Debates on Iowa politics and other era notes
The piece cites Ex Senator Brookhart sparring with Iowa Republican voters over economic policy and political direction. It items auto exports to Europe, rail vs bus transport, dress trends, and notes the death of Judge Milo P. Smith of Cedar Rapids. It reports Mount Holyoke College’s new non smoking rule and closes with a quip on poverty as a matrimonial but not moral crime.
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Smith Wildman
Brookhart
Iowa
Hawkeye
Towa
Cummins
Europe
United States
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke
Holyoke
Standardization of American life drew notice abroad
Mrs. Rosita Forbes writes in the Observer praising American women yet warning that standardization may erode individuality. She notes mechanical uniformity in goods and housing, but argues neighbors in identical homes can differ sharply in thoughts and hopes, and that daily newspapers may carry the same news without forcing uniform thinking.
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Sioux City Journal
Rosita Forbes
London
America
The
Observer
John Drinkwater
United States
Boston
Los Angeles
New York Central
Union Pacific
New York
Sioux City
Debutante Nation: America’s Missing National Consciousness
An essay argues America, though young, has deep traditions from colonial, Civil War, and World War eras. It contrasts regionalism with a need for a unified national consciousness across culture, literature, and daily life, urging deeper understanding of soil to skyline.
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Dubuane Telegraph Herald
America
Washington
Lincoln
Jefferson
Daniel Webster
Calhoun
Paul Revere
Andrew Jackson
Georgia
Ann
Mississippi Valley
Ozark
John Boynton Priestly
Aunt Jane
Iowa teacher indicted for trying to burn down schoolhouse
The article notes a Iowa teacher facing charges for an alleged arson attempt at a schoolhouse while contrasting with praise from his students. It also cites a U S butter consumption rise from 130 million pounds in 1920 to 150 million in 1925.
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Minneapolis
Iowa
United States
Pearl of the Atlantic voyage to Madeira and Algiers
A travel piece recounts a Madeira port stop from San Miguel Azores en route to Algiers. It describes cobbled streets, bullock carts, a cog railway to Terreira de Sueta, gardens, flowers, beggars, shopping centers, gambling, and the island’s climate, history, and Columbus links.
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San Miguel
Azores
Madeira
Africa
Bahamas
Rome
Funchal
Terreira de Sueta
Ohio
Judge Milo P. Smith Dies at 79 in Cedar Rapids Home
Judge Milo P. Smith, noted in the eighteenth judicial district, died at his Cedar Rapids home yesterday morning at 3:45 o'clock after a long illness of old age. Born in Linn county in 1847, he served as a Civil War captain under Sherman, later practiced law, and chaired Linn county's courts before retiring in 1921. He is survived by his wife Mildred Hall, two daughters Edith and Harriet Stahl, and two sisters.
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Milo P. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Eighteenth Judicial District
Smith
Iowa
Tualy
Judge Smith
Jones County
Linn County
Samuel W
Elizabeth Hee
Crane
Fairview
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cornell
William Smyth
Marion
Tipton
Thirty-first Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Sherman
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Atlanta
University of Michigan
Marengo
Eighth
Mildred EB. Hall
Edith Smith
Harriett Stahl
First Avenue
Rebecca Dutton
Elsinore
R. L. Harness
Williamstown
Kansas
C. G. Wright
Manchester
Humboldt
Orson A. Wilson
Delhi
Mr. Wilson
Town Electric Company
Maquoketa
Joseph Buresh
Oxford Junction
David Duggan
James Delay
Ryan
The
American Legion
Clinton
Town City
Zwingle
Dubuque
Warren Costigan
Rev
N. Fritschel
Strawberry Point Lutheran Church
Waverly
Jahr
Beloit
Wisconsin
American Legion Auxiliary
Olin
Iowa Academy of Science
Coe College
Michael Netley
B. BE. Rhinehart
Anamosa
W. BE. Smith
Onslow
A. B. Cummins
Anns Rosell
Delaware County
Sioux City
Henry Nea
Reece
Williamsburg
Roy J. Eberhart
Sidney
Montana
Dorine Corbin
Edward Howard
Columbia College
Davenport
Oregon City
Pope Pius
Sunday Movie Vote Defeated in West Liberty Election
In West Liberty last Monday residents voted 397 to 394 against a Sunday movie measure. The item was part of a batch of local notices amid numerous county affairs including road bond plans, school measures, and community changes across Cedar County and neighboring towns.
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West Liberty
Li. P. Bowdish
Springville
Cedar County
Dyersville
Onyx
Dubuque
Mount Vernon
Dubuque County
Sudden Death of Cascade Farmer Thomas Mulvihill
Thomas Mulvihill a 65 year old farmer near Cascade died suddenly last Tuesday while harrowing. Brother Bernard found him lifeless. cause heart disease. Survived by seven siblings. funeral at St Patrick's Temple Hill with burial beside the church. Other items note property sale to Merle Cass and travels of Mrs Laude and plans to attend a Galli Curci concert.
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Thomas Mulvihill
Cascade
Bernard Mulvihill
Mulvihill
Michael Hughes
William Mulvihill
Jane Duffy
Thomas Moran
William Duffy
John Faulks
St. Patrick'’s Catholic Church
Temple Hill
Ames Abe Sez on Spring Thoughts and Farm Tips
The column muses on spring love and ironic cautions to dads about gasoline use in cars on moonlit nights. It notes virtue as reward, iron from eggs and spinach, and compares alfalfa to timothy for feed with alfalfa yielding about three times more per acre. It adds Iowa can grow alfalfa and offers pillow care guidance.
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Iowa
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Big Rock
England
Spain
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Garden of Eden
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University of Town
Vinton
University of Iowa
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Herman Ehmke
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Waucoma
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Knoxville
Tennessee
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Waterloo
Newton
Council Bluffs
Webster City
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Jones and
Cascade Man
William R. Kuhns
South Chestnut Street
Merle Cass
Kuhns
Scotch Grove
William H. Laude
Emma Laude
Harvey, Iliinois
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Rockford
Illinois
Galli Ourei
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Monticello State Bank
Ford
Fords
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Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co
Monticello, Iowa
du Pont
Fiat
R.H. Balster
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