Hind Wheels as Collateral Sparks Midwest Debate
A banker refused a farmer's corn and livestock as loan security and offered hind wheels of the auto instead. The tale prompts reflections on farm assets, rising living standards, and the risk of radicalism as farmers confront credit and land-price pressures in the Midwest.
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Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Wisconsin
Nebraska
South Dakota
Midwest
Jerusalem
Middle West
H. C. Taylor
Department of Markets and Crop Estimates
Dr. Taylor
Committee Keeps Football Rules Mostly Unchanged
The American intercollegiate rules committee will not enact sweeping changes at its March meeting. It aims to educate players on the code to reduce infractions, improve enforcement, and clarify forward pass and shift play rules while stressing sportsmanship and public interest.
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New York
American Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee
Cincinnati Professor Memorial Claim Ends Legacy
A recently deceased Cincinnati professor boasted he could recite the entire Bible from memory and drew belief from listeners in a era of curiosity. The article notes public interest and the professor’s noted linguistic prowess amid Tennesseean reflections.
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Cincinnati
Nashville
Radical revision urged for Iowa auto tax laws
Des Moines Jan 17 W C Ramsay secretary of state in charge of the automobile department says current car taxes are unequal with heavy vehicles paying more than newer models of similar makes He proposes ending the 1 percent list price assessment and raising the weight rate to 75 cents per hundred cutting Ford fees to about 7 50 annually He also suggests Iowa imitate Indiana in making its own license plates to save costs and revenues.
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Des Moines
W. C. Ramsay
Automobile Department
Ramsay
Michigan
Iowa
Indiana
Secretary of State
To Have on Hand for a Well-Stocked Home
The list advises keeping in every home a dozen pens and real black ink, 1 and 2 cent stamps, business envelopes and matching stationery, paste that sticks, blotters, and liniment for ready use. The guidance emphasizes practical household readiness and orderly supplies.
The Oil From the Rocks
The text notes coal oil known in ancient literature and used in biblical rites and by Native American medicine men for healing. It explains the term rock oil and traces its Latin roots to petroleum.
You'd Sound Better If You Kept Still
A lively spectator hurls cheers during a baseball game, prompting a young boy named Bob to tell him to keep quiet. The exchange captures a moment of playful banter amid the crowd.
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Little Bob
Sing
Japan's Rise From Isolation to Global Player
A historical overview traces Japan's rapid ascent from Perry’s 1850s opening to a modern power. It highlights trade as the engine, praised by Perry himself, and notes a transformation from feudalism to capitalism. It also cites Western observers and Japanese diplomacy, summarizing mixed perceptions of imperialism and power.
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Perry
Yeddo
Nitobe
United States
Japan
Commodore Perry
American Geographical and Statistical Society
Cific
China
Prussia
Far East
H. M. Hyndman
Asia
Boni
Liveright
Earliest American Books Mentioned In Detroit News Note
The Detroit News notes early American printing including a 1585 Spanish translation of The Spiritual Ladder by Franciscan Junípero de Zamarra in New Spain. It cites The Doctrina Christiana printed in 1544 in Mexico City by Juan Pablos as a first text with cats to illustrate.
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New World
Jwne de Zamarra
Sret
Mexco
America
Mexico City
Juan Pablos
Qdetroit News
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Ad
A vintage advertisement invites readers to mail a cutout with a 5 cent stamp to Foley & Co. Chicago for a trial package of Foley products including Honey and Tar cough remedy Kidney Pills cathartic and tablets. The notice emphasizes benefits for coughs, colds, back pain and digestive issues.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Lil
Foley
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Remus
Joel Chandler Harris
Stevenson
Mid West
Des Moines Register
Evening Journal
Kondon Minneapol's
Mina
Kondon’s
Astor Druggists
Mehleinney Drug CO
Golden State
Los Angeles
Diegoanta
California
el Paso
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Kansas City
Rock Island
S. W. Southern Pacific
H.W. Russell
Washington, Iowa
C.C Anderson
Rock Island Lines
Rock Island Station
Davenport
the Literary Digest
Great Britain
France
China Seas
Fareast
New York Herald
Baron Kanda
Washington
Detroit
Ford
Washington Motor Co
G. E. Mace
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