Iowa Institutions Seek Large State Grants and Army Post Plans
Des Moines reports the University of Iowa asks for 2100000 over two years plus 70000 annual, for medical building land and campus work. agriculture and normal schools also seek funds. Iowa soldiers impress regular officers at Fort Riley. plans for annual guard brigades, November events, and Des Moines post growth outlined. Other items cover insurance rate law effects, child labor focus, manufacturers meeting, dairy exposition plans, and a Louisiana purchase flag day leaflet.
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Des Moines
State University of Iowa
State Agricultural College
State Normal School
Iowa
Fort Riley
M. H. Byers
Young
United States Army
Adj
Corbin
Chaffee
State Dairymen’s Association
Waterloo
St. Louis
Ericson
Clute
Apiary Department
R. C. Barrett
Schools of
New Orleans
Keokuk
Louisiana Purchase Territory
Iowa land office biennial report highlights swamp land patents
The report by J. M. Jamieson to Secretary of State William B. Martin shows Iowa received 1 179.61 acres of swamp land in place and 1 419.78 dollars in cash indemnity, later distributed to counties. Swamp land adjustments will take 10 to 15 years. Railroad lands added 1 385.96 acres. most grants settled, with some contested or conflicted parcels remaining.
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J. M. Jamieson
Iowa Land Office
William B. Martin
Iowa
Department of the Interior
General Land Office
Contesta
Race Question Lectures Planned by Ames College Figure
Special Correspondence says S A Parks of Ames College will stage a Des Moines lecture series on the race problem. He urges white allies to support a sustained program to present the negro's side with practical, informed speakers from the South.
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Des Moines
S. A. Parks
Ames College
Parks
South
Fine Trophy Arrives for Ames Short Term Corn Judging
A large globe trophy presented by A. E. Cook of Brookmount farm Odebolt arrives for the Ames winter corn judging contest. Valued at 1500 dollars, it will hold three ears—one red, one yellow, and one mixed—used for year to year comparison at the college.
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Ames
A. E. Cook
Brookmount
Odebolt
Iowa Grocers Set Pure Food Bill Campaign at Des Moines Meet
The Iowa State Retail Grocers association will hold its annual convention in Des Moines February 9 to 11 to launch a campaign for a pure food bill. Executive committee members and special appointees from Tama Newton and Des Moines will join to draft the bill for the upcoming legislature.
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Iowa State Manufacturers’association
S. W. Mercer
Iowa City
R. 0. Green
Fort Dodge
George G. Higbee
Burlington
Messrs. Parry
National Manufacturers’ Association
John Mitchell
Miners’ National Organization
Iowa
Iowa State Retail Grocers’ Association
Des Moines
W. H. Ahlbrecht
Tama
A. M. Hugh
Newton
Ira B. Thomas
Anti-Saloon league hires Des Moines preacher
Rev I N McCash of University Place Church of Christ in Des Moines will become Iowa state superintendent for the Anti-Saloon league. He will earn 3000 dollars with potential 500 to 1000 more from lectures and will start December 1. The league aims to influence nominations to secure liquor policy aligned candidates.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Anti-Saloon League
I. N. McCash
University Place
Iowa Veterans Honored in G A R Appointments
John C. Black announces Iowa G A R appointments to staff and committees. C James of Centerville named as Iowa member on the national council of administration and executive committee member. Erwin B. Messer of Hartley named inspector general. L B Raymond of Hampton on pensions committee. Madison B. Davis of Sioux City on fraternal relations with the Sons of Veterans.
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Iowa
John C. Black
Newman
Department of Iowa
G.A.R
C. James
Centerville
National Council of Administration
James
Erwin B. Messer
Hartley
Prayer precedes public schools says Sioux City minister
Rev. F H Shedd of Third Presbyterian Church declares no teacher is fit for public school work unless they begin with prayer and accept the Bible as the supreme religious and moral guide in a paper read before the ministerial association on Religion in the Public Schools.
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F. H. Shedd
Third Presbyterian Church
Sioux City
Ministerial Association
Big Corn Exhibited by Shenandoah Farmer John Andrews
John Andrews, a Shenandoah area farmer, displays unusually large corn ears measuring 14 to 15 inches. He reports 14 ears weigh 21 pounds and 40 ears fill a bushel, with 20 acres planted and an expected yield near 100 bushels per acre from a new variety.
