Sons of the American Revolution Offer Bronze Medals to State Colleges
The Iowa Society of the Sons of the American Revolution announces its 11th annual bronze medal prize for top student work on U S history. Institutions listed include Iowa State College Ames and 17 others such as Drake University Des Moines and Grinnell College. Through ten years 153 college medals and 179 high school medals have been awarded to foster patriotic spirit with no fixed conditions, left to teachers and institutions.
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E. D. Holley
Iowa Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Naw
United States
Vins
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Ames
Iowa State University
Iowa City
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Drake University
Des Moines
Central College
Iowa Falls
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Parsons College
Fairfield
Oskaloosa Herald
Take Good Care of Manure in Winter Iowa Farm Advice
A new farm practice urges better barnyard manure care to boost next year's corn yield by 8 to 10 bushels per acre. Iowa State College cites 80 to 85 percent fertilizer value recovered if stored properly or applied promptly. Circular 9 from the Iowa experiment station outlines preservation methods.
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Kaiser
Iowa
Iowa State College
National Research Council
Office of Experiment Stations
United States Department of Agriculure
Iowa Experiment Station
Ames
Food Conservation School Inspires Churches to Lead War Effort
The U S Food Administration relied on churches to spread food conservation during World War I. A three day school in Washington drew 125 pledged students from many denominations. Dr Taylor and Secretary Vrooman delivered stirring sermons urging sacrifice, spiritual mobilization, and support for farmers as part of a national crusade for food conservation.
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United States Food ‘Administration
Washington
New National Museum
Food Conservation League
Doctor Taylor
France
America
Vrooman
Love of Country and War Time Courage Rally
Robert Russell asserts patriotic duty over sentiment in a wartime plea to prove manhood. He argues love and sacrifice align with national service, promising the living will honor the dead and endure hardship for love and country.
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Abe Lincoln
Amise
Bailey
Second Liberty Loan campaign to close November 1 1917
Secretary McAdoo announced that the second Liberty Loan drive will close on November 1 1917 with campaign activity starting up to a month earlier. Details await final Congress action on the War bond bill and will be released once new law passes. He urged existing committees to fortify their organizations for the next effort under Federal Reserve Bank supervision as fiscal agent.
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McAdoo
The
Treasury
Liberty Loan
Congress
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
From mill girl to poetess Lucy Larcom story
The article recalls Lucy Larcom once a Lowell mill girl who turned her window-seat into a little library by clipping newspapers and magazines. It contrasts opportunity and perseverance, asking who is without opportunity and who cannot fight against adverse surroundings with hope.
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Lowell
Maés
Lucy Larcom
Hurry and rush in a quiet world
The narrator notes Ruth and others hurry constantly to save minutes and miss thoughtful action. A calm, composed city girl at a party contrasts with hurried life, illustrating how rushing leads to mistakes and inefficiency. The speaker resolves not to let Ruth hurry them again, choosing orderly, unhurried conduct.
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Ruth
Father
Grandmother Aubry
The Extra Touch: A Lesson In Work Ethic And Trust
A veteran reflection on how a few added efforts and faithful conduct distinguish successful workers from those who fail. The author compares two types of hands on a farm, noting trust, thoroughness, and perseverance as the key factors shaping a man’s future and destiny. Exchange column prose urges readers to strive for the extra touch.
Aunt Virginia on marriage and happiness
Aunt Virginia argues friends push their own ideas of happiness over the couple's. She warns well meaning advisers often cause breakups, preferring the adviser’s judgment to the couple’s own affinities and will. The text highlights the urge to claim foreknowledge and the appeal of being told what to do.
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Aldes
May
Living in the city reveals generous hearts in tenements
A reflective line from IN THE SQUARE argues that true kindness flourishes among crowded tenement dwellers and that easing strife requires soothing and steady guidance, not isolation from society.
Church Calls Pastor to Serve at Second Reformed
At a Wednesday meeting the Second Reformed Church extended a call to Rev. Henry M. Bruins of Milwaukee to become pastor. The church has been without a pastor for about a year since Rev. B. F. Brinkman resigned to become financial agent for Central College, with supplies filling the pulpit in the interim.
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Second Reformed Church
Henry M. Bruins
Milwaukee
B. F. Brinkman
Central College
Pella Candy Kitchen Offers Wide Chocolate Selection
The Pella Candy Kitchen advertises a full stock of Fresh Chocolate Almonds Milk Twinkle Stars and other chocolates plus Lowney’s Boxes ARMY MAID in multiple prices. It also notes Lowney chocolate fruit candy seafoam homemade varieties Hutchinson’s Ice Cream and a visit by J J Van Ginkel of Douds to relatives in Pella before returning to Des Moines.
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Lowney
Army Maid
Hutchinson
J. J. van Ginkel
Douds
P. van Haalen
Pella
Des Moines
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Voigas Mparini
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Robert Russell
Leas
Liberty
Chamberlain
Virginia
Candy Kitchen
Rock Island Train Service
Hawaii Station
Paneneie
Security Bank
Haarman ‘Vinegar & ‘Pickle CO
SCH
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Sela Shoes
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