Iowa Education Spending and Enrollment Rise Noted
Des Moines reports Iowa three state schools see larger enrollments since the 39th general assembly, triggering a request for 12.45 million dollars more for the biennial period for support, maintenance, experiments, and specials. Crowded Iowa City rooms and dormitories drive calls for new facilities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
39Th
General Assembly
State Board of Education
Iowa City
Ames
Cedar Falls
Board of Education
Grant McPherrin
War Finance Corporation
New Year Reflections On Resolving To Be Better
A 1923 Western Newspaper Union verse discusses New Year hopes and cautions about resolutions. It warns against overreliance on plans, notes resolutions often fail, yet asserts resolve can empower self-mastery despite difficulty. It cites poetic lines about duty, faith, and perseverance.
Household Resolves for Father a Humble New Year
A humorous vow of self discipline as a father pledges not to misuse towels or leave cigar stumps, to pick up socks, and to refrain from complaints or porterhouse cravings. The resolution thanks the household for harmony, aims to obey the house rules, and seeks goodwill through the year.
Hawk Drops Fish Into Pan In Issaquah Camp Scene
In Issaquah Washington Howard Lowe frets as a five inch perch falls from a fish hawk into his sizzling bacon pan. The hawk sits in a fir above the fire as Lowe believes the bird caught the perch in a normal hunt and dropped it while fleeing a crow or eagle.
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Issaquah
Howard Lowe
Lowe
A New Year's Greeting by Emory J Haynes
An essay on time and humanity referencing the Sphinx and Old Time. It contrasts stone monuments with living souls and ponders New Year meaning. The piece urges recognizing God, eternity, and human brotherhood while describing New Year water blessings and family customs.
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Sahara
Sphinx
New Year’sWater Greeting In London Homes
A London newspaper reports a quaint New Year ritual where between six and seven in the morning households are roused by sharp taps at the doors. Child messengers then present evergreen garlands with cheerful phrases urging obedience to the custom.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Minneapolis
Charles City
Black Hawk County
London
Making the Year a Smiling Start of Happy Times
Detroit Free Press offers a hopeful verse urging a year filled with laughter song and faith. It envisions days weeks and months of happiness built on cheerful routines and shared joy as the new year begins.
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Detroit Free Press
Old Jim Bridger Scout of Yellowstone and Great Salt Lake
Stories recount the life of Jim Bridger a famed scout and trapper who explored Yellowstone Great Salt Lake and the Rockies He described petrified forests and crystal barriers and mapped the Union Pacific route accurately He died in 1881 and rests in Kansas City
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Yellowstone
Old Jim Bridger
Yellowstone National Park
Baron Munchausen
Bridger
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Salt Lake
Gabe
Man
Casapy
Ginergl
Henry Carrington
Union Pacific Railroad
Rocky Mountains
Old Jim
Kansas City
Children of Soire le Chateau Trek 18 Miles for Bath
In Soire le Chateau France a town near the Belgian frontier with 8 000 residents children must walk 18 miles along a dusty road to bathe and return with no running water or bathtub in town. No running water or tub within the town forces long round trips for hygiene.
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Paris
Willie
Sammy
Polly
Solre le Chateau
Soire le Chateau
France
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Constantinople
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Mamp Lowe
Davis County
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Osceola
Cyrus Bussey
J. B. Weaver
F. M. Drake
S. A. Moore
H. H. Trimble
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Geo. Duffield
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Israel Kister
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H. C. Traverse
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C. W. Remseyer
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MH. V. Pedersen
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Guthrie
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Panora
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Guy Warren
W. R. Hecker
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C. W. Childs
R. W. Butchfield
C. H. Shuster
C. W. Davis
Belmond
Wright County
Town Valley Operating Co
Mason City
Fred Post
Post
Evans
Weaver
Solomon of Old
Christena Stegman
Claus Paulsen
Ida County
Paulsen
Stageman
Ida Grove
The
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State Banks
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