Coolidge Budget Message Signals Economy Drive
The budget outlines reduced federal expenditures by 59 million in 1926, with drops across war navy interior justice agriculture and others. It preserves the principle of federal aid limits while proposing tenacious anti fraud measures and caution on subsidies.
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Bonn
Harding
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Department of! Justice
Interstate Commerce
Tarif
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Coalison
Department of Justice
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Wosttlett
Clash at Cadar Pally High School Spurs Parent Excuses
Fire with the TA Strikers walkout prompts the school board to demand written parent excuses for the day. The incident marks a first skirmish in broader clashes over policy and governance in the Kansas City area.
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Cadar Pally High
School
The Nation’s Main Avenues Through Time
The article reflects on Fifth Avenue Broadway Wall Street and Pennsylvania Avenue as iconic conduits to power and culture. It contrasts today’s celebrated icons with the frontier era, noting how streets transformed from wilderness to modern corridors of industry and civilization. Gasoline prices and industrial growth frame the shifts in everyday life.
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Mason City
Wall Street
Ptraves
Doctors Who Laugh at Insurance Medical Examinations
A columnist argues against insurer overreach in health exams and the pressure from family doctors. He warns high blood pressure measures can unfairly deny policies, urges ethical practice, and notes reader questions on diabetes and insulin.
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Green
Ace
Change urged after 44 city fuel survey
An Iowa reader notes gasoline prices vary. a Red Oak youth faces consequences after stealing circus prop and shoplifting. A Sioux City Journal item reports a burglar shot dead by two policemen, reflecting crime in the era.
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Sioux City Journal
Rita Faces Two Suitors as Choice Looms
Imogene and Andrew discuss Rita who is courted by two men. Jerry is a polished bank bookkeeper, Tom a wealthy rough diamond, while Rita frets over giving up either. The scene centers on whether she can choose and if love can outpace friendship and manners.
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Rita
Imogene
Andrew
Imogen
Steve
Andresy
Jerry
Tom
Ilo
Sher
Hallowe'en Ha
Tita
The Domain of Privacy and Public Curiosity
A discussion of privacy in high profile cases including the Rhinelander marriage and the Grant allegations. The article weighs when public interest justifies intrusion into private lives and how open court testimony shapes what the public learns. It notes the tension between individual privacy and societal need for information.
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Jr. Grant
Church
Dr. Grant
Paljiey
Rhinelander
New York
Blacksmail
Tr. Grant
Rhineland Jer
Burroughs Nature Notes Reader Q and A
A 1923 nature Q and A column invites readers to submit questions on nature subjects. It lists three sample questions about poison ivy exposure by skin tone, goose versus hen lifespans, and bird houses facing English sparrow interference.
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Burroughs
Houghton Mifflin Coo
Tomorrow's Nature Notes on incubation and birds
Answers cover incubator heat at 102 degrees Fahrenheit for active life, tolerance to brief drops, and list of birds that eat potato bugs. Also notes on lady beetles and soldier bugs as prey. Crocodile eggs are about the size of a common loose screw, with hatchlings having large eyes and sharp teeth.
Democratic misstep cited in Charley Bryan nomination
Madame Neuralgia at the New Palace hotel tells Tell Binkley that the Democratic party erred in nominating Chariey Bryan. The remark appears in Abe Martin's voice noting common slips and age quirks.
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Madame Neuralgia
New Palace
Tell Binkley
Democratic Party
Chariey Bryan
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier December 2 1874
Weather remains remark able with balmy air and possible rain. Preparedness shows a big show at Russell’s hall for Christmas funds to aid public services. The Bullock property at Fourth and South streets is up for sale. Thanksgiving collections raise funds to aid grasshopper ravages in western Iowa. Anderson and Cleveland’s new cracker bakery boosts industry near the I C shops. Club dances begin at Union hall with biweekly entertainments, reported by our versatile toe reporter. Fowler Bros advertise nursery stock and dried fruits including pure elder vinegar.
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Russell's
Fowler Bros
Frank J
Local Notes From Waterloo and Nearby Areas
The Waterloo column reports on Grace Church events and bus manufacturing updates. It notes M. J. church activities, progress on omuftbusses, and local shipments to New Orleans. Also mentions residents leaving for California and Chicago trips. A wedding near Lester Center and a threshing accident are briefly described along with a turkey shoot at H. D. Ball farm and a peculiarly shaped pig on display.
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Wiannesday
Jer. J. J. Rhes
M. J. Church
Robinson & Hitt
Waterloo
R- Kellogg
C. D. Knuifen
Iettering
H. D. Ball Farm
S. P. Yuri Vening
Verllace Barber
Lawrence van Vieelk
Marle Strager
A. Lincol
F. C. Hartman
David Johnson
A. W. McClellan
R_ Drainard
Pastor of First M E Church Is Ill From Overwork
Ney WL Barclay, pastor of the First M E congregation, at the Fifth and Jefferson Streets church site, suffered a nervous breakdown due to overwork while directing construction. The article notes cold weather, a typhoid fever patient, and gas mains being laid on Hammond avenue.
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Ney
Barclay
First M. 8
Fifth and
Jefferson Streets
Cedar Rapids
Alice Beatle
Hammond Avenue
South
Grant
Sunday Show Ban by Opera House and Electric Theatre Managers
By agreement a committee representing patrons reports no more Sunday shows will be staged. Other items note a river crossing project to begin Nov 24, street improvements with asphalt paving, and a new city plumbing inspector, H Jennish. Local market quotes list butter at 22c lb and potatoes at 25c 2 dozen. grain prices vary.
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Brown
The
Opera House
Johnson
Electric Theatre
W. H. Jennish
Flower of the Family melodrama at The Little Club
Lenore Ralston and her lover Rafe Satterly attend a dance at The Little Club while Lenore’s sister Marta encounters Gordon Flesher and trouble. Apunctured night spirals into escape as Gordon urges flight and Marta fends off arrest with a risky highway dash toward the city amid Prohibition era tension.
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Lenore Ralston
Rafe Satterly
Gordon
Young Jroue
Wesher
Marta
Kate
Goden
Uv & Prohibition Squad
Maria
Tenna
Prohibition Squad
A Way With Ver Chapter Ends With Narrow Escape
Reputable looking woman asks a man to stop and questions about a bare loaded girl. Marta Snug clings to her protector as watchers discuss capturing a witness. Gordon Flesher is not recognized by Marta as police drive away, ending the scene.
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Anade
Cain
Jim
Mirin
Ver
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