What the Joners Ask and Coal Struggles
A 1913 column discusses coal shortages and wages, arguing six hour days and higher pay are insufficient without expanding mine output. It notes miners’ earnings, decries mine owners control, and urges public ownership of coal operations to ease prices and boost supply. It also laments Mississippi River underutilization for transport, urging river development to relieve rail bottlenecks.
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Imillionaire
Tahoss
Mississippi
Europe
Lwo
St. Paul
New Orleans
Tralia
St. Louis
USA
Mississippi River
Memphis
Duburne
Ray State
Ramar
A Corn Story and Language Change Prompt
A Fayette county farmer discovers a delayed corn planting effect where ten days late seed shows equal growth with proper care. The piece also argues for replacing misused terms with employer and employee, noting labor is capital and work is a form of accumulated labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Om. Moyer
Health Talks on Postoperative Hemorrhage and Mental Fog
Dr John B Huber discusses how severe blood loss after surgery can impair memory and self control as the brain recovers with bodily health. He explains mind and brain are linked and that improvement follows overall recovery, not a separate cure. He invites readers to send questions for future columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torm
Twa Fryek
John B. Huber
Little Life Confidences in the Experience of a Couple
Anecdotal reminiscence by Andrew and Imogene about a humorous city couple Ruth and Nellie using lorgnettes in everyday scenes. The playful piece depicts social observations from shopping, transit, dining, and a matinee, culminating in a copyright note from 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew
Imogene
Row Fulkerson
World War fears and baseball clash in mixed era news
The text surveys economic concepts of employer and employe, then shifts to sports, noting the Cincinnati Reds likely to win the National League pennant and Chicago Sox the American League pennant. It interleaves commentary on wartime figures and political figures, imagining future upheavals and cultural trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sox
Reds
Pinto and the Golden Acorns and the Silver Tree
Pinto escapes a giant and frees a cursed prince by sacrificing golden acorns and stealing a pure white apple from the silver tree. The apple breaks the witch's spell, turning the cat into a prince who helps Pinto return the white fruit to the king. The princess Tona recovers, marries the prince, and Pinto is made a trusted palace servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinto
Uehind
Fiulo
Tona
Goodby
Common Sense on Prices and Global Demand
A Marshalltown Times-Republican commentary urges balanced views on pricing amid global shortages. It notes a shoe wholesaler selling 2.5 million pairs at a 10 percent advance and reports Clothing exports from New York reaching 100 million dollars in 45 days, with buyers from Norway Patagonia Calcutta. It argues reform rests on reducing waste and avoiding profiteering while recognizing world market constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Richard Spillane
Philadelphia
New York
Norway
Patagonia
Calcutta
Strange Tale of a Strike and a Twelve-Pound Pike
A brief, rough OCR fragment hints at a community uproar over an actors strike and a few hundred thousand people unable to stay home. It mentions Tipton Budge and an incident involving his wife’s mail and a dozen pound pike with an army bacon, dated prior to a remembered event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie
Nelile
Tipton
Consricht National
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd Spell out title objects
Puzzle text from Sam Loyd describing spelling out title objects and performing additions and subtractions to reveal a shellfish name. Mentions tax stamp values and a 190% copyright note with a solvable riddle for NQ.
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Sam Loyd
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W. al. Hart
John G. Hartman
A.W. Peterson
Associated Pre
Associated Press
Aumber Audit Bureau of Circa
Reece
Washington, D. C
Munses Bles
H.G. Dougherty
York
Chicas
Story, Brooks & Finley
Joners
Cmoe
Ellie
New Yo
Twenty-first Century Press, Inc
Cincinnati Reds
Hoffman
Allie
Mnaraw
D’anounaio
Fiume
Billy Sunday
Mrs. Pankhurst
Bolshevist
Asearia
D.C
Iowa
Worges
Sioux City Tribune
Glade
Washington
Lis
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Sherman
Bryan
Des Moines Register
W. J. Bryant
National Telephone Company
London Times
Leeds
England
By Sam Loyd
Sweden
Cuba
Akin Cufort
Akin Health
Newbro
Herpicide
JRS. Buack Pay Goods Co
Waterloo Union
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