Waterloos Aging Editorial Adopts Prohibition Tone
Waterloom era editorial discusses national politics and farm relief, weighing Hoover and Smith positions on prohibition and agricultural policy. It notes the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act central to the campaign, with farmers leaning toward Democrats on relief. It also reflects on changing social norms and a humorous anecdote about bathing pools and privacy. A separate suit case involves a wife suing for maintenance over her aviator husband’s dangerous promises of flying to Europe.
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Kansas City
Houston
Herbert Hoover
Alfred Smith
Hoover
Smith
HW Smith
Democratic Congress
Coolidge
Congress
Chicago
Europe
Unemployment in England Reaches 8 Million Mark
The ministry of Jebor reports nearly 8.9 million workers idle in England, about 16 percent of the population, with unemployment doles rising from 1,149,000 to 1,218,000 by July 2. Collapse of coal mining drives the slump, worsened by declines in textiles, shipbuilding, tinplate and boots. The cycle of reduced output and spending undermines recovery. The article notes comparisons with other lands and praises U S. citizenship as fortunate.
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England
Jebor
Duners
Providence
United States
Surgery best for cancer says Dr. Ewing at London conference
Dr. James Ewing, head of Cornell medical school, told physicians and scientists at the British Empire cancer conference in London that a century may pass before a cure is found. He urged relief and probable cure through surgery and other remedies, noting surgery saves thousands of lives but cancer remains largely incompletely understood. He warned that no single cause or cell abnormality explains the disease and predicted no brilliant breakthrough will conquer it.
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James Ewing
Cornell University
Medical School
London
Ewing
Bathing A S 18. Fantastical tales of a historic swimming hole
A fragment recalls the famed old swimming hole and its impact on earlier generations of boys, noting how much has been written about its meaning while hinting at richer, unseen stories behind its lore.
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A&s
The Cold Feel in High Priced Car Deals
A New Yorker’s purchase of an expensive motor car reveals how buyers waver then recover, with dealers using psychology to seal the sale. The piece notes similar buyer hesitation among jewelers and wives buying pearls, detailing emotional ups and downs in negotiations and the final, confident purchase.
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New York
New Yorker
Sja
Treatment for weak foot and health advice column
The feature offers guidance on weak foot care, warning against arch supports for children and detailing exercises to strengthen foot muscles. It includes doctor advised practices, cautions about improper treatments, and a Q and A section on hernia, dental gold plates, venom immunity, and writing careers.
Disheartening Labels in Medicine and Attitude
An essay by Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin argues that labeling people and diseases as incurable or hopeless harms recovery and effort. He cites doctors at the Montefiore hospital and a Hospital Association convention, urging cautious diagnoses, rejecting senile and incurable fatalism, and promoting medical attention and courage.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure Newspaper
Vic American Hospital Associattion
Ernst P. Boas
Montefiore Hospital
New York
Uncle Wiggily and the Green Bower
A brief Uncle Wiggily tale sees Baby Bunty search for a ladder to reach a doll house pointed out by a flower. She spots the ladder hidden in a fence at the fairy house and begins to climb, but a small deer-turned-bird appears suddenly.
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Bunty
Dan Gelion
Bunny
Bunty and Wren Clash Over Bark Doll House
Bunty and Uncle Wiggily encounter Mrs. Wren guarding a bark bark house used as a nesting site. They learn the tiny front door signals a home. Bunty plans a new search while pondering a water lily leaf house and overhears distant chatter about hidden bad guys in the elven bower.
Kenilworth Castle Ruins and Anglo-Saxon Mill Visit
UNCLE RAY describes a visit to Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire with Charles Holmes, noting Cromwell’s destruction, Elizabethan entertainments, and a nearby Anglo-Saxon mill claimed as the oldest still running. The narrator riffs on walls and history, then hints at future notes on English money.
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Oliver Cromwell
Elizabeth
Uncle Ray
Puzzle of three things you need in school
In a whisper Baby Bunty asks what it was and the bun ny uncle says it is a puzzle of three things you need in school. They wait to see who is in the green bower and whether the porch will stop being stylish and visit the back door as LT promises more about Uncle Wiggily and the night music.
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Baby Bunty
Bunty
Uncle Wiggily
Peri
Peru
Piggy
Julian
Mr. Martington
Mic
Lawrence Marrington
Manisty
Sir George
Sory Sartha
Martington
Sir Julian
Surrey
Crewthorm
Wolves
Marrington
Matty Lee
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Readers Ask Questions
Readers submit questions on birds and trees to the Nature Notes column. Topics include dove breeding seasons giant redwood Sequoia naming and Colorado beetle bird enemies and general inquiries about Shama Thrush origin and Oriental cage songbird status. Answers promised in tomorrow's issue.
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California
Colorado
Nature
Madura
Perilous Night in London as Marrington Press Tour Concludes
Molly Lee, a household helper, endures accusations of theft and danger after Craddock and Sir George suspect her of stealing Mrs. Craddock’s diamond while a press tour unfolds. A detective pursues Molly through London as Marrington revisits Peru’s mysteries and a garage refuge becomes a makeshift bed for the night.
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Molly Lee
Sir George Peterson
Barbara
Sir George
Mrs. Craddock
Paul Craddock
Craddock
Mary
Dismond
Mally
Crardack
Mrs. Graddock
Dawson
Looking Over the Fence from Marshalltown Times-Republican
Ingham and Mayner clashed at an economic conference over the equalization fee idea with Ingham seen as a clearer advocate and Hayner lacking influence if he was right. The week's weather improved farm stalks and tops, hinting at possible relief.
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Marshalltown
Ingham
Mayner
Hayner
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