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John Andrews
Shenandoah
Dean's Kidney Pills Praised by Sherman Man
Mr J H Plangman of Sherman Texas credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing his kidney trouble after doctors failed. He describes back pain from strain, worsening to hip and leg pain, and says the pills relieved him by the second day and fully cured him. The ad extols the remedy's direct action on kidneys and lists benefits including relief of backache, bladder irritation, dropsy, and other kidney related symptoms. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is cited as the maker.
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S. H. M. Byers
Maj. Byers
Sherman
Gen. Sherman
J. H. Plangman
Sherman, Tex
Dean
ACTOS
C. B.cCraycroft
Bright
Tolstoi Corrects Visitor On Gogol at Crimea Visit
While ill in the Crimea Tolstoi grants a guest visit aboard a rich American’s yacht. A woman praises his writings and claims a book that taught her most, prompting Tolstoi to quip that Gogol wrote The Dead Souls, not him.
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Tolstoi
Crimea
Leo Tolstoi
Gogol
Teacher Thomp son claims Dodd's Kidney Pills cured diabetes
In Hinton Kentucky on November 2 a local school teacher Mr E J Thomp son says two physicians failed to help his diabetes for over two years. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing him after ten boxes and cites a New York Herald quote praising the remedy.
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Hinton
E. J. Thompson
Dodd
Mr. Thompson
New Fast Train to Texas via Iron Mountain Route
Iron Mountain Route announces a new fast train from St. Louis at 8 30 a m to Texas and the Southwest with through Pullman sleepers dining cars and elegant chair cars. The line also operates three additional Texas departures at 2 21 p m 8 40 p m and 3 05 a m with twelve hours saved to California and year round tourist tickets.
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Texas
Iron Mountain
St. Louis
Southwest
California
H. C. Townsend
Radisson on the Chippewa new town in Sawyer county Wis
A new town in Sawyer county Wisconsin known as Radisson on the Chippewa and Couderay rivers offers fertile hardwood country. It invites land seekers and promises fishing and hunting opportunities with map and details via the Postmaster Radisson Sawyer county or T W Teasdale St Paul.
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Radisson
Sawyer County
Wis
Omaha Road
Couderay
T. W. Teasdale
St. Paul
Minn
Attactive book offers on Southwestern development
Enclose two-cent postage for an intriguing and suggestive book about the Southwestern territory and its growth. Send to George Morton G P T A M K T Ry Suite K Wainwright Bldg St Louis Mo. Also note a Ram's Horn quip and quotes from J F Boyer Trinity Springs nd Feb 15 1900 and Chicago Daily News on pessimism.
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George Morton
Suite K
Wainwright Bldg
St. Louis
J. F. Boyer
Trinity Springs, Nd
Medley of 1920s Ads and Taglines From Chicago and New York
A collection of vintage ad blurbs notes cough remedies Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents and humorous lines from Chicago Daily News and New York Times. Mentions rail service Chicago to California Union Pacific North Western Line Putnam Fadeless Dyes and Ram's Horn brand quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
California
Oregon
Washington
Union Pacific
North-Western Line
Pearl Peach and Weary Walker Exchange Coins
A fragment shows Pearl Peach offering ten cents amid a terse exchange with Weary Walker. The brief note reads I hate to ene nya yee to drink and All I need is de money. De encourage ment is not necessary. The source is garbled.
Secure a Gold Mine Share With Endowment Policy
It costs only a few hundred dollars to buy shares in the Number Gold Mine of California. Office at 1621 Diversey Boulevard Chicago offers a group endowment policy from Prudential Life Insurance that refunds your original investment while you keep the mine stock and share in profits. Send for a free booklet.
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Number Gold Mine of California
Diversey Boulevard
Chicago
Prudential Life Insurance Co
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Spirit Lake
State Historical Department
C. C. Carpenter
William E. Burkholder
J. C. Johnson
Webster City
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Supreme Court
A. B. Defries
Jackson County
State Federation of Labor
General Assembly
College For the Blind
Vinton
Board of Control
Jamieson
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Tain
N. Y. Herald
N. O. Times-Democrat
Chicago Daily News
Unionacific
N. Y
Putnam
N. C. Times Democrat
Carter
Pace
Sawyer
M. Sawyer & Son
Mole
Mfr
East Cambridge
Mans
Mercer St
Jersey City
N. J
Koi
the Bowels
Sterling Remedy Co
N.Y
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Corena Colt
Corona
Brockton
Mass
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