COST OF THE LEAGUE AND WORLD OBLIGATIONS
The League of Nations budget for 1925 totals 4 371 968 with Great Britain contributing 421 478 and France 364 719. Italy and Japan 285 229 each, India 280 853, China 233 794, Spain 187 645, Argentina and Canada 103 656 each, Czechoslovakia 104 404. Fifty five nations participate. administrative costs are minor but war risks loom.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
India
China
Spain
Argentina
Canada
Czechoslovakia
League Treasury
Freight Rates on Farm Produce Stir Western Railroads
Heads of ten leading midwestern railroads protest rate cuts on farm products amid a general adjustment. They note farm-origin tonnage is a large share of western rail business, warn cuts would require offset increases and hurt farmers’ transportation access. Also mentions Cedar Rapids editorial praising local banking growth and civic confidence.
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Illinois Central
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Great Western
Rock Island
Midwest
Montana
Duluth
Cedar Rapids Deposits Rise Reports From Clearing House
Cedar Rapids Clearing House notes show total deposits up by 5.93 million and savings deposits up by 1.618 million for the year. The piece lauds local business growth, thrift by citizens, and confidence in Cedar Rapids’ future and staying power amid prosperity.
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Cedar Rapids Clearing House Association
Cedar Rapids
Uneducated Feet and Vision Quackery Warned
A health column notes vision tests show over 6 600 children aged six to eleven in several states with 2 000 moderate defects and 900 poor vision yet few wear glasses. It warns against uneducated feet bunions and crutch footwear, contrasts eye and ear functioning, and cites advice on injuries and misused remedies. It includes Q and A on hernias breasts and eyelash myths and invites letters to Dr Brady with stamped envelopes.
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South Carolina
Maryland
Delaware
New York
Quack
Brady
Willam Brady
The Flower of the Family in Modernistic Drama
The Ralston family sours under Modernism as mother Joan seeks backing from daughters Norrie Marta while intertwined liaisons with Kent Summers Gordon Flesher and Veda Storm pull at loyalties. Norrie plans to marry Rafe Sather to salvage the home as Marta uncovers secrets and paternal failings surface amid talk of divorce.
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Marta
Gordon Flesher
Joan
Kent Summers
Summers
Veda Storm
Ulstress
Rafe Sathterly
Reid
Jim
Rafe
Flesher
Altho
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Rale
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John Ralston
Veda
Kate
Choa
Harold
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Bud’s Nephew Ponders Marriage in Sizable South Tale
Abe Martin notes a nephew wintering in the south muses on marriage and the folly of knowing what could have happened before a year has passed. The piece uses regional humor and a cautious sentiment about matrimony.
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Miami
Innuendo and Mrs Storms Visit Stir Home Tensions
A dialog unfolds with parents arguing about innuendo and Mrs Storms visits. The father defends politeness while the daughter insists the mother disapproves of Mrs Storms possessive ways. The scene ends with a tease for the next chapter What Every Girl Knows.
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Dad
Friend Wife by Roe Fulkerson
Imogene confronts Andrew at dinner about his business trip with Fred Wilkins. She fears infidelity as he reveals tickets for a drawing room berth and Fred’s son, while Andrew insists the trip is purely for work and reassures her with a lighthearted, joking exchange.
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Raleighs Observations on English Trade in Raleighs 16 Years Past
American economist notes Raleigh 1604 report to James I on English trade. He details Dutch dominance with 600 Dutch ships to England and under 60 English ships to Holland. Raleigh argues Low Countries ship 1000 vessels yearly, trading broadly, undercutting English fabrics and fish sales, highlighting England’s dire manufacturing trade. The report was written 16 years prior.
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James the First
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Middle Europe
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Scandinavia
Russia
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East Countries
Elbing
Skonigsboro
Dantaicy
France
Swain
Barturcal
Low Countries
England and Holland Rivalry in Armada Era Reflections
The article argues English naval strength depended on Dutch aid and commerce. It notes Parma's fleet blocked by Dutch forces, acknowledges Holland's growing shipbuilding and fishing power, and cites Raleigh on England’s missed merchant marine. It portrays England as a commerce-led power shaped by merchants and policy, not merely heroic battles.
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Rome
Spain
Raiaeh
Florida
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Smith
Holland
Walter Raleigh
Ends Stubborn Coughs in a Hurry
An old home made remedy promises quick cough relief using Pinex made with 24 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle and sugar syrup or alternatives to fill. It claims instant soothing of air passages, loosening of phlegm, and usefulness for throat and chest ailments including bronchitis and asthma with a money back guarantee.
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Wayna, Ind
Look Lin The Mirror Weekly Reflection Advice
Atchison Globe urges weekly self examination. men should sit, relax in a big chair, and spend an hour pondering disposition, religion, business efficiency, and frugality without harming service. It counsels truth with oneself about duties to employer and neighbors, citizenship, and personal mood at home.
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Atchison Globe
Posen
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Answers From 1924 Panel
Nature Q and A column answers reader questions on plant potting, keeping a pika, snake rattles, coral skeletons, and fish propulsion. Experts explain rattlesnake anatomy, ot the ratlesnake pilot misidentification, coral growth from polyp skeletons, and fish swimming with caudal fin propulsion and steering.
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Burroughs Nature: Club
Houghton Hifelin OO
Hesthey
Springfield Governor Bingham Delivers Long Inaugural Address
The sixty ninth Connecticut governor Bingham offered the longest inaugural address in years. He resigned within 18 hours of taking the oath but leaves with the legislature and successor guidance a yard long, determined to be remembered.
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Springfield
Bingham
Connecticut
Altho
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