Items of Interest from Iowa Headlines in 1916
A digest of Iowa news items notes Drake students’ river accident, Ida Grove estate values, fraud probes in linseed oil markets, and public health warnings. It reports military pay law expansion, university intern placements, Des Moines horse shipments, Pan American exposition refunds, rural school commencements, and notable local incidents including a bank robbery, a drowning, and a deadly farm accident. Also covered are rail executive ties, county education honors, and statewide agricultural statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank ‘Battson
Drake
Des Moines
Edwin Benedict
Iowa
Ida Grove
Ida
B. C
Webb County
Texas
Vadmiser
W. F. Clowes
Iowa Anti-tuberculosis Association
H. S. Johnson
Sioux City
Northwest
England
Italy
France
Iowa Commission
State Treasury
E. R. Stoddard
Jackson County
Maquoketa
A. M. Deyoe
Milton Tudor
Town City
United States
Glen C. Forgy
Logansport
Ind
C. A. Robbins
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Margaret. Kanaly
Newell High School
Kanaly
Weather lore and signs for predicting fair days
A compact guide lists sunrises and sunsets, moon clarity, wind direction from the West, smoke from chimneys or campfires, and flags as reliable signs of upcoming weather. It notes gray dawns, heavy dew, and animal behaviors, especially spider webs, as indicators of fair or stormy days. An advertisement for ROUGH ON RATS follows.
Things Women Do and Why They Stay Ready
A portrait of women as steadier anchors in crisis, from household duties to roadside fires. The piece argues women bear the beating heart of family survival, handling burns, injuries, and emergencies while men focus on outward tasks. It cites a survivor’s counsel to never faint, since the burden falls on her and her lineage.
Bowel Complaints in India Des Moines Lecture Claim
A missionary from India told of falling ill in the interior and crediting Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life. He says the remedy is used in India as both a preventative and cure for cholera and can be relied on for milder bowel issues here. For sale by F D Stubenrauch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
India
Chamberlain
Women Voters Influence in Suffrage Era Politics
Governor George of Colorado notes women will not campaign or seek office, but their voting impact is positive. He argues women vote as quickly as buying beef and value morality in candidates, saying campaigns are cleaner and men with shady records less forgivable to women.
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Anld
U S Editors Back Woman Suffrage In Press Poll
The Literary Digest surveyed 626 editors nationwide on woman suffrage. Of the responses 391 supported it, 97 opposed, and 38 were undecided.
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U. S
Literary Digest
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Robert’ H. Williams
Harry Oskiey
George Minear
Kelley Davis
Sioux ‘City
Ernest A. Maurer
Skunk
Central Holiness University
George Maurer
Nebraska City
Esther Dunn
Clinton
Williams. Ayres
Polk County
Bert Doolittle
Fort Madison
Sioux Rapids
Spirit Lake
State Department of Agriculture
Richard Jones
Boone
J. P. Dolliver
Margaret
Fort Dodge
Dolliver
Fort Dodge High School
Iowa League of Motion Picture Exhibitors
A. H. Blank
W. D. Ingledue
Marshalltown
H. DeBaggio
Colfax
J. C. Collins
State Board of Control
Eldora
Josish Kempthorne
Hampton Farmer
Kempthorne
Homme
Charles Lyon
C. Speed
Leonard Mohler
Middle West
New York
Fortell
U. S. Gov't Too
Drug & Country
BE. S. Wells
Jersey City
N. J
Easageaer
Enanas
Bae Ear
Reed Avedee ci Tea
Ted Rey
Oss
Weemeneeneesen Weseres Esas
Odeeset Ee
Rattizade
Freersonsky
Slunive
Bank Vadeetec
Investment Com
Biste
Ny Paral Service Corpora
Ei Palitis
Colorado
Decia
Rock Island Train Service
Wabash
Howell
Pella
A. m. Pasenger
Ft. Madison
Central College Auditorium
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