Tariffs and the Farmer and the Wealthy Ills
The piece argues tariff policy should favor American workers while avoiding protectionist extremes. It links foreign demand to fair farm prices, warns tariffs must balance protecting domestic labor with allowing foreign competition, and emphasizes reciprocity and sound economics over politics. It also contemplates wealth and happiness beyond riches.
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Valpone Tan
United States of America
Europa
Relativity of Values in Prices and Woes of Inflation
The article argues that price changes based on the dollar alone mislead. It compares American and German value shifts, noting how a stable relation between labor cost and goods is needed. It cites a Bavarian surgeon priced in marks and explains how currency devaluation distorts real costs, urging restraint and awareness of profiteers amid shortages.
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Bremen
Germany
Bavaria
The Strong Man Dies Young and Health Tips
A reader asks about a wrestler who died of heart disease and why extreme strength does not guarantee health. Dr. William Brady cautions that overdevelopment and overtraining strain the heart, while intelligent training seeks movement, endurance, and heart safety. Football is discouraged for growing boys. wind depends on heart condition. The column answers questions on goiter prevention with sodium iodide, eating raw potatoes, and mole removal, directing readers to mail-in answers.
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Thia
Mmy
Akron
Great Lakes Basin
Brady
William Brady
Lu Cara
Thia Newspener
Friend Wife by Roe Fulkerson
Andrew narrates a dream cottage resort with lavish details offering privacy, multiple rooms, dining in a personal dining room, ample amenities, and low weekly cost of 25 dollars. Imogene remains skeptical until Andrew reveals the plan is describing their own home.
Burroughs Nature Notes and Q&A Column
Classical nature questions and answers from Burroughs Nature Club Notes. Answers discuss phosphorescence from Noctilucidas in the sea, whale respiration and air needs, and bird song imitation including thrashers robins wrens and parrots.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Micflin
Abe Martin's Feller Builds a Canny Front Vusi ness
A fragmentary note paints Abe Martin as a willing and amiable figure in a small town scene. The text hints at skirts returning and women on the porch, suggesting a rustic social moment.
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier Aug 22 1872 Waterloo
In Waterloo the partisan display for Horace Greeley and Brown failed as a political demo. Col McClure opened with a brief speech praising one flag one constitution and one color. Henry Bezold was coaxed to speak while Republicans Drew attention. new games and local notices fill the page including a river runaway, a 98 degree storm and local social news.
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Horace
Commercial Street
Fowler
Gilbert & Burnham
Col. McClure
Henry Bezold
Grape vines and civic plans highlight Aug 1882 notices
Forty years ago on Aug 23 1882 East Janesville pastor Rev D E Skinner visited to buy a Western Cottage organ. Miss Hannah M Henry of Mt Vernon died aged 32 after a prolonged illness. Grape vines on B Kelly’s Commercial street lot yield four to eight bushels with a Clinton vine climbing a tree. A row of tenement houses to cost 76000 is planned on Fourth Street East with dozens of partners. First Baptist church picnic planned at Hitt's grove. A city park east of the packing house grounds suggested for Waterloo Water Power Co land. Division 114 Locomotive Engineers installed officers at Turner hall with 250 in attendance. Brass band performed in Lincoln park pagoda. W H Palmer donated a bushel of apples to the office. Rev Dr Solon Brensom announces a meeting at Ethan Allen's grove starting Friday.
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D. E. Skinner
East Janesville
Rock
Etvester Corbett
B. Kelly
Commercial Street
Concord
Clinton
Mr. Kelly
W. H. Palmer
Solon C. Brensom
Ethan Ailen
Parker Death in Arizona and Local Clergy Change
Twenty years ago the Jesup undertaker Fred Parker died in Phoenix at age 36, son of Elias Parker a pioneer hardware man and blacksmith. His widow is Carrie Bigelow. The item notes Hiram Champlin, 1, suffered a slight stroke and Reverend Allen A Tanner has given his final resignation as pastor.
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Fred Parker
Jesup
Phoenix
Ariz
Elias Parker
Hiram Champlin
Allen A.tanner
An Impatient People Says Monticello Express
Iowa editors note a restless class seeking convenience and modern comforts. They compare modern tolerances for delays in trains and electric service to older travelers who endured longer gaps, praising old stoicism and fatalism while criticizing impatience.
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Monticello Express
At the Last Hour by Frank L. Stanton
A fragmentary verse piece titled At the Last Hour by Frank L. Stanton mixes romantic imagery and a refrain about love and fate arriving too late. It contrasts nature’s beauty with solemn reflections on iron fate and a cruel crown of thorns for delayed love.
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Frank L. Stanton
Dickey
Sportsmanship and coal prices spark community debate
A reflective editorial praises resilience and restraint, noting a farmer’s steadiness while miners take long breaks. It questions crowds at coal counters and urges calm, while highlighting the city’s diverse linguistic landscape and concerns over energy costs.
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