Child Welfare Campaign Adds New Feature to State Fair
The Iowa Mothers Congress and Parent-Teacher associations plan a large child welfare tent at the state fair. The exhibit will cover infant care, hygiene, nutrition, and school health, with demonstrations on milk sterilization, ventilation, and rural school betterment. The baby health contest returns with prizes and a feature on penny savings and juvenile courts.
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Iowa State Congress of Mothers and Parent-teachers Association
State Fair Board
State Health Board
Mothers Congress
New York City
Chicago
Mothers’ Congress
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Walter S. Brown
National Mothers’ Congress
C. F. Johnson
City Union of Mothers’ Clubs
Brown
Penny Savings Association
H. L. Carrell
George Cosson
Florence McFarland
Florence E. Ward
Cedar Falls
Europe
F. S. Watts
Audubon
B. F. Carroll
Iowa
Congress
Margaret Clark
Waterloo
Florence Sherbon
Colfax
Lena Means
Des Moines
Iowa Congress of Mothers
Wheat yield reported in local area tops expectations
The state Line Democrat notes Ben Aten’s 2214 acre field yielded 1,010 bushels using a Hinsbaugh machine, about 44 bushels per acre, described as the biggest yield heard in the district and a credit to any country.
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Ben Aten
Hinsbaugh
Keosauqua
Boss Not Always Saying So Delays in Daily Praise
The boss may miss daily appreciation due to a busy schedule. Recognition often comes in less frequent or informal ways, yet consistent efforts are noticed through outcomes, reliability, and steady performance over time.
Free choice winter wheat seed distributed to farmers
Iowa State College offers about 150 bushels of pedigreed winter wheat seed free to farmers agreeing to cooperate with the college. The seed has been bred for 7 to 8 years and yields better than standard varieties while matching Turkey Red in straw.
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Ames
Iowa
the Tribune
Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa State College
J. Buchanan
Co-Operative
Married Life as Ideal Partnership Advice
An essay compares marriage to a business partnership where two partners both fulfill duties and discuss disagreements calmly. It argues couples should define responsibilities, address neglect, and uphold mutual commitment to make married life beautiful despite hard work.
Simple arithmetic riddle amuses a class
A schoolmaster boasts his students read the papers as he presents a problem: a rich man leaves 1 000 000 with shares to wife son daughter brother and foreign missions. The littlest boy answers a lawyer wins the remainder.
Fleming Stone author credited for famed line
The article notes Carolyn Wells, creator of Fleming Stone, wrote the line "The smile that won't come off" and was paid $100 for it. It suggests she has not received credit she believes is due for this amusing sentence.
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United States
Carolyn Wells
Fleming Stone
Anachronism: South Dakota railroad derailment tale
A brakeman on a South Dakota railroad, new to night runs, stood in a car gripping seats when the train jolted on a smooth section and slid off the track. He shouted for passengers to jump for their lives as the derailment occurred, and managed to survive.
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South Dakota
Capitalism Is a Menace in Jenkins Diary Dialogue
In a countryside visit Jenkins, a traveling companion, debates capitalism while sharing hard cider with the narrator. Jenkins denounces corporate profits and labor hardship, cites a salary boost note from a Chicago boss, then reveals he has joined the Lyceum Debating Club to take the negative side of the corporation question.
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William Jenkins
Jenkins
Sarah Stoneheart Jenkins
Rogers Park
Buzz-Saw
Millstone
Board of Directors
Henry Moneymore
Bill
Lyceum Debating Club
Chicago
New Oats Arrive in Des Moines Amid High Yield Hopes
Des Moines elevators report new oats arriving in small loads with weights above 32 pounds per bushel. Averages across the state run 40 to 60 bushels per acre, while Des Moines territory sees 25 to 50 bushels. Off color oats due to heavy rains lower grade to three white. Winter wheat also appears in large quantities with strong weight and prices around 80 to 82 cents.
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Des Moines
Archbishop Mer de Langay and the Charity Shirts
A tale from the Bordeaux archbishop Mer de Langay famed for charity. Lacking linen, he refused to buy until his servant devised a ruse. The wardrobe keeper asked for funds to make shirts for a needy old man, and the archbishop willingly provided the money. He laughed when the deception was revealed.
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Bordeaux
Mer
de Langay
Monsignore
Jeanne
London Globe
Wanderlust and discomfort mix in a philosophical riff
A Life magazine quote describes a traveler’s ritual of misfitting comforts. The philosopher seeks a pretend voyage through poor meals an awkward chair and a peppery coffee, ending with a staged return home in spirit.
Those Wedding Celebrations
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note jokes about wedding anniversaries, claiming a couple married 75 years should celebrate the diamond anniversary first, then gold, while their paper wedding is forced next month with gifts of writing paper and cards.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Foreman Raises John Five Dollars A Week
The Buffalo Express reports the foreman informs John of a five dollar weekly wage raise. John remains silent, searching his desk for an alarm clock, prompting the foreman to press for a reaction.
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John
Buffalo Express
Paper Bag Party Recipes and Notices from 1911
A homemaker guide details paper bag party treats and assembly methods for hot chocolate chicken biscuits mincemeat turnovers ice cream sandwiches and peanut brown bread sandwiches plus cider tea and oyster patty ideas. It also includes an extensive Iowa Jefferson County court notice filed September 1912 with ownership claims described against multiple defendants.
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Associated Literary Press
State Fair Admission Offer From Des Moines News
Readers can buy a fifty cent Iowa State Fair admission plus one full year of The Des Moines News for 2.25 dollars. The fair runs August 22 to 30. An option includes Sunday News for 2.50 dollars. The offer promotes an independent daily during a presidential year.
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DES Moines’ Daily News
Iowa
Des Moines News
Independent Daily
Sheriff’s Sale Notice in Jefferson County Iowa
Notice of sale issued by District Court of Iowa Jefferson County to satisfy a judgment in favor of Mary A. Conlee Admx against John Cheramy. Property described as part of section 28 township 71 range 9 Cedar Creek area about 21 acres. Auction set for August 29, 1912 at 10 a.m. at Fairfield Courthouse, cash to highest bidder. Sheriff Shan Campbell.
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William Bennitt, Jr
Bennitt
Section 15
Range 8
Jefferson County
Iowa
Julius Bliefuick
Township 72
Range 8 West
George W. Bennitt
Fairfield
Arthur G. Jordan
District Court
State of
Mary A. Conlee
John Cheramy
Township Seventy-One
Cedar Creek
Shan Campbell
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OWA Club Women For Child Welfare
Castoria
Children
Big van Buren County
J. Delaney Willy
M. Soyer
London
Martha McCulloch Williams
District Court of
Sheriff’s Sale
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