Red Cross Nursing Report Highlights February Health Drive
The February nursing report shows Red Cross visits in Anamosa Monticello and Oxford Junction schools. It notes 157 pupils inspected 290 with defective teeth and 94 with nose breathing, plus a milk-for-health campaign and postures games to improve student health.
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Haskell-Klaus
Iowa City
Anamosa
Monticello
Red Cross
Wilcox
Martello
Miss Bevans
Wyoming
Opera House
State University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Gardner
Sam
Oxford Junction School
Non
Oxford Junction
Mary E. DeLaskey
Elf
Oxford
Jane- Jones County
Toning Up Work Horses Before Spring Rush
Iowa State College expert A B R Caine explains that wintered horses need a gradual feed and conditioning plan starting 3 to 6 weeks before heavy work. Restless horses should shed hair, shoulders strengthened, collars cleaned daily, and rations set for spring work with specific grain mixes and gradual increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. BR. Caine
Iowa State College Animal Husbandry Department
Mr. Caine
Fragments of Humor and Misread Snippets From Various Papers
A collage of quirky lines and misquoted jokes from multiple publications. Bits reference late night writing, a professor and daughter marriage, a farmer’s rambling chores, and a sea voyage romance scene, all mixed with garbled OCR style.
New Bex Grading System Aims to Reward Egg Quality
R G Clark of the Iowa Department of Agriculture reports a move by wholesale egg dealers to buy eggs after April 1 on a two grade basis firsts and seconds. Firsts include clean, good sized eggs. seconds cover small or lower grade eggs. Prices rise with quality, urging farmers to improve handling and grading to boost Iowa’s egg crop value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G Clark
Awa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Sawa
Skimmilk Testing to Detect Cream Separator Dishonesty
Iowa State College dairy expert C A Iverson warns that untested cream separators steal owners money weekly. Skimmilk testing via the Babcock method can reveal fraud. five separators in Worth county were found deficient. Farmers can test at dairies or mail samples to Ames at 10 cents per test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Iverson
Iowa State College Department of Dairying
Iverson
Worth County
Babcock
Iowa State College
Ames
Citizens Military Training Camps Offered This August
The United States government will run three Citizens Military Training Camps in the seventh corps area from August 1 to 30, 1924. Eligible are young men aged 17 to 24 of high moral character. The camps aim to build physical, mental and moral strength through outdoor training and athletic coaching, with no push for militarism. Training includes morals enforcement, wholesome amusements, chaplains and opportunities for religious services. The government covers railroad fare, food, shelter, uniforms, laundry, and medical care. For more information, write to the Citizens' Military Training Camp Officer in Omaha, Nebraska.
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United States
Seventh Corps
Army of the
Citizens
Omaha
Nebraska
Hog Family Feeding and Housing Tips from Iowa Station
Iowa State College’s animal husbandry team led by C C Culbertson advises moving sows and litters four to five days old to separate hog houses in a clean disease-free pasture. Group litters by age, use alfalfa or clover pasture when possible, and feed sows a ration of shelled corn tankage and a bit of oats to reach a 225 pound target by early fall.
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C. C. Culbertson
Animal Husbandry Experiment Station
Iowa
Stire Covilege
Fina
Iowa Experiment Station
Coolidge vows to uphold government and act on evidence
President Coolidge states he will not sacrifice innocent men or keep unfit officials for personal welfare. He pledges to maintain government functions unimpaired and deal swiftly with all wrongdoing after reviewing evidence and law.
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President Coolidge
Teaching Differently and the Challenge of Great Teachers
Dr Adams cites the gap between knowledge and teaching skill at London Day Training College. He notes Lord Welvin as a learned but ineffective teacher and argues mere scholarship fails to produce good educators. He warns training for teachers is often missing and harms students.
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Adams
London Day Training College
Lord Welvin
Noted Bootleg Parody Ends In Tragic Death
A verse by Walt Mason in the Ohio State Journal reports the death of J. Josephus Jinks after he bought illicit drinks at Batwing's Bootleg Store. The piece mocks bootleg graft, warning of the dangers of liquor while recounting Jinks’s fatal intoxication and the perils of underground booze.
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Walt Mason
Ohio State Journal
J. Josephus
Batwing
Pointed Paragraphs and Social Nonsense
A compact lament on foolish pretensions and vanities. The piece notes men ignoring practical realities like coal shoveling demand versus poetry and mocks those who boast of nothing. It ends with a widow remarrying and neighbors pitying the “poor man.”
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Wen
George Washington
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RED Cross Nursing Report
Brent Quicklty
Kleds Mans
Christiania
Motor Age
Yale Record
American Legion Weekly
Oman
George
Bastion Globe
J. E. Bateman
Monticello, Iowa
Addi
Tional
Eled
Chas. Greenberg
Furrier
Second
Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Mines
The
National Petroleum News
California
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Michigan ‘Ave
Chicago
Frank A. Locher
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
G. L. Cropp
GEO. Stuhlers’ . ‘Sons. Co. Clothing
Jacobs
Gildner “Bros. & Pelton Clothing ‘and Furnishings
Cross: Hardware. Co
General Hardware and Electrical Supplies
E. C. Ricklefs Groceries
Monticello Motor ‘Co
Ford
School &Gerdes Insurance
Doxsee
Doxsee Attorneys At Law
Monticello Tire & Vulcanizing CO. Tire and Battery Service
L.A. Iverson Furniture
A. J. Ho McNeill General Hardware
Anna. E
Ehrisman
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