Iowa newspaper debates Tuck law extension to state and local governments
Acting Gov Hammill urges broadening the Tuck law to state and city governments. He argues budgets should match receipts, warning excessive spending harms county credit and raises questions about funding vital services like county nurses. The piece notes opposition and calls for local budget boards to curb expenditures.
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Bxvend
Iowa
Hammill
Board of Supervisors
BR County
Turis
McMey
Hammul
Upham eyes Chicago for Republican convention choice
Fred W. Upham, treasurer of the Republican National Committee, announces Chicago as the preferred site for the party's national convention. He cites central location, facilities, and Chicago’s historic ties to the GOP as reasons for the pick.
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Chicago
Fred W. Upham
National Committee
Upham
Cleveland
Harding
Woolam
Coolidge
Lincoln
Dairy frown on liquor at cattle show as milky mood wins
A skeptical report notes the cattle horse show lacked Scotch and drunkenness despite a veteran drinker’s notoriety. It praises dairy exhibitors while lampooning hard drinkers, extolling milk for health and hinting at past pranks.
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Wagner
Ivo
Catar Unes
Milwaukee
Migraine Compared With Epilepsy In Medical Brief
In a health column Dr. William Brady discusses migraine as a neurosis akin to epilepsy, noting similarities in onset and aura. He explains migraine often begins in adulthood, while epilepsy usually starts in childhood, and describes sensory disturbances, visual phenomena, and associated symptoms.
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Brady
William Brady
Friend Wife by Rod Fulkerson
Andrew and Imogene Fray as he teases with rude gestures and reckless moods. She resists, then asserts strength, dreaming wild fantasies of shared danger and midnight adventures. Their uneasy, charged exchange shifts from playful to provocative as Imogene voices fierce independence.
Mott Street Singer Sent Home Amid Caruso Echoes
In a bustling New York moment a headline proclaims Mott Street stations send a singer to home seeing Caruso's successor. The era’s chatter touches jade coronets and royal remains as observers muse on fame, time, and the ephemeral nature of glory.
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Wen
Gen
Histore
Mott Street
Singer
Caruso
On Wrong Tack and Legal Fines Highlight Turbulent Iowa News
The report covers a drunken driving case with a $1,000 fine after a $100 liquor transport violation on the Jefferson highway. It notes Judge Clock imposing the fine and the offender remaining jailed. Also covered is Iowa politics in which Brookhart faces attack amid political animus and a Freeman-Journal editorial urging pragmatic responses to price fixing.
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Jefferson Highway
Clock
Iowa
Broockhart
Brookhart
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Queries for 1923 column
Readers are invited to submit nature questions to the Nature Notes column. The page lists three sample questions about metamorphosis, predatory digestion, and gun shyness in dogs with plans to publish answers in the next issue.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Miffmin CO
Nature Notes
Hangbird and Nest of the Ditdle Bush Tit
The text notes the ditdle bush tit in California is sometimes called hangbird. It describes a purse shaped nest made of mosses and blossoms, felted around a twig support with feathers inside, woven from the top down and opening near the upper side. It also mentions fishes adapting gradually from salt to fresh water, with shad and salmon as examples.
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California
Brain Tests by Sam Loud
Miller the grocer mixed 40 pounds of tea costing 25 cents and 15 cents per pound. He sold the blend for 320 cents and claimed a 321 percent profit on his investment. How many pounds of the cheaper tea were used? The puzzle asks for the mix proportion given those prices and total weight.
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Miller
Bantam’s Death Mystery Baffles Farmyard
A rural tale centers on Young Rooster who dies after eating corn as Dr. Duck and a flock of hens and ducks weigh causes. Mr. Dog points to a full crop as the confession, while village chatter turns to newer doctors and wary advice amid harvest-season bustle.
Bull snake hiss can be heard at distance
A reader asks if bull snakes can hiss loudly from long distances. The article notes that bull snakes and relatives in genus Pituosis can produce a loud hiss due to a special membrane in the mouth throat area. When excited, the snake raises it and the exiting breath creates a resounding noise.
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Jess
The Sandman Story By Mrs F A Walke Old Fashioned Doctor Duck
In a barnyard scene after the death of Young Rooster the hens fear poison and await Doctor Duck. Mrs White Hen asks for help while Mrs Speckled Hen worries for her chicks, urging the doctor to explain the rooster’s death.
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Doctor Duck
Cock Robin
Young Rooster
Don’t Suffer Pile Torture
A brief notice details remedies for sore piles with advice on relief and care for sufferers.
Diamond Dyes Promote Easy Home Dyeing for All
Ad claims 15 cent Diamond Dyes packages contain simple directions enabling anyone to dye or refresh worn fabrics. Consumers can choose any color at a nearby drug store and dye clothing even with no prior experience.
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Helief
U.S
Canada
Dmg
Mrs Earls and Mrs Bey Testify to Vegetable Compound
Two readers from New York state praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from monthly headaches backaches and pains. Mrs Earls says two bottles improved her condition including headaches and nosebleeds. Mrs Bey notes renewed strength enabling housework and outdoor tasks after using the product.
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N. Y
Lydia E.piece
Pinkham
A.D. Earls
Olean
N.Y
Herbert Eg. Bey
R.F.D
Copenhagen
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