State Capital Gossip Iowa Mothers Day Seeks Unity
Des Moines reports the Iowa Congress of Mothers issues a supplementary Parents Day appeal urging universal recognition and community services to safeguard children from harm. The article covers plans for December talks on industrial school education, state institution matters, and a Des Moines concrete brick machine debut.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Congress of Mothers
Walter Brown
West
Grand Avenue
Walter Tirown
Taft A Giver Royal Welcome In Des Moines Iowa
Des Moines welcomed William Howard Taft with a vast rally, calling it the greatest political reception in the city. Taft spoke on Roosevelt era achievements, trust issues, tariff policy, and a potential tariff revision, urging confidence and unity among Republicans while contrasting with Bryan.
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Des Moines
William Howard Taft
Roosevelt
Iowa
Taft
Judge Taft
Plymouth Congregational Church
Democratic Party
Philippines
Young
Cummins
Major Lacey
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Party
Cuba
Porto Rico
Panama Canal
Addiston
Harlan Seeks Indian Names to Rename Des Moines Streets
Harlan proposes using Iowa county town and stream names for 200 Des Moines streets. The Iowa historical department acting curator, approved by Councilman MacVicar, will supply names such as Mahaska Winneshiek Pottawattamie Wapello. An ordinance will formalize the renaming once the list arrives.
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Pello
Harlan
Des Moines College Receives Fields Gift of Lab Equipment
Dr and Mrs A G Fields completed the transfer of the Des Moines School of Technology to Des Moines college. The gift valued at 1000 dollars will join the science laboratory once the new building is finished. Fields has spent twelve years preparing microscopic slides and equipment for the institution.
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Des Moines College
A. G. Fields
Des Moines School of Technology
Field
State Medical Board Conference Schedule in Des Moines
The next regular meeting of the state board of health and the state board of medical examiners will be held at the office of the secretary in the capitol building Des Moines on October 13 and 14 beginning at 9 30 a m with sessions likely to cover medical standards and licenses.
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State Medical Board
State Board of Health
State Board of Medical Examiners
Capitol Building
Des Moines
Conference on Tuberculosis and General Paralysis at Capitol
State institution superintendents and the state board of control held a Capitol meeting attended by most heads of institutions. Papers included Curability of Tuberculosis by H. E. Kirschner and a preliminary report on General Paralysis by Dr. Geo Donohoe. Kirschner asserted advanced tuberculosis can be cured.
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State Institution
State Board of Control
Capitol
H. E. Kirschner
State Sanitarium
Geo Donohoe
Independence Hospital
Kirschner
Grenoble Public Restau rant Serves Meals At Cost For Fifty Years
A fifty year old Grenoble public restaurant offers bread and soup for about three cents and a four course dinner for twelve cents. The article notes the low-cost meals and describes related observations on nature and a local medical compliment to a doctor who treated a citizen after a serious accident.
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Grenoble
France
Fashionably practical bags for all women at shopping
A fashion piece advises women on handbag use, noting slender figures may carry any bag while fuller figures should favor an umbrella over a handbag. It reviews styles from watch bags to striped suede and alligator variants, cretonne totes, and light frocks, praising durability and utility for busy shoppers.
Revert to old colors in vintage textile hues
The article notes a revived interest in antique color palettes for patchwork and quilts. It likens prune to wistaria, magenta to mulberry, and describes a brownish pink rose leaf pot pourri shade and lavender once used for mourning or second-time matrimony wear.
Remedy for Boils With Steam Draws Pus
A home remedy describes using a bottle of hot water to create steam over a boil. After filling a bottle with warm water, heating the basin, and cooling the mouth, applying the bottle to the boil draws out pus. The process is painful but reportedly accelerates healing.
Silk flowers shaped by careful hand and bias cuts
Instructions for crafting artificial silk flowers show how to form a five inch rose using a bias cut of taffeta or satin, a three yard silk band fashioned into waves around a heart, with calyx optional for adornment, wired stems, and shaded petals. It also notes carnations and decorative touches using ribbon and green leaves.
Mutton Tallow May Remove Inkstains
Ink stains can be lifted by applying melted mutton tallow to the mark, allow it to cool, then wash the garment. The method relies on tallow solidifying before laundering to lift the stain away.
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Hidora
Mitchellville
Board of Control
Fitzgerald
J. C. Sanders
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
C. IF
Applegate
M. D
Mount Pleasant State Hospital
EI. Broughton
National Guard
War Department
Agricultural College
Broughton
National Guard of
Enamel Concrete Co
E. H. Bouton
Seattle
Vancouver
Oren Ruffcorn
Frank Stehm
L. H. Bush
Fourth and
Chestnut Streets
Fourth Street
Chestnut
E. Luther Stevens
Nelle Noble
Monsignor
Flavin
Robby Mannheimer
HE. E. Dorr
Tuberculosis Institute
United States
Congress
Republican
Bryan
Doc Hinton
Billy
Subupbantes
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