Four hundred women debate the future of womanhood in Iowa
The Athens of Iowa dinner featured speakers praising the coming woman and questioning traditional roles. The essay contrasts motherhood and domestic virtues with public careers, citing Mary Ball and cultural figures while cautioning against overstatements and urging care with aphorisms.
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Athens of Iowa
League of Women Voters
America
New York Times
Tra Het
the Times
United States
Iowa
Lincoln
Mary Ball
George Washington
Madam Pompadour
Louis XV
Modern craving for noise versus silence in urban life
A New York Tribune piece laments city hum noise from horns, rivets, streetcars, and machines while noting rural quiet also vanishes. It cites Chicago’s restaurant urging peace from orchestral din and argues people seek beautiful sound and beautiful silence when available.
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New York Tribune
Chicago
Mrs Woodrow Wilson Emerges as Silent Political Power
The text notes Mrs Woodrow Wilson engaging in political activity and being seen as a quiet influence within the party, a role recognized late in her husband’s administration.
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Woodrow Wilson
German observations from a returning American traveler
O Groske of Los Angeles shares impressions from central Europe after travel in Germany. He notes cheap goods but border permit hassles, widespread unrest, and fear of Bolshevik influence. He predicts a future monarchy, comments on living costs, and cites low wages yet high prices for essentials.
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New York Times
Germany
O. Groske
Los Angeles
California
Pennsylvania
Europe
Mr. Groske
Russia
Berlin
Clergy warns against bunk in public speech
Rev James Foster of Gary Indiana denounces widespread bunk in speech as a smoke screen of empty words. He condemns demagogues politicians and many others for using lavish language to deceive, urging restraint and clearer truth in public discourse.
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Sioux City
James Foster
Gary
Indiana
Mr. Foster
Lime boosts alfalfa yield and announces phosphate plots
R P Ink of Mount Vernon says alfalfa is highly profitable but needs lime. His six year old field yielded 5 tons per acre across three cuts after liming. H W Warner notes Linn county phosphate demonstration plots show acid phosphate at 200 pounds per acre can raise oats and corn, with variable results. Sioux City Journal mentions the Republican convention chairmanship and application process.
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R. P. Ink
Mount Vernon
Mr.Ink
Linn
H. W. Warner
Agricultural Extension Service
Mr. Warner
Dubuque Market Green Corn Sells Low Amid Local News
Neighborhood notes report corn prices dropping from 250 to 36 cents a dozen ears in Dubuque. Edgewood votes to fund a $42,000 school building. Gustav Denkian Jr. dies from lockjaw after a rusty nail injury. Local obituaries include Hertig Welterlen and August Ingwersen. A Cave discovery, a moonshine case near Delhi, and a fatal belt accident near Preston are detailed.
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Dubuque
Edgewood
Gustav Denkian Jr
Hldridge
P. Welterlen
Manchester
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Delaware Township
Yegrate M. Fisher
Second annual anti hog cholera school opens in Jones county
Farmers in Jones county may attend the two day school on July 25 and 26 at Center Junction led by Dr. J Craft from the Extension Department. The program covers hog cholera other hog diseases and sanitation with a focus on prevention. A five dollar fee applies and a written exam is required for a permit to vaccinate.
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Jones County
Center Junction
Extension Department
Olin
Viviani Speech Sparks French Deputies Enthusiasm
The description recalls Viviani's stirring moment in the French chamber when M Poincare kissed him and both premiers were embraced amid renewed enthusiasm. The piece contrasts such passion with American congressional behavior and notes the energetic potential of debate in Washington.
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Yankton Press
Dakotan
Chamber of ‘Deputies
Viviani
M. Poincare
M. Viviani
Senate
House
Washington
Seestu Colleges Emphasize Character Over Fame
The World notes fame plays a role in college choice but argues character remains the core asset of education. It asserts small colleges can cultivate character as effectively as large institutions.
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New York
West Begins in Yellowstone Excursion Chronicle 1922
An Iowa writer joins a National Historical Association party touring the West in July 1922. The group travels from Chicago to Saint Paul and Medora, attends corner stone ceremonies, watches ranch exhibitions, meets cowboys, and visits Miles City and Billings before Yellowstone Park. The narrative notes hold-ups, Cheyenne dances, Roosevelt connections, and a vivid portrait of frontier history.
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Yellowstone Park
Minnesota
North Dakota
National Hisstorial Association
Chicago
St. Paul
Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis
Miehle
East
Middle West Territory
Missouri River
Iowa
Ed, M. Smith
Winterset Madisonian
Myr
Marion Bruce
Rolfe Arrow
B.B. Taylor
Som. Traer Star-Copper
G. L.caswell
Ames
Misa Adelaide Nichols
Estherville Vindicator Republican
Medora
Montana
Mr. Roosevelt
Nestos
Bill McCarty
Buffalo Bill
Europe
Roosevelt
Antoine de Vallambrosa
Marquis de Mores
Northwest
Marquis
Chateau
France
Glendive
Miles City
Bill Coleman
A. G. Jones
Smith White
W. HH. Newcom
Jones
Northern Pacific
Fair Grounds
Estelle Phillep
Denver
Arthur Chapman
the Express
West
Avellan Hilda
L. G. Casswell
Iowa Press Association
Addy
Plains
Ft. Kough
Miles
Daily Star
Nelson A. Miles
6Th Infantry
Texas
Brimblecomb
Association
Ign
Massachusetts
Hotaling
Elk's Club
Billings
Gerald Thomas
Thomas
Charles Coxsee
Cody
Yellowstone
Norfolk Neb Nova Warns of Looming Fuel Shortage
A Norfolk Nebraska item warns of a serious fuel pinch as per capita consumption rises to six tons in the United States with five tons used for industry. The piece notes the first impact will be felt by five ton users whose needs are spread through the year.
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Mike Chretaks
Linn
Joseph Bakis
Dorothy Smith
Bulletin-Journal of Independence
Bulletin Journal
Dubuque
United States
Pride
Hawkes
Delaware County
George Huggins
Delhi
Huggins
Justice of Peace
Manchester
August Ingwersen
Preston
Ingwersen
Bernard
H. M. Glen
Norfolk
Neb
Nova
Primary bloc politics cited as cause of officeholding claim
The speaker argues that La Tollette holds office only because of the primary and says an orthodox Republican convention would not nominate him. He attributes bloc politics to the rise of blocs in Congress and the related ills.
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Henry Ford
Tribune
Fora
Austria
Germany
Iowa Legionaire
Iowa
Buddy
Congress
Belgium
168Th Int
McCallsburg
Dubuque
BYHS THSTHD and glasses fitted
Dra Cochrane and Stabler are noted in a brief item about eye wear fittings and associated names mentioned alongside a school reference and equipment details.
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Byhs
Dra
Cochrane &Stabler
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