Melon profiteering story has two sides in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids melon price claim prompted review by the Journal and city health authorities. The mayor reported Georgia melons dumped in a river slough after a misrouted car. leftovers were sold at reduced prices to Italian fruit peddlers, with health officials criticizing the dumping. The city asserts it supports fair markets and independent selling by producers and traders, urging full fact finding before judgment.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedet Napids
Towa
R. R. Company
Boosters and Bills In a Small Town
A speaker mocks local booster culture claiming busy townspeople chase grand projects while he funds offshore ventures and distant mines. He boasts of Maine gold, an Arctic ice plant, a failing oil well, and costly shares, yet refuses to spare a red to help the village and its assessments.
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Maine
Muscatine County Soldiers Parade and Local Land Prices
Seven hundred twenty Muscatine county soldiers marched in the Welcome Home parade and Washington county plans near 1,000 troops with hopes for full turnout next Thursday. A local buyer complains an automobile won’t exceed sixty mph. A farm sells at 450 per acre and another at 377.50, signaling ongoing land demand with Iowa corn land fetching 400 to 500.
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Muscatine County
Muscatine
Washington County
Iowa
Cheaper Chewing Rye Flour Price Drop Explained
The Sioux City Journal notes rye flour has fallen $2.55 per barrel since Prohibition ended rye usage for whisky. The joke suggests higher rye consumption makes rye cheaper to chew.
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Sioux City Journal
All in Favor War Support in Shantung Return
A call in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil asks how many people favor going to war with Japan to restore Shantung to China and urges standing up to compel Ingland and France to restore Chinese possessions.
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Japan
Shantung
China
Ingland
France
The Moral is Obvious Excerpt
A humorous tale where a man neglects his newspaper leading to a chain of household calamities. His son injures himself after fetching the neighbor's paper, the father crashes into a barb wire fence, the cow eats corn and dies, cream spills, false teeth fall, milk spills ruin a carpet, and a daughter elopes with the hired man while livestock cause further mischief.
Ex-kaiser buys Dutch estate report prompts praise
The Ottumwa Courier notes William Hohenzollern may have purchased an estate in Holland. The item questions whether the ex-kaiser is an optimistic buyer or if Dutch real estate salesmen are unusually effective.
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William Hohenzollern
Holland
Ottumwa Courier
Mineral matter in swine ration saves farmers in Iowa
A farmer lost a thousand dollars worth of hogs after they ate a load of sand dumped into pens. Post mortem showed the animals had lacked minerals for some time and gorged their intestines. The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station urges universal access to salt, recommends black salt, and notes charcoal can help when hogs are corn-fed. Charcoal can be produced on farm from corn cobs or wood.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
In His Line. Lady of the House
A brief humorous line shows a woman seeking the doctor’s help to deal with unexpected guests and a missing butcher as she asks him to kill a couple of chickens. The tone hints at domestic whimsy and a light farce in a Penarson's Weekly feature.
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Penarson's
Witty Exchanges Echoing Stage Life
A compact gag from period papers features banter between actresses and doctors, with quips about understudies and life by degrees. A Northern exchange jokes about wool turning into winter wear, capturing light social humor of the era.
Magnificent Ambersons Rediscovered and Published
A public notice notes the novel Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington is being published or reissued by Doubleday Page and Company. The brief item labels copyright and publisher details for the work.
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Doubleday, Page & Company
Small Jokes and Quips From Across The Papers
A stitched-together column of light humor items and quips from London Opinion The Passing Show London Tit BITS Cleveland Plain Dealer Yale Record The Sun Dial Blighty Cornell Widow New York Tribune and others. It features punny lines about punctuation dogs weddings and flats with a breezy round of cartoonish one liners and social jests.
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London
Daily Thought. Superstition is a senseless fear of tiod
A brief noted quip reflecting on superstition as a baseless fear. The author signs as Cleers. The fragment suggests a reflective, aphoristic mood without further context.
Sage and Sulphur Compound Brightens Hair Overnight
Advertises Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound claiming it darkens gray or faded hair naturally and evenly in one or two applications. Sold widely in drug stores, it promises youthful, lustrous hair and a dramatic change in appearance within a few days.
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Wyeth
Ideal Days for the Man Who Wants But Little
A clipped quotation notes the ideal days for a man content with little, attributing the line to Aransas Garette. The fragment suggests a reflective or aphoristic tone from a period newspaper.
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Aransas Garette
Jewelers Shift From Glass to Diamonds in Spending
Jewelers note a shift in consumer spending from glassy Higuer to real diamonds, describing it as a transition from sparkling glass to sparkling gems in the market.
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Higuer
Sioux City Journal
Pershing Expected to Earn Hero Welcome
The article suggests General Pershing will receive a hero’s welcome, though Americans are cautioned against hero worship. It notes strong public expectations and ceremonial reception likely upon his arrival or visit.
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General Pershing
Family tensions soften as Eugene's factory charm blooms
In a town visit, Isabel applauds Eugene's car factory triumph while George frets about inheritance and old age's grip on money. The scene shifts from skepticism to quiet pride as relatives toast progress and personal ties amid a bustling workshop.
Evening ride ends in dramatic car chase
In a tense scene on National Avenue Eugene pursues a runabout carrying Isabel and Fanny as George watches with mock bravado. A siren signals danger and Eugene’s car overtakes, slipping from view as a lace handkerchief signals derision, with the incident set to continue.
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Isabel
Lucy
George
Eugene
Fanny
National Avenue
In a Quandary About Two Oranges
A hostess entertaining children finds a boy named Harry somberly thinking. He recalls his mother told him not to take two oranges, adding he would be lucky to get even one.
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George
Isabel
Georgie
Eugene
Lacey
Fanny
Panny
Brother George
Lucy
Harry
Train Schedule Fragments From Washington Bulletin
Railway timetable notes multiple express local and freight trains with arrival and departure times. Mentions Nos. 12 30 50 80 11 49 29 87 89 and local passes. routes to Washington and Chicago region. notes daily except Sunday exceptions and Tuesdays Thursdays annulling No. 9. Includes agent W. Russel remarks and stock extra service from Washington.
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Washington
Scoee
W. Russel
Masonry lodge and chapters schedule notice
LODGES Washington Lodge No. 26 Regular meeting 1st Friday night each month L D Langworthy W M Glenn EK Mace Secretary Cyrus Chapter No. 18 Regular meeting 2nd Friday night each month L D Langworthy H P J W Morton Secretary Bethlehem Commandery No. 45 Regular meeting 3rd Friday night each month J D Glasgow BE C J W Morton Recorder Washington Chapter No. 08 O B S Regular meeting second Thursday night each month Mrs R H Walker W M Mrs Rose Reid Secretary Visiting fraters welcome.
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Washington Lodge
L. D. Laneworthy
W. M
Glenn EK
Mace
Cyrus Chapter
L. D. Langworthy H. P. J. W. Morton
Bethlehem
BE. C
J. W. Morton
Washington
O. B S
R H. Walker
Rose Reid
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