The League of Nations Needs Backing by an Army
The piece argues that a strong police force is required to enforce league decisions and prevent rebellious nations from ignoring peace settlements. It notes Poland's border violations, ongoing Turkish aggression, and Germany's repudiation of treaty terms, warning that without military backing the league remains ineffective.
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League of Nations
Wilson Plain
Poland
Russia
League
Far East
Germany
Europe
Reckless driving on rail crossings blamed for deaths
The piece cites over four thousand annual railway trespassing deaths and 11 Iowa crossing fatalities in August. It argues a law requiring motorists to stop at tracks would fail without driver obedience, as impatience to reach destinations endangers passengers in the back seats.
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Iowa
Inter-Church World Movement Faces Financial Collapse
The Inter-Church World movement appears doomed to defeat as sponsors overextended plans meet resistance from fund contributors. War time expenses and rising philanthropic demands strain pewholders and limit future giving, forcing the group to retreat from its large scale project.
Refusal of Millionaire Heir Sects Wealth for Charity
Charles Garland, son of a Boston millionaire, declines his share of the estate claiming the sum exceeds one person’s needs. He argues the money could aid the poor, yet his abstention costs him the chance to act directly and fulfill a larger call to service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Garland
Boston
Anamosa Court House Location Debate After Defeat
The defeat of the new court house proposition delays decision on site. Support splits between park site favored by some and east end interests backing the old laundry corner opposite the depot. Business leaders weigh proximity to the east end against a central park location.
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Court House
Anamosa
North Dakota Banks Close as Deposits Tie Up
Fifteen banks in North Dakota have closed due to long term loan investments. The state’s nonpartisan league is not blamed for the failures, as in other states, and deposits will be tied up until loans and discounts can be collected, with banks likely to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
League
Germany defends wartime acts in Nations League letter
The letter from German propagandist Bernhard Dernberg to the Argentina delegate to the League of Nations Assembly defends Germany's war actions and questions civilization’s judgment of the war. Calvin Coolidge, cited as accepting a legend at home, reflects on wisdom and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernhard Dernberg
United States
Lusitania
Argentina
League of Nations
Germany
Chicago police chief leads winter vice crusade
The city's new chief of police heads a campaign against vice with plans to pursue the effort throughout the winter season, signaling an intensified crackdown in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Philippine self government debate tested by world faith
The Cedar Rapids Republican relays the Chicago Tribune stance urging Philippine independence and self rule. It argues the United States must keep its pledge to grant freedom in due time and avoid burdens seen in Britain's Egypt. It cautions against delaying and frames self government as essential to national credibility.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago Tribune
Philippine Islands
Spain
Aguinaldo
United States
Egypt
Great Britain
Philippines
England
Agriculture the backbone of America in Collier's view
Collier's Weekly lauds the farm as America's biggest and most vital industry noting it spans over 8 million acres, employs 14 million people, and generates tens of billions in output. It urges Thanksgiving recognition of farmers’ toil amid wartime shifts and rising wages drawing labor from farms.
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Collier's Weekly
Collier’s
United States
Des Moines Capital Reflects on Van Meter Train Tragedy
Des Moines editorial laments a Rock Island train killing a father, mother, son, and daughter at a grade crossing in Van Meter. It decries driver thoughtlessness and urges caution and common sense until better safety devices or laws reduce such deaths.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
van Meter
Elmer Lienémann
Democrats Silent on Cox Plan for 1924 Leadership
The passage notes no Republican objections to Gov. Cox leading his party again in 1924, while Democrats have not yet voiced a position.
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Jay EB. House
Gov. Cox
Obituary and Local Notices From Iowa News Briefs
Obituaries report the deaths of Thomas Hedge a former congressman. Rev. G M Orvis a Dubuque pastor. Miss Margaret L Wilson of Camanche who died by gas. and George Neff a Linn County sheriff candidate. Other items note hospital hotel price protests and a corn picker accident. health nurses. an income tax course. and factory closures in Dubuque Brunswick Balke Collender plant due to weak demand.
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G. M. Orvis
Summit Street
Dubuque
Stanley
Wisconsin
Waterloo Traveling Men and Business Men's Association
Margaret L. Wilson
Camanche
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Clara Newcomb
BH. H. Hoyt
Manchester
Alverez Obregon
Mexico
Tom Lathrop
Oxford Junction
Delaware County
Greeley
Oneida
Earlville
Alfred Hayes
Dubuque County
State University of Iowa
State Bankers Association
Iowa City
Iowa Bankers Asociation
Fleming Building
Des Moines
George Neff
Linn County
Milwaukee
Paralta
A. F.stolt
Waterloo
H. T. Young
Stolt
Hopkinton
Iowan Bakers’ Mortgage Company
H. C. Beeson
I. M. Scott
Beeson
Brunswick, Balke Collender Company
Dispute Over Armenia Intervention at Geneva Meeting
In Geneva discussions within the league of nations reveal broad sympathy for Armenians but no consensus on military action against the Turks. Nations show reluctance to bear the mandate or responsibility for Armenia.
