Germany Turns to Dictatorship for Stable Rule in Turbulent Times
The piece argues that practical governance benefits from centralized authority in a fractured Reichstag. It criticizes Germany’s shift away from republic ideals, notes Oklahoma’s risky politics and martial law, and discusses fashion trends, Henry Ford’s presidential bid, and Iowa’s stance on McAdoo and Al Smith amid prohibition debates.
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McAdoo
Iowa
al Smith
New York City
Home Ownership Decline Rumors Spark National Discussion
Albany Journal reports compiled statistics suggest ownership of homes is decreasing in the United States. The article notes affordability barriers may prevent many people from owning both a home and other necessities.
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Albany Journal
United ‘States
Iowa Republicans Weigh February State Convention Plans
The Towa Convention column notes Iowa Republicans may hold a February state convention to endorse presidential, senator, governor, and other state candidate terms. With 28 national delegates, the event could set the tone for Coolidge or rival candidates and reshape Iowa’s political leadership amid new party elements.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Iowa Republican Organization
Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Ford attacks Weeks over Muscle Shoals sale and control
Henry Ford vents anger at Secretary Weeks after Alabama Power buys the Gorgas plant for 3,472,487, claiming the government’s pledge is broken and urging federal exit from Muscle Shoals. He proposes costly terms and a 100 year lease with no regulation, while criticizing the government’s deal and motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Henry Ford
Alabama Power Company
Gorgar
Muscle Shoals
War Weeks
Weeks
Ford
Gorgas
Casualty figures in Beace Kansas City report
The Detroit News notes last year US fatalities reached 76 300 with about 14 000 from motor vehicle crashes. It compares American wartime deaths to the prior year and highlights a crossing incident where a locomotive impacted a crossing, a recurring risk observed in transit reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Star
United States
America
Community notes and local incidents from Dubuque area
Campaign fund drive for Finley hospital reaches 160000 dollars. Cedar Rapids lawyer Henry Rickel and wife celebrate 66th wedding anniversary. Iowa college football results list various scores. Obituary for Leroy T. Weld aged 84 of Cedar Rapids. Tipton chicken thefts and a farmer’s egg loss. Bellevue couple observe 50th anniversary born in Germany. Clinton couple Jacob Hoffman and Emma Normanny wed after long separation. Cedar Rapids safes robbed of 1400 dollars. Isis Theatre, Cedar Rapids Loan Co, and Armstrong Clothing store targeted. East Dubuque resident Mrs. Herman Trenal critically burned by gasoline accident. Col. R. P. Howell dies in Iowa City. Peter Talchen of Rockford injured by steam at Cornell college boarding house. recovering while paying through college.
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Dubuque
Finley Hospital
Henry Rickel
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Purdue
Drake
Rolla Mines
Coe
Parsons
Penn
Iowa Wesleyan
Teachers’ College
Leroy T. Weld
Tipton
Frank Voss
Valentine Vetter
Bellevue
Germany
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Jacob Hoffman
Emma Normanny
Clinton
Maquoketa
Isis Theatre
Herman Trenal
East Dubuque
Col
R. P. Howell
Iowa City
Col. Howell
Johnson County
Iowa National Guard
113Th Cavalry
Judge Advocate
Peter Talchen
Rockford
Illinois
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Talchen
Alothas
Long Serving Iowa Official Dies at 90 in Des Moines
FaWillan HH Piehting" served 40 years for Iowa state government acting as secretary to governors Merrill Carpenter Kirkwood Newbold Gear Drake and Shaw. He died at his Des Moines home aged 90 after a career beginning in 1865 67 under Adjutant General N B Baker and continuing until retirement in July.
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FaWillan HH Piehting
State of
Iowa
Merrill, Carpenter
Kirkwood
Newbold
Gear, Drake and Shaw
Des Moines
Fleming
N. B. Baker
Kurt & Gross
Cascade
Kurt
Dubuque County
Grand Jury
Toomer
Delhi
Manchester
E. &. Reed
Long
Harlan Updegraft
Cornell College
James E. Harlan
Edgar Fahs Smith
University of Pennsylvania
John &. Johnson
Board of Trustees
Abram W. Harris
A.M
Board of Education
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harlan Updegraff
Charles M. Froell
Chicago
William I. McDowell
Washington Area
Robert G. Cousins
Tipton
Homer GC
Stuntz
Omaha
James A. James
Northwestern University
Tracr Star-Clipper Note on Bootleg Whisky Risks
A brief Omaha Bee item notes the danger of bootleg whisky, citing that consumers may not make it home to abuse family members. The piece suggests divorce cases are easier to write about due to their fewer numbers compared to happy marriages.
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Tracr
Omaha
District Court Work Nearing Completion After September Term
The September term proceedings show few trials due to continuances and settlements. Judge Clark reconvened briefly, schedule issues delayed a demurrer hearing in Iowa Electric Co vs Monticello Electric Co, with Cedar Rapids court resuming on the 25th for a farm land set off case. A jury verdict awarded Frank L Story against Russell brothers $225 plus 6 percent interest from March 8, 1923.
