Understanding history shows progress in housing over centuries
The piece argues that knowledge of the past reveals how much life has improved, noting that "good old times" were harsh. It contrasts squalid 16th to 18th century homes with modern housing, cites lack of chimneys, clay walls, and dirt floors, and claims today’s average American is better housed than forebears.
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Henry VIII
England
Europe
America
Engand
Henry VII
From Lawful Begging to Public Voter Rights Reflections
A historical range of views on punishment for begging contrasts with modern attitudes toward the unemployed. The piece traces voting rights, pauper disfranchisement, and the shift toward broader citizen participation. It discusses prohibition repeal effects and warns about risky drinking behaviors with a New York State Liquor Authority pamphlet.
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New Jersey
Rhode Island
Suffern
New York
New York State Liquor Authority
V.R
Feud at Single Shot continues with murder plot revealed
In the continuing feud tale, Crowell exposes Pearson’s scheme to ruin Winters and seize the mine. Pearson allegedly hired killers to kill Dave Hammond, trigger a lake explosion, kidnap Hammond’s partner, and burn the D Bar T spread to force a sale. Sheriff’s men prepare to arrest.
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Pearson
Rosy
Winters
Jasper
Quinn
Sam
Pearson’s
Crowell
Dave
Turner
Freeman
Hammond
Sayres
Dorsey Hammond
Soil and Wildlife Conservation on Grimms Farm Iowa
The Rudolph Grimms farm near Monona Iowa hosts an erosion control demo with LaVerne Garrs placing a game management sign. Contour strip cropping and protected wildlife areas illustrate soil and wildlife benefits. Iowa State College and Soil Conservation Service participate, stressing wildlife as a soil product and practices that conserve both.
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Mcgregor
Soil and Wildlife Conservation
Rudolph Grimms
Monona
Towa
Garms
Towa State College
Soil Conservation Service
LaVerne Garrs
Rudolph
Iowa State Conservation Commission
The
Enteritis in swine rises. prevention and vet care urged
Swine enteritis or necro disease is increasing across corn belt herds. Early signs include weight loss, dry skin and back-bone visibility, with scour in suckling pigs. Prevent by using disease-free stock, clean ground, and prompt veterinary diagnosis. Proprietary hog remedies are ineffective or harmful. Vaccination should wait until enteritis is treated.
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Corn Belt
Expedition Returns From Arctic Confrontation at Bedside
Crowell backed away with a gun pointed at his captors as Rosy taunts him. He laughed softly, insisting they would not reach him, while the sheriff watches the mounting standoff in the silent room. (CONTINUED TUESDAY)
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Crowell
Tle
Rosy
How Gershwin Built a Nation Through Jazz
The late George Gershwin rose from East Side roots to fame with Rhapsody in Blue and Swanee. Austere beginnings and a mother's push led him to music, with Jolson turning Swanee into a national hit and a fortune. his breakthrough reshaped American music.
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George Gershwin
America
Hollywood
Fox
City Theatre
Fourteenth Street
New York
George
Gershwin
Gershwins
al Jolson
Hun
Phonograph
Ono
Lincoln
George Geshwin
Paul Whitman
Aeolian Hall
Tandem duo completes longest bike trip in the U S
James P. Young and his wife Elizabeth rode 7 100 miles across the United States on a tandem bicycle. They pedaled from coast to coast ending at San Francisco California over the coast to coast journey claiming a record for the longest tandem ride in the country.
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San Francisco
Cal
James P. Young
Elizabeth
Golden Gate Bridge
Origins of the Blizzard Word in Iowa Guide
In a new Iowa travel book from the Federal Writers' Project, the term blizzard reportedly arose in Estherville during an 1870s storm and was popularized by local editors in the winter of 1880 81. The volume notes three rock fragments from a May 10 1879 meteor event now housed in British Museum, Vienna, and University of Minnesota.
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Iowa
Hawkeye State
Estherville
Lever Lee Farm
British Museum
London
Vienna
Austria
University of Minnesota At
Minneapolis
Sion
Arta
Richard Haines
Cresco
Federal Writers’ Project
Works Progress Administration
State Historical Society of
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