District Club Women Convene in Washington Iowa
The Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs first district meets in Washington with a Thursday eight o'clock reception hosted by the Fortnightly and Nineteenth Century clubs. Friday features the convention at Second United Presbyterian Church with talks by state leaders including Mrs. Homer A. Miller and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs of the
First District
Washington
Second United Presbyterian Church
Eva Livingston
Homer A. Miller
Des Moines
State Federation
Max Mayer
Iowa City
J. J. Seerley
Burlington
A. R. Miller
Symposium on Study Club Programs and Federation Work
A Burlington event features Mrs. Bessie McLaughlin and Mrs. N J Burt leading a session on preparation of study club programs with delegates and visitors. Miss Edna Troxel discusses federation work. Friday includes piano by Mrs. Blanche Little Wilcox and notes on the San Francisco Biennial.
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Edna Troxel Burlington
Blanche Little Wilcox
Burlington
EXECUTRIN'S FARM SALE IN IOWA ESTATE AUCTION
Public sale of the Jane Stacy Estate Farm in Walnut Township Jefferson County Iowa covers 120 acres with improvements including a two story house barn and outbuildings. Auction April 2 1912 offers title by abstract and usual farm sale contract terms plus 100 locust pests. Frences E Stacy executrix and Austin Sutherland auctioneers provide details.
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Jane Stacy
Walnut Township
Jefferson County
Iowa
Brighton and
Germanville
Merrimac
Brighton
Austin Sutherland
Auct
Benogen
Frances E. Stacy
Executrix
Lowa
Edmondson
Socialist mayor Lunn sparks tension in Little Falls case
District Attorney Frank Schmidt mulls sending Mayor Lunn of Schenectady and associates to the grand jury after his arrest for attempting a noon rally in Little Falls. Officials say no interference with the noon meeting despite fears of Socialist and county clashes. Mayor Lunn depicts Little Falls as Russia in defiance and accuses authorities of downgrading charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Falls
N. Y
Frank Schmidt
Ilion
Lunn
Schenectady
Srand
Herkimer County
Schmidt
Russia
United States
Local Adverts Highlight Kidney Pills and Cough Syrup Relief
Painter J G Criswold of Hagerstown Maryland reports kidney pain relief after Foley Kidney Pills and improved bladder function. Cleveland mother Mrs Peter Holan endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for a child's whooping cough, noting rapid improvement. Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes no harmful drugs.
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J. G. Criswold
North Mulberry St
Hagerstown
Foley
Lemmon
Advt
Peter Holan
Buckeye Rd
Cleveland
Winter Comfort and Charity by the Fire
A poetic meditation on winter hardships and the warmth of home. The speaker celebrates simple abundance like flour bacon pies jam and coal and urges generosity to the poor by sharing food and wood to bring true comfort this cold season.
Pigeons blamed as cholera carriers in hog epidemic
Waterloo reports state veterinarians and Iowa State College experts weighing pigeons as possible spreaders of hog cholera. A Black Hawk County farmer cites pigeons as the disease vector, while vets note flies and other carriers could also transmit germs. Serum from dogs resistant to cholera is used for hog protection, with rapid death in acute cases and weight loss in chronic cases.
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Waterloo
Iowa State College At
Ames
Blackhawk County
F. F. Knapp
Anglo German Conference Opens To Promote Peace
London reports the Anglo German conference opened under Sir Frank Lascelles to ease tensions. Peace advocates from Britain and Germany aim to show friendly competition benefits, expand colonial governance, and defend private property in war. Leaders and intellectuals from both nations are invited to speak.
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London
Frank Lascelles
Berlin
Britain
Germany
England
Bulgars Flock to Return Home to Fight Turks
A Macedonian Bulgarian National Organization in New York reports 15,000 more men ready to sail to Macedonia to fight the Turks. They volunteer, pay their own way, and expect to earn about two francs monthly as privates. They fear Turkish massacres in Macedonia and hope Russia may aid their independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Register
Amelia
Stoyanoff
National Organization
America
New York City
West
Macedonia
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It promises internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 if it fails to cure, and markets accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
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Dnstrict Club
Second United Presby
C. J. Wilson
East Washing
Ton Street
the Gas Co
Bessie McLaughlin
N. J. Burt
San Francisco
Des Moines Scholarship Fund
Mia
Edna Troxel
Child Labor and Industrial Committee
Alex Miller
Executrin
NEW York UP For
By Walt Mason
Bulgers
Turk
Ferdinand
Turkey
I’. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Washington National Bark
Washington, Iowa
Big Ben
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