One Year Poultry Course at Iowa State College
Iowa State College offers a one year poultry course for those lacking regular college entrance requirements. Twelve courses cover poultry management, feeding, incubator and brooder practice, judging, anatomy, marketing, and related farm skills. Graduates may become superintendents or managers of poultry farms. further details from the Poultry Department, Ames, Iowa.
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Iowa State College
Poultry Department
Ames
Iowa
Getting Rid of Quack Grass on Iowa Farm
An Iowa farm shows a two year fodder cane rotation to kill quack grass. Deep plowing and dense seeding, followed by mowing and curing, eliminated most quack grass while yielding 4 to 5 tons per acre of fodder and a profit of 6 to 11 dollars per acre. Corn followed with about 60 bushels per acre.
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Iowa
Absence of Traditions Hampered Adam and Eve in Eden
Ellis O. Jones argues in Judge's Library that the garden of Eden suffered a severe handicap from lacking traditions. Without books, families, or historic figures, Adam and Eve had no past to guide legal, moral, or social norms and must create history themselves.
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Adam
Eve
Garden of Eden
Baedecker
Ridpath
Macaulay
Gibbon
Homer
Vergil
Adam and Eve
Thebrary
Ellis O. Jones
Judge’s Library
Why table knives ended in rounded points
The tale traces the shift from pointed to rounded table knife ends to Cardinal Richeleau’s dinner incident. After a noble guest used a sharp point to pick his teeth, the cardinal ordered the knife points rounded, and the practice spread by century’s end.
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Cardinal Riche- Neu
London
Swimming Ghosts in a Pond Observation Chamber
Dr Francis Ward described a pond with an underwater observation chamber enabling him to watch fish unseen. He found fish in natural states are guarded by camouflage, with silvery fish acting as mirrors reflecting surroundings to appear gray and unsubstantial. Only when rising to surface do reflections reveal the pike below ready to strike.
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Camera Club
Francis Ward
London Graphic
England's Cream Ponies Survive in Royal Stud
The cream ponies used to draw the King's carriage on state occasions are the direct pure bred descendants of Hanoverian stock brought to England by George II. The white and black Hanover horses have died out, leaving only the creams, now surviving in Hogland after Queen Victoria sourced stock from Hanover around 1690.
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England
Hanover
George II
Victoria
Reputation as prize of public virtue and effort
The passage extols reputation as a prize men strive for, calling it the cheap defense and ornament of nations. It argues reputation yields more labor and talent than wealth, being the coin of genius, and stresses the duty to earn and steward it with justice and economy. Sydney Smith is quoted.
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Mr. Burke
Sydney Smith
Iowa City Council Orders Fifteen More Blocks Paid
Iowa City city council ordered fifteen more blocks of paying put down. An Ad club formed at Iowa Falls with Ernest A Westbury as president. Jessie Dresser of Des Moines seeks divorce due to her husband’s socialism. A Waverly company forms with capital stock all subscribed for an amusement park. Governor Carroll appoints Mrs A J Bartley of Boone to state library commission.
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Iowa City
Iowa Falls
Ernest A. Westbury
Jessie Dresser
Des Moines
Waverly
Carroll
A. J. Bartley
Boone
State Library Commission
A New Interpretation History Lesson Flashback
A pupil recalls a long procession featuring a toy cabin with a colored man tied on top, noted by the history teacher as a live coon fastened to the root in a vivid but troubling historic scene from Lippincott's.
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Flurrison
Lippincott
Sometimes a man builds credit by keeping promises
A Washington Star quote attributed to Onele Eben asserts that a person earns more value from honoring promises than from hoarding money, highlighting trust as the true wealth in personal conduct. The remark contrasts financial saving with moral obligation.
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Onele Eben
Washington Star
Not Our Wrong Actions Demand Courage to Confess
A reflective line cites Rousseau on courage to confess both wrongs and follies, arguing personal accountability is as demanding as admitting absurd errors.
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Rousseau
Indulgent General Lets Lady Creagh Ride Elephant
General Sir O Moore Creagh, commander in chief in India, arranged for Lady Creagh to take an afternoon ride on an elephant as permission rules required traffic to halt. The elephant, loaned from the Maharajah of Burdwan, was escorted by Indian grooms and police. She rode from Howrah Bridge to the fort with traffic stopped along the route.
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O'Moore Creagh
Calcutta
Creagh
Arange
Calcuttia
O'Moore
Burdwan
Tarkeswari
Howrah Bridge
Meritol Mosquito Talcum Offered By Association
An American Drug and Press Association notice promotes Meritol Mosquito Talcum a powder claimed to repel mosquitoes while functioning as a talcum. Readers are directed to send 25 cents plus 6 cents postage to Decorah Iowa for a package.
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American Drug and Press Association
Association
Decorah
Iowa
Elbow Sleeves Test Cited By Settlement Worker
In a New York tenement a search for a missing girl reveals a social worker recalling how elbow sleeves once served as a bath temperature guide for babies. She notes no thermometer was available to test bath water and that elbow warmth is no longer a reliable indicator due to fashion and exposure.
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New York
Electric Bitters Promised To Purge Diseases
A promotional note extols Electric Bitters as a grand protection against disease causing germs from water dust and food. It claims the tonic destroys and expels deadly microbes, curing chills malaria and many blood diseases. Satisfaction guaranteed with money back if not satisfied.
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H. Williams
Merital Pile Remedy Promoted by American Drug and Press Association
A notice advertises Merital Pile Remedy as a combined internal and external treatment for piles. It claims the product is developed by the American Drug and Press Association, urging readers to mail one dollar to Decorah, Iowa, for a full size package and promising remarkable relief.
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American Drug and Press Association
Mai
Association
Decorah
Iowa
Chamberlains Coke Remedy Adventure Preparation
Public notice-style ad recommending Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for travelers. Warns it is often needed and unavailable on cars or steamships, to be purchased from all dealers.
The End of Tuberculosis by Charles C Duryes
Consumption is a disease of the poor and tends to progress before medical care is sought. The piece argues that late treatment drains family finances and community vitality, urging hospitals dispensaries and visiting nurses to curb the drain.
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Charles C. Duryes
Liquid cures eczema where salve fails
Medical authorities advise against greasy salves that trap germs on the skin. A liquid cure using oils and ingredients in the D D D prescription claims to wash away and destroy eczematous germs, soothing the skin. A 25 cent trial bottle is advertised. Also notes Blymer Alloyed Silver pens for sale and Chamberlains Liniment for sprains.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Diarrhea Remedy Ads
A carpenter from Magilla, N. J. touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a universal healer for cuts, wounds, boils, and skin issues. An ad urges keeping Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy on hand to prevent illness and lost time during busy seasons.
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Lopez
Magilla
Barna
S. H. Williams
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