Wheat Surplus Presses Farmers Toward Diversified Crop Shift
The article details global wheat surpluses including the United States 250,000,000 bushels above consumption and similar stocks in Canada, Australia, Argentina, and India. It argues prices will stay low unless production falls and notes calls for government action clash with warnings of broader farm-wide losses.
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United States
Australia
Argentina
India
Russia
Smith Wildman Brookhart
North‘west
Congress
Debating Modern Literature and Decency in Fiction
A columnist critiques rising sex realism in English and American fiction. They contrast continental authors with early American norms, warn against lurid details, and defend critics who uphold decency while noting a shift toward explicit content and its impact on readers.
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M. Zola
America
New School of English
Radio language spurs calls for new broadcasting laws
Residents in Des Moines protest profanity heard on Chicago broadcasts. The piece urges criminal statutes to bar obscene or abusive language on air and to set penalties if existing laws do not cover such offenses.
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Des Moines
Radio Seta
Chicago
Fragmentary political remark surfaces from uncertain source
A garbled passage mentions Democrats and rhetoric about Johnson and radicals, containing unclear names and context. The text appears degraded and lacks verifiable details or a coherent event to anchor a full news summary.
Reading in the Palace Behind the Curtain
A speaker recalls the suffering under a government, condemning neglect of famine and oppression. He claims the leader did not witness the people's misery from private quarters but was moved to distant rooms, while he knows of murders imprisonments hunger and poverty.
Mexico Takes Hit Brigand Death Credits
Mexico may gain leverage as the arch brigand who troubled the United States is killed by his own followers, removing a major source of cross border trouble and shifting regional dynamics.
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Mexico
United States
Where the Money Would Come From
Senator Brookhart returns from Harape to urge an extraordinary Senate session to save American farmers from a European surplus. He proposes a federal appropriation and rural credit banks to reimburse losses and back a cooperative system, funded by taxpayers. He warns the cost could reach billions and questions how taxpayers would bear it.
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Sioux City Journal
Brookhart
Harape
United States News
Congress
Farmers of
America
Europe
Speeding drivers threaten Manchester streets says community voices
Manchester residents call for curb on speed after Yellow Cab of Chicago urges lowering limits to twenty. Citizens cite daily dangers from motorists in business areas and residential blocks. emphasize need for enforcement and personal restraint.
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Manchester
Yellow Cab Company
Chicago
Ives
Court House
Ignorance versus Wisdom in U S Senate Selection
W R Boyd argues Minnesota voters erred in electing Magnus Johnson, a man he says lacks statecraft knowledge and a program. He compares leadership to a ship captain and cites historic figures to defend choosing the best brains over average intelligence for government.
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W. R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids Republian
Minnesota
United States Senate
Magnus Johnson
United States
A Call for Competent Public Servants and Stronger Leadership
A writer argues that modern government is too entangled with business and that voters must choose public servants by ability not self interest. The piece warns that primaries deter capable candidates and urges selecting leaders with head and heart to avoid mediocrity and national decline.
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Tvere Ust
Farm Bureau Opposes Price Fixing Legislation
Gray Silver Washington legislative agent of the American Farm Bureau Federation declares in a letter to Senator Capper that price fixing bills should be rejected. He praises new cooperative, banking, and credit provisions and favors crop insurance with orderly month-by-month marketing to prevent dumping at harvest.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Gray Silver
Washington
Farm Bureau
Arthur Capper
Congress
Silver
Ile
Republican Party’s Foreign Policy Question Raises Debate
National Republican Senator Underwood argues the party lacks a foreign policy. The observation notes the discomfort of policy abstinence and suggests that avoiding actions may reflect a broader strategic stance during invitations to speak on policy.
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Underwood
Henry Cabot Lodger Reflects On Aging And Friendship
A reflective prose fragment discusses aging and the erosion of youth as time advances. The speaker contemplates lasting values such as love and friendship versus worldly ambition, comparing life to distant eternal trials and the shifting shadows of age.
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Henry
Cabot
Plain Folks Image Makes Harding and First Lady Popular
The president and the first lady gain strength from their plain simple style and their willingness to meet people on their level. Observers say no other president and wife are more popular with all Washington classes than Harding and his gracious lady.
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Atlantic News-Telegraph
Washington
Harding
Counterfeit $1000 Treasury Note Warned In Circulation
The New York Subtreasury warns of a dangerous counterfeit affecting large scale currency. Tradespeople including plumbers and plasterers are urged to inspect weekly envelopes for fake notes while poets are noted for careless handling of money.
