State rules bar rural students from normal training courses
State Superintendent Deyoe rules that no student below the eleventh grade in a common school may enroll in the normal training course in Iowa high schools. The aim is to train better rural teachers, with arithmetics, grammar, geography, reading, US history and civics reviewed for future rural instruction. The rule concentrates on enabling only those who complete higher grades to enter teacher training.
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Des Moines
Deyoe
United States
Fred T. Mahannah
Padding in county tax lists sparks controversy in Des Moines
Iowa reports reveal county auditors inflate civil townships totals guiding automibile tax distribution. Polk shows 22 townships vs 20 official. Wright lists 18 vs 17. Treasurer Morrow demands certified township rosters and clerk names. Cosson rules on redistribution. Also notes parole hearing delay for Charlie Thomas, new fire marshal law hopes, completion of employers liability commission, and rural Orthel Township Rural Telephone company formation. Des Moines events include officials and legal actions across state.
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Des Moines
Morrow
Cosson
Polk County
Wright County
Des Moines Streetcar Strike Brings Crowd Alerts
A large anxious crowd gathers as street cars are stopped by the Big Chris strikebreakers. The strike enters a new phase with no owl cars running and the company planning a partial return by Monday. General Manager Harrigan says cars will be limited today.
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Des Moines
Foop
Harrigan
Sixth Avenue
Mulberry Street
Remains of Maine Officer Recovered From Ocean
Des Moines reports the body of Lieut Darwin Merritt of Red Oak Iowa the only officer lost with the battleship Maine has been found. His father Edwin Merritt of Red Oak was notified by cable and the remains will be brought to Red Oak for interment after thirteen years under the sea.
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Des Moines
Darwin Merritt
Red Oak
Maine
Edwin Merritt
Merritt
Logan
Will Improve Iowa Plant At Marshalltown
Farmers and Merchants Co operative Brick and Tile company with 300000 capital has secured an option on the Finkle Brick company in Marshalltown and plans to begin erecting new buildings. It will install the latest fan blast system and manufacture pressed brick hollow block and drain tile. Finkle clay beds were examined and found of the best quality for pressed brick in the state.
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Marshalltown
Farmers & Merchants Co-operative Brick & Tile Company
Finkle Brick Company
Finkle
Mindoro Tamarao Hunts and Native Game Legends
In Mindoro near Judge Liddell’s estate a rare tamarao, fierce like an American buffalo, roams wild. The article recounts Liddell’s son James fending off a charging tamarao and notes natives’ fear of the creature. The island also hosts deer boar and wild birds with notable monster boars and dangerous carabao hunting.
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Manila
Judge Liddell
Mindoro
James Liddell
Liddell
Benat
Dye Hair to Match Motors in New York Society
New York society women dye hair to match their motor cars and seasonal changes. Photographer William P. Earle won $60 in a suit against Mrs. Louise Balfour over a colored photograph. Balfour, said to be related to the British premier, wanted Titian hair. Earle tinted brown, charged for the work, and she refused to pay. The case highlights how society tastes now match hair to luxury fittings and limousines.
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New York
William P
Earle
Louise Balfour
Worle
Mrs. Balfour
Indian School Abandoned At Toledo
Cedar Rapids Aug 5 The government built school at Toledo for Tama Indians is closed with Superintendent Orville R Greene packing books for shipment. Indians refused to send children to school preferring to live their own life.
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Cedar Rapids
Toledo
Orville R. Greene
Logan Normal Institute Enrolls 167 This Week
Logan Aug 5 The Harrison county teachers college institute reports 167 students enrolled with more expected. Prof A V Storm of the Agricultural College at Ames is among the instructors guiding sessions in Logan.
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Logan
Harrison County Teachers’ Normal Institute
Sesson
A. V. Storm
The
Agricultural College At
Ames
Porpoise Causes Brief Panic at New Jersey Beach
At Asbury Park on the fourth avenue grounds a porpoise surfaced among 2000 bathers. The crowd fled thinking a shark was present, men leading women to shore. The porpoise swam calmly away northward and bathers delayed returning to the water for some time.
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New York
Fourth Avenue
Asbury Park
N. J
Hobble Skirt Sparks Detroit Smuggling Hoax
Detroit reports hobble skirts and small hats hindering Windsor trade as women smugglers employ skirts to conceal goods. Officers like Miss Daisy Zuckrieger detect ferry arrivals, noting napkins, blankets, linens, hardware, laces, butter, eggs and fowl passed under garments.
