Letter from Topeka Herald on school figures and exhibits
The Topeka Herald notes educational concerns including March 1906 attendance, with only three Central Building rooms meeting 98 percent. It describes a school exhibit at the Central Building on March 29 30 and a 200 piece art display by Boston firm Elsory 200 Pictures from the Great Artists. Details on bond funding for a grade 4 ward school and transportation policy under Iowa law are discussed.
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Howard
Fenton
Lannings
Iise Ethel Grace Pike
Board of Education
Iowa
Automobiles and land values spark Iowa transport debate
A Lincoln Star piece mocks national jump in per person quotas while a Register-Leader column argues cars will reshape Iowa towns. It notes rail and electric line bids in Fort Dodge Des Moines Ames corridor with construction targets and dates for completion.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge, Des
Kelley
Polk City
Blake
Fort Dodge
Ames
Political Drift and Odd Sayings Stir Local Readers
The excerpt records a string of quips and questions about local politics and figures. It notes General Grosvenor's predicted shift to a seat, questions about Lafe Young and old Capital files, and a quip on March’s arrival. It also mentions the Traveling Men's Association seeking a two cent mileage book and a New Orleans woman threatened with destruction if Roosevelt is harmed.
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Traveling Men’s Association
Western Passenger Association
New Orleans
Orleans
Roosevelt
Teddy
Panama Canal Debate Delays World Fair Plans
The exchange argues that with one authority the Panama Canal could take 150 years, delaying any consensus to wait for its completion before scheduling another World’s fair.
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Panama Canal
1905 Patent Office profits and errors in currency
The year 1905 set a receipts record with 1 850 000 dollars and a profit of 827 000 to the treasury as the office covered its expenses. All 1000 dollar gold certificates were reportedly called in due to a typographical error with the word thousand. Walter Wellman arrived in New Wick after preparations in France for a north pole trek. American troops in the Philippines near Jolo are said to have killed about 900 natives after four days of fighting, with debate over methods and subjugation.
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Patent Office
Department
Treasury
Walter Wellman
France
North Pole
New Wick
Ted
Jolo
Phillipine Islands
Patent medicines shift from cures to tonics in spring ads
Toledo Blade notes patent medicines once touted as grip and pneumonia cures will now be advertised as tonics as spring approaches. The piece also observes farmers often lack sufficient knowledge of soil needs for their crops. It highlights a rising enrollment in agricultural classes at state agricultural colleges this fall as a positive trend.
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Toledo Blade
State Agricultural Colleges
Grain additions could boost state farm output to millions
A statistician estimates that adding one good grain to each ear of corn in a corn belt state would lift yearly farm output by 200000. Doubling to twelve grains or adding a whole ear per hill would raise totals into the millions, with broader gains across all farm products and livestock.
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Corn Belt
Twenty fifth annual report of the Iowa State Traveling Men's Association
The Registers and Leader notes the twenty fifth annual report edition of 25000 copies covering US membership. A tinted cover shows a moving railroad train as a symbol of progress and risk to life, with a city street scene below illustrating safety in business. A Brooklyn minister prompts hats removed during services, citing Saint Paul in a Times reflection on gender and decorum.
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Register and Leader Job Office
Iowa State Traveling Men’s Association
United States
Brooklyn
Times
Saint Paul
Ion
Standpatters Facing Defeat Promised by Courier
The Waterloo Courier declares the standpat crowd led by the Blythe railway lobby doomed to defeat in the party control contest. It says standpatters oppose reforms for good government and present themselves as factionists pursuing selfish rule.
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Waterloo Courier
Blythe Railway
Courier
Public school paint savings at Sioux Rapids
A public officer recalls painting the Sioux Rapids high school last summer using Devoe lead and zinc paint. The painter ordered 70 gallons but ten gallons were returned, prompting calculation of the percentage saved on Devoe.
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Sioux Rapids
Devoe
Debates Open State Triangular League Among Drake Iowa Ames
Property transfers include E L Taylor to M A Manning for block 8 Blaks Ames and Annie Giddings to Graves for lot 2 block 21 Blairs Ames. First debate March 16 at 7 45 p m with Drake Iowa College and Iowa State College. The topic is Interstate Commerce Commission power to set just and reasonable railway freight rates.
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Annie EB Giddings
F J Graves
Blairs
Ames
Drake University
Iowa College
Iowa State College
Drake
Herbert A. Sayre
A. J. Adamson
O. O. Clauson
Inter State Commerce Commission
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Seal of
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Washburn-Crosby
Graham
Oregon
Falcon
Chase & Sanborn
Morrell & Swift
Topeka Herald
Topeka Journal
Chicago
New York
American Automatic Telephone Company
Rochester
N. Y
B. G. Dunham
Charles L. Goodman
Ames Public School
Exmett
ScHoo
C. Boss
Prn
Kitty M. Howard
Estella McCormick
Enton
Lovira
Minnie KR Rice
Hog South Side
Alice Robinson
Thyra Hulland
Florence White
Beardshear
Myrtle Lockwood
Edna G Hathaway
Lincoln Star
Shaw
Wilkesbarre
Neck of the Woods
Army Post
Wolfax
Washington, Iowa
B. A. Knudson
Pure Food
Grosvenor
Boone Republican
Lafe Young
Cummins
March
John Judge
F W Devoe & Co
E L Taylor
M A Manning
Blacksad Ames
John A Rutherford
Augustus Leecing
Manning
Lena
Harriman & Lee
W. J. Semmons
Tice Bosworth Drug Store
Marinette
W. M. Bartlett
Wellington
Emporium of Music
Victor
W. G. Stockwell
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