Free seed tests offered by Iowa State College
Iowa farmers can have their seeds tested free of charge at Ames. The farm crops section will test cereals corn wheat oats and similar seeds, while the botanical section handles clover timothy bluegrass millet alfalfa and other forage crops. Tests cover purity and vitality, saving farmers money if done timely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iiowa
Washington
Iowa State College
Iowa Experiment Station
Lowa
Cost Of The Strike Continues In Muscatine
An estimate puts the strike costs at wages sixty thousand dollars, merchant losses at two hundred fifty thousand, and manufacturer losses near one million. At least two hundred workers have been arrested and one murder occurred during the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Iowa State Graduate Assigned to Porto Rico Extension
S K White, Iowa State College graduate, has been called to Porto Rico University to head agricultural extension work. He will earn 1500 dollars annually plus starting expenses and begin immediately. White, who graduated last spring, has extensive horticultural experience from farms and orchards across the United States.
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Ames
Iowa State College
S. K. White
University of
White
South Glastonbury
Conn
Far West
Council Bluffs
Ames graduates steer away from business in Iowa farming era
President Bartlett of Hibbard Spencer & Co. asks why no Iowa State College graduates apply for business. Dean Curtiss replies that agricultural division graduates mostly return to farming or related work rather than pursuing business careers.
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Ames
United States
Iowa State College
A.C. Bartlett
Hibbard
Spencer Bartlett & Co
University of
Chas. P. Curtiss
Bartlett
Chicago
Dean Curtiss
Iowa
Prisoner Freed At Fort Madison Eight Months Early
John Smith, an econvict in Fort Madison Iowa, walked out of the penitentiary today eight months before his scheduled release. The release followed a district court order and habeas corpus proceedings initiated by the prisoner.
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Fort Madison
John Smith
Econvict
District Court
Vinci Restores Marie Richter Strength on Sheridan Avenue
In Detroit Miss Marie Richter reports dramatic improvement after using Vinci. She was run down and nervous last winter but now enjoys strong digestion and vitality. The message promotes Vinci as a strength builder with a money back guarantee from Cook & Sherman Iowa druggists.
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Sheridan Avenue
Detroit
Marie Richter
Vinci
Cook & Sherman
Washington
Iowa
Sidewalk Sketches The Photographer
A humorous critique of photographers who snip flaws from proofs. It recalls a gentler past with a reformist artist who softened portraits, and notes the photographer’s bustling, exacting craft. The piece wryly observes wedding prep, fear of portraits, and social trust in images.
Smith Seeks Credit For Time Served In Larceny Case
Iowa records show Smith, jailed for larceny in Cedar Rapids, had ten months served at Anamosa. After a Supreme Court reversal and retrial, he pled guilty to ten years, with the term set to next August. He argued time already served should reduce the sentence and was granted credit.
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Cedar Rapids
Smith
Anamosa
Supreme Court
Cracksmen Blow Safe At Avery Supply Store
Cracksmen blew open the Avery Supply company store safe at Avery six miles east of Albia on Thursday night and secured $50 in gold. Sheriff Griffin traced the men to Ottumwa after discovering the wrecked safe only when the store opened Friday morning. The burglars overlooked several hundred dollars in the gate amid debris.
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Albia
Avery Supply Company
Avery
Sheriff Griffin
Ottumwa
PROGRAM FOR BUREKA LITER ARY SOCIETY DECEMBER 15
A December 15 program for the Eureka Literary Society features multiple recitations by students including Bessie Longer Clarence Herring Grace Hopping Florence Petratz Carl Nicholson Jessie Hopping Glenn Beenblossom Eddie Bumenbach Maude Truax Clarence Benson Arthur Nicola Marjorie Potratz Raymond Nicholson Eddie Potratz and a dream sequence by Manuel Blick. Music by the Nicholson Orchestra and a debate among Wilbur Beenblossom Grover Booth and Wm C Longer Charlie McKay with Maude Ferguson secretary.
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Bessie Longer
Clarence Herring
Grace Hopping
Florence Petratz
Carl Nicholson
Wm. Buntenbach
Jessie Hopping
Glenn Beenblossom
Eddie Bumenbach
Maude Truax
Clarence Benson
Arthur Nicola
Marjorie Potratz
Raymond Nicholson
Eddie Potratz
Manuel Blick
Verle Brinning
Billy Wiggs
Nicholson Orchestra
Wilbur Beenblossom
Grover Booth
Wm. C. Longer
Charlie McKay
Maude Ferguson
Business men weigh five planks for national program
Chicago hosts representative business leaders who plan a winter legislative agenda. They will push five core planks including an American merchant marine, promotion of foreign trade, currency legislation, a permanent Paris exposition for American products, and improved transportation and waterways.
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Chicago
United States
Congress
Paris
Washington
Masonic Lodges Schedule Regular Meetings
Washington Lodge No. 26 and Cyrus Chapter No. 18 hold regular meetings on the first and second Fridays monthly. Bethlehem Commandery No. 45 and Washington Chapter No. 98 also meet on their respective weeks each month. Visiting fraters are welcome.
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Alpine Aerie No. 1943
J. G. Fox
W. P.R. C, Dubois
Secy
Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
J. BE. Kunath
W. M
J. W. Morton
Cyrus
BR. A. M
James D. Glasgow
H. P
Sec
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
Wyatt B. Marbourg
B. C
Washington
C. EF
J. E. Kunath
Myrtle Bragg
Youth Succeeds Age Dolor Right
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is advertised to darken hair and promote growth, targeting men facing gray hairs as signs of aging. The pitch guarantees refund if not effective and promotes sale at fifty cents per bottle through McElhinney Drug Co as special agent.
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Osler
Wryeth
Wyeth
McElhinney Drug Co
Alarm at Night Croup Remedy Favored by Parents
A chesty croup cough terrifies households and Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is praised by H. W. Casselman of Canton New York for quick relief in children. He keeps a bottle on hand and says it is worth its weight in gold. available from all druggists.
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Croup
Foley
H. W. Casselman
Canton
N. Y
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Madelia
Maple & Masson
Caner Music CO
Schaeffer, Merrifield
H. P. Nelson
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
EAL
Porto Rico
Bureka Literary Society
Pittsburg
J. J. McCormick & Co
Mellon National Bank
McElhinney
J. Wilson
Co. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson Lawyers
Journal Office
Charles A. Dewey
Notary Public
Willios
Washington County Savings Bank
Eicher
Livingston
Edmund D. Morrison
Morrison Bidg
North Side Square
J. J. Kellogg
South Side Square
M. Keeley
Butterfield & Frame
Special Collection Department
Crail
Casen Bros
J. Hanley
Over Crail’s
Office Phony
DR. W. M. Terry
West Washington Street
Ray H. Dean
Cook & Sherman’s Drug Store
J. Clyde Wallace
D. G. Chiropractors
Windsor
Fenton & Fenton
Chiropractors
Palmer School
Nicola
Harmon
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
A. White
Sam’ L. Thompson
R. L. Coulter
W. A. White
Harry H. Ross
Chichester
Nicholson
Keota
Tewa
D. F. Macon
Macon
Austin Sutherland
Chas. Brown
White Post
Temple Bulding
J. W. Scott
Adjt
Wvre Valley Forge Camp
Hall
J. G. Mortarty
Doler
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