Iowa Farmers Urged to Send Seed Grain for Free Testing
Farmers across Iowa are urged to submit seed corn samples to the Iowa State College at Ames for free testing due to a poor seed condition caused by heavy rains and a hard freeze. Tests in Des Moines Omaha and Ames show many seeds are dead or weak. farmers should select random ears and mail two kernels from each side in a strong envelope to the farm crops department at Ames for analysis and a mailed report. Albia to host the Iowa Eisteddfod with two-day session in September and a $750 piano prize plus a $1,000 main purse and 20,000 program prints grand plans announced.
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Ames
Ija
Iowa
Agricultural College
Des Moines
Omaha
Ames College
Holden
Farm Crops Department
Albia
Gets
Albia City Park
Lovers Buried Side by Side in Monroe Tragedy
Vern Barr and Caroline Ammer, youths described as sweethearts, killed themselves after parents opposed their engagement. The couple was buried together in a Monroe mausoleum after a double funeral at the Monroe Methodist church led by Rev. Altman.
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Monroe
Vern Barr
Caroline Ammer
Monroe Methodist Church
Mr. Altman
Lutheran Church of
Barr
New Cars Enter Fort Dodge Service
New pay as you enter cars are being prepared by the Fort Dodge Des Moines Southern company for Fort Dodge. They are in shops receiving motors and finishing touches before entering service after delays since last summer.
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Boone
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Company
Fort Dodge
Creston to Install Electrolytic Lights on Main Street
Creston merchants plan a block of electric lights in downtown Creston. The Greater Creston association endorses the project as a solid investment to boost the city's interests.
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Creston
Greater
Eagle Grove Plans Main Street Paving This Spring
Eagle Grove considers paving the main street and other blocks early next spring. City council members have circulated a petition and about 80 percent of local businessmen favor the improvement.
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Eagle Grove
Iowa's Youngest Civil War Veteran Bloomfield
William Eichelberger, age 61, is believed the state's youngest living Civil War veteran. He enlisted at age 18 as a drummer boy and fought in several noted battles.
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Iowa
Bloomfield
William Eichelberger
Johnson Wright Dies. Early Iowa Pioneer
Des Moines reports the death of Johnson Titus Wright aged 85 at his home near Carlisle. A pioneer resident, he arrived in Iowa over fifty years ago and resided in Mahaska, Warren and Polk counties.
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Johnson Wright
Des Moines
Johnson Titus Wright
Iowa
Carlisle
Mr. Wright
Mahaska
Warren
Polk
Central Iowa Lumbermen's to Hold Next Session in Des Moines
The Central Iowa Lumbermen's association met in Marshalltown and voted to hold its next annual session in Des Moines. Ben R. Vardamayi delivered an address.
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Mert
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Central Iowa Lumbermen’s Association
Iowa University to hear Rev Edwin Hughes on 1910 commencement
President George N. MacLean announced that Rev Edwin H Hughes has accepted to deliver the baccalaureate address for the class of 1910 at the commencement exercises to be held next June in Iowa City.
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Bishop Hughes
U. S. Grater
Iowa City
George _ N. MacLean
University of Iowa
Edwin H
Creston Paving Contract Awarded for Local Streets
The Creston paving contract has been let for nearly two miles of work mainly in residence districts. Barco macadam will be the material used, ensuring uniform quality with the same standard as previously adopted.
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Creston Paving
Creston
Hunters Demand State Funds For Fish Stocking In Madison County
Madison county Auditor T. M. Scott reports 805 hunter licenses issued in 1909 with an estimated 1000 more to be sold this year. License buyers largely want a portion of the fund used to stock streams with game fish and curb illegal fishing. Enforcing fish laws receives little attention locally.
