Complex musings mix farming hopes and civic notes in 1920s columns
A collage of editorials and anecdotes ranges from Akron growth drivers such as housing and hotels to political talk on Hoover and Ruth Sumner. The piece lauds Salvation Army relief after a local gas explosion, laments loafers a year from bread lines, and surveys Iowa stock prices and gasoline forecasts, ending with a note on Osceola postmaster vacancy and governor-nomination chatter.
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Akron
Ohio
Illinois State Journal
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Tion Rae
Reverend Meddler
William Harper Dean
Harriss Ford Thomas Rolfe
Iowa
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
Jesnes
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
W. W. Beam
T. R. Campbell
Drs. Beam
Campbell
Nat'l ‘Bank Bldg
Rolfe
E. L. Hollis
T. D. Jones
First National Bank
L. M. Graham Veterinarian
Gay Oright
Nacke’s Harmacy
Pocahontas Loan & Trust Company ‘Incorporated
Pocahontas
Os. McEwen
W.S. McEwen
McEwen Brothers
Pffice Real of State Savings Bank
Stake, Iowa
Ir. Klein, Sr
R. Klein, Jr
Robert ‘Klein ‘& Son
E. Buxbom
Mason Contractor
Col. H.' B Grove
Pugh
Columbia Record
Mars
New York World
Des Moines
Chicago Daily News
Daniel Webster
Noah Webster
Hoover
Ruth Sumner
Dallas County
Sumner
W. C. Ramsay
Birdland
W. W. Marsh
Waterloo
Leslie’s
United States
Henry Fords
Marine Corps
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Italy
English
Sweden
League of Nations
Salvation
Salvation Army
Salvationists
Gas Company
Osceola
Clarke County
Deems
Kendall
C.C. Pugh
Thansanda
Webb
Rolfe and Plover
Minnesota
Farmers State Bank of
Mountain Lake
Ready To Wear
COATS
Georgette
Gates’ Girls’ Store
Gates’ Dry Goods Co
Fort Dodge
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