Touring God's Country and Onion Prosperity Inspire Iowa Notes
A columnist reflects on travel ethics in Zion National Park, laments littering by tourists, and notes Iowa onion growers enjoying a strong harvest. Headlines compare national crop shortages with Iowa’s robust yields, citing prices in California and Massachusetts and potential annual grower earnings per acre.
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Orth
C Greeley
America
Zion Park
Utah
Hell
Onton Markey Strong
Iowa
California
Massachusetts
Scott
Mitchell
The Battle Between Individualism and Paternalism
A discussion on how modern governments balance individual freedom with state intervention. The piece traces the historical push toward individual self reliance, notes a global shift toward paternalism, and cites social models in Germany France England and the United States as evidence of growing state influence.
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America
Germany
France
England
United States
Brian
Milk waste and corn byproducts spark Iowa debate
Iowa editorials lament large milk losses and note corn plant use yielding 146 products from cob and stalk. Articles discuss economic feasibility, potential new materials, and industrial shifts. Separate pieces criticize reform efforts like prohibition enforcement reorganizations and capital punishment campaigns.
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Des Moines Register
Alma
Missouri
Lone State College
Sally Gordon and the Milk Man Mystery in Chelsea
Imogene and Andrew argue over a broken dahlia named Sally Gordon blamed on the milk man Bill Sparks. The couple debates blame, finances, and family hardship as Bill struggles with poverty and long night shifts while delivering milk.
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Andrew
Imosene
Sally Gordon
Sally
Imogene
Bill
Tia
Bel
Pan Electric
Chahlia
Mr. Snarks
The Invisible Ultraviolet Rays and Infant Health
Dr Alfred F Hess explains that sun exposure in late fall and milder midwinter days can benefit infants but is limited by cold fear. Ultraviolet rays aid tanning, lymphocytes, and possibly rickets prevention, though winter intensity is small. Quartz pane windows may help but are costly, and practical sun baths remain debated.
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Alfred F. Hess
Ness
Hess
General Electric Company
Burroughs Nature Club Answers Inquirers
Nature Notes column invites questions on geology flora and fauna. Readers submit topics from rainfall erosion to snakes and gardening and await answers in the next issue with a long list of questions and partial hints from prior installments.
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Nature Notes
I.ek
Florida
Uncle Wiggily Makes a Box
Uncle Wiggily searches in his cellar for a box while Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy calls him down from the hollow stump. The scene opens a playful tale as the characters interact about boxes and chores.
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Uncle Wigelly
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Uncle Wiggily
Rabbit
Nurse Jane
Uncle Wiggily crafts an orphan box for clothes
Uncle Wiggily builds a wooden packing box in the yard to ship old clothes for the orphan rabbits. A misstep leads to him being sealed inside the box, but the Police Dog frees him. The box is then completed and sent to the asylum with the little bunnies happy.
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Orphans Asylum
Uncle Wiggily
Nurse Jane
Uncle Wigelly
Wiggily
Tooter
Scooter
Skipper
Nipper
Jingle
Jangle
Daddycums
Wigaily
Weezie
Mrs. Longears
Anecdotes on Farmers and Domestic Life in Abe Martin Era
The piece recalls small town wisdom about farmers and wheat prices and nostalgia for old manners. It contrasts a farmer with a refined suitor and hints at a girl eager to marry to bake biscuits, capturing rural humor and early 20th century sensibilities.
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd Eight Minutes to Answer
Sam Loyd presents a brain teaser titled Eight Minutes to Answer. The note lists a puzzle number 128 and references a worn X tablo. The readable lines suggest a playful challenge from Loyd with puzzle citation.
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Sam Loyd
Fill the column with three words
A precious metal. A U. S. state (abbr.) Severe criticisms.
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U. S. State
Crandpa and Crandpa style puzzle clue
A word puzzle presents unusual forms and asks for the single remaining term after striking out some letters and leaving a final clue word.
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Grand
Pasha
Cabin
Crandpa
Cah
Inca
Piles Disappear with Internal Treatment Hemroid Remedy
An advertisement claims internal treatment cures piles by improving circulation. It cites I. S. Leonhardt and a product named Hemroid, tested in 1000 cases, sold by druggists with a money back guarantee, available at Wangler Bros.
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I. S. Leonhardt
Drugsite
Wangler Bros
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