National Committees recruit Eaton as field secretary
Cape residents recall Eaton leaving the Iowa College for the Blind to join the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness as field secretary. He will begin duties immediately, drawn by the group’s work on preventing blindness.
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Cape ‘Ows Oatere
National Committees For the Prevention
East 22Nd Street
New York
Eaton
Iowa College For the Blind
Vinton
Board of Education of
Laurens
National Committee For the Prevention of
Physicians urged to recruit for Fourth division at Camp Dodge
At the state Medical Association session Major Snell urged physicians to influence recruits for the Fourth division stationed at Camp Dodge. He noted army facilities train disabled veterans for useful work and highlighted 622 men in automotive engineering, 24 in agriculture on a 200 acre farm with modern equipment, a Holstein herd, a $2000 bull, 33 learning to read, and 46 soon graduating as motion picture machine operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Medical Association
Snell
Camp Dodge
Buell
Cleveland
Iowa and Alabama study consolidation and a new Union college
Visitors from Australia China and the Philippines tour Iowa schools praising consolidated setups and urging adoption in Alabama. Des Moines college merges with Union college in June, displacing current officials. Mary Jester Allen mobilizes voting women related to Buffalo Bill. A Monona county drainage plan, costing 2.5 million dollars, aims to straighten the Little Sioux with a 50 mile main ditch and 150 miles of laterals to drain 13 million cubic yards of dirt.
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George 8. Dick
Iowa
Alabama
Mr. Dick
Baptists of
Des Moines
Des Moines College
Union College
Central College At
Pella
Central University At
The
Baptist
Presbyterians
Highland Park College
North Des Moines
Mary Jester Allen
Allen
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Middle West
Board of Supervisors
Monona County
Sioux City
Child escapes death on railroad sand play near Cedar Falls
At Cedar Falls a two year old child of Mr and Mrs Wiltse wandered away from home and found sand on an Illinois Central track. The boy sat between the rails sifting sand as a train approached. The engineer sounded the whistle and applied the air brakes in time, and the child was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
C. R. Wiltse
Illinois Central
Inéer Bvery
Diverse Occupations at Quadriennial Methodist Conference
The report lists lay delegates by occupation with 52 lawyers and 7 judges among lawyers and judges, 46 merchants, 93 bankers, 35 manufacturers, 34 professors, plus 13 physicians, 12 farmers, 10 lumbermen, 10 real estate and 10 insurance men, 8 editors, and others from various walks. Representative Dowell seeks federal damages for Vivian Hood, a 16 year old hurt at the state fair amphitheatre during a chemical warfare exhibit, with Judge McHenry representing Hood. Dowell expects action but final amount remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Methodist Church
United States
Dowell
Congress
Vivian Hood
Houses Committee On
Result of Putting Sun to Work
There is another angle to harnessing the sun and its effects on world population centers and political power. Prof Langley foresaw that vast Sun power might shift empire to barren regions, making industrial sun power the basis of new civilizations and political strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. P. Langley
Smithgonian Institution
North Africa
Red Sea
Carthage
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful to Estherville Woman
Podiow proves tat and the tiny bed back suffers us in Rather ville are glad to learn where relief may be found. Mrs. M. J. Stokkeboe of Estherville reports severe kidney trouble with back pain. After using Doan's Kidney Pills from Johnston & Co's drug store the trouble was removed. She praises the remedy and says she keeps Doan's on hand. Price 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Podiow
Ratherville
Dean
M. J. Stokkeboe
3Rd Street
Estherville
Johnston & Co
Doan
Modernized Education In Dad and Son Exchange
Widow recalls schooling changes as routine lessons yield few gains. She notes subjects like history geography and nature study, once varied with occasional wild West reels, now scarce.
How to Protect Furniture Floor Tine Test
Instructions describe using two wide boards and cork stoppers to mark touch points during a floor test. After drying, remove boards and corks, leaving minimal touch up needed at the marked spots.
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Samuel Arbaugh
Birmingham
Abel Bott
John Gwinn
Jean
Berry
Alberts
Emmet
Patrick Fenton
Marion County
Robert E. Maythen
Indianapolis
Fenton
Hot Springs
Ark
Dr. Choate
Walter Bane
Ighing
J. A. Milea
Australia
Milas Helen Toy
Canton
China
Vivincio Trinidad
State Teachers College
Philippine Islands
Campbell and
Slacks
Rural Education Department
Teachers College
H. Yates
West Grove
E. G. Dickson
Davis County
Vermillion
Bloomfield
Dickson
Red Cross
Dickson Brothers
Ernest R. Moore
Bus
H. Leslie Wildey
Palo Alto County
Senate
Thad
Mickie
Evra
Florsheim
Carlton
NAU Bros
First National Bank Provident Savings Bank
Estherville, Iowa
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