Mountain name clash and rail crossing cautions in 1920s letter page
A historical newspaper page discusses a debate over naming a mountain Tacoma versus Mount Rainier, noting a committee and likely lasting history. It also covers Chicago Great Western rail data on 78 rain caused grade-crossing accidents in 1924, highlighting driver errors, braking faults, and warnings to cross cautiously. The page includes editorials on local geographic naming and a satirical discussion by Dr. Miller linking epilepsy cures to snakebites and liquor, warning against reckless behavior.
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Rainier
Christiania
Oslo
Tacoma
Mutnier
House Committee
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Bigger and better destroyers and a Tacoma name dispute
The article argues that Japanese destroyers outclass American ships with larger displacements and heavier armament, predicting 3 000 ton Japanese destroyers would outshine U S vessels, and calls for clear power limits below capital ships. It also notes a failed effort to rename Mount Rainier Mount Tacoma, citing Geographic Board opposition and origin questions about the name.
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Japan
France
Coolidge
Iowa editors weigh women governors and Hoover comments
Muscatine Journal opines on two women governors and their potential impact on suffrage era politics. Davenport Democrat-Des Moines House column lauds Herbert Hoover as agriculture secretary but prefers his current post, and Capitol column notes Hammill’s recommendations to the 1935 general assembly amid hedging in executive statements.
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Muscatine Journal
Ross
Ferruson
Mr. Hoover
Davenport
Herbert Hoover
President Coolidge
Werb
Wallanes
Drodsinge
Wes Mullines
Gov. Hammill
Severnear
tPorty-Gret General Assembly
Frostbite first aid and myth busting by Dr Brady
Frostbite needs gentle warming and massage to restore circulation. Do not apply ice or snow. use mild heat and fluids, avoid rubbing after color returns, and seek warm room care. The piece also folds in readers’ health questions about weight, digestion, ankles and lead poisoning from dyes.
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E. M
Brady
Dr. Williams
The Finger of Scandal Plays Out in Tea Shop
Marta Ralston clashes with her father as rumors swirl over Gordon Flesher and a front page scandal. Marta insists she can stand by him despite town gossip while Mrs Storm and others plot tea time alibis and social dynamics in a busy tearoom scene.
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Scandal Eno
Mason
Mme
Gordon Flesher
Marta
Gordon
Ralston
Roy
Follies
Sean
Anen
Jim
Tere
Vist
Vette
Dhew Harte
Marta Ralston
Nate Jett
Dad
Norrie
Mother
Mr. Summers
Mrs. Storm
Mrs. Ralston
Kent’ Summers
Automobile Crash Informs Daily Family Cutoff
A distressed speaker recalls an accident that left Norrie in hospital, describing the emotional strain and a revelation to a mother about the emergency. The dialogue fragment hints at ongoing consequences as the chapter ends with a promise of future events.
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Norrie
Friend Wife by Rob Fulker son
Imogene and Andrew discuss party seating revealing Imogene’s disdain for Billy Smiley a perpetual bachelor. She argues married men learn to yield to others while Andrew jokes about marriage and the party dynamics, hinting he would prefer marriage to being single or dead.
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Sam
Violet
Charlie
Sadie
Imogene
Hester
Billy Smiley
Andrew
Billy
Kipling
Angela
League blows to America over Geneva plans show price of isolation
The United States faces a harsh critique as the League of Nations pursues a Geneva palace project, barring American architects and eroding profits for U.S. builders. The piece denounces perceived league entanglements with money and power, claiming isolation fuels its actions and vows continued support of the injustice despite pain.
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City Times
United
Jose
League of Nations
Palace of Peace
Geneva
League
Iraq
America
Europe
Washington
Populare
Ous
Puzzle Missive Promises Answer Monday Across Clues
The fragment mentions a daily cross word answer due Monday and cites glitches in the Friday puzzle. It discusses vertebrate fish size variation and nervous development, notes a ram’s slow movement, an oyster rat clinging to a bed, and a West Indian reef scavenger. It shifts to insects and the four stages of complete metamorphosis and grasshoppers.
Junior Crossword Puzzle Growth Through Stages
A fragment explains how a creature grows through stages from smaller forms to a final perfect form. It mentions grasshoppers dragonflies and crickets growing this way and notes the growing creatures are called a nyirph.
The Autobiography Habit in Modern Times
The article traces the rise of memoirs from Xenophon to the Great War era, noting rulers and statesmen popularizing the genre. It argues true autobiography should reveal character and life beyond mere history, praising self revealing works while warning against vanity and trivial detail.
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Xenophon
Carlyle
Trne
Times
Benjamin Wrankiins
Jean Jacques Benusseaus
A. T
Burroughs Nature Club Notes from 1923 newspaper column
Answers to reader questions on nature topics appear in this column. The item reprises a Q A format with inquiries about animal coloration, poisonous plants, and seed producing trees, followed by brief, clipped, and partially garbled responses referencing foxes clams and shellfish.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Nature Notes
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W. H. Hartman Co
Courier
Corner Park Ave
Commercial St
Pelephone Branch Exchange
John C. Hartman
Hi Jackson McCoy
Treas
Gen’ Mer
Waterloo
Associated Press
United Press International News
Sis
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Tel Brooks & Finley
Representatives
Dre. Joseph Miller
Sioux Valley Medical Society
Texas
Senate
Mount Tacoma
Mount Rainier
House Committee On Public Lands
House
United States Geographic Board
Hintich
Elrong
Iowa
William Brady, M.D
Idah McGlone
Gibson
F. Dills Co
Be Martin
Friend Wife
Rob Fulkerson
Daily Cross
Ansver
Cee
Raji Printer's Ag Menger
Acnut
Ut - Tan
Pulale
Huish
Tecland
Sam Loyd
Vestvestiyts
Ekfelt
Bridge Street
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