Kiam E Curtis Noted Chicago Record Herald Writer
Kiam E Curtis rose from Chicago reporter to managing editor and secretary of the American commission. His travels across Central and South America, Asia, Europe, and the Holy Land shaped popular volumes and influential dispatches. His China and Japan letters gained broad readership and were collected in books.
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Kiam E. Curtis
Chicago Record
Chicago
American Commission
Curtis
Central and& America
James G. Blaine
Bureau of Apublics
United
South America
Curt
Chicago Record-Herald
Holy Land
Globe Pears
Washington
Walter Wellman
Mr. Wellman
Ohio
F Lishing
Sutton
Neb
Cincinnati
Central Amer
West Indies
Columbus
Watling
Salvador) Island
Wellman
Spitzbergen
Franz Joseph Land
American Geographical Society
Record-Herald
Tur age and pope talk stir local papers and rumors
A jumble of local opinions mocks politics and religion with notes on a pope election and a railroads rumor about Rock Island seeking a 250 million mortgage to buy Santa Fe. The piece mocks sensational headlines and speculates on statewide roads and turnpikes amid odd town anecdotes.
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Rock Island
Weeds bulletin and pope election noted in Iowa items
Bulletin No 70 on common weeds and how to destroy them issued by Iowa State College botanist L H Pammel. August 5 mourns the college president’s death anniversary. Cardinal Sarto elected Pope Pius X born 1835 Venice. State Fair notices include reduced rail fare, Rock Island night trains, improved streetcar access, and cattle horse entries closing Aug 5.
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Iowa
L. H. Pammel
Iowa State College
Guissippe Sarto
Venice
Rome
Riese
Joseph Taylor
Pius X
Phillips Brooks
Boston
Leo XIII
Dairy plans at Mitchellville girls school stir debate
Joan Cowntk of the board of control proposes expanding land and dairy work at Mitchellville girls industrial school to milk and churn, making butter on site. Critics say dairy maids beat stenographers for country life training and warn against city temptations.
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Joan Cowntk
Board of Control
Mitchellville
Ways and Means Advocates State Aid For Roads
The article promotes the state aid plan to fund road improvements. It explains how state funds, matched by counties, support highway construction, cites examples from New York Pennsylvania and Illinois, notes initial opposition, and urges political backing in Iowa for a permanent good roads program.
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National Association
State Aid
W. H. Moore
National Good Roads Association
Board of Commissioners
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
New Hampshire
State of
New York
Friends of the System
Pennsylvania
102 year old Nancy Mitchell gives up her pipe
Nancy Mitchell of Fayette Missouri, aged 102, must give up the pipe that has comforted her since girlhood due to failing health. She has smoked the same pipe for many years, a tower of strength through the years.
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Nancy Mitchell
Fayette, Mo
IL Show Heads Tent at Des Moines State Fair Grounds
The International Livestock Show interests of Chicago will establish a headquarters tent on the Des Moines state fair grounds with General Manager Skinner in charge. The Iowa Good Roads Association also plans a tent led by President D. B. Lyons of the Commercial Exchange of Des Moines, who serves as its secretary. In other news, Henry Tolliver of Des Moines visited his 127 year old father in Leavenworth Kansas, hoping to see him before political power shifts in 1904 possibly preventing future visits.
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Iowa State Fair
Horse and Cattle
Iowa State College
Simpson
Agriculture College
Good Roads Association
The
Earth
Ames
Iowa
International Livestock Show
Chicago
Des Moines
Skinner
Iowa Good Roads Association
D. B. Lyons
Commercial Exchange of
Henry Tolliver
Leavenworth
Kansas
Hank
Iowa Agriculturist Describes Record Farm Prosperity
A foremost Iowa agriculturist says farm product values will exceed previous years. The hay crop is immense and timothy hides the horses as they mow. Pastures are rich and livestock fat, depicting a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Iowa
Timothy
Calamity Jane Dies at Deadwood in Dakota Territory
Calamity Jane real name Jane Burke dies August 2 in Deadwood South Dakota. She was a famed horsewoman and marksman who wished to be buried beside Wild Bill Hickok. the request was honored. The obituary links her life to Dakota territorial days and frontier lore.
Lehigh Argus Defends Iowa Insurance Amid Curtis Attacks
The Des Moines Register and Leader quotes prominent Iowa insurance men condemning William E. Curtis for his second attack on Iowa. They say eastern old line firms use him to berate Iowa insurers and that Curtis, though influential, is human and may err. The piece notes broad Iowa public reaction.
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Lehigh Argus
Iowa
Wm. E. Curtis
Des Moines Register and Leader
Curtis
Por Rent Ten Room House Inquire George White
Classified notice seeking a ten room rental house. Inquiries directed to George White at 902 Clark Street.
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George White
Clark St
Crop Bulletin Reports Mixed Harvest Conditions Across Regions
The week started dry and warm then showers improved harvest weather. Northern areas report complex hay and harvest progress with heavy days and good threshing in wheat oats and corn. Spring wheat yields lag behind, corn benefits from rain, potatoes rot and blight noted, apples unchanged.
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Durance
Omaha
Western Passenger Association
Ulinois
General Assembly
Arkansas
Friends
Edward A. Bond
Albany
James H. McDonald
Hartford
Conn
State Board of Highway Commissioners
Mass
Friends of Good Roads
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