Penny Provident saves over fifty thousand in Des Moines
Des Moines reports 3,950 school children saved through the Penny Provident association bringing total funds to more than 50,000. The program aims to teach thrift and basic banking, with operations in 22 Des Moines schools and plans to expand citywide. Established in 1901 by the Congress of Mothers, the bank covers all costs. taxpayers pay nothing.
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Des Moines
Penny Provident Association of
Penny Providence Association
Congress of Mothers
Dees Moines
Woman Fights Beside Husband in Ozark Cabin Siege
In West Plains Missouri a feud ends in a four hour battle at a Prestonia area cabin. Mrs. John Roberts fires from a window defending her husband against Sheriff Mooney and a six man posse. Both Roberts and Mrs Roberts die from multiple wounds. Mooney is killed. A deputy is wounded.
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West Plains
John Roberts
Ozark Mountains
Prestonia
Ark
Leo Mooney
Roberts
Obe Kessinger
Mra. Roberts
Mrs. Roberts
Kessinger
Conkin
Ozark County
Lyman Steven
Possa
Beaten by terrific sea for six days
Captain J B Morris and five seamen of the schooner Mary B Judge were rescued by the steamer Julia Luckenbach after a hurricane 100 miles off course. The crew, nearly exhausted, lashed to the deck as their vessel flooded, surviving on hardtack, water, and rain gathered before a perilous rescue.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
J. B. Morris
Mary B. Judge
Mobile
Julia Luckenbach
Luckenbach
W. J. Connell
New York
Thomas Hailey
Fools Undertaker Twice in Week as Barnum Dies
Mrs. John Barnum of Winsted Connecticut died at the Wickwire home after being declared dead three times in a week. Doctors and relatives watched as she revived from apparent death, then finally passed away at age 76 after prolonged coma and debility. Undertaker J P Hornbeck prepared the body for burial on this final occasion.
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Mrs. Barnum
Death of Rose Skipper in Moneraville under odd warnings
In Montgomery Alabama News, Rose Skipper dies in Moneraville after a strange episode. A few days before death he claimed to meet his deceased father and shake hands. The father warned him to wind up his business as he would soon come after him. He traveled to Greenville with cotton, paid a slave holder, then returned and died after refusing medicine. He left several children and no wife.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rose Skipper
Moneraville
Skipper
Greenville
Popular Music and the Public Ear in Everyday Life
The author argues music thrives when accessible, noting everyday people hum Mendelssohn and whistling tunes like Laci Darem. He suggests taste is influenced by exposure and opportunity, praising Beethoven’s concertos when their themes resurface in public spaces and asserting good music travels where channels are open.
Criticism Harmful in Home and the Power of Positive Suggestion
A reflection on home life urging mothers and educators to abandon harsh criticism. Emphasizes constructive guidance, the law of suggestion, and portraying a child’s loving traits to foster growth. Warns that persistent fault finding damages children and relationships, advocating hopeful, positive influence.
Women’s suffrage argued as equal voting rights for all citizens
A passionate editorial asserts that women now participate across all life sectors and must gain voting rights. It contends the political sphere has no gender, comparing women to men in church and society, and argues suffrage rests on citizenship and taxation, not appearance or role.
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Byers
Board of Control
Fort Madison
Mount Pleasant
Edward C. Elliott
University of Wisconsin
Elliott
United States
United States Bureau of Education
Washington
State Board of Education
Wisconsin
Florence Nightingale
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Cameron
Simpson
State Fair Association
Smith
Toronto
Canada
Fair Grounds
Path
Detrose
Columbus
Iowa
Er-B. Randall
Burdick-Corbin Company
Cummins
Fom Brown
Cresco ~le
Waukesha
Wis
A. B.cummins
National Congress of Mothers and Auxiliary Congresses
Iowa Congress of Mothers
First Methodist
Lew Burnett
Rock. Island Files
Rock Island
State Railroad’ Commission
Teachers’ Meeting
John F. Riggs
Fort Dodge
Horthenatentz Town Teachers’ Associaon
National
Posse
Sheriff
Fools Undertaker
Father
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