Owa Cadets to Adopt Khaki Uniform Next Year
Iowa cadets will switch from cadet gray to khaki for next fall as officials deem it more comfortable and proper. The unit will be first in the west to wear the U S Army regulation uniform. The university plans to buy all regimentals through the secretary, offer at cost, and freshmen pay 5 dollars at registration, refundable if excused from drill. Captain Mumma may extend another year. senators seek to extend the detail.
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Iowa City
Lowa
Mumma
Iowa
West
United States Army
Iowa City Clothiers
Washington
M. C. Mumma
Cummins
Kenyon
Capt. Mumma
Iowa Civil War Survivors to Hold 50th Anniversary Encampment
Des Moines reports the Iowa chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic will convene in Des Moines next June for four days to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil War. All Iowa enlisted veterans are urged to attend as plans include encampment activities, messes, campfires, a veterans parade and troop reviews.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Fort Dodge to Get Packing Plant Under Sulzberger Lease
Fort Dodge Iowa shares a commercial windfall as Sulzberger and Sons leases the idle Corn Belt Packing plant for over a year starting July 1 with a 75000 option to buy and a 500000 valued facility employing four hundred. The plant faced repeated fire and financial hurdles before resuming operations.
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Fort Dodge
Sulzberger & Sons Company
Corn Belt Packing Company
Sulzberger Co
Air Line work opens as Milwaukee bids on Iowa segment
The Milwaukee railroad company bids on the Council Bluffs to Coon Rapids air line project, a major contractor bid in Iowa. Engineers completed preliminary work, with a plan to double track and cut about fifteen miles between Council Bluffs and Coon Rapids, the largest segment near Manilla.
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Council Bluffs
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Coon Rapids
Iowa
Manilla
The Library as Modern Home Frontage
A satirical critique of the high end home library as social status symbol. It mocks collectors who prize bindings and editions rather than reading, notes the public library as a place for light fiction and social stalling, and claims time spent in a library hampers real conversation.
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Mr. Balzac
W. Shakespeare
National Board of Censorship
Alec Dumas
Indiana
Jefferson county to hold three day old-time county fair
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled shareholders cannot be forced to sell and a county fair may proceed if desired. Plans for a three day fair August 7 8 and 9 are underway with strong premiums and active committees. Free attractions are being secured and officials expect a large turnout if weather cooperates.
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Supreme Court of
Iowa
Jefferson County
Car door hits train in Belle Plain incident
A westbound passenger train near Belle Plain was struck by a freighter door that flew off an eastbound freight, breaking almost every window on the passenger side. No serious injuries. passengers suffered only scratches from flying glass.
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Belle Plain
Big 1912 Iowa schedule announced by L U director
Nelson A Kel logg, director of athletics at L U, releases the 1912 football schedule for Iowa. The seven games include matchups with State Teachers' College, Cornell, Chicago, Minnesota, Indiana, Ames, and Wisconsin, with all games hosted at Iowa City or other campuses.
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Iowa City
Nelson A. Kellogg
L. U. Is
Lowa
State Teachers’ College
Cornell
Chicago
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Indiana
Bloomington
Ames
Wisconsin
Stock Train Wreck at Bagley Kills Cattle Hogs
Ten cars burned to ash and stock killed after a Milwaukee Sunday stock special wrecks near Bagley. A hobo reports a frightened sighting as an unidentified youth is missing, last seen boarding at Omaha. The train consisted solely of stock cars with one accommodation car.
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Bagley
Omaha
Milwaukee
Keokuk Dam Nears Completion At Iowa Site
Keokuk Iowa June 27 report details rapid progress on the big water power dam with one fifth of 119 spillway sections in place and built from the bottom up in layers. Workers haul concrete as steel forms rise while the river cofferdam yields fish including a monster catfish weighing 36 to 52 pounds found during pumping.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Illinois Bluff
Tower House
Mississippi
Lown
Palmer Scouts Bicycle Trip From Fairfield
Eugene Palmer leads about twenty Fairfield Boy Scouts on a four day bicycle journey to Mt. Pleasant Burlington Ft Madison and Keokuk. The group plans stops in each city with visits to the Keokuk dam and the Ft Madison penitentiary while additional scouts from Ottumwa Batavia and Mt Pleasant may join. Return to Fairfield is expected Thursday with total participants around thirty to thirty five.
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Fairfield
Eugene Palmer
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Ft. Madison
Keokuk
State Penitentiary
Ottumwa
Batavia
A Mere Man Urges Pocket Sympathy Over Heart
A man argues that a small monetary gesture from the pocket weighs more than heartfelt words. He contends practical aid demonstrates true care, contrasting it with passive sentiment.
A Little Bit of Love Quote Inspires Compassion
A brief quotation by Mark Guy Pearse urges readers to share a small bit of love to warm hearts facing hardship, noting many could endure life’s winds and rains with such support. The passage emphasizes not withholding compassion.
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Mark Guy Pearse
County fair decision settles long running wrangling
Fairfield June 27. After years of dissension among some stockholders of the Jefferson County Agricultural Association over selling the grounds or continuing the county fair, the question has been settled and plans proceed.
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Fairfield
Jefferson County Agricultural Association
Child Drowns in Water Crock Near Fern Iowa
In Grundy Center on June 27 a three year old boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Kessler, drowned in a ten gallon rain water crock beside the house a mile south of Fern. The child, playing in the water, fell head first and could not be revived after neighbors pulled him out while the mother was away briefly.
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Grundy Center
Will Kessler
Kessler
Fern
Littl
Digestit Relief for Stomach Upsets Promises Quick Aid
Prevent distress after eating with two or three Digestit tablets. If it fails, money back. Brown's Digestit offers quick relief and permanent remedy for all stomach upsets and indigestion. Small tablets easy to swallow and harmless. 50c at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon's Pharmacy
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