Running the Border En Route Home 1922
A travelogue recounts crossing from Canada to the United States near Winnipeg Emerson and the U S border. Customs officers examine luggage while the author notes duties on clothing footwear and tires and recalls border running stories from Prohibition era Minnesota. The piece argues tariffs protect national industry and cites Canadian policies and U S trade implications.
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Canada
Cister Helen
Fam
States
Main Street
Portage Avenue
Union Depot
Pariament
Assiniboine River
New Bridge
Assiniboine Park
Winnipeg
Manitoba
U. S
United States
Department of Service
Minnesota
Smuceler
St. Paul
Pony Mopps Heads to Niawary Fall for Talks at Brickyard
Pony Mopps leaves the brickyard for Niawary Fall to wait while his employer negotiates terms. He is noted as the only man known to have owned a theater and aimed to give the public what it wanted.
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Pony Mopps
Niawary
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
A comic tale where a man seeks sleep from Doc Graft who prescribes a practical rede to settle debts. The Old Doe bargains for truth in financial woes, but the narrator dies as the doctor’s advice unfolds through a fatal elevator fall.
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Doc
Chautauqua Fans Hit West Washington in Warm Weather
The text notes moving vans on West Washington street are not tourists but chautauqua fans heading to camp. It adds a casual aside about warm weather pleasing the chautauqua concession men and a bit of clock repair humor.
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West Washington Street
Chautauqua
Trial Time Quotation Sparks Acquittal Debate
In a courtroom style quip a pastor asks what brings comfort in trial and a skeptical critic jokes that an acquittal would have been unwarranted and unjustified.
How I Earned My First Dollar Junior Column Aim
A kind lady proposes a junior department for the By the-way column to involve younger readers. The editor agrees and invites boys and girls to write brief letters titled How I Earned My First Dollar, promising more topics if the project succeeds.
Watermelon Craves Bloom After Death Verse
A poem fragment laments eternal craving for watermelon after death, imagining a vine planted over the grave to allow juice to seep through. The lines mix morbid imagery with a playful fruit motif.
No Woman Would Laugh Editorial Note Warning
A Detroit Free Press commentary acknowledges a Chicago man murdered his wife for extravagance but condemns the drastic method. It suggests married men read the episode aloud to their wives as a warning, while refusing endorsement.
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Chicago
Detroit Free Press
Be careful when you're sporting in a speeding car
A quirky cautionary verse recounts Johnny and Lizzie riding in a flivver with a careless grip on romance. They crash after a bump, a passing man offers ten cents, and Lizzie elopes in a Studebaker. The tale ends warning against summer courting in speed.
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Studebaker
Fight Breaks Out Before Suspect Flees With Clothes
A melee erupted as suspects fought, then one individual fled the scene with a set of clothes. Police are reviewing footage and seeking witnesses to identify the participant and recover the stolen items.
We Know Man With Hat and Glasses Across Society
Description catalogues a stylish man each reader may know a hat wearer in fur naces a business figure who blushes a little the professional who walks lazily and a man who peers over his glasses during encounters.
Willie's Wise Crack Upset Father at Dinner
Rev Lloyd Samson recalls Little Willie at Rotary Club as he eats heartily and turns back upon seeing a large pie. Father scolds that he will leave the table after eating, but Willie fires back that he only leaves.
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Lloyd Samson
Rotary Club
Willie
Melon payment puzzle split among buyers
Johnny bought five melons for be James bought three for 3c Henry ate one third of each melon and paid for what he ate The trick involves shared costs and fractions to determine Johnny and James final shares The answer divides the money remaining after Henry’s consumption based on who supplied the melons and how much each ate
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Reubsam
Johnny
James
Henry
James le
Prevaricators Club Application From Pine River
The Pine River Minnesota Journal notes a quirky submission for membership in the Prevaricator's club. A Washington citizen and Joe Maxwell endorse the applicant, with a humorous account of chasing a Bluegirl along Pine River and a dry lakes area that caught fire by spontaneous combustion. The tale ends with odd boasts about Missouri fish and linen dusters.
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Washington
Joe Maxwell
Pine River
Joe
Missouri
Fragmented dialogue notes and folksy lines from a page
A string of colloquial lines about Sundays meals a bull chase a red flag fables and a humorous exchange on lawyering ends with a verse about a lawyer as a man who gets two fellows to strip for a joke.
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Johnny
Sal Matthews and the Lazy Daughter in Oklahoma
An Oklahoma tale recalls Old man Matthews urging his daughter Sal to move from a dangerous fire. Sal responds with a laconic question about which foot she should lift, highlighting her reputed slowness.
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Matthews
Oklahoma
Gal
Missing Lemon Squeezer Sparks Morning Hunt
A playful exchange centers on a newly claimed patent lemon squeezer left on a table. John asks about its whereabouts and the other person recalls it was there earlier, prompting a humorous search.
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John
Canadian and British empire trade under protective policy
The text argues that protective manufacturing policies operate globally and should be maintained in the country to protect manufacturers and workers from harm, warning that weakening the policy would soon hurt everyone.
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Canada
Dusty lake haul ends with desert Pike dawn closure
A terse note from Messrs. X and Y of Washington states that after pulling items from the lake in dusty condition they must close due to the desert Pike early morning timing.
Victor Hugo and the French Language Debate
The tale of Hugo defending a disputed word as valid French is cited, noting his confidence in his linguistic power and the era’s broader respect for vocabulary expansion. The piece links his stance to a wider belief in evolving language as a national asset. The other item discusses forest fire destruction as a major threat and urges universal awareness to protect wood and paper supplies.
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Victor Hugo
New York Times
American Forestry Magazine
Railway Time Tables Corrected to Date
Railway time tables list arrivals and departures for Westbound and Washington Branch lines with numbers for express and local trains. Agents H. W. Russell and J. C. McKay note daily operations with note that some freight trains run only on certain days and some locals are Sunday exceptions.
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Cc RT. & PF
Golden State Limited
H. W. Russell
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Mutual
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Walt Mason
Lizzie
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Physicians and Surgeons
Pr. D. BE. Spombaugi Osteopathic
Arthaud
J, . Dayton
Westchester, Iowa
Ashington County
T. A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
A. John Droz
Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
W. K. Kellogg
I. BE
Washington Lodge
A. J
A. M
H. T. Carris
W. M
Arthur Goodin
Cyrus Chapter
W. C. Beil
HH. Pr
Zoredatha Council
J. Kilitt Grayson
I. M
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
G. 8. Kerr
Ge. C. Arthur Goodin
Belva Carris
Myrtle Speer
Damascus Shring
Commercial Club
Katheryne H. Beatty
Ww. H. P
Susie B. Edgington
Worth Scribe
Amos
de Molay
Reguelar
Ira Jones
G. C. Frank Langworthy
Washington Lodge No
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
I. FE. Mitchell
Elmer McFadden
1. O. OF
B.covenant Lodge No
North Town Ave
Ww. F. Murdock
Noble Grand
Russell Goodin
Brighton Encampment
Op& A FF
F. Hall
North
Iowa Avenue
B. EB. Nicholson
Irvin BE. Huston
Southwest Corner Square
Barclay’s Cash
Washington, IA
Res
S. H. Bateman
M. D. Blair
Washington, la
General Practice of Medicine
O. F P. Boller, D. Dls
City
Washington St
Morrison & Morrison
Brookhart Bros. Law—Abstracts
Opera House
C. J. Wilson
CO. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal
Livingston & Hicher
Austin Sutherland
T. J. Pease
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Yours
Messrs. X & Y of
Westboun
Golden State Line
J. C. McKay
Auu Jimney
John Park
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