The Dawn of a Golden Rule Movement in Business
A Waterloo newspaper column extols a new organization called the Business Men's Christian Unity that promotes the golden rule. It claims rapid growth across 20 cities, likening it to Gideons and Boy Scouts, and envisions a worldwide moral revival led by business leaders to eradicate selfishness and greed.
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Christian Oxilty
Jonah
Gideons
Boy Scouts
Grant
Galilee
Judea
Reversing Father Time Gov Kendall Birthday Wish
Gov Kendall on his fifty fourth birthday muses about paying $500000 to be 24 again. The piece playfully questions youth grants and whether reversing time would truly change who he is, suggesting a Kendall presidency might persist regardless of age.
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Gov. Kendall
Gov. i Kendall
Nate Kendall
Nathan Kendall
Pay the service men what is due them now
The author urges Congress to authorize and swiftly pay veterans the owed compensation, arguing that obligations to those who fought justify funding. They criticize spending debates as excuses and contrast past war-time financing with current reluctance to raise funds. The piece emphasizes honoring service with timely payment rather than money-savers delaying relief.
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Congress
Legislative
Splder
Army
Navy
Young Dodge receives warning for speeding in Detroit
The case of John Dodge, alleged millionaire son of a late auto magnate, is highlighted as he serves five days in the workhouse for speeding in Detroit. Judge Bartlett treats him like any other violator, despite his wealth, warning that a powerful car carries responsibility toward other road users and noting a severely injured woman may face damages.
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John Dodge
Detroit
Young Dodge
Judge Bartlett
Dodge
Elgit
Judgsa Bartlett
Health Talks and tobacco questions from readers
Readers debate the health effects of tobacco with doctors and clerics weighing conflicting medical opinions. A clergyman requests a clear, factual statement on smoking risks, while Dr. Eubor Intare explains editorial limits and promises to reply in turn.
FRIEND WIFE By ROE FULKERSON
A humorous domestic scene unfolds as Imogene teases Andrew about Anna and her baby. Anna, proud of the Franklin family name, plans to christen the boy Franklin, but her German-born husband’s father jokes he should be named Frank or Frankfurter. Anna cries, torn between heritage and happiness.
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Andrew
Anna's
Luoeng
Imogene
Anna
Franklin
Ier
Sie
Tony
Plymouth Rock
Fuller
Germany
Luna
Punch
Peter
Shea
Frank
Frank Futer
Ein Frankfurter
Weather, politics and a McGuffey reference mix
Last day of winter and the vernal equinox forecast stirs local talk. A death tied to the McGuffey family prompts reflection amid a bland municipal campaign. A. J. Beveridge runs for the senate on a dry platform, with readers weighing names and past actions.
Jumbled Verse and Quick Quips From the Times
A patchwork of pithy lines and narratives touches on Dame Spring’s entrance, risky baseball bets, a milliner’s candy hat, a moonshine party’s table service, a Cuban duel denial, and rural reform talk. It also mocks knockards and notes wartime era finance.
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Dame Spring
Can You Answer These Questions About Nature
Burroughs Nature Club notes invite readers to submit questions on natural topics. The column promises answers in the next issue, discussing native silk worms, frogs, lizards, angleworms after rain, milk pits, and how birds swallow fish bones and scales.
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Tures Notes
America
Meena
Answers on cats plants and water questions discussed
The discussion covers whether neighborhood cats are pure Manx or mixed, noting Manx blood may appear in descendants. It notes bobtail cats in different orders and asks about Christmas cactus soil and watering, suggesting dry sandy soil for cacti and shade for a Christmas rose. It also confirms lice on waterfowl with Matrophaga and explains drowning rats due to water-repellent plumage.
Dos Passos Three Soldiers praised for stark soldier soul
An ex-soldier reviewer hails Dos Passos Three Soldiers as a brutal frank portrait of a soldier's inner life. The book follows three men from civil life through cantonment and front in WWI, depicting revolt against military discipline and the darker side of army life without glossing its virtues.
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George H. Doran Company
sBoldier
Ilva
John Dos Passos Essors
Houghbors
Dan Fuseli
The
Golden Gate
Andrew Chrisfield
John Andrews
Virginia
Chrisfield
Andrews
Chrisfeld
America
Sorbonne
Paris
Chartres
M. P
Seina
Curtified
Bicente
Ae A
Dos Passos
Cantigny
Belleau Wood
Meuse-Argonne
Lea
Jackson
Arsoine Forest
In the Reel by Frank L. Stanton and Verses of Life
A fragmentary verse piece by Frank L. Stanton explores playful lines about love laughter and music with coastal imagery and a reflective note on life’s constant effort. The text flits between romantic swings and comments on worldly cleverness and perseverance amid metaphorical storms and challenges.
Silent Pride and Humiliation in World War I Officers
A veteran notes higher leadership quality in the A E F and recalls officers who degraded enlisted men with absurd orders. The text highlights postwar resentment, the strain on self respect, and a few true soldiers who preserved vision and courage despite servility. An example from a book shows an Alm detachment lieutenant mistaking a salute in Paris.
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H Ian
France
Andress
Alm
Tim
Sorbonne
Meutenant
Parla
Abe Martin Reflects On Tax Season And Stage Shows
The column quips that taxes and death are certain while comparing a vaudeville performance to a sharp dog’s nose, suggesting a skeptical view of public drama and predictable troubles. The tone is folksy and humorous, with local color and era-specific language.
Three Soldiers prompts readers to relive the Great Adventure
The piece, excerpted from an American fighting man account, describes a street fracas and the blurred violence of night. It suggests the trial of Hard-Bollen Smith and hints at the affect on service men, inviting readers to relive a grand wartime experience through vivid narration.
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A. BH
Paying for Excellence in a Sports Driven Economy
Iowa editors discuss high salaries for star performers like Babe Ruth and other professionals. The piece argues excellence and box office appeal drive immense pay in baseball, basketball, law, medicine, commerce, and preaching, noting Ruth’s $50,090 annual salary plus per home run bonuses and comparing fame to national attention.
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Sioux City Journal
Babe Ruth
Ruth
United States
Babe” Ruth
Brain Tests By Sam Loud
A hustling land speculator boasts of eight uniformly sized plots with three quarter width and a central park. Each owner has a private fence around a plot, and the inner shaded section would be charged at the same rate per square foot as the plots. Compute the bill for the central park based on the given pricing and layout. Venice mentions oven minus six plus IGE. unclear.
Pape's Diapepsin promised to ease stomach upset
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick fix for indigestion gas and heartburn, claiming it ends stomach revolt in five minutes. It markets the product as scientific, harmless, and suitable for every home, urging readers to buy a sixty cent case from any drug store.
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Pape
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