Washington Canadian Land Co sells out 150000 capital stock
Our Rev H H Brownell is vice president of the Washington Canadian Land Co a 150000 capitalized company with all stock sold W R Jeffrey of Washington is president and J T Matthews is secretary treasurer There are 60 stockholders and they have bought 20000 acres in the Dominion Brownell attended a company meeting Monday in Washington Strong investor backing noted Senator J A Young returns from Des Moines after Cummins inauguration and state legislature adjourns until the 26th
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Rev
H. H. Brownell
Washington Canadian Land Co
W. R. Jeffrey
Washington
J. T. Matthews
Dominion
Rev. Brownell
Keota Eagle
J. A. Young
Des Moines
Guv Cummins
Weather forecast for Iowa from Washington journal
Partly cloudy with possible snow flurries tonight and Saturday. East portion Saturday colder, west and north portions tonight, cold wave in northwest portion.
Cold Wave Forecast Warns Of Subzero Temperatures
The signal service reports a cold wave with temperatures dropping to zero in the west Saturday morning and to zero in the east Saturday evening. Home advice urges bringing in tender plants and adding another quilt to beds.
Cummins Pardon Record Reported to Legislature
Des Moines Iowa January 15 Governor Cummins pardon record for two years prepared by pardon secretary B W Garrett shows 150 dispositions versus 259 under Governor Shaw. Cummins pardoned penalties include two before commitment two at penitentiary two in county jail with 43 suspensions from penitentiary or county jails four from industrial school seven by Twenty general assembly seven revoked rotation of sentence 21.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cummins
B. W. Garrett
Shaw
Indus
General Assembly
Unnecessary comment prompts direct sales pitch
Mr J B Crail of Washington Iowa pushes a stock liquidation plan by W D Ferguson the Expert Salesman. He claims a $1000 daily cash sales potential and urges stores to contact for references while warning against impersonators and promising confidential correspondence.
Life on Other Planets Says Science Is Clear
Professor Maunder in Knowledge argues that science provides no definite answer on life beyond Earth. He notes within our solar system crude probabilities exist, but beyond it no reliable evidence or method advances the question.
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Whewell
Brewster
Galilei
Capoano
Professor Maunder
Rival Restaurants Prompt Cheap Food Complaints
A shopper grumbles about value after comparing a large dry goods store eatery to a cheaper Madison street option. He says the Madison street place offers three times as much for a quarter, highlighting price versus portion perceptions.
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Madison Street
Chicago Record-Herald
Not a Bit Accommodating Exchange Quips on City Riding
A street exchange quotes a man from the back district complaining about motorists in big cars refusing rides for free. He claims the city’s drivers are the meanest he has seen, charging a nickel for a lift to those who go in the right direction.
A One Horse Drag For Farm Land Leveling
A discussion from Orange Judd Farmer notes the drag also called block leveler or clod masher is cheap and underused. It can start with two or three horses after breaking to level land and aid harrows and grain planting, with one horse versions used after the cultivator.
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Orange Judd
One Horse Drag Aids Crops And Honey Quality Notes
A report discusses a homemade one horse drag for shallow cultivation, reducing hoe work and preserving surface level. It also covers Arizona honey yields from alfalfa, moisture content, weight per gallon, and how climate and flowers affect flavor, color, and solidification.
Arizona Honey Production Seen From Beehive Census
About twenty thousand bee swarms are kept in Arizona producing nearly one million pounds of honey and eighteen thousand pounds of wax in the last census year. Desert flora and cultivated crops such as alfalfa supply the nectar with mesquite and screw bean blooming April to July, catclaw in May and June, acacia in July, and alfalfa from April to September.
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Arizona
The Steel Frame of the Nation
Ian Maclaren argues that country life reveals realistic literature and that loyal rural inhabitants act as the nation’s steel frame, keeping society intact when crises strike. He emphasizes simple, honest farmers and their clear minds as crucial to national survival.
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Ian Maclaren
Cold storage backs expansion of apple industry says Powell
G. H. Powell notes that cold storage development benefits apples by expanding growing regions, attracting capital, advancing specialized agriculture and trade, and supplying a valuable food product to more people for longer periods.
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G. H. Powell
Historic Spot Sparks Unequal War Over Proposal
A couple recalls the grassy spot where a ten year war began with a proposal. The husband notes the timing, and the wife muses on the origin of their feud sparked by that moment.
Mail carriers see salary rise in city and retirements
Mrs J K R Coulter left for Logansport Indiana. The city mail carriers have salaries increased from 600 to 850 dollars a year effective December 1. Postmaster Cunningham received word of the raise recently. Neiswanger Purvis and Bickford render Washington public service. Charles Henderson departed this morning on the Branch to visit his brother in Keota.
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J. KR. Coulter
Milwaukee
Logansport
Indiana
Cunningham
Neiswanger
Purvis and Bickford
Washington
Charles Henderson
Keota
Mrs Bartlett Leaves for Visit in Oskaloosa
Mrs. W. N. Bartlett travels by the Firefly to Oskaloosa to visit her mother Mrs. Wright and other relatives before returning home to Pennsylvania.
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