Labor Day Celebrations and War Era Moves Across Iowa
Local unions join in a mammoth Labor Day event in Newton with a two mile parade, nine bands, and speeches by Chas. Pickett and Elmer C. Pickens. Other notes include Major Fairchild to become a colonel and sanitary inspector for the National Guard division bound for France, Des Moines mayor relief from active duty, and various incidents from Tama to Muscatine and Delta amid wartime shortages and civic efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David 8. Fairchild, Jr
Clinton
National Guard
France
Newton
County Safety Committee
Eugene Dunning
Fort Doge
MacVicar
Des Moines
United States Army
Burlington Society
Red Cross
J. Bert Carhart
Chicago
Laura Mlater
Muscatine
Carhart
Detroit
Tama
Willian Elsburg
F. R. Ramadell
Rockwell City
League of Humanity
Daniel H. Wallace
League
Rock Island Arsenal
Chas. Pickett
Waterloo
Elmer C. Pickens
Sing Lee
Quan Sue
Nevada
Story City
Morton C. Mumma
War Department
Iowa State University
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Congress
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Plummer
Pronunciation Debate Over Canonment in America
University authorities concur there are two correct pronunciations of canonment though no single standard yet. Some favor cant-OP ment with stress on the first syllable, others cant-oon ment with stress on the moonlike second syllable. The French nasal and long o variants lack authoritative support, and most expect the first form to prevail due to ease and perceived logic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Says
State University Authority
America
Poison Pockets Gopher Control Urged by USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture advises poisoning as an effective method to control pocket gophers and other destructive rodents. Campaigns in California and western states focus on preventing crop and forage waste, with soy or parsnip baits prepared with strychnin and saccharin to be placed in gopher runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
California
Nebraska
Kansas
Bureau of Biological Survey
People Speak Well of Chamberlains Tablets
G A McBride of Headfort Ontario praises Chamberlains Tablets after using them two years and reporting outstanding results for digestion. F D Stubenrauch also endorses the remedy for indigestion and constipation in this brief testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. McBride
Headfort
F. D. Stubenrauch
Baiting Gophers With Probes and Poison Warned Safe Use
A field guide describes using an iron tipped probe to locate gopher runways about 4 to 8 inches below ground. Each active system requires two baiting points across 10 to 30 mounds, enabling 300 to 500 workings treated daily with a prepared poison bait. Caution urged to securely label poison containers and keep them from children or livestock.
Watering Plants Drop by Drop
French botanist Lucien Daniel demonstrates a simple continuous watering method based on capillary action. A large-mouthed jar of water sits near each plant with a linen strip dipping into the soil, feeding moisture drop by drop for chicory lettuce and other crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien Daniel
Academy of Sciences
Paris
Daniel Deter
Catarrhal Deafness Cure Claim by Hall's Medicine
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local means and must be treated constitutionally. It asserts swelling of the Eustachian tube causes deafness and offers Hall's Catarrh Medicine, claiming it works through the blood and guarantees a $100 cure, with circulars and druggists selling for 76 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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Wisterset
Gordon
Omaha
J. H. Henderson
Indianola
Davenport
Board of Health
Mills County
Malvern
Albert Nelson
Otha Hyde
J. P. Jones
Ray Jones
Ames
Lisbon
United States
Marshall Wood
Columbus Junction
Wood
Raymond A. Pearson
Iowa State College
Walter Palmer
Keota
William Conger
Palmer
Grinnell College
Clarence Hedden
Raymond Matthews
Moody
Mt. Pleasant
Cincinnati
Harrison County
California Junction
Edna Potter
Wellman
Wilbur Wasson
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
New Hampton
Company B
Ida Grove
Deming
N. M
Leo DeCloedt
Hollebrands
Pella
Literary Digest
Wolf
Vander Linden’s Drug.store
Marion County
Terre
The
Des Moines Register
DES MOINES _REGISTER
Apps
Daily Register
Mr. Appel
Appel
Russell Cole
Register
Cantonment
Lowe
Dea Sete
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