BULLSEYE: Howard argues for farmer cooperatives to unite
Howard, president of the Farm Bureau federation, urges North Dakota farmers to form a single strong cooperative marketing system, criticizing internal dissension and outside interference. He compares farmer organization to railroads and coal miners, stressing unity to set fair prices and outmaneuver corporate interests. The piece also notes shifts in funeral customs over the past fifty years as an editorial aside.
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Howard
Farm Bureau Federation
North Dakermt Farm Bureau
Marshall County
Lews
Farmers America Aid
Mr. Howard
Changing Custom Over Funeral Privacy of Penrose
The text speculates on how funeral privacy for Penrose influences public reactions and traditions. It notes possible exaggeration from printed tributes and questions whether public respect may evolve into conventional private rituals.
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Penrose
Uncertainty in Courts and Public Figures in 1922
A Waterloo courtroom showcases the unpredictability of lawsuits with a case where a horse frightened by a streetcar gong affected verdicts. It discusses identification at night, misperception, and the role of fatigue and confusion in witness reliability while noting Will Hays and the motion picture industry in a broader take on public figures and deadlines.
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Becaice
Waterloo
Isélient
Priddy
The Addict and the Cure of Alcohol and Drugs
Health Talks by Dr Huber discusses the addict question, noting most begin from small doses and that home cures fail. It highlights the Lambert Towne method and New York institutions, warning recovery requires professional care and oversight. Also answers on blushing and nervous tension are offered, with readers urged to send questions for future columns.
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Piont
New York City
Harles G. Browne
George BE
Pottey
Oscar Jennings
Secleth
Towne
Hoosas
Tie
Bara
New York
Aliso
Huber
Incite
Health Talus
Friend Wife by Rob Fulkerston
A fragment from a dialogue recounts nostalgia and philosophical musings on beauty and environment. A speaker laments distraction and recalls a lighthouse keeper’s daughter, contrasts scenes of coastline with urban life, and warns against removing beauty from its natural setting. The scene ends with characters bidding farewell as a room cools and a furnace sits untouched.
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Ike
Imogene
Andrew
Afterthoughts on Ireland Free State and world peace
A feisty, clipped column muses on Ireland and the treaty with Great Britain, urging cautious optimism while noting irreconcilables. It weighs comparisons to American destiny, warns against overconfidence, and parries with tongue‑in‑cheek wit about politics, war weariness, and public manners.
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Irish Free State
Urbtain
Ireland
Senais
Dail
William Pitt
Edmund Burke
Free State of America
Republic of the
United States
Iowa Editors Call Bonded Debt Relief for Road Bonds
A Webster City Freeman-Journal editorial argues counties should divert part of the automobile tax fund to reduce bond interest and principal for road improvements. It asserts current use breeds excess and urges legislative change to ease tax burden while preserving road needs. Gov Sproul is praised by Sioux City Journal for declining a US Senate bid.
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Webster City
State Highway Commission
Treasury
Sproul
Sioux City Journal
United States
The Guarded Heights The Old and the New Football Triumphs Hidden War Overtones
A serialized tale follows George Morton a Harvard football star whose livery business failure drives him toward Wall Street and elite circles. War and romance intertwine as Morton battles personal doubt, rivals, and Sylvia's shifting affections while Powell forges ties with Lambert and Dalrymple as World War I looms and ends.
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George Morton
Sylvia
Princeton
Goodhue
Lambert
George
Wall Street
Dalrymple
Good ‘Hue
Lambert Planter
Betty Alston
Lambert Pinter
Hetty
Sylvina
Fembert
University Land
Morton
Lee
Thinklae
Burroughs Nature Sub Notes 1931 Inquiries
Questions column asks readers to send queries to Natura Note Dept on general interest topics. Topics include bed bugs life without food gray jays in southern Iowa and identifying a small animal tail found by readers. The column notes ongoing Q A responses in this paper.
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Natura Note
Iowa
Answers in Tomorrow's Nature Notes Part 1
Nature notes discuss natural enemies of slugs and snails, noting sunbinds and thrushes as predators and occasional snail cannibalism. It also covers insect host selection by smell,sapid reactions to odors guiding where insects lay eggs, and a note on legalities and humane handling of quail when found in peril.
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd
Comedic brain teaser features Miss De Puyster arguing over chocolate intake with a drug store clerk. The clerk notes a 6 percent weight rise after a snack and a quip about how doubling chocolate would have nudged the rise to 7 percent. Also includes a puzzle answer and an old ad for Brom Quinine pills.
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Miss de Puyster
Miss de Puister
Miss de Pusster
Correct English Don't Say It Is Her That’s Him
The note discusses pronoun use and misidentifications, suggesting variations like her versus him and she versus he, with references to secrecy between two people and altered readings of names or terms.
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Lambert
George
Squibbs
Squibb
Will George
Sylvia
Betty
Princeton
Alstons
Dicky
Canada
Dolly
Tier
Abe Martin Miss Pawn Lippincut And Courtroom Absence
Abe Martin Miss Pawn Lippincut has an uncle in Muncie Indiana who has not yet appeared in court. Jake Bentley’s team is seating at Marie Maan’s event where she is described as the prettiest woman in the suffrage movement.
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Miss Pawn Lippincut
Muncie
Indianna
Jake Bentley
Marie Maan
Tay
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