Des Moines Eyes New Federal Building and State Budget Moves
Des Moines likely to get a new federal building as post office business grows and state university funding eyes emergency aid after fire damage. Judge Kinne urges compulsory education citing high rates of parental neglect and bad environments among reform school entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State University
School Library Law
Iowa
L. G. Kinne
Board of Control
Kinne
United States
Hull
Instrument measures voice pitch by Dr Seashore
Dr Carl E Seashore of the University of Iowa at Sioux City has created a unique instrument to measure and diagram voice pitch. After four years of study it determines pitch within a twenty fifth of a tone and aids public speakers in studying pitch inflection. The device shows voice curves from vowel to vowel and explains why two adjacent words cannot share the same pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Seashore
University of Iowa
Sioux City
Dr. Seashore
Romance from Peking betrothal in Des Moines June
Willard C. Pierce says his sister Miss Mary Conger Pierce will wed Lieut Harold Hammond of the Ninth Infantry likely in June at the Conger residence in Des Moines. Miss Pierce is a niece of Minister E. H. Conger and an orphan who has lived in the Conger household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hall
Conger
E. H. Conger
United States
China
Des Moines
Majee Ee
Iowa
Mary Conger Pearce
Harold Hammond
Ninth Infantry
West Point
Hammond
Peking
Mary Conger Pierce
Lieut
Willard C. Pierce
Miss Pierce
Rushville
State Institutions inmate counts show February decrease
The Iowa prison population fell by seven to 916 on March 1. Anamosa held 459 inmates and Fort Madison 457, with the decline occurring at Fort Madison. The following details finances and inmates for February.
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Iowa
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Inheritance Prospects in Western Canada Promising
Letter to the editor argues western Canada offers rich prairie lands in Saskatchewan Valley and Assiniboia for homesteading or purchase at low prices. It cites fertile soil, strong yields of wheat and oats, abundant hay and fruit, mild winters, and notes government agents and railway companies promoting settlement.
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Western
Canada
Railway
Colonization
Saskatchewan Valley
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Iowa
New Bank to Open in Sioux City Late This April
A new savings bank with 50 000 capital will open in Sioux City in late April. Fred A. Bennett, state bank examiner for the district, will serve as president while A T Bennett, vice president of the German Savings Bank of Manning, will run the bank on site. C S Bennett of Alvord named assistant cashier.
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Sioux City
Fred A. Bennett
State Bank of Manning
A. T. Bennett
German Savings Bank of
Manning
New
Sioux City Bank
Nebraska
South Dakota
C. S. Bennett
Alvord
Chicago Great Western Buys Mason City Fort Dodge Line
President A B Stickney says the Chicago Great Western railway has purchased all outstanding stock and bonds of the Mason City and Fort Dodge railroad from J J Hill. The line will be held as a proprietary property and includes nearby coal fields owned by the Webster County Coal Company, securing a Fort Dodge route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railroad
J. J. Hill
Mason City
Floyd Monument Dedication Planned at Sioux City
Arrangements are set for a Floyd memorial monument dedication around May 1 in Sioux City. John A Kasson and William Salter are expected to give addresses, with John A Charles, the movement’s father, a central figure in the celebration.
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Sioux City
Floyd
John A. Kasson
William Salter
John A. Charles
Southeastern Iowa Teachers Meet Set for Grinnell
The seventh annual Southeastern Iowa Teachers association session will be held in Grinnell on April 4 5 and 6. The executive committee aims to make it a premier educational meeting in the state with local committees preparing a royal welcome for teachers of southeastern Iowa.
Try Grain-O A Coffee Alternative Advert
Try Grain-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. Children and adults may drink it without injury and it has the rich color of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains. Packages sell for 15 and 25 cents at grocers. Ram's Horn Porvam Faceless Dyes offer the fastest brightest colors and are sold by druggists.
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R. C. Barrett
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
New School Library
Board of Educational Examiners
Lst
Barrett
St. Paul
S J. Paul
State Department
Cure for nervous prostration advertised by Pinkham's
The letter describes severe nervous prostration tied to female weakness with pains, insomnia, and fainting. It claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured Miss Williamson and Mrs. Keiser, praising the tonic as greatly beneficial and converting them to "well women" after starting treatment.
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Boston
Lydia KE. Pinkham
ApreLe Williamson
N. Boulevard
Atlanta
Lydia E. Pinkham
Della Keiser
Marienville
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Judge Kinney
Historical Department of
Taku
Remy
Mullan
Auditor of State
Fitzgerald
Industrial School For
Mitchellville
Hunter
Anamosa Penitentiary
Downie
James M. Brown
Toledo
National Association of Humane Societies
R. J. O'Hanlon
O'Hanlon
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Dubuque
Davenport
Clinton
Muscatine
Keokuk
Oskaloosa
Marshalltown
Boone
Council Bluffs
Ft. Dodge
Webster City
le Mars
Iowa City
Humane Societies
Brown
Iowa State Conference of Charities and Correction
Red Oak
Charles A. Bishop
Bishop
Polk County
Larrabee
Isaac A. Loos
Charlot
Arindapendence
Independence
Mt Pleasant
Varon Vrasecess
Knoxville
Mitchellville i
Great Saskatchewan Valley
Floyd Monument
Southeastern Iowa
Adele Williamson
National City Bank of
Lynn
Lydia E. Pinksham
Carter
Seo
Carters Tittle
Salzer Seed CO
la Crosse
Wis
A. N. Kellogg
C.O
W. Adams
Ohicaco
Nares Excelsior
H. M. Sawyer & Son, Sole Mirs
East Cambridge
Mass
Land of Plenty
Pampters
F. Pedley
Otion
Ottawa
J. Guto
J. Guto Monadnock Bik., Chicago, 1. Cyri “ Urrie
Milwaukee
M. V. McInnes
Detroit
Mich
Janae Grieve
Saginaw
N. Bartholomew
Biker
Indianapolis
Ind
U. S
BEOS
Hox A
Streator
R. Y
Milo B. Stevan
L4th
Atlass
Free Opinion. & CO
Hington
Oreland
H. Fisher
Jamieson
N. K
Praia
Tito
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