What Stops the Wheel in Credit and Trade
A 1919 discussion on global credit reveals that postwar liquidity fails to reach Europe and Asia. Banks cannot extend accommodations, forcing farmers and manufacturers to bear payrolls while foreign buyers seek risky credit-backed deals. The piece proposes bond funding to back foreign trade and suggests redirecting a portion of wartime debt into infrastructure.
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New York City
Middlewest
Europe
Nmft
Moant
Usirete
America
Poland
Congress
Foreign Trade Financing Corporation
Anxiety Over President Harding Pitch Cited In Courier
The Courier voices deep unease about tomorrow's Washington event. It frets Harding may misthrow or be struck by a fast ball, recalling Ray Chapman’s 1920 death, and fears the president could be hurt or face a catastrophic mishap on the mound.
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Harding
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Ray Chapman
Clevelands
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Eminent Japanese Writer Predicts Prolonged War
A Japanese writer in Tsinan Jib Jao foresees a decade of war between America and Japan, yielding a stalemate. The prophecy frames conflict costs as higher taxes and reduced wages, urging readers to reflect on the contentious forecast.
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Jao
America
Japan
Hay Fever Symptoms and Treatments Discussed in Health Talks
Health talks review hay fever symptoms including coryza eye irritation and severe cough with breathlike attacks. Preventive steps, climate changes, nasal throat care, and pollatin antitoxin therapy are discussed along with caution on individual responses and need for specialist advice.
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Dunbar
Rysipelas
Afterthoughts on Bills Tariffs and World Affairs
The column muses on legislative overreach the need to repeal impractical laws and a 13 month calendar idea. It references McFarlane Kipling Kitchener and tariff desires while noting the Health Talks column and a call for reader questions.
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Liberty Calendar Association
Minneapolis’ S
Auber
Moonlit Steamboat Romance on the Bay
A couple aboard a moonlit steamer watches couples cuddle on deck. Imogene criticizes public displays of affection while Andrew defends the scene. He recalls a wedding trip memory and proclaims lasting happiness after twenty years together.
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Imogene
Atlantic City
Wei
Iconoclasts Question Betsy Ross Flag Origin
A column questions Betsy Ross as the creator of the flag and credits Maj. Lou R. Runk of Philadelphia with disputing the familiar legend. The speaker mocks modern reforms and predicts claims about Washington crossing the Delaware on a concrete bridge. Josephus Daniels has authored a naval history book.
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Nature Notes Queried on Wildlife and Trees
The page invites readers to submit general questions to the Nature Notes Dept regarding wild versus domestic animal deaths, protecting oak trees from pests around a summer home, identifying a yellow striped dark waterpillar, and which American birds sing at twilight, with answers promised in tomorrow's notes.
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Nature Notes
Answers to Feevigus Gues Tions Reptiles Plants and Birds
This piece answers three reader queries on long life of box turtles and turtle history, why fire weed flourishes after burns, and the spring song of the yellow hammer flicker. It cites observed turtle ages, seed dispersal on charred ground, and the flicker's April musical call with nesting behavior described.
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Evory
Paul
Barney
Correct English Dont Say
The passage presents a corrected version of several grammar errors. It fixes subject verb agreement and article usage, noting Mosquito count at camp, and corrects capitalization. It also highlights changes to pronouns and wording for clarity.
Murder Mystery Itinerant Detective In Eastopolis
Detective Paul Harvey orients his Eastopolis lodgings around a Hartshorne murder. Beatrice Ledyard, Mrs Hartshorne and rivals Swarthmore and Braddock feature in a tangle over a missing embezzler Zenas Pratt. A midnight ascent, a sudden disappearance, and a prowling stranger fuel a tense, unresolved inquiry.
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Harvey
Edmund Coe
Riverton Bank
Zenas Pratt
Hartshorne
A Song in April by Frank L. Stanton
Verse fragment daydreaming on fickle love April winds and violets. Mistress Nell is wished health and happiness as dreams fade like spring. Odd stray lines hint at a carefree free excursion and crowd aversion.
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Nell
Roses
Continged Phrase Sparks Morning Routine Debate
A fragmented line portrays a hurried morning scene with a promise of coffee and eggs and a tease about reading the morning paper. The garbled dialogue hints at domestic chatter and anticipates a bustling downtown errand.
No Constitutional Convention in Iowa, Editors Say
Des Moines Capitol argues fear over a constitutional convention is unfounded and unnecessary. It notes current laws already permit collective bargaining and that radical calls for revolution are overblown. The piece maintains trust in Iowa voters and warns against the expense and upheaval a convention could cause.
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Des Moines Capitol
Co Nooki Aggiment
Iowa
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd offers tricky bird puzzle
The puzzle asks for the three birds described by Loyd in a two word-startling riddle. The sketch resembles a kitchen scene and hints at a clever solution to a Wednesday puzzle.
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Sam Loyd
Westeriay
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