Congress of Farm Women Meets in Colorado Springs
Generado Springs Colorado October 17 Colorado Springs hosts the first world congress of Farm Women to discuss better homes sanitation higher living standards and farm family management. Delegates from across the United States and foreign lands attend under the Roosevelt Farm Life commission with programs on home equipment food values hygiene and labor saving devices. A scientific demonstration on the house fly menace is planned and speakers address the burdens borne by rural wives and mothers.
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Generado Springs
Colo
Colorado Springs
United States
Roosevelt Farm Life Commission
William F. Slocum
National Young Women's Christian Association
James T. Burns
Charles A. Lary
Colorado State Agricultural College
Coachman Receives Bequest in Brighton Will
In Brighton England Mrs Julie Gallows will left £190 to her coachman if he remains in service at her death and does not die from a carriage accident while driving. The bequest hinges on continued employment and survival until the testatrix’s demise.
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Julie
All
Brighton
England
Legal Qualifications As Metaphor In Lawyer’s Craft
A humorous reflection likens lawyers to carpenters noting skills like filing a bill, framing an indictment, impaneling a jury, and hammering a judge. The text uses woodworking imagery to describe legal procedures and the craft of advocacy.
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Nh.u
Horticultural curiosities at Brinning farm two pear crops on one tree
The Brinning boys harvested two distinct pear crops from the same tree this year. The first crop resembles Bartlett pears while the second crop is unlike any local variety, about the size of a large crab apple. A cabbage stalk also produced eight heads after the first harvest, with several heads solid enough to cook.
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Brinning
Brinning Farm
Journal Office
Conner
Iowa Central Railway Company Special Meeting Notice
A notice from New York dated October 16 1911 states a special meeting of Iowa Central Railway Company stockholders will be held December 19 1911 at noon in Chicago to approve a lease of property to The Minneapolis and St Louis Railroad Company and, if approved, a subsequent sale and conveyance of the property to that company. Books for transfer of stock close November 25 1911 and reopen December 20 1911. By order of the Board of Directors.
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New York
Iowa Central Railway Company
American Trust Building
Chicago
Illinois
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company
A. C. Doan
Pastor’s vote sparks church court tension over delicate question
At a church court a pastor faced a split in his flock and chose to abstain by voting non liquet. The next day a country delegate queried the pastor’s stance and the reply indicated the pastor did not seem pleased, noting he voted that he did not like it.
Special church meetings planned across several congregations
Multiple churches announce special services this week and next. The Presbyterian and Second United Presbyterian churches hold midweek preaching and Sunday communion led by their pastors and Rev. H T Jackson. The First United Presbyterian plans preparatory services before a Sunday communion. The Baptist church schedules its annual meeting tomorrow at 7 30 for officer elections and department reports.
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Presbyterian Church
Second United Presbyterian Church
H. T. Jackson
Ainsworth
First United Presbyterian Church
Improvements at the First Church
Marble steps and tiled floors are being installed in three vestibules of the First United Presbyterian Church. Vermont marble replaces old cement steps. Materials arrived yesterday and work began immediately. Completion expected by next Sunday with costs between three hundred and four hundred dollars.
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First United Presbyterian Church
Vermont
236 Acre Farm Auction Near Washington Iowa
Public sale of the Jane B. McCreedy farm on the premises Wednesday Nov 8 at 1 30 p m. The 236 acre property lies 11 miles northeast of Washington in Washington county near Ainsworth Haskins and Riverside. Features include tiling a deer well a dependable spring fruit seven room house two barns hog shed corn crib and sheds. Call W G McCreedy Washington or J K McCreedy Ainsworth for details. Terms announced sale day.
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Jane B. McCreedy
Washington
Iowa
Washingon County
Ainsworth
Haskins
Riverside
W. G. McCreedy
J. K. McCreedy
Frank Macon
Henry Richer
Land and Stock at Public Sale
Public sale to settle an estate on October 19 1911 at 10 am includes sixty cattle, 150 hogs, three horses and farm machinery. After stock sale the 320 acre Memorial Miller farm near Washington Iowa will be offered split into 160 acres unimproved and 160 acres with improvements or as a whole. Terms: stock cash or 7 percent notes, land 10 percent cash at transfer, 40 percent at transfer, balance 1 to 5 years at 6 percent. Auctioneers Thomas Bros Austin Sutherland and clerk U T Reynolds.
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Memorial Miller Farm
Washington
Iowa
Brighton
Verdi Station
Verdi
Rock Island
Thomas Bros
Austin Sutherland
U. T. Reynolds
Yale Professor Dr Charles R Brown Speaks in Chicago
Dr Charles R Brown of New Haven and Yale Divinity School stayed with his parents near the city then traveled to Chicago where he will address the American Mission association on the race problem. He will later attend Boston University president installation representing Yale.
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Charles R. Brown
New Haven
Divinity School
Yale University
B. F. Brown
Chicago
American Missions Association
Brown
Boston
Boston University
Yale
Dr. Brown
Congregational Church
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Synod Meeting at Burlington Today
The Rev HH V Comin and others attend the annual Iowa Synod of the Presbyterian church in Burlington. Alongside the main synod, Sabbath school institute and women’s missionary conventions convene. Dr Comin spoke this afternoon, Miss Cowden reported on Winona Lake youth conference, and Mrs McCall and Mrs Roberts participate as delegates. A trip to Fairfield will dedicate Barhydt chapel at Parsons College.
