Superintendents Talk Agriculture at Iowa College Session
Eighty county superintendents met for three days at the college to plan rural education in country schools. State Superintendent A M Deyoe presided as leaders discussed centralized and township high schools, home economics, and agriculture. Attendees inspected poultry farms, dairy units, and extension activities while impromptu conferences and college tours highlighted the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Deyoe
Kate Logan
Cherokee County
J. A. Woodruff
Buena Vista
Jennie S. Hughes
Polk
E. C. Bishop
Jessie Field
Page County
Geo. E. Master
P. G. Holden
Mary E. Hostetter
Marshall County
A. M. Alderman
L. Autrim
Della Simons
Mary Coray
A. J. Oblinger
Neale E. Knowles
Extension Department
A. V. Storm
M. L. Howell
Wright County
M. C. Meredith
Boone
Fred T. Mahannah
Foreigner Fined For Dumping Refuse In Creek
Nick the cook for a gang of foreigners west of the stock yards was arrested Friday for dumping refuse in a small stream south of the tracks. Street Commissioner Art McCoy and crew had just cleaned the stream when they caught him. He posted $25 cash bond via B A Knudson, arraigned Saturday before Mayor Sheldon, fined $5, given a severe reprimand, warned against repetition. Offense deemed serious and potentially heavily fined. odor from stock yards cited as motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick
Art McCoy
B. A. Knudson
Sheldon
Delegates Fill Boone Epworth League Institute
Over a hundred delegates attended the Boone district Epworth League annual institute at First Methodist church. Dr Newell Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn spoke on Oliver Cromwell and the Five Liberties, highlighting reformer aspects. New officers include Rev Fenner King as president and C S Arthur as first vice president with other officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute
Boone District Epworth League
Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
New York
Oliver Cromwell
Five Liberties
Francis JL. Strickland
Simpson College
Strickland
Ogden
J. B. Crowther
Chicago
Fenner King
Collins
Arthur
Examining Board Session In Des Moines Iowa
General James Rush Lincoln attends a Iowa National Guard examining board meeting in Des Moines. Captain Freeman R.K. Conaway of Company C undergoes examination and Second Lieutenant John K. Kelso is reexamined in guard duty and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rush Lincoln
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Freeman RK
Conaway
Co. C
John K. Kelso
Guernsey Breeders Hear Talks at Iowa Meeting
At the annual summer meeting of the Iowa Guernsey Breeders Association held at Fairview Farm near Des Moines yesterday, Prof. W. H. Pew spoke on Lessons from the Show Yard and Prof. H. H. Kildee on The College and the Dairy Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Guernsey Breders Association
Fairview Farm
Des Moines
W. H. Pew
Show Yard
H. H. Kildee
Old Soldiers of Story County Gather in Maxwell
The annual reunion for Story county veterans will be held in Maxwell on August 3 and 4. A full program is planned and several prominent speakers are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story County
Maxwell
Beach Named In Charge Of Clarinda State Orchard Experiments
Prof. 8 A Beach assumes control of the experiments in the 30 acre Clarinda state farm orchard now designated as a state experiment station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. A. Beach
Clarinda
Editor J M Fuller Leaves to Join Orange Judd Maker
J M Fuller, editor of the . 8 C. Student for the past year, has accepted a position with the Orange Judd Marmer, signaling a staff change at the publication and aligning with a new publisher in the agricultural education field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Fuller
Boone Boy Scouts Camp at Watkins Well
The Boone boy scouts have been camping at Watkins well, organizing a temporary campout with local troop leaders coordinating activities and safety measures in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Boy Scouts
Watkins Well
Summer school grows at agriculture college
Enrollment in the summer school in agriculture reaches 83 this morning, 15 more than the entire college’s regular enrollment in its first year less than 35 years ago. Attendees include Supt. M. L. Howell Wright county. Mrs. Luce Tipton. Supt. W. F. Cramer Red Oak. Sarah A. Sutherland Onalaska Agricultural High School Wisconsin. Supt. J. Schmitt Oakland. Supt. Louis Figel Lyons. J. W. Perry Menlo. Margaret Dorweiler Fenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Howell
