Brookhart Victory Reframes Iowa Political Mood
Evans reports from Des Moines on Col. Smith W Brookhart's sweeping GOP primary win in Iowa with 76 of 99 counties carried. Brookhart ran without a formal organization on a Farmer Labor Soldier Republican platform criticizing freight rates bank credit and the Cummins Esch act while winning broad support from labor farmers and even some business circles.
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Arthur M. Evans
Chicago Tribune
W. Brookhart
Tribune
Des Moines
Old Guard
Col
Smith W. Brookhart
Lowa
Brookhart
Cummins
Kenyon
Standpatea
Machine
Scretary
Agrisuture
Wallace
Clifford Thorne
Lwee
Agiinst
Brookart
Thorne
Ilorn
Lowear
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve System
Nonpartisan League of Wall Street
Agriculture and Labor
American Society of Equity
The
Fartners’ Union and Taxpayers’ League
Labor
Iowa
India
Pennsylvania
Republican Party
Washington
Harding
Wall Street
Buttermakers of State Score High in Dyersville
In Dyersville Iowa the state butter scoring contest showed high quality butter with 37 of 57 tub entries at 93 or better and 50 at 92 or above. Otto Weer Straw berry Point won the top whole milk score 95 percent. E O Bollman McGregor won gold in gathered cream with 85 percent, with Robert Wagner Fairbank and Ed Andreason Manly taking silver and 94 percent respectively.
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Dyersville
Lowa
Otto Weer
Strawberry Point
E. O. Bollman
McGregor
Robert Wagner
Fairbank
Ed Andreason
Manly
A. W. Rudnick
Iowa State College
Iowa
D. T. Breera
Iowa Buttermakers Association
H. B. Willenberg
A. L. Landis
Colesburg
W. E. McMurray
Ames
Jacob Friedman
C. W. Conway
M. Mortensen
Overcoat Belt Returns With Fit Complaint
A letter to the shop explains the belt from a recent overcoat is too short. The writer requests a belt with the shortest button placed where the end one should be and notes the current belt fits poorly only when using that end button. Other than fit issues, the belt is acceptable.
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Chicago Tribune
Grade Dairy Cow Classes Open for National Shows
Ames Iowa June 13 The extension service says grade cow classes with cow testing records will compete at Waterloo and St Paul national dairy shows. Eligibility requires purebred sires Holstein Guernsey or Jersey and 360 pounds fat in a year per mature cow plus prize money up to 500 dollars. The Waterloo event aims to reward top five cow groups from any association.
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Ames
H. R. Searles
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
Waterlolo
St. Paul
Searles
Waterloo
Guernsey
Jersey
Iowa
Mr. Searles
Holstein
Waterloo and
Prof. Searles
Quote on Women Society and Masters of Business
A quotation extols women society as knowledgeable and refined, praising their mastery of business and secluded lifestyle. The speaker lauds their health, colorful language, and connection with nature, comparing forests to seas in poetic admiration.
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Society of Woomen
Disraeli
Fabled Unicorn Description From Vinny’s Tale
The unicorn is described with a stag head elephant feet a tear tail and a horse body. It makes a deep howling sound and bears a single black horn two enbita long midway on its fore head.
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Vinny
Patron Saint Apollonia and the Toothache Legend
A historical note recalls Saint Apollonia of Alexandria as the patron saint of toothache. She is depicted with pincers after purportedly having her teeth pulled before martyrdom, a detail linked to dental distress in art and legend.
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Appollonia of
Alexandria
St. Apollonia
Pip
Posadas: Last Outpost of Civilization on Alto Parana
A traveler describes Posadas Argentina as the last outpost of civilization on the Alto Parana facing primitive forest and wild Indians. The town boasts a broad-gauge railroad, a fine modern hotel, three department stores and the best hospital in northern Argentina with nearby mate plantations and Jesuit ruins.
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Parana
Argentina
Posadas
Alto Parana
South America
New York Evening Post
Revels of Spring in the Prairies and Blooming Fields
A lyrical meditation on the arrival of spring with vivid nature imagery. The speaker celebrates mating birds, flowering meadows, and the scent of blossoms across prairies, rivers, and hedges as Spring enchants the landscape and the speaker.