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Davenport
League of Nations
Armenia
Geneva
League
Iowa attorney generalship as a political stepping stone
The Carroll Herald notes that Iowa's attorney generalship rarely launches lasting political careers. It cites Smith McPherson as the only exception, with a brief nod to H. W. Byers and George Cosson who failed to move beyond the office.
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Carroll Herald
Iowa
Smith McPherson
John’ Y.ffers
H. W. Byers
George Cosson
Senator Harding Portrayed as Real Fellow by Carroll Herald
The Carroll Herald praises Senator Harding as a plainspoken, approachable leader who embodies citizen virtue. It likens him to Abraham Lincoln, arguing he will be a friend to the plain people in the White House for the next four years.
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Carroll Herald
Senator Harding
White House
Harding
Abraham Lincoln
It’s Up to You. Anamosa Eureka Advice Message
A motivational note urges readers to keep calm and work diligently through upcoming challenges. It emphasizes self-reliance, steady effort, and resilience, saying the other person is focused on their own problems and won’t help.
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Anamosa
Eureka
No Mystery in Chicago Bike Boom
A Chicago Daily News note highlights growing bicycle popularity baffling many while prompting readers to ask the gasoline man about today’s price.
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Chicago Daily News
Walking for health and happiness across town and country
The article extols walking as the best affordable exercise for all ages. Doctors promote daily walks to rebuild body and mind, citing a sanitarium program that uses countryside treks. It urges people to walk for mood, energy, and outlook, in city or rural settings, day or night.
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Minneapolis
Lucky
Ite
Postmaster Tenure and Civil Service Debate in Journal
The Sioux City Journal argues the postmaster should stay in office beyond term under civil service, claiming the law survives repeal. It notes executive orders alter civil service by party, and predicts Harding will favor appointments aligned with Republican politics.
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Manson Journal
Sioux City
Harding
House
Washington
Bryan breaks silence on Cox Roosevelt vote in Lincoln
Mr. Bryan traveled from Florida to Lincoln to vote for Cox and Roosevelt, saying the Democratic Party is more trustworthy for solving current economic problems. He avoided speeches as they wouldn’t fit the campaign plan and criticized Cox on excess profits tax wet dry and world peace stance. The Kansas City veteran, though dissenting on tactics, defends his convictions as sincere and worthy of respect.
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Kansas City Times
Bryan
Florida
Lincoln
Cox
Roosevelt
Gov. Cox
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Cox
Democratic Party
Iowa Farmers Hit by Price Drop in 1920 Crisis
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald notes 1919 Iowa crop value at 487 million and swine at 226 million. A 10 percent price drop costs farmers over twenty million, while industrial stocks also fell sharply. Wages held at peak levels, but employment rose in unemployment.
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Dubuque
Telegraph-Herald
Iowa
General Electric
U. S
United States Steel
Crucible
Atlantic Gulf
Baldwin Locomotive
Studebaker
Rep. Iron and Steel
Two Harvard student and mechanic refuse 2 million
The Chicago Daily News reports two young men, sons of James Garland, who offered to forfeit 2,000,000 in wealth. The mechanic supports his wife and baby while the Harvard student brother studies. The act drew praise and censure as a religious motive and bold idealism.
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Chicago Daily News
Harvard
James Garland
Albany factory pays office staff more than workers
A St. Paul Pioneer Press report notes a Albany New York plant where office employees earn an average weekly pay of 2.18 dollars more than factory workers, highlighting wage disparity in the facility.
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St. Paul
Campaign to restore school basics over frills urged
Indianapolis notes a push in the national campaign for better schools to return to first principles while avoiding frills. Parents complain about at home activities costumes pageants plays Uh participating in many organizations that cut into core school work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Campaign For Better
Little Red
Shorthill Warns Kansas Farmers on Credit Risks
J. W. Shorthill, ex-secretary of farmers' co operatives, told Cedar Rapids readers that Kansas farmers wasted 100 million dollars on failing stock ventures last year. He says they erred by borrowing to pay for bogus stocks and now seek more credit to cover notes. He argues the nation suffers from too much easy borrowing, not too little.
