Grass as Witness in War Poem
The excerpt repeats the refrain to pile bodies high at major battles including Austerlitz Waterloo Gettysburg Ypres Verdun and asks passengers on a train what place is this. The speaker compares dead soldiers to grass that covers all and insists on continuing to work. The lines evoke the enduring, indifferent force of destruction.
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Austerlitz
Waterloo
Gettysburg
Ypres
Verdun
Jiges
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Middle West
Fairfield Rug Con Artist Arrested and Prohibition Opinion Cited
Fairfield Iowa August 31 C H Warham manager of Advertising Rugs Clothing company Des Moines was arrested in Iowa City and brought back to Fairfield on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. He pled not guilty and is bound over to the October grand jury with a $500 bond. Warham traveled door to door in March taking orders for remade rugs sold COD.
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Fairfield
C. H. Warham
Advertising Rugs & Clothing Company
Des Moines
11Th Street
Iowa City
Charles Butcher
Ralph Brown
Warham
Peddler Warned Against False Bargains Across Iowa
The court heard a case in which a traveling peddler was exposed for misrepresentation. The judge noted that fake bargains arise from travel costs and limited daily sales, forcing lower prices while still selling inferior goods. The moral: beware promises of unusually low prices and outright swindling.
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Sigourney
West Liberty
Muscatine
Iowa
Hammer
Newton
The Philosofy of Doing Your Best as Told by Riley
A rustic speaker argues that effort matters not perfect results. He asserts that people who try their best merit praise even if critics attack. The poem notes success brings trouble, and wise living means accepting praise or blame for one’s best effort.
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Hopkinsville
Guthrie
Stander
James Whitcomb Riley
Daily Lessons In English Word Misuse And Mispronunciation
A reader notes common errors in usage and pronunciation. The entry highlights phrases like between you and I and notes mispronunciation of glycerine. It also defines related terms and stresses repeating a word to claim it.
Liberia Pays War Debt to United States
Liberia has paid the United States 35610.46 dollars to settle its World War I era debt. Consul general Dr. Ernest Lyon reported Liberia’s wartime support including marines and communications roles, and noted Liberia’s improving economy and opening to American investment.
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Liberia
CPI
Hartford
Africa
Republic
Lyon
United States
By The Way Air Travel Hints At Paris Flight Delay
The column jokes that Lindbergh may have misled readers about easy ocean hops. The editor delays planning a nonstop Paris trip for one or two more summers, noting a reluctance to get feet wet and treating the airplane topic as a summer airplane special.
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Paris
Cedar Rapids Gazette writer logs first airplane ride
Verne Marshall recounts a Cedar Rapids to Mason City flight in a three Wright motor monoplane with Col. Hanford MacNider. He describes stomach unease, sensory impressions, and humorous observations of farms, towns, and altitude while noting the trip's novelty and personal limits.
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Verne Marshall
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Col. Hanford MacNider
Col. C. B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Ervin
Cedar River
Indian Creek
Col. Robbins
Breen
Decline in Scenic Absorption Sparks Thought on Nature
The fragment hints at a speaker's admission of limited capacity to absorb scenery at once and a later willingness to enjoy nature in installments, reflecting a contemplation of gradual engagement with natural beauty.
West Chester correspondent notes warm Iowa corn and travels
Westchester Iowa correspondent reports a rainy season ending with expectations of high quality corn. He praises local farms and homes from No. 2 road west of Washington, notes visiting Long Island and Cleveland guests, and recounts comments by Tom Gurney and Wigley Wood on Iowa as the best dusty roads and pest roads judged in state.
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Dr. Alcorn
Pat Hoover
Washington County
Washington
West Ches
Harry Davidson
Sheets
Frank Anderson
Temples
Andy Augustine
Glenn Martin
Titus
Mike Hollinger
Hutt
Cleveland
Iowa
Tom Gurney
Long Island
Wigley Wood
Ohio
California
Tom
Frederick Gurney
Daryl
Oberlin College
Glee Club
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Carl Sandburg
James A. Bond
Kentucky
Interracial Commission
Y. M. C. A. Secretary For Colored Work
World League Against Alcoholism
Philosofy
Tyou
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Mal-de-mar
Vinton
Cedar Falls
Byrd
Col. MacNider
Mr. MacNider
West Chester
J. D. Dayton
New York
Coolidge
Westchester
Harley Hardin
Lves
Standard Oil Building
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
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