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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1914
Page
4
Community notes recount visits, gatherings, and illness among residents of Ratherville and nearby towns. Mentions farm work, a cyclone damaged property, ball games, dances, and social events. Includes a memorial obituary for Cart Baker and a weekly weather crop bulletin with planting progress and fruit conditions.
Rock Island officials under Superintendent Rosser outline temporary depot improvements at the Iowa town with a second waiting room collet room and a freight warehouse and east shade. The firm will spend 25 000 to 30 000 monthly for six months expanding lines to Sioux Falls Watertown Albert Lea and expanding near Granite Sibley Bolingrad Kushnell with a gravel pit opening May 10 and a new earth spreader near Pipe Organ.
An April piece notes old time patent medicines like yarbs and tonics fading from use as spring fever lifts with warm weather. It contrasts rustic folk brews and corner drugstore potions with healthier habits praised by readers, such as fresh air and brisk walks to restore vigor.
Fragmentary lines discuss pure water cold mornings city showers and fresh greens as true tonics. mentions pursuing a bounding golf ball over a course with vigor and energy.
Iowa public school teachers may attend six weeks of free instruction at Ames from June 16 to July 24 in agriculture home economics and manual training. The program uses the entire Iowa State College equipment to prepare rural and grade teachers for state law requirements starting July 1 1915. Special instructors and renovated classrooms will support vocational methods with full furnishing and equipment.
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