What is a marplot and who defines it in Missouri
The piece examines Woodrow Wilson’s role in opposing Senator Reed in Missouri. It frames Wilson as interfering in state politics and labels Reed as a target of Wilson’s influence. The column questions Hart’s take on the Democratic battle and Wilson’s leadership style.
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Missouri
Reed
Breckenridge Long
Woodrow Wilson
Mr. Long
Mrr. Wilson
Webster
Mr. Wilson
Szather
Senator Reed
Wison
District of Columbia
Masouri
Long
Wilson
League of Nations
Cordell Hart
Rockefellers and Swiss Stable Owner Entangled in Engagement Saga
The affair centers on Mathilda Rockefeller McCormick and Max Oser as reports note pressure from John D. Rockefeller’s family to approve their planned marriage. Mathilda, 17, faced scrutiny from her grandfather while her father’s separation added tension. Florida golf trips and vanished updates followed, with Oser reacting to the publicity.
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Matheda
Mathilda McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Max Oser
Mathilda
Chicago
Father McCormick
John D
Rockefeller
Florida
Oser
Watatda
Autumn Romance and Courtroom News Spark Interest
The piece traces Mathilda and her aging Swiss riding-master suitor as a possible match fraying under family pressure and media scrutiny. It notes John Dodge’s booze case and Swift Jr.’s similar offense, while voicing broad critiques of plutocratic motorists and postwar finance. It closes with geopolitical quips and a forecasting of spring farming.
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John Dodge
Detroit
Young Dodge
Louis F. Swift, Jr
Lake Forest
Infant industry drives radio equipment boom in Sibley
The Sibley Tribune notes the new radio equipment industry expands rapidly with factories swamped by orders. It argues the business flourishes without tariff protection and questions the need for artificial tariff boosts to support an industry valued by consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley Tribune
The Great Liver Fiction and Calomel Critics
William Brady M D argues against calomel and liver pills, labeling them harmful hype by pill makers and second rate doctors. He explains historical beliefs on liver stimulation, cautions on unsafe remedies, and cautions readers about unverified cures and medical quackery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ase
Friend Wife by Rob Fulkerston
Andrew and Imogene banter in a domestic scene about cosmetics and a medicated soap. Andrew reveals he found a brown medicated soap in the bathroom cabinet and attributes skin relief to it, jokingly suggesting flea soap might cure his wife’s vanity.
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Imogene
Andrew
Elec
Virginia Creeper
Perkins
New
Burroughs Nature Club Notes 1931 QandA column
Questions and answers from Burroughs Nature Club Notes cover how toads drink by moisture absorption, potato origin in Peru and Chile with introduction in 16th century, and roosters crowing at night due to disturbances rather than a fixed hour, explaining neighborly responses. The piece cites General Interest inquiries and promises tomorrow’s answers.
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Nature Notes
Peru
Chile
Virginia
Sir Walker Raleigh
Tests By Sam Loud
A brief item notes testing by Sam Loud. The fragment mentions timing and spelling small objects, indicating a practice or mock exercise. No clear event, location, or organization is specified beyond the byline.
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Sam Loud
Abe Martin Sign Clue Leads to Pastry Name
A riddle-based Abe Martin tract hints at two-word letters forming the name of a delicious pastry. The signmaker notes misprint in a height measurement and a timing reference, with a shift in the gender of the person involved from a woman to a girl, as discussed in local recollections.
We've never seen the worst in the valley shadows
The fragmentary text recalls a minstrel style tale with a stormy mood and a dialogue about marriage and divorce, featuring the line We’ve never seen the worst and a character asking for a marriage license with implied changes in ownership and freedom.
Wild Flower Vandalism Sparks Education Drive
Iowa editors urge education to curb wild flower destruction as automobiles spread flower collecting. Sioux City Journal notes careless loading of flowers from rural areas, likening it to harming nature. Authors compare with national papers and warn of extinction risk if unchecked.
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Sioux City Journal
Iowa
Massachusetts
New York
Ilinois
New York Times
The
Chicago Tribune
the Times
the Tribune
Sioux City
Stone Park
Miinais State Register
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier Excerpts
Clippings note visits by Martin I Townsend to Troy and a Grundy county plantation, interest in a new Diagonal railroad, streetworker pay at $50 monthly for five months, and Hardin Nowlin elected for west district. Also tallies fruit trees delivered for trade planting, Cedar Falls nursery sales, and ferry service across Cedar river. Circus plans tied to Barnum Forepaugh and others. Memorial day funds approved. washout on the BCR&I line near Shellsburg. Major Conger departs for Yellowstone. Dr Artman’s son Charles suffers a leg fracture in a wagon accident.
