Carnegie Poise Helps Western College Endowment Drive
President Lilian V. Johnson reads a Carnegie offer of 50 000 toward the 250 000 endowment for Western College for Women in Oxford Ohio. The drive aims to raise the remaining balance by College Day October 16 1906 with student pledges and a loan program to spur fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western College For Women
Oxford
Ohio
Lillian V. Johnson
Andrew Carnegie
Western College
Lena S. McKee Welsh
Carnegie
Z. B. Campbell
Helen Anderson
Stella Wells
Washington
Suit Over Investment Contract Shakes Council Bluffs
Miss Iva Frank sues for $255 after two years of monthly payments to United States Investment Realty Co a Minnesota based concern not licensed to do business in Iowa. Dozens of such investors faced loss as officials pressured firms to leave Council Bluffs two years ago.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Minneapois Home Investment Concern
Iva Frank
United States Investment Realty Company
Minnesota
Killpack
Dye Must Stand Trial in Fremont County Bank Case
Sheriff Kent returns from Walla Walla with H C Dye former Tabor banker accused of forgery on five counts. Dye released on $5 400 bond posted by his father Sylvester Dye and three brothers who aided the bank fraud while Dye was vice president. Trial set in Sidney after court convened yesterday. Dye says he will contest the charges.
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Council Bluffs
Kent
Fremont County
Walla Walla
Washington
H. C. Dye
Tabor
Iowa
Dye
Sidney
Sylvester Dye
Groeber to Receive 8500 From Northwestern Railroad
Rudolph Groeber, once a charge at the Christian home in Council Bluffs, will receive 8500 as compensation for losing his legs in an accident at Tomah Nebraska when he was a child. Now 19, Groeber recently went to Chicago to work in printing and threatened suit after negotiations. The railroad offered 500, which was accepted after a fourteen year wait for a settlement.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Rudolph Groeber
Northwestern Railroad
Tomah
Nebr
Young Groober
Chicago
Northwestern
Railroad Company
College Orators to Meet Sioux City on March 22
The Iowa intercollegiate prohibition oratorical contest will be held at Morningside College on April 22. Institutions sending speakers include Drake University Upper Iowa University Iowa Wesleyan University Cornell Grinnell Coe Western Parsons Simpson Des Moines and Central.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Morningside College
Drake University
Upper Iowa University
Iowa Wesleyan University
Cornell
Grinnell
Coe
Western
Parsons
Simpson
Des Moines
Central
Hyomei Offered As Direct Treatment For Catarrh
The advertisement promises Hyomei as a direct focal treatment for catarrhal troubles. It claims the inhaler, medicine dropper, and Nyomel bottle provide immediate relief and a permanent cure, with extra bottles available. The Columbia Pharmacy guarantees payment only if the treatment cures.
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Columbia Pharmacy
Presbyterian church to hold congregational meeting next Wednesday
Miss Laurene Moore of Crawfordsville returned home after attending the marriage of her cousin Miss Minnie Wilkins to Chas Wolfe last night. the church meeting time will be announced later.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Laurene Moore
Crawfordsville
Minnie Wilkins
Chas. Wolfe
Stick to a Good Seed, Not Fresh Stock for Wheat
The article argues against frequent seed changes and for sticking with a well adapted pedigreed variety. It cites Nebraska experiments showing improved yields when seed was graded yearly and kept locally. It warns against buying distant seed after epidemics and notes varieties adapt to local conditions, suggesting natural selection aided by grading. Minnesota Experiment Station.
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Nebraska Experiment Station
Canada
Minnesota Experiment Station
Growing Peas and Onions in the Home Garden
A Rural New Yorker guidance note explains sowing peas in double rows eight inches apart for labor efficiency and yield. It describes compost use, furrow preparation, drilling beside a center line, and a rate of one quart per fifty feet of double row. It also covers early onion sets, spacing, and varieties such as Globe Danvers and White Portugal.
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New Yorker
Globe Danvers
Portugal
Cone shaped 20 inch insect cover for protected produce
A simple protection method from American Agriculturist shows a cone shaped wire netting cover for cucumbers melons and tomatoes. Cut a 20 inch diameter circle and bend it into a cone to shield plants from leaf eating bugs.
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Fir American Agriculturist
Making a Cone Shade Cover for Plant Protection
Instructions describe shaping a cone from two cut edges overlapped halfway and secured with wire or twine. Covers placed over each plant, edges pressed into soil and painted green, provide shade and protect against bugs insects birds and other pests.
Beetle Invasion Threatens Rocky Mountain Forests
The Black Hills beetle spreads from South Dakota to northern New Mexico with evidence of westward expansion into Utah and northern Arizona. It attacks western yellow pine and Engelmann spruce in the Black Hills and Pike's Peak regions, causing extensive timber losses estimated between 700 million and 1 billion cubic feet.
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Black Hills
Rocky Mountain
South Dakota
New Mexico
Utah
Arizona
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Correction clarifies ownership of Stuart market
A notice from R. Stuart & Son denies selling to Charles any stake. Todd Stuart retains interest in the market which continues as an independent family operation. They promise up to date service and low prices for meats poultry fish and pickled goods from the Northwest corner square market with phone 267.
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Todd Stuart
Charles
R. Stuart & Son
Northwest Corner Square
Poverty Social by Degree of Honor at U W Hall
The Degree of Honor hosts a poverty social at the A ve U W Hall on Saturday evening March 24. Refreshments will be served. Attendees must wear old clothes or face a fine. Admission is 10 cents for adults, 5 cents for children under 10, and 16 cents for men attending without their wives. No reserved seats. By order of committee.
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A. Ve. U. W. Hall
Wellman Couple En Route After Prospecting Visit
Mr and Mrs Edward Brown of Wellman Iowa travel home from Washington after Mr Brown spent a brief period prospecting a mine. General Superintendents F T Dolan and W H Whienton of the Rock Island depart Rock Island on a general tour of inspection noting things are in fine shape at this station.
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Edward Brown
Wellman
Iowa
Washington
Brown
Muscatine Journal
F. T. Dolan
W. H. Whienton
Rock Island
A Hint to Travelers in Suffolk Va Becomes Cure Tale
Henry Croll Jr of Beaverton Mich fell ill with bowel trouble in Suffolk. A traveling salesman from Saginaw advised Chamberlain's Cholera Diarrhea Remedy. Croll soon recovered and recommends it for travelers. Sold by Cook Sherm Stewart's Pharmacy.
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Suffolk
Henry Croll, Jr
Beaverton, Mich
Saginaw
Mich
Cook
Sherm Stewart
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Goodyear West
J. A. Harwood
South Side
Journal
New York
Washington National Bank
W. W. Wells
A. Hi, Wallace, J. A. Young
Wm. A. Cook
Leigh H. Wallace
F. L. Wilson
Spring Trade
Pauli’ Lumber Go
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