Long Range Talking and the Radio Phone in Campaigns
A speculative look at radio phone use transforming political campaigning. The piece envisions speakers in distant cities addressing audiences across hundreds of miles, with home towers enabling residents to listen from their firesides. It foresees synchronized concerts and speeches linking Pittsburgh to Washington Iowa and beyond.
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Senator New
Indiana
Iowa
Colonel Brookhart
Washington
Washington, D. C
Congressman Sweet
Vale
Hill
Charley Pickett
Pittsburgh
New York City
Crawfordsville
U. S
Halle
San Francisco
Cleveland
Warning to Youth From An Old Poet On The Road Ahead
The speaker warns young readers that the path they plan to take leads to broken bones and ruined lives. He recalls his own youth’s pleasures turning hollow as he ages, urging youths to abandon reckless striving before bogies reach and slay them. He notes the scorn of younger observers for his old appearance and predicts their future weariness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Angelus
Amy Dawn
Radio Phon e and New Frontiers in Science
A discussion on radiophone potential highlights how educational access will expand through global connections Kalamazoo benefits and Montreal lectures. The piece muses on future inventions for remote presence and vast space communication, imagining talking to Mars and using the Moon as a target while noting nature’s resources already yield progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Kalamazoo
Mars
Philippine Wreck Reflects Global Racial Unrest
The piece argues unrest in the Philippines mirrors world tensions among non Caucasian peoples and critiques Wilson era policy. It blames eight years of native rule for Philippine deterioration in health, finance, and honesty, asserting radical native legislation followed U S withdrawal.
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Philippines
India
Africa
Malay Archipelago
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Netherlands
Lord Northcliffe
Globe
Wilson
Philippine
Washington
Philippines policy blamed for graft and failed self rule
The Wood-Forbes commission report pins eight years of Wilson era maladministration in the Philippines on entrenched native cliques, election fraud, espionage, and loot of the Philippine National Bank, leaving public service dominated by Americans at four percent. It warns that self determination here undermines civilization and fueled rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Wilson
Washington
Wood-Forbes Commission
Philippine National Bank
Burton Harrison
United States Congress
Something Missing at Uncle's Farm Colt
A young boy visiting his uncle's farm admires a small colt and asks where the rockers are, prompting the uncle to remark on the animal as the boy expresses cautious fascination in this Cleveland News item.
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Youester
Johnny
Cleveland News
Town Fair Grants Relief to Fire Sufferers
In a small town after a fire, children held a fair and raised thirty dollars. They sent a letter to the church pastor asking him to give the money to fire sufferers. The cheerful note ends with a hopeful P.S. that the suffering may not be over.
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P. S
Everybody's Magazine
Wayland Roads Drive Trade Shift to Mt Pleasant
Wayland residents eager to reach Washington to trade but head to Mt Pleasant due to road conditions. April showers and late oats affect local plans as mudholes on Wayland road deter travel.
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Wayland Road
Wayland
Washington
Mt. Pleasant
Little Merla Stephens Predicts Hog Market Price
Four year old Merla Stephens, daughter of Mr and Mrs R B Stephens near Washington, reads the Journal market page and proclaims top hog price of ten dollars and fifty cents before handing back the page with a playful dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merla Stephens
R. B. Stephens
Washington
Draft for a thousand kisses in a flirtatious note
A fragment shows a woman asking to certify a bank draft described as a thousand kisses while a male speaker calls her flirtatious. The casual exchange hints at romantic undertones and financial wording mixed in dialogue.
Two Actors Debate Domestic Woes in Vacation Joke
In a light exchange one actor tells Louie he would send a wife described by his companion on a vacation to the Thousand Islands with orders to spend a month on each island. The humorous line plays on marital frustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie
Thousand Islands
Little Verse Ad Sparks Apollo Stock Rise
A playful catalog line links Apollo stock surge to a boy wearing a collar. Hercules is mocked as a mere puny figure in a whimsical ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hercules
Confidential bulletin hints at industry strike and lamp price drop
A local shop received a cryptic memo alleging proberty workers aim to ruin the electrical industry. It warns of lamp price cuts for April 1. The note also jumbles with unrelated quips about fishing, soft drinks, winter, and domestic violence references.
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Lamp Co
The Fight Against The Old Demon Turns To Tobacco
The piece mocks reformers labeled as fighting female vanity and fashion fads, depicting a chorus of critics rallying against corsets false hair artificial hips and other trends. It notes California's weather and publicity as unintended advertising while a quirky verse about a missing cleaner named Grener ends the fragment.
Cabbage Prices Hit Town and Sauerkraut Tally
Hans laments high cabbage prices this year. He and his wife usually make seven to nine barrels of sauerkraut annually but cannot this year. A friend asks if he still plans to put up some sauerkraut and Hans confirms two barrels at home for illness.
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Hans
Kebbeges
Germans Blow Up Ammunition Dump Near Yanks
Just before St. Mihiel the explosion wrecked an ammunition dump near a Yank company. Reports say many gas shells were present and the Americans scattered quickly. All men returned except one who rejoined the unit the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mihiel
Word of Duty Drives Soldier Back After Long Absence
A veteran of long service answers a question about his whereabouts with a firm pledge that he has spent the day returning. His reply underscores the commitment expected by the American Legion and reflects the era’s tone of duty and resolve.
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The
American Legion Weekly
Names Originally French In Haggis And Ashet Origins
The note traces haggis to the French hachis meaning minced meat and links ashet to the French assiecte a large meat dish, illustrating how Scottish and English kitchen terms borrow from French. The etymology highlights language transfer in culinary names.
Derivation Fron The French Phrase Qu'en Dirai
The text traces how the French phrase qu'en dirai meaning what shall I say of it became corrupted in English as quate dary, illustrating linguistic change and phonetic drift. The note highlights how a small phrase can morph into a new spelling through mispronunciation and transcription.
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Earth
the Lord
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Abe Martin
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Goodby
John Barleycorn
California
Grener
Sloan's
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
J. BE. Edgington
M. D
F. & M. Bank Bldg
DR. Irvin & Huston
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M. D. Blair
J. D. Dayton
Westchester, Iowa
O. F. Boller
D. D
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RR. W. Gregg
F. & M. Bank
T. A. Michels
Morrison & Morrison
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
C. J. Wilson
C. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal
Washington, Iowa
Eicher, Livingston & Eicher, Law
Austin Sutherland
R. R
Keenwick
McElhinney Drug CO
RL & P
Golden State
Westbou
Express
Drrives
H. W. Russel
3. C
Wes
Sundey
Kay
Age T
Vy 2U A.m
John Park
Washington Lodge
He Carris
W. M
Arthur Goodin
Cyrus Chapter
W. C. Bell
H. P
Zeredatha Council
S. M
J. Elliot Grayson
I. M
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
G. S. Kerr
Bi. S
Belva Carris
Myrtle Speer
Damascus Shrine
Katheryne H. Beatty
Susie B. E.edgington
Worthy Scribe
Amos Chapter de Molay
Ira Jones
G.C
Frank Langworthy
Washington Lodge No
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
I. B. Mitchell
Elmer McFadden
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