Iowa Drainage Convention Set for January 1905 in Ames
The second annual Iowa drainage convention will meet at Iowa State College Ames on January 18 and 19 1905. A statewide drainage effort has grown after a new law and many cooperative projects. Speakers include C G Elliot on drainage claims and equitable assessments, A Marston on drainage in roads, and R M Wright on the new drainage law. Farmers, officials and engineers are urged to attend and plan participation to advance Iowa’s agricultural interests. For information contact Prof W H Stevenson at Ames.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Towa
C. G. Elliot
A. Marston
College of Engineering
R. M. Wright
Fort Dodge
W. H. Stevenson
A Little Girl Letter From Caroline to Grandparents
A dated letter from Caroline to her grandmother and grandfather recounts visiting Redwood and Alma, attending school exercises, a stereopticon show of St Louis and Yellowstone, Thanksgiving celebrations, a picnic, warm weather, blooming roses, and gratitude for gifts. She mentions Mamie Smith Ruthie Wilbur and shows affection and updates on daily life.
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Grandma
Grandpa
Redwood
Mamie
Roth
Smiths
St. Louis
Yellow Stone Park
Alma
Wilbur
Ruthie
Caroline
Free college term offered to Iowa youths
The Register and Leader announces a twelve week free term at Highland Park college for any young man or woman who sends twenty five new paid subscribers by February 14, 1905. The scholarship covers tuition board room light heat library gym fees and allows study in ten departments. Subscriptions counted include two six months and four three months per year.
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Highland Park College
West
Register and Leader
Register and Leader Notice Request Details Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa a notice directs individuals to speedily submit particulars to the Register and Leader seeking information or action. The prompt stresses prompt delivery and specifies the publication as the channel. No further context or names are provided in the fragment.
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Register and Leader
Des Moines
Iowa
George Ade and the Easy Boss Trom Success Story
Judge Saunderson of Everett Washington recalls George Ade as a peculiar character from Kentland Indiana. Ade, humorist and former farm laborer, once told Saunderson that his boss was the best he ever worked for because he paid for sixteen hours of effort in ten.
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Saunderson
Everett
Washington
Kentland
Ind
George Ade
Profitable Farming in Hancock County
Britt resident Henry Schaper threshes 16 acres of clover and nets 60 bushels per acre at $8 per bushel, totaling $80 per acre after pasturing to July 1 1904. The Pierson Enterprise notes a subscriber offering a sewing machine for two hogs, joking that the editor cannot see why hogs are needed when the man stays home so much.
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Britt
Henry Schaper
Hancock County
Pierson Enterprise
Ballad on Lone Tree Hill and Holiday Excursions
A fragment from Milwaukee Sentinel blends a ballad about Lone Tree Hill with a public notice for Christmas and New Year excursion tickets by the C M & SP Ry. Tickets go on sale December 2, 25, 26 and January 1, 2, 1905 with return by January 4 1905. Additional round trip rates and sale details are announced for December 4 26 and related dates.
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Gready
Elthiys
Gentral
Central School Story Shows Theory vs Practice In Township
A Buffalo Center visitor reports on Central School in Bancroft Iowa area noting repeated diphtheria outbreaks tied to buses, harsh discipline by driver Hanson, and bus routes closed as schools reoccupy. Residents fear gradual township-wide resumption unless issues are resolved amid endurance by drivers, teachers, and patrons.
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Buffalo Center
Johnson
Hanson
Tim
Laura A. Barsloy
Bancroft
Iowa
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