Tonsils operation proves fatal for Shenandoah farmer
Incident reports the death of Byron Vincent a 25 year old Shenandoah farmer after a tonsil operation. The roundup covers Iowa items from Des Moines to Cedar Rapids including hotel openings, draft exemptions, local road paving plans, and railway line changes.
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Byron Vincent
Shenandoah
Jewell Lutheran College
H. A. Oakdale
A. L. Patt
Des Moines
United Commercial Travelers of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Fort
Savery Olmsted
Clifton
Rollins Olson
MaGregor
Iown
Cora Allen
Washington
Ned Cross
France
Ruhl
Frank Ake
Vinton
Anamosa
Anton Themp
Switzerland
Waukon
Community Welfare League
Davenport
Scott County
I. G. McNeal
Sinto
Omaha
Trend Toward Motorized Farms Replaces Horse Power
United States Department of Agriculture surveys show a shift from steam to internal combustion tractors for farms under 100 acres. Beginning around 1905, early gas tractors gained ground, with Winnipeg 1908 tests spurring development. by 1919 U.S. and Canadian firms exhibited widely, producing two and three plow machines for smaller farms while larger models served big Northwest operations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Amal
Dakotas
Montana
Northwest
Winnipeg
Winniper
Winnipes
Jenny
United States
Canada
Omaha
Fremont
Neb
Salina
Kon
Kansas City
Texas
Macon
States Department OF Agriculture
Seeeerenss
VDI
Cece
Office of Farm Management
Pacific Coast
Railroad Administration offers free farming information to homeseekers
The U S Railroad Administration announces it will provide free information to homeseekers about farming opportunities. It states it has nothing to sell and no money to send, only information, and asks readers to specify the state they wish to learn about. The notice is signed by J L Edwards Manager Agricultural Section Washington D C. adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Railroad Administration
J. L. Edwards
Ushington
D.C
Cuticura Cure Ad Pros a Pimply Complexion
An advertisement endorses Cuticura products for pimples and blackheads. It urges smearing Cuticura Ointment, washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water for five minutes, then daily use to maintain clear skin, and to include Cuticura Talcum.
Datas the walking encyclopedia and the price on his head
A London Tit-Bits reporter details Datas a man famed for rapid memory of war facts and a price on his head. He claims a two penny book helped him memorize two thousand war details in hours. He recalls dinners with John Lee and James Barry and notes a new shellcloth fabric aiding war production.
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Datas
London
John Lee
Babbacombe
James Barry
Boy's Bill of Fare From 1870 North Carolina
George Bailey answers a 1870 inquiry on a boy’s diet with a list of foods and activities. He prescribes daily green fruit pine resin young cucumbers raw new potatoes green blackberries doughnuts branch water and two hours in the swimming hole per the theories of the time.
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George Bailey
North Carolina
Atlanta Constitution
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Hawkeye State
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Tibbette
Osage
Charles Groves
Cherokee County
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Joe Groves
League of Nations
Dubuque College
Ed Short
Laverne
Short
Tama
Toledo
O’brien
Storm Lake
Lewis
State University
Magon
Lerd
Carlyle
Holy Land
Frank
Netherlands
Holland
Haarlem
Daily Thought
Wwe
Freemont
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M. Godden
Napoleon St
North Haven
Bey B. Pinkham
oMra
Florence Isella
Conn
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Lydia E.pinkham Medicine CO
Lynn
Mass
Lee
Berry
Bradford
England
Philadelphia
Express
Harold Somers
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Beaton
Nova Scotia
Province of
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