Creative Chemistry praised for science focus and industry tales
The review extols Edwin H. Slosson's Creative Chemistry as a compelling popular science book. It highlights how it explains nitrogen, explosives, dyes, indigo history, coal tar products, plastics, and notable German contributions. It notes ancillary local issues about courthouse bond votes and city paving plans, framing them as financially prudent responses to higher interest rates and tight finances.
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Edwin H. Slosson
the Independent
Ohe
American Custom House
Germany
India
Adolf von Balyer
Munich
Edison
Immigration Debate Amid Typhus Fears and Open Ports
The piece argues typhus from southern Europe shows immigrants can carry disease and urges strict port controls. It condemns anarchist and communist influence and calls for restricting entrants based on risk, creed, or racial traits while promoting assimilation into the American melting pot.
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Europe
Senator Seeks Official Iowa Song As Yet Unwritten
A Mahaska County state senator proposes naming a constituent penned song "Iowa, Proud Iowa" the official Iowa song. He argues no current anthem meets the merit and universal appeal, comparing to "Home Sweet Home" and "Dixie Land," and notes a worthy song has yet to be written.
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Mahaska
Iowa
Sweet Home
South
Dixie Land
Expression of confidence in Judge Highes for Secretary of State
The statement praises Judge Highes as a profound lawyer with a steady temperament likely to prevent the United States from entering undesirable foreign complications.
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Judge Highes
United States
Lloyd George backs firm wartime reparations stance
Lloyd George reiterates that the Versailles Treaty binds Germany and the Reparations Commission will determine payments. He argues a soft peace would fail and urges enforcement through a reestablished Allied concert, with France, Belgium, Britain, and Italy first in restoration priorities.
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New York Tribune
Lloyd George
Germany
Simons
Paris
France
Belgium
Europe
Keynes
President’s Wage Dispute Stance Draws Mixed Praise
In Harvey's Weekly the president is commended for avoiding intervention in the railroad wage dispute, yet criticism is aimed at his early tenure for meddling. The piece argues political self interest affects public action and warnings against government involvement in labor disputes.
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Harvey's Weekly
Congress
Bill proposes compulsory physical training in schools
A new bill by Representative Br. A. Grimwood of Jones county mandates compulsory physical training in elementary and secondary schools and in high school courses and teachers' training institutions. Superintendents of public instruction will oversee the program, and applicants for teachers' certificates must complete an approved physical education course.
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Br. A. Grimwood
Jones County
Hdgewood Defeats American Legion 238 to 21 in Local News
Neighborhood notes report Hdgewood’s basketball win over the American Legion by a large margin. Other items mention Bishop Norton honored by the pope, Cedar Rapids retailers facing a large shrinkage, and Judge T Scott's stroke in Davenport.
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Hdgewood
American Legion
M. K. Norton
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
T. Scott
Colorado Supreme Court
Davenport
Iowa
Champion
Columbia
Missouri
Drake
Purdue
Des Moines
Carleton
Simpson
Coa
C.R. Caldwell
Toledo
Tama County
Restoring goodwill after the war economic setback
Collier's Weekly argues that manufacturers, jobbers, and retailers face a sudden loss of goodwill as war era price and delivery uncertainties fade. The piece notes customer distrust and calls for rebuilding trust with unions while factories and transport improve, allowing real manufacturers to sell merchandise again.
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Collier’s Weekly
Business Diplomats Needed
Philadelphia Public Ledger argues that men of letters and seasoned lawyers with foreign service experience are valuable for diplomacy. It stresses practical expertise in estates and corporate enterprise to handle balance of trade, exchange stabilization, and debt payments for lasting international friendship.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Human Brotherhood
Bergdoll revelations threaten war department integrity
The Bergdoll case is alleged to involve bribery schemes with Gibboney and a buried $200,000, implicating war department officers and delaying justice. Bergdoll claims he was aided by powerful figures to escape, prompting calls for full disclosure and accountability.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Baker
Baden
War Department
Gibboney
Bergdoll
Chage
West Virginia
O'Hare
York
Wilson
Emma Bergdoll
Bailey
Ansell
Lincoln religion debated as new work frames him as man of God
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes Lincoln’s religion as a broad, universal faith rather than adherence to a specific creed. It cites John Wesley Hill’s Abraham Lincoln, Man of God and argues Lincoln never joined a church, proposing that his creed was humanity itself.
