Chautauqua Schedule At Laurens Iowa July Event
The Laurens Chautauqua runs July 7 to July 11 with daily events at the Chautauqua Grounds. Activities include children’s games, musical and literary programs, vocal recitals, readings, lectures by Dr. D T Robertson and Dr W B Whitmore, period performances by The Glenn Wells Company, and nightly concerts and an oratorio by The Cavaliers. Admission ranges from 35 to 85 cents with several programs for children and general audiences.
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Chautauqua
Igisgaj
Glenn Wells Company
Mexico
D. T. Robertson
Glenn Wells
Lillian Ringsdorf
Lord Fauntleroy
Lucille Adams
Lillian Ringscore
Indiag
Sumner R. Vinton
Farm Buttermaking Temperatures and Processes
Farm Journal outlines steps for butter production including cooling cream to 55 F or lower, avoiding mixing warm and cool cream, aggregating all cream in one vat eighteen hours before churning, ripening at 60 to 76 F for six to eight hours, stirring during ripening, cooling to churning temperature after ripening, and churning when butter forms in 35 to 40 minutes at about 55 to 60 F.
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Ifarm Journal
Symptoms and Cure of Bloat in Cattle
Bloat in cattle, also called tympanites or distention of the rumen, arises from gas produced by fermentation or choking that blocks gas expulsion. Symptoms include left-side rumen distention and drumlike swelling with possible breathing difficulty. treatment seeks to release the gas, then halt fermentation, beginning with tapping to relieve the buildup.
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Haven
T. B. Roger
Rumen puncture and cannula use in cattle
Instructions describe puncture between the last rib and the flank for rumen access. After gas escape, ant fermentatives can be injected via cannula. Use antiseptic prep, sterilize instruments, leave cannula until gas ceases, then disinfect and protect site. Salicylic acid or sulphite of soda may be given to stop fermentation, chloral for pain, and a mild purgative after recovery.
Watch Vendor Defrauds Banks Across Iowa
A man in Iowa buys alleged twenty jewel watches in bulk, offers one as security for small loans, then moves on. The Iowa Bankers association warns of his scheme as he trades watches for inflated cash at Pocahontas and Hartford. Watches valued at 8 to 10 dollars yield 20 dollars or more to the borrower, with bankers often trusting his timepiece claims.
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Iowa
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Pocahontas
Hartford
Millionaire Is Generous On Departure With Auto and Checks
Henry Pfeiffer, Cedar Falls native and head of a chemical firm with holdings in Philadelphia St Louis and Chicago, ended a two week Iowa visit by giving each relative a $10,000 check and an automobile. Total gifts near $100,000 to H J Pfeiffer L Pfeiffer Mrs D C Merner Mrs W F Noble and others including ex mayor W H Merner D C Merner and S S Merner plus gifts to their children.
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Henry Pfeiffer
Cedar Falls
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Chicago
Iowa
H. J. Pfeiffer
L. Pfeiffer
D. C. Merner
W. F. Noble
W.H. Merner
S. S. Merner
Crop Conditions Bad In Northern Iowa Farms
Reports from northern Iowa describe widespread rain damage with fields water soaked and delayed planting. Grass and wheat show some strength, but corn and other crops suffer as floods and high rivers threaten promising yields. some storms reported.
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Iowa
Ark
Died at Soldiers' Home Henry Walters dies of cancer
Henry F. Walters aged eighty two member of the soldiers home from Mount Ayr Iowa died at the Marshalltown home of cancer. He served in company M Third Iowa cavalry. Two sons Fred Walters Enos Walters reside in Des Moines and Diagonal and three daughters Mesdames Garringer Clayton and Watmore live at Mount Ayr. Mrs Mary Greenly aged seventy one wife of E B Greenly another home member from Monrovia died of paralysis. She and her husband entered the home in 1908.
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Henry F. Walters
Mount Ayr
Marshalltown
Tie
Company M
Third Iowa Cavalry
Fred Walters
Enos Walters
Des Moines
Diagonal
Mesdames R. M. Garringer
W. O. Clayton
Merle Watmore
Mary Greenly
E. B. Greenly
Monrovia
Appanoose County
Iowa City Infantry to Engineer Company Shift
Iowa City company I Fifty fourth regiment converts to company A engineers under state guard. Captain Jesse B. Howell shifts from infantry to engineer command as all officers and men transfer. Infantry equipment to be returned to the state. First engineer company organized. Cattle breeders cite quarantine and culling as costlier than slaughter for foot and mouth disease.
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Iowa National Guard
Iowa City Company
Infantry
Fiftyfourth
Engineers
National Guard
Jesse B. Howell
Iowa
Head of the Bankers Eyes Davenport for Presidency
Harry T. Blackburn, cashier of the Iowa National Bank, is assured by all banking groups of the Iowa Bankers association that he will be elected president at the annual convention in Davenport. The final group meeting at Cherokee was among the most interesting preliminary events.
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Harry T. Blackburn
Iowa National Bank
Towa Bankers’ Association
Davenport
Cherokee
First spring hunting law arrest in northern Iowa made
Du buque district inspector Harry Barmeier reports the first arrest for spring hunting law violations in northern Iowa. John Matheier of Maillard waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury. Additional violations were reported near Mallard and Plover to Barmeier.
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Iowa
Harry Barmeier
Dubuque
John Mathe
Maillard
Mallard and
Plover
Barmeier
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Laurens, Iowa
Ffor
Chidken
China
W. B. Whitmore
McCord
Henry A. Buchtel
Joe R. Hanley
the Cavaliers
Kreus Brothers
Forse
East State Bank
Laurens
Town and
Guiterman Bros
St. Paul, Minn
M. Hakes CO
Laurens, IA
Jersey
M. W. Shaner
Lane-Moore Lumber Co
H. C. Davidson
Tiedeman Elevator CO
Wilson Hinkley
S. Cundy
North British Mercantile Phoenix
Hartford, Conn
St. Paul Fire Marine
Fidelity Casualty of
Aryland Central Life Insurance Co
Strickland’s Blacksmith Shop
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