Legion Leader McNider Aims to Expand Americanism Program
The Waterloo Evening Courier reports Hanford McNider of Mason City as new commander of the American Legion promising a big, straight program aiding disabled veterans and promoting Americanism. An editorial questions if the Legion alone can uplift society, urging church groups and other agencies to join in individual service and action.
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Democratic attack on Newberry and his seat in Michigan
A political column debates the Newberry Senate contest, noting Democratic push to oust him after a Michigan court case, discussion of campaign spending, and speculation on outcomes. It references Ford, the Supreme Court, and potential shifts in party power. The piece also touches on Prohibition, wartime ships, and Hollywood gossip with a satirical tone.
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Anemia and Green Sickness Explained by Dr Huber
Health Talks by Dr John B Huber explains anemia as thinning or depletion of blood or reduced red cell function and notes chlorosis or green sickness mainly affects young women. Causes include poor hygiene diet overwork and mental stress with treatments centered on good nutrition rest and iron therapy.
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Fur Coat Friction Drives Witty Domestic Bargain
Imogene argues with Andrew over spending one hundred dollars on a fur coat. She weighs cheaper imitations against leopard and tiger skins while noting money, social pressure from Jennie Edmonston, and a plan to exchange or upgrade coats, hinting at family tensions and class signals.
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Thanksgiving thoughts mixed with satire and news
The column blends humorous and critical asides on Thanksgiving spending taxes education and politics. It notes tame fits between Congress and individuals, mentions liquor warnings and a Florida whisky seizure, and references Anton Lang Oberammergau and local changes such as a Cedar Rapids church razing for an American Legion home.
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Brain Tests Puzzle by Sam Loyd
A Loyd brain teaser presents a wordplay riddle asking solvers to transform clues such as a liquid compared to air an objective girl relief and a listener into a sequence that speller named a king of England dubbed the Unready. Yesterday’s puzzle code MT 900 appears with letter hints.
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Windowed Winter Poem of Lost Love
A speaker gazes beyond library windows at gray wintry skies and yearns for a distant face. The poem contrasts crowded shelves with worn dreams, recalling birds and streams, then laments separation as endless years pass without spring or sweet surprises.
Admiral Kato and Harsh Parley Tone Echoed in Debate
The passage notes skepticism about Admiral Katos temper and compares U S and British shipbuilding stances. It highlights hopes for calmer conduct at parley and praises Britains restraint as a model for other nations to follow.
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Post Office To Close For Pistol Practice
Abe Martin Postmaster Joe Spry says the post office will close tomorrow from eight to six for pistol practice. Stew Nugent returns from a pleasant visit to Dayton Ohio where three different bank cashiers failed to recognize him.
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The Guarded Heights Football Youth Makes Yale Clash
George Morton, a college football hopeful with aristocratic ties, rises from a trainer to star player through Yale planters’ world. He clashes with Lambert Planter on the field while torn by ambition to join elite clubs and a longing to outplay Yale in a climactic matchup.
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Harding Re Studies Washington Wealth Disposal
The Cedar Rapids Republican reports President Harding revisiting George Washington's wealth practices. Washington divided his large fortune into 23 equal shares to prevent accumulation, erasing personal wealth as a public contribution.
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Sappho, Washington's swords, and a tax plan talk
The piece links Sappho and Stanley Joyce to a meditation on Washingtons prin ciples and inheritance tax as Congress debates a lasting tax system. It notes Harding praising Washingtons injunction to young heirs and contrasts with a Knoxville Journal view of a conference that may limit armaments or spur renewed war prep.
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Burroughs Nature Club Answers Readers Questions
Answers to questions about birds fishes and snakes from the Burroughs Nature Club notes. Topics include gull egg numbers ages of sea birds and parental care yes in fishes coats color changes in breeding males and descriptions of copperhead and related snakes with notes on nonpoisonous species.
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Correct English Dont Say Words on Grammar Mistakes
The text lists examples of improper pronouns and verb forms. It contrasts incorrect pairs such as she and MH were college classmates versus she and I were college classmates. It also highlights correct forms like as rich as we, richer than he, who do you suppose was elected mayor, and the man who I thought was a Democrat voted for him.
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