Corn Gospel Man Honored by National Agricultural Inititives
The Washington bureau reports Iowa's prominent role at national agricultural meetings in the capital. Prof. P. G. Holden of Ames tops a new American Association of Agricultural Extension Workers, with Prof. G. I. Christy and others shaping extension and government support. Henry Wallace of Des Moines leads farm tenure inquiries as the commission tours Omaha and Council Bluffs. Iowa officials anticipate major congressional agricultural influence and permanent commission status.
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Washington
Sioux City Journal
National Capitol
Iowa
Hawkeye
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
Coun
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. E. Summers
Neal 8. Knowles
Domestic Science
W. O. McElroy
Newton
C. R. Brenton
Dallas Center
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Wallace
Dallas
Tex
Sacramento
Cal
Union Pacific
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Jowans
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Dolliver
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Haugen
House Committee On Agriculture
Scott
Kansas
James Wilson
Invitation to Ames Children for Holiday Toy Preview
A cordial invitation is extended to the boys and girls of Ames and vicinity to visit my store on Wednesday afternoon or evening Dec. 6 to view the full line of holiday toys and doors.
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Ames
Memorial of Martha J. Dawson Dies in Clarinda Iowa
Martha J. Dawson aged 66 years 7 months 19 days died at a Clarinda hospital on November 20 1908 and buried November 23 1908 in Nevada Iowa. Born March 31 1842 in Berkeley Springs West Virginia she was linked to Zachary Taylor and the Pony Express founders. She married Jefferson Burlin at nineteen and had son George Ellsworth Burlin. Her husband died in Andersonville Prison. She later moved to Illinois and married Washington Dawson producing five sons Franklin A William S James R Howard N Oliver D. Survived by William S Dawson of Waterloo Howard N Dawson of Cambridge and son from first marriage in Springfield Mass and step son Charles H. Dawson. Also survived by brother John Durham Autrich Ohio and sister Elizabeth Heffner Lexington Illinois. A loyal wife mother neighbor and friend her later years were marked by a string of bereavements culminating in the death of Oliver and the couple's other losses.
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Clarinda
Martha J. Dawson
Nevada
Iowa
Mrs. Dawson
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
James Durham
Rosa Ambrose
Zachary Taylor
Waddles
Pony Express
Mississippi West
Jefferson Burlin
George Ellsworth Burlin
Andersonville
Illinois
Lexington
Washington Dawson
Franklin A
William S
James R
Howard N
Oliver D. Dawson
William S. Dawson
Waterloo
Howard N. Dawson
Cambridge
Dawson
Springfield
Mass
Charles H. Dawson
Milford Township
Oliver
Chicago
Earliest pledges to abstain from gambling and drinking cited
A note on Italian and German temperance history cites Turin Studi Medievali findings of pledges to abstain from gambling in Milan archives. It also details early temperance orders in Germany from 1517 and 1600, with restrictions on alcohol and taunting tavern visits.
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Italy
Turin
Pavia
Papilio Boratorio
Perano de Bono
Uberto de Proto
Mentiro
de Proto
Sileto Ferrario
Lamperio
Germany
Order of St. Christopher
Sigismund de Diettrichstein
Hesse
Chicago News
A Parisian ruse on American buyers in Paris dress houses
Grace Margaret Gould recounts a Paris fashion con the Princess ruse where an employee cloaked as a grand lady inspires American shoppers to pay inflated prices for gowns. The tale notes dual pricing with American and French rates and seasonal price shifts tied to American visitors.
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Grace Margaret Gould
Paris
A Man to Let Alone Bookkeeper Query
A Detroit Free Press line questions the temperament of a new bookkeeper, noting the man would respond with a hundredfold reply if prompted by two words. The exchange hints at a sharp, quick-witted character central to the joke.
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Detroit Free Press
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E. M. Kooker
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Phone 365
Story County Bank
the Register and
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Leader
Clint Price
Democratic State Committee
Indianola
Tribune
the Times
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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
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Register and Leader Co
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H. M. Duck Worth Undertaker
Ames Savings Bank
Are Sheldon
B. J. Shelden
S. A. Keenan
Story Co
AME
National Bank of Commerce
New York
Knautie, Kachod & Kuhne
First National Bank
Marshalltown
Des Moines Savings Bank
Ance
Black Eagle
Bosworth Drug Store
IWA
Camier Bros. & Herman’s
Canier Bros
Herman
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W.M. Greely
Henry Wilson
E. W. Stanton
C.L. Liverly
Bankers National Bank
National City Bank
N. Y
Valley National Bank
Citizens’ National Bank
Nelson & Nible
Ames Times
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