Who Really Knows The World Better Than Themselves
A reflective essay notes that experience dulls certainty and highlights how professionals in different fields critique others despite limited direct involvement. It argues that most people assume perfect knowledge of distant subjects, while true progress stems from humility and shared responsibility.
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Og Tephida
Mother's Day Observance Traced to 1914 Proclamation
The second Sunday in May is set aside nationwide to honor mothers and living mothers with carnations as symbols. Anna Jarvis founded the idea in Philadelphia with early observances. Congress and Presidents established official recognition from 1910 to 1914.
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United States
Anna Jarvis
Philadelphia
Congress
Ti Thos. Heflin
Alabama
Washington
Wilson
Company Spends Money In Territory Served
There is no foundation for the statement that public utility company revenues are not spent in the communities they serve. Anya S. Bragdon, District Manager of the Iowa Public Service Company, states electricity bought is manufactured in Iowa by Iowa men. Money spent for manufacturing and distribution stays in the territory, and invested interests have funded and will continue to fund electric service to meet demand. The service’s development brings comfort, convenience and prosperity to the public served.
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Anya S
Bragdon
Iowa Public Service Company
Iowa
Iawa
Renwicki Wins Four Firsts At District Academic Meet
Renwicki students earned four first places at the district academic meet held in Hagel Grove. Nine class 7 and six class A schools participated with Goldfield ahead in total points. Individual honors included Amaritan History Aurellia Blessie lat World History Dudley Blessie Ist 10th English Curtin Rockwood 2nd Physics Donald Morgan 1st General Science Ardath Goeteh and George Mills tied for lat. Coaches praise the event for boosting teaching and student work, with hopes to send top qualifiers to the Iowa City state meet in early June.
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IL. S
Hagle Grove
Sant’ Priday
State University’ of Iowa
H. S
Aurellia Blessie
Dudley Blessie
Curtin
Rockwood
Donald Morgan
Ardath Goeteh
George Mills
Iowa
Fifty Years of Farmer Elevator Co operatives
United States Department of Agriculture analysis shows 1 516 farmers elevator firms operating with a cooperative marketing plan started in 1880. The peak was in 1919, with forty nine years of continued success indicating these organizations are durable parts of American business.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Americans as Gamblers and the German Reparations
The piece notes that Americans are gamblers in land stocks and cards, with profit and loss labeled as examples. It contrasts respectable gambling with card play seen as outside the pale and calls for moralists to clarify the difference. It also reports Germany’s reparations talks with Allies scaled to one fifth and proposes a cheeky view of a Scotch negotiator.
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