Iowa Leaders Shine At National Agricultural Meet
The Washington correspondent notes Iowa's prominent role in national agricultural sessions in Washington. Prof. P. G. Holden of Ames becomes first president of the American Association of Agricultural Extension Workers. The group seeks federal support and franking rights for extension work, with Congress targeted for a new appropriation and a government grant to facilitate free mailings to farmers. Henry Wallace of Des Moines leads a commission studying country life and farm tenure, traveling to Dallas, Sacramento, Omaha, and Council Bluffs for hearings, with a December report due and possible continued federal status.
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Hawkeye
Iowa
State Agricultural College
American Association of Agricultural Extension Workers
P. G. Holden
Ames
G. I. Christy
Indiana Agricultural College
Iowa College
United States
Holden
Congress
Agricultural Extension Department
American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
C. F. Curtiss
Curtiss
L. H. Pammel
Society For the Promotion of Agricultural Science
Storms
Iowa Agricultural College
L. G. Michael
H. B. Summers
Neal
S. Knowles
Domestic Science Department
W. O. McElroy
Newton
C. R. Brenton
Dallas Center
College Board of Trustees
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Wallace
Dallas
Tex
Sacramento
Cal
Union Pacific
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Scott
Kansas
James Wilson
Invitation to Ames Youth Toy Day Opens Holiday Line
A cordial invitation to the boys and girls of Ames and vicinity to visit the store on Wednesday afternoon or evening December 6 to inspect the full line of holiday toys and doors.
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Ames
Obituary: Martha J. Dawson of Clarinda and Nevada
Martha J. Dawson aged 66 years 7 months 19 days died at Clarinda hospital November 20 1908 and buried in Nevada November 23. Born March 31 1842 in Berkeley Springs West Virginia she was related to Zachary Taylor and the Pony Express pioneers. She married twice. first Jefferson Burlin the couple had son George Ellsworth Burlin. second Washington Dawson with five sons Franklin, William, James, Howard, Oliver. Survived by sons William and Howard and stepson Charles Dawson plus brother John Durham and sister Elizabeth Heffner. Her life marked by loss and devout service.
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Clarinda
Martha J. Dawson
Nevada
Iowa
Mrs. Dawson
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
James Durham
Rosa Ambrose
Zachary Taylor
Waddles
Mississippi West
Jefferson Burlin
George Ellsworth Burlin
Andersonville
Illinois
Lexington
Washington Dawson
Franklin A
William S
James R
Howard N
Oliver D. Dawson
William 8. Dawson
Waterloo
Howard N. Dawson
Cambridge
Dawson
Springfield
Mass
Charles H. Dawson
Milford Township
Oliver
Chicago
Temperance Pledges Traced From Early Italy To Germany
The Turin Studi Medievali reports early written pledges to abstain from gambling and excess drink found in Milan archives. Oaths promise two years without gambling and limit daily losses. breaches incur fines. German temperance orders began in 1517 and 1600, pledging abstinence or limited drinking, with strict caps on portions and frequency.
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Italy
Turin
Pavia
Papilio Boratorio
Perano de Bono
Uberto de Proto
Mentiro
de Proto
Sileto Ferrario
Lamperlo
Germany
Order of St. Christopher
Sigismund de Diettrichstein
Landgrave of
Hesse
Chicago News
A Parisian Ruse Exposed by Grace Gould
Grace Margaret Gould describes Parisian shops selling to American women using staged princess figures. A hired “princess” greets customers, boosting demand and prices, while the real tactic is two prices for gowns. Americans bring higher early prices. after they depart, French sales resume normal levels.
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Grace Margaret Gould
Paris
A Man to Let Alone Bookkeeper Joke
A brief quip from the Detroit Free Press compares a new bookkeeper who answers with exaggerated speed. The joke highlights a man who overreacts to every remark, escalating two words spoken into two hundred.
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Fle
Detroit Free Press
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Sioux City Journal
National Capitol
Mit
Pantorium
E. M. Kooker
Mutual ‘Phone 365
Story County Bank
the Register and
Iowa News Service
Register
Leader
Clint Price
Democratic State Committee
Indianola
the Times
E. T. Grove
W. D. Rich
L. B. DeMange
Bessie Saunders
Collins
Linder Drug Co
Story City
Clyde Hardenbrook
Maxwell
M. F. King
E. C. Hutchinson
Ontario
C. P. Bean
Zearing
Register and Leader Co
A Temperance Union
H. M. Duck Worth Undertaker
Ames Savings Bank
Freign
Parley Sheldon B. J. Sheldon
S. A. Keenan
AME
National Bank of Commerce
New York
Knautie, Kachod & Kahne
First National Bank
Marshalltown
Des Moines Savings Bank
Ance
Black Eagle
Bosworth Drug Store
Camel Bros. & Herman's
Canier Bros
Herman
Union National Bank
Henry Wilson
M. Greely
Pres. Ames
Low C.L. Siverly
Bankers National Bank
Natrons City Bank
York
N. Y
Valley National Bank and
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Nelson & Nible
Ames Times
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