Out of Balance Prices and Local Protests in the Community
An analysis from a trade paper shows how wartime price shifts hit crops, coal, clothing, and goods in a local area. The piece notes higher freight costs, rising overhead, and increasing business failures as causes, with a cautious call for gradual improvement and no quick remedies. It contends the region is industrially out of balance and references local items and cartoons to illustrate the point.
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United States
Stores Drawn Into War Talk Says Moots Urges Calm
Elmer Moots notes many items in stores he would buy if prices stabilize. He compares a world war to a legal battle, saying readers must wear gas masks during the current tense period.
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Elmer Moots
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
The narrator and Aunt Kate debate helping the poor as winter blizzards rage outside. Aunt Kate urges charity while the speaker favors comfort, but he admires her generosity and recalls her late night vigil for those in need.
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Walt Mason
Kate
Disarmament Sale At Okaloosa Store
A local Okaloosa store advertises a Disarmament Sale amid scrapped furnishings. The item lists include quirky notes about Dr Trimmer in an Oskaloosa paper and a Davenport Democrat misprint incident.
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Okaloosa
Dr. Trimmer
Nauvoo Remade From Historic Mormon City to Modern Town
Nauvoo once the largest Illinois city now a thousand residents. The Mormon settlement grew to 15 000 20 000 during the 1840s before mobs and exodus to Utah. French and German settlers followed with vineyards and orchards. Benedictine sisters founded schools. the boys school became a convalescent training center for disabled WWI soldiers.
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Commerce
Missouri
Finois
Joseph Smith
Nauvoo
Navoo
Hancock County
Carthage
Hyrum Smith
Brigham Young
Utah
Benedictine Sisters
Comic Quips Gathered From National Papers
A collage of witty lines from papers including the Colorado Springs Telegraph Boston Post Louisville Courier Journal and Washington Star. The items joke about prices lies and a farmer named Jud Tunkins planning cinema and phonographs on farm machinery for summer entertainment.
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Jud Tunkins
Washington Star
Witty Exchange Over Domestic Decor In The Passing Show
A comic exchange from The Passing Show in London features a wife reproaching Henry for bad furniture and wallpaper. When he offers polite excuses she declares she will go to bed, highlighting domestic friction in a light theatrical sketch.
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Henry
London
Conference Resolutions From Consolidated School Officers
A Cedar Falls conference of consolidated school officers and superintendents drew 250 attendees from nearly every county. Officers elected for next year include President Charles E K Hearst and Vice President Hans Kelson. Resolutions urge a federal Department of Education, health funding, elastic curricula, uniform accounting, publicity committees, and funding for approved consolidated schools, and call for transportation reports, road improvements, and Farm Bureau support.
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Cedar Falls
School Board Association
Charles EK. Hearst
Black Hawk County
Hans Kelson
Dike
Donald Ferree
Yankee
J. MH. Jones
Crawfordsville
Washington County
Congress
Department of Education
Consolidated Schools
Iowa
Department of Public Instruction
Farm Bureau Federation
Playthings of Destiny heads to Fox Theater with Anita Stewart
Anita Stewart leads the cast of Playthings of Destiny at the Fox Theater for a two day engagement. Supporting players include Herbert Rawlinson Walter McGrail Grace Morse and William V Mong. young Richard Headrick also stars alongside the star in this dramatic First National attraction based on Jane Murfin's story The Tornado.
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Anita Stewart
First National Picture
Fox Theater
Herbert Rawlinson
Walter McGrail
Grace Morse
William V. Mong
Little Richard Headrick
Jane Murfin
Unclear Source: Trial Preparation Ends in Foregone Result
The text suggests a setup where preparation guarantees a predictable outcome. It implies a controlled process guided by a director, leading to an inevitable conclusion.
Goodwin Tangle Sparks Town Interest in Brighton
Deputy Sweet arrested Mr. Goodwin in Washington and jailed him on charges connected to a local dispute. Suspected stolen clothing from three suitcases allegedly sent by Mrs. Goodwin from Oklahoma surfaced, with Goodwin seen wearing a suit from one suitcase and silk shirts found hidden at a shoe store.
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Goodwin Tangle
Brighton
Goodwin
Sweet
Mr. Goodwin
Washington
Paul Neal Visits Des Moines Realty Leader Strong Family Ties
The Keota Eagle notes Paul Neal and his family drove from Des Moines to visit at the E. B. Neal home. The article highlights Paul Neal as a leading and successful Des Moines realty dealer and a prominent young man.
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Keota
Paul Neal
Des Moines
E. EB. Neal
Paul
Railroad Schedule for East and Westbound Trains 1921
Corrected October 31 1921 timetable lists eastbound No 4 Golden State Limited No 12 Express No 60 Local Passenger No 30 Local Pass No 8 Local Friday 12 01 pm. Westbound No 3 Golden State Limited No 12 60 am No 29 Local Pass 8 45 am 8 66 am No 49 Local Pass 6 05 pm No 11 Express 9 66 pm No 87 Local Freight 12 01 pm Washington Branch No 450 Local Pass No 430 Local Pass No 836 Local Freight Arrives 9 05 am 6 20 pm 3 46 pm Leaves No 429 Local Pass 9 05 pm No 449 Local Pass 6 10 pm No 835 Local Freight 7 00 am Local Freights Nos 835 836 and local passengers 429 430 and 469 daily except Sunday Local Freight No 88 runs east Mon Wed Fri Local Freight No 87 runs west Tue Thu Sat H W RUSSEL Agent No 23 Passenger No 25 Passenger
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Golden State Limited
Golden State
Washington
H. W. Russel
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Bruce Cowden
Malveatter
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Ean
Save Emeves
Coal Harrow
Mie
Diz
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Iowa Avenue
Merle
Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian
J. H. Hutson
Bloomfield
Oklahoma
Supt
W. C. Harding
Ad Club
Abe Martin
Davenport Democrat
Vera Gay
Lwe
Chan
Frank
Jack
Tld Nois
Minois
Chicago
St. Louis
The
Middle West
Illinois
Mississippi
Colorado Springs
Boston Post
Sirius
Louisville Courier-Journal
J. Groweher
Boston Christian Register
Sloan
Sloan's
Linimen
Consolidated School
Sewart
FOX
Paul Anthony Kelty
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
T. A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
I.E. Edgington, M. D
F. & M. Bank
Morrison & Morrison
DR. Irven E. Huston
Southwest Corner
Farmers’ Union
Washington, IA
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
J. J. Wilson
CO. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Journal Office
Washington, Lowa
Res
S. H. Bateman
M. D. Jair
C. F. Boller
D. D
City
Washington St
Eicher, Livingston & Eicher: Law
B. Watson
Austin Sutherland
R. R
Dr. Hobson
Real Estates
J. D. Dayton
Westchester,owa
Awin Carewe
Neals
Cc RL & P
J. C. McKay
Lim
Uesday Iday
Washington Lodge
A. Vw
A. M
J. Eilits Grayson
W. M
Arthur Goodin
Cyrus Chapter
W. C. Bell
H. P
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
G. S. Kerr
O. By
Mary Lavada Kerr
Myrtle Speer
Damascus Shrine
A. J
Moose Hall
Lowise Harwood
Lena M. Marble
Washington Lodge No
Loyal Order of Moose
Mitchell Dictator
Elmer McFadden
1. O. O. F.—Covenant Lodge No. 101
North
Iowa Ave
Chae. S. Baker
Noble Grand
Russell Goodin
Iowa Avenues
PR. R. Stewart
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