Wright County
Mrs. Luce
Tipton
W. F. Cramer
Red Oak
Sarah A. Sutherland
Onalaska
Memorial services moved to June 18 for Red Men Pocahontas Yeoman
The Red Men and Pocahontas postpone their memorial exercises from Sunday June 11 to Sunday June 18 and will unite with the Yeoman on that day in joint memorial services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Yeomen Hold Memorial Service at Red Mens Hall
The Yeomen will meet at 2 oclock p m Sunday June 18 for memorial services at the Red Mens hall. All members are requested to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeomen
Red Mens Hall
Summer School in Full Swing at Iowa State College
Iowa State College opens a two week summer school aimed at teaching agriculture to country teachers and preachers. Enrollment nears 60 with many more expected. courses cover science, math, physics, civics, economics, dairying, soils, and horticulture with practical lab work. Evening programs feature lectures by faculty and visiting experts, followed by a Rural Life Conference addressing country church and school life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Pres
W. Stanton
Dean C. F. Curtiss
Agriculture Engineering
J. B. Davidson
Burbank and His Garden
T. H. Macbride
Iowa City
W. H. Bender
Cedar Falls
Fred M. Hanson
Des Moines
Country Church
Clair S. Adams
Bemont
Ilinois
K. C. Bishop
Rural Church
Rural School
Rural Life
Agricultural Assembly Hall
Dean Cc. F. Curtiss
Rural Uplift Grange Symposium Program Details
Decatur Illinois hosts a series of talks on rural uplift with speakers P G Holden Ames J N Taylor Buckeye Grange Oskaloosa Iowa M B McNutt Plainfield Illinois Ole Rikansrud Kanawha Iowa and Henry Wallace Des Moines along with Harvey Ingham Des Moines C L Lyles Logan Iowa Fred M Hansen state secretary M A Hauser Liscomb Iowa The public is invited to all meetings and admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. McNutt
Plainfield
Fred M. Hansen
County Secrtary
State
Country Church
Claire
Adams Bement
Ilinois
E. C. Bishop
Ames
Decatur
the Grange
P. G. Holden
J. N. Taylor
Buckeye Grange
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Illinois
Ole Rikansrud
Kanawha
M. A. Hauser
Liscomb
Boy Hurls Head Into Wire Fences, Six Stitches
Willie VanDuzer, thirteen, of Ontario suffered a deep forehead cut Tuesday after colliding with a barbed wire barrier across a gateway. He required six stitches to close the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
W. H. VanDuzer
Ontario
Brown's Band At Muscatine
Dr. C D Browns band performs at Muscatine during the annual state encampment of the Iowa G A R. The event runs through today with plans for a memorable gathering for veterans and auxiliaries, including steamer excursions on the Father of Waters and notable speakers such as Major John F Lacey Col C C Horton General James B Weaver Hon I B Pepper Chaplain Jesse Cole and Peter Hepburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Brown
Muscatine
Lowa
Grand Army
Pearl City
Columbia
Pepper
Washington
Iowa
Jesse Cole
Old Soldiers Home
Keeler
Chicago
Peter Hepburn
Washington, D. C
Congress
Ames Men Find Highest Point of Land in Iowa
Spirit Lake dispatches report Professor Stanton and fifty Ames civil engineering students confirmed a new high point in the lake region near Beulah church east of East Okoboji. The site reaches about 1,721 feet above sea level, twenty-one feet above the prior estimate and supports a push for a United States weather observatory at the elevated site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
Stanton
Civil Engineering
Iowa Great Lakes
Lake
Alleghany
Rocky Mountains
Beulah Church
East Okoboji
Ames Engineers
United States
Road Boosters Plan July Marshalltown Meeting
The Iowa Official Trans-Continental Route Association seeks members at $2 and aims to stage a two section summer meeting in July. W. C. Rollins, W. F. Coan, and F. W. Meyers lead efforts to ready a Mississippi to Missouri drag road, with tours from Clinton to Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs to Jefferson. Details will be mailed in June as counties and newspapers along the route are invited to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Marshalltown
W. C. Rollins
W. F. Coan
F. W. Meyers
Mississippi
Missouri
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Jefferson
Marshall Town
Ellen Hallock Wins 8. A. R. Medal At College
Miss Ellen Hallock a freshman home economics student from Eagle Grove won the 8. A. R. medal for highest marks in American history at the college. She is the daughter of H B Hallock a well known Eagle Grove editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Hallock
