Prohibition Violations Rise In Washington D C
The report notes 3,207 more arrests in the last fiscal year than the prior one, with wets and drys both interpreting the numbers differently. The piece then shifts to unrelated lifestyle notes, featuring beauty culture, fashion commentary, and a consumer education prompt from the United States Department of Commerce on construction timing and standard lumber, interspersed with a comic dialogue about a rubber plant.
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Washington, D. C
Division of Housing and Waliding
United States Department
Commercs
United States
Hiigh Tabor
Hoover
Fairfield
Jine
Zehunel Etrat
Sie
Nurse Dane
Uncle Wiggily and the Rubber Plant
Uncle Wiggily tends a rubber plant as rain threatens. A hungry beetle caravan, tiny bugs, and Nurse Jane’s leaves spark a comic rescue using improvised umbrellas. The plant’s leaves provide shelter until a new rubber plant is grown.
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Uncle Wirily
Jane
Pet
Advancing Prices and Political Debate Across Iowa
Iowa editorials discuss rising prices for wheat corn and pork and blame and defend the administration. They argue economic laws govern supplies and demand while addressing political divisions among radicals and progressives and questioning leadership in several editorials.
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Charles City Press
Friend Wife by Rob Fulkerston
In a tense salon dialogue Andrew demands Jimmy Pearson be reached while Imogene questions the power of a secretary. Andrew defends his secretary Miss Black as essential yet complains husbands grow spoiled by staff. Imogene presses for Jimmy Pearson as the truth of a wife’s view emerges.
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Jimmy Pearson
Andrew
Imogene
Jim
Miss Black
Ike
Nair
Birl
Imogena
Subscription Rates and Policies for Hartman Co
The Hartman Co. subscription list outlines weekly and yearly rates for local and mail delivery, with 6 month and yearly options, plus monthly reductions for partial periods. Advertising rules, payment terms, and policy statements are listed, including rejection of certain ads and rights reserved by the paper.
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W. E. Hartman Co
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Corner Park Ave
Commorcia
John C. Hartman
Jackson Bmccoy
Treas
Gen'l Mgr
Mahi
Postoiie
Waterlog
Iowa
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Iol
Spesi
Métice
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Btory
Brooks & Pintey
Rop's
Growth in U S Cities Shows 100000 Pop Milestone
The census estimates reveal 78 cities surpassing 100,000 population with New York leading and Somerville at 100,440 ahead of Des Moines at 145,053. The piece notes 35 of the 79 cities over 160,000 lie on the Atlantic seaboard and urges unity between east and west regions for national welfare.
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Cansul
United States
New York
Somerville
Mass
Des Moines
Seaboard
Mississippi
Rivera Bratens Morocco War Woes Hit Spain
The text notes Gen. Primo de Rivera hints at withdrawing forces from interior Morocco while leaving garrisons at fortresses. It says the campaign damaged Rivera and Spain’s reputation, with disobedient generals resisting arrests, and rifts with tribes and army control.
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Morocco
Primo de Rivera
Spain
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Morocico
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Tans
Werlér
Supreme War Council
Alfonso
Political Bond Emphasis Wins Voters Across Parties
The piece notes efforts to unite voters behind Coolidge and Davis while praising nonpartisan appeal. It cites the Haeman group backing Coolidge for reasons beyond party lines and critiques congressional Republicans for political posturing. A separate item from Marshalltown Times-Republican discusses weather impact on corn growth, linking cool nights to farming needs.
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John W. Davis
Republic
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Abe Martin Sen and Sam Ralston Sized as Local Figures
Abe Martin Sen and Sam Ralston are profiled as community figures. Ralston is shown working on his farm during the Democratic convention. he reportedly fell from a hayload. Elmer Moots plans a partnership with his PAW and is described as a young man, unable to play an instrument, yet deemed worthy of public confidence.
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Chicago
Fashion Row
Sen
Sam Ralston
Elmer Moots
Hig Paw
Return to Duty after War Dreams in Margaret Wilson Tale
Wally McLaughlin returns home from Civil War service to the Ayrshire settler life in Iowa. He reunites with Jeannie and Christie, falls for the young farmer’s daughter, and faces the pull between love and family duty as dawn brings a summons to rejoin his regiment.
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Wally
John
Isobel
Towa Prairies
Allen
Acre
Ali‘air
Ayrshire
America
Jeannie
McLaughlins
Christie
Wawly
Scotland
Iowa
Jeanina
Tlin
Alen
Shad
Agif
Mke
Hfe
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Column Invitation
A note from the Burroughs Nature Club notes by Houghton Mifflin Co invites readers to send questions about nature subjects to the paper’s Nature Notes Dept. Answers will be published in this column.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes
Answers for Naturalist Questions From Old Notebook
A series of questions covers wildlife damage and animal behavior. Topics include pocket gophers nibbling Ny Dotatogs, a spring bird with high flight then short drops and a white tail tip, training moose like cattle, root-pruning advice for dogwood transplanting, origin of aider-down from northern nesting birds, and vertebrae counts in long necked birds such as swans.
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Greenland
Huron
Seins
Mars
Scotch checker puzzle on a novel board of thirty two squares
A traveler recalls a Scottish challenger on a train in Edinburgh who introduces a new checker board with only thirty two squares letting men play draughts on black squares. The piece argues which puzzle could arise from this design and tests the challenge of constricting the board.
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Fife
Ayrshire
Edinburgh
Liie
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