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Prohibition debate exposed in sharp contrasting claims
A western orator argues liquor is freely dispensed despite Prohibition and the Volstead Act while claiming repeal would boost demand for farm products used to make alcohol. he attacks the rival’s logic as self-contradictory and indefensible. The critic notes bootlegging obscures figures and questions the credibility of the opponent’s premises.
Radio concerns over inaugural oath misquote
The chief justice warns that a 1912 inaugural broadcast contained a misquote of the oath It showed public speakers relying on radio carried words with possible misreadings The piece notes Helen Terwilliger and President Taft Herbert Harrold schoolgirl and others cited in the discussion and concludes the radio poses new criticisms for speakers.
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Dividends of Stability in Latin American Revolts
The piece notes Latin American republics prone to border clashes and internal strife, citing Bolivia Paraguay and Peru Chile tensions. It links regional unrest to volatile markets, contrasting with Britain and the United States for stable securities and favorable rates. Stability yields dividends to taxpayers.
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Bolivia
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Peru
Chile
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Great Britain
United States
Harvard Yale brain battle ends in mishmash
The piece recalls last year’s Harvard Yale English brain battle won by Harvard with 35 000 prize money and big publicity. Funded by Mrs. William Lowell Putnam the contest aimed to be annual but the planned grandeur is undercut by doubtful interest and confusion.
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Harvard Brights Lose Common Touch, Critics Say
A column laments Harvard students losing touch with common amusements and warns that extreme intellectual achievement may erode social balance. The piece argues campuses lack competition and fun amid soaring exam pressure and fountain pen culture.
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Personal Health Service By Brady M D on Handedness
A health column discusses natural left handedness in children. It cites a tabulation showing one in twenty five children are naturally left handed and explains brain centers for speech and movement. The piece notes that modern teachers no longer force right handedness and that awareness of natural handedness is rising.
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Cerebrum
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Strickie
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Willan Brady
Saltpeter cures and anemia advice letters
A reader questions saltpeter use for rheumatism and whether a teaspoon daily affects blood. answers deem saltpeter harmless in small amounts and a mild laxative, sulfur has little blood effect, and liver is not a cure for pernicious anemia though cause dictates treatment. The column invites health queries and outlines mail-in guidance.
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Henrik Ibsen and the Immortal Irritator
A history of Henrik Ibsen highlighting his early life in Grimstad and Skien Norway, poverty and apprenticeship, rise as a dramatist, and influence. It contrasts Ibsen’s art with public misperception, noting his belief in theatre as a clinic and confession, his questing nature, and his challenge to conventionality.
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Henrik Ibsen
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Hedda Gabler
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BR Sound Society
Vernal Equinox Sparks Odd News and Local Bits
A scrambled column from Knottville mixes weather musings with local gossip and quips. It recalls the vernal equinox causing joy for some and confusion for others, plus a collage of notices, playful questions, and small-town anecdotes.
Brain Tests for MH Post No 383
An article presents a set of five word and puzzle errors to identify. Each item asks readers to spot mistakes in descriptions of anagrams measures bag sums postage and stamp colors and denominations with examples and incorrect calculations.
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United States
Lent and My God and Father Meditation
A devotional excerpt discusses God the Father’s compassion toward human frailty. It notes that forgiveness is available through true repentance and urges trust in divine mercy rather than self‑condemnation. The piece contrasts mercy with harsh justice and ends with a meditation on inequities in law and public sentiment.
Seventy Years Ago in The Courier Cedar Falls Fair Plans
Seventy years ago items show the Cedar Valley Agricultural and Manufacturing association planning its third annual fair at Cedar Falls on September 14 to 16 with broad competition open to all. Donation parties for Rev Hiram Hood raised 180 in cash and provisions. Lectures by George W Miller and W Burroughs are noted for West Waterlog and fundraising for a free Cedar River bridge continues with 3506 in donations reported.
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Agricultural and Manufacturing Association
Cedar Fells
Black Hawk County
Hiram Hood
Congregational Church
Cedar River
Fifty Years Ago in Jesup and Waterloo News
A 1879 Jesup city council adopts a no smoking rule for chambers and reorganizes meetings. City clerk J H Kuhns re-elected. Employment for Dr Williams at Glover & Arthur. John Connor attacked by a boar in Eagle township, escaping with a leg gash. New boards of education organize with district presidents named. Contingent and teachers’ funds approved in Waterloo districts. Major Benjamin Dadbeck, Waterloo editor and Civil War veteran, dies in Champaign at 57 after founding several newspapers.
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Thomas Fassett
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New Leity Council
John Connor
Eagle Township
John Goodfellow
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George “Ordway
Waterloo West
Aviniam Daddeck
Waterloo
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Times
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Anamosa News
Tows State Register
Twelfth Infantry
Forty Years Ago News Highlights From Vinton and Nearby
A 1889 column notes Cate Sells forming Sells & Whipple in Vinton and a sash mill being built on Water Street by Salisbury Miller and Buckett. Obits include Mrs Mary T Coolidge and Jepths Matteson. Col Matt Owens named Los Angeles police judge. A George Washington memorial service planned for April 30 with Rev Brush and Dr Percival. New church construction by Father Harney and Evangelist meetings led by Rev Frank Hushnewell.
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Frank E. Brush
S. Percival
W. F. Barclay
Westfield area notes and local election talk
Names of local figures appear along with election petitions for a prohibitory amendment. Spring vacation set for March 26. Galloway purchases 40 acres near the J P Hummel farm at 306 per acre. Revival services led by Dr W B Riley attract large crowds. Winter returns with three below zero.
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William Galloway
Jeption
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Galloway
Westfield
Walnut Street Baptist
W. B. Riley
Minneapolis
Harry Maxwell
Paul Davis
Scott B. Prowell
Beatrice Zook
J. Paul
Mercury
Rescue of Florida Crew Aboard Italian Freighter Recounts Aboard America
Captain George Fried recounts the Florida rescue by the American freighter America after ice and fog delayed the voyage. The crew battled seas off the Grand Banks, saved 32 Italian sailors, and established a new method for locating a vessel at sea. The perilous operation showcased leadership by Captain Fried and Chief Radio Operator Nelson Smith as lifeboats and lines faced heavy surf and gale force winds.
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Bracco
Giuseppe “Favaloro
Philadelphia robber with revolver faces charge
The text outlines a Philadelphia case where a robber used a revolver to threaten a victim and steal money. It notes legal distinctions between violent crimes and theft by deception, arguing that those who steal large sums from vulnerable people receive harsher penalties than petty robbers taking small amounts.
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