Great religious campaign to begin in Ames at banquet
A vast religious uplift effort will open at Margaret hall on Tuesday February 28 with joint support from the Y M C A Y W C A college student body local churches and lay organizations. The campaign will be led by Herman Knapp and a committee of over 150 workers with active speakers and outreach to students and townspeople. The opening banquet will feature Messrs Tener and Waite and promises broad community involvement and revival of religious life.
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Margaret Hall
Ames
Herman Knapp
Stanton
Parley Sheldon
Meeker
F. L. Holcombe
Miss Jones
Leonard Paulson
F. W. Hanson
A. G. Cushman
Mr. Olmsted
Des Moines
Bickham
MacMurray
Holcombe
Down O
Stafford
Tener
Waite
J. W. Wilson
Wilson
Central School
Mr. Wilson
Keep Croup Under Control With Quick Home Doses
A few minutes delay in treating croup can be dangerous. The safest approach is to keep Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the home and give a dose at the first sign of croup. Pleasant to take and always reliable. Sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Well Known Former Story County Resident Dies
Olof Peterson a long time Minnesota resident and Harvey township settler died in Des Moines Iowa on January 18 1911 aged 82 He was born in Skane Sweden near Christianstad in 1828 Peterson arrived in America around 1850 first living in Moline Illinois He later moved to Belle Creek Goodhue County Minnesota and helped organize the Swedish Lutheran congregation at Vasa Minnesota which marked its first half century celebrations.
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Harvey Town
Swede Grove
Ames
Des Moines
Iowa
Meeker County
Grove City
E. P
H. S. Peterson
Litchfield
A. M. Peterson
Merwin
Canada
A. T. Balzer
Tillie
Anna Peterson
Alex
Des
Nicholas Peterson
White Rock
Goodbine County
Woodland Cemetery
Roy Peterson
Minn
Paper
Olof Peterson
Minnesota
Skane
Sweden
Christianstad
America
Moline
Ill
Belle Creek Town
Goodbye County
Vasa
That
Get a cow and back to the land message
The piece argues for dairy farming as a reliable income source as gold mines fade and rubber plantations end. It envisions the Iowa dairy cow as a steady contributor, paying monthly dividends and supporting the move “Back to the land.”
Hoodoo Follows the Fast Mail Train in Recurrent Wrecks
The fast mail No. 15 continues to suffer disasters with derailed cars and injured crew. Last Thursday saw a stand pipe knocked down at Marshalltown flooding tracks, a flagman left behind at Clinton, and a drawbar pulled from an express car containing Chicago papers.
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Fast Mail
Clinton
Marshalltown
Chicago
Washington Letter Pokes Fun at Boone and City Life
In a Washington, D. C. letter dated February 12, 1911, Foley writes playful verses to Swick and Jeff about life in the capital from sun to sun, winter warmth, March winds, oysters, and local peculiarities, inviting them to visit and experience a different civilized scene. The piece ends with a stray product note for Foley Kidney Pills and a joke about a Plymouth Rock hen laying 230 eggs last year.
College reports new gas mains and plant upgrades
The college connects laboratories to city gas mains replacing gas generators. A new 400 horsepower generator is installed at the central heating plant. A high pressure steam line runs to the Dairy building and Ag hall for soils and dairy labs. Funding notes, exams, gardens, and livestock work are described. Rev. A M Elliott gave his farewell sermon at Prairie Center.
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A. M. Elliott
The
Prairie Center Church
Brindley Publishes Two Taxation Histories at College
Professor J E Brindley of the economics department has issued two volumes titled A History of Taxation in Iowa in the Iowa EE economic series. The legislature ordered distribution of a copy of each volume to every member, recognizing his thorough scholarly labor.
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J. E. Brindley
the College
Iowa
Iowa EE
Brindley
Des Moines Biddies Ferment Over College Hens Tales
Local Des Moines papers celebrate hens with extraordinary laying abilities stirring campus chatter. A college poultry farm anecdote fuels curiosity as staff joke about the birds performances.
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Des Moines
College Poultry Farm
Health Coffee claims blended grains mimic coffee cola flavor
The ad touts Health Coffee as an 80 part blend of toasted grains malt and nuts designed to taste like coffee and cola. It promises big early opportunities, suggesting a scramble to invest would outshine a dry year church bazaar.
Crazy man found on the south side Thursday
Marshal Ricketts was called to the Jas. VanScoy home in the south part of town Thursday evening to take charge of Harvey VanHiook a young man from Kelley who was apparently insane. He was adjudged a fit subject for treatment in the insane hospital at Clarinda and was taken there Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Gretten.
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Marshal Ricketts
Jas
Winter Constipation Relief Promises From Holister Tea
An advertisement urges readers to use Holister's Rocky Mountain Tea as the best relief for winter constipation. It claims the product acts as a stomach regulator with hard coarse meals and no fruits or vegetables offering no aid. It signs with Joel KE, Cagwin.
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Holister
Joel KE
Cagwin
A Bachelor’s Honeymoon to Be Shown at Armory
The play centers on a husband who marries an actress and brings her to meet his spinster sister as a governess. Mischief erupts as the wife discovers he is a fond father to seventeen year old twin daughters. A witty maid, a sorrowful German friend, and many others fill the stage in a comedy to be presented Friday February 24 at the Armory.
Rosary to Play at Armory Next Wednesday
Patrons of the Armory opera house will see Gashkell and MacVitty presentation of The Rosary next Wednesday March 1. The drama explores how thoughts shape success or failure and has been a Chicago sensation with a three month run and current Boston discussions.
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Armory Opera House
Gashkell and MacVitty
Chicago
Boston
Globe Theater
Foley’s Kidney Remedy Shifts Acute Bright’s Disease
Mrs. Cora Thorp of Jackson Michigan reports a quick cure from an acute Bright’s disease attack with Foley’s Kidney Remedy. She says the medicine reduced inflammation eased pain and restored normal bladder action. Sold by all dealers.
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Bright
Cora Thorp
Jackson, Mich
Foley
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Washington, D. C
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