Des Moines hosts G A R officers and state delegates
Commander McDonald visits Des Moines for installation of George A Newman as Assistant Adjutant General Crocker post. He announces delegates and alternates to the national encampment in Salt Lake City with districts named for Iowa. The Woman's Relief corps assisted and Fort Dodge guests are noted.
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Des Moines
M. McDonald
Bayard
Iowa
Fort Dodge
George A. Newman
Crocker
McDonald
Salt Lake City
E. B. Messer
Hartley
Lot Abraham
Mount Pleasant
J. T. Smith
Burlington
J. P. Risley
Davenport
J. E. Coe
Muscatine
J. L. Farrington
Iowa Falls
L. J. Kron
Hampton
H. H. Bailey
Fredericksburg
C. O. Maltby
Decorah
J. B. Classen
Green Mountain
J. R. Witmer
Mingo
George L. Robb
Albia
L. S. Hawk
Jesse A. Chase
Perry
J. B. Wells
Osceola
G. H. van Houten
Lenox
G. H. Pulver
Villsca
J. W. B. Cole
Audu
J. N. Prouty
Humboldt
S. W. Smith
Emmetsburg
B. I. McQuinn
Cherokee
T. F. Jones
Moville
Woman's Relief Corps
Crocker Post Hall
J. Robertson
Iowa Leads in Wireless Experiments at Des Moines College
Des Moines reports show Land Park College and a Des Moines college advancing wireless work. The Iowa schools display modern apparatus for wireless telegraphy and telephony with experiments like starting a dynamo from 25 feet away, attracting public observers.
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Land Park College
Des Moines
Iowa
State Receives Largest Inheritance Tax Payment
State Treasurer Morrow collected a $40,000 collateral inheritance tax from the estate of the late George Wells of Grundy Center. It is noted as the biggest single estate tax payment after a lengthy controversy. Garrett to Speak Again. Secretary B. W. Garrett of the state parole board accepts invitation to address the Iowa Christian Endeavor convention in Iowa Falls September 6 to 8. Agains Denied a New Trial. Judge Howe overrules Agar Packing plant bid for new trial in $350,000 Rock Island damages case. Red Oak's H. C. French becomes southern district bankruptcy referee replacing the late Judge Ethrigge and sets up in the federal building. Get a State Job. Ray Fleming of East Des Moines named messenger and janitor for the executive council and Secretary A. H. Davison by the council.
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Lutheran Conference
Des Moines
Iowa
D. D
Chicago
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Board of Home Missions
Canada
Des Moines Commercial Club
The
United Church
Dahl
O. Lokensgaard
B. G. Reinersten
S. O. Braaten
N. G. Peterson
Morrow
George Wells
Grundy Center
Howe
Agar Packing Plant
Rock Island
H. C. French
Red Oak
Southern District of
Ethrigge
Federal Building
Ray Fleming
East Des Moines
Executive Council
A. H. Davison
O Connell Noted Iowa Official At Washington
M D O Connell of Fort Dodge is described as a popular Iowa official serving as solicitor of the U S Treasury. He began under Lyman Gage and continued through Shaw and Cortelyou, with assurances his services will be needed indefinitely. He maintains close ties with Iowa voters and campaigns.
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M. D. O'Connell
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Washington
Treasury Department
the Treasury
Lyman Gage
National Capital
Shaw and Cortelyou
O'Connell
New Court House Leaks as Heavy Rain Drips In
Polk county's new Des Moines courthouse exhibited a $650,000 sieve during a heavy rain. Water trickled from the dome stained glass skylights and elevator shaft skylights while janitors placed buckets and cuses to catch the leaks.
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Polk County
Des Moines
Old Civil War Monument in Iowa on Lenox College Campus
An early northern Civil War monument raised by popular subscription stands on the Lenox College campus at Hopkinton. The Gettysburg monument, erected by the government, is the only one known to be older.
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Lenox College
Hopkinton
Musical father gives daughters music themed names
A man known for his musical career named his four daughters with lyrical names. The oldest became Dora the nickname for the thirst, the second answered Miffy, the third used Solly, and the youngest went by Tiddy.
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Do-re
Mi-fa
So-la
Dora
Miffy
Solly
Uncle Josh Says on Work and Wisdom
A folksy quote warns that people who are not clever enough to earn by their wits will not age into a full living by their hands. The speaker laments reliance on skillless labor and the passing of practical know how.
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Josh
Iowa Leads In Mules and Dairy as State Stats Rise
Iowa surpasses Missouri in mule numbers with 58 000 head, and supports a strong dairy sector with 1 500 000 dairy cows. The state hosts multiple colleges, low illiteracy, and an extensive horse industry numbering 1 400 000. Oats cultivation covers 4 700 000 acres.
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Missouri
Iowa
Stratford High School Bank Continues Through Summer
Stratford Iowa hosts the state’s only real high school bank with 66 depositors and 250 dollars on deposit after 64 days of operation. Miss Clarice Swedlund elected cashier as Superintendent Remsburg urged deposits to earn money for future loans by the school board.
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Stratford
Iowa
United States
Clarice Swedlund
Remsburg
Oldest Good Templars member Luke Roberts noted
Clinton honors Luke Roberts who at 87 is the world’s oldest Living Good Templars member. He joined Hemlock lodge in 1852 and wears four pendant bars marking 25 30 40 and 50 years. If he reaches 60 years he earns another bar. He has served as Clinton weather observer for over thirty years.
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Clinton
Order of Good Templars
Luke Roberts
Roberts
Lodge of the
Good Templars
Hemlock
N. Y
Templar
Order
Clinton Weather Observer
Record price set for Hamilton county farm land
George Knudson paid 12 000 for the M. W. Tatham eighty acre farm one mile east of Jewell, equal to 150 per acre. It is the highest price ever paid for farmland in the county, compared to much lower valuations a few years ago.
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Hamilton County
George Knudson
M. W. Tatham
Jewell
Why Can't We Believe The Widower Is Remarrying
The quotation questions readers judgments about a widower who smiles with an orchid, asking if grief explains his charm or if he is set to remarry, suggesting that charity or suspicion may blur in outcome.
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Puck
Climate and Food Across Regions and Eras
Climate shapes diet with fruits in Morocco and pork in Finland while history notes four great conquerors Alexander Hannibal Caesar Napoleon drank wine over spirits, highlighting regional tastes across eras.
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Morocco
Finland
Alexander
Hannibal
Caesar
Napleon
Ames Public Library Enlarged for Public Meetings
Trustees of the Ames public library have enlarged the building five years after its construction. The added rest room and other rooms bring the total cost to about 15000 dollars. An assembly annex adjacent to the hall makes it a welcoming venue for public meetings.
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Iowa
Public Library
Ames
Early Closing Effect Disproved in Clinton Saloons
Clinton police records show last year’s 10 pm closing and Sunday liquor ban led to very few intoxication arrests on Sundays. Opponents of early and Sunday closings claimed more drunkenness would occur, but data from Clinton disputes this.
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Clinton
Men's Clothes vs Women's Dressing Time
A humorous Atchison Globe comparison notes that a fully dressed man wears ten articles including socks and necktie, while a woman uses nineteen hair articles and at least fifty seven overall. It claims women spend about one third of each day dressing and undressing whereas men average twenty minutes daily.
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Atchison Globe
Oregon School Ma'am Baches Near Necanicum At New Cabin
Miss Charlotte Church, an Oregon school teacher, resides in a isolated cabin about a mile from her new Necanicum schoolhouse with no nearby neighbors, only wild animals for company, according to Seaside Signal.
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Oregon
Charlotte Church
Necanicum
Seaside Signal
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