Controversy Over Barney Bruce Ends With Withdrawal
The Arrow editor Marion and barroom figure Barney Bruce clashed over Barney's independent bid for representative. Barney withdrew in favor of any candidate with Barney’s support, while Marion shifted to back a different rival. The column notes corrections about Barney's electability and the pencil comment, and critiques current farm and political reform ideas, including Brookhart’s plan and government price fixes.
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Marion Bruce
Barney
Bruce
The
Rolfe Arrow
Marion
Arrow
Prohibition
Laurens Sun
Bro. Vance
International election indifference mirrors broader economic worries
Davenport Times notes Canadians in a distant election affect trade with the U S as tariff walls loom. Marshalltown Times-Republican questions loss of two congressmen amid corn crop danger. Emmetsburg Democrat urges corn belt cooperation and farm board leadership. Monticello Express reflects on Chicago flying show fatalities as entertainment. Knoxville Express previews tentative crop prospects and public sentiment.
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Davenport
Washington
Marshalltown
Republican
Mercury
Monticello Express
Chicago
America
Corn Prices and Farm Feeding Costs in Market View
A farmer notes eighty five percent of corn is used by farmers and argues holding corn for a dollar raises costs for others. He explains he cannot feed at eighty five cents, prompting shifts to substitutes like oats, barley, and wheat. The piece calls for studying conditions and facing realities, with no firm future guess.
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United States
Brookhart
Hoover
Sage of Potato Hill on horse sense for business roads
Ed Howe tells of a ranchman who sent an old horse home to find the easiest route from hills to valley. The horse’s instinct created a road so excellent it earned engineer approval. The principle applies to business: keep it financially, selling, advertising, production, and humanly sound to make money.
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Ed Howe
Potato Hill
Pickled Perspectives and a Presidential Interruption
The president interrupts a conference of eight men who struggle to name any significant achievement in sixty minutes. Tales of trivial actions, a misquote leads to stuttering, and Sedgwick nearly faints as a sharp rebuke echoes the room. The piece reads as a Spinal Columns parody.
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Sedgwick
Farmers need long term credit, not ninety day loans
A collection of editorials notes that short credit terms fail farmers in distress, contrasting Cedar Rapids Gazette and Mason City Globe-Gazette takes. The pieces discuss state taxes, political primaries, and economic ideas like longer working years, vacations, and money visibility in a broad, polemical manner.
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Cedar Rapids
Mason ‘City
Rock Rapids
Henry Ford
Atchison Globe and Cedar Rapids Snippets
A collage of brief quotes and misprints from several papers. Items reference enduring pressure at card tables, views on wealth, critiques of politicians, and hints of misread headlines. scattered lines include unrelated phrases and garbled names.
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Rolfe
J. J. Bruce
J. H. Lighter
Independent In Politics
Iowa
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Senator Nye
North Dakota
J. Hamm Lewis
Ilinois
Miller
Harlan
Buenos Aires
Ickups
Emmetsburg
Democrat
Farm Board
Knoxville Express
Life Insurance
Bob Kent
Equira Tce OF
LIFE
Comerasex
Pickled Perspectives
Dallas News
Humboldt
Atchison Globe
Adam
Boston Transcript
Sioux Falls
Cedar ‘Rapids
Repubing
Eagle Grove
Eagle
Pshaw
Barnes
Manson Vs
State Savings Bank
Robert Bruce
James Bruce
Jos. McEwen
J. B. Kent, Chm
W.s.mcewen
R. J. Kent
Manson Vs. Rolfe
City Park
Oes
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