Memorial to the dead and a critique of modern fear
A reflective piece tracing Decoration Day origins and the Civil War devotion to courage, religion, and national progress. It contrasts past heroism with today’s fear, analyzes material progress versus spiritual decline, and explores death, immortality, and life after death through references to Carrel, Lindbergh, and religious thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army of the Republic
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Hell
Origin of life on earth and evolution from primordial slime
The text traces theories on life’s origin from hydrocarbon formation to water and carbon, notes Arrhenius’ meteorite theory, and states the scientific consensus that life evolved from primordial slime. It discusses fossil remnants, human-like creatures, and evidence of intelligent beings, fire building, and tool use spanning 20,000 to 100,000 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Fife
Stivend Arrhenius
Sweet Potato Plants for Gale Call or See Them
Advertisement notes sweet potato plants for Gale with a contact number 121 and an invitation to view them at the Carrie residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale
Carr
WHH Tribuneaurn In . $1.25 Per Year
Official county city and school paper published in Moulton Iowa with post office second class matter status since February 1884. Outside the county subscription rate listed.
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Tribuneaurorn
Moulton
Iowa
Junk the Old Cars Proposal Deserves Public Support
R R Eby argues a government program to spend 100 million dollars to buy and destroy one million old automobiles is sound. He notes many cars are beyond repair and hazardous, while thousands more obsolete vehicles clutter highways. He questions unequal treatment of industries and urges public spending where it serves safety and public good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexis Carrel
Col
Charles A. Lindberg
Dr. Carrel
Romance sails again in grain ships from Australia to Europe
The annual grain ship race from Australia around Cape Horn to Europe resumes. Thirteen windjammers with towering masts and sky sails race eastward, evoking the age of Magellan Drake and Cook and stirring longing for adventure and a vanishing past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Australia
Cape Horn
Europe
Magellan
Drake
Captain Cook
Government Ownership of Railroads Gains in Washington
The movement for government ownership of railroads gains headway in Washington as the President declares support for the policy. The development signals a shift in federal stance on railway control and public ownership debates intensify among lawmakers.
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Washington
Federal ownership plan for railways debated in Congress
Pressure grows in Congress to enact Federal ownership of railroads. Eastman proposed United States Railways as a federal corporation to take over lines with five trustees and 24 advisers. The plan would rent initially, then pay a price with debenture bonds and preferred stock. Railroads face 31 percent mileage in receivership and over $600 million in defaulted bond interest, yet experts warn against hasty action due to risks of political control and cost pressures.
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Congress
Railway Labor Executives Association
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Interstate Commission
Joseph C. Eastman
Eastman
United States Railways
United States
For Sale Grapple Hay Fork in London
For sale a grapple hay fork in good as new condition. Call or see 2tpd. Jesse Adams.
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London
Primary Party Candidates Seek Voter Endorsement
Local political announcements present names of candidates for the June Primary asking voters to study their qualifications for the offices sought.
McFatridge and Wales Public Office Candidacy Note
A brief notice advocates State Representative C. M. McFatridge for reelection and Sheriff Roscoe C. Wales for continued service, urging voters to support both candidates in the upcoming election.
Board Member for 1939 Term Jesse A Hoover
Jesse A. Hoover is named as a board member for the 1939 term. The notice lists Hoover among other appointees, detailing service on the municipal or school district board and term duration beginning that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl van Dorn
Jesse A. Hoover
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America
R. R. Eby
Ratan
Ford
Jesse Adams
George W. Davis
Democrat
C. M. McFatridge
Sheriff
Roscoe C. Wales
Howard D. Evans
W. J. Gordon
Sherman West Taylor McCoy
Grover Easter
Edward P. Powers
J. R. Barkley S. A
Steve) Martin
John R. Smith
Harry Strickler
Laurence A. Osborn
County Auditor
Grace Bedinger
Rawleigh
Freeport, Ill
Arnold Webb
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