Citizens clash over city schools board meeting confrontation
A citizen committee including Lovel Swisher Judge Samuel Hayes and W H Bailey met the school directors at the high school to press grievances about management. They attacked instructor E O Fisk and questioned math department handling while noting overall patron dissatisfaction and funding needs.
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Lovel Swisher
Judge Samuel Hayes
W. H. Bailey
Sherwood
Citizens Committee
Judge Hayes
Towa City High School
Rich
Hemmer
Lovell Swisher
E. 0. Fisk
Bailey
Fisk
P. A. Borab
Department of Mathematics
Korab
Stevenson
Swain
Stvenson
Protestant letter defends Christian Science amid tuberculosis death
Des Moines man defends Christian Science against headline framing of a New York tuberculosis death. He argues disease and mortality are not news items tied to faith, notes Christian Scientists’ faith-based health effects, and asks for publication of the protest to balance coverage.
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Des Moines
Iowa
New York
Materia Medica
Jobo L. Rendall
Knights of the Maccabees unit pushes toward hundred members
Des Moines officials and state organizer J. M. Emerins along with Deputy T. W. Mathews visited the city last Friday. Local Tent No. 13 aims to grow from about forty to one hundred members soon, aided by Mathews and active local members. The Supreme Tent reports 323,000 members in 5,200 tents across the U.S. and Canada, growing by about 10,000 monthly, with Iowa hosting 110 tents and 2,500 members. The order offers insurance from 500 to 3,000 dollars and sick benefit payments, funded by regular member dues and a 2.7 million dollar surplus fund to cover flood or contagion losses. last year added 75,000 members.
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J. M. Emerins
T. W. Mathews
Knights of the Maccabees
Des Moines
Mathews
Order
Supreme Tent of the Knight of the Macabees
United States
Canada
Iowa
Summer Session Announced for State University
The summer session runs June 22 to August 1 offering regular university courses. Copies are available from President MacLean or Professor Frederick E. Bolton. The university provides extensive facilities and aims to deliver high quality instruction and results for summer students.
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MacLean
Frederick E. Bolton
Carpet Cleaning Offer From Iowa City Carpet Co
The Iowa City Carpet company advertises dirt cheap carpet cleaning at 408 Hast College Street using machinery and rag-made carpets. They promote durable economical results and invite inquiries by phone number 03.
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The
Iowa City Carpet Company
Hast College Street
How to Be Popular Ten Commandments Featured at Northwestern
A Northwestern University women’s edition cites Edna Bronson and Ruth Balmer on social conduct, presenting a humorous list of rules for the up-to-date girl. The piece notes segregation among students and includes a joke exchange about backbones as serials continued in our necks.
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Northwestern University
Edna Bronson
Ruth Balmer
Wothwestern
Quarantine Raised for Rothweiler Family
The board of health lifted the smallpox quarantine on Fred Rothweiler's family after the required isolation days. Mrs. Rothweiler and two children had contracted the illness but recovered, allowing normal activities to resume. The notice mentions Rocky Mountain Tea for complexion and cites a 35 cent price from W. W. Morrison, dated this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valznta
Board of Health
Fred Rothweiler
W. W. Morrison
City Engineer Magowan Estimates Ralston Creek Bridge Cost
City Engineer Magowan works on estimates for the Ralston street bridge for the Board of Supervisors. He cites the freshet volume of Ralston Creek as a major factor and aims to reduce the creek bed to save costs while ensuring adequate capacity. data is limited but sufficient for a reliable cost estimate.
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Magowan
Board of Supervisors
Ralston Street
Galeapy
Joy 15 Abroad in the World for Me
A short poetic fragment notes joy and air from an outdoors scene. It mentions fragrant winds and flowers and invokes W. W. Morrison of Peoples Steam Laundry in a branding or lyric reference.
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Rocky Mountain
Apr
W. W. Morrison
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