Africa for Africans plan gains momentum despite doubts
The piece traces Marcus Garvey's back to Africa campaign, noting renewed activity led by Dr. J Albert Thorne who has secured 10000 acres on the Nyasaland Zambesi and aims to start with 199 negro families, aided by British land concessions and potential Jamaica and Bermuda signups. It details Thorne's methodical push, costs, and expected fundraising efforts to repatriate Africans to a new home in southern Africa.
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Africa
Marcus Garvey
United States of America
Ansiig
America
Garvey
J. Albert Thorne
Barbados
Edinburgh University
Thorne
Nyasgaland
Zambesi
British Foreign Office
Bermuda
Jamaica
Personal Health Service by Dr William Brady
A health column discusses factory girls exposure to dust and poor light, urging sunlight and controlled room temperature to prevent respiratory infections. It covers ventilation, humidity, and the dangers of dark workrooms, plus reader questions on drying wash, carbon dioxide, iodine in diet, and rabies transmission with brief expert answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora
Brady
William Brady
Friend Wife Invasive Letters Fuel Domestic Rift
Imogene confronts Andrew after discovering letters written by him to Elle while she was in the hospital. Andrew defends the correspondence as harmless chatter dictated to a dictating machine, but Imogene insists the letters imply a clandestine relationship and demands Walter’s involvement, creating mounting tension.
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Elle
Imogene
Andrew
Ime
Rene
Elia
Owell
L Prast
Pete
Ming
Walter
Race
Sam
Waller
Miss Black
Filla
Hoyt Prognosis and Weather Forecast Changes
The fragment discusses doubts and hopes about an upcoming decision, noting a typical pattern of regret after risk taking. It mentions Koreau changing its forecast from warmer to colder tomorrow and hints at prophecies influencing outcomes, with a sense of cautious optimism about the weather shift and potential warning.
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Koreau
The Sandman Story by Mrs Fla Walker
Granny Water Rat keeps Billy Frog at her riverside home with red flannel and squills claiming to cure his throat. She orders him to stay still as she administers the medicine, insisting she knows croup symptoms and can save him, despite Billy’s confusion.
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Sandman
Mrs. Fla. Walker
Tane
Billy Freg
Granny
Billy Frog
Granny Water Rat
Billy Frag
Bettine
Red Flannel Collars Cause Frog Frenzy In River Tale
A town tale recounts Billy Frog admiring a red flannel collar and Granny Water Rat catching a rival frog to coat the neighborhood in red collars. The tale explains why frogs supposedly bite at red flannel as a local myth about lure and envy among river creatures.
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd reveals turkey weight puzzle
Three late marketers track a butcher with two turkeys left. The gobbler costs more per pound than the other bird by 8 cents. Mrs Jones buys the smaller turkey for 33.55, Mrs Brown buys the gobbler for 7350, and Mrs Smith pays 32 for rabbits at half the gobbler price per pound. Determine the combined weight of the rabbits.
The Regeneration of Malcolm Starmount Drama
Malcolm Starmount a rich young man decides to reform and host a birthday party at his country home. He confronts a wild revel and a murder accusation by Nalda Courteney while Mary Devlin questions love for Starmount vs Ramon Graves. Mary battles emotion, loyalty, and choice amid social pressures and old legends.
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Malcolm Starmount
Mary Devlin
Winda Courteney
Dick Tennant
Nathan Courteney
Starmount
Ramon Graves
Musiccian
Mary
Sam
Huddy
Fat
Eddie
Malcolm Turmount
Zenat
Pat
Monda
The Daisy Theme in May Gardens and Poetic Reflections
The piece muses on May as flowers bloom in Iowa fields and daisy nostalgia. It links daisies to Burns Wordsworth Chaucer and Sappho era legends, noting the flower's place in English life and childhood primers, with echoes of May Day customs.
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Alcestis
aAdmetus
Morven
Malvinia
Cronula
Mosgiel
Scotland
Wordsworth
Obermann
Ilfe
Iowa
Andi Ione
Sappho
Chaucer
Sugaring Of Sugar Sellers Urged By Iowa Paper
Webster City Freeman Journal notes many across the state advise sparing sugar not buying beyond present needs. Bossert Bros and dealers in Waterloo Sioux City and elsewhere follow the idea. If people cut back on sugar use they can pressure the trust and curb manipulation until government acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VOR
Ww. Hartman Co
Courier Bidg
Corner Park Ave
Commercial St
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of
Cire
Eli
Dougherty
Washington, D. C
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San_ Francisco
Story
Brooks & Fintsy
Rep
Germany
Mark Sullivan
Everstads
Hussia
Russia
Webster City
Freeman-Journal
Bossert Bros
Sioux City
Burroughs Nature Club Answers Wildlife Questions
Readers asked about plant knees on cypress trees and how to eradicate woodchucks. Answers note cypress knees are projections for support and oxygen, woodchucks may be deterred by stone walls or fumigation with caution, and some birds, including owls and whippoorwills, feed mainly at dusk and dawn with crepuscular activity.
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Utah
Wyoming
Arizona
Nevada
Nebraska
Towa
Chicago Tribune
Carex Orr
Hoyt
Juicer
Nat
Ios
Mark
Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Water Rat
Billy Bullfrog
Tings
Rix Frog
Billy
Drottle
Tle
Saquitts
Granty
Granpy
House
Mer
Uaited
Bear
Tae Golf Clug
Sabe, Loa
Temeie
Tps
Sam Loyd
Abe Martin
Idah McGlone Gibson
John F. Dike
Mary T
Malcolm
Katie O'Toole
Watt
Wes
Ramon
Ranmion
Buddy
Mr. Tennant
Edftors
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Det
Alti
Petth
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