Company houses spark mining tensions in West Virginia article
The piece reports on John S. Lewis warning Gov. Morgan of potential violence over eviction of miners from company houses along Campbell Creek and the Kanawha fields. It discusses miners’ protests against modified 1917 wage terms and argues rental contracts pressed by coal operators threaten property rights and spark labor conflict amid rising tensions and possible future mine wars.
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John S. Lewis
United Ming Workers
Gov. Morgan
West Virginia
Campbell Creek
Kanawha
Lewis
Iowa Leads U S Corn Yield Estimates in Wheat Boost
The United States Department of Agriculture estimates Iowa will produce 366 959 000 bushels of corn this year, well ahead of Illinois Nebraska and Kansas. National corn crop totals total 2 578 000 600 bushels versus 3 046 000 000 last year. Wheat rises to 814 000 000 bushels from 786 000 000.
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Iowa
Northwest
Canada
United States Department of Agriculture
Towa
Noebrarka
Kansas
South Takota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Nebraska
South Dakota
Snow in Cedar Rapids and other small town tales
A humorous column from Cedar Rapids notes stray snow in Iowa as a joke about reliable parsons ready to ren toy. It mentions a crime gag with a man jailed for peddling dope and a doctor and son sick from deadly mushrooms near Cedar Rapids. The piece also covers Walton’s Oklahoma senate bid, tempers copper, and cheeky notes on famous figures like Earl Sande and Charley Dawes.
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Cedar Rapids
News Dispatch
Waterloo
Earl Sande
Sara- Opa
Sande
Cedar Rapide
Cedar Hupids
Ths
Patent Office
Earl Cummings
Anaconda Copper Company
Cummings
East St. Louis
Nas Ees Fone
Ansconda
Mantana
Pardi
Enpper
Wally
Christia
Christie
McNair
Shama
Johnnie
Glasgow
Metternich
Fat reduction tips with dessert boosts and sugar caution
Doctor William Brady signs a health column praising small desserts to curb appetite and aid dieting. He cites Dr James Melester of Birmingham on dessert timing, urges mindful calorie counting, and criticizes excess carbohydrates while advising sun protection and hair care tips.
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James. Melester
Birmingham
Alabama
Mestner
Asgaarts
MeLestar
MubLester
Brady
William Brats
FRIEND WIFE By ROE FULIDERSON
Dialogue heavy piece exploring gender roles and fashion from a 1920s perspective. Imogene and Andrew debate bobbed hair, skirts, knickers, and male vanity with social satire and urban club imagery. The text highlights evolving norms and mockery of fashion battles.
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Wife
Roe Fuliderson
Iowa Farmers Celebrate Crops and Confidence in 1924
An Iowa editor notes resilience amid crop risks, praising abundant berries, cows in good pasture, first and second alfalfa cuts, clean fields, ample oats, and plentiful homegrown corn. The piece mixes farm optimism with a light digression on appetite and a tease of La Follette votes in Sioux City.
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Waverly
Iowa
Pasetures
Abe Martin Reflects on a Goal Sport Jest
The note frames a rural humor about letting an easy mark off gently. A speaker jokes that only a man with his wife appears when he carries her suit vase, highlighting a playful, rustic sense of propriety.
Prohibition Influence and Price Proposals in 1920s Press
Several editorials criticize President J is net and discuss votes for La Follette and Wheeler by scofflaw supporters. They urge Coolidge to convene Congress to curb rising farm and livestock prices. Bryans disapprove of a national defense day while questions about farmers’ prices persist amid prohibition debates.
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Scofflaw
Seotflaw
la Follette
Wheeler
Hampton Chronicle
Coolidge
Congress
Reds
Burroughs Nature Notes Questions and Answers
Nature notes answer reader questions about animal life and birds. They discuss snail shedding, torpedo fish shock, dog behavior, bird poisoning risk from sprayed vegetation, horn swallow fledgling plumage, and water bird nesting habits with practical observations and cautions.
King of the Black Isles gains regional poetry buzz
Chicago readers are surprised by a spring poetry movement rooted in Swinburne and Rossetti. J A Nicholson using the pen name King of the Black Isles, a warehouse owner, writes verse praised for its Rossetti Millay flavor. His book, with a Keith Preston preface, has sold over four thousand copies.
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Chicago Letter
New York Herald Tribune
Chicago
Swinburne
Rossetti
Carl Sandburg
Black Isles
J. A. Nicholson
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Calyums
Keith Preston
The Able McLaughlins excerpt and dust storm note
The excerpt centers on Wally and Christie McLaughlin in Iowa prairie life amid family gossip and a baptism preparation. Christie faces social pressure from Barbara McNair and Isobel McLaughlin while Wally builds a home and endures clan scrutiny. A final line notes Idaho dust storms depositing six hundred pounds per acre.
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Wauky
John
Esabel
Iowa Prairies
Paget
Jeanie McNait
Wally
Christie
Peter Keith
Isobel McLaughlin
Alex Stewalr
Chriistie
Scotland
Idaho
Brain Tests By Sam Loud
A classroom outdoor physics lecture becomes a brain teaser as a professor proposes a cliff height of 179 feet and an elastic ball that rebounds to one tenth of the height after each drop. Students are asked to compute the total distance traveled before coming to rest, while a garbled cipher of letters follows.
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Imogene
Atta Gall
Andrew
Lojma
Nicrsa
Imnogene
Clu
Thurston
Kipling
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Oklahoma
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Pipes
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Mra. G. N.S
Charlie Chaplin
Hank
Sioux City
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Finips
Gouyp
Iuns
Council Bluffa
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Providence
Knoxville Journal
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Nature Notes
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Margaret Wilson
Harper & Brothers
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Ischel McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
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Barbara
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