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District Court
Clark
Iowa Electric Co
Monticello Electric Co
Cedar Rapids
French
Onslow
Grace Webster
Roy Webster
Frank Dudley
Joseph A. Morrison
Niles & Watters Savings Bank
Sadie Bemrose
Tom Bemrose
Central Lumber & Coal Co
A. T. Glass
Frank L. Story
Robert Russell
Robert
Harlan
Willard Russell
Peter J. Burt
Wisconsin Law Night Marys True History in Schools
In Wisconsin the legislature banned in public school texts any portrayal of revolutionary fathers or leaders in the war eras that exposes flaws. Critics argue this suppresses factual history, noting embezzlement by a signer of the Declaration and widespread smuggling, which would be erased under current rules. The piece laments that truthfully sourced history would be unacceptable and branded as falsification.
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Harvard University
Boston
Wisconsin
Benedict Arnold
Aaron Burr
Hill's Democratic Platform Fails to Rally Washington District
The New York Times analyzes the 1922 special election in Washington fifth district where J. Stanley Webster led with about 27,000 votes and Samuel B. Hill trailed with nearly 25,000. Hill pledged fixed wheat prices and federal judge appointments, courting farmer labor support but the turnout was only 42 percent, yielding a Republican loss and a gain for a farmer labor radical faction.
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New York Times
Democratic National Committee
Washington
J. Stanley Webster
Samuel B. Hill
Mr. Webster
Miles Poindexter
Senate
Clarence C
Hill
Congress
Farmer Laborites
Minnesota
League of Nations ponders pledges against aggression
The League of Nations debates a pledge by members never to wage war of aggression. The remark notes the United States has not admitted aggression and cites Germany’s invasion of France as cited in a quip by Landon.
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Lincoln Star
League of Nations
Germany
France
Sunday School Convention at Monticello in October
The fifty-eighth annual Jones County Sunday School association convention will meet at Monticello next week on Wednesday October 24 at the local Presbyterian church with a full schedule of worship sessions addresses and divisional conferences led by Rev. L Duckett O G Herbrechts, Walter Hutton, Rev. Geo. McNary and Herbert Peet. The event includes registration, committees, pennant presentation, and a sacred concert with Monticello Sunday Schools.
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Jones County Sunday School Association
Monticello
Presbyterian Church
L. Duckett
O. G. Herbrecht
Congregational Church
Walter Hutton
Geo. McNary
S. S
Pennant
C. W. Cleveland
William Bainbridge
Herbert Peet
Anamosa
Weeds Trouble Iowa Crops Says Iowa State Expert
Dr. L H Pammel of Iowa State College says cultivation is best defense against weeds and warns against chemical treatments like arsenates due to danger. Iron sulphate is recommended for dandelion, and marsh elder and sunflowers, ragweed, morning glory, nettles, sow thistle, oxeye daisy, butter and egges, and Canadian thistle are prevalent in western Iowa.
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L. H. Pammel
Department of Botany
Iowa State College
Pammel
Dr. Pammel
Denver
Iowa
Missouri
Labor leaders rebuff third party push after Portland vote
The American Federation of Labor blocks a proposal to form a third political party. Portland votes 25 066 against and 1 895 for the plan. AFL leaders warn the balance role between two major parties remains effective and popular with organized labor.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
American Federation of Labor
Portland
Organized Labor
Sam Gompers
A. F. L. Oligarchy
Quips and glimpses from old newspapers and screens
A collection of humorous clippings from various papers. Jokes about banking by women, golf nature, a dirty bill on a trolley, country romance, a San Francisco farmer, chicken wisdom, and a misidentified flashlight in Robin Hood with a child’s question and a wrong expert answer.
Treasury says September debt drop and higher general fund
National Republican Treasury operations in September reduced public debt by 74.4 million to 22.13 billion. The general fund rose from 252.5 million at August end to 422.7 million in September. Retired debt since wartime peak totals 4.471 billion after August 1919 high. September tax receipts from income and profits totaled 342.996 million, aligning with prior estimates after the new law.
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National Republican Treasury
Treasury
Purchasing Power Of Farm Products in July 1923
The Iowa State College extension service reports that in July 1923 corn beef cattle and hogs did not reach 1913 purchasing power when buying food clothing fuel building materials or all commodities. Corn at 4 percent came nearest to 1913 power while hogs at 43 percent and beef cattle roughly unchanged from June.
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Iowa State College
Vice President to President Coolidge Changes in Demeanor
Washington observers note a marked change in Calvin Coolidge since becoming president. They describe him as more conversational and decisive, no longer the silent figure of the vice presidency, with improved directness in public remarks.
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Washington
New York Times
Coolidge
Lildle
Calamity Howlers Warn, Exaggerate Threats to Communities
The Sioux City Journal warns that calamity howlers distort reality by claiming economic downgrades or dire futures. One type frightens away capital by exaggerating decline, another inflates danger to harm a city’s image, and a political howler misstates government needs. The pessimist tends to exaggerate backward.
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Sioux City Journal
Dame Margaret George and the new British title Dame
A Springfield newspaper notes that David Lloyd Georges wife bears the title Dame Ahargaret George, not Mrs George. Dame is conferred by the order of Dames of the British Empire for wartime service and always precedes the holder’s name, highlighting a revival of the honor form.
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Springfield
David Lloyd George
Dame Ahargaret George
Mrs. George
New Order of Dames
Margaret
Dame
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