Railroad mileage decline prompts national debate
A Midwest railroad line abandonment highlights a six year trend of rising mileage losses and shrinking new track from 1910 to 1921. Analysts warn the shift signals hazardous costs, regulatory constraints, and possible impact on national development and freight movement. The piece also sketches a historic Evansville Indiana newspaper pairing, pitting Democratic and Republican outlooks from the same plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beiong
Makte
Hughes plan eyed as path to German reparations
European reports show growing support for the Hughes plan to inventory Germany’s resources and fix payment in reparations. Britain and Italy lean toward acceptance, France may approve if it yields real returns. The Ruhr episode is seen as not yet decisive, with Germany’s capacity to pay still the key hinge. The Kaiser and Crown Prince in exile are dismissed as possibly deranged.
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Dally Beco
W. H. Hartman Co
Erier Bldg
Corner Park Ave
Commercial St
Jobn
G. Hartman
A. W. Peterson
Treas
Gen's Bigs
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
EB. G. Dougherty
Washington, D. C
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley
Ten’s
Europe
Ruhr
Germany
France
Belgium
Britain
England
America
Italy
International Committee
Acc
Herr Nohenaglern
Frederick
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Personal Health Advice From Dr Brady To Mothers
Dr William Brady cautions amateur mothers about infant health myths and didactic nurses. He warns against overreacting to normal infant stools, advises breast feeding first and explains safe bottle feeding and pasteurized milk preparation. He answers reader questions on digestion, peppermint, borax use, tonsils, and voice care, noting letters must be brief and self addressed.
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Molt
Dr. Brady
William Brady
Friend Wife by Roe Fulkerson
Imogene and Andrew quarrel playfully over planning a party inviting couples. She frets about unsuitable husbands while he jokes about love poetry and a longing to be a blacksmith. The scene blends domestic banter with witty reflections on companionship and romance.
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Imogene
Andrew
Rosie
Ann
Hessie
Yetta
Mabel
Hosie
Bessia
Tom
Billy
Nix
Tatogene
Iowa Editors Call Press Influence On Citizens
Davenport Democrat and Sioux City Journal debate the press mission in shaping public thought. Editors urge responsible journalism, oppose wartime postal taxation, and warn that restricting newspaper circulation hampers enlightenment and risks ignorance.
Life is a Morning Song Amid Tempest and Night
Fragmentary verse speaks of resilience in darkness and storm. Life is portrayed as a bright dream despite worry and gloom, with imagery of windows, night skies, and a hopeful morning song. The piece centers on enduring hardship with faith and renewal.
Prohibition Split Foreshadows Democratic Platform Clash
A Davenport Times note reports a split in the Democratic party over prohibition and beer and wine policy at the 1924 campaign. Bryan, Edwards, and Gov. Smith are cited as opposing extremes, with a large moderating faction seeking no change. The piece links ongoing debate to constitutional liberty and the dancing ban backlash.
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Bryan
Ardent
Edwards
New Jersey
Gov. Smith
New York
Democratic
Democratic Party
Burroughs Nature Club Notes from 1923 Q&A column
Readers submit questions on natural history and receive brief answers. Topics include cuckoo egg laying beaver nesting celery leaf bleaching trends sculpin edibility and early explorer wildlife such as the gare fowl Plautus impernis with notes on historical hunting and museum specimens.
Brain Tests by Sam Loud and Minutes to Answer This
Restore an elided consonant to form a complete sentence about ad hoc puzzles. The diagram suggests Paddy’s nig patrolled the potato patch in fifteen straight moves.
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Sam
Paddy
New baby for Abe Martin family in town
Abe Martin and Mrs. Art Smiley welcome a new boy at home. Mrs Em Moots recalls past times when department stores offered longer parking and skirt alterations, reflecting on changes since.
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Mr. An
Art Smiley
The Regeneration of Malcolm Starmount Involved Murder Plot
Malcolm Starmount a rich young man rebuffs a wild party led by Nalda Courteney. Dick Tennant, enraged accomplice, is knocked down. Tennant is believed dead then alive aboard a South American steamer. Mulcahy and Starmount stop further violence as Tennant confronts them with a gun.
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Malcolm Starmount
Mary Devlin
Condilion
Nalda Courteney
Dick Tennant
Surmount
Ravellers
Jett Starmount
Parker
Mulcahy
Tennant
South America
Starmount
Mary
Evdie
A Adirondacks
Mullahy
Pat
Nalda “Courteney
Nalda J Courteney
The Sandman Story by Mrs F A Walker
Old Mother Nature chides a singing Bluejay for delaying winter as she searches for Mr Winter in the Far North. Winter lies asleep, threatening to derail spring. the tale hints at a swelling of consequence for the bird’s further songs and the seasonal balance.
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Olid
Mr. Winter
Mother Nature
Jack Frost
Mr. Bluejay
Mr. Jay
Princess Trinn
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Courier
Tye
Wifnd
Fayette
Abe Wintot
West Union
Hobson Bros
Fayette County
Clarion
Washington
Fayett
West Union End
Evanaville
Ben Told
F. S
Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Altho
Hohenzollerns
Davenport Democrat
Times
Sioux City Journal
Fanor
Prohibition
Frank L. Stanton
Davenport
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Natura Notes
Jean Nicot
Towago
Tabreo
Yucatan
Pacific Coast
Hudson
Great Peak
Northam Atlantic
Newfoundand
Abe Martin
Alva
Idah McGlone
Gibson
John F. Dillo
Dicky
Nalda ‘Courteney
Mor
Mat
Miss Courteney
Ted
Loy
Nalda
Shrang
Sauare
Sandman
Mrs. F. A. Walker
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