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Los Angeles Times
New York
Brake Innovations for 1924 Automobiles
The Manchester Press reports 1924 car models begin using brakes on all four wheels and additional safety features. Manufacturers will also need improved brakes for the radiator carburetor and gasoline tank to prevent motorists from looking away when crossing railroad tracks.
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Manchester
Senator King Opposes World Court Stand
Senator King of Utah criticizes the president's world court position though he has not drawn major public notice for backing any Harding proposal.
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Omaha
Perfect Man Quote Highlights Charity in Harrisburg
A Harrisburg Patriot item recalls a saying about a good man losing a dollar and hoping a poor widow would find it, illustrating social virtue and frugality in a brief community citation.
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Harrisburg
Highway News highlights 1923 Iowa road work totals
The service bulletin reports 800 miles graded 400 gravelled and 100 paved under 1923 contracts in Iowa. Iowa has 3037 miles gravel and 336 miles paving on primary routes. It notes changes to hard surfacing assessments, franchise rules for hired vehicles, and penalties for road sign tampering amid 330 highway deaths in 1922.
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Town Highway Commission
Iowa
Highway Commission and
Board of Supervisors
Rail‘road Commission
Railroad Commission
New York
The
Highway Service
Towa
Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
Rockefeller Foundation Gifts Highlight Global Health Efforts
The Literary Digest reports large donations by the Rockefeller Foundation to health causes worldwide. Major gifts include Johns Hopkins University health initiatives, Harvard health support, and funds for hookworm, malaria, yellow fever control, and tuberculosis aid in France. Other grants cover public health education, infantile paralysis, medical education in China and Canada, and a London medical center. The Troy Times lauds John D. Rockefeller’s philanthropy as a lasting, monumental service to humanity.
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Foundation For Health
John
Hooking University
Harvard University
New York City Health Department
Peking Union Medical College
London
Alberta
Dalhousie
Manitoba
McGill
Toronto
Montreal
Troy Times
John J. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller
Government to spend 3 billion in current fiscal year
The federal government allocates 3 billion dollars for this fiscal year. Officials say the task is large but feasible within 12 months and emphasize ongoing efficiency measures across departments.
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Kansas City Star
Mike
Dozens perished or injured in flood town and river incidents
Raymond Jones 20 drowned in Wapstpinicon River near Independence. George Wedge 65 killed himself with dynamite near Winthrop. Walter Wadener 15 drowned near Marshalltown. George II Carson 58 committed suicide at Mt. Vernon. Charles Koroka nine drowned near Cedar Rapids. Waucoma business district nearly destroyed by fire causing about 100000 in damage. Mrs W F Smith of Waterloo killed in car accident near Winthrop. two others injured. Tax books audit reveals 5000 shortage for 1920-22 at Marion. Miss Filla Heiden 21 and Edward Sigmeir 21 drowned in Mississippi near Comanche. Mt Vernon area storm stalls 100 motorists between Mt Vernon and Cedar Rapids. Mrs Belle Wright dies after four story fall at Lafayette hotel Clinton.
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Raymond Jones
Shellrock
Wapstpinicon
Independence
Jones
George Wedge
Winthrop
Walter Wadener
Marshalltown
Br. George II, Carson
Mt. Vernon
Charles Koroka
Cedar River
Cedar Rapida
Waucoma
Webster Bros
W. F. Smith
Waterloo
Linois Central
AL C. Cherry
Marion
EB. W. Holsinger
Freeport
Cedar Rapids
Belle Wright
Lafayette
Clinton
Lafayette Hotel
The Promise of the Quacks
A skeptical piece argues that demagogues promise reform but will pursue self interest. It warns against quack remedies and praises the American farmer as the nation’s backbone who resists socialist or communist appeals and prefers stability over radical change.
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Russia
Government agriculture exhibit to visit Town State Fair
A United States Department of Agriculture display will travel from Washington to the Town State Fair on August 22 381. The exhibit offers lessons on preventing hoof and mouth disease hog cholera grain rust and other crop diseases and guidance on pure bred sires herd building and cattle testing. Iowa and institutions like Iowa State College will host large educational displays alongside the government exhibit.
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Towa
United States Department of Agricuture
Washington
Iowa
State College
Con Test Association
Dairy Production Warning On Summer Feed Shortfalls
L. C. Funk of the dairy extension service warns that milk output falls when summer pasture is poor or poorly managed and is hard to recover in fall. Partial soiling or summer silage with leguminous roughage and grain can aid high producers, but 75 percent more weight of soiling may be needed to match silage. Feed only what cows will eat at each feeding.
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L. C. Funk
Dairy Extension Service
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