Weighing Naval Air Power Against Dreadnoughts
The article examines rapid progress in evaluating air and naval force potential. It notes Britain’s shift away from capital ships, possible air carrier ships for a thousand aircraft, fuel tankers, and tests using the German ship given to the US and the Iowa as a test platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy Department
Naval Committees
Congress
Great Britain
Britain
England
Americam
United States
Iowa
Gireraf
Debates on Allied Debts and Congress Mix in 1920s Editorials
An editorial revisits Paris negotiations and allied debt ideas, noting Chamberlain's pooling proposal and Secretary Houston's plan to hand debts to Harding. It praises Speaker McFarlane’s consolidation of committees, recalls Leonard Benjamin’s murder sentence, critiques the judiciary, and mentions a $100,000,000 federal road aid plan and weather forecaster’s skepticism about snowstorms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austen Chamberlain
Senator Lodge
Hounton
Treasury Department
Chamberlain
England
France
Italy
Belgium
Russia
Greece
United States
Mr. Chamberlain
Harding
Wilson
Congress
Black Hawk
Kitchen Efficiency and Kitchen Drudgery in Modern Homes
Health Talks by John R. Huber discusses how modern kitchens lag in efficiency, citing Christine Frederick’s reforms. It outlines how correct work surfaces, tool placement, and process grouping can cut toil, with six to eight key factors causing waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Christine Frederick
Frederick
Friend Wife By ROE PULKERSON
Andrew receives a padded silk smoking jacket with a birthday note from Imogene. He jokes about leaving commerce and dressing his rank, while a bank note renewal plot mingles with affectionate banter. They discuss age and birth year as the scene closes with playful confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew
Imogene
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd No 610
A brain teaser by Sam Loyd asks to figure the amount of good money in a collection described with clues about lead pieces and partial remainder. The puzzle references answers to prior No 609 and names Seward Herndon Everetts Rosecranz Miller Adams Nelson and William Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward, Herndon
Everetts
Rosecranz
Miller
Adams
Nelson
William Sherman
Mighty Low Poem Comic Bout in Dark Times
The speaker laments being mighty low while life brings trouble and loss. His wife asks what he is doing as household woes mount, and he replies he is writing a poem on the light and joy of the world despite the gloom.
Man Proclaims 40 Is His Forever In Birthday Tale
A man asserts being 40 for three years and plans to stay 40, noting it suits his humor and life. Imogene agrees. a birthday cake arrives with 40 candles though three are missing, prompting a playful remark about aging. The scene revolves around age, charm, and a light dinner table moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gers
Imogene
Sarah
Andrew
Good-Bye to White reshapes Democratic power at national level
Davenport Times reports George White resigns as Democratic National Committee chair after Nov 2 prompting a March meeting that could pit Cox and McAdoo factions against each other. The move tests whether the party will align with Cox or stay Wilsonian as 1924 approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Davenport
George White
Democratic National Committee
St. Louis
Friends of
Cox
McAdoo
Democratic Party
Wilson
Correct English From Persistent Errors
The text lists repeated errors such as never using double negatives and misusing than from different. It contrasts time punctuality with gold and silver and shows incorrect verb forms in statements attributed to the plaintiff and the defendant. The reader is prompted to fix these mistakes.
MARRIAGE AND SCHOOL HONORS IN WATERLOO
Fifty years ago in Waterloo a couple, Noman D. Wyeth and Amelia L. Wiliver, married by Justice James S. George. The city lists honor-class students in Waterloo west schools, including Miss E Harbin taught rooms and many named pupils. new fire engine Walter Witch arrives and forms Water Witch Engine & Hose Co. No. 2 with many members. music scenes at Fourth and Jefferson. new houses under construction by William Cornell and John Q LaBarre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noman D. Wyeth
Amelia L. Wiliver
James S. George
Waterloo West
Miss E. Harbin
Anna
George Baker
Frank Beck
Flora Phelps
Fred Hollister
Mamie Elwell
Frank Strayer
Eddie Baker
Will Cook
Frank Ayres
Will Switch
Ida Ward
Miss Bunbury
Fanny Sharp
Cyrus Hall
Ella Calkins
Nora Will
Heber Hoff
John C. Hartman
Nellie Carpenter
Laura Eby
John Mullan
Storm paralyzes town as heavy snow buries streets
Forty years ago on February 9 1881 a severe blizzard blanketed the town. Snowdrifts slow traffic and halt business with trains to Cedars Falls turning back. I C lines offer meals and lodging for stranded passengers. A boy pelts pedestrians with snowballs. the incident costs him $3. A child dies of scarlet fever while a Kansas City writer extols growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoit
I. C
Cedars' Falls
Neely
Fourth Street
West
Squire Cobb
Nature Notes Questions and Weather Storm Impacts
A nature notes column invites questions on nature topics with answers to come in the next edition. It lists questions about horsepower versus labor, a storm meeting, a Fremont squirrel, and owl head rotation. It notes the worst snowstorm in years disrupted rail and road traffic across the northwestern plains last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Notes
Northwestern States
Plains
Twenty Years Ago City News and Local Notes
City editor George Gailarno of the Courier falls ill with grip as the paper’s staff battles an epidemic. Mrs. A. F. Bingham dies near Tesup, recounting pioneer life and a showplace home. Groat and Martin emerge as mayoral candidates while Ocean visits relatives. Louis Geismar moves to Fourth and Sycamore. Dr H D Hatta suffers tonsillitis. A new B C R and N freight depot opens. Dr F Mr Isom’s runaway steers are captured two miles east of town.
