Waterways a solution to farmer costs and shipping
The editorial argues redirecting government outlays from military to inland water transport could cut per bushel shipping costs by 12 cents. It compares Chicago to Buffalo by water versus rail, notes water routes linking Chicago Montreal are feasible, and urges readers to lobby Congress for a national waterway program benefiting midwestern farmers and rural economies.
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United States
Trans
Army
Navy
Atlantic
Chicago
Mississippi
Buffalo
New York
Chioteo
Great West
Middlewest
Montreal
Harvey's Comparisons and King George II Remarks
The article discusses reactions in Britain to Ambassador Harvey's July fourth remarks. It notes his suggestion that King George II, on the throne during the Revolutionary era, could have spoken differently to American colonists if addressed. The piece considers how both the British government and English public might view his remarks and their implications.
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London
Scorce I
England
Col. Harvey
George III
Belfast
Harvey
America
George II
Britain
Col. Harver
Ambassador Harvey
Foch Praises U S Troops For War Effort In Europe
Field Marshal Foch sends a message to America and its soldiers praising their role in saving the day in Europe. The remark underscores how the U S forces contributed significantly to the Allied victory, aligning with public sentiment of the time.
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Field Marshal
Foch
America
Europe
Health Talks by John R Huber Am Md
Health Talks by John R Huber Am Md discusses exercise and muscle development, linking physical fitness to longevity. It recounts a former internist boxer who, after typhoid, lost strength and stamina, illustrating the consequences of muscle deconditioning. Questions and answers cover persistent coughs, lung checks, and breathing difficulties, urging medical evaluation of heart, lungs, blood, and kidneys.
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John R Huber
Coney Island
John L. Sullivan
Hercules
Protests at Des Moines target classic texts and Latin teaching
An editorial notes iconoclastic proposals from the National Education Association scene in Des Moines. A Harvard professor urges replacing Latin and Greek with modern subjects while Vice President Coolidge defends classics as essential to forming ideals. The piece laments the decline of classical languages in schools and warns of a drift from tradition.
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National Education Association
Des Moines
Mother Hubbard
Jack and Jill
Old King Cole
Santa Claus
Mancy
Mother Goos
A. B. Hart
Harvard University
Hart
Cicero
Homer
Puzzle solving prompt hints at spelling a famous American leader
The text presents a riddle style prompt from Western Day's Puzzle. It instructs performing a sequence of word operations on terms like a political meeting a beverage the largest deer a silk cloth an exclamation of wonder and removals to reveal the name of a famed American author statesman and soldier. It ends with a list of names Mill Scamp Page Hardor Black.
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America
Mill
Scamp
Page
Hardor
Lot Enough For Edi by Frank L Stanton
Fragment from a poem describing extreme heat across the land. Repeats the line Thank the Lord it’s hot enough for me as landscapes drought and crops burn, highlighting weather’s harsh impact and a speaker named Johnson reacting with irony to the heat.
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EDI
Frank L. Stanton
Johnson
Classics that shape civilization in a modern age
The piece argues for preserving classical learning as essential to civilization, citing Hart on European universities, the Renaissance, and enduring truths from Socrates, Plato, Horace, Virgil, and Cicero. It warns that neglecting the classics risks regressing to dark ages while modern industry advances without true cultural depth. Poems of Wordsworth are invoked to contrast material progress with enduring wisdom. The call is to value ancient lore alongside science and invention.
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Dr. Hart
Shakespeare
Columbus
Leonardi di Vinci
Socrates
Plato
Seneca
Marcus Aurelius
Homer
Horace
Theocritus
Virgil
Plutarch
Caesar
Gallia
Nature Notes Q&A: Questions Welcome for readers
Readers are invited to submit questions on nature topics to the Nature Notes Department. The column promises answers to general interest inquiries and encourages ongoing engagement with local natural science matters.
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Nature Notes
Questions for Monday’s Weather Notes
Answers address cold blooded creatures normal temperatures and social wasps honey production, plus a field-identification description of a blue-backed bird with brownish red underparts and gray chest. The bird, bill black, is identified through color clues as likely a species observed near bird houses.
Answers to Previous Questions on Leaves and Snakes
A reader's science quiz explains why spray leaves vary in length to optimize light capture. It notes rattlesnakes and moccasins bear live young, while coral snakes lay eggs, and that a torn bird claw may regenerate if the base cells survive.
Lean Guys and the Appian Way in Davenport
In a Davenport Times riff on Julius Caesar and Shakespeare the piece jokes that fat well fed men make reliable allies and sleep well, unlike swearing or cash-taking types. It mocks political talk by invoking Caesar caecar and Cassius in playful, antiquated tone.
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Davenport
Julius Caesar
Caecar
Jean
Cassius
The Orange Yellow Diamond Mystery Shifted In A Pawnshop
Andrew Lauriston faces murder suspicion as a mysterious gold bound Spanish manuscript and a tray of rings in a pawnshop draw investigators. Zillah and inspector Ayscough debate inside marks carved by private jewelers’ stamps, suggesting Lauriston stole rings from a grandfather’s stock. Zillah plans to keep Lauriston away while authorities weigh his guilt or innocence.
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Andrew Lauriston
Leiteratoy Sacauss
Sport Ravas & Poli Nicial Owl
Foun
Ringy
Lavuington
Parsilett
Parslete
Zillah
Ayscough
Edgware Road
Lauriston
teBose
Mr. Lauriston
Timagine
Dance of a House Wife and a Coded Message
Zillah hurries to intercept Lauriston after a telegram hints at urgent plans. Amid garden party chatter and street bustle she races to King’s Cross to warn him and follows a thread linking Melky Rubinstein and Aysecough while police instincts and domestic tensions color every move.
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Altho
Political Millennial Echoes From Monticello Express
A fragmented column comments on bills in progress, Senate work, and August checks on wartime efforts. It contrasts political corruption trials with hopeful justice and mocks rural farming skills and youthful know how, referencing Madisonian ideas and local sentiment in Jones County.
Missing Man Vanishes As Woman Sees Lauriston Near Lamp
In a tense scene on a platform, a woman named Zillah notices Lauriston after chasing a man with a cigar. The man, however, slips away during a moment of indecision, leaving the woman and Lauriston confronting the mystery.
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Zillah
Lauriston
Correct English Don’t Say He Is Taller Than All Boys
The passage contrasts correct phrasing with incorrect forms. It notes that he is taller than all other boys in school and that the tallest building in New York is taller than any other building there. It also states New York is the largest city in America and should be stated as such.
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Sundar Dy
W_H. HARTMAN Co
West Park A
John C_ Hartman
AL W. Peterson
Treas
Gen'l Mer
Wat Town
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of
Washington, D. C
Woodward Bis
E. G. Dougherty
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Fintey, Rep
S. V
ALL Boys
America
Lydia Pinkham Herb Crowned Best Friend for Back Pain
Newburgh New Jersey reader Mrs Epward Pitts credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her energy and ability to keep house after weeks of fatigue and backache. The letter touts relief without narcotics and endorses the product for female troubles.
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Mrs. Pitts
Newburgh
N. J
Lydia E. Pink
Epward Pitts
High St
N.Y
Mrs. Pitt
Lydia E. Pinkham
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