Birthday tribute to D Sands Wright at Cedar Falls
Des Moines reports a state wide birthday celebration for D Sands Wright senior faculty member at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls marking his seventy fifth birthday. He joined the college in 1876 and has served fifty years, later leading the Department of Religious Education. A December 7 radio program via WSUI will honor him with speeches songs and band music.
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Des Moines
Iowa
D. Sands Wright
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Teachers College
WSUI
Town City
Farmers tour Iowa dairy farms and state stock orders
A group of Texas visitors toured Strawberry Point and nearby farms in Iowa, viewing Holstein herds and other stock at Pieplow and Saurbry farms, plus poultry at Oderdick and Learn. The state board of control awarded contracts for 30,000 pounds of beef, 15,000 pounds of bacon, 10,000 pounds of ham, and 88,000 pounds of sausage to Swift and Company and others for three months starting Oct 1.
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Texas
Fayette County
Strawberry Point
Fred Pieplow
Aurora
Pieplow
Test Association
George Saurbry
Oelwein
State Board of Control
Swift and Company of
Chicago
Dodd Packing Company of
Omaha
T. M. Sinclair Company
Cedar Rapids
The Danger of Poor Eyes by Dr Freerson B. Cheen
An article citing Dr R B Simpson of Hartford on a national study linking accidents to vision defects. It notes six percent of American workers have vision problems and urges eye exams and corrective glasses to prevent injuries. It traces vision importance from primitive times to modern work life and urges parents and workers to test and correct sight to reduce accidents.
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R. B. Simpson
Travelers’ Bssurance Company
Hartford
Simpson
Western Newspaper Union
Don’t Let Shoofly Seed Set In Iowa Fields
A surge of Schoofly seeds, a persistent weed, has reached Iowa State College botanists. The annual plant survives only with deep cultivation, but its seeds show unusual vitality, possibly remaining fertile for up to 75 years. Professor Pamme urges preventing any seed formation to stop spread across Warren Clarke Taylor and Appanoose counties and into northern Iowa.
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Iowa
L. H.pammel
Botany Department
Iowa State College
Pammer
Warren
Clarke
Taylor
Appanoose
Grinding alfalfa hay not profitable for dairy cows
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station dairy studies show grinding alfalfa hay did not boost milk or butterfat yields in eight cows. Ground hay was rejected more by cows than inground hay, and grinding cost $3.50 per ton, a sizeable expense likely not reduced on average farms.
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Dairy Husbandry
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
My Favorite Stories A Pig Barter Mystery Tale
Two colored men borrow a hog one night plan to split it. They slaughter it and hide the meat in a cabin barrel. The daytime keeper steals the meat by brining it, claiming rats corrupted the meat as the other partner seeks the missing pork. The alibi hinges on a mystery of the brine.
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Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
United States
Fort Des Moines
Fort
A. E. Montgomery
San Diego
New York
Navy
Sam
The
McNeught Syndicate, Inc
Doan's Pills Backed by Estherville Worker’s Endorsement
An Estherville reader, Mrs. R C Roberts of 510 N Second St, testifies Doan's Pills relieve the backache and fatigue from hard labor. She buys them at Johnston's Drug Store and credits the stimulant to kidneys, noting consistent relief and a 60 cent price. Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo, N Y is the maker.
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Neya
Doan
Estherville
R. C. Roberts
N. Snd St
Johnston’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Miss
Buffalo
N. Y
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Butler
Mitchell
Franklin
Kossuth
Floyd
Grundy
Black Hawk
Albert
John W. Murphy
Burlington
Mississippi River
Mississippi
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Britt
Hancock County
Lenry Boutilier
Polk County
Fish and Game Department
Gibson
Missouri Valley
Harrison County
40Th General Assembly
Montgomery County
Sarah &, Smith
Taylor Or. Gaunt
Bedford
Spears
Frank W. Hansen
Washington
Mason City
Keokuk
Canada
Saskatchewan
Towa
Shellaburg
Benton County
Leonard Dickinson
A. N. Harber
University of Iowa
Ethel
Marquette
North McGregor
Prairie Due Chein
Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Co
McGregor
Prairie ‘du Chien
Davenport-Rock Island
Clinton
Lincoln Highway
Houston
Frederson B. Cheen
Pammel
W.R
Iowa Station
Ratherville
Haarlem
Gotb Mernar
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National Beverage Sales Co
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