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Arbor Day and May Festival Plans Highlight College Notes
Young people prepare for Central Arbor Day on May 1 and YWCA May Festival on May 2. Recitals by Charlotte Leland and Harriet van Spanckeren set for April 36th at 8 o clock, and Roosevelt visits referenced. Weather and farm reports note cool, cloudy week with frost and light rain, impacts on fruit and planting progress. A Philadelphia anecdote praises Electric Bitters as life saving. Des Moines coverage mentions Iowa exhibitors at St. Louis Exposition with reduced Wabash fares and state representation.
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