Community garden plan amid Waterloo budget anxieties
The notice urges Waterloo residents to garden on any available plot as the dollar tightens. It notes a small setup costs about two dollars for plowing and one for seeds, promising household greens by June and later potatoes corn and squash. It also discusses embezzlement cases among youths and the need for moral guidance.
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Waterloo
Rhal
Cedar River Park
Women's Athletic Association
Meet the Wagon on the Way And the Poem of Breer Williams
A rural editor shares obituary verses about Brother Scott and a local piece titled Meet the Wagon on the Way. The lines mix dialect verse with commemorative lines and a note on a deceased real estate area.
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Breer Williams
Scott
Lepra and Leprosy in Health Talks by John R Huba
A health talk outlines that lepra is a tuberculosis related germ confined to skin changes, not biblical tsaraath leprosy. It argues against panic and notes that lepra is less infectious, requiring supervision and prevention without cruelty, followed by a Q&A on eye floaters and jaundice symptoms.
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H. W. Hl
Hill
Tor Jiu and Vorminine Health Talks Inquiry
Readers are advised to send health questions to Dr. Hubert via the Health Talks department. The notice requests an addressed self stamp envelope for quicker replies and notes no phone number is provided.
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Hubert
Friend Wife by Rob Fulenerston
Dialogue reflects a bored audience for achievements across many fields. Imogene and Andrew lament how people ignore stories of travel, art, acting, writing, and athletic effort. The piece satirizes societal indifference to individual ambition and success.
Nature Notes Q and A on wildlife and birds
A local Nature Notes column previews tomorrow's questions and answers about wildlife. It covers distinguishing poisonous snakes, protecting songbirds from cats with guards, and how goldfinches impact bird-feeding, with practical tips and safety notes.
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Nature Notes
Finch and goldfinch tastes shape country lore
A rural observer notes the lessening of burdens on neighbors when people stay modest. He recalls Bud s day and remarks on finch food choices like thistles wild sunflowers and ragweed. The goldfinch is famed for lettuce seed appetite while gardeners guard lettuce plots from seed loss.
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Finch
Correct English Don't Say
My brother and I intend to go. They invited you and me. I went with him to the hotel, and there we dined. I saw your sister, and she told me you were coming. I was at home, and that is the reason I didn't go.
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Alice
Andrew
Bermuda
Jerkwater
Broadway
New York
Frank Goteh
Hackenschmidt
Mrs. Hartishorne
Swarthmore
Jenny
Rascal Braddock
Grosvenor
Mrs. Hartshorne
Neely
England
Do Girls Want 100 a Week Men in Iowa Study
Cedar Rapids Republican reports Des Moines interviews on how much income a man should earn to marry. Many women in the symposium aim for around $100 weekly, with some proposing lower figures if love or other comforts exist, illustrating changing attitudes toward marriage and finances.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Eastopolis Dinner Party Revelations and Shocking Aftermath
At Colonel and Mrs Ledyards home in Eastopolis a dinner party reveals a web of secrets among guests including Trixy, Bebo Cowles, Wendell Braddock, Neely Swarthmore and Mrs Hartshorne. Swarthmore pressures Mrs Hartshorne for a rushed engagement while a mysterious face at a window and an escaped Riverton bank president add menace to the social drama. Later Bebe Cowles finds Trixy unresponsive and awake to a troubling fate after the party sets off a chain of chilling events.
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Braddock
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