Memorial Day Observances and Iowa Education Notes
School leaders urge observance of Memorial Day and push for better rural school funding. Iowa explores good roads through field surveys, physician licensing for marriages, and a St. Louis exposition exhibit plan. President Seerley declines Ames presidency. Aunt Lucky Perry celebrated her 101st birthday in Waverly.
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Iowa
Seerley
Agricultural College
Des Moines
State Teachers’ Association of Iowa
Shelton
Simpson College
Indianola
H. H. Seerley
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
State Agricultural College
Ames
Ames College
C. F. Curtiss
Lucky Perry
A. Slimmer
Waverly
Vermont
Louise Beaumont
Funeral Sermon to Order at Bridewell Grave
A note on the Bridewell burying ground in English legislation and a quip about Mme Creswell. The preacher kept to safe praise by saying she was born well, lived well, and died well, with ties to Creswell, Clerkenwell, and Bridewell.
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Bridewell Burying Ground
Mme. Creswell
Bridewell
Creswell
Clerkenwell
Chicago Post
Summer Tours Boosted by Rail Line Booklets
Vacation plans rise this summer as travelers seek mountain homes and resorts. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway promotes booklets to plan trips, sent on receipt of postage. Colorado California six cents. In Lakeland and Summer Homes six cents. Lakes Okoboji and Spirit Lake four cents. F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
How He Fixed It
A Chicago Post quotation explains a man trained to decline drinks by making friends ask him to refuse first. He then says no without deprivation, using a social setup to enforce self control.
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Chicago Post
May issue of The Coming Country promotes Indian Territory insight
Readers are urged to write for the May issue of The Coming Country to gain live centers regarding Indian Territory. Submissions should be sent to Katy in Wainwright Missouri with St. Louis address details.
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Hannah E
Ershon
Collingswood
N. J
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Times and Progress
Indian Territory
Katy
Wainwright
St. Louis, Mo
Palmistry debated in Chicago Tribune item
Mrs Chugwater and Mr Chugwater discuss palmistry with a figure that some palmists earn up to a hundred dollars weekly according to the Chicago Tribune.
Trains to the West from Chicago on Pacific Lines
Three daily trains run from Chicago to California Oregon and Washington aboard the Union Pacific and North-Western Line. The schedule highlights service between Chicago and the western states with routes extending along the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
California
Oregon
Washington
Union Pacific
North-Western Line
Painting Worth $5,600 Draws Fancy Dealer Quote
A Philadelphia Lecger item has an art dealer declaring a painting is worth 5600 dollars. Mr Nurox responds with incredulity about the value and fame.
Three daily through trains on Chicago to California line
Three solid through trains operate daily from Chicago to California on the Union Pacific North Western line. The schedule highlights direct service, reducing transfers and improving traveler convenience between major hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
California
Union -Acific North-Western
A Still Hunt Nervous Wife Keeps Vigil
A nervous wife proclaims a burglar is near while her husband vows to crawl under the bed to verify. The brief item captures a tense domestic moment reported in the weekly.
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William McDivitt
Octogenarian Club
Tippecanoe Club
Des Moines
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Rose Peterson
Parkdale Tennis Club
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sirs. Pinkham
Fannie Kumpe
Dean
Pixxham
Fanniz Kure
Chester St
Little Rock
Ark
Iowa Commission
F. J. Sessions
Cedar Rapids
State Department of Education
Lincoln
Flag
Arbor
Memorial
A. B. Chattin
F. McClure
Department of Engineering
The
Commission of Pharmacy
Fletcher Howard
Keokuk
Freeport
Winona
E. €. Dinwiddie
Washington, D. C
Hepburn
Dolliver
Senate
House
Hiram C. Wheeler
Texas
Beaumont
Galveston
Odebolt
St. Louis
Iowa College For the Blind
Vinton
College For the Deaf and Dumb
Council Bluffs
Louisiana Purchase
Ministerial Association of
Great Rock Island Railroad System
Rock Island
William Leidy Alexander
United States Army
Charles A. Woodruff
Alexander
Polk County
Armour Packing Company
Boone
Pau
Minn
Wabasha St
Security
Carter
Eeee
TOWER
Emersons
A. F. Klopf
Troy
Hayner’s Distillery
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello, Lil
Little Polks
Hires - Reotbeer
Charles E. Hires
Malvern, Pa
Western
Canada
Immon
Ottawa
J. Brovahton
KR. Paxton CO
Columbus A.u
Boston
Mase
A.n.kellogg Newspaper CO
W. Adams Street
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