War policies and danger of American entry in WWI
The piece argues war with Germany hinges on will versus policy and warns of a dangerous American entanglement. It favors decisive US involvement under favorable terms and criticizes delaying action while emphasizing submarine risks and neutrality limits.
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United States
Nyere
Cermany
Germany
Great Britain
France
Russia
Urey
American Republic
Gerard
Berlin
Holland
Switzerland
Japan
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God
Washington and Founding Ideals in Historic Speech
A fragmentary historical piece quotes Bryant and Longfellow lines praising Washington and unity. It also presents George Washington's warning against borrowing money and urges public duty, prudent policy, and harmony with Britain, stressing caution and evidence before action.
The Cold Spell Grips France and Prance Regions
A severe winter described as the most brutal in years affects wide areas. The piece notes coal at about 50 dollars per ton in France, linked to Germany controlling key French coal fields.
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France
Germany
Gold Storage Expands as U S Builds Fortified Holdings
Uncle Sam enlarges gold storage at the Philadelphia Mint with more than a billion dollars in bullion stacked in bars. Market prices fell after the Germany note, cutting American wealth by about one billion dollars as stocks and bonds declined. A Japanese bakery sign in Tokyo draws amused notice with the phrase Takaruna, Best Louter.
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Uncle Sam
Philadelphia Mint
Anely
Germany
The
Oriental Review
Karinura
Tokyo
Untrained Graduate Reflects on Education and Skills
Dr Prank Crane vents about gaps between schooling and practical knowledge. He laments language limits bread and butter trades and carpentry skills while noting he can recite Goethe and Schiller and solve square roots.
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Prank Crane
Paris
I Do Not Know How to Do Things I Should Learn
A deracinated lament on gaps between schooling and practical skills. The speaker lists everyday tasks and civic knowledge they lack from farming and cooking to local government, writing, conversation, discipline, and work habits, admitting barriers to applying learned theory to real life.
Why Is a Man Anyway The Funeral Industry Lapses Into Comedy
A Britt Tribune excerpt mocks the modern view of aging and mortality. It satirizes readers who chase wealth only to be preoccupied with funerals and tombstones as the end approaches. The speaker riffs on doctors undertakers sextons and stonecutters.
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Britt Tribune
Frank Waller obituary and state teacher certification note
An obituary from the Marquette Tribune recalls Frank Waller as a unique, controversial figure who valued money over charity and social ties. A second item discusses the Iowa State Board of Educational Examiners’ teacher certification funding, clarifying costs and the statewide grading system.
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Frank Waller
Ufe
Marquette Tribune
State Board of Educational Examiners
Iowa
Statewide education standards urged over county certificate variety
Iowa educators urge standardized certification, noting county superintendents’ varied credentials hinder statewide recognition. They advocate permanent county level certificates as a model and call for constructive reforms to modernize school laws, away from 20 to 30 year old conditions. Separately, a local ad offers corn shelling services by Sever Pannkuk and equipment for shelling crops.
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Iowa
Will again tile this year with hired labor
An early 20th century notice by L M Lapke Wirtjes of Titonka Iowa offers tile work with a wage of sixty cents an hour for all laborers and states surveying done for others. Wages must be paid and contact is by phone or mail at Titonka Iowa.
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J. J. Wirtjes
Titontia
Iowa
KR. Fld
Titouka
Howa
Lapke Wirtjes
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Glory
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Titonka Savings Bank
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Pres Lee
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R. H. Petersen
Asst
B.S. Pannkuk
M. P
Haggard J. W. Haggard
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Wolfe
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Tsion
Sever Pannkuk
J. J. Budlong & Sons
E. E. Schweitert
Burt
Titonka Grain Company
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