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Detroit
Mich
Windsor
Woodward Avenue
Smuveling
Daisy Zuckrieger
Prisoners Break Jail in Washington County
Earl Pierce and Charlie Smith escaped from the Washington county jail after picking the lock this morning. The sheriff launched the hunt about thirty minutes later.
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Washington
Earl Pierce
Charlie Smith
Washington County
Burglars Loot Bayard Restaurant for Cash and Cigars
Bayard August 5 burglars broke into Walker and Corneal restaurant last night and carried off the money from the drawer along with about 1,000 cigars. Local police investigating the heist.
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Bayard
Walker & Corneal Jus
Humboldt Chautauqua Sees Record Crowd for Bryan Talk
Humboldt’s Chautauqua anticipates the largest turnout in four years Friday as Bryan speaks on The Price of a Soul. Last year Carrie Nation drew over 3,000 attendees, setting attendance records.
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Humboldt
Aug. d
Chautauqua
Bryan
Carrie Nation
Moyer Reelected AF of Miners President in Butte
Charles H. Moyer was reelected president of the American Federation of Miners by a 207 to 90 vote at the group's session in Butte Montana last night.
Lamoni Chautauqua Draws Bigger Crowd This Week
Lamoni's third Chautauqua assembly runs this week with success. More funds are spent on talent than usual and daily attendance averages about 1000.
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Chautauqua
Lamoni
Grasshopper Swarm Darkens Sun Over Jones County
A massive grasshopper swarm moved through sections of Jones County for about an hour yesterday near Monticello, clouding the sun as it passed over southern areas. The event disrupted visibility and caused minor concern among residents.
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Monticello
Jones County
Mice from Japan Arrive for Cancer Research Study
Three hundred sixty mice arrived aboard the Tango Maru for the National Cancer Research Fund. Professor Higuchi sent them to Prof. FP Bashford to study acclimatization and diet on mouse tissue susceptibility to cancer and to test resistance to implanted English cancer tissues.
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London
National Cancer Research Fund
FP. Bashford
Higuchi
Tokio
Fund
Japan
Strong box in Plainfield yields lone dime in $25,000 vault
Plainfield New Jersey authorities opened a strong box once housed by the Farmers' State Bank of Tulsa Oklahoma. After a month of work by experts in the big safe factory, the chest contained only a single dime. The safe had been used by L R Turner, Tulsa cashier, who recently killed himself in Florida.
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Plainfield
N. J
Farmers’ State Bank of
Tulsa
Okla
L. R. Tubner
Tulsa Bank
Tubner
Goats Plague Alaska Miners In Mineral Gulch
Report from Fairbanks Alaska says mountain goats infest Mineral gulch crowds into tunnels during storms and must be blown out with dynamite. They destroy location stakes made of alder and willow and threaten future litigation as numbers rise despite men killing many goats.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Ban On Hard-Tack Ends For Field Bread Ration
Military circles report from Washington that hard-tack is banned in favor of field bread to be used when supply trains fail or on forced marches. The field bread is made from flour water salt and yeast.
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New York
Washington
Stole Collection Plates Reported in Hartford Parish
The Society of the Park Congregational Church in Hartford seeks the person who stole all but two collection plates. The loss was found when a collection was about to be taken.
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Hartford
Conn
Society
the Park
Be Honest Theme Revealed In Fable About Honesty
The passage champions honesty as a core principle and warns that deceit leads to downfall. It compares dishonest action to digging a pit for others where the instigator risks judgment that mirrors their own bad acts.
Manifestation of God and the Common Man
Rev Dr Washington Gladden argues that divine truth comes through plain words and everyday life not mystery. He cites Abraham Lot and angelic visits to show God reveals himself in nature and human love, urging humble discipleship and work for God in daily life.
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Jesus
Galilee
Jerusalem
Tabernacles
Joseph
Carpenter
Mary
Christ
Saavior
God
Abraham
Earth
Lot
Sodom
Oscelo
Liberty charter quoted by Bishop Anderson
The passage praises liberty as the foundation of civilization and progress, calling it the guide of history and the heart of ethics. It lauds science, philosophy, literature, and religion as intertwined pillars of human advancement.
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God
W. F. Anderson
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