Answers to Questions From an Ancient Column
A readable fragment discusses hornets usefulness in controlling pests and their protective role unless they become aggressive. It references tree roots splitting rocks, nest architecture observed in historic markets, and mentions figures like Smithfield and Bilingsgate with notes on ancient nest building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sala
Smithfield
Bilingsgate
Kirk Stewart
Chicago
The Testing of Brenda
Brenda Nielsen a native St Thomas Island girl becomes American then comes to New York to study at an art school. Her friend Roger Daly a newspaper man helps her through adventures as he goes to Russia. Brenda faces money worries, a summer as a camping model and a surprising reunion with Gordon Lee under tense circumstances. Roger writes of love from Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Nielsen
St. Thomas Island
United States
New York
Roger Daly
Brenda
Daly
Roger
Russia
Gordon Lee
W.C. A
Nests Reflect Simple Natural Economy Across Birds
Observations note the material economy in bird nests with no artificial color or display. The writer highlights a consistent frugality in construction across species, underscoring a natural efficiency in nest design.
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MR. Watson
Trey
Tre
Waterloo
Courier of Manners
Hartmas Dosaras Ieee Bank
John C Hartman
Kaito
A_W
Peterson, Treas
Gen‘l Bt Dall—Perry
Serrlers
Weprelows
Mempir
Associated Press
Synthingtos
Dp. C. Bureau
Munser
G. Dougherty
Philadelphia
Orfticas
Brooks & Finley
Rep
Paris
Harnor of Dulay
Manecsuria
Techni Siaminents
MacFarlane
McFarlane
Leonard Benjamin
Algona
Sage
Tate
John R. Huber
Hubert
Wife
Roe Pulkerson
Sam Loyd
Prank L. Stantoz
Sioux
City Journal
Dr. Bowlby
Blue Way
Lee Shubert
Davenport Times
Obregon
Rio Grande
Fall
New Mexico
Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico
Perry
Muscatine
Daniel Parsons
East Waterloo
Ceder
Ter Witch
Water Witch Engine & Hose Co
No. 2
Jerry Mosher
P.M. Brainard
J. L. Fisher
Robert McDonald
W. H. Cutler
A. M. Smith
S. Messinger
J. M. Sanders
BE. M. Voorhees
A. A. Smith
D. F. Locke
W. D. Reed
L. Gilchrist
E. B. Walker
J. Ponsford
B. D. Graves
W. Lawson
W. Faulkner
J. Fisher
M. W. Taylor
G. F. Dunham
W. A. Engle
D. M. Crouse
Ed. Barnes
T. Austin
G. Virden
D. Brubacher
D. Snyder
Samuel Shilliam
KE. J. Lichty
P. W. McStay
Fourth and
Jefferson Streets
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ramsdell
Speicher & Son
William Cornell
John Q LaBarre
George Ordway
Kansas
Kansas City
Ike
Miliond
Seareee
Daniel Heffa
Illinois Central
I. C. Y Rr
Fowler Company
W. W. Edginton
Marion
Burroughs
Ature
Mier aGhi
Houghton Mifflin Co
George Gailarno
The
Courier
A. F. Bingham
Fox Township
Tesup
Buffalo
N. Y
Binghams
Prairies
J. M. Groat
P. J. Martin
Ocean
His
Louis Geismar
Golden Eagle
Fourth
Sycamore
Geismar
H. D. Hatta
B. C. R. & N. Railway
Grace Phelps
United Feature Syndicate
Berlin
Coleman
Stuart Coleman
Christians’ Fort
Darling Roger
Cutiur
Tuftoure Boapis Tha Temcitet
Patreara
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