Prohibition Debates and Social Campaigns Stir Cities
The piece notes eastern politicians split on liquor policy with New York leaning wet and others favoring strict enforcement. It questions Al Smith's candidacy while praising McAdoo and Underwood for supporting prohibition. It also critiques tax free bonds, movie industry layoffs, and highlights Chicago Dever's anti prohibition drive and Denver's Judge Lindsey pushing sensationalism and birth control talks.
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New York City
al Smith
McAdoo
Ralston
Underwood
Ford
Germans Split Over Bolshevik Threat Says Ideologue
The article claims internal German fights are overshadowed by a fear of Bolshevism, crediting Moscow with supporting a faction that would ruin civilization. It asserts Germans prefer any government to Bolshevik rule, praising conservatism and caution against radical change.
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Atamp
Moscow
Bolsheviam
Peace Efforts in Russia Shadowed by Chaos
A fragment from a Russian dispatch notes a proclaimed plan for world peace while the country remains engulfed in turmoil and disorder. The report contrasts asserted aims with ongoing instability and unrest.
Britain Adopts Guarding of Industries Tariff Change
The article argues Britain has abandoned free trade, imposing duties averaging 331 3 percent on 6 000 articles. It compares with U S tariff history and notes a lasting shift under Cobden era and modern protectionism, framing the move as a landmark in economic policy.
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Republican Party
Great Britain
Peel
Cobden
Bright
Thorold Rogers
Free Trade Press
New York City
Free Trade
New York
Cromwell
United Kingdom
England
Smith
State House
Albany
Hudson
Women’s Clubs
Healf
Union
Richard Cobden
Benjamin Qisraelis
Governor Hammill backs Red Cross roll call for Armistice Day
In a public statement Governor Hammill urges Iowans to join nationwide Red Cross enrollment opening November 11. He notes Iowa sent funds to support troops in World War I and praises Red Cross service in disasters and relief. Judge Hubert Utterback, state Red Cross chairman, expects record participation.
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Hammill
Iowa
Americcans
Red Cross
America
Hubert Utterback
The
Tripping Tongue Again Discusses Sickroom Visit
Dialogic exchange captures a patient’s thanks and a hopeful wish that the next call finds the sufferer improved. The brief remark implies recovery hopes and a hospital or sickroom setting in a Boston context.
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Boston Transcript
Political Clash Over German Reparations and Ford Candidacy
The piece notes Hiram Johnson and Medill McCormick clashing over european reparations and US demands for payment. It reports Ford’s secretary saying he will not run for president, prompting supporters to seek another candidate willing to sacrifice for the country.
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Mr. Ford
United States
Ford
All Things Work Out Despite Grumbling and Rain
A poem by Edgar A Guest reflects on growing through hardship. It asserts that despite doubts and pain, troubles eventually resolve as rain clears and effort continues. The speaker urges perseverance and hopeful work.
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Edgar A
Halting the Reds in Hamburg Causes Alarm Across Europe
A Sioux City Journal view argues the Hamburg communist uprising was crushed by police and warns Western Europe faces ongoing Soviet danger. It cites Russia’s influence, fascist Italy, and the need for Anglo French German action to restrain communism.
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Sioux City Journal
Hamburg
Europe
Germany
Russia
France
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Great Britain
Italy
Mussolini
Actin ‘Ori
England
America
The Little Brown Church in the Vale Inspires Millions
Iowa's Bradford Congregational church near Nashua, built in 1862, inspired the hymn The Church in the Wildwood written by Dr. William S. Pitts. More than ten thousand visitors toured the site last year and June saw forty nine weddings held at the church.
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National Republican
Little Brown
Vale
Wildwood
Nashua
Iowa
Bradford Congregational Church
William S. Pitts
Bradford
Farmstead in Vermont Reveals Uphill Life and Valor
A presentation of a farm where the president was raised in Vermont describes rolling hills sugar bush old orchard brushy pastures and woodlands. Buildings are rugged and century old implying hard living with poor soil and poor market access. Yet Vermonters show sturdy character and pride in their work derived from hard places like the Coolidge era farm.
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Carrol! Herald
Vermont
Coolidge
Corn Bundled With 1921 22 Crops By Rock Rapids Buyer
John Herbert held his 1921 corn as prices fell to 26 cents a bushel two years ago. He stored 1 800 bushels of 1921 22 corn and sold to Farmers Co operative Exchange at Rock Rapids for 87 cents a bushel, 16 cents below Chicago market. The corn will be shipped from Rock Rapids to Peoria. Farmers hauling corn to market will not face the old worry. An Omaha Bee note says 100 percent Americanism should be plain and public beyond any hood or nightgown.
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United States
Hiram Johnson
Medill McCormick
Europe
Old World
Rock Rapids Review
John Herbert
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Rock Rapids
Chicago
Peoria
Neighborhood football scores and local crimes and notices
Iowa college football results from last Saturday list Drake beat Grinnell 41 to 0 and several other games with Ames routing Washington 7. Dr John Duffy, ex Farley resident, shot dead in Kansas City. remains returned to Farley. Cedar Rapids liquor raid nets 48 quarts of bonded whisky valued at 1000 to Dr John Hamilton. W S Adams of Colesburg marks 62nd anniversary October 24 with family reunion. Philip Snyder shot five times by bandits near Massillon Iowa, in hospital. Wilson Scott of Dubuque found despondent near LaSalle, not clear if recovered. Clarence OHearn bound over on beer shipment counts. four counts including possession and interstate commerce. Court case over land fraud with $15,200 verdict against multiple Dubuque and Chickasaw county residents.
