Challenge to Parents Promotes Summer Round-Up for Healthy Interg
Washington county urged to organize a Summer Round-up to register all first graders for health examinations by physicians and dentists. State and local groups including the Iowa Department of Health and PTA committees back the effort to ensure Iowa children start school free of remediable defects. Parents urged to value understanding and parenthood as a profession over mere material gains.
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Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
State Department of Health
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
State Association of Registered Nurses
American Red Cross
State Hygiene Committee
Dental Societies
County Health Association
B. C. Hopkins
Iowa
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Parent-Teacher Association
Lowa
Daily English Lesson Grievance Word Study
A compact note presents a daily word lesson on grievance meaning a sense of wrong. It cites usage like She poured out her grievances to him and highlights pronunciation tips for vivacious and other terms.
Character education starts at home in Iowa
The speaker urges parents to build character in the home before schooling, insisting standards must prevail in both home and school. He argues true progress occurs when every parent and citizen takes responsibility for every neglected child, raising the standard of home life and parenthood.
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Bond
Iowa
Camping Boom Draws Millions to Roads and Camps
A public bulletin estimates eighteen million motorists will spend about 1.5 billion dollars in towns and cities along U S highways this summer. Six million cars with three campers each will travel the season as camping gear advances and safety stores spread.
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United States
The Nation's Own City Washington Welcome
A reflection on Washington D C as a peaceful welcoming capital. Visitors feel at home among permanent residents and in the Capitol corridors and Congressional Library. The text emphasizes shared belonging to the nation regardless of wealth.
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Washington
Capitol
Congressional Library
Capitol Grounds
Los Angeles Times
Bridge clubs expose class gap in one light
The article explores the saying that half the world does not know how the other half lives, noting how bridge clubs once popularized the topic and eased its mystery. The piece reflects social commentary from the era, highlighting club discussions on class difference.
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Trenton State Gazette
Coolidge Summer Plans Remain Undecided
A Philadelphia Inquirer note says the Coolidges have not announced their summer destination and Mrs. Coolidge has not yet made up her mind, delaying the decision.
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Mr. Coolidge
Alone with a world of grasses and beauty
A short poem by Winifred Egleston speaks of solitude among nature. The speaker finds humility beside grasses air and animals, noting the beauty and perfume of flowers as birds sing, feeling small before the surrounding scenery and divine presence.
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God
Winifred Egleston
Crime trends compare England and United States in 1923 data
The piece notes England’s crime rate is rising to levels unseen in 68 years while the U S Census Bureau reports a drop in offenses in 1923 versus 1910. It states all age groups show fewer commitments per population and the penal population decreased 7.7 percent per 100000 in 1923 compared with 1910.
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United States
England
Census Bureau of
Manpower Opportunity Through Labor and Training
In America today untrained men can still seize the biggest chance by performing manual labor. Training in engineering law medicine business or salesmanship enhances options, while tariffs and reduced immigration constrain supply. The piece urges diligence and steady work to secure prospects and earnings.
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America
University of Michigan Offers Girls Rifle Class
The New York Evening Post reports Michigan expands options for women by adding a rifle shooting class for girls, signaling changing attitudes toward gender roles in sport and training.
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University of Michigan
New York Evening Oat
Carnival Opens Monday Night In Town
Town hosts a welcoming carnival with a 60 foot farmer and a pink kewpie doll dress. Readers recall local quirks as the event aims to revitalize civic spirit. A Washington High School girl loses money at Lemmon's pharmacy prompting a playful search joke. Lindbergh’s witty reply to Spirit of St. Louis reunion quip noted.
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Washington High
Lemmon S
Dick Haney
Lindbergh
New York
Washington
Paris
St. Louis
Charles Lindbergh
Merry-Go-Round Plays Its Own Music
A merry-go-round offers a unique tune of its own, as riders enjoy a lively, whimsical ride with music echoing from the classic carousel.
Iodine Request at Unnamed Drug Store
Customer asks for iodine while clerk suggests alarm clock leather goods radio parts or a toasted cheese sandwich. The narrator quips that a silent mosquito is already planning mischief.
Angels guard his sleeping guest from rolling davenport
A brief obituary-like verse by Morris Bishop offering affectionate protection for a guest. The speaker asks angels to guard the sleeper, ease his troubles, and prevent him from falling from the couch while resting.
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Davenport
Morris Bishop
Traveling men and cheap living threaten two to live as one
A witty exchange notes that as women dress more scantily and starve themselves, the era may come when two can live as cheaply as one. The traveling men discuss borrowing cigarettes and the idea of shared living costs.
