Advertising and politics mix in Iowa farm press chatter
The column critiques advertising as essential to business and notes political skepticism toward Coolidge and Hughes. It mocks prohibition talk, laments farm policy changes under the Farm Loan Board, and condemns dancing in Goldfield while defending community oversight and the pace of modern change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Coolidge
Okoboji
Iowa
Federal Farm Loan Board
Federal Reserve Bank
Bhut
Reserve Bank
Farm Loan Board
Goldfield
Michigan debates capital punishment and social progress
The piece critiques proposals to restore capital punishment in Michigan, contrasts civic values with hangman imagery, and discusses child development, European unemployment, wealth, and mechanized farming advances as solutions to labor and industrial questions. It cites Hoover on child vigor, Napoleon’s ambition, and Mellon’s debt letters as timely commentary.
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Michigan
Hoover
American Child Health Association
Napoleon
Europe
Commentary on trades and politics in Rolfe and beyond
The piece laments missing youth with trades training in Rolfe, urges apprenticeships, notes Boies not seeking re election, mentions third party talk on the wet issue, recalls Citi zens Savings Bank failure payout and its implications, and ends with Ford’s car horn impact. It references diverse figures and localities while critiquing attitudes toward education and work.
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Rolfe
J. J. Bruce
J. H. Lighter
Marion Bruce
Ent In Politics
Iowa Press Association
Hone
Mississippi
Lindbergh
Pocahontas County
Spencer
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Coolidge
Coon Rapids Enterprise
Gray-Snyder
New York
Sam
Humboldt
Jesse Stone
Monarch
Fullerton Lumber Co
Rolfe, Iowa
Arthur Brisbane
MR. Mellon Housekeeping
Industry Commission of
The
League of Nations
United States
Great Britain
Mr. Mellon
Kellogg
Britain
Mellon
Nebraska Agricultural College
Kansas
Bat
W. D. Boies
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Quimby
Henry Ford
Hushay
Fellows
J. T. Grant
Rolfe, Iowa Hotter
FORD
Ness
Anu
Rolfe Auto Company
Ford Sales and Service
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