The Building Question in Black Hawk County
The editorial discusses whether to start new construction in Waterloo and Black Hawk County in 1924. It notes improved cement, cheaper materials, and abundant labor, but uncertain demand. It warns that without building, rents may stay high and other local business suffer as population grows.
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Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Regis
Dempsey and
Carpentier
Dempsey
Earth
Betelguere
Jence
Vor
Samson
Health Talks By John R Huber A M M
A dust sample shown under a microscope reveals germs of tuberculosis pneumonia and other maladies mixed with dirt from streets homes and industry. Dr Rockwell notes winds spread disease via infective dust and urges regular street cleaning covered ash barrels and glass encased food stalls. A correction note apologizes for errors in recent replies.
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Philadelphia
New York
Rivington Street
Madison Avenue
Rockwell
Cambridge
Answers to Health Questions and Lively Postscript
Fatty tumor size reduction without surgery is unlikely and only operative removal is definitive. Superfluous hairs are not tended by pumice. stimulatory rubbing may worsen growth. The editor notes many reader questions and promises replies, requiring stamped envelopes for quicker replies. A lunch scene shows light humor about digestion, poetry recitals, and domestic life with a sharp exchange between Imo and Andrew.
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McA
Mary
Angel
Bibbie
Andrew
Imo
Gene
Friend Wife By Roe Fulkerson
A fragmented humorous domestic scene unfolds with Imogene and Andrew describing a chaotic afternoon. The children Angel and Virginia cause mischief with a taboret, poker chips, and a dog, while Angel’s inventive, sometimes disruptive temperament is noted.
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Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Andrew
Imogene
Mary Middaugh
Angel
Virginia
Dex
Land ‘Angel
Ginia
Mary
Madam Duck Outwits Mr Fox In River Chase
Madam Duck feigns injury to escape the watching Mr Fox who lurked near the field. She drags a wing to bait him, then flees toward the river. Fox blinds himself by tripping in a vine and splashes into mud while Madam Duck sails away safely. She later taunts him as she escapes with flight.
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Madam Duck
MR. Fox
Reynard
Reddy Fox
Live to Love by Frank L. Stanton poem fragment
Fragmentary verse exhorts fleeting blooms of love and song amid sighs and memories. The text blends hopeful images of roses, dreams, and divine benedictions with reflections on life and death, ending on a note of singing through sad times toward brighter grace.
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Jim
Sighin
Nature Notes Q and A prompts readers for questions
A reader questions column invites queries on nature topics asking which side of ice melts on a body of water, whether still or moving objects alarm a chipmunk most, and if the catbird has good manners. Answers promised in tomorrow's Nature Notes.
Answers to Previous Questions and Natural Wonders
A fragment survey explains hummingbird vocal limits, skunk and porcupine defenses, and how life can lift matter against gravity. It notes hummingbirds utter sharp squeaks when temper flares, fox and eagle as rare skunk enemies, and porcupine foes as lynx and wolf. trees and giants raise minerals skyward gradually, while explosives do so abruptly.
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California
Railroads and famine tied in world progress
Des Moines reports on how railways aid population centers and famine relief. Vanderlip argues building railroads in China can save millions by improving transport to starving regions. Sanderlip emphasizes balance of trade over the league, noting Austria's food shortages due to lack of production and trade access. Dr. T. J. Adams discusses internal revenue bureau expert views.
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Des Moines
Census Bureau
United States
New York Times
Frank A. Vanderlip
China
Vanderlip
the Times
el Ae. Ag
Sanderlip
League of Nations
Austria
Dems close plant, job losses and plans for homeless aid
The shutdown of the Ford plant has left many workers unemployed and sparked talk of broader political action. Binkley reports on discussions about future steps to aid the homeless and troubling signs for the Democratic party’s plans.
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Ford
Binkley
Brenda Models for Art Camp Amid Social Tensions
Brenda Nielsen, a St Thomas native who becomes American, travels to New York for art study. On the way she faces moral peril and a possible romance with newspaper man Roger Daly, while a camp offer to pose as a model tests her reputation. She accepts, joins Coleman’s summer camp, and confronts teasing from peers as she begins to model for the class. A rivalry forms with Nat Horton as she enters the camp.
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Brenda Nielsen
St. Thomas Island
United States
New York
Roger Daly
Brenda
Daly
Roger
Russia
Jessen
Gordon Lee
Stuart Cole- Man
Coleman
Stuart Coleman
Mrs. Barrett
Doris
Broadway
Staa Coleman
Paes
Disney
Stomas
Nat
Youn Horton
Alveid
Mindute
Nat’ Horton
Washington Tax Debate And Widow Pension Sparks
Washington voices urge tax reform and social support changes as critics say the tax system burdens the poor while proposing shifts to gross income or sales taxes. The Burlington Hawk Eye notes a new book accusing Bolshevism, while Perry Chief discusses a bill to raise widow pensions or remove the law entirely.
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Perry
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F. A. Walker
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