Clever Coffee Question Riddle Set Sparks Friendly Debate
A list of light intelligence questions prompts friends to guess quick answers. Sample items include indigestible substance in coffee, what makes a cork float, and three men who have never seen the U S president. Answers reveal a mix of witty, punny, and playful responses.
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United States
Jack Dempsey
al, Jolson
Farl Carroll
Curious affliction and clever career jests
An oculist jokes that a man sees everything in double. A gas company job helps him read meters. A quip on Santa Claus faith yields a pun about hair restorers. A tramp laments schooling versus selling papers. Among Italian jokes, the danger of a shot or car backfire and the Mount Vesuvius or Mussolini mix are noted.
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Santa Claus
Italy
Vesuvius
Mussolini
Beauty Lady Scores Big Audience in Saturday Post
A reflective note from a contestant who has never won a beauty show, admitting the paradox that comfort comes from not having entered yet and from considering the possibility of never winning. The piece frames anticipation and self-explanatory humor in a weekend periodical voice.
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Saturday Evening Post
West Chester notes corn market and local minutiae
Dayton correspondent reports Luers and Co paying 84 cents a bushel for corn versus 46 cents in March. Long list of local tidbits describes farming prospects, visits, a lunar eclipse, and social notes in West Chester and surrounding towns.
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West Chester
H. W. Luers and Company
Galesman Seeks Attachment for Typewriter at Work
A galesman calls about an attachment for a typewriter. The manager replies that it is acceptable but asks not to be disturbed during working hours.
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Galesman
Ingenious Cornell Approach Aims at Weeds Not Corn for Borers
A researcher suggests using weed-targeted strategies to upset corn borers, hoping to redirect pests away from corn crops. The concept envisions altering weed biology to disrupt the pest’s life cycle and reduce infestations.
Parson and Rastus Discuss Joining Church
Parson asks why Rastus seeks church membership. Rastus replies he needs strength because he is busy earning a living by roofing a chicken house and fencing a watermelon patch.
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Parson
Rastus
Mottoes For the Guest Room Poem of welcome and quiet repose
A short verse invites visitors to find peace in a quiet room. It wishes guests serenity and to ignore distant car noise while in the angels keeping. The piece blends old time phrasing with a modern scene of street sounds outside the garage next door.
Lost child 발견 and safe return in Sigourney area
In a quiet community a boy aged ten to twelve reportedly wandered into a woods while picking blackberries. A nightlong search ensued with townsfolk and the father urging the effort. Dawn brought relief when the child was found to be staying with his uncle after the prearranged signal near the Sigourney bridge.
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J. D. Vert
Sigourney Bridge
Major Foster Wounded Near Atlanta Memoir
A letter from Mrs. Alice A. White reports Major Foster of the Iowa unit wounded near Atlanta on the 22nd. His hip wound is serious but not bone breaking. his surgeon believes recovery will be lengthy. The note also mentions General Sherman and the broader assessment of the Union commander.
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Gen. Grant
General Grant
General Sherman
Major Foster
Alice A. White
G. W. Morehouse
U. S. General Hospital
Jeffersonville
Ind
Maj. Foster
Iowa
Atlanta
Sherman
MelPherson
T. Sherman
Central Iowa Sanitary Fair Meeting in Muscatine
Washington citizens met at the Congregational Church on Wednesday evening the 24th to hear Henry O Connor on The Law of Sacrifices for the Central Iowa Sanitary Fair. Col Crabb elected president with A S Bailey secretary. An organization was formed to center in Washington with Crabb as president and an executive committee named.
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Central Iowa
Burnett
Washington County
Washington
Col. Crabb
Cleaves
A. S. Bailey
Joseph Keck
Mary Oburn
P. 8. Sheldon
Mra
D. Crandall
Uncertain Weather and Local Worries Echoed Here
A townsfolk laments prolonged wet weather with heavy rainfall and cloudy days, noting recurring absences of a person named Jimes. The speaker jokes about a tax on cats to fund roadbuilding.
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Jimes
Founding of Oberlin College by John J Shipherd
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Oberlin College was founded in 1888 by mission preacher John J Shipherd in Elyria then named for the deceased Oberlin. He also founded Olivet eight years later and died at forty three.
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Oberlin College
John J. Shipherd
Elyria
Oberlin
Shipherd
Michigan
Olivet
Cleveland
Days Becoming Longer By Earth Slowing Rotation Explained
The busy man’s wish for longer days is being fulfilled as the earth’s rotation slows. It will take a thousand years for day length to increase by about one tenth of a second. Friction from tidal ocean motion is blamed for the change.
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