Delaware County urged to pave roads under state funding plan
The Manchester Radio clipping argues Iowa counties share primary road costs via a state fund. It compares bonds financed by the plan to hotel meals paid by all, urging Delaware county to vote for paving to avoid bearing costs of others. The piece warns nonparticipants may still pay through the fund.
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Washington County
Manchester
Delaware County
Iowa
Manchester Radio
The Good Old Days That Never Were
A verse by Berton Braley mourning idealized pasts with workers content at craft and families at ease. It contrasts fiction with reality, hinting the so called good old days were never truly as fair as memory suggests.
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Berton Braley
Daily English Lesson Word OSCULATION Defined
A brief note on word usage and pronunciation explaining osculation as the act of kissing. Warns against promiscuous osculation and contrasts preferred phrases naming for a father with after his father. Includes guidance on common mispronunciations and misspellings.
Olden Days and Golden Days The poet’s nostalgia
A reflective verse asserts longing for past eras marked by hunger and hardship, contrasted with cherished fantasies of better days. It cautions that sentimentality hides real misery, urging recognition of difficult histories while seeking improved future conditions.
Billion-Dollar Corporations Lead in Asset Rankings
A list ranks the top corporations by assets led by a major transportation and energy firm with assets around 2.5 billion dollars. American Telephone and Telegraph follows with about 1.65 billion, while New York Central and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe show figures near 1.46 and 1.08 billion respectively. Other names appear with assets ranging from roughly 915 million to 1.37 billion in a snapshot of industrial giants.
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Rs Ae
Ue Ee
Ona Creel
Wontmere PaCw
Pennsylvania J. - On Essen
New York Central
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Titans
Sweet Simplicity and Infernal Light Humor in 1920s Clips
The Albany paper notes Mrs. Almon W. Lytle of Buffalo wearing a white sweet pea gown at an assemblywoman event. A Greenwich Village joke punning on Hell's Kitchen appears in Passing Show, while Hardware Age features a banter about Scrimshaw and a road hoe remark.
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Almon W. Lytle
Buffalo
Albany
Greenwich Village
Hell's Kitchen
Hell
The Newsboy and the Lament for Happiness
A streetcar scene follows a newsboy selling papers to a white haired man who questions his earnings for a younger lame brother. The boy defends sharing luck with Jim, saying home is where happiness resides, and the conductor calls Fourteenth Street as the boy exits. The old man notes a poorer sermon in that moment and echoes a verse about inner joy.
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Jimmie
Jim
Fourteenth Street
Nation grows richer as incomes rise and prices fall
The National Bureau of Economic Research notes 1921–1926 income growth of about 40 percent in real terms, with per capita income rising from 597 to 770 dollars and workers from 1,537 to 2,010 dollars. The National Industrial Conference Board cites a slower rise in employed numbers due to education, mechanization, and farm decline, signaling a shift from agriculture to industry without a matching population shift.
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National Bureau of Economic Research
Bureau
National Industrial Conference Board
Weathered sermon and torn clippings mix in odd church notice
A fragmented OCR reads like a collage from Birchingham News and Boston Transcript with a sermon titled On the Road to Hell and a note of property damage from a tornado near Wilson Arkansas. It mentions park rules, a Pennsylvania church sign, and a hobos dialogue about work and money.
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Pennsylvania
Wilson
Ark
Little Rock Dispatch
Weather and travel musings on Transatlantic flights
The text humorously critiques New York to Paris air travel and recalls Byrd heading to Paris. It notes people hesitate to begin long non-stop trips and jokes that aircraft crews show value by simply standing and waiting. It reflects a cautious, service-minded outlook.
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New York
Paris
Byrd
Pullman Etiquette and Oddities in Everyday Life
A playful collage of social quips and anecdotes from early 20th century life. Jokes range from a Washington boy on a sleeping car to elevator etiquette in the Bailey building and golf by Tommy Armour. Observations on manners, love, and travel appear alongside light humor about drivers, pedestrians, and daily routines.
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Pullman
Washington
Bailey Building
Wages for Wives at Fox theatre in Chickenfeed revival
Amusements report notes John Golden comedy drama Chickenfeed now showing as Wages for Wives at the Fox theatre produced by William Fox. Jacqueline Logan plays Nell Bailey with Creighton Hale as her fiancé, amid domestic finance disputes in a typical small community cast including Claude Gillingwater and Margaret Seddon.
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John Golden
Shanes
Che Streén
Fox Theatre
William Fox
Jacqueline Logan
Creighton Hale
Miss Logan
Nell Bailey
Mr. Hale
Claude Gillingwater
Jacqueline
Jim Beailey
Margaret Seddon
Earle Foxe
Zasu Pitts
Dan Mason
Margaret Livingston
David Butler
Community Social and Visit Notes From Havre
Havre reports Joe Klopfenstein and family enjoyed Sunday with Amos Stout and George Barnett's Cedar Rapids visitors will stay a few days at the Wm. McBride home. Glen Beenblossom hosted Sunshine Community club for an ice cream social last Thursday with a large crowd and a jolly good time. Mrs. Tom Kyle of Washington is
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Havre
Joe Klopfenstein
Amos
Glen Beenblossom
Sunshine Community Club
Tom Kyle
Washington
Neighborhood Socials and Visiting Notables Reported
Mrs. Chas. Palmer and daughter spend a few days with her. Wm. Millers were Sunday callers at Henry Ballards. The Chagrens Dex of the Peasant Hill church program Sunday evening drew a large crowd. Mrs. Hazel Keller and son Robert of Marshalltown visit relatives this week. Mrs. David Ferguson is reported quite sick. Sam Baker and family and Walter Gardner and family were Monday evening visitors at Lewis Bakers.
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Chas. Palmer
Wm. Millers
Henry Ballards
ChAgrens
Peasant Hill
Hazel Keller
Robert of
Marshalltown
David Ferguson
Sam Baker
Walter Gardner
Lewis Baker's
Solomon’s Rapid Attachments Defy Jail in Atlanta Constitution
A garbled note cites Brother Williame De reason Solomon known for marrying many women and leaving them at will, evading legal action. The text mocks or references following a schedule in the Atlanta Constitution.
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Solomon
Kaze
Atlanta Constitution
Geography quiz questions about U.S. features
Question list covering Rio Grande rise states and capitals, largest U.S. water body, states bordered by eight others, boundary river for South Carolina and Georgia, states with Atlantic and Great Lakes ports, eastern versus western states count, Atlantic coast sounds, Mount San Francisco location, and largest island in the 48 states.
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Birchingham News
Hobo
Boston Transcript
Tommy Armour
Congressional Club
Washington, D. C
Robert Grimes
Tommy
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Vanderbilts
Joe Kite
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Williame
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