Emigrant Days Recall Union Pacific Era in Iowa
The piece recounts the closing of the Union Pacific notes at Council Bluffs and reflects on Emigrant Days. It recalls emigrant trains westward, settlers arriving to found new cities, and notable travelers like Robert Louis Stevenson who visited the railroad hotel.
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Cownell Bluffs
Europe
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Robert Louis Stevenson
New York
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California
Stevenson
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Rockies
Bread and Milk club revival spurs health tips and Q A
Personal Health Service by Dr William Brady outlines a revival of the Bread and Milk club, inviting readers who are not sick but anxious about health to join. The column mocks overblown symptoms, explains club rules, and offers brief health Q and A on physiology texts and acidity, with letters to Dr Brady answered via stamped self addressed envelopes.
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Bread and Milk Club
Wien
Bread and Milk
Themember
Brady
Wiliam Brady
Veterans Insurance Boost Warns of Postwar Losses
After January 1 world war veterans cannot apply for adjusted compensation or bonus insurance. About 500000 eligible veterans have not obtained it due to negligence or other reasons. A discharge paper or lost document affidavit suffices to apply. The note urges timely action to avoid regret and hints at Hitler era amnesty politics for votes.
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Rockefeller Institute
Rockefeller Medical Research Institute
W. R
Sixty-Sixth Street
Avenue A
New York City
Are You Educated? A 1927 critique by Glenn Prank
The piece surveys how to define an educated person, citing Milton Wilson Wiggam and William James. It argues education is a net result of many factors, with various authorities offering diverse definitions. A Philadelphia Record note laments public discipline during festive crowds and weary mothers scolding children.
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University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McChire
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Albert Edward Wiggam
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Vienna
William James
Philadelphia
Edgar Fielder targets prize fight films in Iowa
The letter criticizes the Iowa attorney general for banning film showings of boxing matches while noting weekly unregulated prize fights in Des Moines. It argues the law is inconsistently enforced and mocks a Paris fashion recap.
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New York’s Gilded World and Its Silent Kept Women
C O McIntire writes of New York’s kept women living in luxury under false names, isolated from kin, with secretive mail, frequent Europe stays, and fear of abandonment. 30,000 such women under 80 share a cloistered, elegant life amid gossip. He recalls a downtown panic story, then critiques NYC literary “minnows” who target greater authors. He rates Nightstick best drama, Interference least.
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New York
Europe
Uncle Wiggily's Candy Cane adventure opens with painting plans
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy toiled in Uncle Wiggily's hollow bungalow painting a chair red after removing blue paint while musk rat housekeeper fussed over the job. Mr Longears and the rabbit gentleman discuss splattering paint as they anticipate an adventure.
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Uncle Wiggily Candy Cane Tale
A Bushy Bear speaks of Uncle Wiggily as family members discuss baking a carrot shortcake. Mrs Bongears and Nurse Jane are mentioned, while Uncle Wiggily spots a red striped candy cane in a shop window outside a bakery mood.
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Jane
Uncle Wiggily Uses Candy Cane in Snowy Chase
Abe Martin style Uncle Wiggily buys a large candy cane to ease rheumatism and feed his bunnies. Bushy Bear chases him, but the cane bent to block the bear and cracks, tempting the bear to chew. Uncle Wiggily hides in a log, planning to wait out the chase and reveal tomorrow’s tale of chocolate drops.
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Uncle
Golden Youth A Novel of the Younger Generation
Geraldine Haines known as Jerry, a flirtatious yet observant girl of today, travels with youthful peers to a country club dinner. Adele Haines, Jerry’s mother and the town’s beautiful, restless woman, confronts lost youth and a desire to recapture it as she meets Jack Tiffany, a charming man with financial ambitions. The chapter threads through desire, social intrigue, and the clash between aging and youth in a tight community.
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Todd Hickman
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Tiffany
Dexter Baines
Jerry Haines
Itsel
Adele
John Tiffany
Americax
Old Seville
Stone
Re- Asheville Times
Burroughs Nature Club Notes On Questions About Nature
Readers submit questions on bugs eggs snakes and hens with answers about a small golden bug on morning glories a snake from Oregon or west to Washington and why hens turn their heads to view objects. Also a satirical note about President Coolidge and White House breakfasts.
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Nature Notes
Baler
Coolidge
White House
Adventures of Cartier Indians in Sight on Frince Edward Island
UNCLE RAY recounts Cartier’s voyage to Prince Edward Island where a lone Indian on the shore signs for speech. Sailors gift a knife and girdle, fearing a lone warrior, while others in Chaleur Bay watch canoes approach. Fire-lances and small cannon spark fear. friendship ends as Indians retreat.
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Frince Edward Island
Chaleur Bay
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