Rural School Campaign Promoted by Interior Secretary Lane
Secretary Lane calls for a national campaign to improve rural schools highlighting Young America as the nation’s key resource and urging modernization of education. He notes vast spend on education, the one room schoolhouse, and argues for schools to become central community hubs with grouped grades and modern methods.
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Washington, D. C
Lane
Young America
Wis
United States
Bureau of Education
Ely's Cream Balm for Head Cold Relief
An old advertisement promotes Ely's Cream Balm to relieve nasal congestion and head catarrh. It claims the antiseptic formula opens nostrils, soothes inflamed mucous membranes, and provides instant relief from headaches and breathing struggles. It urges readers to buy a small bottle at a drug store.
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Ely
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity Remedy
The ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a genuine old reliable cure for rheumatism and related ailments. It claims the tonic corrects blood acidity, builds the system, and thoroughly cleanses the blood, noting forty years of use and urging readers to buy at their druggist.
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Hood's
Model Rural Schools and the Call for Leadership
The essay argues teaching must gain status and pay, calling for a coordinated, government-led campaign to transform rural schools. It envisions model schools as catalysts, integrating farm life with education, using school buildings as community centers, and electrifying teachers with practical leadership to inspire nationwide reform.
Abolition of Quarantine Suggested by Davenport Doctor
Davenport Ia Dec 14 The State board of health may act on a suggestion by Dr George Middleton city physician to abolish quarantine in small pox cases He argues quarantine is ineffective and families evade it He proposes placarding houses with illness and letting occupants come and go The secretary of the state board sympathizes and will bring the matter to the next meeting The change could force citizens to watch streets to avoid contagion New cases Doris McCall 1517 Ripley St and George Douglas 118 East Fifth St
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Davenport
State Board of Health
George M. Middleton
Middleton
State Board
Davyenport
Doris McCall
Ripley Street
George Douglas
East Fifth Street
Golden State Limited Delayed by Broken Draw Bar
No. 3 westbound Golden State Limited delayed about twenty minutes yesterday morning due to a broken draw bar on the baggage car. The disabled car was set out and later picked up by No. 29 westbound passenger, then taken to the shops at Holden.
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Golden State Limited
Hldon
Railroad Traffic Light Ahead of Christmas Rush
Local Agent Baker of the Rock Island Lines reports traffic unusually light for the season with far less travel than typical just before Christmas. He notes it is still early for the Christmas rush and predicts activity will pick up later.
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Baker
Rock Island Lines
Move to Teach by Doing Not Reading in Rural Schools
A speaker urges creating modern rural teaching schools that immerse ten residents for a month in life-based education. If each becomes a missionary for the new method, states could rapidly abandon old practices. The idea, simple and direct, demands immediate action to avoid wasting a generation’s potential.
Inland Navigation barge 10 to operate in February
A New Orleans report says the Inland Navigation company will launch Barge 10 between New Orleans and St Louis in mid February 1916. The steel barge will carry wireless, a refrigerating plant and a weekly through service. Local agents M and R Warriner expect strong shipper interest and support from St Louis to exploit New Orleans exports.
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New Orleans Association of Commerce
Mississippi River
Inland W Navigation Company
St. Louis
Inland Navigation Company
New Orleans
Mississippi
New Orleans-St. Louis
Lere
M. & R. Warriner
Resolve to Succeed in Clearing Digestive Ailments
Resolve to Succeed urges readers to cast off petty ills that make them grouchy and listless. It advocates addressing root causes by cleansing the digestive system of impurities and restoring it to healthy function for renewed well being.
Medical Society 10 Meet Tonight at Hotel Muscatine
The Muscatine County Medical Society hosts a banquet at Hotel Muscatine this evening with out of town physicians from Davenport Columbus Junction and Wapello invited. Dinner served at 7:15 in the main dining room followed by a scientific program on hand anatomy diagnosis and treatment by doctors Prentiss Beye and Rohan from the State University of Iowa.
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Muscatine
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
WH. L. Beye
Ghas. J. Rohan
Colds Cause Headache and Headache Relief Ad
Advertisement notes that colds cause headache and promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine to remove the cause. Encourages calling for full name and seeking the signature BE. W. GROVE. Mentions a 25 cent price.
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BE. W. Grove
Miss Mina McCleary Returns Home From Vacation
Miss Mina McCleary arrived in Crawfordsville Iowa on Thursday evening for a weeklong vacation but sprained ankle forces rest. Messrs Lee Lease Ray Anwyl and Miss Ora Hays with Hazel Rowe attended a Washington play Thursday evening. Mrs Joseph Rhea underwent a medical procedure.
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Crawfordsville
Mina McCleary
Lee Lease
Ray Anwyl
Ora Hays
Hazel Rowe
Washington
Joseph Rhea
Serious operation at the county hospital this week
Serious operation at the county hospital Wednesday reported, with Bruce McCleary described as very ill at Cedar Falls where he attends school. He has a bad grippe but is recovering. Mrs. Allen Reed of South Dakota visited her parents Mr and Mrs Chas Fishburn. A son was born to Mr and Miss Loyd Kennedy near Washington, with Mrs Kennedy formerly Miss Po Fishburn. Mrs Luther Gormly has been visiting her son Clark in Cedar Falls.
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Bruce McCleary
Cedar Falls
Tie
Allen Reed
South Dakota
Chas. Fishburn
Loyd Kennedy
Washington
Kennedy
Po Fishburn
Luther Gormly
Clark
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Boot and Shoe Workers Union
Summer Street
Boston, Mass
American Federation of Labor
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Lower River
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Chas. H. Fletcher
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Hotel Muscatine
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