Iowa News Items of Interest Summarized for Busy Readers
A survey of Iowa happenings notes a 1915 census cost of 20 730 dollars, hog cholera losses near Knoxville, and Iowa leading in butter and dairy products. It reports a new 70000 dollar consolidated school building at Lewis, guard service on the Mexican border, and widespread farm organization. Casualties from a car crash, strikes at Mason City, and a chicken theft near Zearing are included along with other state updates.
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State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Colfax Northern Railway
Calfax
Valeria
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Union
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Rossville
Waterloo Dairy Congress
Allamakese County
Cherry Mound
W. M. Gifford
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Greene County Fair
Springfield
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Iowa State College
W. L. Henderson
Randall
Ames
United States
Henderson
J. A. Sturtevant
L. V. Wilson
Horace Greely
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for tired feet
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to ease hot tired swollen feet. It claims one size smaller shoes become comfortable and suggests shaking into shoes and using in foot baths. Sold everywhere for 25 cents.
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Kipling Verse on Understanding and Compassion
Poem attributes by Rudyard Kipling urging clearer understanding of others peoples struggles and motives. It questions whether harsh judgments would soften if cares and trials were known, proposing that recognizing hidden forces behind actions would foster love and mercy.
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Rudyard Kipling
Mothers Gray Sweet Powders for Child Feverishness
The notice touts Mothers Gray's Sweet Powders as a remedy for feverishness stomach teething disorders and bowel regulation and claims it is pleasant to use and reliable. It notes 28 years of use by mothers and advertises 25 cents at druggists with a free sample offered by Mother Gray Co Leroy N Y.
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Tobacco Ban in Colonial Harvard College Era Recalled
The piece recalls how tobacco was severely restricted at Harvard College in colonial times, requiring a physician’s prescription or parental consent for students to smoke. It notes a ban so strict that a man could not smoke in any pupuskee.
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