Hay fever warnings and preventive health tips from Iowa health department
The Iowa State Department of Health warns ragweed and other pollen cause hay fever with watery eyes and nasal discharge. It urges Weed control in vacant lots, testing for pollen causes and preventive immunization against typhoid before summer trips. It notes test treatments take two to three weeks and advises people to check camp sanitation and water quality, with vaccination as best protection.
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Iowa State Department of Health
Tim
Iowa Health Figures Show Major Death Causes In 1929
Iowa’s 1929 death toll totaled 25 562 with heart disease at 5416 deaths, cancer 2746, cerebral hemorrhage 2506, accidents 1661, pneumonia 1661, congenital malformations 1345, influenza 1270, nephritis 1215, tuberculosis 804, diabetes 461. Live births 42 127, infant mortality 52.5, death rate 10.5 per 1000, four states lower. Public health data also notes communicable disease counts for week ending July 10 1920 across counties, with diphtheria scarlet fever measles and other ailments listed.
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Iowa
Allamakee
Clayton
Pottawattamie
Cerro Gordo
Black Hawk
Chickasaw
Linn
Wapello
Story
Washington
Cbs
Lee
Polk
Six Hundred Dollars For Best Canned Food Jar Contest
Pella homemakers discuss the National Canning Contest in Shenandoah Iowa where $600 is offered for the best quart jar of fruit vegetables or meat. The event, under the Household Science Institute, aims to promote thrift and healthy home canning with total prizes of $4250 across fruits vegetables and meats plus agent awards for county entry counts.
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Pella
Shenandoah
Iowa
Household Science Institute
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mary Hvass
Kennan
Wisconsin
Nation's Best to Fly at Oskaloosa Air Circus
The Photographer caught Vern Roberts, chief test pilot of the Monocoupe Aircraft Corp. of Moline Ill, astride the motor cowling of his Winer powered Monocoupe. Roberts, a leading Midwest flyer, will perform at the Oskaloosa Air Circus on Sunday July 27.
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Vern Roberts
Monocoupe Aircraft Corp
Moline
Ill
Roberts
Middle West
Oskaloosa Air Circus
National Canning Contest Seeks Entries From All States
Public call invites men and women across the United States to submit canned foods in three divisions. Entries judged on color, pack, flavor, and texture for fruit and vegetables, and on neatness and flavor for meat. Judging panel includes Dr. Louise Stanley and other food authorities. Entries must use standard quart jars. Ball Mason jars provided free on request. October 1 deadline. exhibition in Shenandoah, Iowa.
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United States
Shenandoah
Food Authority
Louise Stanley
Bureau of Home Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Margaret Justin
American Home Economics Association
George Farrell
North ‘Central States
Department of Agriculture
Josephine Arnquist Bakke
Iowa State Agricultural College
Elaine Massey
Mississippi
Grace Viall Gray
Iowa
Rock Island Train Schedule for Howell Iowa Service
Eastbound passenger 472 and 474 and westbound 476 and 473 run Des Moines to Keokuk Eldon and Des Moines. Local freights 83 and 831 carry passengers. freight must be at the station by 5 p.m. the day before. Limited and local passenger times listed with Howell Harvey timings. Limited does not stop at Howell.
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Des Moines
Keokuk
Eldon
Howell
Harvey
Deborah a Leader in a National Emergency Inspires Faith
A devotional note urges primary and junior classes to study Deborah from Judges 4 1 15 and reflects on women in scripture and history. It contrasts views across cultures noting cow worship and bondage while praising Christian liberation, respect, and fidelity of women to Christ. It references Psalms and the power of Jesus name.
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Deborah
India
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Women Leaders in Temperance Build Nations and Homes
Dr. Horton and Dr. Wells praise women as drivers of prohibition and moral reform. Frances Willard and a host of heroines are cited for shaping the temperance movement and guarding homes. The lesson urges teaching children to identify bad habits as enemies and plan their overcoming.
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Robert Horton
England
Wharton
Deborah
Israel
Walter F. Adeney
Amos’ Wells
Frances EB. Willard
Florence Nightingale
Clara Barton
Dorothea Dix
Julian Ward Howe
Mother Stewart
Lucretia Mott
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Jane Addams
Motherdyke
Fidelia Fiske
Mary Lyons
Fanny Crosby
Cortinna Shattuck
Grace Kimball
Ellen M. Stone
Recording Angel
Amos Wells
Woman's Crusade
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ways to honor mothers and build patriotism in class
Students propose methods to repay mothers and assist at home and in school while exploring true patriotism. The plan includes discussing individual reach, sin and redemption, and how Deborah, Frances Willard, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Jane Addams illustrate moral progress. Activities urge biographies, judges rest periods, and women’s contributions, plus views on prohibition.
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Deborah
Frances Willard
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Jane Addams
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Allops
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John Marshall Long
Prophetess
Jehovah
Barak
Sisera
Kishon
Moses
Peloubet
Esdraelon
Jael
Rock Island Train Service
J. A. Lapham
Rev. W. Mackintosh Mackay
Meget
Woolsey
Hugh Poe
Gorham
Sterling Flatware
West Side Square
L. E. Gilbert Jeweler
Hamm Auto Top CO
Allops Kaloosa, Iowa
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