A Budget in Every Game and In Every Home
A Waterloo Evening Courier column explains the budget system, urging families to create annual spending plans. It argues government adoption mirrors household budgeting, detailing steps to allocate income across essentials and emergencies, then strict adherence to set limits. It cites the aim of reducing waste and favoritism through disciplined, businesslike finances.
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Ti Ig
Washington
Uncle Sam
Max Mustill
Mosey Eversmooth
A Guest of Honor in Los Angeles Fire Department Parade
A retired fire department horse named Old Daubin was celebrated in a public spectacle in Los Angeles. The procession featured the mounted horse on a platform surrounded by flowers, with Old Daubin decked in ribbons as about twenty firemen pulled the truck through crowded streets. The event honored the horse’s service amid changing fire apparatus and fond memories of horse-drawn equipment.
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Los Angeles
Fire Department
Curbing the Senate and the Clash Over Cloture
Report from wasmerton notes senators push a cloture rule with teeth to curb endless speaking and end unanimous consent. Critics say the plan weakens filibuster limits and may not curb time-wasting speeches as hoped. The piece contrasts Senate delay with House fixed schedules and reflects on political stalemates and public sentiment.
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Wasmerton
Senate
Alure
Health Talks on Pharyngitis by John B Suber
Health Talks by John B Suber A M M D discusses pharyngitis causes symptoms and treatment. Acute cases arise from wet cold exposure and systemic diseases while chronic pharyngitis follows neglected infection or voice strain. Emphasizes rest, throat care, local applications, and addressing nasal catarrh and underlying conditions.
FRIEND WIFE By ROB FULKERSON
A couple prepares for a theatre night when Imogene accuses Andrew of waning affection. He compliments her gown and jokes about a Dutch trick, then shifts to flattery as the tension grows. Imogene’s stern resolve cuts his playful line, leaving the scene tense and unresolved.
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Puddin
Mme
Geish
Andrew
Afterthoughts on farm life and youthful ambition
A reflective piece contrasts rural youth life on old farms with modern opportunities. It notes past generations faced drab, monotonous farming plus limited schooling, while current youths can grasp broader chances beyond the farm and dream of wider success.
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I A
Farm lad dreams amid schooling and clubs shaping worth
Abe Martin reflects on a farmboy’s dreams of conquest and fame, contrasted with the dignity of farming and livestock breeding. He notes how modern schooling and extension activities, from 4H clubs to calf and poultry clubs, teach appreciation of environment and practical achievement within the world around him.
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Mitra
Tytul
Modern Consolidated School
Goin On Together Phrase Amid Courtroom Chaos
The scene blends protest and drama as a sheriff notes a hung jury while a prisoner quips that they ought to be. In songlike rhetoric the piece contrasts hope with hardship and hints at a pending verdict amid a tense, symbolic public moment.
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Difference In Degrees Council
Presi
Dent Harding
Washington
Watusk
Watisk
Farm lad learns value of practical knowledge on the land
A farm youth discovers that pigs cows chickens horses corn wheat and potatoes deserve study. Familiar farm life gains new significance. He shares a broadened world view with his father, yet remains a dreamer grounded in practical knowledge and achievement.
Burroughs Nature Club Notes 1921 Column Request
The Burroughs Nature Club Notes invites readers to send questions on nature subjects to the Nature Notes Department of the newspaper. This 1921 column encourages public curiosity and offers to publish answers in future issues.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Nature Notes
Answers in Mondax Nature Notes
The questions ask about a nightjar or whippoorwill sound, the domestic cat’s ancestry from wild cats, and which tortoise shell is gutted. A nightjar makes two mournful notes. house cats descend from wildcats. tortoise shells come from terrapin or related tortoises.
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Mondax
Vegetable decay to manure and raccoon homes
The text explains that vegetable refuse can become manure if well aged, though improper decay invites fungal diseases and future rots. It notes raccoons live in varied places such as hollow trees, stumps, or abandoned burrows, often near swampy areas.
The Fur Bringers: Story of the Canadian Northwest
A 1921 adventure tale by Hulbert Fyootner follows Ambrose Doane a freetrader aiding Indigenous people amid a monopoly mill dispute. Indians led by Doane seize the mill, then whiskey-fueled looting ensues. Doane and Neale are captured and escape, pursued through a tense valley skirmish with redcoats.
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Canadian Northwest
Hulgert Fyootner
Jack Chanty
James A McCann Company
New York
Ambrose Doane
Mort Enterprise
Deane
Doane
Neale
Back to Standard Time Dominates Iowa and Nation
Iowa editors debate daylight saving with New York and Grand Rapids throwing support for standard time. Ada boy woodpecker scene blends with Ambrose Doane and Inspector Egerton confronting Watusk in a tense fort-patrol standoff ending with Kakisa rebellion subdued by troopers.
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Des Moines
New York City
Grand Rapids
Michigan
New York ‘Times
New York
Ada Boy
Jeter
Amstinet
Ambrose
Watusk
Lelling
Bac
Egerton
Col. Egerton
Caribou Lake
Arctic
Patchpants Beger‘ton
New York State
Iowa
Watuski
Inspector Egerton
F Watusk
Louis Riel
Serrea
Plaskett
Nastia
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd
Rebus puzzle hints at a famed American general statesman and a major U S city while noting weight conversions between avoirdupois and troy scales. The piece references yesterday and explains that 7000 grains equal a pound avoirdupois and that a troy pound has 5760 grains, with 175 pounds troy equal to 144 pounds avoirdupois.
Correct English Don t Say
The text presents incorrect sentence forms and comparisons. It contrasts lines about speed, penmanship, cigars, career fit, and athleticism with suggested correct forms. It highlights replacing awkward phrases with standard constructions and improving capitalization and possessives while preserving intended meaning.
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Treas
Waterloo
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AOL
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Ember
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Philanghin
Chicago
Angeles
San
Story
Brooks & 7
Epon
Congress
Msz
Gine
Depbin
Carl Wanderer
Wanderer
Loyd
George
de Valery
Sewiey
Girourse
Osage
Teddy” Roosevelt
Outarin
United States
John
Suber
A. M
M. D
Haver
Zhoe
Friend Wife
Rob Fulkerson
Imogene
Olug
Tadey
Abe Martin
Era
Elderberry
Dar
Maeterlinck
WAR Ems
Frank L. Stanton
Davenport
Manuel Herrick
Oklahoma
Coin Harvey
Darius Green
Wright Brothers
Darius
Rai
Herrick
Ambrose Doanes
Wafnst
Kakisas
Sgerton
Teader
Sye
Fred
Egertan
Watush
Sam Loyd
Ane
U. S.j
America
Kleenewice
B. OW. Scheuneman CO
Rexall
Newbro
Dept Stones
Archircar
Malden
Maan
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