Wealth of age aids fame and a case for old parentage
Casper L. Redfield argues that older fathers raise likelier eminent offspring, citing Encyc Britannica figures and a chart of 571 celebrities. He notes few success stories from early marriages and claims wisdom travels from “old trees” to descendants, while editorials criticize current GOP leadership and call for Hart’s removal for the state’s welfare.
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Editor with letters on church controversy choose not to publish
The editor states that about six letters on the Iowa Baptist convention dispute are too long to print. To be fair to writers and their viewpoints none will be shortened, so the letters will not be published.
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FTE Star
Iowa Baptist Convention
Poets Call to Walk With Great Poets and Feed the Heart
A fragment reflecting a plea to pursue art over easy paths. The speaker contrasts a ruined voice with a call to join renowned poets in serving the common heart and embracing art in life and work.
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Burns
Dom
Economics of tariffs spark partisan question in Texas congress
Rep Black asks about wheat value under emergency tariff law versus after permanent tariff. The excerpt also recalls a convention style sheriff nomination and a railroad axles tapping joke, highlighting political discourse and rural humor of the period.
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Rep. Black
Texas
Campaign Advice Amid Turbulent Rhetoric
Fragmentary text shows a father figure urging guidance to his son about winning a campaign. The snippet mentions Rep. Fordney of Michigan and hints at political strategy discussions in a wartime or contentious context.
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Westness
Fordney
Heroines by a Telephone Girl Heroic Service Across Crises
Dr William E Barton recalls heroic telephone operators who guide evacuations during fires floods and burglaries. He praises their calm courtesy and quick action noting how such service saved lives and improves overall reliability. He also cites a New Jersey inventor who developed a fireproof airplane material.
Trotsky's Paradise: A Bitter Ballad of Bolshevik Rule
A polemic poem by Omar Kent condemns Trotsky and bolshevism. It mocks a Russian state under Bolshevik influence, imagines harsh fates for dissenters, and favors U S American life and traditional marriage, ending with a bitter note on Trotsky's paradise.
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Omar Kent
Trotsky
A Mean Form of Deception
A reader from Seattle complains of deceptive pricing at a jeweler's window. The article claims $2 items were shown while price cards read and up, with the only $2 piece being inferior and hidden in the tray. The writer urges Better Business Bureau and Seattle Advertising Club scrutiny.
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Jeweler
Better Business Bureau
Seattle Advertising Club
Central Building
Drunken Men to Blame and The Star
A letter argues liquor possession and disobedience to Prohibition laws reflect poorly on citizens and police. The writer contends some Star correspondents praise mistreated men as heroes, while advocating arrest and punishment for buying selling or drinking liquor to uphold the law. LAULLL BLOOM signs the appeal.
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C. Jones
Mike Jones
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