Watertoo Echoes of War Boom and Postwar Slowdown
Daily Waterloo newspaper reflects on 1921 to 1929 trade shift, noting half the foreign sales as Europe resumes production and floods markets. In calmer times, U.S. industry should contract excess capacity, restore balance, and expect slower but steadier growth, with Europe and other regions competing more fiercely. The column also touches on Washington politics, European recovery, and skepticism toward wartime boom narratives.
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United States
Europe
South America
Asia
Europa
U.S. A
Toduy
Europes
HEALTH TALKS ON MENTAL DEFECTS AND CHILD INTELLIGENCE
JOHN GB HUBER discusses the Binet scale to identify retarded children for special training, argues brain is the mind's vehicle, and explores treatment for mental deficiency. Questions and Answers cover a 10 year old girl’s motion sickness on a car ride with advised nervous system care and stomach guidance.
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Clujdtem
Reariou
Mole and mirth in a married quarrel tale
Imogene angrily accuses Andrew of neglecting her while he flatters a mole on her cheek. He reassures by recalling their years together and gentle memories. They examine her smile, he calms her with playful mischief, and they end with shared laughter and a kiss.
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Tfton
Imogene
Andrew
Imo Bene
Dearie
Mir~ Tor
Afterthoughts On Wise Hindsight And Odd Remarks
A jumble of quotes and editorial snippets notes wise after the event proverbs, city unity with the state university, a Chicago tailor’s $50,000 bequest from a “good customer,” debates on submarine policy, Prohibition and marriage theories, Christmas cheer, and a British author’s remark on gender.
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Chicago
Tie
Fragmentary notes on crimes and science from a 1900s page
A South Dakota farmer is fined for a rheumatism cure in his cellar while a Yale professor claims the universe loses a second every thousand years. An Ottumwa death from exhaustion follows a running from a light incident as a Virginia author ity figure storms Cornell.
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South Dakota
Yale
Hink
A Sew Year Philosopher By Frank L. Stanton
A fragmentary verse piece recalls a night in a cinema and a weary speaker swearing off grief and pain. The speaker jokes about losing his crutches and rheumatism as he laments missed chances and distant angels, framed in a nostalgic local newspaper voice.
Burroughs Nature Club Notes 1921 Questions and Answers
Readers ask about rocks animals and plants as well as mothproofing woolens. The column cites April May Minnesota data and explores swift nesting behavior, king cobra questions, winter diets, typhoid transmission, and typhoid germs’ entry through gills and respiration in simple terms.
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Nature
Nature Notes
Fawkian
Titanic
Minnesota
Wis
Atery Suic
The Guarded Heights Love and Class Ties Clash
George Morton, ruined by his father’s bankruptcy, enters Planter estate as a groom then studies at Princeton to win Sylvia Planter. He befriends Goodhue and Lambert, rises in Wall Street, and battles loyal love with societal obstacles. Sylvia’s engagement to Dalrymple unravels. truth and forgiveness hinge on wartime sacrifice, honor, and a final confession.
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Princeton
Goodhue
Lambert
George
Wall Street
Dalrymple
Lambert Planter
Betty Alston
Georges
Betty
Syl Jvia
Zamiy
Sytvia
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Thhen
Asretty
Shin
Hin
Oakmont
Vaxkritl
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Morton
Continged Punctuation and Style Notes in a Narrative Scene
A fragment describes a drizzle outside and leaves falling as Planter, Sylvia, Betty, and George Morton interact. A whispered line signals happiness, while the passage notes English usage cautions on capitalization and style, with examples of correct and incorrect phrasing.
The Cut Comes Too Late in Iowa Prices
Iowa editors note brick prices for paving have fallen to 27000 per mile from 40000 a year ago with a forecast to drop to 25000 next year. Rural taxpayers resist further county spending, dampening hard surfacing plans despite lower quotes.
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Muscatine Journal
Dean Marston
State Highway Commission
Brain Tests By 3AM Loyd By Sam Loyd
A wartime naval mine field described by Jackis who served in the North Sea. Mines anchored to admit straight tracks through fields and safety lanes too narrow for navigation without a chart, leaving vessels with one chance in a thousand to pass safely.
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Jackis
North Sea
Mine Zone Route Puzzle and Penny Math
A cryptic sketch describes a mine strewn route for a ship’s passage with two latent runs and a single turn. The follow up problem, “Airs. Smith” begins with 99 dollars 98 cents and ends with 49 dollars and 99 cents, with a relation where pennies equal prior dollars and dollars equal half of prior pennies.
Abe Martin and the Christmas tie flocks at Tharp Crossing
The tale recalls Abe Martin’s humorous observation of a near miss with fast trains at Tharp Crossing, as Mrs Em Moots’ brother faced danger from careless crossing. The piece weaves in jokes about hens, egg counts, and losses versus gains from careful feeding, tying to a broader note on restraint and prudence.
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Waz
Tharp
Crossin
Orower Gabe Craw
Mysterious Missing Mother Prompts Family Alarm
Grinnell Register reports Professor Thomas nearly reaches home in his pew Ford before realizing he forgot his mother. He checks his pockets and car, then returns, only to be greeted by his daughter’s astonished cry asking where is mother. Knoxville Journal notes call to start at home to curb joint and state taxes and cut spending.
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Sioux City Journal
United States Rain Corporation
Mistard Mower
Grinnell Register
Thomas
Ford
Mtnother
Knoxville Journal
No-To-Bac claim claims tobacco freedom with easy tabs
No-To-Bac advertises a tobacco habit cure. It promises instant craving relief from smoking or chewing through harmless tablets. The ad asserts quick mental and physical improvement and offers a money back guarantee if cravings persist.
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Froud
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