Farm reform and veteran return amid city lure debate
The editorial surveys Secretary Lane’s farm life plan to lure returning soldiers to rural communities, arguing for attractive country living and new town models to balance urban pull. It weighs southern congressional influence, seniority norms, and a call for statesmanship over partisanship as veterans face reintegration and cost concerns postwar.
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Amerion
Teragh
Lane
Cin
Jaine
Interior Department
Europe
Uncle Sam
Road Question and Paving Plight Highlight Iowa City
Fragmented OCR reads like a debate on roads and paving in Iowa with references to transportation costs. Mentions widening and road maintenance while noting government action or inaction and the impact on prosperity. Contains garbled names and phrases but centers on transport policy and rates.
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Vannol
Fabre’s Insect Mastery The Sacred Beetle and Others
A glowing tribute to J H Fabre, noting his long career as a dedicated insect student and the publication of The Sacred Beetle and Others in English. The piece praises Fabre’s method of seeing the insect world with an “insect’s eye,” his clear writing, and his role in shaping modern entomology. It highlights his humble life in Avignon, his perseverance despite poverty, and his influence on philosophy and views of instinct and natural selection, contrasting his findings with Darwin.
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Alexander Telx
Ira de Mattos
Boll
Malore
Avingnon
Eruseiesa
Fis
Science
Darwin
Hin
Ordure
Fabre
How a thermometer measures body temperature in health tips
An article explains thermometer principles from expansion of mercury to scales like Fahrenheit and Celsius. It covers construction, cleaning, placement, and safety, including armpit or rectal methods, plus notes on reading, disinfection, and risks from broken bulbs. It also includes a Q and A section on swollen glands and warts with cautious medical guidance.
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Hanefeld
Ode Ward
Currier
Railway rate fights and family debts shape a harsh era
Ambiguous text notes railroads seeking a fifteen percent rise but denied. Government lifts freight rates by a percent and keeps passenger rates flat. Mentions Iowa, Sunday Blues, What Cheer Patriot, and Sunday ble laws to be wiped from banks. Describes economic strain as people struggle to pay for gasoline and cream.
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Towa
The Littlest Niece Brings Cretonne Comfort to Aunt
A family crafts radiators and hotel room in a homelike touch. They create cretonne covers a cushion and a table scarf for an aunt leading a peripatetic life. The aunt loves the stitched patterns, saying the simple pieces add unity to a plain room. Additional color touches are planned for this year.
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Tye
Cretonne
Little Reddy Fox Outwits Young Dog at Farmyard
Little Reddy Fox slips into a farmyard for a chicken during daytime and narrowly escapes capture by Mr Young Dog. He outpaces the dog, drops the prize, returns home, and boasts of his clever trick. Father Fox warns him that a different dog nearby is more dangerous and that daytime hunting should stop.
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Reddy Worx
Reddy Fox
Young Dog
Reddy
Father Fox
Mr. Young Dog
Mr. Dog
Restful Diversion in Waterlac View Letter
A reader from Waterlac Iowa thanks the newspaper for an editorial on the vice president’s meeting with the president’s cabinet. He praises the high quality and relevance, notes Hoosier storytelling, and expresses anticipation for another piece tomorrow evening. He mentions his busy schedule and Sunday preaching duties.
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Waterlac
Girl Masquerades as Male for Two Years in St Louis
Miss Bertha Schmidt lived as a man for two years and recently married her cousin, facing court over an ordinance forbidding a woman to appear in public in unbecoming costume. Judge Hogan dismissed the case, noting the attire was not unbecoming. She resides with her cousin and wore a natty serge suit, silk shirt, tan shoes.
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ST. Louis
Bertha Schmidt
Hogan
Unclear fragmentary report on local matters and people
Fragmentary OCR describes a man’s downfall, a woman named Miss I, a neighbor, and a draft law mention. It references cheaper clothing, salary demands, and a glycerin unrelated to the main event, with scattered phrases about a plant and monthly production figures.
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Schmidt
My Little Pets Love Cascarets
An old consumer promotion extols Cascarets for children and adults with bright claims about quick relief from biliousness sour stomach and tainted breath. It emphasizes pleasant taste and no griping appealing to mothers of nine year olds and older.
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Childre
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Standard Battery Service Co
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United States Railroad Administration
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Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad
K. Koeh
Highland Line
H. Heineman
Cottage Line
F. Hartley
O'Connor
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