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Elgin Echo in Elgin, Iowa

09 Nov 1916

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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1916

Page

3

Baptist college planned for Des Moines area rise in Iowa education

The Iowa Baptist convention approved establishing Union College of Iowa to be built in Des Moines to replace and elevate the central denominational colleges. A $500000 initial goal with a total $1,000,000 campaign is planned, supported by a committee of Des Moines and Central college leaders. The move aims to unite old corporations under a new high place for denominational education in the state.

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Union College of Iowa New Baptist College Dea Moines Central Colleges Central Wear Dan Moines Seventy-Ffth Sanyal Iowa Baptist Conven I‘asven Old Gentral College Des ‘Moines College Corporation Education Board The Northern Baptist Convention State Convention State Dairy and Food Department Iowa Des Moines Mra Ida B. Wise Smith State Executive Council Jowa M. Mortensen Iowa State College A. T. Erwin Ames Erwin Ottumwa W. L. Sylvester Waterloo Minnie ©. Crippen Water Joe Maria Simpson Clingman Cedarville O'Connor Fort Dodge Jews State Ames University Amed Yelle Songa Amex University Okobo Trail Association Lake Okobon Spirit Lake Carroll Granier Moran Perry Argus Rippey Grand Junction Jefferson Scranton Glidden Clinton John W. Pipher John W. Doyle Jane A. Baldozier Ella J. Ross Volado Julia A. Walker Oakland Elizabeth Cumming Hawkaye Mary L. McManns Bloomfield Ida Proctor Cedar Falls Woodworth Clum Greater Town Association Towa City Eastern Star J. L. Recorda Iowa City Records Fannie &. Hammill Britt John Hammill Astern Star Lewis Laughton State University Brownaville Company A Laws Engineers Leighton W.J Brush Leutenant Etta B. Hurford Indianola Bondurant Berwick Tobbera Barwick H. J. Foskett Shenandoah Page-Fremont Town Baptist Association J. R. Vaughan John G. Farmer R. R. Sadier Pella J. H. Cochrane Peter Hartgenbeuach Ida Grove Inet W. B. Barney Towans Planta Barney Food and Dairy Department State Board of Control State Hospital Cherokee Little Sioux State Board of Education University Mada I Ia
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Iowa Road Aids Plan Targets Highways for Federal Aid

Iowa officials map road improvements to qualify for federal aid. Des Moines reports Iowa has 104000 miles of county and township roads, with 16000 in county systems. Primary roads may total about 5300 miles for immediate surfacing, while secondary roads await need. The federal grant could reach about 445000 annually, with a 50 percent cap on project costs.

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Des Moines Iowa Iowa Highway Commission Board of Supervisors J. H. MacDonald Federal Department Congress Washington
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Wealthy man sues for annulment over wife’s novelette confession

Herman Asche, a wealthy New York importer, files suit claiming his wife Asta Asche wrote the novelette Justice to confess marriage was a money plot. He notes their six week union, her return to a younger artist, and details from affidavits about their brief life together and her Brooklyn NY stay.

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Herman T. Asche New York Asta Asche Herman Asche Asche Asta Nne Brooklyn Aschre New Haven South Riverside Drive Olivia Standish Hermano Kruger Andrew Connor Scandinavia Norway
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Yonkers Boy Starts Fire with Toy Engine

In Yonkers New York Charles Donaldson attempted to test his new toy fire engine by starting a blaze that almost destroyed his home. He said he could have put it out with a real engine.

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Yonkers Charles Donaldson Charles
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Help for Working Women Letter Promotes Lydia E. Pinkham

A Kentucky woman describes recovery from uterine weakness after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges other women with female troubles to try the tonic, noting its forty year reputation and inviting confidential advice from the Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.

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Frankfort Lydia B. Pinkham Lydia BE. Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass
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What Does Amen Mean Sissy In The Passing Show

The item notes a quip about Amen and family questions from the Passing Show. It mentions Peat usage in Sweden and Sweden stock details. New York receives weekly shipments of chickens, ranging from 125 to 175 carloads, averaging about 20,000 rounds per car.

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Sissy Sweden New York
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