Iowa Mothers Plan Child Welfare Exhibit For State Fair
The Iowa State Congress of Mothers and ParentTeachers Associations will launch a child welfare campaign at the state fair. A large tent near the baby health contest will host demonstrations on infant care hygiene and school life improvements, with stalls on nutrition, heating and ventilation, munching lunches, and economic habits like penny savings. The event also features a baby health contest, and aims to inspire broader school and community programs across Iowa.
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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.&. Watts
Audubon
B. F. Carroll
Iowa
Congress
F. S. Watts
Margaret Clark
Waterloo
Florence Sherbon
Colfax
Lena Means
Record Wheat Yield By Hinsbaugh Thresher
The 22.4 acre field yielded 1,010 bushels, about 44 bushels per acre, a top harvest for the area and a credit to any country, reported by the State Line Democrat from Keosauqua.
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Ben Aten
Hinsbaugh
Keosauqua
Democrat
Bosses Show Subtle Gratitude Through Consistent Feedback
Workers note that appreciation is often quiet and steady rather than loud. Leadership tends to acknowledge good work with timely feedback and steady support, reflecting a culture that values ongoing recognition over spectacle.
Free Choice Winter Wheat Distribution To Farmers
Iowa State College experiment station offers about 150 bushels of pedigreed winter wheat seed free to cooperative farmers. The aim is to test pure bred seed against common varieties on one acre plots, with careful plots and sampling for farmers to sell seed locally. Eligible applicants will be advised, and top candidates chosen for the trial.
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Ames
Iowa
the Tribune
Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa State College
J. Buchanan
Co-Operative
Marriage as Partnership in Daily Life
A teaching compares married life to a business partnership. It urges spouses to settle differences by quiet discussion, define duties for mutual success, and hold each party accountable for responsibilities. The text emphasizes love support and cherish vows mirrored in daily cooperation.
Arithmetic Riddle Stumps Students and Shrewd Answer Emerges
A schoolmaster notes bright pupils read papers and poses a million dollar puzzle. Rich man leaves one fifth to wife one sixth to son one seventh to daughter one eighth to brother with the rest to foreign missions. The littlest boy answers a lawyer will get the remainder.
Fleming Stone author credited for humorous line
The piece notes Miss Carolyn Wells, creator of Fleming Stone, as the originator of the phrase the smile that won't come off and mentions she was paid $100 for it, with no credit given for the line. Her grievance is the lack of credit for a line she finds very funny.
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United States
Carolyn Wells
Fleming Stone
Anachronism rail line tale of a night derailment
A new brakeman on a South Dakota railroad makes his first night run. Standing in the center of the car he clutches seats as the train hits a smooth patch and slides quietly off the track. He shouts a warning to jump for safety and survives.
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South Dakota
Capitalism is a Menace in Jenkins Diary Exchange
In a countryside visit, William Jenkins argues against capitalism and laments worker living costs while revealing a boss’s salary raise note. The narrator, amid cider talks and a misfired lecture, learns Jenkins has joined a debate club to argue the opposite stance.
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Jenkins
Henry Moneymore
Bill
Lyceum Debating Club
Chicago
New oats arriving in Des Moines amid good weight
Des Moines elevators report new oats arriving in small lots with weights above 32 pounds per bushel though some sample oats show staining from heavy rains. Prices quoted at 28 cents with threshing delays noted and forecasts point to higher oat movement next week. Winter wheat also appears in large quantities with Des Moines territory yields 25 to 50 bushels per acre and current market around 80 to 82 cents.
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Des Moines
Archbishop of Bordeaux Surprised by Charity Scheme
The Archbishop Mgr de Langay, famed for his generosity to the poor, was nearly out of linen. A wardrobe keeper tricked him by feigning charity work to buy shirts, and he secretly funded the effort, laughing at the ruse after learning the truth.
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Bordeaux
Mgr. de Langay
Monsignore
Jeanne
London Globe
Travel at Home Life Quote on Wanderlust and Comfort
A witty reflection describes the traveler’s fake journey at home. The philosopher jokes about burning the steak, coffee with pepper, a stiff chair, a foggy newspaper, and a windy outdoors scene. He ends with blissful rest at home, avoiding the trouble of returning.
Those Wedding Celebrations
A man married eleven months tomorrow mocks diamond and gold anniversaries yet agrees to a paper wedding next month. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the couple will stage the paper event despite wishes to reverse the order, lamenting social customs and gifts.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Foreman Raises John Pay. He Seeks Alarm Clock
The Buffalo Express reports a foreman telling John he will get a $5 weekly raise. John remains silent and scans his desk seeking an alarm clock, prompting jokes about time and surprise at the workplace.
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John
Buffalo Express
Paper Bag Party Foods From a 1911 Guide
Martha McCulloch Williams details festive, edible paper bags for children's parties. Recipes include hot chocolate, chicken biscuits, sweet potato biscuits, mincemeat turnovers, ice cream sandwiches, peanut brown bread, oyster patties, and decorative fruit cups, all served in paper bags with color, ribbons, and crepe frills.
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Martha McCulloch Williams
Associated Literary Press
Property owners seek title in fee simple in Jefferson County
In Jefferson County District Court a 1912 case files Julius Bliefuick as plaintiff against William Bennitt Jr and his wife and unknown heirs and claimants. The petition asserts adverse possession for over twenty five years of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and two quarters of the northeast quarter of section 15 township 72 north range 8 west. It asks a decree confirming absolute ownership and barring any claims, with a default notice set for September term 1912 if not answered by September 16 in Fairfield Iowa.
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William Bennitt, Jr
District Court
Jefferson County
Iowa
Julius Bliefuick
Towit
Section 15
Range 8
Township 72
Range 8 West
William Bennitt
Bennitt
George W. Bennett
Fairfield
Arthur G. Jordan
Iowa State Fair Admission Ticket Offer
Readers can secure one regular fifty cent admission ticket to the Iowa State Fair and one full year of Des Moines' Daily News for 2.25 dollars. The State Fair runs August 22 to 30 with plans for a large exhibit, and the paper urges Iowa households to have an independent daily for political news.
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DES Moines’ Daily News
Iowa
Des Moines News
Independent Daily
Sheriff’s Sale In Jefferson County Iowa
Notice of a sheriff sale issued from the District Court of Iowa Jefferson County to Mary A Conlee Admx against John Cheramy. Property described as part of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter section 28 township 71 range 9 lying north of Cedar Creek center about 21 acres. Sale set for August 29 1912 at 10 am at the courthouse Fairfield Iowa for debt of 626.50 and costs 55.05 with accruals. Sheriff Shan Campbell.
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Jefferson County
Mary A. Conlee
John Cheramy
Township Seventy-One
Cedar Creek
Fairfield
Shan Campbell
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