Promoted Bob Armstrong Named Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt to nominate Robert B. Armstrong of Ames as assistant secretary of the treasury. Armstrong praised for quick grasp of treasury work and modernizing reforms. Ames ties highlighted with career as journalist and former New York Herald Chicago correspondent.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Robert B. Armstrong
Treasury
Shaw
Armstrong
Gen
Spaulding
Ames
Iowa
Illinois
Cullom
Hopkins
Chicago
New York Herald
Iowa State College
Treasury Department
Advertising Rates and Publication Policies
Local notices charged per line per insertion with 5c per line for events with admission or monetary interest. Cards of thanks and condolences 1.00, resolutions of respect and condolence limited. Church services society meetings club lodges public notices revenue generated. changes for display ads due Tuesday evening weekly.
We Owe the Hat to Asia
A discussion tracing hat history from Asia where felting originated to Europe. It notes varieties of early hats in India China Burma Siam and materials such as straw rattan bamboo and palm leaves. It covers Roman petasos Greek brimmed hats and English hat adoption after conquest with references to 12th and 14th century headgear.
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Asia
India
China
Burma
Siam
England
Threver
Fraissart
Chaucer
Origin of Hoosier name as told by Indiana man
A Chicago Chronicle quote explains that Indiana youths taunted by Kentuckians were called hoosiers after a Lorimer line about hussars and Russians. The tale links the term to a victorious Indiana fighter who declared I am a hoosier, supposedly inspiring the nickname for the state.
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Indiana
Ohio River
Louisville
Kentucky
New Purchase Greenies
Lehmanowsky
Europe
Wess
Chicago Chronicle
The Thermometer In Sickness Chronicle
The piece traces early adoption of medical thermometers from Currie in Edinburgh 1797 to Santorius Padua and Boerhave. It notes De Haen introducing bedside use and that widespread adoption occurred between 1850 and 1870 despite earlier ridicule.
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Currie
Edinburgh
Santorius
Padua
Boerhave
de Haen
Child’s Evening Prayer Has a Charming Twist
A three-year-old girl, left with no father, says the blessing asking God to watch over papa and, with a wink, keep an eye on mamma too. The exchange reveals a warm, humorous family moment.
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Mamma
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