Late Happenings Across Iowa War Efforts and Accidents
Community drives support for Liberty bonds and Red Cross as Iowa clubs organize garden work, poultry stats, and seed campaigns. Des Moines area injuries and fatal accidents occur amid wartime moral welfare efforts and a major Des Moines river bridge contract. Grinnell and Drake universities prepare military training and graduates face challenges as West End town struggles with a rest room project and local disasters.
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University of Iowa
Thinme
Creater Clarinda Club
Tme
Red Cross Fund
Clarinda Red Cross
Garden Club
Farm Labor Bureau
Clara Lint
P. Ll. West
Des Moines
Hame
Takeno Mercy Hospital
Thhe Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Iowa
Wilwon
Cedar Township
Blackhawk County
Des ‘Moines
Does ‘Moines
Homer Hughes
City Engineers
Iowa City
D. E. Thomas
Horrabin
Iowa Telephone Company
Farmers and Merchants’ ‘Telephone Company
Webster City
Newton
Harding
J. B. Kirbye
Hartford
North Eneleh
Red Cross
Orpheum Theater
Iowa County
Lyn George J. Kelly
Villiscaux
Liberty Bond
Winterset
Uncle Sam
Lillian
R. G. Hillary
Denmark Township
Skupk
Cadiz Rapids
John A. Marquis
Coe College
Marquis
The
Presbyterian Church
Coe College Haa Baan
Donald Flynn
Mason City
Great Western
Grinnell
J.P. Sprague
Department of Physical Education
Main
Washington
Grinnell Collage
United States
France
Fort Snelling
L. L. Dickerson
Abrahan
Gilntan Tooley
Department of Public Speaking
J. G. Waullesser
Holmes Beckwith
Elmer Geiger
Albert Geiger
Lving
Vinton
John A. Ryan
Washington, D.C
State University
Battle of Fife
Albert Westendont
Rock Rapida
Main Street
Waestendorf
F. H. Shallabarger
West Liberty
Greene
Commercial
Mille County
Harry Farrington
Silver City
Duran Summers
Malvern
Kenneth Shaw
Emmerson
Clem Shaffer
Solomon
Signa Applegren
Sioux City
Persia
Mira Applegren
Leslie Ingiebright
Mount Pleasant High School
Oakland Mills
C. C. Nutting
Department of Zoology
National Museum
Washington, D. C
Aniversity
Harrison County
van Wert
Barnes
Albia Packing Company
Max Mosier
Sherman Mosier
Drake University
W. A. Shultenberger
Theodore P. Shonts
New York
Best of vegetables salsify in family gardens
The article outlines successive plantings of sweet corn, tomato and eggplant culture, and explains salsify as a popular root crop. It covers planting depths, spacing, soil preferences, cultivation, and storage, noting Mamoth Sandwich Island as a top variety and October harvest potential.
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Mammoth Sandwich Island
Amder
Reduction in Living Costs Through Home Gardening
The garden is the quickest and best means of reducing Moying’s living costs. Present food prices can be lowered by growing a new supply of food, though a surplus for meats potatoes and flour takes months. A garden relieves shortages directly in weeks, replacing canned products and high priced staples with fresh vegetables.
Harness care to prevent leather rot
A warning about common mistakes in harness storage. Ammonia from manure damages leather and winter neglect can ruin stitching. Clean and oil in fall, then store in a dry place when not in use to preserve quality.
Immense Demand for Food Across the World
There is world wide demand for food and high prices for staple crops likely to stay above average for a year or more. The promise of profits from growing farm products is strong, urging farmers to their best effort in production and to secure good crops without avoidable risks.
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Canada
Ottawa
C. J. Broughtas
W. Adams Sirwet
Chicaroy Hint
Magtanes
Jafferson Avenue
Detroit
Windmill Regulation for Farm Water Supply
A practical plan to regulate windmill and water supply uses a cistern with a float valve and a cut-out valve system. Water enters via a central nipple valve, drains through a horizontal check valve, and a weighted pail mechanism shuts the mill when full. A small leak allows reactivation as water drops.
The Desired Effect in Pub Fiction Speech
A courtroom style quarrel shows Brother Stewfoot complaining about mumps among children and asking for money for medicine, while a judge labels him an abominable War figure as the exchange devolves into derisive demands and mockery.
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Stewfoot
Freckles treatment promises clear skin with double strength ethine
A vintage advertisement urges readers to buy ethine double strength to remove freckles. It claims rapid fading by nightly and morning application and offers a money back guarantee if results are not achieved. The supplement notes nearly complete fading of freckles with continuous use.
Appearances Are Deceiving in the Courtroom Mock Scene
A humorous courtroom exchange reveals how outward tallness misleads about a man's true stature. The judge notes the man looks tall but is likely shorter in reality, highlighting the disparity between appearance and truth.
Twenty Five Years Experience With This Kidney Medicine
An old testimonial from F. E. Britton, a Warren druggist, praising Kilmer’s Swamp Root for kidneys. He notes a long 25 year association, strong local reputation, and steady sales. The ad invites readers to send ten cents for a sample and a booklet, with sizes available at drug stores.
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Kilmer
F. E. Britton
Jonesboro
Tenn
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Odd Riddle Lines From A Grain Sale Note
A clipped item mixes a riddle about grain pricing with a teacher and pupil remark and an odd complaint about glue factory odor. The fragment hints at numbers such as thirty three eggs at fifty five cents a dozen and a minor dispute over odor.
Sweetening Acid Soils With Limestone Treatments
To sweeten acidic soils spread finely ground limestone evenly over plowed ground and work into the top soil. Slaked lime acts faster but costs more, while ground limestone is cheaper and slower to take effect. Screenings from a rock crusher offer a coarse option, with costs from 25 cents to 19 dollars per ton, and on farms inland, small grinders can grind limestone locally.
Second Crop of Potatoes in Clover or Strawberries
Intensive potato culture can be practised by planting a late crop after clover is cut or after strawberries are picked. Sun-sprouted seed is required. Plant tubers just after harvest to gain full clover benefits, with unusually high yields possible from early summer plantings on old strawberry patches.
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Gardenera
Ohio Experiment Station
Woman Recovers Strength After Pinkham’s Compound
Richmond Indiana woman details years of illness and weakness from age. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength and moved into a new home. She then did garden work building cement projects and raised hundreds of chickens and ducks.
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Richmond
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. O
Johnston
Route D
Box 190
Didn't Do It. A Quip About Married Men
In a dialogue noted for its brisk wit, one speaker recalls a bachelor’s obsession with marriage while another confirms the joke. The exchange suggests social attitudes toward marriage and bachelorhood in a reflective, terse moment.
Freezone claims quick painless corn removal by fingers
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a cheap method to lift corns and calluses with a few drops, promising no pain, infection risk, or skin irritation. It notes easy access via drugstores and wholesalers for those lacking Freezone in stock. The ad ends with a slogan and unrelated moral quips.
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Cincinnati
Woman's Way Warns on Liberty Loan Bonds Sale
A woman notes department stores plan to sell Liberty loan bonds and cautions buyers that the bonds cannot be exchanged the next day for another purchase.
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Iowa State
Commonwealth
Gardeners of Ohio Experiment Station
WM. T. Love
Lomax
Illinois
Domeath Supply Co
Binghamton, N. T
Kale Ave
Brooklyn
Whtaon
Coleman
Wrat- Jangton
Booka Tres
Highat Feferences
Bort Resale
Fas
Calgary
Dulis B. Longe Bt
Kigim
W.n.lul
Chicago
Corns
Ady
Castona
Fletcher
Plath
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