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Martin I. Townsend
Troy
Grundy County
Hardin Nowlin
Sedgwick and Lichty Consolidate Waterloo Firms
The Sedgwick and Black Hawk Abstract companies of Waterloo merge to form Sedgwick-Lichty Abstract company with capital increased to 25006 dollars. J. B. Sedgwick and H. B. Lichty will manage the new firm. The issue also reports local events from speed mania in Waterloo to market notes, births, deaths, and business openings and prices.
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Sedgwick and
Black Hawk
Waterloo
Sedgwick-Liehty -Abstract Company
J. B
Thieves breach window as Waterloo notices rise and lives collide
Fragmented clippings recount a spate of events from early Waterloo life: a jewelry theft of uncertain amount, a 25 percent fire insurance rate hike, land sales on Fourth street, and a fishing scow built at Col Alva Page's yard. A cryptic crime plot unfolds with Sam Stay fleeing, pursuing Highgate Cemetery, until Ling Chu restrains him at a cab door. The scene ends with a cliffhanger as the chase continues.
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Tarling
Altho
Sam Stay
Highgate Cemetery
Phal
Sam
Highgate
Walla
Stay
Ling Chu
The Daffodil Murder by Edgar Wallace
A London murder case centers on the death of Thornton Lyne found with daffodils on his breast. Detective Tarling traces clues from Hertford to London involving Odette Rider Milburgh and Stay, with a web of embezzlement, disguise, and a tense pursuit across streets and carriage drives.
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Thornton Lyne
London
Farling
Lyne
Hertford Road
Odette Rider
Hertford J
Tim
Milburgh
Lynsa Mac
Tarling
Hertford
Mise
Sam Stas
Lyne Stay
Miss Hider
Stay
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Claim Healthful Color
Color in cheeks and clear skin promised by Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. Purely vegetable mix with olive oil, said to act on liver and bowels like calomel without dangerous after effects. Take one or two at night for better digestion and buoyancy. Boxes sold at 10c and 30c.
You Can’t Brush Or Wash Out Dandruff
An advertisement claims dandruff can be dissolved with four ounces of urinary liquid arvon applied nightly. It asserts rubbing it into the scalp will dissolve all dandruff within days and stop itching, leaving hair fluffy and glossy. The text promotes liquid arvon sold at stores as inexpensive and effective.
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Marshalltown
Graettinger
Iowa
Towa
van Ess
B. W. Schuxeman OG
Atug
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Pricas
Yeper
Dougherty
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Los Angeles
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Brooks & Finley
Rop’s
President Harding
United States
Indiana
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Cardel Ball
Hall
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Harding
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Mathilia
Elam
Medelssohn
Max
Russia
Italy
Genoa
Germany
Turkey
Lloyd George
Patasonia
Mr. Beveridge
Senator Lodge
William Brady
M. D
A. S
Cmra
C. AL RL
Hazel
Mother
Friend Wife
Rob Fulkerson
Tom
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton
Micplin Co
Abe Martin
pRive
Frantee Stanton
Bittville Darkey
P. T. Barnum
Webster City
Courier
Cedar Falls
Cedar River
Crittenden & Hitchcock
Fortune
Courcil
Adam Forepaugh
W. C. Soup and Sells Bros
Someshere
Shellsburg
P. H. Conger
Yellowstone W National Park
Dopot
Cenger
Charles
P. Artman
Lockey Perry
A. Slimmer
Waverly
Vermont
A. W. Perry
Commodore, Perry
Samuel Deaner
Fourth Street
Wellington
Bendaley
J. H. Crippen
Mase Ricker
Miss Nina
Bock
Heeb
Scotthorn's
Fifth Street
Adgt
Messrs. Smart & Parrott
A. H. Frank, Clothier
Great Western Clothing
Omparium
Mgr. Kinetler
Larshly
Hampstead
L. R. Towne
Memsber
Ehae Hammond
Frank Bean
Amy Hoot
J. Hoot
Marion
John Thompson
Nisee
O Leavitt &, Johnson
Union Mill Company
Charles Mantle
Arthur
Locust
First Street
A. G. Cole
Col .Alva Page
W. L.hearst
Jennie Curtis
Emmons Blaine School
Edgar Wallace
Secret House
Green
Ublf
Small, Maynard & Company
Thay
Lars
Hicheata Samators
Bond Street
Cavendish Square
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