Iowa State to Begin County Soil Surveys This Summer
Soil surveys in Clay Mitchell and Ringgold counties will begin this summer under Iowa State College soils department in cooperation with the United States Bureau of Soils. The six month campaign will provide farmers with specific fertilizer and soil-management guidance, followed by a county soil map and annual county agricultural reports.
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Clay
Mitchell
Ringgold
Soils Department
Iowa State College
United States Bureau of Soils
Iowa
J. J. Gibson
Gibson
Anamosa
Chicago, Anamosa & Northern Railroad
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falla
Iowa County Superintendents’ Association
Sioux Rapids
Spirit Lake
Charles F. Duncombe
Ft. Dodge
Des Moines
Ottumwa
George W. Rote
Charles City
Rote
Floyd County
Clarence Imlay
Laws Teachers’ College
Springfield
Imlay
C. RE. Mike
Wabater City
Carroll
State University of Iowa
J. B. Grinnell
Grinnell
Big Rock
Charles Jonsen
Fort Dodge
Last Narrow Gauge Line in Iowa Faces Standardization Debate
Des Moines reports contest over converting the Bellevue to Cascade narrow gauge line to standard gauge. Commission says feasibility is doubtful, while the chairman protests the method of computing branch earnings. The 36 mile route, key as one of the last narrow gauges, costs $651,000 to convert. last year’s earnings were $31,000 on $48,000 expenses.
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Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
Cascade
Iowa
United States
Bellevue
Switzerland
Ffth General Assembly
Railroad Commission
Rich woman found dying in poverty in Philadelphia
Elizabeth Foster a 25 year old widow and former street railway manager owner of over 100000 in real estate and 6000 in cash was found unconscious in her North Tenth Street home. She died at Halycopa Hospital from uremic poisoning. Neighbors described her as reclusive and eccentric with shabby attire. passers by saw lights in daytime at the house vestibule. Her husband Albert P. Foster died four years earlier. He was a G A R veteran and former manager of the Fourth and Eighth Street railway. his brother Horatio B. Foster was also linked to the family. Elizabeth Foster, born Elizabeth Hartrenst, had been noted as a landscape painter in youth.
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Philadelphia
Eliizabeth Foster
North Tenth Street
Holacopa Hospital
Foster House
Akron man asks if two wives can live under one roof
Farewell, a 28 year old Springfield farmer, was arrested on bigamy charges after authorities learned he had married Clara Aiey in Canada six years ago and Irene Bennett last November. His first wife has three children and the second is pregnant. The mothers of the two wives visited his home, triggering the case as the households reportedly lived harmoniously.
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Akron
Farewell
Canada
Clara Aiey
Philadelphia
Irene Bennett
Refusal to be a telltale at Bryn Mawr College
Ruth Cheney a Bryn Mawr sophomore and former Self-government association treasurer faced a dilemma over reporting infractions of college rules. She resigned as treasurer to avoid breaking a personal code, and the association adopted a rule stating only officers are obligated to reveal infractions, leaving Cheney free to keep her knowledge if legally possible.
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Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr College
Ruth Cheney
Cheney
Pallbearers Fall Into Grave in Kent Conn Tragedy
Three pallbearers were thrown into a grave when a supporting plank broke. Mourners rescued the men as a coffin pinned them briefly, in Kent, Connecticut.
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Grave
Kent
Conn
Signatures in ancient Babylonia depended on seals and scribes
Prof. A. T. Clay notes that most officials used seal impressions or thumb marks on clay as signatures. Seals were carved from hard stone and imported, while clay thumbs and ziziktu cords served as substitutes. Scribes formed a large, diverse profession across periods and regions, including women in Assyria, with Hammurabi era officials creating temporary seals for the unsealed.
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Babylonia
Constantinople
A.T. Clay
National Geographic Magazing
Bismuth Found in Alaska Ledge by John Leach Claim
A large bismuth ledge is reported in Totalanike County Alaska by miner John Leach. Ore assays show 20 to 30 percent bismuth with values from 300 dollars a ton, enabling melting near 268 degrees Celsius using wood fires. This is the first sizable deposit discovered in Alaska, with prior bismuth mainly imported from Saxony and Bohemia. Bismuth serves as an alloy ingredient and in paints medicines and cosmetics.
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Alaska
John Leach
Testa
Saxony
Bohemia
Connecticut
Peculiar Glass Eye Accident in Wolsey Dispatch
QC R McColley sustained severe eye pain after a glass eye shattered inside his socket. James L Boyd, a customer, witnessed the moment he clutched the injured eye and cried out. Dr Cogswell treated him, and the damaged eyeball was removed to allow healing before a new glass eye is fitted.
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R. McColley
James L. Boyd
Preserving Jar Mouse Trap Patent Aids Harvest of Rodents
A new device converts a standard preserving jar into a unlimited mouse trap. Unlike traditional traps that lose effectiveness due to odors warning others, this glass jar trap holds no odor and catches mice sequentially. The bait draws the first mouse, and subsequent mice enter as the mechanism auto-sets for the next.
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Acta
Bealngthels
James and Freddie Battle Over Sunday School Collection
A mother questions James about his Sunday school offering. James explains he did not contribute because he found Freddie Brown and others had two cents while he did not, and Freddie won the matching.
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James
Freddie Brown
Freddy
Beating a Policeman Guilty Promise From Judge
A young convict in a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph excerpt speaks with Judge Briles on the porch. The judge urges reform and the convict vows to refrain from further violence, promising to beat up the man who set him up only after reform fails.
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Briles
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
No Changes There Bacon Astronomers Compile Star Map
Astronomers in 18 observatories across nearly as many nations work on a celestial map expected to catalogue from thirty thousand to forty million stars. The effort proceeds despite wartime disruptions and aims to chart the heavens for scientific progress.
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Bacon
Dybert
Something Lost in Prohibition Debate
A Washington Star quote notes that prohibition has improved the town in many ways but lacks the interest and intellect of temperance lectures held earlier.
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Washington Star
Fizzle and Sama Call for Charged Drinks at Sun Dial
A fragment signals a scene at Sun Dial where a character orders a phosphate and declares drinking only charged drinks. Another voice responds with a call of Sama, setting a moody tone for the exchange.
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Sama
Glass of Water Upset Her and Health Restored
A Me resident recalls scarlet fever illness and harmful feeding delaying recovery. After limited intake, Grape-Nuts aided recovery. she gained weight, returned to duties, and recommends the cereal to others with stomach or nervous troubles. The testimonial cites Postum Co. Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Tama
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