Pledges of Peace in a Nation at War Debate
A reader reflects on Roosevelt's pledge to keep the US out of war while noting past assurances from Wilson. The piece weighs pacifism, responsibility, and the fate of employment under machinery, with side thoughts on political figures Lindbergh LaGuardia and Wheeler. It ends by noting government post offices, labor, and cost concerns amid a machine age.
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Roosevelt
United States
Woodrow Wilson
China
Public letters critique politics and court appointments
A reader laments government budgeting and the term pork replaced by relief while recounting an injunction against Governor Kraschel. The piece notes the Ku Klux Klan controversy around Senator Black and argues the real issue is liberal stances, not race. Booth & Olson are mentioned as well organized forces.
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Senator Black
Supreme Court
Northwest
Lowa
Judge Black
Blucker
Booth & Olson
Six pieces of suet sparks a Sunday lesson joke
A little girl recalls the minister's text as six pieces of suet after Sunday school. The mother corrects the misunderstanding, and the minister confirms the title as Seek peace and pursue it, noting the amusing mishearing.
Grammar and Grammar Trouble in a Child’s Reply
A visitor asks if the father and mother are in. The boy answers they was in but they is out. They was in they is out. Where's your grammar. She’s gone upstairs for a lay-down. Hartford Courant narrates a witty exchange.
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Hartford Courant
Engagement Rings and the Price of a Promise
Conversation about engagement rings reveals a playful clash of romance and independence. Miss Cayenne asserts she will give a ring when she chooses, even by telephoning, while a teacher questions ideals and a student quips about rumors. A separate school exchange jokes about Washington’s honesty.
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Miss Cayenne
Illustration to Stray Stories and Boy's Life style quotes
Dialogue style excerpt showing a teacher and boy exchange about questions and exams. It references a baseball field near Smith & Sons. The Boss and Office Boy lines imply a humorous serialization.
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Tommy
Stray Stories Magazine
Smith & Sons
Medical Advance Elms
Wunkus remarks after seventeen teeth removal, questioning the belief that extracting many teeth fixes illness. He concedes some relief but dismisses the notion that extractions cure all ailments.
Taking Possession on the Pennsylvania Key Stone
An exchange quotes Satan telling a new ar rival he acts like owner as the rival asserts ownership through his wife. The scene labeled U S S Pennsylvania Key stone hints at a wartime setting aboard a battleship or shipyard.
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Satan
U. S. S. Pennsylvania
Keystone
Center of Balance Lies in the Nose Writer Says
A New York Sun piece argues the nose reflects character and balance across physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects. It suggests measuring decision making by “counting noses” and notes the end of the nose guides calm focus, balance, and energy.
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New York Sun
Occidentals
Selah
Poisonous Plants Warn Gardeners in London Weekly
A Pearson's London Weekly garden expert lists common garden plants with dangerous poisons. Arum lilies hawthorn berries cherry laurel leaves barberry berries butcher's broom laburnum seeds Christmas roses daisy dandelion foxglove holly ivy lupin Daphne monkshood poppy yew contain toxins such as prussic acid oxalic acid cytistine aconitine morphine hederine taxine and others.
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Pearson
London Weekly
Monkshood
Ancient Arch Bridges Through the Ages
The text traces arch bridge origins from 4000 B C at Nippur built by the Assyrians to Romans building Pont du Gard in 15 B C with an 880 foot long aqueduct span. It notes the original London Bridge built between 1000 and 1200 with 20 arches and later home to houses and shops lasting until under a century ago.
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Nippur
Pont du Gard
Nims
France
Nemansus
London Bridge
Thames
Artesian and flowing wells explained in simple terms
Artesian wells have water rising above the encountered level. If the rise makes water flow from the pipe top, the well is flowing. All flowing wells are artesian but not all artesian wells flow. Water from deep wells is very pure but usually hard. Ground water always contains some natural impurities.
Francis Bacon and His Language Dilemma
Francis Bacon valued Latin for lasting influence and feared English would fade. He wrote key works in Latin and had some English writings translated. His stance reflects a rare tension between vernacular prose and scholarly universality in Elizabethan times.
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Francis Bacon
James I
Columbus Lived Here In Savona Tower Landmark
The Pancaldo tower in Savona overlooks the harbor and was fortified for night watch. In 1664 a clock and Madonna statue adorned it, and near Piazza Colombo a tall narrow house bears a tablet claiming Columbus lived there for many years.
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Columbus
Savona
Italy
Pancaldo
Piazza
Colombo
Business slump seen as vacation trade drains US markets
Frank Priebe argues August business decline and lower food prices reflect heavy travel abroad by Americans. He cites a Toronto newspaper report of a million cars with three and a half people each entering Canada, along with rail and shipping strain from tourists to Europe and Mexico. He expects better markets when people return to the United States and back to work.
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Nazi Germany
Col. Lindberg
United States
Lindy
Mayor LaGuardia
New York
LaGuardia
Dear Friends. Co
Canada
Toronto
Dominion
Texas
Mexico
Europe
Orient
Frank Priebe
The Sieve near Uruapan Michoacan
The Sieve just outside Uruapan in Michoacan Mexico does not fall over rocks but sifts through a volcanic basalt dike in a thousand small waterfalls. Sunlight refracts to crown boiling waters with a shimmering rainbow. Breakthrough points range 60 to 150 feet above the basin.
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Uruapan
Michoacan
Mexico
Administratrix Appointed for L. D. Smith Estate
In Pocahontas county Iowa probate court Edith E. Smith is appointed and qualified as administratrix of the estate of L. D. Smith deceased. Creditors must contact the administratrix for payment and claimants must present their claims as required by law. Dated September 10 1987 Edith E. Smith Administratrix of Said Estate
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Pocahontas County
L. D. Smith
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Savage
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Lester Leserman, M.D
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D.C
Chiroprator
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Carl J. White
Optometrist
Tyes
Geo. A. Shors
Savage Block Rolfe S
L. M. Graham
K. P
L. W. Kennedy
Tewa Wire
J. M. Bush
Des Moines
Kraschel
Spain
George Washington
Edith E. Smith
Webb’s Drug Store
Rolfr
Portland Cement Association
Hubbell
Lyears
Maytag
Stealog
Newton
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