Little Alice and the Country Girl Turns Opera Star
Bixby, a curious city man, meets a country girl named Alice Middleton during winter walks. He misreads her as a schoolgirl, learns she is actually older than he thought, and follows her into an opera career after discovering her true identity.
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Bixby
America
Tie
Satan
Chance
Mr. Bixby
Alice
Alice Middleton
Coleridge
Lttle Alice
Iowa State College wins big at International Stock Show
Iowa State College at the Eleventh International Stock Show reports three grand championships and numerous premiums. Shamrock 2d, an Angus calf bred by P. J. Donahue, topped fat stock, weighing 345 pounds May 1 and 1140 by November 15, marking a record for Ames. Over 500 students studied the stock in class livestock judging as the college aims to build future draft and market animals.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Chicago
P. J. Donahue
Holbrook
Iowa
Black Wood
Shamrock
Howard Vaughn
An Iowa State hen lays 230 eggs a year at Ames
A Plymouth Rock at the Iowa State College poultry farm laid 230 eggs in the past year. The hen produced 66 pounds of eggs, worth about 4.75 dollars for the year after feed costs, yielding a net profit of 3.26 dollars. The article notes larger flocks could boost state income and references cold spells affecting milk checks and farm practices. It also highlights popular hollow tile silos built in Iowa, detailing sizes, costs, and benefits, and offers a free bulletin from the Iowa Experiment Station.
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Iowa State College Poultry Farm
Iowa
Iowa State College
Pocahontas County
Glidden
Towa
Ames
Free Reading Matter for Farmers in Iowa
The Iowa Experiment Station offers free bulletins on farming subjects to any Iowa farmer. A catalog of available bulletin numbers and titles can be requested, and a mailing list of current recipients is maintained. Farmers may join the list at no charge by writing to Director G F Curtiss at the station in Ames.
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Iowa Experiment Station
Iowa
G .F. Curtiss
Ames
Frost Proofing Apple Orchards With Fire Pots
Iowa grower C E Mincer of Hamburg saved about fifteen acres by using fire pots during a spring freeze. He kept pots burning for two weeks, maintaining orchard temps around 34 degrees while outside was 28. Total cost about $500 for the 15 acres, roughly $34 per acre.
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Jack Frost
Iowa
C.E. Mincer
Hamburg
Medicine Hat
Council Bluffs
Mincer
Kansas City
King’s New Discovery Cures Severe Lung Trouble
A Wellington Tex resident credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing lifelong lung trouble after two years of treatment and weighing 187 pounds, now strong for years. Also promotes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for croup prevention in children and relief from grip and persistent coughs. Sold by A Williams and SH Williams.
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W. KR. Patterson
Wellington
Tex
Nother
Bistera
A. Williams
SH. Willlame
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Little Alice
DR. King
S. H. Walliams
Patent Office
Greeley
U. S. Patent Office
Paul H. Graves
Gruver, Iowa
B. Bechtel & Sons
Howard
Avi
AMS RP Rik
Emmet County Land and Abstract Company
Estherville, Iowa
Lewis
Fons
Ofpior
Chatborhiin
IL Ware
Liam
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