Iowa Coal Mines Report Shows High Fatality Rates
The 1915 state mine report records 34 fatal accidents in mines and two in fypsant mines, with 246 nonfatal incidents. Iowa produced 1 130,088 tons in 1915, employing 16,369 workers, and Des Moines area logs show rising wages and county coal output through 1916.
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TNO
Towa
Monrose County
Grinnell College
Arlo Palmer
Malcom
Serena Norton
Thorsby
Ala
Sally Hughes
Forest Grove
Ore
Harriet White
Traer
Robert Aborn
Sheldon
Albert Noyes
Urbana
Ili
Helen Richter O
Clinton
Dorothy McCune
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Sam Company
State Department
King of Hubbard
Hardin County
Penn College
Oskaloosa
T. R. Wilson
Valley Junction
Raccoon River
L. B. Holster
Wilson
Rock Island
Packard
Hampton
McGregor
Mississippi River
Skunk River
Council Bluffs
Mahaska County
How the Whole County Demonstrated in Christian KY
The county’s cooperative demonstration program started when a business group funded a county agent in 1912. By 1916 18 clubs with 700+ members formed, roads and farms improved, crops like crimson clover and barley expanded, tobacco yields doubled, hog cholera controlled, and beef cattle herds increased from 250 to 1800. Local clubs, libraries, a hospital, and a fair association grew as visitors from other counties observed the progress.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Christian County
Kentucky
College of Agriculture
State University of Kentucky
Good Roads Association
Cron
Lexington
Farmers’ Club
Sweet Clover for Green Manure Use
Sweet clover shines as a substitute for red clover and offers more feed per season, but its prized value lies in green manuring. Ohio State University expert F W Stemple notes its rank growth, soil aeration through strong roots, and superior fertility contribution compared with alfalfa. Planting with oats after harvest can yield green manure equivalent to 20 tons of barnyard manure and helps restore fertility on hillsides.
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F. W. Stemple
Farm Crops Department
Ohio State University
Abolish Camps Feared In Mines To House Workers In Town
Iowa state mine inspectors urge ending mining camps in favor of established housing and work trains. Report shows 1014 to 1915 coal production, deaths, and accidents across districts. Also notes campaign expense filings, insane asylum needs, factory reports, and growing auto registrations.
Help for Working Women by Lydia E Pinkham Letter
A Frankfort Kentucky woman describes severe female weakness, regained health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges others to try the remedy, noting it restored her ability to work and recommending confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Heras
Frankfort
Qdo
Lydia
Pinkham
Jamea
St. Clair St
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Watch And Time From A Paper Note
A colonel in Kitchener's army loudly orders his orderly to fetch the correct time from the railway station. The orderly admits he has no watch, prompting a terse rebuke and the notice that the time can simply be written down on paper. The anecdote highlights strict discipline and improvable resourcefulness.
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Smith
Newsboy’s Burden Sparks Simple Truth on Reading
A Path finder vignette shows a boy carrying a huge bundle of papers and a passerby asks if the load forces him to tie. The boy replies cheerfully that he cannot read, revealing a poignant moment about literacy and poverty in a small town.
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Pathfinder
The Great Objection in a Quip About Talkers
A witty exchange notes that disliking a person who insists on hearing himself talk hinges on others being forced to listen. The punchline contrasts luck of being married or not with social impatience toward verbose speakers.
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Miss Cayenne
Concentrated Satisfaction Tea and Coffee Alternative
A large number of former tea and coffee users have learned of a pure food beverage made from wheat with a delightful flavor. It does not cause sleeplessness heart flutter headaches or other caffeinated disturbances unlike coffee and tea.
Instant Postum promotes caffeine free coffee substitute
A condensed soluble beverage called Instant Postum is pitched as a harmless, caffeine free alternative to tea or coffee. It is described as convenient for home, picnics, and travel, appealing to those who experience discomfort or interference from regular coffee or tea.
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Tara A. Hawk
Miss Hawk
Iowa State College
Maryland
New York
Ife
A. R. Ogden
Iowa Conference of Seventh Day Adventists
Nevada
J. W. Dorcas
D. D. Watts
Ottumwa
BE. W. Wolf
Cresca
W. K. Smith
Keokuk
A. P. Hanson
Extra
W. C. Foreman
A. R. Smouse
Flora B. Dorcas
Tract Society
R. E. Bowles
Young Peoples and State
S. A. Oberg
Religious Liberty
William Ostrander
Home State
Minnie Sipe
Su. L. Grandpre
Waterloo Baptists
New
Consolidated Baptist College of the
Middle West
Des Moines
Waterloo
Baptiste
Skunk
Polk
Jasper
Story
National Guard
Clinton County
Nicholas Lindblad
Kiron
Lindblad
Ignytorp
Sweden
Ike
Federal Post Office
Washington
Grand Lodge
Masonic Fraternity
Washington Band
Drum Corps
Polk County
State Mining Department
Vicinity
John B. Kingsley
Webster County
Farmera
Farmar
State Mine Department
W. E.holland
Altia
Rhys T. Rhyn
H.l Sweeney
L. E. Stamm
Monroe County
Secretary of State
State Board of Control
Jawa
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Dixon
Independence
Knoxville
A. L. Urlek
Atate
Anamosa Reformatory
Board of Control
Flynn Farm
Albert Yates
Fort Mailson
Clarke
Albia
State Automobile Department
A. R. Corey
State Fair Board
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