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Winterset
T. M. Scott
Madison County
Creamery Pays Patrons 63500 in Year for Menlo Co-op
The Menlo Co-Operative Creamery paid 63500 to its patrons for the past year, 14500 less than 1908, when 78000 was the record. Farmers receive 36 cents per pound for butter fat, retailing at 38 cents. The creamery is owned and run by the farmers.
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Menlo
Menlo Co-Operative Creamery Company
Farmers Return to the Corn Fields
The snowfall has melted allowing farmers to resume harvesting corn. Some ground remains snow covered but many areas are clear enough to pick. Although the late crop quality is not as high as earlier picks, it is still worth saving.
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Lake City
Creamery Association Elects Officers
Clarion Creamery association has elected officers T A Shillington president Jacob Buck vice president Wiert Johnson secretary O P Morton treasurer E W Schroeder director. The past year was one of the best in the companys history with an average butter fat price of 25.44 cents per pound.
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Creamery Association
Clarion
Clarion Creamery Association
T. A. Shillington
Jacob Buck
Wiert Johnson
O. P. Morton
E. W. Schroeder
Girl Marries Foster Mother's Son in Brighton
Gertrude Trusty wed Harry Crandall, son of her guardian Mrs Anna Crandall in Brighton. The bride, once known as a child wife of 70 year old John Leeper at age nine, was involved in a scandal that prompted an annulment. Now aged eighteen she remains in the Crandall family.
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Muscatine
Gertrude Trusty
Brighton
Harry Crandall
Anna Crandall
John Leeper
Crandall
North Western Railway Announces Massive Belle Plaine Improvements
Belle Plaine officials say this summer will see extensive upgrades by the North Western Railway. A 100 stall roundhouse the largest in the United States will be built along with a new pumping station. Over eleven miles of switch tracks are planned and a third track will extend from Belle Plaine to Tama.
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Belle Plaine
Northwestern Railway
United States
Belle Plaina
Tama
Estes Accepted as Assistant Professor at Kansas State College
Edward S. Estes of Marshalltown a Marshalltown High School graduate and Ames graduate has accepted an assistant professor position in the dairy department at Kansas State Agricultural College Manhattan Kan and will leave soon to begin duties after completing four years at Ames.
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Kansas Farm College
Marshalltown
Edward S. Estes
Ames
Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Kan
Will
Butter Prices Drop After Protests in Dubuque
In Dubuque an organized protest by residents against 40 cent butter and oleomargarine at 17 cents pushed creamery butter down to 31 cents. Housewives refused to buy and shop staff reported poor sales.
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Dubuque
Boy attacked by vicious hog at Jensen farm
Henry Jensen, the 10 year old son of J H Jensen a prominent farmer northeast of Schal ler was attacked in the hog pen by a vicious hog. His brother intervened and beat the animal off. The injury was serious but non fatal.
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Ida Grove
Henry Jensen
J. H. Jensen
Here
Schaller
Interurban Line Planned From Clinton to Cedar Rapids
Reported with good authority that eastern capitalists plan an interurban railroad linking Clinton and Cedar Rapids. The project would connect the two cities with electric rail service, signaling a major regional transportation development.
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Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Five Short Weight Arrests In Sioux City Coal Trade
City sealer of weights and measures reports arrest of five local coal dealers for selling short weights. Named dealers include B H Silver, W Frieden, A E B Line, Carlaon, and H H Krummann after test inspections.
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Sioux City
B. H
Carlaon
H. H. Krummann
Indianola Boy Hurt In Coasting Accident
Clinton Willie Bulen aged 12 and Ben Hunt of Indianola were involved in a coasting accident. Bulen suffered a broken leg and Hunt sustained a badly sprained ankle.
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Indianola
Clinton
Willie Bulen
Ben “Hunt
Bulen
Hunt
Gladstone wood chopping relics recalled in centenary note
London reports the centenary of William Ewart Gladstone, longtime British MP for 62 years. He enjoyed ax work on his Hawarden estate, cutting trees for landscape and fuel, with special axes preserved as relics. A oak he felled became a chair carved with his portrait.
