Opportunity at Your Door for Civil Service Exams
The civil service commission announces spring exams in Des Moines and Ames for a wide range of posts. Notable openings include civil engineer Philippine service, computer at nautical almanac office, and stenographer. Salaries cited range from 720 to 1800 dollars annually. Numerous local property transactions follow in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Des Moines
Ames
Philippine Service
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Naval Observatory
Department of Agriculture
Nautical Almanac Office
Real Estate Transfers in various Iowa parcels and deeds
Multiple transfer entries include John Thornton and wife to Tillman Smith for 47.50 at section 17, Oden Howen to Henry Jacobs for 200, B A Lockwood Grain Co. to J W Milliken for 400, and Milliken to Chas Peterson for 400. W A Osborn and wife to John Noble for 4580 detailing Blooming ex lands in section 25, Mary Sheridan to Larsina Johnson for 2200 in Story City, D J Vinje to T J and Belle Hennehan for 300, Laura Myers and husband to Ella Shalley for 800 in Burris addition Nevada, Grace Yeager to Ella Shalley for 1 on lots 45, 47 and 49 in Burris addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thornton
Tillman M. Smith
Se Corner
Oden Howen
Henry Jacobs
B. A. Lockwood Grain Co
J. W. Milliken
Chas. J. Peterson
W. A. Osborn
John Noble
Mary A. Sheridan
Larsina Johnson
Larsons
Story City
D. J. Vinje
T. J
Belle Hennehan
Burris
Nevada
Laura Myers
Ella Shalley
Grace Yeager
Better Pay for Professors in Iowa Institutions
Iowa lawmakers hear pleas to raise professor salaries to retain top faculty at Iowa State College and other schools. Senator Savage argues higher pay is needed to keep eminent veterinarians engineers and researchers from leaving for Ohio State Michigan and Chicago firms. He warns continued losses threaten Iowa’s lead among technical schools and urges first consideration of salaries within the appropriation debate.
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Iowa
Savage
Adair
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Hawkeye
Iowa City
Ames
I. 8
S. C
McNeil
McKay
Bissell
Ohio State University
Michigan Age College
Chicago
Iowa State College
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln dedicates a battlefield cemetery during the Civil War, urging that the nation endure and that the dead did not die in vain. He calls for renewed devotion to a government of the people and a new birth of freedom for the nation.
One Gift Remains With Grace In Des Moines Daly News
In a reflective verse from C. H. Meiers published in the Des Moines Daly News, the speaker notes a lone possession enduring amid departed gifts. Grace is singled out as the only remaining token kept from the start.
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C. H. Meiers
Des Moines
Daly News
Lincoln Memorial Program At Local Baptist Church
The Baptist church Sunday school presents a Lincoln memorial program this Sunday evening February 14 at the church. A fine program has been arranged and the public is cordially invited to attend.
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The
Baptist Church
Ten Years Afterward Poem About a Rose and Vanity
A reflective verse recalls a woman once seen as pretty as a rose. The speaker notes she did not need posing to attract him, yet jokes that rose beauty only shows on her nose and that her lingering smile seems like a renter there.
Embezzler from Story City Denied Rehearing
Trernagle found guilty in district court for embezzlement. Judge Lee sentenced three years and the case will go to the Iowa Supreme Court on appeal.
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Trernagle
Story City
Lee
Supreme Court of Iowa
Northwestern Glee Club Event at Methodist Church
Reserve seats at Loughran and Bauers for the Northwestern Glee club at Methodist church Saturday evening. Plenty of good seats for everybody. College people can reserve at College Book store.
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Loughran and
Bauers
Northwestern Glee Club
Methodist Church
College Book Store
Modern Woodmen to Run Free Sanatorium for Tuberculosis
At a Rock Island meeting the Modern Woodmen society announced its Colorado Springs sanatorium will treat members with TB free of charge. A 1580 acre site near Colorado Springs hosts a 60-patient tent colony with octagonal tents, central heating, and a physician led administration building. Admission requires rigid medical examination to ensure curability or extended life. A second 60 tent colony is planned with tents donated by local camps as the society expands across its 13,000 camps and 1,000,000 members.
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Modern Woodmen Society
Rock Island
Colorado Springs
Col
J. E. White
Nordrach Ranch Sanatorium
MEAT IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN BUTCHER RITUALS
Travelers in Africa note differing living standards while Mary Hall’s account highlights market and kitchen conditions in British Central Africa. A native butcher’s notice system and a feverish eggs story illustrate local customs and practical miscommunication in daily life.
Woodmen society supports sanatorium fund and tuberculosis fight
The Woodmen society reports voluntary contributions exceeding $70 000 to a sanatorium fund and a 10 cent per member per year tax approved at the national convention to sustain the work. Tuberculosis caused 14.5 percent of deaths and 13.9 percent of losses from 1891 to 1907, with mortality favorable to Woodmen.
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Woodmen
Woodman Society
National Fraternity Congress
Out of Bed He Ends Cooking Operations
A report notes an individual was compelled to rise and halt ongoing cooking activities ending the operation.
Bets to avoid for cocky runners and strong men
The writing lists bets it says are unwinnable or unlikely for confident individuals. It claims a good runner cannot give a fifty yard start in a hundred to a hopping competitor, a wooden match cannot be broken across finger nails, and an egg cannot be crushed in clasped hands. It also notes impossible feats like rising from a chair without moving or standing still with both feet on wainscoting.
Very Different in Real Life Contrast Noted
An Atchison Globe editorial laments that novels mock fate, showing rich men placing poor kin in banks and grooming heirs, while real life proves harsher with fewer favorable outcomes for talented relatives and ambitious offspring.
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Italy
Atchison Globe
Child’s Sunday lesson joke from Lippincott excerpt
Four year old Marie returns from Sunday school and replies that she has nothing to study next week because she already knows about the catacissin. The quip reflects light humorous tone and early childhood understanding.
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Marie
Lippincott’s
Mirror Plating Notice at CNS Schulz Exchange
A fragment mentions mirror plating and a display at CNS Schulz related to a commercial exchange. Details are unclear but reference to a mirror and exchange figures appear.
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Sam
Patent Office
Philippine
Service
Departmental Service
Ordnance Department
Isthmian Canal Service
Indian Service
Forest Service
Weather Bureau
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Pressman
Philippine Services
S. A. Thompson
Sadie C. Parker
Maxwell
James N. Dunlap
Evan M. Black
Roland
Joseph Marvick
R. Bonde
L. R. Larsons
Wm. Dodge
Nellie I. Hyden
Cornells
A. Wherry
Dodge
Scotts
L. E. Moore
Jules and
Emile Tassin
F. M. Bell
Herbert R. Bell
Gilbert Station
Joseph Marwick
F. A. Fuller
George E. Spencer
T. J. Hennehan
W. J. Cadd
A. I. Dayton
J. Knudson
Fairview
Orlin Gilbert
Gilbert
Tion
M. E. Livingston
F. T. McLain
Libbie E. Lang
Duffs Ad Ames
Anna E. Olsen
Alice Fread
Kelley
Ole O. Olson
Albert J. Jorgenson
Jenks
Ad Slater
Grace
Woodmen Society
Africa
Way
Mary Hall
Cape
Cairo
British Central Africa
Abule Vyll
CNS Schulz
TIMES
Pantorium
E. M. Kooker
Prop
Mutual Phone
Story County Bank
F. L. Haverly
Joiming
Chas. Tucker
Boone
Simon Burger
Gladbrook
John H. Looby
Cr.meath
F. W. McCanon
Bill
H. L. Munn Lumber Co
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