Denominational Colleges and the Christian Mission
The essay argues denominational colleges shape leaders with integrity, contrasting them against state universities funded by taxes. It cites President Thompson of Ohio State and James Millikan University’s A R Taylor, asserts Christian schooling builds character, and warns secular settings may fail to inspire spiritual life. B F Brinkman, Pella Iowa.
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East
Denon
United States
State University
Colege
Thompson
Ohio State University
A. R. Taylor
James Milliken University
Christian Church
B. F. Brinkman
Suffrage and Settlement Work Linked for Miss Dunlap
Flora Dunlap, president of the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association and head resident of Roadside Settlement in Des Moines, ties suffrage to settlement work. After twelve years guiding the settlement, she prioritizes voting rights for Iowa women while continuing social service leadership in Des Moines. Previously she lived at Hull House in Chicago.
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Flora Dunlap
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Miss Dunlap
Roadside Settlement
Des Moines
Iowa
Hull House
Chicago
Jora Dunlap
Reading Nature and Gardening for Young Minds
The piece encourages children to read through nature and gardening. It highlights spring, growth of leaves and buds, and the garden as a living classroom. It urges students to plant and observe seeds, learning life’s lessons from Nature’s pages.
Farmers urged to vote yes in Iowa suffrage drive
Farm publications and editors across Iowa support equal suffrage in strong editorials. Quoted voices from Wallace’s Farmer Jarnsigin The Iowa Farmer The Homestead Successful Farming urge farmers to back women’s right to vote, calling for a June 1916 Iowa referendum and linking suffrage to civic competence and justice.
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Iowa
Abraham Lincoln
E. T. Meredith
Capper urges Iowa to adopt equal suffrage after Kansas success
Capper argues that equal suffrage has strengthened Kansas by promising cleaner, more prosperous governance. He cites mothers' pensions, child hygiene, and an industrial welfare commission as outcomes, asserting women vote intelligently and at parity with men. He claims parties nominate honorable candidates and legislature advances humanitarian laws.
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Kansas
Iowa
Industrial Welfare Commission
Handcock paints prehistoric Egypt at British Museum
Mr Handcock opened a four lecture series on prehistoric Egypt, detailing dynastic and predynastic periods with ivory slate bone and clay figurines from early graves. He discussed ceremonial slate palettes with ground malachite traces, notes on the North South conquest motif, and early boatbuilding depicted in painted pottery.
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Handcock
Egypt
British Museum
ell-Egypt
Mona
Egg Tickets Trade Offer by H D Wormhoudt
H D Wormhoudt offers to pay two cents per dozen more in trade for egg tickets.
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H. D. Wormhoudt
Carpet Discounts and Straw Matting Sale
Store advertises carpets and rugs at 10 percent above cost and promises savings. Features straw mattings for bedroom floors priced at 12 percent to 30 cents per yard.
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Pella, Iowa
Calus Met
Les
Elie
Henry C. Wallace
Wallace’s Farmer
J. W. Jarnagin
The
Iowa Farmer
Union
James M. Pierce
Homestead
Capper
Ft Nervine
Frances
Schenee Lee
Gritiah Museum
Rogers Bros
Everly'rere
Raia Ake
Pratts
P . Galton
Cole’s Seed Store
D. Swift & CO
Seventh St
Washington, D. C
Rock Island Train Service
Silu PD. mM
Wabash
Howell Station
Pella
Hla
Pasenger
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