Custer Battlefield Highway to Link Iowa to Florida Route
Des Moines writer details the Custer Battlefield Highway extending from Des Moines toward Glacier National Park with plans to reach St. Louis and Florida, linking Southland and Northwest scenery. He notes 4500 autos crossed the Missouri at Chamberlain last season and 36000 the prior year, with 75000 projected next summer as a new bridge nears completion.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Glacier National Park
Montana
St. Louis
Florida
Southland
Great Northwest
Seattle
Portland
Custer Battlefield
Ames
Webster City
Boone
Fort Dodge
Storm Lake
Cherokee
le Mara
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Missouri River
Chamberlain
S. D
Missouri
Industrial accidents to working minors study findings
The Children's Bureau reports 7 478 industrial accidents involving workers under 21 across Wisconsin Massachusetts and New Jersey in one year. 38 deaths and 920 life altering disabilities occurred. the study covers only compensated cases with age based disability thresholds.
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Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Massachussetts
Unsafe Machinery Crashes Across Age Groups
Accident figures show legal protection shapes risk as power machinery injuries hit 16 and 17 year olds hardest. Younger workers under 16 suffer 10.7 percent death or lifelong disablement, while 16 and 17 year olds face 13.4 percent and 18 to 21 year olds 12.7 percent.
The Empty Pew and the Church’s Quiet Duty
A compact reflection on church attendance, arguing an empty pew harms sermons and ministry. It frames filled seats as affordable prosperity, where gathering believers amplifies music, sermons, warmth, and community impact for all.
Face the Empty Pew in College Moral Struggle
The text urges warm church life to fill empty pews and argues college freshmen face freedom and choice. It contends that early decisions shape character and a person’s future, urging purposeful study, honor, friendships, and life-work to become truly educated.
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Jasper County
R. 5. Mills
Wittemberg Congregational Church
Free Presbyterian Church
Samuel Merrill
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J. W. Jarnagin
Waukon
Tama County
Buena Vista County
Alta
Welfare Bureau
Health Center Maternity Department
Fort Des Moines
Iowa Bankers Association
Don Price
Iowa City
D. V. Moses
Weustenberg
Price
Moses
F. M. Caldwell
War Department
U. S. Army
Leo E. Stevens
Confederate States of America
New Orleans
Steens
George
Mabel Kenea
Clarinda
Page County
Howard Tedford
Mount Ayr
W. C. Williamson
Tedford
J. H. Tedford
Williamson
Bere Pere
United Presbyterian Church
Henry Wallace
United Presbyterian
Wallace
United Presbyterian Synod
Charles E. Hearst
Cedar Falls
George Cosson
H. W. Spaulding
Grinnell
Ida B. Wise-Smith
Isaac L. Hillis
41St General Assembly
Davenport
State Board of Control
Board of Control
E. J. Hogue
Anamosa
Eldora
Fort Madison
Glenwood
Independence
Mt. Pleasant
Oakdale
Otto Weastenberg
Eldridge
Scott County
James DeBoard
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Robert Goshorn
Engle Grove
Wright County
A. J. Haviland
Ilinois
Haviland
Buick
van Zante Bros
Chronicle Office
J. H. van Spanckeren
Pella Supply Company
A. C. Kuyper
Pearl Morgan
South
F’’ Street
Oskaloosa, Towa
Princess
Matinee
John J. van Dyke
Garrick Theatre
Harry Bentley
G. P. van Zee
Pella
Qeeche
Geo. G. Gaass
Monroe
White Pole
Guernsey
J. R. Crumpacker
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