College Notes from Red Letter Day at Brigham Young
The notes describe a campus day with Prof Young in attendance, lectures, and a high school joke. Tennis courts praised, new books arriving, Nauman’s History of Music added, and Miss Graham shelving volumes. Annual ball game Seniors 20 Faculty 14, Old Central supper praised, bonfire and egg roast to end. Prof Sadler ill. gospel meeting led by Carl Hillyer. Pelican Day observed. class of 1913 congratulated. Home Concert by Ladies Glee Club on May 6. Rev J B Smith visits campus.
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Graham
Naumans History of Music
Bailey
Chapel
Sadler
Carl Hillyer
Ladies Glee Club
J. B. Smith
2Nd Baptist Church
Waterloo
Send It In and Share Your News or Joke
A playful call for readers to contribute news, jokes, stories, and photographs. The verses invite submissions about achievements, local praise, patient labor, and community moments. It emphasizes community interaction and sharing diverse items in a friendly tone.
Bids Sought for City Park and Market Grass Care
City officials invite bids to mow grass in the city park and at Neat and South Market fields. All bids must be received by April 30 at 6 p m. Jacob Plender is handling the notices.
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Jacob Plender
No Reason for It You Are Shown the Way Out
Warning about back pain urinary disorders and kidney ills promising cure by Dean's Kidney Pills with testimonial from C S Atwood of Newton Iowa. Claims relief after use and urges purchase from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as US agents under the Doan's name.
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C. S. Atwood
S. Spring St
Newton
Iowa
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Preventing Floods and Forests in Headwaters
Government views on Mississippi floods are compared to a negligent homeowner with a leaky roof. A thick winter snowpack contributes to high freshets, but other controllable factors exist. The piece argues that cutting forests at stream headwaters worsens floods and urges action.
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Mississippi
Forest Service bulletin on floods in Castle Valley Utah
Government forest service outlines flood causes in Castle Valley Utah prior to 1878. grazing on hillsides accelerated runoff, and floods followed summer rains. restricting grazing reduced floods, illustrating how forested soil retains water. mentions Mississippi levee expansion debates and Dutch dykes as contrast to flood control.
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Government Forest Service
Castle Valley
Utah
Mississippi
Little
Holland
Sam
Des Moines News Letter on Iowa Convention and Politics
The first Republican state convention to select delegates will be held in Cedar Rapids next week. Taft and Cummins factions jockey for influence as Clark and Wilson camps shift strategies for the June primary. Kenyon faces Young, with headquarters opened in Fort Dodge. Democratic maneuvers favor Clark. Clark leads with 148 instructed delegates, Wilson has 82. total delegates rise to 315 for Clark and 151 for Wilson. The annual railroad report shows fewer deaths in 1911 than 1910, with wages up and deduced safety improvements, despite fewer employees overall.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Taft
Cummins
A. B. Cummins
Geo. Clarke
Proudfoot
F. G. Holden
United States
W. S. Kenyon
Lafe Young
Fort Dodge
Clark
Claude Porter
Centerville
Dan Hamilton
Sigourney
Frank O'Connor
New Hampton
Wilson
N. S. Ketchum
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Railroad Commission
J. S. Woophouse
Auction Sale Of Buggies Next Saturday Afternoon
Notice urges readers to not forget the auction sale of new buggies scheduled for next Saturday afternoon. Vandermeulen & Co. advertise in this issue.
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Vandermeulen
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Poplar
Hickory
College
Prof. Young
Brighan Young
Mr. Davis
Mesers Hillyer
Hanson
Dunn
Westervelt
Otto
Hendrix
Dodson
DES Moines News
H. van Maren
Pella Plumbing & Heating Co, A. J. Kuyder, Maneger
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