Local Gazette Discusses War Readjustment Policy
The article analyzes business conditions after wartime disruption. It cites a National Association of Manufacturers poll of 4400 firms, noting 25 to 50 percent activity except six leading groups. Key reasons include peace treaty delay, high costs, war buying cuts, and labor unrest. It also questions Senator Hitchcock’s Monroe doctrine stance in the covenant.
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Walter
Des Moines
Europe
National Association of Manufacturers
Ran- Benn Abada
Bolshevism and German plans in postwar Europe
The text denounces Bolshevism as German propaganda aimed at influencing the Versailles settlement. It claims Bavaria and Saxony unrest is staged to distract from restitution costs, predicts Germany will consolidate territories and dismiss Bolshevism after peace, and notes Bolshevik influence fading as Germany uses it as a weapon. It cites editorials from Des Moines Register and Dubuque Times-Journal on independence sentiment and Republican shifts.
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Versailles
Waterloo
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Germany
Alsace
Lorraina
Posen
Schleswig-Holstein
Denmark
Austria
Teutons
Hungary
Russia
Dubuque
Love laughs at locksmiths and a soldier’s mustache
A quirkyNational Newspaper Service item notes humorous lines about gas and locksmiths. It mentions a late Bud with a new military mustache implying a missing handkerchief motif without graphic detail.
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Love
Bud
Covenant Puts It in Clearer Aspect
Paris reports an official summary of the revised covenant of the League of Nations clarifying the Monroe doctrine’s role, eligibility of new self governing states, and withdrawal rules. The document outlines assembly and council structures, voting, arbitration duties, and mandatory administration of former colonies, with emphasis on peace and collective security.
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Paris
League of Nations
League
Ottoman Empire
Ofeia
Court of International Justice
Loree
League of the Council
Earth
Health Talk on Breast Pangs and Child Speech
The article discusses angina like heart pain and hereditary risks, advising medical evaluation and amyl nitrite for attacks. It also covers speech development in children, noting varied timelines and the possibility of aphasia or tongue-tie affecting early articulation.
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Nfe
Sagan
Side Talks on Race Prejudice and Internationalism
A discussion on emotions toward foreigners and the dangers of race prejudice. Tales recount narrow minds, a woman leaving a hotel over a foreign family, and a college friend who married an Armenian, illustrating how patriotism can verge into prejudice. The piece argues for broad vision and international understanding.
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Thejef
Jévenl
Lily
Hactern
Acwoman
Gertrude
Gretchen and the Gnome Save the Mill Fire
Gretchen shields the old mill from a wind sparked blaze started by a gnome seeking buried gold. She frees the water gate, floods the wheel, and rescues the mill from destruction, then explains to Miller Borden that the gnome intended the ruin for her cottage.
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Borden
Gretchen
Grrden
Lames
Fragmentary draft on interassembly governance and amendments
Readable text centers on a central body coordinating national activities and coordinating with member states. It notes dissent by states to amendments and mentions a covenant requiring approval, with reference to council members and league membership.
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Nized
League
Stock Swindle Warned By Iowa Editors In Capital
Iowa editors denounce worthless stock schemes as deceitful sales aided by testimonials and high commissions. They urge the state legislature to cap selling percentages at five percent to curb the misleading practice before the next assembly session in two years. Farmers are expected to bear most losses if unchecked.
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Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd Answer to No 37
A reader asks if a man could marry the sister of his widow. The solution shows the grandfather could wed his widow’s sister after the death of his wife, since the widow is the man’s wife’s sister when the original wife dies. The explanation clarifies the succession of widowhood and marriage legality.
Views of the People on Waterloo Road Question
Letters from J H Rigdon and R N Gunn discuss road policy in Black Hawk county. They urge education, drainage, proper grading, and shared tax funding before paving, arguing for gravel or graded routes and cautioning against rush to paved streets without consensus.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Beneft
League of Nations
J. H. Rigdon
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