Alberson Warns Masons Against the Ku-Klux Klan
Des Moines reports Amos N. Alberson grand master of Iowa warns Masons about Ku-Klux Klan solicitors at the seventy-ninth annual communication. He condemns bigotry and urges Masonry not to affiliate with any group promoting intolerance. Elect officers today as routine sessions continue at the Orpheum theatre with an auto city tour and Frase park banquet plans.
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Des Moines
Amos N. Alberson
Grand Lodge of Iowa
Alberson
Grand Lodge
Orpheum Theatre
Frase Park
de Molay
Family Men Wore Earrings Through Time
The article traces earrings as a male adornment from primitive use to modern times. It cites early practice among savage chieftains and biblical Ishmaelites, notes a superstition among sailors that ear piercing cures sore ears, and mentions Sir Walter Raleigh Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton as famous wearers.
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Walter Raleigh
William Shakespeare
Earl of Southampton
Prague doctor claims eczema remedy breakthrough
A Prague physician announces a discovery claimed to outperform eczema treatments. The report teases the term Coryna as a novel name for a girl, reflecting playful language from the era.
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Prague
Mande
Boston
Paid for Her Passage Hen Eggs in a Buggy Tale
A mother and child drive to town in a buggy when a hen jumps from under a blanket, lays an egg, and causes surprised cackles in this Exchange narrative excerpt.
New Harmony in Poetry Presents Modern Verse
Mary C C Sturgeon argues that contemporary poetry shapes its own message through a fresh blend of beauty and vitality. She emphasizes loyalty to living sources and the unique harmony of today’s poetry as it constrains and inspires the poet’s spirit.
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Mary CC. Sturgeon
Iowa Roads Mostly Good with Some Detours Reported
Des Moines June 14 Iowa roads are generally in good condition with ongoing work and few detours on major highways. Jefferson Highway is sound across the state. Lincoln Highway is mostly fine except east of Cedar Rapids. Primary Roads No 2 and 7 show detours/closures in spots. Tourist travel increasing with balanced east west flow.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Automobile Club
State Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Anita
Adair
Prairie City
Spirit Lake
Clear Lake
Ames
Blairsburg
Growth of Cork Trees Across Spanish and Portuguese Regions
Cork production centers in Spain and Portugal account for over half of the world supply with prime cork coming from Seville Badajoz Cadiz Huelva Barcelona and Salamanca regions. Maturity ages vary by tree part with trunks eight to nine years first branches ten to eleven years and second branches eleven to twelve years.
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Spain
Portugal
Seville
Badajoz
Cadiz
Huelva
Barcelona
Salamanes
Old Paintings Retain Coloring in National Gallery
A London Tit-Bits note observes the National Gallery’s old paintings age well with brilliant color. It cites a Vat Eyck work that seems recent despite being over five hundred years old and notes the vivid altarpieces by Raphael Guido Correggio and Fra Angelico that also endure in pristine hue.
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National Gallery
Vat Eyck
Ra Phael
Guido
Correggio
Fra Ancelico
London
Tanlac Relieves Longstanding Indigestion and Rheumatic Pain
Owen Gorman of Cedar Rapids Iowa credits Tanlac with curing a 15 year indigestion and relieving kidney pain swelling and rheumatic pains in his legs and feet. He reports full recovery and appetite restored stating he can eat anything and no longer suffers. Tanlac sold by all good druggists.
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Tanlac
Owen Gorman
Second St
East
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Taniac
Advt
Cricket superstition crosses cultures
The article notes superstition about crickets varies by region, with many finding sound soothing while German belief links hearing a cricket to an upcoming death. It contrasts general folk attitudes with a fatal omen in Germany.
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Germany
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Waterloo Dairy Cattle
By Weston A. Goodspeed
Chipmuck
Columbine Hall
Property Owners Federation, Inc
Aenan
New Harmony In Poetry
Buick
Sedan
AD Pecos
APH
Mioa
G.M. A.C
Tucker & Eicher
White Way
Hes
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