Farmers Institute Exhibits Draw Large Interest
Mon day opened general preparation and entrance day for the Ames Farmers Institute exhibits. Grains and domestic science displays are the best yet, with stock exhibits in the feed yard and cars near the Rock Island depot. Lectures are in the courthouse and armory entertainments each evening as about 150 enroll in the short courses. The Rambler sales record at Chicago shows 175 cars in seven days totaling $350,000. The Fruit Grower’s February issue features gardening and a giant radish story. Mrs. G A Nichols injured by a riverfront incident, with leg and hip injuries expected to confine her to bed.
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Lyric Theatre
Elke Block
Ames
McCall
Rock Island
Court House
Armory
Chicago
Thomas B. Jeffery & Company
Rambler
Charles T. Jeffery
Rambler Company
Copper Country
Texas Panhandle
St. Joseph
Missouri
Japan
Sakurajima
G. A. Nichols
Residence For Sale In Iowa Rail Commission Notes
Items from the Iowa Railroad Commission describe easing Iowa coal shipments with only two complaints. Corn shipment delays persist due to eastern rail congestion. Des Moines committee seeks grain rate revision. hearings not yet scheduled. Other items include station service complaints, side track request, and overcharges. The issue contrasts Iowa rail progress with eastward bottlenecks while new locomotives arrive in Iowa.
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Iowa
Chicago
Iowa Territory
Greater
Vital Census Questions for Thirteenth Census Instructions
The 1910 census instructions explain race and color codes, age at last birthday, and counting of children born and living. It details how to record nationality of birth, ages in completed years or months, and rules for married or previously married women, plus a note on a birth of a 12 pound boy at the Peterson home.
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Washington, D. C
United States
United States Census Bureau
Great Britain
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Hungary
Bohemia
Austrian
Poland
Finland
Russia
Services Next Sunday at Local Churches and Events
Sunday services include Free Methodist Church with Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11 and 7:30 p.m. Moore's orchestra performs at both services. Federated Baptist church hosts an afternoon lesson for children. Grace Episcopal Church offers morning prayer at 10:45 with sermon on The Power of Personality and a moving picture fundraiser benefiting the altar Guild. Lenten services are announced for Wednesday and Friday evenings. The Meteror basketball team loss 21 to 26 to the Maroons of Emmetsburg. The Rock Island line promotes faster trips from Chicago to Los Angeles and San Francisco starting February 20.
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Free Methodist ‘Church
Moore
Grace Episcopal Church
Altar Guild
Moses
Stedman
Church of Christ Seigntist
Christ Jesus
California
Rocky Island
Chicago
St. Louis
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Golden State
Rock Island Lines
Acts Our Dry Cleaning Delivers Spotless Garments
Advertising copy stating that ACTS Our Dry Cleaning removes dirt soils and stains from garments and promises returns them spotlessly clean and like new, urging customers to compare with a new suit before buying.
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the Farmers? Institute
School For Farmers
The
Iowa Railroad Commission
Lyric
Popular Mechanics
H.H. Windsor
Paris
George Otis Smith
U. S. Geological Survey
Nelson
Maple Hill
Prroher
Dreary
Foster
Des. Moines
Alex Dundas
Chas, Churchill
Armstrong
Estherville
E. B. Soper
Emmettsburg
J. Ww. Lough
Jordan
Minnesota
W. H. Gibbs
Housekeeping
Will
Week of Farmers’ Institute
Church and Society Notices
Benjamin Franklin
Federated Baptist Éturch
Federated Baptist Church
Sharpless Separator Co
A." L. Taylor
Jay Johnston
Cedar Rapids Pump Co
B.B. Lohr
Hibbard Spence Bartlett & Co
B. Lohr
William Foshier
Newton Dise Plow Co
Gaylord & Ross
Watson Dise Garden Plow
Maroons
Emmetsburg
J. Hansen
Anderson Drug CO
Emmet House
First National Bank
Ino
P.kirby
Estherville, Iowa
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