HERRING'S LIFE STORY Rides from bicycle ride to governorship
Clyde Herring, Iowa gubernatorial candidate, recalls his first job in a Detroit jewelry store where he met Henry Ford long before politics. He later built a car business, moved to Atlantic and Des Moines, and led Herring Motor Company. He cites a plan for a clean administration and reform of state promotions. The piece frames his rise from humble beginnings to a business leader backing a anticorruption platform.
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Clyde Herring
Iowa
Alger
Herring
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Henry Ford
Cass County
Ford
Pord
Atlantic
Atlantic Automobile Company
Des Moines
Herring Motor Company
Associated and Midland Packing Companies
Clyde Herring Backs Co operation for Farmers Rights
Clyde Herring, candidate for governor, pledges support for cooperative institutions. He argues cooperatives and cooperatives’ elevators warehouses and stockyards are essential to fair farm product distribution and will push for access to rail rights of way and cooperative facilities in the region.
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Clyde Herring
Clyde Werring
Terring
Herring Calls for State Agriculture Department in Iowa
Clyde Herring, candidate for governor, urges creation of a department of agriculture to manage feria interests and strengthen Iowa as the heart of the nation's richest agricultural region. He argues a dedicated agriculture department would outpace minor bureaus and commissions in value to the law and farmers.
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Department of Agriculture
Iowa
United States
Clyde Herring
Herring
Agriculture da Lawu
Ligeest
Laws
Immortal Songs: Homeric Epics Through History
A compact history traces the Odyssey and the Wind as Homeric works linked to ancient Troy and Menelaus, noting later figures like Pisistratus, Aristotle, Aratus, Aristarchus, and Aristophanes who shaped their form. Detroit News contrasts Homer as a moral exemplar and teacher of human wisdom.
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Trav
Menelaus
Lacerdemon
David
Homer
Lucurcus
Lacedemon
Greece
Pisistratus
Fila
Hipparcus
Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Aratus
Aristarchus
Samos
Aristophanes
Nicrarian
Alexandria
Thucydides
Detroit News
Today Is the Day Your Life Gets Underway
The piece urges seizing the present as vital, defining Today as music art literature joy work and play. It emphasizes action over fear, urging readers to spread smiles, be engaged, and let go of worries while leveraging today to learn and grow. George Matthew Adams' line ends with a note to Good Housekeeping.
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George Matthew Adams
Good Housekeeping
Hog nosed snake shocks London on sight
A witty notice from Regent's Park Zoological Wardens describes an American hog-nosed snake new to London. Approached by a guest, the reptile puffs up and flattens its body to resemble a cobra, but its hood collapses and it hops to the ground, then remains harmless as it retreats.
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London
Tive &Peelinens
Zoological
Regent's Park
Cleaning Watches With Bread
A peculiar use of bread in water factories involves spreading fresh loaves over watch parts. The dough absorbs oil and chips stick to it, acting as a unique cleaner that leaves no residue on the item being wiped.
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Witelomakinty
Enormous sharks and their extraordinary sizes
The text notes Rondelet's shark Forestaunce reaching 40 feet, the great basking shark possibly longer, a young specimen 17 feet in England, and full grown sharks up to 50 feet that can outgrow whales in girth. It mentions vast uncertainty in natural history and hints that larger surprises await future generations.
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Rondelet
England
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Glenwood, Iowa
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Candy
the Tribune
Hartman
Glenwood
North Side Square
Ent
Hamilton
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