The Jumping Off Place and Fragments of Life
A collage of small anecdotes and overheard exchanges. A station agent, a child’s quip about a derailment, students escaping a Wisconsin wreck, a romantic extract, a book loving youth and a painter hiring a tramp.
Clark Tour journal describes Yokohama to Tokyo visit
Dr Jennie Ghrist and 750 Clark Tour members land in Yokohama February 25 with a festive welcome. The letter recounts crowded streets, cramped housing, Rickshaw rides, Shogun temples, Kamakura, Nikko scenery, Red Cross hospital operations, and hospitality in Tokyo before sailing to China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Ghrist
Cleveland
Yokohama
John Brown
Sky Rockets
Census Begins April First for Farm Records Across State
The census starts April 1 and must be finished within thirty days. Enumerators wear badges reading United States Census, 1910, and all adults must provide information with confidentiality. Farm owners and tenants will receive a blank schedule before April 15 to report farm operations and equipment. The president urges cooperation, clarifies no link to taxation, army or jury service, or immigration enforcement, and stresses the need for a complete accurate farm census.
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Census Bureau
The Demon of the Air and the Case for Electric Bitters
The germ of la grippe causes widespread suffering with weakness nervousness poor appetite low energy and liver and kidney disorder. Electric Bitters is promoted as a splendid tonic blood purifier and regulator said to strengthen the nerves and rebuild the body's systems.
Board Locates Vet Barn On College Grounds
At a recent educational board meeting the site for the new veterinary barn was fixed. The chosen location is near the house and barn formerly occupied by Mr Edwards, with an estimated construction cost of about 150000. Strong opposition has been voiced to the site despite landscaping by Olmstead Bros of Boston.
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Educational Board
Edwards
Olmstead Bros
Boston
Park site chosen for future institution expansion
The committee selected a site set apart for park purposes noting it offered the best potential for growth. They considered several locations and deemed this one most suitable given the anticipated expansion in coming years.
Arnica Salve credited for wartime wounds relief
L. W. Harriman of Burlington Maine suffered in the army for forty years from eczema worse than bullets. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him when all else failed. Marketed as the greatest healer for sores ulcers boils burns cuts wounds bruises and piles at 25 cents at druggists.
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L. W. Harriman
Burlington
Bucklen
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Ames, Iowa
W. H. Cummings
F. H. Waters
Mee
Ames
Morgan, Morgan Cy Lhatts
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Ames Savings Bank
Iowa
Earl B.bush, Ph. G
M.D
Baker’s Jewelry Store
Adams
Mutual ‘Phone
J. F. Tilden
Odd Fellows’ Building
Mutual
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Crary's Hardware
Boone, Iowa
C. G. Tilden, M. D
M. H. Kelso
Hamilton
Asnes
G. J. Snyder
Gambile’s Drug Store
Doanitel McCarthy
J. Yo Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Story County Bank
D. M. Ghrist
Jennie G. Ghrist, M. DD
Drs. Ghrist
Ghrist
Physicians & Surgeons
Masonic Building
Onondaga St
Fifty-Seven
Sawyer Junction
Papa
Wisconsin
Henrietta
Reginald
Lage
Jim
H. C. Kegley
Jence
Higurashi
Japan
Rickashaw
Tokio
Ohio
Kamakura
Nikko
Eilis
Red Cross Hospital
America
China
Charles J. Biewen
J. E. Cagwin
Apns
Olympia
Sorenson & Sorenson
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Eugene Smith
Story County