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Cedar Rapids
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
John Wesley Hill
Herbert Spencer
Herndon
Robert G. Ingersoll
All
Humanity
Harding to Take Oath Using Washington Bible
President elect Harding plans to swear in March 4 and kiss the Bible used at Washington's first inauguration. Elliott Woods arranged with St. John's Lodge No 1 for the use of the Bible. The Bible, private property of the lodge, will be brought to Washington by a Masonic committee.
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Harding
George Washington
Supreme Court
Cleveland
McKinley
Washington
St. John’s Lodge
Federal Building
Los Angeles Bungalows Break Into Home Scene
Minneapolis Journal reports Los Angeles bungalow homes arriving with open porches fancy roofs and rising mortgage costs as the new housing trend.
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Minneapolis Journal
Los Angeles
Cabinet Selections Narrow Down Around Harding Picks
An Associated Press dispatch reports President-elect Harding has a tentative cabinet lineup including Charles Hughes secretary of state Andrew Mellon Weeks Daugherty Hays Denby Fall Wallace Hoover James Davis and others. Changes are likely only in commerce labor and perhaps a few posts with formal invitations not yet issued.
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Charles Myans Hughes
New York
Audrence Court
Andrew W. Mallon
Pennsylvania
the Treasury
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
United States
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Ohio
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Indiana
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Michigan
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Albert B. Fall
New Mexico
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Town
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Herbert Hoover
California
James J. Davis
Illinois
Mooga Fraternity
Iabor
Hevy, Commerce
Labor
Newspaper Costs and Prices on the Rise in 1920s
The Minneapolis Tribune ad declares a sharp rise in production costs since 1907 with labor and paper costs surging while advertising and subscription revenues rose more slowly. It argues publishers rely on higher volume to absorb costs and warns that cost drops must precede price reductions as volume declines.
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Marshalltown Times - Republican
Minneapolis Tribune
Minneapolis
Streat
Minneapolis Journal
Tribune
Costa
Best sellers of yesteryear in World and Omaha notes
The New York World’s annual summary recalls enduring best sellers from 1895 to 1900, naming Trilby Quo Vadis David Harum Simon Dale When Knighthood Was in Flower and more, plus Churchill Carvel and Bennett Holden references. The Omaha World-Herald comments on the Senate’s resistance to cloture.
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New York World
Yesteryear
David Harum
Anthony Hope
Simon Dale
Charles Major
Stanley Weyman
Shrewsbury
Weir Mitchell
Hugh Wynne
Kipling
Mr. Dooley
Winston Churchill
Richard Carvel
Irving Bacheller
Bideen Holden
James Lane Allen
Paul Leicester Ford
Janice Meredith
Mr. Barble
Tommy
Mr. Churchill
Carvel
Coniston
Gilbert Parker
Refund Outstanding Short Term Indebtedness Suggested
Joux City Journal endorses refunding the outstanding short term certificates of indebtedness along with war savings stamps and Victory notes. The plan would extend payments over a longer term to ease taxation and support banking and industry, avoiding immediate heavy burdens.
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Joux City Journal
Representative Good
House
Appropriations
Treasury
Mr. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Thorn
State Gas Tax Could Fund Road Improvements, Editor Says
Marshalltown Times-Republican argues a state gasoline tax could replace federal aid for roads. Oregon and California already tax for roadwork, with 1 cent per gallon yielding nearly two million dollars to counties. A paved road reduces vehicle wear and fuel costs, justifying the levy.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
Oregon
California
American Petroleum Institute
United States
Towa
North Dakota Banking Turmoil Underscores Farm Struggles
The North Dakota Bubble notes a collapse of confidence as nonpartisan league leaders surrender to bankers. The piece portrays a social state bank and professional bankers stepping in to rescue amateurs, with thirty-two bank failures cited and the main bank left technically insolvent due to legal limits.
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New York Times
North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Mother Bank
Tomcat as Mortgage Security Aboard Missouri Record
An unusual chattel mortgage filed in Stockton Missouri lists article coverage including a black tomcat with white feet named Tom. The cat may be valued as a family heirloom and perhaps the security’s most valuable part as part of the loan collateral.
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Stockton
Missouri
Tom
Thomas
Houses versus battleships in naval holiday push
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader argues a battleship costs 40 million dollars, enough to build 8 thousand houses at 65 thousand each, and urges a program to persuade other nations to join a naval holiday plan.
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Sioux Falls
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