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HH. V. Comin
Misa Margaret Cowden
J. A. McCall
Carl Roberts
Burlington
Iowa Synod
The
Presbyterian Church
Sabbath School Institute
Women's Home Missionary Society
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Comin
Miss Cowden
Home Missionary
Winona Lake
Young People’s Conference
McCall
Presbyterial Foreign Missionary Society
Roberts
Synod
Fairfield
Barhydt
Parsons College
Iowa
Washington Man to Referee Wrestling Bout
Neal Knauss of Washington refereed a recent match and is slated to officiate the third meeting between Bull McCleary and George Roumas. Will Schoenig secured his services for Wednesday night in Muscatine with arrangements pending and no venue yet decided.
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Muscatine
Neal Knauss
Washington
Wendall Knauss
Doctors Failed to Help Her in Pound Wis
Pound Wis woman Mrs Herman Siettu reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for fourteen years of dyspepsia and female troubles. The ad touts the product as a standard remedy for various female ills and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Pound
Wis
Lydia BE
Herman SietTu
Lydia E. Pinkham
Women Lawyers Gaining Ground in Federal Courts
Women are now eligible for admission to the bar in all Federal courts and in several states including Maine Massachusetts Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania North Carolina Indiana Michigan Ohio Oregon South Dakota Washington, with more states following. Law Notes.
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Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Oregon
South Dakota
Washington
Made Woman's Opportunity in the Typing Boom
The article notes American typewriters are sold globally with millions in use and claim nothing else has unlocked as much business opportunity for women. It credits women’s entry into typing as a springboard to broader ventures and success.
Tabernacle Demolished After Four Week Run
The tabernacle in Washington was razed in a single day as about fifty workers demolished the structure. Lumber was stacked for removal to Pauls Lumber company yards, ending four weeks of local prominence and leaving residents with a sense of loss.
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Tabernacle
Pauls Lumber Company
Washington
Prominent Visitor Impresses Local Reception Committee
The distinguished guest made a strong impression during a brief local visit. Palmer Corntessel remarked that at times he seemed nearly as important as the reception committee’s chairman.
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Palmer Corntessel
Court Opens October Term in Washington County
The Washington county district court convened for the October term with Judge Willcockson presiding. The first day focused on case assignments and probate work. no jury cases today. The grand jury is summoned for tomorrow at ten. The docket is small, with several criminal cases including Thomas Martin and Dave Jacobson charged with burglarizing the J. A. Marsh store at Ainsworth.
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Washington County District Court
Willcockson
Thomas Martin
Dave Jacobson
J. A. Marsh
Ainsworth
Magnificently Staged Musical Play The Speculators at Graham
The Lyman Twins with Patti Rosa and Emma Abbott will perform The Speculators at the Graham Wednesday night with a large company. Advance notices praise it as the best vehicle for the duo yet with curtain at 8 15 pm. Tickets priced 25 50 75 and 1 00 boxes and loges 1 50.
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the Graham
Lyman Twins
Patti Rosa
Emma Abbott
Winnia Abbott
Graham
Hoyt comedy A Bachelor's Honeymoon comes to Graham
The Hoyt theatre hit A Bachelor's Honeymoon arrives at Graham on Friday night October 20. The show is praised as a long running New York success and widely quoted on the road.
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the Hoyt
Graham
Hoyt Theatre
Hoyt
New York
Laughs May Come and Go on Bachelor’s Honeymoon
A New York comedy touring for ten months is presented here by Gilson and Bradfield with a money back guarantee if the show fails to please audiences.
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New York
Gilson and Bradfield
A Bachelor's Honeymoon at the Graham Oct 20
A real comedy of merit is said for A Bachelor's Honeymoon at the Graham on October 20. Benjamin Bachelor, a widower with two twin daughters, faces a clash when his puritan sister discovers his marriage to an actress leading to ludicrous scenes.
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Graham
Benjamin Bachelor
Coroner Rules Grace Chapel's Death a Suicide
Dr. G W Hay, county coroner, after investigating in Kalona and Pilateburg, declared Miss Grace Chapel's death a clear case of self destruction. No inquest was ordered. Chapel, visiting neighbors for three days, returned home Sunday evening in cheerful spirits before taking poison in her room. The family offers no motive, suggesting temporary insanity as a possible cause.
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G. W. Hay
Kalona
Grace Chapel
Hay
Miss Chapel
Pilateburg
Evolution of Cannon Balls From Stone to Iron
The record notes stone cannon balls were used until 1514 when iron balls supplanted them. Beacon bullets were adopted near the end of the sixteenth century. Stone balls remain in use in some eastern countries.
Plans to Open South Fourth Avenue in City Streets
South Fourth avenue will be opened from the O. M. Gray corner south about four blocks to Wells Park where the county hospital will be. The city has settled with all affected property owners and will start work soon. A sewer from Mast Harrison street to the hospital was completed today and water mains will follow. Land for the street cost about 1500 dollars.
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South Fourth Avenue
O. M. Gray
Wells Park
New County Hospital
Mast Harrison Street
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Lemmon
Chas. &. Brown
Fred Clement
Washington Mak
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Sary
J. A. Harwood & Son
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