Swell Thanksgiving Resolve On Farm Bureau Move
Swell Thanksgiving editorial space lauds the American Farm Bureau Federation born in Chicago. It calls for farmer cooperation, fair profits, and national unity while opposing public ownership of utilities and stressing production, independence, and free labor rights. The piece argues prosperity hinges on fair prices, depreciation allowances, and a thriving economy to combat radicalism.
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Courier
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Federation
Frok- En
Nightmares and health notes from a rural health column
Reader letters discuss dreams causing sleep disruption and possible links to physical illness. The page includes medical guidance on nightmares, breathing difficulties from adenoids or bronchitis, and potential epilepsy signs. A related Farm column defends prior farming critique and notes sources from Dr. Harvey W. Wiley. A parent asks about Bright’s disease in a child. the doctor advises consultation and notes the column’s focus on prevention and public health.
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Iil
Bright
Joni B. Huber
Little Life Confidences in a Married Couple
Tarogene walks in as Andrew reads and compliments Imogene on her winter dress. The pair spar over aging and beauty, with Andrew insisting the dress highlights her class and youthfulness, while Imogene questions his motives. He explains his praise as a genuine compliment, leaving her uncertain and unsettled.
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Andrew
Imogene
Kor Fulkerson
The Sandman Story By Mrs F A Walker
A tale of beads in a box where bright colored beads envy the black bead. Paul chooses the humble center bead, and the gold bead is discarded. The mother deems the black bead valuable and places it at the center, while the others line up behind, learning that humble ends can outshine vanity.
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Paul
Bkack
Federal food rule fuels Wiggs and officials authority
The Associated Press notes renewal of federal food rule clothes Honard Wiggs and other officials with new power. The telegraph editor quips officials wear more than authority as winter approaches. Massachusetts Republicans push for Calvin Coolidge at the national convention amid a crowded field.
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Associated Press
Honard Wiggs
Telegraph
Massachugetts
Calvin Coolidge
Gor
Lowden
Gaw
Wood
Gov
Coolidge
Fifty Years Ago Thanksgiving Reflections In Waterloo
Timrsday November 25 1869 reports Governor Samuel Merrill will not appoint a successor to Senator J W Grimes leaving the seat to the legislature next winter. Snowdrifts block sidewalks prompting calls to clear them, a Waterloo First Baptist church wedding is noted, John Switzer dies age 62, and a long list of teachers at the normal institute is named. The piece describes Thanksgiving observances with a union service at the Presbyterian church, speeches by Rev Thatcher and a report on dinners following services.
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Waterloo
Presbyterian Church
Thatcher
Congregational Church
Fortys Year Ago Notes From La Porte City Area
Forties era items report a hunter's shotgun accident fracturing a farmer's collar bone near La Porte City. Promotions and job moves include Captain Miller elevated to a mail run, with W D Madigan succeeding him. Local deaths include William Manning and Henry Lichar. Other notes touch on lectures, a missing robe, oats sale, ice on the mill pond, and Mary Lyman's death in Chicago after living in Waterloo and Capwell's Hall announcements.
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Hummel
la Porte City
Twenty Years Ago Glimpses From a Water-Too Era
A compact retrospective notes William G. Cole birth in England and death in Waterloo area, tracing his emigration and family. It mentions the new Progressive Brethren church in Hudson dedicated at 3500 dollars, Rev. Hildebrand and Rev. Bowman. Also recalls Waterloo blizzard onset and milder weather last year, Julian Richards heading to Washington as private secretary, hunters Miller and O Keefe returning from the Ozarks, and poultry price marks.
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Hudson
E. L. Hildebrand
I. D. Bowman
Waterloo
Mercury
Julian W. Richards
The
Courier
Washington, D. C
J. B. Hender
Agitating the Farmer in Iowa Politics and War Echo
Iowa editors describe a broad effort to divide farmers from city dwellers and derail wartime unity. They accuse a Des Moines man Sutton of exploiting the foreign vote, charging farmers with being targets for political manipulation. The piece links agitators to stock scams and urges patriotic organization as the peace treaty debate dominates Washington.
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Des Moines
Sutton
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Wordplay puzzle and ad copy from old newspaper text
The excerpt presents a puzzle about spelling out objects and arithmetic results tied to a cryptic phrase. It then shifts to archaic prose praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy, urging women to consult neighbors who have used it, and ends with a stray remark about prohibition and a pleasant demeanor in a feller.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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