Meeting to push No. 2 highway across Iowa
Residents of Knoxville Iowa announced a August 23 rally to back a cross state No 2 highway shortcut from Knoxville to the west. Attendees will hear from the state highway commission and engineer with Eicher and Keck coordinating Washington county’s part. organizers urge neighbors from West Chester Ainsworth and Washington to attend and show support for the bond issue required to authorize immediate construction.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Des Moines
State Highway Commission
Marion County Fair Grounds
Eicher
West Chester
Ainsworth
Washington
Knoxsville
Washington County
E. C. Bicher
Co. M. Keck
Canada’s liquor policy swings mirror U S and Norway shifts
The piece argues Canada’s provinces oscillate between wet and dry due to shifting politics and economics, similar to U S local option history. It notes wartime impacts linger, and compares Canada with Norway and France to explain retractions and resumed trade pressures shaping liquor laws.
Daily Word Study Improves Vocabularies With A Premonition
Readers are urged to master one new word daily. The feature defines premonition as previous warning or information and offers examples of its use in a sentence about pausing on a threshold with a sense of forewarning.
Canadians Gain From Liquor Trade Across the Border
The piece discusses the wet and dry conflicts in Canada and the U S. It notes that some Americans cross the border to buy liquor while Canada pursues prohibition. It warns that smugglers and bootleggers thrive as border trade grows, yet U S demand is capping profits.
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Canada
United States
Hoover’s New Mission Emerges From Belgian Relief Past
In Des Moines Hoover’s talk shifts focus from commerce metrics to a humane program for a better world. He frames national progress as a blend of moral aims and practical plans, urging support for health education and fair opportunity while resisting full-scale repeal of Prohibition. He portrays himself as a leader renewing public service to uplift all Americans.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover
du Ponts
Europe
America
Edward G. Lowry
Washington
Prairies
Iowa
Democrats in Houston Omit War Outlawry Rule
The platform in Houston leaves the outlawry of war blank but fails to extend the ban to the North Carolina and Tennessee delegations.
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Houston
North Carolina
Tennessee
Campaign songs and radio boosts mark early race coverage
The piece notes How Dry I Am as a popular campaign song and praises radio as a campaign tool. It highlights Hoover and Smith as rising from humble beginnings and mentions Senator Norris declining a third party nomination. Sailors report a heat wave felt far offshore and beyond the nine mile limit.
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Norris
New York
By The Way Magic In The Air And Corn
The piece muses on magical moments after a chautauqua performance. The writer quips about rabbits from hats silk flags in the air and the surprise finds in pockets like quarters or half-dollars. Nature is praised as the ultimate magic pulling sustenance from air into corn.
Local Household Banter and Jokes Parade in Rusty Prose
A collage of family scenes and humorous quips from a bygone era. Notes on supper rituals, a political President, club doings, and playful exchanges about daily life. Includes rural humor about a Rock Island depot and light hearted exchanges about politics and romance.
Sage-Frank Sage Named Washington County Chautauqua President
A chaotic radio broadcast reveals that the four letter word for the president of the Washington County Chautauqua Association is Sage and introduces Mr. Sage as the association’s leader amid confusion over many presidential figures.
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Washington County Chautauqua Association
Peet
Sage
Frank Sage
Mr. Sage
Skunk River Fishing Trip Ends With Tricks and Turtles
In August three boys fisher for a day on the Skunk river. They catch many fish until the stringer breaks and turtles steal the bait. Frustrated, they take the back trail home while their father scolds but relents. The poem captures a nostalgic family fishing outing.
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Skunk
Lizzie
Higher the Fever at Culver Military School Vedette
A comic dialogue frame from the Culver Vedette features Kratt and a Pennsylvania Ticket Agent debating train seating prices and berths on a Chicago trip. The exchange pokes fun at fare structures with wordplay on upper and lower berths and the paradoxical pricing.
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Culver Military School
Ved&tte
Kratt
Culver
Pennsylvania
Chicago
T. A
Baby Mine at New Graham theater with Dane and Arthur
Dane and Arthur star in Metro film at New Graham theater in a comedy marked by quirky pairs and a large cast. Charlotte Greenwood joins as a circus style comedian in a layered spoof, expanding the duo’s usual on screen mischief.
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Dane
Arthur
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
George K. Arthur
New Graham Theatre
Big Bertha
Laughland
Charlotte
Stage Star Shines In Can Canary Cottage Comics
The famous stage star of So Long Letty and Canary Cottage dazzles audiences with rapid fire gags. The lanky comedienne is a veritable riot of laughs and charm, drawing cheers from the crowd.
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Canary Cottage
Visit Notes From Riverside Train of Relatives
Riverside residents report visits from Will Bohberger family and Mary Jouquet from Wheeregresas. The Lohberger and Knittel families plan Tama Iowa and relatives in Ohio. Dr Reed Salladay returns to White River after visiting Ernest Galladay and others in town. Evelyn Dempery heads home to Town City after a week with the Knebels and Knebel family. The Cedar Rapids party, Thelma and Alberta Thompson, joined Henry for a Sunday visit.
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Riverside
Will Bohberger
Wheeregresas
Johan
Ramey
Mary Jouquet
Wil
Lohberger
Tama
Iowa
Joseph Lohberger
Reed Salladay
White River
South Dakota
Mr and Mrs Hahn visit Goshen Indiana kin
Mr and Mrs R Tt Marner and their children are visiting relatives in Goshen Indiana. Mrs Nettie C Hahn spent Sunday at the home of Mrs Helen Critz.
Washington Social Notes From Union District 1
Aug 11 social round features Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher and Mrs. Koening visiting Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Myers and mother spent time at the H J Myers home. The Kurtz family and daughters visited the J S Green home. Mildred Benson visits A J Unthank in Muscatine. S J McKee of Gary Indiana visits the Bensons. N J Benson family were Washington callers Friday afternoon.
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Union District
R. EB. Thatcher
Will Koening
Washington
Will Myers
H. J. Myers
John Kurtz
J. S. Green
Mildred Benson
A. J. Unthank
Muscatine
S. J. McKee
Gary
Indiana
Dave Benson
N. J. Benson
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Rock Island
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