Germans Visit Iowa Agricultural College Delegation Observes Iowa farming
More than forty German agronomy delegates toured the Iowa Agricultural College visiting campus grounds livestock and student facilities They praised the institution and noted German farming efficiency and potential for friendly competition with American agriculture.
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Iowa Agricultural College
Iowa
Germany
Black Forest
Agricultural College
German Agricultural Society
England
Hungary
Sweden
France
Italy
Agricultural School
Vistors
United States
Davenport Sentinel
Silk Waists Go On Sale This Week at Low Prices
This week only, silk waists priced at 39 cents and 3.75 dollars in all colors. Cocoon Silk Waisting claims to wash and wear better than silk and is featured among the sale items.
Gents Furnishings Sale Highlighted in Ad
An old advertisement promotes men’s clothing with 39¢ bib overalls and 39¢ socks, selling at three for 25¢. The wording suggests a storefront sale for basic workwear essentials.
Editor of State Center Enterprise Seeks Sale and Farming
Assistant secretary of the treasury R B Armstrong visited Des Moines Monday to finalize deals for a federal office building, aiming to close the matter on his return to Washington this week.
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State Center Enterprise
War disrupts attar of roses production in Balkans
The Balkans war slows fragrance production as the prized attar of roses halts. The perfume commands about 10 dollars per ounce, requiring 175 pounds of rose petals for a single ounce market supply.
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Balkans
Freight cars ditched in Dayton hollow after steep fall
Twelve freight cars derailed in Dayton hollow between Dayton and Lake City last Thursday as the train plunged fifty feet down the embankment. No lives were lost though railroad men call the line the worst in the C. N. W. system. Also mentioned is Walter Vrooman, socialist and promoter whose $250,000 investment failed, ending his uplift plan.
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Dayton Hollow
Dayton
Lake City
Walter Vrooman
Divorce Suit Faces Offender With Supreme Nerve
A defendant in a divorce case is charged on statutory grounds. Separately, P. E. B. Strickland has filed a $20,000 damages claim against owners of the Clifton hotel at Cedar Rapids for injuries after leaping from a third story window during a winter fire.
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P. EB. Strickland
Des Moines
Ames
Clifon
Ceder Rapids
The University of Illinois Agriculture Department Criticized
The text argues the Illinois agricultural department should serve farmers directly and educate farmers sons rather than produce theoretical experts. It cites Iowa Agricultural College, where many alumni abandoned farming, as evidence, claiming Iowa is now retraining farmers' sons into master agriculturists.
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Iowa State College
Ames
United States
Iowa Agricultural College
Iowa
Union
Agricultural College
Register and Leader
Agricultural Department
University of Illinois
Memorial Sunday Services at Congre gational Church
Memorial Sunday May 24 services set for 11 a.m. at the Congregational church. The G A R comrades and Civil War veterans are asked to meet at post headquarters at 10:30 a.m. to attend in a body.
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Congregational
Library Board Meeting Adopts By Laws and Elects Officers
A called Library board meeting at Union National Bank approved by laws from the committee and formally adopted. Officers elected to serve until July 1 including President Dr. O H Cessna Vice President George Judish Secretary Myrtle Lanning and Treasurer Mrs W M Greeley.
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Library Board
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Geo. Judish
Secy
Myrtle Lanning
Treas
W. M. Greeley
Summer Tourist Rates On Northwestern Line To Wisconsin Resorts
North Western Railway announces summer tourist rates to Wisconsin and Northwest resorts. Send a 2-cent stamp for a copy of Hints of Tourists to W B Kniskern Passenger Traffic Manager Chicago. For rates and tickets, contact Chicago & North Western agents.
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North-Western
Wisconsin
Northwest
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western R’y
A Bashful Man Marries After Faux Suicide Gaffe
A bashful man tricked his sweetheart into firing at him with a pistol he claimed was only powder. After she shot him and he feigned death, she mourned over the body until he revealed he was alive and then married her. The tale comes from London Tit-Bits.
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London
Contents of a Cow and a Fare Notice
The joke sentence from Chicago News features a cow named Johnny and a misused word. A Northwestern rail excursion offers half rates to the dedication of the Iowa Soldiers' Monument at Shiloh Battlefield with round trip tickets on May 26 and 27, return by June 11.
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Iowa Soldiers
Shiloh Battlefield
Northwestern
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Community thanks for support during bereavement
The Wal tmire family C L Waldmir e and children express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and assistance during their recent bereavement.
Not Very Filling by the Palmers and Mrs Andrews
A reader depicts Mrs Andrews as overly conscientious and unpopular among the district's poor. The grandmother of the nine Palmers criticizes her for intruding with a costly red and gold motto reading Be filled with faith, while the families suffer from hunger.
Ordinary plug of a fellow she loves
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt shows a wife finding happiness in the idea of an ordinary husband after reading about the unhappiness of wives of geniuses. She sighs with relief as she forgives her partner and affirms his ordinariness.
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Alfred
Chicago Record-Herald
Half Rates to Prohibition State Convention at Marshalltown Iowa
Round trip excursion May 26 and 27 with return allowed through May 29. Fare applies via Chicago and North-Western Railway. Limited to agents. Ticket 2-31.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
North-Western
Chicago & North-Western Ra Y
Crop Bulletin Signals Mixed Weather and Crop Progress
Warmer than normal week with heavy rainfall in about two thirds of the state. Dry eastern districts urge rain to soften clods while wet counties face delayed plowing. Corn planting is advanced in favorable areas with prompt germination in well drained fields. Seed corn chosen carefully and grass and small grains show good growth. Apples and key small fruits give fairly good reports. With normal weather, general crop prospects improve.
Opportunity for Ambitious Young Men in Railroading
A six week railroad school by America Railways qualifying department offers training in standard rules signals tests and time card basics. Graduates may become firemen brakemen switchmen or flagmen earning 65 to 100 dollars per pay period. The Louis Louis Missouri program led by superintendent R Lindsay provides mail and in person courses with letters of recommendation to aid placement.
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Fen
America Railways
R. Lindsay
Goodfellow Place
Louis
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