Unemployment Talks and Booze Trade Reflections
In Atlantic City Samuel Gompers proposes a government invited conference to tackle unemployment. editorial notes a simple plan may exist if implemented. The piece warns of booze running from Canada, detailing college youths’ involvement and the need for enforceable laws to curb the illicit trade. It questions civic pride in Waterloo’s parks and urges preserving nature’s assets, while commenting on Canadian sentiment toward the U S.
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Samuel Gompers
AF. of L
Atlantic City
Organized Labor
Gompers
Washington
Byrnes
Nature
Waterloo
Cedar River
Wateriog
The
Courier
The Odor of the Breath in Disease States
Dr Huber describes breath odors across illnesses from peach kernel scent in hydrocyanic poisoning and garlic in phosphorus poisoning to ether alcohol and opium odors. Foul odors stem from mouth disease and poor hygiene, with fetid breath in gum disease and mouth gangrene.
Autumn Longing From a Grown Man’s Chestnut Dream
Andrew, trapped by adult desires, confesses a longing for simple autumn pleasures. Imogene teases him as he imagines chestnuts, persimmons, woods walks, and a return to youth. He jokes he may buy chestnuts and a magazine, acknowledging his limits.
Let's Buy Some Toys In This Gentle Gesture
Ruth Cameron argues adults should reclaim play by buying and enjoying toys. She recalls personal toy moments with a family, cites an eminent nerve physician, and notes grownups often bury their playful side but can rekindle it. She urges readers to treat play as life’s vivid, shared memory.
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Christ
Mas
Old Proverb Echoes in Wartime Notes From a Fragmented Era
A collage of reflections on veterans, cities, and social trends. References to Kansas and New Mexico training, Iowans, the ZR-2 tragedy, Ninety-first Division reunions in Los Angeles, and near beer worries. Mentions Detroit founders under traffic, Tennyson, Angora Turkey, and critiques of ad literature and public spending.
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Sonat
Mona
Waterloo
Marca
S Press
Associated Res
Associated Preat
Focal News
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Pea
G. Dougherty
Washington, D. C
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Fintey
Rep
Fragmented OCR Gala Nonsense Cited In Irish Observations
A garbled newspaper fragment contains repeated phrases about correct English usage and simple actions like a mob being driven away and an Indian pony living on nothing. It then shifts to an Odious Comparison from Anthon Herald praising ambition and questioning laziness with stray notes about Collie dogs and Black Hawk prize winners.
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Anthon Herald
South Africa
In The Find Old Countey by Freak L Staston
A quirky poem mocks earthly temptations and spiritual vigilance. It depicts streets of gold and righteous talky in a celebratory tone, warning against wavering with Satan while praising Love and Light guiding the world.
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Gold
Actors stage hotel feud over love affair sparks sensational tale
A garbled report describes actresses fighting in a hotel to settle a romance, with overheated phrases about dramatic duels and public intrigue. A Minneapolis music teacher is said to be climbing Mount Ranter, the second highest summit in America, suggesting a mix of farce and ambition. The tone hints at sensational reporting and distorted place names.
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Minneapolis
A Wedding in Pine Tree Valley Part I
In Froggville Pine Tree Valley hosts a wedding for Miss Jennie Frog and Billy Frog under a pine tree with Parson Beetle officiating. Guests include Mrs. Held Mouse and Miss Cricket, with invitations carried by Daddy Longlegs and Ants. The tale follows preparations, attire, and cheerful mischief as the village animals await the ceremony.
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Pine Tree Valley
Froggville
Jennie Frog
Held Mouse
Pine Tree
Cricket
Mrs. Mouse
Grandma Rat
Altho
Mr. Robin
Old Daddy Longlegs
Mrs. Caterpiller
Mrs. Field Mouse
Mr. Dog
Miss Cricket
Ambrose Doane Meets Fort Enterprise Stranger
Ambrose Doane, at Fort Enterprise, encounters Gordon Strange, a polished bookkeeper who claims friendly business interest while sowing doubts about John Gaviller. Ambrose senses a dangerous duplicity, questions hospitality norms, and ends the evening wary of the visitor as he plans dawn travel and caution.
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Ambrose
Job
Simon Grampierre
Grampierre
Gaviller
Tole
Ambrosé
Colina
Ambrose Doane
Mbrose
Manmer
Gordon_ Strange
Fort Enterprise
Strange
Trange
John Gaviller
Amrose
Tye
Iowa Editors Predict Big Road Year Ahead
Muscatine Journal reports nineteen twenty-two will be the largest year in highway construction history. The prediction cites guidance from construction firms highway commissions and chambers of commerce with the mud road states of Georgia New Mexico Texas and Kansas slated for extensive projects. Texas completed 130 projects costing over seven million dollars in the year with 142 miles bituminous 32 miles concrete and 607 miles gravel laid.
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Muscatine Journal
Chambers of Commerce
Georgia
New Mexico
Texas
Kansas
Abe Martin portrait of Mrs Em Beasley at the Little Gem
Abe Martin notes Mrs Em Beasley the new cook at the Little Gem Restaurant. She has two grown sons one with a fine tenor voice and another who loafs. He quotes her saying it’s hard to get something for nothing as she discards a circular letter.
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Stevenson
Em Beasley
Little Gem Resturint
Highways and politics shape Iowa 1920s road push
New projects total 327 million dollars cover 2 300 miles with 500 miles bituminous and 84 miles concrete. New York builds 500 miles hard surfaced road as part of a six year 3 000 mile plan. Iowa plans a strong hard surfacing program next year with Townley bill likely adding 2 500 000 for permanent improvements. Harding favors Lodge for Disarmament Conference delegation, calling it good politics.
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New York
Georgia
Iowa
Apo
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Questions From 1921
The fragment shows Burroughs Nature Club Notes by Houghton Mifflin Co with 1921 copyright asking three questions about preventing bee moths in hives birds in the era and sunflower seeds as food. It references answers to appear tomorrow in a publication.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Miftlin CO
Hivas
Sereq
Abalone Shell vs Mother of Pearl and Nesting Boxes Use
Abalone shell differs from mother of pearl as it comes from Halotis tuberculata on the California coast, while mother of pearl mainly sources from oysters in Devion and other tropical areas. Nesting boxes attract birds like barred owls, wrens, swallows, woodpeckers, and robins. Farmers Bulletin 609 lists birds attracted to houses with diagrams. Dyes from trees: butternut rind yields dark brown, alder bark yellowish brown, osage orange yields yellow, other plants produce red, blue, black colors.
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Devion
California
Fammers
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd in Market Puzzle
An investigator probes Miller the grocer about profits in a coffee blend priced at 80 cents per pound. Miller reveals buying costs Mocha 25 cents and Java 15 cents with an 802 pound batch selling at 30 cents, claiming 33 1 3 percent profit. The puzzle asks to determine Mocha and Java quantities in the mix.
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Miller
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