Eagle Grove
Miss Hallock
H. B. Hallock
Davis named assistant city engineer at Marshalltown
O L Davis of New Virginia and a 1911 civil engineering graduate of Iowa State College has been appointed assistant city engineer at Marshalltown. He is a graduate of the Civil Engineering Department of 1. 8. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.L. Davis
New Virginia
Marshalltown
Mayor Sheldon to judge Des Moines racing meet
Mayor Parley Sheldon is one of the judges for the Des Moines racing meet held Tuesday through today. He is a long time judge known for fairness. A large field of top horses from California, Colorado, Texas, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois and other states are entered. After Marshalltown, the week ahead will send horses to the Great Western circuit, the eastern states, the Grand circuit, or into the bushes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parley Sheldon
Des Moines
Sheldon
California
Colorado
Texas
Minnesota
Indiana
Judge Lee closes March term in Nevada court
Judge C G Lee finished the March term of the district court in Nevada and prepared for the final adjournment. Several minor matters and orders remained to be decided. The next term will convene September 11 with Judge Lee presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Lee
Nevada
District Court
Judge Lee
Park to occupy Westerman house on Douglass avenue
Interurban agent W. L. Park will move into the Westerman residence on Douglass avenue, soon vacated by Professor Norman. The arrangement transfers occupancy as Norman prepares to depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. l. Park
Westerman
Douglass Avenue
Prof
Norman Soon
Motorcyclist Travels Across Nation on Weekend Route
A motorcyclist rode through Saturday afternoon traveling from Washington, D C to Seattle Washington, following a cross country route as part of a long distance journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Seattle, Wash
Continental State Special to Denver by Northwestern
The Chicago and Northwestern introduces a new through train to Colorado called the Continental State Special leaving Chicago at 10 a.m. and reaching Denver at 1 15 p.m. Eastbound from Denver it departs at 9 a.m. and arrives in Chicago at 1 30 p.m. The train features through chair cars standard and observation sleeping cars and electric lighting throughout with through standards and tourist sleeping cars for Portland Tacoma and Seattle, arriving every third day. A separate Omaha bound service departs Chicago at 8 30 a.m. and arrives at 10 40 p.m.. No 3 will have no through connections for Portland or points north of Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Chicago
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Omaha
Gardner
Grand Avenue to be paved with creosote blocks
A Friday vote by resident property owners decided to pave Grand Avenue with creosote wood blocks. The process drew a large crowd as bidders and supporters watched. James Horrabin of Horrabin & Co faced questions after the tally, with officials insisting he must honor his bid or lose a $1,000 certified check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Avenue
Council Chamber
Hovery
Jas. Horrabin
Horrabin
Council
Bitunthie
New Harness Store Opens in Roberson Building
Co. C. Cammack & Co. open a harness shop in the Roberson building on West Main street. D. B. Cooley, pioneer harness maker of Ambs, to oversee the store and shop ensuring prompt delivery and a square deal.
Bosworth Elected member of Iowa Historical Society
L M Bosworth was elected to membership in the State Historical Society of Iowa. In the same meeting Professor J Brindley was elected research assistant and associate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Historical Society of
Iowa
J. 2. Brindley
Iowa stockholders list includes Mrs Margaret J Austin of Ames
A Saturday circulated list of Iowa stockholders in Chicago banks shows Mrs Margaret J Austin of Ames owning 75 shares in the State Bank of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Chicago
Margaret J. Austin
Ames
State Bank of
All Red Men Gather at Hall for Memorial Sunday Service
All Red Men meet at 2 o'clock at the hall on Sunday for memorial services. The gathering marks a somber community observance with attendees paying tribute to members and honoring past leaders.
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Epworth League
W. F. Coover
F. EK
Bolton
Clary
Adams
Bement, Illinois
Jordan's Grove
CLA
Brown
Okoboji
Lee
Northwestern
Chicago & North
Western
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