President Harding's Message Draws Foreign Policy Focus
The article previews President Harding's first message to Congress, noting domestic emphasis but highlighting the closing section as the key to international aims. It argues his diplomacy signals a shift toward independence, less entanglement, and a push for a new peace framework with Japan and France seeking clear terms.
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Still Unconvinced About Trains vs Cars at Crossings
The piece argues drivers persist in risking crossings to test steam engines against gas cars, noting regular crashes. It predicts ongoing injuries and deaths for undertakers and hospitals, and forecasts in 1978 humans may learn to stop look and listen at crossings.
The Darkest Hour and Postwar Musings
A reflective column discusses the Empress of Germany’s death, Berlin obsequies denial for her companion, and the moral sting of punishment. It then shifts to Col House and Secretary Lansing, autographs, the Paris conference, and cautious domestic policy. It closes with geopolitics, Greek exchange, and a speculative coup in Hungary.
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Wilson
Paris
Lansing
Health Talks on Overweight and Weight Gain
Health Talks by Dr John R Huber outlines natural weight gain for underweight adults under 30. He recommends breakfast with milk and butter, three meals daily with sugar and fats, more cream, milk shakes, and exercise plus eight hours sleep. Inquiries answered via the Health Talks column.
Picnic Plans Turn Grim in Domestic Tale
Imogene and Andrew discuss a home picnic that spirals into a bizarre fantasy of staged torment. The husband proposes horrific tricks involving ants, poison ivy, hornets, and other hazards to simulate a picnic at home, prompting Imogene to reveal her true feeling about picnics and leading to a sharp exchange.
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Pamniota
Editorial Lightning Rods For A Nation In Flux
A collage of editorials and snippets from Iowa papers discusses postwar wisdom, labor paths for farmers and hired men, press trends, and taxes on athletic goods. It notes Harding facing burdens, Des Moines growth, and the faulty per cent tax on sports gear while Mary Pickford and King Albert share a birthday.
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The Mockingbird Bong and a Rusted Knife
A fragmented poem by Frank L. Stanton contrasts a mockingbird at night with a mother's voice soothing a child. The piece shifts to a courtroom line where a man denies cutting with a razor, claiming a rusted Barlow knife caused the alleged cut.
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Amusement park plans spark intrigue in Riverton tale
Paul Harvey maps a seaside city amusement park scheme borrowing blueprints from Mrs MacNab. He senses a hidden motive as tension rises with a prowling Italian and suspicious boarders while a mystery deepens around Beatrice Prall and the Hartshorne case.
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Prail
Coney Island
Scarlie
Paul
Amfiss Busby
Nature Notes Department invites questions on general topics
The Nature Notes Department asks readers to send questions of general interest about nature. Look for answers in this column and expect responses in future installments.
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Breeding grounds and diet of migratory ducks and spring signs
The migratory mallard and black duck breed on wetlands across their ranges. Their diets are omnivorous with aquatic plants, seeds, and invertebrates. A wormy ground suggests soil invertebrate abundance, a possible hint of spring as temps rise. Bees in winter cluster to conserve warmth and survive, resuming activity when temperatures lift.
Twilight Song of Birds in the Woods
The piece notes veery and thrushes sing at twilight, describing their mellow flute like songs in June woods. It emphasizes natural help in keeping trees free from worms and contrasts veery with vesper sparrow in field chords.
Corrected English Fragments and Errant Phrases
The passage preserves mixed fragments about language errors and a remark on Einstein. it notes a hat and dress described as beautiful, a superb supper, and a claim that Sinstein had a lucky day in New York for understanding relativity.
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Brain Tests
Puzzle by Sam Loyd asks solvers to form Oregon from clues. A rebus sketch hints Rotler, Dipper and Toucans, and minutes to answer this yesterday's puzzle.
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Sam Loyd
Oregon
Rotler, Dipper
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier
A 1871 note recalls Henry J Harrisgen leaving for a Washington post under William Drummond. Hon G W Couch and family relocate to Chicago. Fires destroy several buildings near a corner, with potatoes butter and eggs priced modestly. A poem by Alice Carey is mentioned and W W Ferry reports a hot soda fountain week.
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Edgar Allen Pow
W. B H. Palmer
Cedar Val
Snow blockade and mortuary notes from Fort Dodge 1881
Snow storms filled Illinois Central cuts west of Fort Dodge with drifts one to six feet deep. Trains abandoned between Fort Dodge and Sioux City April 10. Obituaries include Uriah DuBois 74 of apoplexy born in New York, R H Bates 26 of smallpox, Mrs S Leonard 49 of Coffeyville, Father J W Scalion 45, and Miss Hattie Deuell Iowa City faster who died after 47 days fasting. City notes: Waverly pays marshal 12 a month. Cedar River ice damaged Brown's oatmeal mill. Charley Higgins buys Stormberger place. council rooms leased above Bailey & Folger's store.
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Local Tweaks and Marriages Highlight Early 20th Century Waterloo News
Twenty years prior, April 13 2001, Cedar Falls area details report Leigh Hunt’s third fortune paid in full, a big whaleback barn begun by H J Hess in Orange township, and marriages of James M Graham to Anna Coughtry and Charles B H Mullan to Minnie Thayer in Grinnell. also notes rapid transit blooms Waterloo Cedar Falls, fishing season prep, deputy assessors finishing up, and city marshal appointment updates.
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The Sandman Story From a Fairyland Dream
A fanciful tale describes a girl called Ivy Lady meeting a King who claims his mother is the Queen of Sky Witches. They journey on sunbeams, share a secret courtship, and plan a summer reunion while their mothers set limits. The scene shifts to a fairyfire setting with a brother and Ivy Lady in a magical domestic moment.
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Ivy Lady and Fairy Queen Dream Mix with Daily News
A dream sequence follows Bobby and Big Brother meeting the Ivy Lady the Fairy Queen who hints at living together without simmer. The tale shifts to a Wy ming theft of a baby's bottle and a Burlington theft of a marriage license at seventy, reflecting odd local happenings.
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Burlington Ma
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