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London
William Ewart Gladstone
House of Commons
Gladstone
England
Hawarden
Woman Is Savage Says Chicago Sociologist
University of Chicago sociologist Prof. William J. Thomas declares women are savages and that dress is a competitive tool harming men. He advocates interracial marriage limits and mocks courtship in his book Sex and Society, stirring controversy.
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Chicago
Wiliam J. Thomas
University of Chicago
Thomas
United States
Ancient Medicines and Odd Remedies From Culpepper
The Indianapolis News discusses Culpepper’s Herbal from 1656 and 1820 reprints. It cites extreme cures like oil with boiled frogs, burned horse leeches, black soap with ginger, and quenching hot gold in wine to cheer the vitals and treat plague.
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Menelik
Culpepper
Indianapolis News
His Life Work Well Done
Su Teh-fa a faithful old colporteur in Manchuria died after more than 20 years service for the British and Foreign Bible Society He sold about 100000 copies of the scriptures and may have done more than any other Chinese for evangelization Originally he worshipped the goddess of mercy.
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Su Teh-fa
Manchuria
British and Foreign Bible Society
Mercy
Immune Tuberculosis Strategy Promising Says Iowa Expert
Dr. Kepford reports Dr. Webb in Colorado Springs is testing inoculation with living tuberculosis germs to immunize children against TB. Early results show patient improvement and blood changes. full cures remain unproven, but theory is hailed as potentially revolutionary in TB treatment.
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J. B. Webb
Colorado Springs
A. E. Kepford
Iowa
Webb
BE. A. Wright
London
Kepford
WAS FRIEND OF GREAT MEN Rev William E Stanley a noted Iowa pastor
Rev William E Stanley a prominent Iowa Baptist clergyman and former Atlantic and Baldora pastor, was a close friend of leading New England literary figures forty years ago. He knew Wendell Phillips William Lloyd Garrison Henry Ward Beecher Harriet Beecher Stowe and others. A Civil War chaplain and former Minnesota state G A R chaplain, he traveled to visit historic literary shrines and battlefields last summer. He is a beloved and respected figure Iowa should honor.
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William E. Stanley
Iowa
America
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Stanley
Mrs. Phelps
Gates Ajar
James Hedley
Minnesota
Mean Belgian Trader Mirrored by Saunders MacPherson Tale
The Reverend William H. Leslie, Congo missionary, likens a mean Belgian trader to Saunders MacPherson of Peebles. MacPherson once visited his rich cousin Frazer in New York for seven months and, in a cigar shop, offered to pay three cigars for a nickel, requesting the third one.
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William H. Leslie
Congo
Vaterland
Mr. Leslie
Saunders MacPherson
Peebles
Saunders
Frazer
New York
Sandy
General Grenville M. Dodge Leads Allison Monument Fund Drive
Gen. Grenville M. Dodge of Council Bluffs regains health to resume soliciting subscriptions for the Allison Monument fund. He coordinates district chairmen across Iowa to raise money, revered in Hawkeye State for Civil War service and later business prominence. He recently presided at New York Town Society banquet as toastmaster.
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Grenville M. Dodge
Council Bluffs
Allison Monument Fund
Gen. Dodge
Hawkeye
Town Society
New York
Town
Indian bootlegging trials loom for reservation youth
John Mashana a young Muskwaki man is charged with bringing liquor onto the reservation in violation of federal law. He was jailed in Toledo awaiting a April federal court with potential punishment up to two years and two thousand dollars. Officials plan to root out liquor from the reservation and pursue white as well as native bootleggers at Fort Leavenworth.
