Televisions profits ride on prize fights and trials
An old essay argues television will become profitable only when linked to prize fights. It questions whether sermons or college lectures can monetize TV and notes a Massachusetts plan for a Sacco and Vanzetti inquiry commission. It includes vitamin education and remarks on national prosperity and a German pilot’s engineless glide.
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Gifford
Telephone Company
Massachusetts
Administration of Justice
Sacco
Vanzetti
Roland D. Sawyer
Fef
Debate over horsepower loss and farming with motors in Iowa
Iowa letters defend motor farm work against Curtiss claim of 5,000,000 fewer horses, noting tractor use and mixed costs. The piece urges converting corn to meat and dairy, expanding agriculture's recognized status, and discusses Al Smith religion, Coolidge prospects, Paton church Sundays, Osage school contests, steel trust gains, bank rates, and public funding for Legion bands.
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Dean C. F. Curtiss
Iowa State College
Farm Implement News
Dean Curtiss
Iowa
Washington, D. C
Powers That
Holding to Europe's Hands Eases U S Economic Strain
A cautious stance toward Europe is described as a method to curb American fiscal outlays. The piece suggests restraint in seeking aid or influence from European allies to limit domestic financial exposure.
Notice of Convention to Elect County Superintendent
The Pocahontas County Auditor announces a county convention to elect a County Superintendent of Schools for a three year term starting September after the election. The convention assembly room in the courthouse at Pocahontas on May 10 1927 at 10:00 a m. Presidents of all school districts vote, with alternates possible if a president cannot act. Representatives from Lizard and Lincoln townships chosen April 29 1927 at Humboldt and Lincoln schoolhouse.
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Pocahontas
Mees
Lizard Townshi
Humboldt School House
Lizard Township
Lincoln Township
Lincoln School House
Roy A. Johnson
Pocahontas County
Tidy up County Roadside Weeds Now Or Pay Costs
A county notice warns landowners to clear wild weeds along roadways by specified dates May 16 to August 15 in 1927 or 1997 and cites tax of cleanup costs to landowners. The piece also labels a man in the wrong as pig headed and mentions speed manings as a reproach.
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Canada
Jung
Tru Council
Board of Superviso
Oy A
Ford Leads The Field In Quality Cars
Ford has no competitors in its class and is far superior to cheaper cars on the market. It out-wears and out-runs rivals, delivering far less trouble. You cannot deny that Ford makes a wonderful car as sales continue to rise year after year.
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Ford
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J. J. Bruce
J. H. Lighter
Marion Bruce
Independent In Politics
Iowa Press Association
Rolfe
We Arthur Brisbane
Sacco-Vanzetti
Egypt
U.S. A
Wise Providence
United States
Giza Pyramids
Vienna
H. C. Sherman
Ernest Benn
Brazil
Liberia
Iceland
Udet
Bavaria
Darius Green
al Smith
America
Casey
The
Knoxville Express
Coolidge
Paton
Pola Negri
Valentino
John Hammill
Osage
Steel Trust
Banking Department
Nebraska
Oklahoma
North
South Dakota
Legion
Paris
American Legion
A. R. Thornton
Rolfe, Iowa
Buckeye
White Rock
Baby
L. W. Kennedy
Ernest L. Freeman
Gilmore City
Rolfe No
Europe
Uncle Sam
Spencer Chick Hatchery
10WA
Hatchery
Spencer, Iowa
Universal Car
Rolfe Auto Company
Ford Sales and Service
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