Good Roads Crisis Hits Iowa Counties With Bond Blockages
A survey shows nearly all cross state roads in Iowa blocked by counties that reject bond funding. Story county blocks the Lincoln Highway while Cass and Washington counties vote no on bonds, risking mud gaps and prompting talk of a state bond issue to unify road funding and remove local debt via automobile taxes.
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Today's Word Combative Pugnacious
The lesson defines combative as pugnacious and describes the insult triggering a wild combative impulse. It notes mispronunciations and misspellings while urging daily vocabulary growth with a target to master one word each day.
Gas Tax and Federal Aid Policy Outline
The proposal details a gas tax funded program supplemented by federal aid while exempting personal income tax. It specifies no tax applied to adjacent and abutting properties. The plan aims to direct revenue toward infrastructure without broad personal tax increases.
A Wonderful Speech by Henry W. Grady in 1887
Grady warns Atlanta against liquor as dry and wet forces clash. He argues alcohol destroys home life, harms women and children, and harms the city, urging citizens to reject its return and protect peace and order.
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Henry W. Grady
Atlanta
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Congress
Are You A loafer
Boone New Republic ponders life allocation by an imagined 70 year frame. It cites a statistician’s breakdown: 23 years asleep, 19 at work, 10 praying, 6 eating, 2 dressing, 4 traveling, 4 sick. It reflects on life as noncontinuous and shifts focus to time wasted or spent.
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Boone New-Republican
Nature as Remedy for Worry Says Physicians
Detroit Record cites medical guidance urging people to follow Nature’s example to defeat worry. The piece notes that anxiety harms health, and that animals prosper by living in the moment, suggesting humans can learn from birds, foxes, squirrels, and hounds to reduce stress and improve wellbeing.
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Detroit Record
From Molly Anderson Haley to Pop's Alibi and college
A reflective piece contrasts youth independence with parental attitudes as a debate on heredity versus environment. The voice questions who are the cowards and who truly guides the path from adolescence to adulthood, ending with a provocative quote about college and behavior a father might pass on.
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Molly Anderson Haley
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Boston
Chautauqua Countdown Sparks Spelling Gripes
In a playful note the writer laments the tricky spelling of Chautauqua as the big tent event approaches and jokes about choosing a simpler city name for ease of spelling. The column muses on chilly days and the nine shopping days before the spectacle begins.
Youth and Wealth Reflections on a Street Corner
A fragment notes people found crying on a corner about lost youth and present spending. It contrasts with the idea of wealth and asks what one does with current dollars rather than imagining riches. The tone is reflective and somber.
Sunday Social Notes Across the Conrads and Kin
Gladys Hertig dined with Arthur Conrad. Will and Anna Mae Conrad visit this week. Emma Lauber improves as expected. Several family members and friends, including Francis Hertig Hazel Conrad Walter Kooble and Pete Lauber, gather at Louie Kauffman’s Sunday. Others visit Washington hospital and share farm chores and threshing work through midweek.
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Anna Mae
Hazel Conrad
Walter Koeble
Pete Lauber
Andrew Kauffman
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Simon Louber
Pete
Bessie
Albert Beese
Alberta
Emma Louber
Washington Hospital
Model 1927 Grandma Antics in a Family Scene
A humorous monologue recalls a grandmother’s strict views on cooking cleaning and sewing. She teases her daughter about bean tins lamp dust and safety pins while noting changes in women’s focus on men. The piece ends with a quip on wedding presents and insurance.
Kepharts Host Guests and Visiting Swing Through town
Rural Route 4 notes visits from several families including Mr and Mrs Frank Kephart and J E Linder. Ray Linder and daughter from Ottumwa Iowa return after weekend in Washington visiting J F Linder. Elmer Kephart and Pat May with baby also stop by Frank Kephart home. Helen Jones assists at Howard Caldwell home with newborn baby boy.
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Frank Kephart
Kilmer Kephart
Washington
Ray Linder
Little
Ottumwa
Iowa
J. FE
Helen Jones
Howard Caldwell
Catastrophe Averted as Surgeon Saves Victim in Time
Husband and bride celebrate a wedding dream as a hospital stitch saves lives, while a playful exchange underscores joy. The headline echoes a proverb on timely care and danger averted.
Local Social Calls Sparking Weekend Visits
Worth and Frank Schneider of Washington with Mr and Mrs Perry Davidson were Sunday visitors at Lewis Bakers. Elmer Kephart and Fred Kephart households hosted visitors Monday. Grover Booth buys a new Chevrolet sedan. Will Stafford is listed as sick. Mrs John Reeves and Marion spent Monday in Washington. Howard Baker and family and the Shrader and Patterson families were Sunday evening visitors at Lewis Bakers. Mrs Tom Kyle of Washington visits this week with her daughter Mrs Charlie Palmer.
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Marion
David Ferguson
Washington
Howard Baker
Jake Shrader
Jack Patterson
Lewis Bakers
Tom Kyle
Charlie Palmer
Havre Notes on Local Visits and Health
Mrs Walter Gardner reports gatherings with Mr and Mrs Frank Dittmer Charlie Palmer and families at Sar Wittmer s Sunday evening Lucile Baker returns home after staying with her ailing grandmother Mrs Lewis Baker who improves Threshing nearly finished with oats and wheat yielding fairly well Mrs John Krause is ill Mr and Mrs Ben Ward of Ainsworth mentioned in brief local notes
Farm & Home notes on Vaseline and clairvoyant phone advice
Miss Fawn Lippincut writes that Vaseline will protect items from tarnish in this month's Farm & Home. Madame Neu ralgia, a clairvoyant visiting annually, is available for consultation in Room 5 at New Palace hotel and told Tell Binkley that President Collidge does not mind being photographed.
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Neuralgia
New Palace Hotel
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