Iowa Winter Wheat Revival Raising Farm Yields
Iowa aims to return to prominence in wheat farming as winter wheat yields rise. L C Barnett of Iowa State College reports in Bulletin 428 that winter wheat outproduces other grains over five years, with average returns far above corn. The station notes improved hardy varieties, seed methods, and rotation with corn boosting Iowa’s annual wheat total toward 29.9 million bushels.
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Iowa
L. C. Barnett
Iowa State College Experiment Station
Burnett
Mays
College
Ds Gramdo
Vr Burnett
Rose City Singers Entertain at Princess Theater
A gextette of colored singers known as the Rose City Singers performed at the Princess Theater on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings this week, drawing large crowds. The group delivered entertaining song numbers and was praised for strong vocal performances.
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Rose City Singers
Princess Theater
Fort Dodge Visit To Dr Til den Home Noted
A report notes that Ous D Winnell of Fort Dodge visited Tuesday at the Dr Julius Til den residence on Douglass avenue.
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Ous D. Winnell
Fort Dodge
Dr. Julius Tilden
Douglass Avenue
County Experts to Be Placed Across Iowa Units
Preliminary steps align the United States Department of Agriculture and Iowa State College extension to place agricultural experts in every county. Each county could receive at least one third to one half of a expert’s salary as federal aid, with immediate aid offered to some counties and nationwide rollout as appropriations pass Congress.
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Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College
W. Spillman
Department of Agriculture
Washington
W. Kennedy
Cuas
Kennedy
Mreeroy Kenedy
Former Ames Woman Sui cide at Los Angeles
Mrs Mystic Seager wife of Dr Seager died by self inflicted poisoning at their Los Angeles home last Monday night. The Seager family states she suffered from egotistical insanity and was nervous though she was described as a good woman. Myrtle Munden of Ames, formerly Miss Myrtle Munden, was married to Dr Seager about ten years ago and the body was to be shipped to Ames likely Friday. Relatives in Ames include Jah Munden and Bert and Jess Munden.
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Mystic Seager
Dr. Seager
Las Atfeles
Sue
Seamer
Seager
Myrtle Muaden
Abies
Rank Evans
Arthackley
Bert Shockley
Sermon Series on The Social Ethics of Jesus Begin at 11
Sunday services start with a 4:4 a.m. Sunday school followed by morning worship. The pastor opens a two sermon series on The Social Ethics of Jesus detailing attitudes toward childhood physical welfare acceptable worship and Sabbath observance. Evening services at 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. feature the topic Fellowship Through Suffering with a BY. PA. Missionary meeting at 7:00 p.m. led by Miss Kaisy Brown who plans to go as a missionary.
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Jesus
Kaisy Brown
Sunday church schedule and board meeting notes
The article lists a Sunday program with 10:00 a m Sunday school 11:00 a m morning preaching Here Am I Send Me Isaiah 6 5 7 00 p m Christian Endeavor and missionary progress in North America led by Fred Riggs 8:00 p m evangelistic services and an annual freewill offering for foreign missions. The August official board meeting is moved to July 29 due to the state endeavor convention at Cambridge August 6 7 and 8.
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Isaiah
Christian Endeavor
Missionary Progress
North America
Fred Riggs
State Endeavor Corvention
Cambridge
Truth Discussion Sundays at Carnegie Library Auditorium
Services Sunday at 11 a.m. in the auditorium of the Carnegie Library with the subject Truth. Wednesday evening meetings are the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 7 o'clock, strangers welcome.
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Carnegie Library
Band Concert Program for Friday Evening
The program lists selections for a city band concert tomorrow evening including Our Favorite Home Overture Serenade At the Pouatuln Ray Jamestown Waltes The Covered Cave Intermezzo Russheg Silks Mayveh The Kitties Masurka The Rose Queen Novelote A Fairy Tale and March Mascott.
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Pouatuln
Marcur Mascott
Obituary Notice for J M Howell of Ames and Albion
J Manning Howell died at his son Marsh Howell's home on South Walnut Avenue Ames from a stroke. He was a prominent Mason long associated with Albion Lodge Damascus No 78 and served as lodge officer. Born February 22 1834 in Nelson Portage County Ohio, he moved with family to Albion and later Ames. He is survived by sons Marsh Howell and Mrs Theo Ferguson, a sister Mrs A N French, and a brother-in law T P Marah. Burial was in Riverside after services in Ames and Riverside.
