Swopping Spouses in a Nebraska Iowa Tale of Love and Law
In Omaha and Sioux City two couples swap husbands and wives after an agreement to live together anew. The plan spurred divorce filings and police attention as Mrs Harvey and Mrs Tilford reveal their pact and move next door, while vows to marry their new partners arise amid lingering loyalties and public scrutiny.
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Omaha
Neb
Sioux City
Bee
Altho
Amos Harvey
Margaret
John Tilford
Rose
Sioux
Cupid
Narrow Bothell road blamed for accidents prompts widening call
A comment on Bothell road notes its narrow, dangerous layout and argues for widening to improve safety. It cites a recent accident and urges funding and action, contrasting with broader political and economic notes of the day while weaving in varied opinions.
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Bothell Road
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Definition of Socialism by Dr. Crane and Butler
Dr. Crane critiques Butler’s broad definition of socialism as social reform and contrasts it with the strict scientific view of socialist revolution. He argues Marxist class dynamics and wealth inequities, citing U S postwar evidence, to challenge the notion that capitalism will self-correct without reform.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Butler
Newspaper Parody and Light Gossip Bits Stir Public Opinion
The text compiles satirical jabs and brief anecdotes from various locales. It lampoons press errors, real estate talk, warnings about new fire equipment, economic quips, and playful asides on jazz, aviation, and daily life. It mentions figures, cities, and institutions in a collage of humorous items.
Reader questions Dr Crane on railway rights and tariffs
J M McCullough probes Crane's view on public rights versus stockholders. He asks how much weight should be given to actual road builders and operators, and whether the government should guarantee fixed returns to capital while taxing consumptions, arguing the tariff shifts wealth from the poor to the rich.
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Crane
the Star
Frank Crane
Peter
Paul
J. M. McCullough
Soldier letter pleads for homecoming from France
A. A. Wilkins of the Tank Corps now in the Motor Transport Corps writes from France thanking The Star for the Home Edition message “Send Us Our Boys Home.” He notes 1500 soldiers stranded, calls for continued public pressure on officials to end demobilization delays, and stresses they fought in Paris and want to return home soon.
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the Star
Wm. Wilkins
Alkiave
Baker
Wilson
United States
Frogland
Paris
Chicago Tribune
France
Tank Corps
Motor Transport Corps
States
A. A. Wilkins
The Old Gardener Praises the Summer Lilac Butterfly Bush
The butterfly bush, or summer lilac, blooms July to frost with blue taillike blossoms and light fragrance. Easy from seed or cuttings, it needs winter protection by mounding soil, then reemerges next spring and grows rapidly. Good blue flowers are scarce and highly valued.
Picking the Worst Sinner by the Rev Charles Stelzle
The piece argues that determining sinfulness depends on motive temperament opportunity and training. It contrasts the murderer and the drunkard noting sins differ in severity and calls for personalized judgments rather than equal treatment.
June First Through History Marks Inscriptions On The World
A collage of June first events spans from 1532 when Anne Boley was crowned, through 1660 with Mary Dyer’s execution, to 1818 naval actions near Boston and the 1864 Ker Battle in Virginia. The blurred chronicle notes turmoil and change across centuries and places.
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Anne Boley
Henry VIII
Land
New England
Mary Dyerens
Massachusetts
Marblehead
Boston
Kentucky
Union
Tennessee
Chesapeake
Ker
Grant
W Lee
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The
Seattle Star
Pomanbove
Pershing
Bothell
Sherman
Charles of
Austria
House of Hohenzollern
Congress
Hi Ket-Book
Poland
By McKee
Thassall
Tim
Lt Mae
Dr. Butler
Marx
Lenine
Trotsky
Russia
Warren
Helena
Ark
World
Josh Wise
Irving Fisher
Yale
London
Atlantic
Columbus
Charles Gebheim
Mackville
Five Corners
Appleton
Wis
Crescent
Charlie
Shannon
Cleveland
John Dice
Veedersburg
Ind
Laura Dice
John
Mr. Beers
Rochester
George Spring
Huntington
Charles Stelzle
Hell
Kellogg’s
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