Iowa Livestock Industry Urged as State Mainstay
Prof. W J Kennedy of the college animal husbandry department issues a bulletin stressing that Iowa’s livestock sustains the state and should aim for intensified farming. He calls for better stock selection, organization, and promotion including a spring stallion show, winter bull sales, and colt shows to raise national and international awareness of Iowa’s breeding excellence.
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Kennedy
Iowa
W. J. Kennedy
Department of Animal Husbandry
The
College
American
America
France
Canada
Lowa
Professor Kennedy
Invention Shocks Town You Call By Jasper Grove Shop
A new American Slicing Machine at J J Grove grocery and meat market demonstrates automatic ham bacon and meat slicing. The device cuts uniform thickness quickly with minimal handling and costs about one hundred dollars as described by Jasper the merchant.
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J J. Grove
Jasper
Instructor from Army to Lead Iowa Militia Training
Captain Robert McCleave of the Second United States Infantry will serve as instructor for the Iowa National Guard after he completes staff school at Fort Leavenworth in June. A seasoned officer, he began as a private in 1899, earned a commission, and is noted for expertise in higher military science. Co. C of Ames awaits his arrival with interest.
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Robert McCleave
United States Infantry
Iowa National Guard
McCleave
Governor Carroll
Army
Fort Leavenworth
Iowa Militia
School of the Line
MaeCleave
Seventh Artillery
MacCleave
New Mexico
Co. C of Ames
Nevada Personal News Mix of Visits and Life Events
Roy O Donnell spent Thursday in Nevada calling on friends John McCutchen lies very low at the sanitarium Mr and Mrs Floyd Greenlee of Ames spent Sunday with Mrs Greenlees parents Leslie Albaugh and Hazel Allen enjoyed a horseback ride to Maxwell Saturday and attended the home talent play in the evening Mrs Ed Witt left Saturday for Ogle Grove for a weeks visit with her sisters and brothers at that place Mr and Mrs Gene Roll of Ames spent Sunday at the F B Snelling home Mr and Mrs Clarence Fry spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives at Fernald Mrs Andrew Larson visited Monday with her mother Mrs J Johnson at Cambridge Mrs M Cook daughter Verna and niece Bertha Smith visited Sunday at the Greeley Handsaker home at Fernald Mr John Jensen and Miss Edith Hickman were married Wednesday in Des Moines Orville Cook came home Sunday for a couple of weeks visit Nevada high school class play Friday May 26 titled An Open Secret Eighteen graduates include James Adison Charles Handsaker Marlie Lobaugh Edward O Donnell Ernest Shaw Ruth Birney Orpha Bryant Laura Carter Ruth Chrissman Dorothy Dutton Anna Johnston Nona Klump Blanche Page Louisa Priaces Margaret Statler Sarah Thrasher Mrs Fitzgerald Sr ill at home Olive Jones visited Cambridge Monday Mrs A S Alderman went to Des Moines Monday for eye trouble Mrs P B Shugart visited Des Moines early week Mr and Mrs W W Loomis and Mr and Mrs Geo C White left Sunday for auto trip to Minneapolis Loomis family to establish future home there Miss Bessie Hass visited Gilbert Sunday Mrs W K Boardman and daughter Lois returned from spending winter in California Mrs John Jones and daughter Mrs Kemble with two children home from Boone Kemble to stay a couple weeks at parental home
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Clarence Fry
Fernald
Andrew Larson
J. ©. Johnson
Cambridge
Orville Cook
Waterloo
M. Cook
Nevada High School
James Adison
Charles Handsaker
Marlie Lobaugh
Edward O'Donnell
Ernest, Shaw
Ruth Birney
Orpha Bryant
Laura Carter
Ruth Chrissman
Dorothy Dutton
Anna Johnston
Nona Klump
Blanche Page
Louisa Priaces
Margaret Statler
Sarah Thrasher
Fitzgerald
Olive Jones
Alderman
Des Moines
P. B. Shugart
California
John Jones
Mrs. Kemble
Boone
Drunk man arrested at depot from Council Bluffs to Des Moines
A man picked up at the depot while heavily intoxicated en route from Council Bluffs to Des Moines was jailed to sober up. After a hearing before Mayor Sheldon he was released.
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Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Sheldon
Suitcase Sale Announced for Monday at 2 PM
Notice warns of another shipment of 12 14 and 16 inch juvenile suitcases at 25 cents each. Sale launches Monday at 2 p.m. with a limit of one item per customer and no phone orders. W. A. Perry.
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W. A. Perry
Clergyman Fowle to Decide on Grand Island Move
Rev. W. S. Fowle, who has scanned Grand Island, Nebraska for a possible relocation, will return Saturday but will not finalize his decision immediately.
