Why a Chinese Question and the Post Office
A historical column questions the Chinese issue and criticizes the Paris conference and Japan's actions toward China. It discusses U S policy, China's sovereignty, and the Washington conference, arguing for peaceful coexistence and China’s right to self determination. The piece also critiques U S postmaster appointment politics under Wilson and previews Harding's merit policy for future appointments.
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United States
Canada
Uncle Sam
China
Japan
Eds
America
League of Nations
Wilson
Burleson
Harding
Kays
Waterloo
Distance reveals market distortions across states and goods
A reflective column argues that the vast distances in the United States create price and value gaps for corn horses and wheat, citing reports from Waterloo and Montana. It urges the Farm Bureau to improve market connections, notes prohibition contrasts in Lowell, and jests about old battleships and Waterloo’s pork.
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Pittsburgh
Waterloo
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Montana
Chicago
Farm Bureau
Marshal Foch
Dubuque
Health Talks Common Cold Answers and Gargle Advice
Health Talks by John B Huber presents guidance on lingering colds, headaches, and nasal congestion. It covers a recommended salt gargle, cautions about peroxide use, and notes on nervous breakdown duration versus recovery, plus how to submit questions for future columns.
Altruism and language games in a marital chat
Imogene and Andrew discuss altruism amid a day nursery, with Imogene worried her charity is selfish. They joke about learning new words from the sermon, planning a weekly vocabulary list, and conclude with a note on acquisitive and its antonym as they tease future terms.
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Andrew
Imogene
Susie
Sisie
Nature Notes Q and A from Burroughs Club 1921
Questions on animal mating bears garter snakes and alligators answered in Burroughs Nature Notes column. Includes guidance on identifying canaries, underwater feeding, oysters prejudices, and a reflective closing paragraph on concealment and truth.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Gossip and moral musings spill from Iowa editorials
An Iowa editor rails at gossip and public exposure as a social fault, citing Fatty Arbuckle and a string of oblique reflections on privacy. The piece wavers through crime, politics, and decline, noting deaths in Polk County poorhouse and Idaho governor’s rise and fall, ending with broad ethnoreligious quick takes.
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Knoxville
Polk County
Kansas
Idaho
Gov. Kendall
The guarded heights follows George Morton's rise in wealth
George Morton, son of a bankrupt livery operator, leaves Princeton to pursue wealth and status. He becomes a groom at the Planter estate, falls for Sylvia, hides his love, is banished, and vows to rise through college, Wall Street, and business while facing social barriers and personal decisions.
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Blodgett
Oakmont
George
Lambert
Stoo
George Morton
Sylvia
Morton
Princeton
T Bailly
Wall Street
Betty Alston
Nassau Hall
Goodhues
Wandel
Dalrymple
Dalryimple
Baillys
Shim
Bhi Gregory
Goodhue
Istock Exchange
Bath
Europe
Soen
Aft
Tancheon Club
Prinsston
Election Day Voices and Varied Candidate Interest
Report notes the election yesterday drew responses from voters and candidates. Observers describe interest in the contenders and mention differing reasons for actions taken.
A Deed to Do by Frank L. Stanton
A reflective verse urging daily deeds to bring Maylike memories and aid to the needy. The speaker guides readers to trample fear, lift souls, and find recompense in the memory of the cross, urging self reliance and collective care in hard times.
Halloween Fun Quotes and Mops Incident Reported
Abe Martin quotes Miss Fansy Mopps on holiday cheer while Mrs Em Moots suffers a hip injury after a drunken mice incident on cedar steps last night in town news.
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Ole Hallowe'en
Brain Tats Puzzle Summary
Two authorship lines precede a word puzzle riddle about ocean wave and pit meanings. The text shifts to a wordplay and a nonsense verse. A separate price bargaining anecdote mentions Pete asking five dollars for a coy use and Ike offering three dollars, leaving a gap of several dollars between offers.
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Charate
Amy
Pete
Ike
Homemade cough remedy promises quick relief
A home made cough concoction using Pinex and sugar syrup is advertised as a cheap, effective remedy for severe coughs, throat tickle, and chest colds. It claims fast relief, easy preparation, and guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded, with instructions to ask for 214 ounces of Pinex from Pinex Co in St Wayne Indiana.
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Rou
St. Wayne
Ind
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Wanda Ole Burleson
Lowell
Mass
Kelly
Mason City
France
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Des Moines
John B. Huber
A. M
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Tay
Dr. Huber Iim
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Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Nature Notes Dept
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Fatty rArbuckle
Armeniina
Wadsworth Camp
Doubleday, Page & Co
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Yale
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Betty
Altho George
Hueuser
Rogers
Pearance
Lyowll
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Bailly
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Windel
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Aterest
Frank L. Stanton
Brier Williams
Stedder
Wykagyu Gor Clus
Ayer
Budd
Avon Ben Lobder
Phil Rocker
Bill Faith
Stuart Douglas
Lwrrani Duffy
Bill Hollston
Eeuver
Simon Clarence Odelil
Ton Murray
Murry Murr
Murr
Darlacs
Charlie Query
Denet
AL Weber
Walter Taylor
Diput
Jack Belleu
Jack
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Jim
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Abe Martin
Sam Lod
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