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Cedar Rapids
J. W. Shorthill
Farmers’ Co-Operative
Kansas
Germany warns it will revisit peace treaty, renews armed stance
The piece argues Germany has repudiated the colonial clause and will erase the treaty by repudiation, claiming the signature is meaningless and predicting renewed war when the time is right. It frames Germany as a persistent, clumsy conspirator likely to strike once conditions favor aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Germany
League of Nations
Farmers face bank lending squeeze in feedlot crisis
The Argus-Leader argues banks lend to grain speculators but not to feeders, forcing immature cattle to market and harming stockmen and consumers. It blames the federal reserve bank system for restricting local bank support of customers and urges amending federal bank law to prevent such decisions.
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Sioux Falls Argus-Leader
Federal Reserve Bank
Harding Cox Vacation Overshadowing Cox Inaction
The column complains that newspapers overreport Senator Harding while giving little attention to Gov. Cox. It contrasts daily coverage of Harding’s actions with silence on Cox’s whereabouts or efforts, noting sensational detail for trivial incidents and ignoring Cox’s fishing or personal mishaps.
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Iroquois
8. D
Harding
Cox
North Dakota Loans Suffer Under Townley Curbs
Wealthy lenders show reluctance as North Dakota’s socialistic moves by Townley and his Non-Partisan League raise business concerns. Investors fear new laws and the present economic strain as they weigh funding options in a state with tightened controls.
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Waterloo
Reform coal contracts to curb profiteering
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald argues the modern coal contract is riddled with ifs and ands that let operators choose to fill or skip contracts based on the spot price. It calls for congressional and legislative reform to fix the contract form and prevent profiteering.
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Dubuque
Prices Drop Spark Farm Market Alarm
Davenport Democrat reports Iowa farmers face a collapsing market with price declines flattening demand. The piece argues volatility harms farmers more than other producers and urges expert attention to stabilize marketing.
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Davenport
Iowa
Knowledge I Teach Yet See My Own Weakness
A reflective piece where the speaker acknowledges teaching others and empowering their will, while recognizing personal front weaknesses and admitted limitations in self understanding. The poem frames a contrast between imparted knowledge and inner vulnerability.
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Treacher
Tosti
Theo
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Ino
Ihthalelphia Public Ledger
Drother
Brida
Minna Irving
The
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New Yorks Herald
Washington Post
L. G. Stuhler
L. F. Rood
Matthiesson Auto & Supply Co
R. Neal
Monticello
O. S. Brainerd
West First Street
J. R. McLaughlin
Salm
Mra
J. C. Ualster
Routo
Scotch Grove
Saleh
J. A. Schrmidt
Sycamore Street
Fannie McLeas
Monticello Express
Joffrey
Harrison Lubben
Salh
Angie Street
Lowell State Bank
China
Turrowa
W. T. Kehoe
Litzell's
J. Nelson
Jersey Red Boar
Fred Troy
R. W. Brady
Towa
Wpage
First and
Walnut Streets
W. Page
Duroc Jersey
H. Schatz
Monticallo
W. M. Morse
Sand Spring Round
W.H. Winans
Jack Studer
J. A. Waddiclk
Chevrolet
JF. Kuriger
Castle Grove
O. P. Hanssen
North Cedar Street
Edith Brazelton
North Fair Oaks Street
Pasadena
California
al Partica
First Street
A. Krishman
Wilton
R. C. R. J. RB. Cockerels
John Matthiessen
L. C. Lawrence
Henry Adams
Crimm Bros
Mike Breen
Ray Adams
Paul Peterson
Herman Harms
Arnold Egger
Scotch Grove Township
J. W. Hutton
G. J. Hughes
Art Hanesen Farm
Monticello Bottling Works
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Jones
United Tates Bonds
War Savings Cor. & Thrift Stamps
Federal Reserve Bank Banking House
Lawful Reserve
Federal Reserve
Vino Cartificatas
State of Iowa
Janos County
Ss— Wo
H. M. Carpenter
Wim, Stuller
H. S. Rishardson
Anid Bank
Ita
H. M. Cartantia
Wm. Stahlor
J. 8. Richardson
I M. Carpenter
Wm. Stuhler
GH. George
V. le Hanssen
1. Wels
Jones County Trust and Savings Bank Capital
H. M. Rimley
Jamios Remlicy Remlay & Rimley Attornens
A. P. Lambert
O. Trust & Savings Bank
G. Brazelton
G. C. Brazelton
Patrick Optometrist
Thesee
M. F. Hogan
F. A. Hefner
Stiskford
Monticello Lowa
Eclipse
Prica
Capy
Harry IL
Rodman
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