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W. S. Fowle
Grand Island
Neb
Daughter Born to Ames Residents Mr and Mrs Zimmerman
Born to Mr and Mrs Julius Zimmerman of Kelley last Sunday a daughter Mrs Zimmerman will be remembered by Ames friends as Miss Edith Hutchinson.
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Julius Zimmerman
Kelley
State Center Electric Plant Burns, Valued at 20000
The municipal electric lighting plant at State Center was burned to the ground yesterday morning. It was valued at 20000 with only 2300 in insurance.
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State Center
Senior civil engineers study quarry stone crushing plant
Forty senior civil engineering students spent Thursday and Friday at the quarry examining the structural work and operation of the stone crushing plant.
Beedle & Co. win suit in Justice Haverley’s court
In the case of W. H. Beedle & Co. versus Martin Torgenson, heard last week in Justice Haverley’s court, the plaintiff was awarded judgement.
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W. H. Beedle & Co
Martin Torgenson
Justice Haverley
For Sale Second Hand Buggy With Canopy And Tops
For sale at once a second hand buggy with canopy and closed tops also a good guitar in practically new condition. Phone 680X. 2-2t.
County Clippings from The Cambridge Leader
Mrs S F Bates was called to Ames Thursday due to daughter Mrs H C Nel illness. Miss Sarah Olson of Ames visited Miss Martha Buland on Sunday. Harry M Mason traveled from Ames to Cambridge on Sunday.
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Cambridge
S. F. Bates
Ames
H. C. Nel
Sarah Olson
Martha Buland
Harry M. Mason
Ames Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Maxwell Tribune reports Mrs W B Acheson visiting her mother in Ames while Ray Bodger sold a grade colt to 8 B Fry in Ames for 200 dollars. Story City Herald notes Linnie Musiand visiting friends in Ames and several callers in Ames including Mrs Tom Holm and Alvina Holm. Jennie Thorsen and Mabel Tjernagel visit Ames friends, Lydia Nordskog attends a class play, and Sylvia Egeland visits relatives over Sunday.
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Story City Herald
Linnie Musiand
Ames
Tom Holm
Alvina
Jennie Thorsen
Mabel Tjernagel
Lydia Nordskog
Sylvia Egeland
Leonard I. Fowle Speaks at Congregational Church
Leonard I. Fowle spoke at the Congregational church in Kelley on Sunday evening, addressing attendees and sharing perspectives from his visit.
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Leonard I. Fowle
Kelley
The Origin of the Word Bungalow in Indian Homes
Country Life In America explains that bungalow derives from the Hindi bangla meaning a thatched hut or Bengal. Early English residents used tentlike houses with sunproof thatch, adopting the name bungalow which became the Englishman's house in India.
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Bengal
America
India
Clothes and the Woman in Colonial Diaries
The diary entry from Miss Winslow of Boston in Colonial Holidays describes colonial dress and accessories. It notes outfits including a yellow coat, black bib and apron, pompe dore shoes, a blue ribbon cap, a laket brooch, a hand pin, a cloak and bonnet, and pomp edore gloves. It mentions high costs and discomfort from a head roll made of cow tail hair horsehair and human hair.
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Deming
Christian Science Monitor
Origin of Bridge Terms From Salem Prisoners
A writer notes that bridge terms originate from a Boston area story. Prisoners in Salem invented a card game using local place names, with two islands named Great and Little Misery inspiring the word misery and the term slam from Salem. The tale links miseries and misnamed locales to common bridge jargon.
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Boston
United States
Salem
Misery
What It Taught Her
A married woman recounts a dramatic school education costing $300. Her husband notes practical gains in dressing quickly, as she can change outfits in ten minutes, far faster than before. The anecdote appears in the New York Sun.
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Ethel
New York Sun
Platinum’s Name Origin and Early Discoveries
Platinum earned its name from the Spaniards who called it plata for silver. It was found in the River Pinto sands in South America and reached Europe only in 1741 via Toilon’s Peru voyage narrative. In 1827 Dr. William Hyde Wollaston showed it to be malleable and ductile.
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Plata
Pinto
South America
Europe
Toilon
Peru
William Hyde Wollaston
Poetry and Common Sense Questioned by Lowell
A concise excerpt notes that poetry stems from not merely understanding and questions common sense. Lowell suggests the inquiry asks what poetry is good for and contrasts the rose with the cabbage in a wry reflection.
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Lowell
Jamaica’s Name Meaning Water and Wood Origins
Jamaica or Xaymaca derives from water and wood, reflecting the island’s character. The term blends two words describing its landscapes and natural resources, highlighting the nation’s geographic and cultural identity.
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Jamaica
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