What of the Winter Plans for Reading and Culture
The piece urges readers to prepare for winter by reading widely from Iowa authors and Pulitzer winners, balancing fiction with history, drama, and poetry. It stresses that reading should inspire thought and creative writing, and asks what lectures, music, and social engagement readers have planned for a meaningful season. It then shifts to a political reflection on party structure and the feasibility of voters choosing best candidates, questioning Senator Norris to illustrate practical limits of independent judgment within party systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid David Coupperfield
Wbirary
Iowa
Huth Cross
Norris
Senator Norris Addresses War Speech Misread by Audiences
A fragmented report shows Senator Norris delivering a wartime speech to 40 attendees. The text hints at urging voters to support the best candidate at the polls and warns against being swayed by party labels or homefront pressures.
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Norris
Community Interest Drive to Support Local Shops
The speaker argues that buying from out-of-town firms hurts local merchants and workers, risking town decline, shed jobs, lower home values, and tax revenue for public services. Supporting local businesses safeguards property investments, streets, and public debt interests.
Fragmented Clips on War, Taxes, and Scandals
A compilation of clipped newspaper quips critiques wartime impact, tax cuts, and political maneuvering. The items include remarks from Boston Transcript Houston Post-Dispatch and Chicago News about Germany’s defeat, presidential tax goals, Washington housecleaning, and dubious figures on executions and cross-border spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Boston Transcript
Washington
Houston Post-Dispatch
English Channel
Chicago News
Swampycott
White Hoyas
Dewn Moines Register
United States
Stattedeims
Canada
Charleston
Ree
Fire Loss and Radio Hope Frame National Week Appeal
A 1920s editorial outlines a massive fire loss of 1 466 744 44 pounds with 41 deaths, compares annual fire costs to US production, and argues carelessness as a cause. It stresses radio as home savings tool, urging responsible tax policy and efficient public administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilsa
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Uncle Sam
Sheriff Sale Notice in Mills County Iowa 1925
Execution issued September 17 1925 in Mills County Iowa directs sale of real estate to satisfy a judgment for Martha A White against Mills County Agricultural Society and others for 10921 53 plus costs. Property described as part of section two township four range four Mills County to be sold at public auction at the west door of the Mills County Courthouse Glenwood on October 27 1925 between 9 am and 4 pm. Sheriff W S DeMons to conduct sale good title conveyed free of liens as provided by law.
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Merk
District Court
Millls County
Iowa
Martha A. White
Mills County Agricultural Society Et al
Milla County
Bec
Maers
West Door
Court House
Glenwood
W. S. DeMons
Mills County
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Malvern
W. P. Wortman
Towa
Loma Pres Sociati
The
Board of Supervisors
Porthy
Bulls
Durham
Will Rogers
Ziegfeld Fol
Ind Decree Star
Harmorist
Mors
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
America
Fai Zo
York
Deardorff Grocery
Malvern, Iowa
Tone
Lemion
LPN FY AU
FORD
Salyers Auto Co
Mr. Man
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