Agriculturists to Learn Advertising at Iowa State College
Ames July 31. Iowa State college adds agricultural advertising to its agricultural journalism curriculum. FW Beckman will teach combining advertising theory with practice in copy writing and home weekly farm advertising. Dean Curtiss cites rising farm advertising spend and expects students to apply it wisely.
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Ames
Iowa State College
FW. Beckman
Chas. F. Curtiss
Iown
Boats Must Have Equipment
Washington orders steamship and steamboat firms to equip vessels with life boats and life rafts. Half of the required equipment must be ready by midnight, with the rest due within sixty days. The move follows the Titanic disaster and increases costs for the industry.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Embryo Clams Placed In Mississippi River Experiment
At Fairport United States Biological Station scientists plant glochidia into fish to propagate embryo mussels. Daily 400 to 600 fish are captured and injected then released. A Grandview boy Dale Malaren died while swimming. companion Howard Cocklin was rescued but in an unconscious state.
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Mississippi River
United States
Bidlowlens
Pairport
United States Biological
Fairport
Mahuren
Howard Cocklin
Farmers Support State University
In Iowa City on July 31, a report by State University registrar F C Ensign shows 675 agriculturists had children enrolled last year. Merchants were the next most represented occupation with 4044. Other groups include 308 employes, 298 professionals and teachers, 247 accountants and salesmen, and 32 contractors with 24 manufacturers. The table highlights rural workers as the laboring core.
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Towa City
State University of Iowa
F. C. Ensign
State University
Artificial Circulation Saves Life of Woman in Iowa City
In Iowa City Mrs. A H Alii of Lamont Iowa underwent a rare operation to treat a nerve artery aneurysm in her arm. Doctors created artificial circulation via smaller veins to prevent atrophy and completed the surgery, saving her life.
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Iowa City
A. H. Alii
Lamont
Iowa
Geon
Drowning Near Hogback Bridge in Iowa River
A drowning occurred Friday afternoon in the Iowa River near the Hogback bridge between Wapello and Grandview. The incident was reported from Condition, Wapello, with authorities investigating the events surrounding the water rescue attempt.
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Wapello
Iowa
Iowa River
Grandview
Buttons by Howard L. Rain
A humorous old column attacks pants buttons as a nuisance in men’s clothing. It mocks the spread of buttons from Africa into Western fashion and laments the hardship on husbands while joking about marriage and bachelor fear.
Wealthy farmer missing near Millersburgh
Deep River July 31. Lewis Goodman a wealthy farmer living west of Millersburgh disappeared from home a week ago. He was last seen on foot about two miles north of What Cheer the day of disappearance. Authorities fear mental derangement and potential self harm as he may be wandering rural areas or have died by his own action. His wife and two children remain at home in distress.
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Deep River
Lewis Goodman
Millersburgh
Saxo Salve Relieves Twenty Year Scalp Eczema
Hopkinsville Kentucky resident T F Thompson reports twenty years of dry scalp eczema ended after using Saxo Salve. Ad claims it allays itching burning and heals skin for eczema tetter ringworm or any skin ailment with a money back guarantee from Sherman Bros druggists Washington Iowa.
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T. F. Thompson
Hopkinsville
Bowman baby death sparks assault trial chatter
Packwood Iowa July reports the Bowman baby died after a premature birth of two pounds. Physicians predicted death within sixty days and the infant survived a little more than a month. Rumors about the child's development circulated, with nosy claims and counterclaims cited by friends and foes as a court case against Dr. Gardner and Miss Bowman heads to Mt Pleasant next term.
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Packwood
Iowa
Bowman
Gardner
Miss Bowman
Mt. Pleasant
Lightning kills Burlington man in sudden bolt
Harry Jackson a Burlington teamster was killed by lightning and James Tyndall badly shocked Sunday near Tyndall's home as they watched circus workers erect tents. A sudden cloud bank rolled in despite bright sun and a bolt struck, Jackson dying at once with a burnt hat crown and a forehead scar.
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Burlington
Iowa
Harry Jackson
James Tyndall
Tyndall
Wallace & Hagenbeck Circus
Jackson
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Erty
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Dakota
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Howard L. Rain
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David Lingston
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Paree Oo
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Urday Sport
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Resnita
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