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John Mashana
Muskwaki Reservation
Uncle Sam
John
Dr. Smith
United States
Marshal Healy
Cedar Rapids
Mashana
Fama County
Toledo
Reed
Fort Leavenworth
Agent Green
Missionary Smith
Palmer Talbert
Marshalltown
Redskin
Famous Possum Supper Man Jeff Logan of Des Moines
Jefferson Logan a leading African American in Iowa has held yearly possum suppers for two decades inviting Iowa officials and notable guests. Governors past and present have attended, with invitations extended to figures like Roosevelt and Cummins, reflecting Logan’s political involvement and Des Moines prominence.
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Iowa State
Jeff
Des Moines
Shaw, Jackson
Larrabee
Roosevelt
Logan
State House
Clergymen Call for Early Shopping In Mason City
The Ministerial Association of Mason City condemns late Saturday shopping and resolves to urge congregations to shop early. Clerks are kept at stores until near midnight, while the clergy pledge to promote early-hour shopping among their members.
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Ministerial Association of
Mason City
Storm Lake Growth and Eldora Paving Plans 1910
Storm Lake has over thirty new houses built in 1909 costing about 70000 dollars. Cerro Gordo county leases Mason City courthouse basement to the city government for five years at 1200 dollars yearly. abstractors must move by April 1. Eldora plans paving a mile in 1910.
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Storm Lake
Cerro Gordo County
Mason City
Eldora
Tears in Books and the Allure of Sad Storytelling
A reflection on why readers seek books that move them to tears. Sad stories evoke deep emotion, offering beauty and a sense of shared humanity, even as they leave no personal bitterness or loss. The piece cites St. Nicholas on the value of feeling unhappy yet cherished.
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Lfe
St. Nicholas
Energetic aged peer tends his land at eighty two
Lord Haddington, eleventh earl and Scotland representative peer, is noted for personally tending his property. He has long enjoyed gardening as a keen hobby and has served as lord lieutenant of his county for over twenty five years.
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Lord Haddington
Scotland
London Daily Mail
Wonderberry or Sunberry touted as a remarkable garden fruit
Luther Burbank originator and John Lewis Childs introducer laud the Wonderberry as a nationwide success. Endorsements cite prolific yields in sand, early ripening, drought tolerance, and high personal satisfaction with various examples from Wichita to New Mexico.
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Luther Burbank
John Lewis Childs
Floral Park
N. Y
John Burroughs
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Kenwood Avenue
Chicago
J. P. Swallow
Kenton
Ohio
H. B. Sheldon
Pacific Grove
Cal
Iw. T. Davis
Enon
Morrow
U. S
Childs
Hattie Vincent
Hayden
New Mexico
Tit for Tat armory clash sparks muttered threats
A tense exchange erupts as two figures scold each other in a noisy dispute, accusing the other of sleeping around and loud snoring that echoes for miles, with a warning to keep quiet.
Why His Mother Mourned
A story about an Irish mother whose son plans a world voyage. She fears misfortune yet remains silent as he departs. After he starts, she mourns, and a neighbor’s comfort fails. The mother worries he has funds to travel but not to return home.
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William M. Fogarty
Indianapolis Star
Tailor Made Charity Request At Church
In a Harper's Weekly note the pastor thanks the sewing circle for six buttons donated in the contribution box over the past month. He asks philanthropists to place six undershirts and three pairs of secular garments on the plate next Sunday to enable sewing of the buttons.
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Harper’s Weekly
What the Doctor Did
Gustave Ullyatt's daughter has been unwell prompting a doctor visit. The physician examined her with a stethoscope and later reported nothing, leaving her father puzzled as the child quips the doctor only telephoned her.
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Gustave Ullyatt
Ullyatt
Mr. Ulhyatt
Denver Post
Grape-Nuts Endures Ailing Woman’s Digestive Triumph
A Missouri woman recounts long stomach troubles until Grape-Nuts proved digestible and curative. She reports symptom relief from heartburn to gas, weight gain from 98 to 116 pounds, renewed strength, and daily activity. The letter promotes the Food Power campaign and the book The Road to Wellville.
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Missouri
Wellville
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