Pocahontas Record (Newspaper) - December 17, 1908, Pocahontas, Iowa 17.108 34 eating to call your attention to our fine line of Heating - Now is the is the place to fail to see our large line Ickle Coffee and Tea are the us line and Nickle Water Syrup Cup and Fruit and Bread carry the finest line Knives and Desert and Tea on display in this and see us when you get ready to buy Xmas presents and buy something artistic and Lamp Sensation of the Wonderful No. 44 Standard Gillett Lights always please the church and NO NO than Safest and best light on Write nie for catalogue of loo styles of W. - - for Storm order and Hard Lumber H. in Practical of Public tiie line of education of children m evidenced by the interview of 11.few years the introduction of training and science in the public schools has been and public sentiment is rapidly to the support of fhis radical as along the lines of industrial is being made in this state as present conditions the present time forty-six towns have of manual science is now taught in the public schools of live Iowa these seem small in comparison with the large number of towns and cities of the it must be remembered that but few teachers are thoroughly equipped and available for this line of introduction of manual training and domestic science in any school system may well be delayed until teachers of skill and special can be in of the new departments of In this connection it is encouraging to know that tlie of competent manual training and domestic science teachers is increasing every gives promise of a extention of industrial eduction in our graded in the way of suggestion may be given in the country schools touching of it is to expect large results where the have not had scientific in this Such training not one in a hundred of Iowa teachers baa first step toward a sane of agriculture is to train teachers tor the work The second step is to gather the country children in large consolidated schools with ample grounds for It is within reason to expect that a sufficient number of teachers could be trained so one such teacher could be employed in each consolidated school to direct the work in this subject in all grades of the this condition can be brought the next best thing is now in very many to place in the hands of each teacher a text on elementary and have a few fundamental facts bearing on the subject emphasized by competent instructions in the normal institutes and summer this way a few things may be well taught iii the rural hut in a wholly incidental National Paper Dealers Association recently passed resolutions condemning the practice of the government in printing and selling stamped envelopes at less than says the Marathon The government has no more right to print envelopes without charge or at prices that prohibit printers from competing than it has to sell calico at wholesale or furnish groceries at less than If the publishers and printers of the country will get busy now something to stop the abuse can be WIDELY INCREASING MANY VOTES AND NOMINATIONS ARE SENT In Gold to Candidate Having the Highest Number of You Ready for the popular voting contest inaugurated a short time ago by the is meeting with the hearty approval of the Many nominations and votes have been received and the list of candidates is growing By the time the of the contestants interest will be well Many young women will be given handsome The women to be given these valuable prizes will determined by the popular vote of the readers and friends of the If your has not been sent in and you are elegible to enter the send it in so that it may appear among the The sooner your friends see that j ou are interested the your chance will and in contests of this the ones getting the best start are the ones who generally the is not the as it will at a amount of hustle on your part if you Yon know nothing is gained in this those who make no effort to Everything and So with this This not mean that all your time must be put into the to the neglect of your but a little each day will accomplish Keep it before your and when you do put your time into Now is the time for candidates to secure votes while the interest is at its highest and a little systematic work friends and relatives will secure many thousand It will be an task securing and one that will grow to be a pleasure from the incidents which arise during the The experience will be worth much in the battle of life and will never regret the time that was devoted to win one of the valuable candidates who have been nominated in this contest are authorized to take subscriptions this office will be pleased to send receipt books for their Every home in the county should have a county seat paper and no candidate should have any in securing subscriptions or you take promises without collecting the money at the time you will find many who are to forget and give the subscription to some other Collect the money for the subscription when the promise is and as soon as it is brought or sent in to the the votes you will be entitled to will be issued in your The votes clipped from the Record be in on or before the date of expiration printed on has been stated no employee of this paper or any member of his family will be eligible to compete in this contest and no one connected with it in any way be allowed to young married or who is resident of Pocahontas and surrounding territory includes the whole is eligible to They do not only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of ere hawh mineral and leave in the food tje n subscriber to the Record in order to All is necessary is to be formally nominated by means of the nomination blank which appears in each issue of the Look for it on last is not confined to candidates reside in certain districts but voters may vote for any of the except those connected with the as mentioned may vote the coupon clipped from the Record or the ballots secured on subscription or the votes secured from the ten merchants who are also Remember these ten live houses when you come to Pocahontas to do your trading and remember Pocahontas is the best in this to buy the and luxuries of We have everything which will tend to make your shopping pleasant and beneficiali Come and visit Pocahontas and we are sure you will be made by our business In the large ad on the last page you find the names of the firms who give coupons with each Look them list of contestants on another County Gets the recent general election Emmet county had the largest per cent increase over the republican vote of 1904. In referring to the prize offered the Emmet county has been presented the handsome banner awarded by the Veteran Tippecanoe club to the Iowa county showing the greatest per cent majority increase over the republican vote at previous national The Tippecanoe flag will be awarded to the republicans of Winnebago for the largest per cent majority announcements made today by Secretary John Crawford of the The Tippecanoe prizes are much sought after in the Monona county was the last winner of the Crawford spent much time poring over the returns to reach an compilation of He was startled to find that Emmet county was the only one of the ninety-nine counties of Iowa to show a per cent increase over the republican vote of 1904" regular annual meeting of shareholders of the First National Bank of will be held at its banking house on Tuesday the lath day of new board of directors is to be elected and such other business as may come before the be F. W. who resided about five miles northeast of waa found dead in a field by a on Friday morning of laat The day before he went out hunting and his body was found with one foot caught in a - barbed wire His gun lay near him one barrel of which had been It is supposed that he had attempted to crawl through the fence and in so his gun had been discharged the contents striking him the chin and blowing otf the side of his He is another victim to the hunting Alto Des Moines the Register and Leader and the Capital have their knives unsheathed are going for each hammer and The Capital claims that a young Cohen has stolen its subscription list and sold it to the R. and and News for The and Leader has entered suit against Lafe editor of the for criminal And the country papers will furnish the free now Billy the will have to look well to his as the kidnaper and all embraced religion and will at once go into the The subject of his first effort will be of Society in Dealing with young lady is going to receive the gold piece as a New Why not help some lady friend of yours to get Save merchant's Each one is good for ten Marathon Republic office has a new pony one of the on the The press in about a year ago failed 4o prove satisfactory and Editor dine is bound to have the Northwest Iowa Degree of the I. O. O. F's will hold its annual meeting in Rockwell on 10th. It is expected that over three hundred Odd Fellows will be in the well known Manson has sold out his business to two young men from Fort The change was made on account of Mr. A. A. Resseguie Pocket Butcher Bread Knives and will interest you for supply very good yet Keen J over Guns and Range from to have an Air Rifle that cannot be It is safe for the small boy and will kill rabbits just as good as a 22 A. W. C. WEATHER WINDOWS STORM DOORS HARD AND SOFT W. H. D. Loan Trust of Title to all Lauds and Town Lots in Pocahontas per lient Farm under First I a P. of Farm Loans Estate Bought and Attention Given to o. Land and Loan Abstract oit Title to All Lands and Town Lots in
