Harvesting Boy Power and Tirpitz Views in 20th Century Letter
A column extols the Boy Scout movement harnessing youth energy as Engineer Cooper dammed the Mississippi to power Keokuk, and another piece presents Alfred von Tirpitz arguing Britain may seek commercial advantage over the United States as Japan and America drift toward conflict.
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von Tirpitz
Alfred von Tirpitz
Germany
America
Japan
Britain
United States
al Tke
Pacific Ocean
Uade Sam
England
Hav
Herryof Tirpitz
Senator Lenroot reintroduces rail consolidation bill proposal
Wisconsin Senator Lenroot reintroduces a plan for a government directed merger of railroads with an eleven member board and representation from unions stockholders and various interests. The measure sets dividend and profit sharing rules and claims to avoid government ownership or the Plumb plan. A note blames professional politics for blocking workable ideas.
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Lenroot
Wisconsin
Congress
Ane Interstate Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Abor
Hidden Costs of Homes and Shifting News
A local voice laments high housing costs likening ownership to living in a furnished apartment with nothing on moving out. The paper notes fewer crime stories but mentions murders, sentences, and individuals taking federal jobs or positions.
Pathophobia and the role of germs in disease
Dr Huber explains that fear of illness, not contagion, drives pathophobia illustrated by a woman tormented by imagined cancer contact. He notes many germs are harmless or beneficial, contrasts virulent agents like the plague with innocuous bacteria, and outlines how infection requires both germ and host susceptibility. He offers to answer reader questions in future Health Talks columns.
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Huber
Health Talks
Answer Associates
Tim
Jimmie
Unij
Bur Ja
Paul Rose
Afl
Annie
Indians as Reforesters in Tama County
Cedar Rapids Republican notes that Native Americans on Tama county lands have planted over 11,000 trees on nearly ten acres with white pines and walnuts. Directed by forestry staff from Ames College, trees were supplied by college farms and aided by the federal government. Next year the Indians, owning about 3,500 acres, plan to expand planting along the Iowa river bluffs and elsewhere where land is better suited for timber. Millions of trees should be planted in Iowa according to the foresters.
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Cedar Rapids
Tama County
Arbor
Towa
College
Ames
Feeaple
Iowa River
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd comic strip
A dialogue in the J. P. McEvoy style shows two workers deriding their boss as stalling and ineffective. They discuss a chess problem, probability of colored squares, and claim mathematical recreation helps pass time. The piece ends with a farewell and church invitation.
Burroughs Nature Club Answers Reader Questions
Nature Notes asks readers to send questions on nature subjects. Answers discuss evolution of cold and warm blooded animals, skunk silence, English sparrow diet and helper role, plus a note on goldfish origin in China and antiquated ornamental use.
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Nature Notes
Tilia
Utah
Dreamers of a shadowed world with you
Fragmentary verse recalls a shadowed life with you and a dream. It laments the consuming power of dreams in a dark world and frames love as a garden where beauty and sorrow mingle. The speaker seeks meaning through dreaming despite life’s measured worth.
Unwritten Law and Forest Growth Notes
Excerpts discuss Amana colonies redwood like pines proving forests can be built faster than imagined. Other columns debate unwritten law and hangings as societal protection. Secretary Hughes tenure sparks European dispute talk amid reliance on dollar recovery and slow value rebound.
Ex Presidents to receive ten thousand a year
The piece rails at proposed pensions for ex presidents while noting other social issues and tastes. It laments economic constraints and comments on manners and culture with a string of observations about politics, beauty spending, arts, and a Greek play in Cedar Falls Iowa. It ends with calls to improve appearance and public spirit.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
California
Afterthoughts and Proverb Fragments in Puzzle Note
The clipping presents assorted proverbs about wisdom after events and a brief puzzle note. It mentions a diagram about a backyard outhouse and Tinoleum, discussing dividing land and reforming it into a 7 by 6 square, with a pension proposal hinted.
Prohibition-Era Crime Tales Unfold At Hartshorne House
A dinner at Col. and Mrs. Ledyard's home introduces Beatrice and friends amid a murder linked to bank fraud and gambling. Detective Paul Harvey pursues leads, including Annie Halsey, with Col. Harvey and Chief Burke shaping the investigation toward a federal case and a linked gambling ring.
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Braddock
Swarthmore
Beatrice Ledyard
Paul Harvey
McNab
Pralt
Riverton
Prall
Harvey
Wemple
Alice Horton
Correct English Dont Say and Its Reformulation
The text presents corrected English versions of awkward phrases. It contrasts statements about aiming to suppress versus encouraging cheerfulness, seeking wealth, work versus superintendent influence, and memory of scenery or a death event.
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Sioux City Journal
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Galveston News
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French Lick
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