Reaping What We Soed and Labor's Railroad Plan
A Waterloo editor reflects on WWI era price rises and government intervention, tracing inflation from wheat to wages and ship costs. He warns about a growing government role in industry, questions labor’s plan to nationalize rails, and ponders potential pushes toward socialism while urging caution and clarity.
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Health Talks on Water Purification and Domestic Hygiene
An article discusses diverse health topics including improvised water disinfection using calcium hypochlorite tubes for expeditious drinking water sterilization, cautions against turbidity and odors, and notes limitations on treating for taste. It also covers stye remedies, blood purifiers, and dietary questions about fats from nuts and fruit timing.
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John GB
Toastmaster Introduces Man Amid After-Dinner Reflections
A fragment depicts a man being introduced by a toastmaster while spectators clap. The speaker contemplates praise and public reputation as nervousness and water gulping suggest the pressure of being in the spotlight.
Little Life Confidences in the Experience of a Couple
A dialog between Andrew and Imogene recounts Robert’s courtship with Edna, his increasing spending and social display, and how financial strain ended the pursuit as the war era raises costs from oysters to taxis. The tale ends with Robert withdrawing from the scene.
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List Ventiry Press Inc
The Witch Queen Part II Ends in Magical Transformation
The old witch reveals herself to the king and his group in a forest quest to see his queen again. In a cave pool the water changes the witch into Spellbound and the party into youths, but the magic water vanishes leaving a sleep hole. They return aged and silent, the king later marrying a princess.
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Gheen
Record Foreign Trade Hits New World Import High
The United States posted its largest ever foreign trade in the fiscal year ending June. Both imports and exports set historic highs with total trade surpassing 10 billion dollars. The June total reached 1.211 billion with about 3 million per day over 26 trading days.
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United States
Air Mail and Future Air Travel Tales From Uncle Harry
Uncle Harry discusses air mail service and future air travel with Jim and Helen. He explains current routes and rate reductions, air planes carrying hundreds of letters, and plans for flying boats to deliver foreign mail to transatlantic liners. The dialogue touches dangerous skies, dirigibles, and proposed speed and altitude regulations.
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Profiteering Warned as National Threat
The Mason City Globe-Gazette denounces profiteering as a crime against the public. It urges swift government action to end price gouging and restore supply and demand, warning that continued avarice could wreck the nation.
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Mason City
Ovina Inne
Philadelphia’s fashion houses flood district amid housing shortage
The city’s high end homes, boasting many rooms and vintage features, are falling to foreign and local tenants as a shortage drives demand. Wealthier properties with classic papered improvements from decades past attract a mix of buyers and renters, reshaping the district housing market.
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Philadelphia
Brain Tests by Sam Loud
Puzzle item from Phi No 37 asks readers to form a word by mixing a carriage part pastry jewelry and dock then reveals Jetters spell WAHAB ING. The diagram hints at reversing a Magic Square with rows columns and diagonals yielding eight different totals.
Milkmen and Morning News Echoes From a Slower Summer
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls quiet long summer afternoons with rare sounds like distant rattle and slow traffic. The piece notes milkmen and early mornin routines, reflecting on small town life and social rhythms from a bygone era.
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National Newspaper Service
Zemo Promises Quick Relief for Various Skin Ailments
Advertisement claims Zemo lotion relieves eczema blotches ringworm rashes and similar skin troubles instantly when applied. It cleanses soothes and heals most skin diseases with a non greasy quick-drying formula sold by the E W Rose Co Cleveland for 350 or 1 extra large bottle.
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