Liberty of Language ruling echoes in Iowa schools
The United States Supreme Court rules that restricting languages other than English in schools violates the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision cites the case of August Bartels and argues teachers, students, and parents have liberty to pursue language education, with German language instruction in parochial schools deemed lawful under broader liberty principles.
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United States Supreme Court
Towa
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Bremer County
August Bartels
Iowa Supreme Court
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Ziff
United States
Steamboat Days Again Signal River Traffic Revival
Regular passenger service on the upper Mississippi resumes after seven years as water routes grow in use for freight to ease railroad congestion. Barges carrying steel travel down the Ohio to Byansville St. Louis and Memphis with cheaper, quicker delivery than rail. The essay notes rivers again serve as highways, aiding railroads and preserving history of river travel.
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Mississippi
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Byansville
Ind
St. Louis
Memphis
Porte
Four hundred twenty state college grads honored at Ames
The summary notes that 520 graduates received diplomas at Ames yesterday, highlighting four doctors of philosophy and a reflection that college education reveals how little one knows. It hints at intellectual humility and the expanding horizon of knowledge.
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Comaben Cement
Ames
Doctors of Philosophy
Hue
Biudy
Friend Wife by Roe Fulkerison
Imogene confronts Andrew about hat choices and the high cost of fashion labels. He questions why women pay extra for designer labels while recounting his own frugal hat, noting the social pressure and vanity behind brand names and the fashion cycle.
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Imogene
Andrew
Hive
Imo
Commentary on politics and society from Iowa editorials
A collage of opinions on damages for a fall in Des Moines, Kansas health boards, political leanings in the Eighth Iowa district, philosophy of karma, and editorial notes from Cedar Rapids and Page County about secession, state rights, and New York’s wine and beer question.
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Kansas
Chicago
Des Moines
Hiram K. Bryans
Corydon
Yowa
Evans
Page County
Democrat
New York
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The Regeneration of Malcolm Starmount
Malcolm Starmount a rich young man decides to reform and helps Mary Devin a poverty stricken girl. He plans to send Mary and her brother Eddie to the mountains for health and later considers training Mary for opera while a web of rival suitors and a dangerous plot unfolds around his impending departure to South America. The tale mixes romance, class, and intrigue with the witch and magical forest subplot.
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Edldie
Mary
Bilary
Ramon Graves
Shat
Graves
Adventuress
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Jenson
Katie
Furether
Alcolm
South America
Tennant
Malcolm Starmount
Eddie
Aira
Wes
Janet Jenson
Pat
Mr. Starmount
Sen Ores
Mr. Tennant
Man Tennant
Nalda Courteney
The Sandman Story Part I Felicia and the Witch
Felicia, granddaughter of a banished Duke, seeks to save her grandfather by appealing to a powerful forest Witch. She travels by night to the Witch’s cave where Goboro, the Witch’s son, awaits, hoping for aid to regain the King’s favor.
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Gaboro
Goboro
Charles
Cas
Brain Tests by Sam Tay d
A word puzzle asks solvers to create a Confederate general surname by combining and altering clues from a fishing outfit ship part an anatomical joint a flowering place a symbol and a flag The diagram shows how three pieces form a jockey seating arrangement and the steeds gallop
Burroughs Nature Club Notes from 1923
Nature questions column invites readers to send inquiries about natural subjects. Includes queries about why brook trout flesh is pink, an unseen bird nest behind rough bark, and whether red foxes mate in the same season as gray foxes. Answers promised in tomorrow’s Nature Notes.
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Nature Notes
Answers To Prev Questions About Slugs And Ants
The U S department of agriculture notes 32 slug species in the United States by 1918 with four introduced from abroad. Three garden slug immigrants the spotted tawny and small true garden slug are damaging. Ants in tropical America cultivate underground fungus as a food source.
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Accos
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S
Brazil
Abe Martin Pref and Eliza Jazz Orchestrator Lead Fake Music Talk
Abe Martin Pref and Elmer Swank head a local Eliza Jazz Orchestra who claim to imitate music sounds. It emerges Lester Beasley did not faint at Chateau Thierry and instead secured a contract for building a new house.
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Elmer Swank
Eliza Jazz Orchestry
Lester Beasley
Chateau Thierry
Fosdick Case Divides Presbyterian Assembly Vote
John Robertson Macartney writes from Waterloo praising the minority report in the Presby terian General Assembly debate over Dr Fosdick. The majority report delayed action, while the minority urged adherence to the church confession. The assembly voted 439 to 363 for the minority, signaling a rebuke of Fosdick style teaching.
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Fosdick
Waterloo
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Indianapolis
Henry Emerson Wosdick
Union Theological Seminary
Independent
New York City
Philadelphia
Llberal
Wish
Presbyterian Church
A. Gordon MacLennan
Bethany Church
Assembly
Supreme Court of the Presbyterian Church
Presbytery of
New York
First Presbyterian Church of New York
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Gulls and Ocean Fowl Feeding Behaviors Described
The text explains gulls as long-winged swimmers not divers. It notes their method of foraging by dipping and snatching food near the surface, with distinctive breast plumage helping keep the body above water. It also mentions the spread of fungus beds when colonies move locations.
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