Women of World Hear from Leaders and Activists
National W C T U figures Marie Brehm and L M N Stevens are noted for franchise work and anti vice efforts on the Pacific coast. Helen Keller excels at Radcliffe College as Mary Anthony pays taxes to protest male privilege. Captain Chadwick's wife creates a liner to carry wounded, while Cherokee leader Susan Sanders pushes anti intruder land bills. Ballington Booth speaks on prison reform and Volunteer Prison League work funds rise to $19,000.
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Marie G. Brehm
National
Pacific Coast
Mary
S. Anthony
Susan Sanders
Vanita
Washington
Committee On Indian Affairs
Mra Sanders
National Council
Mra Ballington Booth
Central Congregational Church
Boston
Volunteer
Volunteers of America
Illinois Grange and agriculture column notes and advice
The column urges kind treatment of children and caution with hobbyists. It reports Illinois plans for a seed grain inspector and promotes farm best practices, noting humane horse treatment, cherry tree planting, and the value of farming subsidies and pure food bills for farmers.
Ground hogs and farming reforms spark rural reflections
A farmer writes on parental partnership with sons, jury service reform, and a look at rural improvements like rural mail boxes and country telephones. He notes poultry’s rise over beef, the wife’s role in poultry revenue, and trivia about the ground hog sign and its shadow. He ends with a playful nod to ground hog sausage meals.
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Chicago
Illinois
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The Twentieth Century Farmer Poem
A poem by Charles Aukland read at Magnolia Grange foresees future farming. It envisions electricity replacing manual labor, crops gathered by buttons, food condensed into tablets, and machines demanding heavy brain effort while workers’ bodies wither.
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Charles Aukland
Magnolia Grange
End of Century Vision in Poetry Fragments
The passage contemplates language, doom, and the fate of joys as the twentieth century closes. It recalls a speaker predicting that many blessings will be unseen and generations may die before the century ends.
Retired Farmers And Town Prosperity In Local Debate
The piece defends retired farmers in Henry arguing they support the town through spending and bill paying. They keep expenditures prudent and act as a brake on reckless proposals, counterbalancing those who favor large, funded projects. The author questions harsh judgments and urges respect for long-time locals.
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Henry
Farm paper club offer in four for $2.00
The Henry Republican offers a limited time four for one year at two dollars comprising The Iowa Homestead The Poultry Farmer and The Special Farmers Institute Editions plus local news. Sample copies available at the office. Also notices and a testimonial for Weakefield's Cough Syrup claim a cure for consumption. Bring saplings to the office for work.
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Farmer
Iowa Flamestead
Farmers Institute
Poultry Farmer
Henry Republican
Iowa Homestead
West
Farmers’ Institute
Pre, Wakefield, & Co
H. Hubbs
T Weakefield
C. H. Massie Prentice
John Barton
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Henry, Il
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Milo, Bureau Co
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William J. Bryan
the Commoner
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Livermore
New England Conservatory
Julia Ward Howe
Helen Keller
Radcliffe College
L. M. N. Stevens
Maine
Dean C. Worcester
Philippine Islands
Manila
Chadwick
I. E. Chadwick
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National Guard
Grange and Agriculture
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Simirh
Mt. Palatine
Putnam County, Jr
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State Grange
Illinois Grange
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Jay Teel
Wonthy
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la Crosse
Wis
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Whitefeld Township
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Lundy
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George Wabel
Highy
Scott Hardsock
Henry, Ili
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Los Angeles
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Chicago, Ill
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Whitefield
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Theodore Bickerat
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Plymouth
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