eggs daily. Blood poisoning causes the death of Harold McKercher near Hellentown. Dr L W Deax secures yellow rail for University of Iowa museum. Preston votes 43 984 13 for sewer system. turnout high. Iowa City child run down by car. grandfather injured. Des Moines Arih H Neumann awarded capitol extension grading contract. State executive council awards contract to Tamauth G edford firm. Near Cascade Michiel B Henneberry dies in Anaconda Mont. once Chicago resident. State board of education to meet May 3 4 at Cornell College. deaf institution inspected. policy discussion. North English We W Boland fined for shipping sheep with scabies. Citizenship increases by 22 in Iowa as four men denied. Public welfare and health bills dominate post session health report. 16 of 19 bills enacted. Grinnell Santos Tito McDaniel found tied to railway track. claims alienation suit against wife’s parents. Iowa City Sergeant Jack Rhamney returns after war brain surgery. Council Bluffs worker Oscar Pfeiffer found dead in manhole from gas.
A Chicago Daily News excerpt recounts a Scots prospective marine engineer candidate being tested by a captain. When asked how he would handle no water in boilers, the puzzled applicant grins and replies he would go on deck to see if there was water in the lake.
A Dallas tramcar confrontation features a passenger in a racially charged exchange about the word procrastinate. The negro passenger explains the term to the conductor, who presses for clarity and remains unsettled by the phrasing and tension of the dialogue.
A brief, disjointed dialogue describes a young woman yawning and apologizing while Mr Starlate explains the yawn was seen as opened by mistake. The clipped text suggests a staged or letters page interaction with minimal context.
A jostling crowd on the last bus struggles for the few remaining spaces while a tired conductor with a 1915 ribbon manages the rush. A sturdy young man hops onto the moving bus, smiling at the dare in the crowd as a sense of army camaraderie echoes from the London Chronicle.
A light spoken quip about a wife with dreadful memory and a punchline suggesting a flivver to jog her memory. The exchange plays on timing and wordplay to elicit a laugh.
A quoted verse from Arthur H. Folwell in Leslie's contrasts a quick patriot at a band with the slowest rise when government asks for income tax. A skit questions what a woman with a drugstore complexion would do to bluff at blushing.
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