Taft Visits Des Moines Iowa In 1909 Parade Review
President Taft arrived in Des Moines from Minneapolis aboard the Chicago Great Western and left for Omaha on the Rock Island after a day of reviews, breakfast with Senator Cummins, and a public speech. Crowds filled the state house grounds as decorations and flags covered downtown, with 75,000 spectators estimated in the city.
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William H. Taft
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Chicago Great Western
Omaha
Rock Island
A. B. Cummins
James Morton
Capitol
State House
Iowa
Carroll
Second United States Cavalry
Cummins
Forest Drive
Iowa's Military Tournament Draws Thousands At State Fair
Des Moines residents and visitors filled the grandstands as 4000 soldiers took part in the first Iowa military tournament at the state fair grounds. A large arena was prepared in front of the stand with tan bark on the floor. Each day opened with a review of the troops.
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Iowa
Committee On
Cornelius Gardner
Sixteenth Infantry
Fort Crook
Fort Leavenworth
Signal Corps
Taft
J. A.T. Hu
Nock Island
Omaha
Morton
Des Moines
Walls Offers Wide Selection of Papers for Immediate Choice
There is no need to delay papering the walls this season as ample designs remain at our store. Heavy buying ensures stock and savings on papers that ease hanging costs.
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Coal Hill
How a Bee Is Born Born From the Egg to Worker Maggot
The article explains a queen bee lays a single egg in a two size six sided comb. Small cells yield workers while larger ones yield drones. Workers seal the cell after the egg is laid. The egg hatches into a white maggot and the process continues toward emergence.
How bees become workers straight from the cell
The article describes a worker bee’s rapid emergence from the cell after final development and wing drying. It notes that the young bee immediately joins the colony and performs its duties without any training or instruction, guided by an inherent nature that directs its actions. From the Knoxville Journal.
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Knoxville Journal
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Walnut
Charles Morton
Department of the Missouri
Frank West
Second Cavalry
Fifteenth
Seventh Cavalry
H. Kuyper & Son
Finkley
Pella
Cole Manufacturing Co
Chicago
Cole
H. Jaarsma’s
H. Jaarsmaast
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