Des Moines Overview of New Iowa School Laws May 8
The synopsis shows new education laws taking effect July 4 including compulsory education extended to six months, religious exemptions, outward doors required for schools, and prohibiting high school secret societies. Also states districts may issue bonds up to 2.5 percent, library catalogs timing by examiners, and funds for teachers and contingents. Other items cover renewal of teaching certificates and tax exemptions for bonds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Riggs
Educational, Board of Examiners
System Is a Big Success in Iowa Hospitals
Iowa state board of control approves Kraepelin hot water continuous bath system for violent patients at Cherokee and Independence state hospitals. Four tubs will be installed to calm agitated patients, with some cases reportedly sleeping and eating in water. The measure aims to soothe minds, with potential cures claimed for melancholia and mental distress.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
Cherokee
Independence State Hospitals
Board of Control
Kraepelin
Iowa
Paint Your Home With Proper Preparation and Quality Materials
Houseowners can obtain a free Houseowner's Painting Outfit No 49 from National Lead Company to guide the proper time, surface condition, and materials for painting. The kit includes a color scheme book and a tester for paint adulteration, ensuring durable, high quality results. The Dutch Boy trademark on white lead kegs guarantees purity, and National Lead will source the paint if the dealer cannot.
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National Lead Company
Trinity
New York
Proof Positive Love Questioned Over Gift Tie
A light exchange reveals a domestic moment as one partner asks if the other truly loves them, referencing a tie given as a gift. The reply notes the tie being worn, affirming affection in a simple, humorous domestic vignette.
Rash Overcomes Boy With Crusted Eczema Cure
A parent reports severe eczema on a boy, covered body with crusts and weeping, resisting many physicians. After using Cuticura products, notable improvement appeared within weeks and full recovery in about two months. Testimonial from George F. Lambert of Mahanoy City, 1907. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. sole props, Boston.
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George F. Lambert
West Centre St
Mahanoy City
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props
Boston
Salting a Diamond Mine Tale By DuBois
Mining engineer Howard DuBois told Tech men a story from South Africa about salting a diamond claim. A man soils a sample, eight rough gems are found and land offers surge as the host’s wife asks where the other two remain.
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Howard DuBois
Tech
South Africa
John
Boston Record
Early Experiences in a Ringing Misunderstanding
A young office boy answered his first telephone call by shouting and asking who was there. The reply was a grim line that he misinterpreted as a cue to continue. The caller replied I am 105, and the boy retorted it is time you were dead. This reflects a comical misapprehension about telephone etiquette and mortality.
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State Supreme Court
Fideity Savings Bank of
Marshalltown
John A. Reeder
Reeder
Supreme Court
Thea Court
The Disappointed Office Boy
The boss tosses a paper to the bookkeeper and points to a Buffalo bill procession that the office boy cannot locate on the street. The boy mutters in surprise that his boss would give a kid such a task.
Old Soaker’s Caffeine Cure Promises Health Return
A Huntsville Alabama woman credits decades of coffee use with chronic stomach illness and insomnia. After stopping coffee and trying Postum she reports dramatic health improvement and better sleep. The letter touts Postum as the cure and promotes The Road to Wellville in ads.
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Huntsville
Ala
Wellville
Comfort in Auto Hampers for Spring Road Trips
The article extols the auto as ideal for short spring getaways with ample space for travel essentials. It describes leather or wicker motor hampers fitted for six, containing plates cups and saucers utensils and a wee stove plus a flower holder as a fashionable accessory for motorists seeking convenience and comfort on the road.
Separate waist fashions for summer gowns emerge
Emphatic claims say separate waists fall from fashion while gowns adopt same material waists. For summer comfort unlined or thin hand waists are essential. White lingerie with colored skirts is unflattering for many. fancy nets and chiffon waists offer cooler, becoming options. Tailor costumes will feature lace and embroidered long sleeve lingerie waists for everyday wear, not formal events.
Washable ruching at home for better wear and look
Washable ruching may be made at home and wears better than store bought. Use two widths of footing edging and baste edges together leaving a quarter inch at the top. Gather into tiny plaits on a narrow band, either by hand or machine. After washing, starch lightly, iron, and pinch into plaits. A fluting machine helps, not costly, and handy for lace edges and front ruffles.
Return to Archaic Flowers in Cherry Net Gown
A cherry colored net dress features archaic embroidered flowers on satin bands with crystals. The design uses panels along the back and front, a girdle and hem, with a tight lining and outer filer. A tulle princess frock wears a cherry satin stole panel decorated in colored silks and crystal rubies.
Pighe Millinery Introduces French Pique Hats
Hats made of French pique in rich colorings arrive in shops to pair with dressy frocks. They appear to replace the cretonne hat, which failed last season, as facings display silk crepe shirred marine and shirred chiffon, the latter two being especially popular this season.
Walking Costume for Girl
A delicate pastel blue walking costume features a face cloth top with a plaited skirt trimmed near the hem by a neat row of accents. The outfit reflects simple, child friendly design elements suitable for a costume scene in a newspaper feature.
Dressmaking details with braid and velvet trim
Patterns describe a smartly cut skirt trimmed with braid in groups of three and slits, edged with braid. Velvet faces the collar, a pastel blue straw hat trimmed with silk and flowers completes the ensemble. Materials listed include seven yards fabric, eight yards braid, four dozen buttons, one eighth yard velvet, and four yards for a coat.
Professional Cards Corner Ad in Atlantic Iowa
professional card notice for ney Ace at corner of 4th and Chestnut in Atlantic Iowa, with mailing address sulte 2 Gillespie Building and office phone 296, Atlantic Iowa
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Ney Ace
4Th
Chestnut Streets
Atlantic, Towa
Sulte
Gillespie Building
Musson
Tlantic
Res
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa, House phone 463 Black, Office 263 Black. Atlantia
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Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Atlantia
Fact in Facing the Hem Describes Skirt Hem Finishing
The article explains sewing the hem inside with a wide material band to avoid a clumsy look. It notes the skirt’s bottom drags slightly and that plaited models are popular this season. Plaits start near the knees and fan out toward the hem, shaping the garment.
Tall women gain from Grecian burnous cloaks
There is little difference between some seasonable evening cloaks and negligees worn this winter. The burnous style with Greek trim resembles graceful Grecian garments and is especially becoming to the tall woman.
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Guy Logan
Optometry Board
Optometrigts Association of
Lowa
Executive Council
National Monetary Commission
Tewa
Bleakley
Melvin H. Byers
Mills County
Iowa Ai
Pickell
Byers
Guard
Harry Kern
Muscatine
Irwin
Pepper
New Iowa
Farmers’ Elevator Company
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C. T. Shill
Carl Lyes
Bradley Clothing Company
Waterloo
Smith Bradley
S. Westcott
Boy
Guthura
Pighe Millinery
Chas, A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
Melchera
Atlantic, Iowa
G, R, Miller
C. G, Clark
R. A. Gamble
Oxteopathic and Medical Physician
Opera House
Ororom Puone MA
Hovax Prom
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T. B. Swan
DR. C. L, Campbell
Ben U. Wood
W. Saver
Abstracter
U. S. Mullins
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OPERA
Telephone
Musson Beardeno
X-Ray Laboratory
Charles D. Finley
Josephine Cook-Finley
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Atlantis
Butler
M. H. Butler
J. A. Giffen
O, Thurman Furniture Company
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