Short-Sighted America Sparks on Water Power Potential
A Waterloo newspaper column argues Americans ignore major fuel and power issues until crisis. It urges tapping water power from Niagara Falls, Mississippi, Cedar River, Des Moines river near Madrid, and other streams to replace coal use, reduce costs, and prevent future strikes. It criticizes mine owners and calls for nationwide harnessing of rivers to generate electricity and jobs.
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America
Europe
Niagara Falls
Mississippi
Cedar River
Black Hawk
Madrid
Des Moines
Bama
Senate Needs Ginging Up and a Bath Tub Debate
The article argues Republicans backed Brookhart to inject life into a stale Senate, likening radicalism to blueing water. It contrasts Brookhart with Kenyon and La Follette, urging rejuvenation. It then defends Methodists’ auto use over bath tubs, claiming cars aid clergy mobility while wash tubs sufficed for cleanliness in earlier times. It ends by praising autos for preachers with salaries around 1600 a year.
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Senate
Smith Brookhart
United States Senate
Congress
Brookhart
la Follette
Norris
Middlewest
Kenyons
Ames
Methodist
Blood pressure and aging myths from Dr Brady column
The column questions the link between high blood pressure and arterial hardening, noting many with hardening do not have high readings and emphasizing kidney health. It critiques age as a function of arteries while stressing accurate measurement and explains prickly heat and nervous breakdown terms, ending with a request for letters to Dr Brady.
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Bright
Dr. M
FRIEND WIFE BY ROB FULKERSON
A dialogue between Imogene and Andrew riffs on marriage choices and natural selection. They discuss compatibility, class, and eugenics, contrasting brains and brawn while concluding that they fit as opposites who balance each other.
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Friend Wife
Rob Fulkerson
Billy Turnbull
Imogene
Andrew
Billy
Dig
Nature
Dawn Poem Celebrates Sunshine and Friendship
The piece extols dawn as light’s brother waking community. It speaks of friendship, sharing joy, and working when hungry, playing when time comes, praising good deeds and gratitude for life. Brother Dickey blesses the world for presenting a better life and unity.
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Brother Dickey
Unquenchable passion for music and art in a constricted world
The speaker laments lack of formal education and opportunity to hear masters like Raphael or Rembrandt yet argues beauty can still move the soul. He contrasts desired refined living with a dull room, urges self-denial, and sees life as a spiritual gymnasium that trains us to store priceless inner riches.
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Raphael
Rembrandt
Yeu
Spain
Diogenes
Editorials and local notes on Zion City and other topics
A collage of editorials and columns from Des Moines and other Iowa papers mocking Zion City religion, criticizing outside coverage, and sprinkling comments on automobile behavior, prohibition news, and light political notes.
Wealth of the soul and inner life as life's true wealth
The passage muses on derelictions of editors and a surplus of passenger trains, then shifts to Seneca and the inner life. It argues that worldly wealth and material success are secondary to the glow of the spirit, the dreams within, and the real power of inner experience shaping character and destiny. It concludes with a reflection on Providence and spiritual treasures.
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Seneca
Abe Martin era candidate faces two sons in race
A local figure known as Abe Martin faces a family twist as his two sons enter the electoral field. The tribe of supporters weighs promises of tax cuts and a shift on liquor laws amid a street level political climate.
Double Crossed by W Douglas Newton at sea hotel intrigue
Clement Seedon, a wealthy Englishman, aims to expose a plot targeting Eloise Reys aboard a Canadian bound voyage. He uncovers a gang arranging rooms with hidden links to the victim while listening for their plans to thwart him. Henry Gunning’s vanished trail deepens the danger as the plotters fear exposure.
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Clement
Seedon
Eloise Reys
England
Canada
Henry Gunning
Leedon
Clement Leadon
Mr. Leadon
Dufferin Terrace
River
Adolf Neuburg
Frontenac
Mr.Neuburg
Mr. Neuburg
Heloise Heys
Heloise
Meduse Smythe
Meduse
Gorgon
Mr. Neuberg
Mr. Neublig
Itiaraa
Mr. Newburg
Clement Seadon
Molke
Mollie
Mielke
Mr. Netburg
Heloise Reys
Neuburg
Ian
Joe
Bram Tests By 3am LOD
Bram tests are due by 3am local time with a brief update expected after the 2 minute window. The note indicates tight timing and rapid verification steps for the operation.
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Bram
Plain little meadow flower rebus teaser answer
Before the lecturer arrives, guess the name of a plain meadow flower from this rebus sketch. Yesterday’s answer referenced a diagram showing an eight by eight square dissected into four parts that form a figure with 63 squares.
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Excerpt Q&A
Burroughs Nature Club Notes invites readers to submit questions on nature topics to the Nature Notes Dept. Answers will appear in tomorrow's issue. Questions ask about woodpeckers breeding habits and how to protect peach trees from worms, with a note about night air and malaria concerns.
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Nature Notes
Answers to Questions on Birds and Trout Care
A discussion covers why cowbird eggs hatch earlier than host eggs, how to rear captive trout with food and care, and whether wild animals can catch diseases from domesticated ones. It notes incubation differences, warmth absorption in nests, feeding regimens for trout at aquariums, and disease transfer risks from domestic to wild sheep in forest reserves, with legal protections reducing exposure.
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New York
Forrest Reserves
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Restores Health Say Hornell Woman
A Hornell New York testimonial describes improved health after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Medicine. The user reports renewed energy, better sleep, bowel and menstrual relief, and now handles chores easily. The letter invites others to try the remedy.
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Lydia E.pin E.pinkham
Hornell, N
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bira. Cras. Baker
Spencer Ave
Hornell
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