Editorial Airs Vacation Plan for President Coolidge
A wartime styled column discusses President Coolidge planning a summer vacation, noting the White House press silence and suggesting congressional members and reporters deserve rest. It critiques Washington correspondents for chasing sensational details and jokes about the press and politics during the dog days.
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Coolidge
Washington
White House
Edge
New Jerseys
Ors
Congress
Stock Exchange Reports Postwar Strength and Fraud Watch
New York Stock Exchange president HH Simmons reports postwar strength and reduced weariness after the war. The exchange launches a public service campaign with two clearinghouse panels to combat fraud, enlisting state securities commissioners and financial bodies to boost confidence in markets.
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International efforts progress toward forming organization
Mr. Simmons reports encouraging London financial circles support, suggesting a persistent push to build an international organization. The rise of the "get-rich-quick" artist appears to be fading as interest wanes.
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Simmons
London
Overcrowding Voices Versus Population Figures
Public debate challenges alarmist claims of imminent crowding. Statisticians cite immigration controls and declining birth rates, noting no overcrowding danger as the population grows slowly. Studies show middle class families shrinking from 6.4 to 4.3 children, with urban and rural areas alike affected.
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Clites
Middle West
Obsolete Calling Cards and Dawes Political Sketches
A sprawling set of clippings notes the fading custom of calling on friends and leaving calling cards as cars rise in daily life. It also discusses Vice President Dawes courting districts for reform amid a rough political path and contrasts U S news with government activity, ending with a peppy take on a sharp parole lawyer and crime.
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Weil
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Republic
Beware Poison and Poison Labels In Health Columns
A columnist warns of dangerous products with misleading labeling including morphine dosing and eye drops. He cites pharmacist risks from boric acid solutions, silver nitrate hazards, and cyanide exposure, urging caution and accurate labeling. The piece also discusses readers' health questions and advice on milk, apple skins, left handedness, and baby tooth abscesses.
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Riftig
Rome
Minnis McMahon
New York Labor Department
Industrial Hygiene Bulletin
Weakness of our court system and political prophecies
The excerpts discuss weakness in the court system threatening moral structure and the cautious tone on future leadership. References to Bryan and editorials warn of fragile foundations in governance. Britain returns to the gold standard. wheat prices rise as trade tightens forecasts for 1938 policy.
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Council Bluffs
Britain
Friend Wife by Hoe Fulkerson
Andrew and Imogene joke about a radio obsessed household wife and husband. The piece sketches a man overwhelmed by a thirty third degree radio fanatic and a daily routine of alarms, lectures, news, meals, and music from a radio that guides his day.
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Hoe” Fulkerson
Andrew
Imogene
Radio evenings on Broadway and Michigan Avenue
A lively, dated description of home radio use in the evening. It outlines listening options from concerts and political speeches to children’s Sand Man stories and jazz dance orchestras. The piece suggests radios can replace entertainment and even replace thinking with passive enjoyment, ending with fatigue and disinterest in radio.
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Michigan Avenue
T Securities
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Questions and Answers 1923
The column presents readers questions on wildflowers lizards poisonous cherry pits and bird species. It includes an inquiry about Dutchman's breeches and horned lizards, and provides an answer on why garden plants develop a deep coating in winter frost. It also discusses blue jay and stellar jay markings and zebras diet during drought.
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Colorado
Drouth
Uncle Wiggily and Tooter's Picnic Adventure
Uncle Wiggily takes six rabbit children on a woodland walk with Nurse Jane and Tooter. They learn about safe play and poisons, spot a fox, and Tooter's failed whistle sneeze sends the fox fleeing. the group enjoys lollypops while promising more tales.
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Uncle Wiggily
Nipper
Skipper
Jingle
Tooter
Bunny Gentleman
Laem
Jane
Hollow Stump
Tincle
Wolf
Jingla
Tangle
Jesson
Mr. Longears
Tootsi
Gaele
Ray
Shere
Move to Improve Red Ball Highway Through Bremer Co
Waverly May 8. Friday night beginning a strenuous effort by representatives from Waterloo Cedar Falls Waverly Charles City Nashua Mason City and Clear Lake to interest the State Highway Commission in paving the Red Ball route from Janesville to Charles City. The plan includes forming a committee to visit Ames for a conference. sections from Janesville to Waverly are fair or ungraded with the rest in poor condition.
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State Highway Commission
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Iead
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Cedar Falls
Nashua
Mason City
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Abe Martin Ike Lark in Uncertain Uncle Case
A rough-drawn note hints Abe Martin and Ike Lark tracking an uncle's death from years ago. The fragment suggests a dry spell of clues as to where the money or inheritance might come from and who knows the details.
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Ike Lark
Brain Tests by Sam Told
Brain Tests by Sam Told features a quirky wordplay puzzle with Tabloiyd X-Tword No. 66 presenting a sequence of clues. Readers chase hidden meanings and try to deduce answers from hints, using logical steps and pattern recognition.
Greek heroine named in the riddle
The puzzle fills a column with words matching definitions and resolves to a Greek heroine, the daughter of Evander, king of Syracuse, known as the Grecian Daughter.
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Evander
Syracuse
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