College social notes and visits across Des Moines and Dedham
College home life fills pages with visits from Edna Phillips Winnie Brammer and others in Dedham Iowa Des Moines and Collins. A management class annual picnic and a Y W C A talk mark campus activity while travel to Chicago Sioux City and Madison forms part of the week. Community sales notes and the upcoming banquet and May breakfast for Margaret Hall visitors conclude the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuo
Edna Phillips
Winnie Brammer
Dedham, Iowa
Hoover Home
Matilda
Emma Madson
Des Moines
Miss Packard
Oak Park
Walter Packard
Iowa Considers New State Sanitarium Location
Iowa plans a state sanitarium for lung patients near high altitude with abundant timber and south and east slopes for sunshine. The State Board of Control seeks 160 acres or more and will receive location notices via Chicago and Northwestern Railway info transmitted through local agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of Iowa
Iowa
State Board of Control
Cnicago & Northwestern R'y
Board of Control
Excursion Tickets Offered for May Music Festival Trip
Reduced rate excursion tickets via the Northwestern line from Chicago to Mt. Vernon Iowa for the May Music Festival on May 16 to 19 with return valid until May 21. Tickets available through agents Chicago and Northwestern Railway. Also promotion on street hats by Eliston and Van Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Chicago
Forced to Eat Books A Odd History Of Bibliophagia
An overview of historical cases where individuals were compelled to swallow written works. It cites 14th century Barnabo Visconti forcing papal delegates to eat their excommunication bull, creditors eating notes, Tartars consuming books for knowledge, and other notable anecdotes including a Scandinavian writer and Isaac Volmar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americo Scarlatti
England
Castell
Barnabo Visconti
Scientific American
Oelrich
Isaac Volmar
Bernard
Saxony
Philip Oldenburger
Apples Between Cigars Said To Improve Taste
The New York Press notes that placing very thin apple slices between cigars may improve their flavor. The practice is familiar among connoisseurs and any mild apple is acceptable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Not if as Rich as Rockefeller
A vintage advertisement extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as superior for bowel complaints, claiming universal success and a pleasant taste when diluted. It asserts physicians would approve and urges every family to keep a bottle, noting local availability from Loughran and Bauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Chamberlain
Loughran & Bauer
Ames Principal Elected At Ames School Board Meeting
At a school board meeting Prof Crane of Ames was elected principal for the coming year at a salary of 85 dollars per month. Also note excursion tickets to Des Moines via the North Western line on six dates with limited return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Curtis
Wisconsin
Salmon and
Slater
Kilduff and Manning
Newton
Miss Roberts
Crane
Ames
Carroll Herald
Des Moines
General Assembly Presbyterian Church
Chicago & North Western R'y
Wanted by Chicago Manufacturing House Assistant in Branch
WANTED BY CHICAGO MANUFACTURING HOUSE a person of trustworthiness with familiarity of local territory as assistant in branch office. Salary $18.00 paid weekly. Permanent position. No investment required. Previous experience not essential. Address Manager Branches Comp Block Chicago.
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Chicago Manufacturing House
Chicago
Nickerson Bros Cement Contractors Ad
Nickerson Brothers advertise guaranteed concrete work for sidewalks curbing cellar floors foundations bridge piers culverts and heavy concrete construction capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickerson Bros
New Homes Open On Sho shone Reservation Lands
Over a million acres on the Shoshone Reservation will be opened to settlement August 15, 1906. Lands accessible via the Chicago & North Western Railway from Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha and other Mississippi Valley points. Send 2 cents in stamps for pamphlets maps and details to W B Kniskern P T M O N W Ry Co Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & North-Western
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Mississippi Valley
W. B. Kniskern
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dan McCord
Sigma Nou
Clark Beard
M. L. King
Mr Chagen
Nevada
M. L. Bowman
W. L. Foster
Oregon Short Line
G. L. Morris
Sioux City
Agronomy
North Woods
General Lincoln
Napoleon
J. B. Neely
Maxson
Edna Scales
Osee Wilson
Guthrie
Helen
Mrs
Homer Price
Baby
Columbus, Ohio
Beardshear Home
Marston
Margaret Hall
Rose Stobbart of
Decnterville
Mary Loughran
J. B. Kooser & Co
Shaw
Missouri
Wheeling Roofing & Cornice Company
Wheeling
W. Va
Ayer
Ayers
R Co
Lowell
Mass
Northwestern
R'y
Eliston & van
Schloss Bros. & Co
Schloss Bro. Fine Clothes
Baltimore and
New York
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Hollister
Rockey Mountain
L. M. Bosworth
Beare the
Rawbarry
J. M. Dieffenbacher
Texas Land Excursion
Panhandle
J. A. Campbell
B. Kuppenheimer & Co
G.E. BURTON @CO
G. L. Kalsem
Duff St
Rhode Islands
M. J. Clark
Clark St
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