Endowment boost for Morningside College reported
Iowa State News notes James J. Hill donated 10000 to complete a 400000 endowment at Morningside College Sioux City with Rockefeller and Carnegie adding 50000 each on condition the college raises 150000. Leaders Bishop Lewis President Chandler and Dr Luther Freeman jubilant as the endowment reaches half a million. The rest of the column lists accidents deaths and local notes from across the state including Burlington Burlington and Des Moines incidents and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hill
Morningside College
Sioux City
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Bishop Lewis
Chandler
Luther Freeman
Hill
Connover
Jordan
Mount Pleasant
Lee
Burlington
Fort Madison
Flint Creek
Charles Coppersmith
Newton
H. Snyder
N. D. Burrill
Corning
Benjamin Kearney
Farragut
Simon Crosser
Bert Doane
Doane
Shenandoah
Iowa
W. J. Keefe
Clinton
Byers
Clayton County
Groundhog
Des Moines
George Treawisley
Dubuque
Roland Curtis
Columbus Junction
John Palmer
George Livingston
Monroe
Lemuel Dwelle
Northwood
Worth County
Glee Club
Central College
Pella
A. Hillabrand
Williams
Mart Walker
Ellaworth
Mt. Pleasant
A. L. Bryan
Sac County
A. E. Savisher
Iowa State Bar Association
Modale
Woodmen Plcnio
Ambroge Jeffrey
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Grant Visit Highlights Des Moines Civil War Veterans
Gen Frederick Dent Grant and Mrs Grant visited Des Moines for a Grand Army of the Republic gathering at the state fair grounds. They rode in from Chicago, toured the business district, and attended a campfire and reception with veterans and local officials. The visit included remarks on Civil War memories and a tour of the Second Cavalry fort Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the Lakes
Rock Island
Chicago
Chamberlain Hotel
Grand Army Veterans of
Iowa
Grant
Grand Army of the Republic
Michael McDonald
Charles W. Fenton
Second Cavalry
Pt. Des Moines
R. L. Chase
Milo Ward
B. C. Ward
Charles Rawson
George Carlton
Chamberlain
Fred D. Grant
Department of the East
United States Army
Senator Cummins
Carroll
Hull
State Fair Grounds
Frank West
Fort Des Moines
J. A. T. Hull
Golden wedding celebrated at Dexter with guests
I G Lenoch er and wife celebrated their golden wedding at Dexter on August 25 with about one hundred guests including Rev Henry Wallace of Des Moines. Lenoch er owns around one thousand acres near Dexter. neighbors are mainly from Pennsylvania and Ohio. A couple present celebrated their golden wedding seven years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. G. Lenocher
Dexter
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Tenocher
Pennsylvania
Ohio
State AY at fair reveals grand live stock parade show
Des Moines reporters recount state day at the fair with Iowa lawmakers governors and staff receiving guests in the Administration building. Gov Carroll and Adjutant General Logan introduced officials as the stock pavilion showcases an enhanced live stock parade and show with many entries and national flags adorning the dome. The Iowa Brigade band opened the ceremony as fifty Percheron and Belgian horses entered the arena behind white clad attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
B. F. Carroll
Logan
J. C. Loper
H. B. Hedge
Des Molines
Charles J. Wilson
Washington
H. H. Canfield
Boone
G. A. Smith
Clinton
Trileut
Charles EH. Fox
Mascatine
David S. Fairchild
L .W. Ainsworth
A. B. Swift
Iowa Brigade
Swift & Co
J. Crouch & Sons
Women Run Cancale France Town Despite Male Absence
In Cancale a port town of about 15 000 residents the women govern the community they run the offices police schools and markets oversee the famed oyster trade and even load ships While fishermen are away at sea widows and single women manage finances and household industry The article notes strong female thrift and self reliance shaping daily life and local economy amid maritime risks and social norms
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Cancale
France
French Channel
Cancales
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Gen
Desert Pee Store Water
Desert plants have solved water storage and evaporation with the so called water barrel a living water tank about the size of a beer keg. Its interior is made of storage cells that hold about 98 percent pure water.
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T. J. DeFord
Wis
Wiza Keeney
Moore
Olive Childs
Deepwa- Mont
Ella Truesdale
Tonkawa
Okla
W. M. P. DeFord
Waikapala
Melrose
Claude Lumley
Joe Donoghue
Lumley
J. M. Harrison
Mabel Woods
Robert Woods
Irwin
Shelby County
Keystone League of the Christian Endeavor
Ackley
Thos, Koch
A. R. Schmalle
LeMars
Carrie Hahn
Hinton
Elizabeth Schneider
Merril
Lucretia Piechn
Defiance
Hoff
Interstate Schools of
Harlan
Associated Colleges
Joe McCoy
Indianola
Warren County Fair Association
Warren County
A. H. Hamilton
William Powell
Df. H. Sheppard
Mason City
Clearlake
Woodbine
Elizabeth W. Sayles
Ottumwa
Lillian Parmenter
Perry High School
Dakota
Glyde Penebaker
New London
Charles Ball
J. H. Miller
Avery
Rev. Danstran
William Francis Scott
Wayne County
Moulton
J. W. Dean
Yarmouth
A. J. Nelson
Lee County
Adair
T. H. Hunsaker
Beth
Anaheim
Cal
Galva
Thomas Hogan
J. M. Downey
F. E. Pease
Larold Flint
M. H. Church
Council ‘Bluffs
Big Fair
Crabtree
Clara Byer
Tyrone
Lisle Crabtree
John C. Raymond
Taft
Lfe
Public Safety
J. I. Hamery
City
Mildred Conklin
Sait
Fraley Ditch
J. Wilcox
A. Lint
Brees
Zell Roe
Wollen Mills
Marshalltown
Hannibal
Hannibal, Mo
James Cort
Ingersoll Park
A. B. Cummins
O. W. Fifer
A. L. Urick
T. Fred Henry
Trades and Tabor
Iowa State Traveling Men's Association
Ella A. O'Neill
Joseph H. O'Neill
O'Neill
Philadelphia
Fort Crook
Cap
Omaha
Aft
Morton
Gideons
Organization of
Christian
Burlington Railway
A. J. Youngerman
Edith Hall
Dobson
Youngerman
Miss Hall
Twenty-seventh Street
Charles Temple
Levi M. Wilson
Creston
Nannie Wilson
Helen C. Tinker
Gladbrook
East Thirteenth Street
Grand Avenue
Ambrose Jeffrey
Locust Street
Katherine Fleck
Robinson
Greater
Fair
Fair Management
Fred Dent Grant
Ames College
Edward Vaughan
Marlon
Warl C. Girton
State Center
Bruce Purvis
West Liberty
Roy Keables
Gilmas
Kyle S. McKee
Jesse M. Dowell
Bedford
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