Iowa College Day Urges Separate Institutions For Efficiency
A speaker argues against a single state Board of Control and for keeping the University, State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and State Normal School separate. He cites rapid industrial growth since 1860 and the need for trained graduates in agriculture, mining, and manufacturing, warning political warfare would harm education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Iits
Iowa
Eee
Darwin and
Huxley
Senate
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
State Normal School
W. H. Gallup
Boon Standard
New Main
Lowa
Iowa State College
United States
Seventy four year old teaching contract found in Ames
An Ames man found a 1832 contract signed by John Blake to teach an English school of spelling reading writing and arithmetic in Ohio for three months. Subscribers pledged pay of two dollars per pupil with some payments in corn rye or wheat. The notice describes school terms and punishments including expulsion and harring, a practice now noted as obsolete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
H. F. Blake
Wyanet
Ilinois
Ohio
Mr. Blake
John Blake
County of
Jackson
Blake
Lewis Adkins
James Reed
William Rose
Samuel Radabaugh
Sarah Waugh
Richard Lindsey
Advertisement copy for Tone and Liver Pills with chicken joke
The passage promotes Tone liver pills from O. A. Gamble and Dade's Little Liver Pills as remedies to ease throat irritation and cleanse the system. It ends with a humorous warning not to eat chickens before they hatch, implying continued appetite after meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dade
O. A. Gamble
Iowa proposal to amend constitution on drainage and levees
House joint resolution proposes adding to section 18 of article I the power to permit landowners to build drains ditches and levees across others lands for agricultural sanitary or mining uses and to organize drainage districts with special assessments condemnation rights. It directs publication three months before the next general assembly election and was approved April 10 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Iowa
General Assembly
A. D
Healing Claim for White Wine of Tar Tonic
Rev J N Fry and wife Susan Fry of Brookline Missouri report rapid relief from severe lung disease after starting White Wine of Tar. Now using a fourth bottle, they say her health is better than in years and they recommend the remedy to others. There is a humorous note about a quiet women’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Fry
Susan
Fry
Brookline
Sta., Mo
Pine salve for wounds from O A Gamble sale
Pine salve cleanses wounds and is highly antiseptic and good for cuts sold by O A Gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Gamble
Summer resort fishing highlights diamond ring sighting
At the summer resort a fishing scene draws attention to a set of noticeable diamond rings seen among the gear and visitors, suggesting a splashy display or possible prize showcase.
Newspaper Subscriptions Offer From 1908
The Iowa State Register and Farmer and the Ames Intelli Gencer offer a yearly combined subscription for one dollar and twenty five cents, valid through January 1, 1908. This bargain highlights a period promotion for regional readers seeking steady news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Register and Farmer
Ames Intelligencer
Bee’s Laxative Honey and Tar Cough Syrup Ad
An advertisement touts Bee’s Laxative Honey and Tar as a cathartic laxative syrup made from pine tar, claiming it is best for children and suitable for coughs colds croup and whooping cough with a free offer. Sold by O A Gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Gamble
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J. B. Kooser & Co
Groceries and Queensware
New York
Minnesota
Union
College
White's
Story County Bank
E Mlinden
Armes
T Caniel Bros. & Herman's
Caniel Bros. H
Science
Board of Control
Boards of Control
Tros
Fire Trap Palace
Teaching Deestrict School
Scott's
Scott
Scott & Bowne
State of
Beara
Husker
Smith & Davis, Ames
The
Register and Farmer
News of the World
the Nation
United
McCall’s
Queen of Fas
Herai Ak Mana
McCall, CO Rew
Story County Abstract Books
Nevada
Chicago
Bower & McCartney
Secu
Munn
Scientific American
T.argest
All New Mann & CO
New Y
F St
Washington
Anyeo
W. T. Barr
Chester
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