Co operative Colony at Rockwell Iowa Showcases Trade Model
Nearly six hundred farmers formed the Farmers Incorporated Co operative Society in Rockwell twelve years ago. They cut middlemen, set stock between 1000 and 25000 dollars, and run a practical business without religion or politics. The town has no saloon, ample churches, and orderly, profitable operations with dividends paid in stock. Rockwell hosts a tangible example of co operation and fair prices for farm products and supplies.
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Rockwell
Iowa
Wobout
Farmers of Rockwell Incorporated
Farmers’ Incorporated Co-operative Society
Thomas Chappell
R. H. Dickson
J. H. Brown
Frank Campbell
Mason City
Iowa Central
Rockwell Co operative Society Transforms Local Trade
The Rockwell, Iowa community built a non profit cooperation to dominate trade. The association controls two grain elevators a lumber yard and a supply house with profits shared via a small percentage. Members report sales on honor and profits fund improvements while prices favor members over non members.
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Lie
Rockwell
Association
Fragment from a village society description in Iowa
The excerpt describes a rural community once named Lynn Grove with rich soil and abundant crops. It notes diverse ethnic groups, a schoolhouse every two miles, regular newspapers, and a prosperous society motto stressing honesty. Rockwell handles much grain and local facilities include a 45,000 bushel elevator and a lumber yard.
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Lynn Grove
Rockwell
Iowa
Hair Talks Of Nativity According To Travelers
Hotel clerks and commercial travelers claim they can tell a man’s origin by hair and shoe styles. In Kentucky hair is long and square tipped, with pomade. Indiana wears long hair curled near the collar. Texas and the Southwest favor loose, wind blown hair. Easterners crop hair short with shingled backs. shoe shapes also signal region, patent leather pointed toes in the South, square toes in the North and West.
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Kentucky
Rockies
Southwest
Texas
North Carolina
Harper
Japanese Imitation and the Path to Modernization
The piece argues Japan’s rapid modernization through widespread imitation of Western literature, art, science, and invention. It praises adopting new knowledge while preserving national identity, noting Lipplacott's view on Japan’s leap from medieval darkness to nineteenth century enlightenment.
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Japan
Lipplacott’s
Dry Niagara in Jamesville Lake near Syracuse
A description notes Jamesville lake near Syracuse New York lying 220 feet below surrounding land. The lake is 500 feet wide and sixty feet deep with a gorge of Butternut creek to the east. Professor Querenu suggests a historic river flowed here creating a pool below a great waterfall. Steep cliffs surround the site, revealing features of a dry Niagara.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Jamesville Lake
Querenu
Damascus Sword Describes Legendary Weapon Quality
The article extols a rare Damascus sword as a near perfect blade with alternating iron and steel laminations, tempered to resist bending, edge sharpness unmatched by mail, and a polished surface used as a mirror by a Moslem for turban adjustment.
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Damascus
Harmonious bicycle plays tunes while cyclist pedals
A German invention named Il Trovatore is fixed to the handlebars and powered by the front wheel. It can grind out 500 tunes and will play for an hour as the bicycle travels at ten miles per hour.
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Germany
Grain-O Promoted as Healthful Coffee Substitute
An advertisement urges parents not to give children tea or coffee and promotes a new grain drink named Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute. It claims Grain-O is made of pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared properly, and costs about the same, with retailers selling it for 16 and 26 cents.
Secret Service Funding in Britain and Tilsit Treaty Payment
The English parliament annually funds espionage operations to counter state conspiracies. Last year 65000 dollars went to spies. Britain previously paid 200000 dollars for a copy of the Franco Russian treaty known as the Treaty of Tilsit.
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France
Tilsit
Great Britain
What Shall We Have for Dessert Jell O
A family friendly prompt proclaims Jell O as a delicious healthful dessert ready in two minutes with no boiling or baking. Simply add hot water and cool. Flavor options include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at grocers for 10 cents.
Vaccination Reduces Smallpox Deaths in Austria
A letter from John I Boyer of Trinity Springs Indiana argues vaccination lowered smallpox deaths in Austria. He cites figures showing deaths per one million inhabitants dropping from 38 541 to 3 745 after general vaccination in a thirty year span.
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Austria
There goes a man who kept his word
A cryptic exchange notes a figure described as mute and never known to break a vow. The Chicago News framing hints at a reflective, character study rather than a reported event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles
Miles
Chicago News
Hall's Catarrh Cure and other notices
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. Price 75 cents. Swedish Academy nominees include Prof. Roentgen and Sig. Marconi for Nobel prizes. Red Cross Ball Blue frees white clothes. Cable system costs about 2000 per mile with submarine lines totaling 200 million. Dr. Kline's Invigorating Tonic offers a free $1 trial with two weeks treatment from Dr. Kline's Institute. Danish lighthouses are supplied with oil to pump on waves during a storm.
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Hall
Swedish Academy of Sciences
Stockholm
Prof
Roentgen
Sig. Marconi
Charleston Convention Ticket Routes and Contact
An $80.30 convention fare for the N. EB. A. convention at Charleston South Carolina in July. Tickets are valid for travel via Chattanooga Knoxville Asheville and Spartansburg and return via Norfolk Old Point Comfort Richmond and White Sulphur Springs Virginia. For maps and time cards write J. C. Tucker 234 Clark Street Chicago.
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Charleston
8. C
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Asheville
Spartansburg
Norfolk
Old Point Comfort
Richmond
White Sulphur Springs
J. C. Tucker
Clark Street
Chicago
4th of July Excursion by Nickel Plate Road
Special 4th of July excursion trains offered by Nickel Plate Road on July 8 and 4 with return valid through July 5. One fare for round trip within a 200 mile radius. Tickets available by wire mail or at nearest C A Asterlin agent in Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
The Gold Medal Prize Treatise Sale Ad
A 806 page self-preservation set titled The Science of Life offered at 25 to 26 cents with options in paper cloth and gilt, $1 by mail from Peabody Medical Institute Boston. Six cents postage. Mrs. Julia Clark of Dallas is noted as a survivor of the California gold days and the sole woman in a New Orleans party.
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Peabody Medical Institute
Bulfinch Street
Moston
Maas
America
Julia Clark
Dallas
Texas
California
New Orleans
Eagle Linen Writing Table Superior Noted For Quality
A promotional description touts the Eagle Linen Writing Table with 100 sheets, ruled and unruled, highlighting the Letter and Note sizes and urging readers to ask their dealer. Also advertised are Winslow’s Borneine Arive for children, claimed to soothe gums, ease teething inflammation, relieve pain, and cure wind colic, priced at 2 cents a bottle.
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Mia
Winslow
The Turn of Life Help for Women
The text promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the recognized aid for women approaching or passing through menopause. It emphasizes reliability and support for this life transition.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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