Moody advocate for Volsteadism at Central Chapel
Colonel Moody spoke to Central Students on the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act urging support for prohibition. He warned liquor endangers homes and youth, arguing enforcement is feasible and essential for home school church and state.
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United States
Moody
Legionaire
Flying Squadron
Central
U. S
Colonel Moudy
Moudy
Second Reformed Church
Black Hawk Loses Debate With Keokuk In 1882
The spring encounter near Keokuk returns to the Black Hawk War era as Black Hawk speaks to his band about reclaiming Illinois land. Keokuk counters with caution, urging restraint and cautioning against marching on white settlements. The piece previews a fuller account in The Palimpsest by the Iowa State Historical Society.
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Black Hawk
Mississippi
Towa
Illinois
Keokuk
Percy A. Armstrong
Armstrong
Josiah Smart
Public urged to judge candidates by merit, not party
A public plea calls voters to support the nation by evaluating candidates’ worthiness and faithfulness. Elections should focus on a candidate’s stance and integrity rather than party affiliation, urging men to honor pledges to uphold laws.
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Central
Ray
Secrets of Spud Success Revealed by 300 Bushel Club
A survey by the National Association of Farm Equipment Manufacturers shows deep plowing eight to fifteen inches, frequent disking and harrowing, clean cultivation, and liberal manure as keys to high potato yields. Seed beds are mellowed, and most records come from fields previously in clover with eight to ten loads of barnyard manure.
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Potato Club
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
National Association of
Farm Equipment Manufacturers
Pennsylvania Club
Spraying Practices Lift Crop Yields to 400 Bushels
Farms applied manure with a spreader and used 1000 pounds per acre of fertilizer to reach 400 bushels. The typical grower did nine sprays, with top yields from sixteen sprays. Sprayers powered by traction and engines maintained 200 to 300 psi. Most plots used certified seed.
Nicaragua venture paid with lives of marines
Washington reports 21 U S Marines killed and 45 wounded in Nicaragua from May 4 to April 16 this year. Costs totaled 1 580 170 for upkeep and equipment plus 54 002 for Air Service and 6 180 for troop transport. Nicaragua death toll of 202 noted. administration policy condemned by Senator Blaine who accused the President of acting without authority. There is a sharp analogy about inviting gunmen into homes to supervise elections. Also a note quoting Hadley about life. For sale pulleys and shafting at the Chronicle office.
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Washington, D. C
U. S
Nicaragua
Senate
Navy Department
Navy
John J. Blaine
Wisconsin
United States
Miss Schalekamp Delivers Senior Dramatic Recital
On April 26 Miss Marie Schalekamp gave her Senior Dramatic Recital to an attentive audience including townspeople and outsiders. Her reading of The Abandoned Elopement impressed with humor and philosophy while her technique and carriage reflected strong instruction from Miss Bailey. Nina Gosselink accompanied with two piano solos between readings and closed with Bowley Boy amid flowers and applause.
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Marie Schalekamp
Nina Gosselink
Early American unions formed by NYC tradesmen
The first American labor unions organized by shipwrights carpenters and printers emerged in New York City between 1802 and 1807. A superstition once existed in England regarding placing the right stock.
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New York City
England
Fragmentary glimpse of historical prisons and royal wives
A fragment notes that sunlight is the only light allowed in French prisons and mentions three Katherines, Katherine of Aragon, Katherine Howard, and Katharine Parr, as wives of Henry. The text hints at prison conditions and royal marital history.
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Katherines
Katherine of Aragon
Katherine Howard
Katherine Parr
Henry
Portugal Promotes English Language Use Government Steps
The Portuguese government moves to popularize the English language in Portugal. The oyster crop worldwide totals 22,000,000 bushels valued at $20,000,000. We pay cash for cotton rags, according to the Chronicle office.
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Portugese
Portugal
Chronicle
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Colonel Moody
Prohibition
Gue
Puationa Feed Mill Inc
Jas, van Dusseldorp Local Agent
Spud
Hadley
Hrysler
Chrysler
Eich Mble
Landau
Detroit
J. E. Cornelius & Company
Phone
South Pella
Frances M. Bailey
Manhattan
Manhattan Oil Co
M. E. Vander Heiden
G. G. Klein
Oppenheimer
Alsop CO
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Down Stairs
SILK
Varlafian
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