Iowa faculty calls for Kennedy resignation amid private business move
An Iowa group of agricultural papers urges the state board of education to accept Prof. W J Kennedy’s resignation from Iowa State College after he sought to leave for private business. Kennedy led the animal husbandry department for nine years and helped the department gain national strength. The editors question motives behind the move while noting student and public support for his continued leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Homestead, Successful Farming
Register and Farmer
Wallace
Kimball
Creamery Journal
Des Moines Evening Papers
Agricultural Papers of
Iowa
State Board of Education
W. J. Kennedy
Kennedy
Ames
Flynn
Des Moines
Resignation and Dean Curtiss Letter Over Kennedy Row at Ames
A 1910 Iowa State College dispute centers on the resignation of Prof. W J Kennedy from the animal husbandry department. Dean Curtiss support writes that Kennedy faced strong farm paper opposition and cites his achievements and calls to keep him. The piece notes Kennedy’s wide influence, department growth, and offers context on local politics and farm publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Curtiss
Kennedy
Dr. Storms
W. J. Kennedy
Chas. F. Curtiss
Reminiscences of Goldwin Smith Civil War era
McClure's magazine features the first installment of Burton J. Hendrick's Reminiscences of Goldwin Smith. The piece discusses the American Civil War and key figures of the era including Lincoln Grant Emerson Ben Butler and Charles Eliot Norton as context for Smith's public affairs scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Goldwin Smith
Lincoln
Grant
Emerson
Ben Butler
Charles Eliot Norton
Burton J. Hendrick
Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Health Benefits Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with claims it purifies the blood and drives out disease. It promises entertaining stage quality entertainment and notes 35 cents for tea or tablets by Joel E B Cagwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Hollister
Joel B. Cagwin
Joel EB. Cagwin
The Man on the Box at Armory Opera House
A superb company presents Harold McGrath's The Man on the Box dramatized by Grace Livingstone Furniss at the Armory opera house on August 29. The production, a long running New York hit, promises to delight with its refined performance and enduring charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory Opera House
Harold McGrath
Grace Livingstone Furniss
New York
Nelson & Moore Dissolution Notice
The partnership known as Nelson & Moore is dissolved. Creditors should settle with C. B. Nelson at once. The plumbing business continues by E. B. Moore and the electrical business by B. C. Nelson at the same address. August 22, 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson & Moore
C. B. Nelson
E. B. Moore
B. C. Nelson
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A. B. Maxwell, M. D
Rousers
S. C
Farm Department
United States Department of Agricultural
A. B. Storms
Iowa State College
Trewin
Albany
Hughes
Ange Galdemar
Edmond Rostand
Chantecler
Henry Smith Williams
McClure’s
Amos Pinchot
United States
Miss Gregory
Perceval Gibbon
Octavia Roberts
Marjorie Pickthall
St. Lizzy’s
City of
Campus Avenue
West Street
Boone Street
Kellogg Avenue
Walnut Avenue
Duff Avenue
Center Avenue
Ames ‘Limes and Intelligencer
A. B. Maxwell Parley Sheldon
I. H. C. Hay
International Harvester Company of America (Inc
Chicago
U.S. A
Sal
Citizens’ Lumber Company
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