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Iowa
Drake
Grinnell
Des Moines
Cretchton
Town
Ohio
Knox
Coe
Luther
Dubuque
Ames
Washington
John Duffy
Farley
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Prohibition
John Hamilton
W. S. Adams
Colesburg
Philip H. Snyder
Massillon
Iowa City
Snyder
Clarence O'Hearn
Davenport
Down River
O'Hearn
Hno
W. A
C. E. Mattke
Chickasaw County
Leonard P. Munger
Buchanan County
Andrew Schlichi
Charles Touhey
Hubert Beckman
N. J. Meyer
Dubuque County
Wisconsin
Delaware County Pushes for Primary Road Equity to Jones Line
The Manchester Press urges the Iowa State Highway Commission to increase Delaware County primary road mileage from 46.8 miles toward 70, arguing fair apportionment is overdue. It calls for a united Ames trip to appeal for a gradeable route from the Delaware corner through Delhi and Hopkinton to the Jones county line, highlighting economic and transit gains.
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Manchester Press
Monticello
Anlamosa
Maquoketa
State Highway Commission
Iowa
Delaware County
Bremer County
Scott County
Sac County
Warren County
Delaware Corner
Delhi
Hopkinton
Jones County
Joes County
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Ames
The
Highway Commission
Definition of an automobile by an exchange
An exchange defines the automobile as a large iron and rubber contrivance that turns gasoline into speed luxury and obituaries. It describes a leather carriage body on fat rubber tires with a gizzard full of ailments and notes it has run over 10 000 miles and 100 people. It can transport seven people from the porch to the police station the bankruptcy court or the golden gates quickly.
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Golden Gates
Marriage Question Puts Decision In Proposer
A young man asks what his father would do if told of marriage. The girl replies she would refer the matter to the fiancé who proposed and was accepted while the suitor hesitated. Plittaburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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Plittaburgh
Paris Reports Sixty Six Unemployed Persons
The Situation notes sixty six unemployed people in Paris not counting those at work near cafe fronts. The remark highlights contrasts amid economic strain and social scenes in the capital.
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Chicago
Paris
Iowa State College advises winter egg feeding rations
The poultry department outlines scratch feeds and dry mash plans to maximize egg production. A common scratch mix combines 200 pounds corn with 100 pounds oats or 109 pounds wheat plus 100 pounds oats, fed in straw litter. Dry mash blends include ground corn oats and tankage, or middlings with tankage, kept in a self feeder for constant access.
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Poultry Department
Iowa State College
The
College
Japan asks US to print paper money for island empire
New Orleans Times Picayune reports Japan requested the Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing produce currency for the island empire. Germany, a major producer, is overwhelmed with domestic orders and unlikely to bid on the Japanese work.
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New Orleans
Public lecture on Ku Klux Klan at Princess Theatre
Hopkinton leader Lynne Townsend announces a free public lecture at the Princess theater this evening at 8 15 on the Ku Klux Klan. Speculation around Klan activity has circulated after a small meeting last week. In Worthington a farmer Paul Lehman suffered a severe hand injury while operating a cane mill and had part of his hand amputated. Mrs Bessie Porter LeClerc and H J Dunlap wed in Morrison Illinois with Rev McMuanius officiating and plan to settle on a farm in Hazel Green township. Judge Smith and Deputy Morgan intervened in Union township after Mrs Lucy Winch complained of a planned petaway by Tony Powers. an attachment was filed for rent in arrears and a hearing will be held.
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Lynne P. Townsend
Des Moines
Princess Theater
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Organization
Howard
Paul Lehman
Worthington
Cummings
Ho J. Dunlap
Bessie Porter LeClerc
Morrison, Sinois
McMuanius
Chicago
Dunlap
Hopkinton
Hazel Green Township
Judge Smith
Morgan
Lucy Winch
Union Township
Tony Powers
Rentons
Techniques for Forcing Bulbs in Cool Outdoor Pots
The article outlines cooling and moist storage for bulbs, using a layer of ashes to deter worms, avoiding fresh ashes due to fumes, and keeping pots at three inches of ash depth. It notes cold-frame placement, storing early flowering garcissus in a dark cellar, and testing bulb readiness by gentle soil handling before warming for bloom.
Barracks Sentry Scorched by Sudden Hecht Explosion
In July 1900 a sentry on guard outside a south coast town’s barracks was suddenly engulfed by a glare of Hecht followed by a massive explosion. He recovered to find his ville tused and his feet scorched but he was otherwise uninjured.
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Hecht
It s mere madness to live Ike a wretch and die rich
A fragmented quotation reflects a fatalistic view of wealth and social ascent. The line critiques living as a neglected, miserable person to amass wealth, urging a conventional moral contrast between poverty and riches. It echoes themes of fortune and virtue.
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Ike
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