Those Chicago Women Battle for Boxing Respectability
A Chicago column mocks prominent society women backing boxing with zeal to press Illinois lawmakers for friendly bouts. It questions Iowa women’s response, links defense of industry to tariffs, and notes statements on Germany’s postwarIndemnity, road funds, and political moves by Kendall and Lawther while sparring with current events.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
George M. Reynolds
Hiinis
Judiciary Committee
Dempsey
Carpentier
Willard
Jack Johnson
Waterloo
Iowa
Germany’s Low-Speed Machine Claim Shocks Ohio Industry
A British official’s remark on a slow yet undamaged industrial machine draws attention in America. German firms win contracts to supply punching and shearing machinery in northern Ohio, undercutting larger U.S. plants despite duties and transport costs.
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Gary
Steel Trust
Germany
Bate
Ohio
South America
Orient
United States
America
Germaar
Amer
Atle
Fragmented Note Reflects Misread Ad Peculiarities
A damaged fragment from a historic page references merit and advertisement before payoff. The text hints at being mentioned, MWardin, and a puzzled reaction, with garbled phrases and stray punctuation indicating an OCR capture rather than a coherent article.
Friend Wife in Dinner Fight Over Seasonings and Sage
Imogene complains of a poor dinner as Andrew blames the food and yearns for old fashioned seasonings. He laments missing sage, marjoram, bay leaves, roasted chestnuts, and red peppers, recalling rustic flavors and a fond memory of heavenly gravy. The quarrel centers on lack of traditional spices and a dessert described as pink and wobble.
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Andrew
Imogene
Sarah
Jones’ Parrot
Aude
Nature Notes Questions and Answers in Brief
A reader asks questions about nature subjects and the paper promises answers in Nature Notes. The column offers brief Q A on toads breeding and population, the winter wren song, and how living things take on their surroundings, noting environmental influence and desert harmony.
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Nature
Earth
Pyramids
Health Talks By John R Huber AM MD Weir Mitchell Cure
The Health Talks column explains the rest cure devised by Weir Mitchell for nervous exhaustion and rundown patients. It describes isolation, long rest, controlled feeding, and daily massage or electricity, plus patient suitability and typical conditions like post infectious debility, chronic dyspepsia, and neurasthenia. The piece includes Q A on occupational disease from piano manufacturing and a case of progressive numbness. Dr Huber notes causes may involve wood alcohol exposure and advises temperate living and ongoing medical guidance.
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Weir Mitchell
Prices of Steel Dismiss Wage Cuts by U S Steel
Davenport Times reports United States Steel Corporation led by Chairman Elbert H. Gary asserts no wage or steel price cuts will occur. Gary notes steel prices were reduced twice since the war and are now fixed as of March 1929, despite freight rate hikes affecting ore, pig iron, lime and coal costs. Some builders still argue steel prices are too high and hinder construction.
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Davenport
United States Steel Corporation
Thru &. H
Farm implement makers press price limits on steady steel freight
Manufacturers of farm machinery complain that with steel remaining steady and freights higher they can not reduce the price of farm implements when all other conditions throughout the country suggest that their prices also ought to be lower.
Side Talks by Ruth Cameron on blame and domestic labor
Ruth Cameron argues that blaming a wife for household friction is unfair and that men face job and home pressures too. She contends women misunderstand the burdens of male responsibility, urging women to recognize the home as the man’s burden and the need for competent, nonabusive partnership.
Brain Tests By Sam Loyd From No 613
Puzzle text presents a word-insertion riddle with repeated phrases and broken lines. The muddled OCR hints at Loyd style brain teasers and an answer reference to No 612, with garbled names EFS HRAD PIKE SI RAR. The fragment suggests a challenge about inserting a single word to complete both blanks and yields a playful sentence set.
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Sip
Testing of Brenda leads to Broadway breakthrough
Brenda Nielsen, a St Thomas Island native who becomes American, travels to New York to study art and enters a tumultuous path with Roger Daly abroad and Goldstein, a theater manager. A three year contract, escalating pay, and Brenda's ascent through a theater workshop push her toward a possible star part as Mazie looks on with envy.
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Brenda Nielsen
St. Thomas Island
United States
New York
Roger Daly
Brenda
Daly
Roger
Russia
Gorden Lee
Gordon Lee
Yo W.C. A
Goldstein
Casselberry
Broadway
Mazie
Ethel Hastings
Decline of Freight Across Railways Sparks Debate
The Railway Age notes freight car loads fell from October to the four weeks ending January 22, averaging 679 551 per week. Surplus cars reached 201 000 as railways face large earnings losses while shippers hold back. A warning to those who can ship now but do not due to price or conditions.
Correct English Don’t Say Poe Is Greater Than Other Poets
This text presents corrected versions of a sentence praising Poe as greater than any other American poet and as the greatest American poet. It also reproduces altered lines about free trade beliefs and a Ford automobile pleasing everybody, alongside remarks about statesmen and autos.
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Poe
America
Ase
Ford
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