Let 'er Lizzie on our Way to Fort Dodge
A vivid rural tour describes fields of corn oats and hay near Fort Dodge with new silos barns and cribs at Hardy and Clarion. The piece notes plentiful livestock and describes a local baseball defeat of Clarion by Renwick with Regier pitching. It also surveys factory work patterns in January and reports on agricultural club profits and an orchard management demonstration. The note ends with a reference to Boy Scouts gaining national incorporation and uniform recognition.
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Ft. Dodge
Hardy
Her
Clarion
Wright County
Renwick
Grieber
New Jersey
Bink
Birth Of A Nation shown in Griffiths spectacle at Princess Theater
Review praises D W Griffiths Birth Of A Nation as revived by The Clansman in a living panorama. It notes dramatic Ku Klux Klan imagery and history of the United States from slavery to Fort Sumter, with showings at Eagle Grove Iowa July 26 twice daily and 8 15 p m on Wednesday.
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Knights of the Fiery Cross
Griffith
Ku Klux Klan
Thomas Dixon
United States
D. W. Griffith
Princess Theater
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Fort Sumter
Boy Scouts and Camp Fire girls pursue rag drives to fund trips
Noting high rag and waste paper prices, Boy Scout patrols and Camp Fire groups see a Great Idea. A patrol has earned 58.39 by collecting old rags and paper, turning scarcity into fundraising for baseball uniforms and vacations, while helping businesses coping with shortages.
Genoa archives peg Columbus voyage cost at seven thousand
Newly found Genoa archives estimate the discovery of America at just over seven thousand dollars. They list Columbus ship value at three thousand, his salary at three hundred dollars a year, two captains at two hundred each, and crew pay at two dollars and fifty cents a month per man.
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America
Genoa
Papaw tree prize offered by genetic association
The American Genetic Association, publisher of the Journal of Heredity in Washington, seeks information to develop and propagate the papaw native fruit. It offers two prizes of fifty dollars each for information on the largest papaw tree in the country and for information on the tree that bears the best fruit.
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The
American Genetic Association
Journal of Heredity
Washington
United States
University to Dedicate Library to General Gorgas’s Mother
General Gorgas, renowned for disease victories, inspired the University of Alabama to name a new library in his memory and honor his mother. She served as the university librarian for twenty years and provided steady care to ill students throughout her tenure.
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Gorgas
University of Alabama
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First National Bank
Farmer's Exchange CO
Linestrom
Nesse i
Humboldt Laundry
Allinson & Cole
ME RD
Chub
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Elb
Congress
Boy Scouts of America
Homer A. Miller
L. M. Smith
T.O. Heggen
C.F. Flemmig
State Bank of
the People’s Bank
S. L. Gillespie
Conrad Elmer
Wisconsin Lumber CO
G. S. Peters
Met
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