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Manning Howell
South Walnut Avenue
Howell
Masonic Lodge
Albion
Marshall County
Ames
Marshalltown
J. Manning Hewell
Marsh Howell
Riverside
Damascus Lodge No
Nelson
Portage County
Oho
Philena Marsh
Hartland
Theo M. Ferguson
Professor Matt King to Leave College Post
Prof Matt King resigns from the Agricultural Engineering department to join Sears Roebuck in Chicago. He will lead a new department in agricultural mechanics and leave a legacy as a fighter and winner in the silo trust reform efforts.
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Matt King
Sears, Roebuck Company
Chicago
King
Silo Trust
Opening Week At The Jordan Dramatic Co
The Jordan Dramatic Co invites audiences to a week of clean amusements at the big tent with opening play beginning Monday July 29. Prices are ten and fifteen cents for the shows.
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Jordan Dramatic Co
Nowlin Family Moves Into Bauer House on Eighth Street
The Ben Nowlin family moved into the Arthur Bauer residence on Eighth Street this Monday, marking a new chapter for both households in the town.
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Ben Nowlin
Arthur Bauer
Eighth Street
Ames Fury Band Free Concert Tomorrow in City Park
The Ames Fury Band will perform a free concert tomorrow evening in the city park. An expected record crowd will attend despite cold weather with the show starting at eight o clock.
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Ames Fury
City Pak
Tilden Visit to Riverside Iowa with Mrs Tildens Folks
Dr and Mrs Thus Tilden traveled this week to Riverside Iowa to visit Mrs Tildens family.
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Thus. Tilden
Riverside
Iowa
Mrs. Tilden
Electric Illumination Distinguishing Arc and Incandescent Light
The piece explains arc lights burn in open air with heated carbon ends and gradually burn away, while incandescent lights operate inside sealed glass globes with a resistive filament glowing white without being consumed. It notes air leakage ends the arc or incandescent process and mentions the term are from Harper's Weekly.
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Harper's Weekly
Life Cheap in China Coolie Paid to Die for Family
A 1900 era article describes Chinese and Japanese laborers as fatalistic and cheap to buy, with a coolie in China reportedly available for $200 to take a soldier’s place by jumping from cover.
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China
A Jewel Parcel Between Lovers in a Portrait Tale
A fragment recounts a jewel parcel gifted to a wealthy admirer. The scene unfolds in a palace where a rejected suitor leaves abruptly, as a perfumed box is opened to reveal a stunning jewel. A pedler’s display hints at a hidden truth and a distant future confrontation.
Perpetual Motion Claims and Early Conceits Examined
The article surveys several perpetual motion schemes from the era. It discusses a twin peer stone idea proven only weeks earlier and mentions an inventor with a water pressure wheel that allegedly drives a bus forward. Other schemes include a rolling ball shelf device and a rotating wheel thought to run forever, though all eventually failed.
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Motion Goren
Jons
Themeeiven
Chris
Pearson's Weekly
Birds Nest Soup Fact or Fable from Asia
The article describes edible birds nest soup, its sources from satupgene birds, and harvesting cycle in islands of the Malayan archipelago. It notes nests built April to September, three nests harvested per year, washing and cooking with chicken broth, and reports claims about taste and value.
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Sisna
Ma Lny
Occidenta
Clockeu South Ateaga News
Accidents at Home Highlight Domestic Risk
A New York Tribune report cites an accident distance table showing over a quarter of accidents occur at home. The breakdown lists art houses 97 percent pedestrians 18.2 automobiles 11.0 horses and vehicles 9.9 street cars 7.2 railway trains 4.3 bicycles 1.2 steamship travel 1.0 and miscellaneous 10.2.
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Nan
Lfe
Art House
New York Tribune
Local Polish man credits cure after cough outbreak
Joseph T Underhill of Poland says doctors gave up on his deep cough and consumption. He tried White Wipe of Tar after a friend's advice and reports cure after using two bottles.
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Joseph T. Underhill
Poland
Gerth Dakota
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