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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1913

Page

12

Former Iowan invests $5,000,000 in Woodland Farms project

Porter L. A. Ferguson of Minneapolis funds a Wisconsin venture to build Woodland Farms, an 80 000 acre agricultural community near Gilman. The plan includes two state universities as sponsors, a model dairy center, endowment for an agricultural college, and strict production standards. First settlers from Scotland will arrive, with Ferguson promoting education, roads, and cooperative markets to boost farming independence and village life.

Waterloo Porter L. A. Ferguson Ferguson Jold Waterloo America Gilman Wisconsin Minneapolis Middle West States Canada Iowa Minnesota United States University of Wisconsin Department of Good Roads Agricultural College Endowed Taylor County Agricultural College College of Agriculture of The State University Scotland Mr. Ferguson Princeton University United States Commission Rome Agricultural Commission Fry Wellesley Clearfield Shannon City Saskatchewan Woodland Regina Redvers Mize Europe United States Commission For Agricultural Investigation France Germany Italy Austria- Hungary Balkan States Belgium Holland Norway Sweden Russia Denmark British Isles

Childless Women Praise Pinkham’s Compound For Healthy Babies

Letters from mothers across the country claim the Vegetable Compound helped them conceive and bear healthy children. Testimonies from Mrs. Frep You Anay in Oregon to Mrs. A. A. Latenarn in Ohio describe strong babies and joyous husbands, attributing results to the product.

E. Pinkham Frep Anay Kent Oregon W. O. Srencra Rk. EF. D No. 2 Troy Alabama Joan Howard Wilmington Vermont Carlestadt N. J JG. &. Laperouse Montegut C.B . Goopwry 6Th St N.C Crana Darstakk Maril Buffalo N.Y Doayton Core Gate St Worcester Mass Ginka Dewittrille Thavo Mra A. A. Latenarn R.F.D. No Baltimore, Ohio

Cough Remedy Ad Claims Foley’s Honey and Tar Heals

An advertisement from E. D. Rountree of Stillmore Georgia touts Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as a cure for lingering coughs and lung inflammation. It asserts the product stops coughing and heals inflamed membranes. For sale by all druggists.

Foley E. D. Rountree Stillmore Lagrippe

Austrian Girls to Learn to Cook in Schools

The Austrian minister of education added cookery to all girls school curricula last September. Girls pursuing modern languages or other extra subjects must include cookery. To do this cheaply, restaurants are run in connection with large urban schools.

Ticklemouse Takes Davy and Dorfy on a Sleepyland Flight

In a moonlit Sleepyland adventure, Davy and Dorfy wake to Ticklemouse who guides them from their window to a kite ride over a snowbound village. They glimpse a distant grim castle atop a rocky crag as the mouse hurries them onward toward a late night journey.

Ticklemouse Davy Mr. Ticklemouse Navy Dorfy Sleepyland Tick

Castle Guess It and the Cats of Dawn

In a moonlit chase Davy and Dorfy spy a strange army of seven old women releasing three hundred cats with red uniforms and tin guns. The Cats of Dawn scale the walls of St Ives Castle in a surreal drill before retreating, as the Ticklemouse hints at future visits and the castle’s true name.

Dorfy Hut Davy Castle Nowhere St. Ives Dorffy Dreamland

Daely Riddles And Wordplay From London Mail

The item presents a puzzle page titled Daely Riddles with questions about forming names from letters and wordplay. It lists five questions and then provides yesterday's answers including Virulent Becauze Broom Astray American and notes Sir Harry Stapleton Mainwaring at Peaver hall showing 394 spellings of the name.

D. P Harry Stapleton Mainwaring Mannering Peaver Hall Cheshire London Mail

Father John’s Medicine Praised by Emma Gramke in Cincinnati

In a Cincinnati letter Emma Gramke says her health improved after using Father John’s Medicine. She recommends it to friends and provides her address. The notice promotes the medicine as a pure, alcohol free doctor’s prescription remedy and offers a mail order for a large size bottle.

Cincinnati Emma Gramke Father John Tremont Street Fairmont Carleton Hovey Company Lowell Maas

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