Woods Brothers Pave Missouri River Frontage in Iowa
In Iowa the Woods brothers of Lincoln Nebraska bought a dozen farms along the Missouri River, plan concrete banks and sand pockets to stabilize the current, a multi thousand dollar project yielding hundreds of acres of prime land. A separate health push moves toward typhoid antitoxin distribution statewide, led by Dr Guilford Sumner with free inoculation for applicants. An Algona test shows boys scoring higher than girls, Nellie Knoll tops with 83.5. Chariton recounts a skunk and possum theft from a coal house, skunk lore shifts to a compliment. Capitol extension clears 62 acres for a state house park, Irving school remains housing 16 departments, and a new tunnel links heating plants ahead of summer removal of current facilities.
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Missouri River
Iowa
State Department of Health
O. Meyers
New York City
Guilford Sumner
United States Pubic Health Board
Algona
Nellie Knoll
Capitol Extension
State House
Irving
Food and Dairy
Board of Education
Consolidation Vote Approved in Linby Iowa Schools
Fairfield Journal reports a special Linby election where 1 vote favored consolidating the surrounding districts schools by a 29 vote margin. It becomes the county’s second consolidated school, following Pleasant Plain, with more similar votes expected soon.
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Fairfield Journal
Linby
Pleasant Plain
Not in Iowa Mr Darling Cartoon Sparks Wife Critique
Marshalltown Times Republic an rips into J N Darling known as Ding for a Iowa Pershing cartoon. A farmer's wife objects to her depiction as a fat citified figure while defending cartoonist license and noting rural readers' pride in Iowa farm life and colleges.
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J. N. Darling
Ding
Iowa
Pershing
Towa
Iowa State College
U. I
Darling
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Washington County Evening Journal Keeps Local Daily Record
The Evening Journal serves Washington County as the region’s sole daily newspaper, delivering local news, notices, sports, and community updates to residents each day.
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Evening Journal
Washington County
Cotter Votes For Consolidation In 153 to 15 Victory
Cotter and surrounding territory approved a new $60 600 school building in a consolidated district by a 153 to 15 vote. Construction will start once the contract is let and ground is broken on the four acre site in the northwest part of town. The plans show a attractive, useful building expected to keep students closer to home for high school.
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Columbus
Cotter
Columbus Junction
Washington
Origin of Saturday Half Holiday Traced to Scotland
The custom of a Saturday afternoon holiday is linked to a 1203 Scottish royal council under King William. It decreed that after the twelfth hour Saturday should be kept holy so all could attend Vespers before Sunday.
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Scotland
William
Wheat output comparison between United States and Britain
The article cites similar wheat yields in the United States and Great Britain, averaging about 15 percent more bushels per acre in the U S and a comparable figure for Britain, highlighting-parallel productivity levels between the two countries.
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United States
Great Britain
Rural Consolidation Conference Planned at Cedar Falls
Washington reports a national conference on rural school consolidation to be held February 17 to 19 at the Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Iowa leaders Governors Harding and McKelvie and many rural education figures will attend to discuss consolidation feasibility and the rural high school question.
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Iowa State Department of Education
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Bureau of Education
Cedar Falls
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Wisconsin
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Oklahoma
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Kentucky
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Nebraska
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Washington
Ohio
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McKelvie
Lombardi Ltd Comes to Fox Theatre This Weekend
Pratt of the Fox Theatre promotes Lombardi Ltd a smart comedy drama starring Bert Lytell with Tito Lombardi in a stylish role. The notice highlights its New York run and tour success and invites women to attend for an enjoyable afternoon or evening.
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Lombardi, Ltd
Fox Theatre
Fanny
Frederic Hatton
New York
Tito Lombardi
Bert Lytell
C. A. Pratt
Mar. Fox Theatre
Woman Reports Relief After Using Vegetable Compound
Letter from Summit New Jersey woman Victoria Kopr to readers praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for digestive pain sleeplessness and hot flashes. She claims improved health and ability to work after taking the product. Readers are urged to try the medicine with warning symptoms listed.
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Summit
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Victoria Korrt
Oak Ridge Ave
Es E. Pinkham
Trial notes on a brutal homicide case Bednorciki v Commonwealth
The record summarizes a homicide where the victim was shot through head and body, ears severed, eye gouged, head mangled, body dragged 40 yards, with cod trail. Court remarks stress ease to commonwealth and defendant, implying guilt in a most heinous crime.
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Commonwealth
Bednorciki
Cures for Rheumatism Add to Public Debate
A London Answers writer notes many touted cures for rheumatism rely on Glauber’s salts and costly drugs, but still leave some sufferers in ache. The remark highlights persistent dissatisfaction with available remedies.
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London
Old algaroba tree at Cathe mission grounds downed
The historic algaroba tree on Fort Street near Cathe mission grounds was felled to clear space for a Knights of Columbus clubhouse. Reports refer to it as the mother or father of Hawaii’s algarobas, a landmark in island history.
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Cathe Mission Grounds
Fort Street
Hawaiien Islands
Knights of Columbus
Newse
Hawaii
Pacific Commercial Advertiser
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