The Story of a Bugle in a Soldier Camp
A clothing store owner recounts a humorous tale of soldiers seeking a prized bugle. He refuses to sell it, recalling offers up to fifty dollars, and describes the ragged crowd as a "yicked sot o' people." He warns his listener to avoid dealings with soldiers.
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Soljer
Engle
Hermann
Ole Feller
Poys
Val
Solomon
Poy
Neffer
Soljers
Anon
Cedar Rapids
Main Street
Iowa
American Farm Company
Mullin
Cause of Potato Tipburn Traced to Leafhoppers
Iowa State entomologists FE L Ressler and F A Fenton at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station report leafhopper action as the cause of tipburn in potatoes. They showed that spraying controls the disease and that injecting crushed leafhopper extract into leaves reproduces the symptom, challenging the fungus theory.
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Iowa
FE. L. Ressler
F. A. Fenton
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Fool laws listed in vital statistics provisions
Sioux City Journal argues the vital statistics law is a fool law, hindering death certificates and burial permits. It notes birth records must go to Des Moines, leaving counties without records, and suggests a ten year holiday to repeal such laws and restart.
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Sioux City Journal
General Assembly
Des Moines
Soldiers' bonus finance via wine tax debated
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader questions financing the soldiers' bonus with a tax on wines and beer. Washington appears to avoid responsibility for proposing the method with two theories offered: to delay passage by making the bonus unpopular or to win wet support and speed adoption. The suggestion seems to have died.
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Sioux City Journal
Sioux Falls
Washington
World Opinion on League of Nations Loadout
The New York World argues joining the league would have spared France a large army. Europe would have pressed the burden of troops and funds onto Uncle Sam.
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National Republican
The
New York World
League of Nations
France
Europe
Uncle Sam
Protect the Berry Bushes from Winter Weather
Advice urges covering raspberry bushes with straw and bending canes in one direction for protection during winter storms. Keep the litter until warmth returns. Tanlac, touted by W. W. Stickford as effective from the first dose, is recommended. A remark on criminals labeled mentally unbalanced notes they hire slick lawyers.
The Saving of Ollie in Windy Hill
Sabra Card faces a moral crisis on voting day as the Square offers ten dollars for Ollie’s vote. Sabra lies to protect him but gains honest pain when the truth arrives. Ollie returns from the polls and reveals his loyalty, choosing care over luxuries and embracing Sabra.
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Ollie
Oliver
Card
Clifford D. Ross
Virgil McNeil
Temperance
Sabra
McNeil
Windy Ifill
Hullo
Tlive
Mrs. Card
Square
Sabra Card
Windy Hill
Olle
Ole
Oliver Card
Sabry
Ola
Sarry
Music in Soviet Russia Faces Harsh Pressures and Shortages
In Russia harsh conditions hamper music life as state control limits publishing and funding. Sergei Prokofiev era figures struggle with paper shortages while Mikalus Medtner and Jules Engel lead small village music schools near Moscow. Petrograd hosts operatic performances with Chaliapin and Neschadinova, yet grand ballets remain unrealized amid hunger and repression.
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Russina
Red
Seriabin
Haz Owned
Miculus Medtner
Moscow
Jules Engel
Petrograd
Chaliapin and Neschadinova
Kindness That Hinders From Excessive Generosity
A historical look at the saying killed by kindness explains two origins. First Draco the Grecian lawmaker reportedly died when crowds showered him with cloaks and garments in homage. A second theory cites mother apes smothering infants with affectionate clutching, as noted in the Cleveland Plain Center.
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Draco
Cleveland Plain Center
Just a Boy by Edgar A Guest Poem Reflection
Poem by Edgar A Guest about a young boy who errs from vanity and mischief, needing guidance, patience, and a caring father figure. It stresses that youth implies learning life lessons, restraint, and the value of friendship and guidance to channel energy toward good.
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Edgar A. Guest
Man Trapped in Coal Chute Rescued After Half Hour
Johnson slips into an open coal chute on a quiet street and remains trapped for about 30 minutes. An elderly passerby notices him and asks if he fell through the coal hole, prompting cautious, tense interaction before the man explains the pavement construction left him inside.
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Johnson
Wind instruments pitch and mouth effects explored
A New York Physical Society report questions the idea that pitch changes in wind instruments are solely from hard or soft blowing. It notes that mouth and throat size alter the vibrating air column, changing pitch. Also referenced is city rent profiteering ordinance and Atlas’s remark about modern times.
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New York Physical Society
Jacobs Pharmacy Sells 97000 Bottles with No Complaints
Jacobs Pharmacy of Atlanta states it has sold 97 000 bottles of Tan Jac with never a single complaint. W W Stickford is the seller.
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Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Atlanta
W. W. Stickford
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Russia
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Atlas
Dra, Cochrane & Stuhller
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co
Sycamore Street
August Schlemmer
the Times
McNeill Bros
Hopkinton
Towa
Gott
Star
McAleer & Bucher
Poland
China
Allen Fairbanks
Monticello
Carl W. Siebels
Gerd Siebels
J. H. Dirks
Johnson Poppe
P. D. Bell
Farrow
W. T. Kehoe
James Ray
Scotch Grove
Carl Willins Farm
Lubben Place
Will M. Lubben
Thomas Shover
Schneiter Bros
Harry McGarvey
McGarvey
Goodyear
United States
J.leonard
Civil Service Examiner
Equitable Bldg
Washington, D. C
S. G. Hutton
G. J. Eiben
Anamosa
Phone Prairieburg
Lowell State Bank
Jones
Deanne OO
NIV CI Udell
Federal Reserve Bank U. S
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Geo. L. Lovell
L. W. Lovell
F. R. Thompson
T. M. Redmond
J. W. Coxsee
F. W. Ferring
F. A. Hanken
Directros
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
J. J. Locher
I. J. Stimson
V. J. Locher
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F. ©. Stimson
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G. W. Ireland
Herman Rickels
Vicks
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Hadwin Wilcox & Sons
District Court
Millie M. Little
W. J. Burbank
H. M. Carpenter
Maggie “Scott
Mildred Echols
Laura Echols
Ernest Echols
A. Do
Sones
J. W. Conmey
Richardson
Edison
Frank A. Locher
I. W. Dautremont
Trustance
DR. George. Albery
Cedar Street
Fir Tireet
Doxsee Chas, A. Doxsee
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Prevate
Lovell Block
Drs. Cochrane and Stuhler
Monticello State. Bank
Patrick
West Malm Streit
Marshalltown
Ows
H. M. Remley
James Remley
Remley & Remley
Anamoga
DR. M. F. Hogan
F. A. Hefner
Stickford Drug Store
Thomas Stimpson
DR. A. M. Maurice
Lovell
Monticello State Bank
Wm. Stuhier
Wm. Stuhler
B.B. Hicks
Acme
Acme Mineral CO. Geo. H. & F. W. Simpson
Wheaton, Ill
Geo. H. Simpson
Cc. A. Hubbard
Mio
C.B.Q
Hill
Mr. Hill
W. H. Hill Company
Detroit
Monticello, Iowa
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