Getting Satisfactory Grain Prices Through Hedging
The Waterloo Evening Courier highlights the grain futures market as a hedge for farmers. It cites 50 Kansas and Oklahoma farmers who hedged 200000 bushels of Kansas City July wheat at 1.60 and later earned 37 cents more per bushel by selling short, with minimal risk.
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W. H. Hartman
Waterloo
Town
Associated Press
United Press International News
Niereln
Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Smith Defends Religion Talk in Oklahoma City Campaign
Governor Smith denounced whispers about religion during a western tour in Oklahoma City. He urged upholding freedom of religion and separation of church and state, rebuking bigotry and the smear of politics by insinuation. He praised Hoover’s stance against whisperers and urged voters to judge candidates on laws and principles.
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Guv. Smith
Oklahoma City
Work
Hoover
Smith
Ku Klux Klan
The Old Campaigner Char Lie Curtis on the Trail
The piece praises Kansas Charlie Curtis known for blunt wit energy and direct rhetoric. He tells Rosebud reservation voters to embrace citizenship responsibilities including voting and recalls Hoover relief answers. The narration notes his quick retorts to hecklers and his enduring campaign style.
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Charlie Gurtis
Redskins
Rosebud
S. D
Sioux City
Hoover
War Relief Administration
Herbert Hoover
Curtis
Charlie
European Conspiracy Aims to Sway American Policy
A Manchester Guardian Geneva correspondent describes a European scheme to ease reparations and pressure America. The alleged infantile conspiracy seeks to cast the United States as the sole obstacle to reconciliation and pacification, by shaping public opinion to favor Europe over American restraint.
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Europe
Manchester
Guardian
Geneva
America
Germany
Personal Health Service by William Brady M D
Dr Brady discusses hydration habits and cautions against salty hot water in the morning. He favors cold water for most adults, criticizes artificial beverages, and advises drinking two quarts to a gallon daily with minimal additives. He notes the stomach and intestines effects and the value of water between meals.
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camp_lally
Uney
Questions and Answers on Health and Diet
Questions on waterbrash and family disease risk are answered. A reader asks about calcium lactate and heart medicine interaction for asthma related heart strain. Dr Brady notes personalized guidance via self addressed envelope and warns against self diagnosis.
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Tn. L
The Cult of the Rippers
An essay by Glenn Frank cites a hospital case of a man delighted by ripping objects and argues that society needs a parallel cult of rebuilders. He warns against excessive idol smashing and urges reconstructor leadership to balance destruction with constructive reform.
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Glenn Frank Trenident
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure
Jess
Uncle Wiggily and the Dusting Brush
Uncle Wiggily plans an adventure while Nurse Jane asks him to take dusting duties after his trip. Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy mentions his wife’s illness and a dusting brush is left for him on the bungalow steps as Bob Cat lurks nearby.
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Jane
Mr. Longcats
Tam
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Diary of a Broadway dress rehearsal and crowded afterglow
A diary style piece on a New York dress rehearsal for a musical show followed by a dinner at a Park Avenue restaurant. It recalls the tense atmosphere on stage and the backstage discipline, the risk of failure, and the backstage life of chorus girls and producers.
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New York
Pepys
Efly
Park Avenue
Ben Riley
Keri
Billy Seaman
Moerty
O& Show
Atlantic City
Stamford
Broadway
Uncle Wiggily Tale Ends in Fox Tail Trap Gone Wrong
Abe and Lettie Phun marry but cannot start their car. The Bob Cat plots with the Fox to trap Uncle Wiggily using a tail dusting brush ruse. The plan fails when Uncle Wiggily’s friend Mr. Whitewish the Polar Bear grabs the Fox by the tail, hurling him away.
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Lettie Phun
Hoover
Blue Murder Adventures in Paris and London
Alan Dighton, an adventurer with a strong war record, faces a deadly plot tied to a new chemical weapon. In Paris he dodges a killer, chases clues from Daudot and Corlitt’s death, and escapes a blue mist while pursuing the Lizard and Daudot through tense rooms and crowded streets.
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Alan Dighton
Sir Ian Taverner
London
Secret Service
Corlitt
Sir Ian
Dighton
Europe
Emile Daudot
Alan
Greta HA ¥E
Marney
Greta
Paris
Daudot
Yilsk
Ighton
the Lizard
Taverner
Lizard
Rue Des Acacias
Laroche
Totus-Eaters in Homeric Tale Reported by Uncle Rays Corner
Uncle Rays Corner reviews a Hemter poem mentioning Totus-Eaters said to live near Egypt. The Ulysses episode is noted with his crew allegedly encountering their plant fruit during a journey.
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Hemter
Egypt
Ulysses
Lotus plants and folklore across Asia and gardens
The article surveys lotus symbolism in Homeric literature and Buddhist belief, notes varieties in Asia, mentions a lotus shrub yielding wine, and describes giant Victoria regia lily pads grown in a Minnesota park with large leaf spans and potential weight support.
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Tropics
Minnesota
Stopping Gollisfons and Railway Crossing Rules
Minneapolis Journal notes a nationwide group of 26 000 vehicles that always stop at grade crossings and tag each vehicle with a full stop pledge. One employee was killed or injured in a grade crossing incident last year, illustrating the rule's potential value. The piece contrasts this with a Harland Republican critique on reader misunderstandings and a farm paper's subscription losses over political leanings.
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Gollisfons
Minneapolis
Burroughs Nature Club Answers Questions 1928
Readers send questions to the Nature Notes column and receive answers in print. The 1928 column explains why ocean salinity varies, why human eyes face forward, and how dolphins raise multiple broods, with examples and brief natural explanations.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Floughton Mifflin
Nature Notes
Adana
Jake
Thia
Map Sins
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