State Fair to Feature Better Iowa Schools Program at Opening
The Department of Public Instruction outlines a Better Iowa Schools Program for Sept 1 at the state fair in Des Moines. A model classroom and departments of manual training and domestic science will showcase progress in rural and consolidated schools with speakers including A M Devoe Gov George W Clarke and M G Clark.
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Tes Moines
Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
A. M. Dever
Osceola
J. A. Woodruff
George W. Clarke
Z. G. Thornburg
Des Moines
J. G McGrade
Arthur E. Bennett
Wighland
Park College
Sampson
New York
Iown
Towa
Dairy and Food Department
Jenner
G. H. Sumner
State Board
Fries
War Impact Debate In Six Point League Meeting
New York reporters from G20 leading papers met in the Six Point League to discuss the war’s effect on newspaper advertising. Members testified that they had not experienced a uniform impact, sharing varied individual experiences while addressing the war’s influence on the industry.
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New York
Six-Point League
Meir
x-Point League
da Lusi
Walker residents share news from home and marriage
Walker highlights include Cecil Ondler’s death in Oklahoma and visits by Oscar Kline in Chicago, plus two long-lost schoolmates Ira Willey and Lot Kookum arriving from Wheatland. A quiet wedding unites Hilda Waitman and Henry L. Robinson at the John Robinson home, followed by a wedding supper.
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Walker
Ave
Cecil Ondler
Oklahoma
Cyrus Ondler
Oscar Kline
Chicago
David
Max Kline
Theo
Mamblin
Ira Willey
Lot Kookum
Wheatland
Bath
Hamblin
Iinois
Dora Swartz
Cedar Rapides
Crowley
Milwaukee
Lydia Hood
Mt. Vernon
Miss Trood
Walker Public Schools
Montana
Car McPike
G. HW. Hudson
Pennsylvania
Hudson
Detroit
Mich
Henry L. Robinson
Homer Township
Fred Waitman
John Robinson
Claude Robinson
Women Seek Health With Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Miami Ohio letters praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female troubles. Mrs Miller of Miami Oklahoma and Mrs Suitu of Lindsborg Kansas share relief after using the remedy, inviting others to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Miami
Ohio
Lydia E.pinkham
Many R. Miller
Okla
Lydia
Pinkham
Tindsburg
Kansas
Pinkhim
A. L. Suitu
Box
Lindsborg, Kansas
Lydia. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Dutch Feel The War Storm Yet Hold Fast In Holland
The Netherlands, amid Europe’s war upheaval, remains neutral though strained by lost exports. Rotterdam estimates 60 000 unemployed, total wage earners affected near 180000, while fields and dairies suffer. Dutch mobilize militia and landwehr as dykes and economy face strain. Holland hopes the tempest passes without striking its shores.
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Hotterdam
Europe
Netherlands
Holland
Af Hees
Nevertheles
England
Germany
Rotterdam
Mater
Duke of Alba
Jandwehr
Belgians Brace for Mild Resistance as German Move Expected
The text hints that a Leyden siege, likened to Liege, may be stubborn but now seems less likely. Burghers focus on daily affairs, believing Germany’s attack from that quarter would be unlikely, and that small nations should mind their own business.
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Leyden
Liege
Germany
Dewar News Snapshot After Aug 25
Frank Metcalf visits North Dakota for a few months while Witther and Mrs Henry spend part of the week in Dewar. Father Kaperky goes to St Francis hospital for an operation. Local residents plan to fill silos as threshing ends in the post city. Rt A Mier returns from vacation but will delay work until after the fair. O Sehaler repairs Barclay township school houses. An old child of Mr Turner is very ill.
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Barclay Township
Urner
Gibbons May Be Elected Pope Says Wynne
New York Aug 25 Father Wynne editor of the Catholic Hincvelopedia says he would not be surprised if American Cardinal James Cardinal Gibbons were chosen as pope. He notes Gibbons is aloof from entanglements and would have strong support from English speaking world and the American church. Pope Pius he told Wynne once sought consolation from America amid troubled events in the old world.
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New York
Ping II
John J. Wynne
Catholic Hincvelopedia
Gibbons
Father Wynne
Peter the Fisher
Cardinal Gibbons
America
Couny
Pius
Sacred College
Baltimore
St. Peter's
James Cardinal Gibbons
Kitchener Plans To Send Millions To Continent In War
London reports reveal Lord Kitchener aims to place 500000 men on the continent quarterly, drawing from England Scotland Ireland and colonies. Canada and Australia to contribute, with Britain seeking up to 2,000,000 in the field, signaling a protracted struggle and global mobilization.
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Washington
London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
England
Scotland
Ireland
Canada
Otter
Dominion
Australia
Kitchener
Cecil Spring-Rice
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
Greene News Highlights of Local Visits and Club Picnic
Aug 22 report from Greene notes Mr and Mrs How Thomas visit relatives in St Paul. Ming Flossie Murphy of Waterloo visits her parents Dan and Mrs Murphy. Mise Kriwel from St Paul trims at Bower millinery parlors. Lottle Ingalls returns from St Paul. Dr J J Bing and mother depart for Chicago after visiting Greene friends. Irene Hill of Waterloo stays with M Blumer family. Ralph Kimball missing work due to illness. Alva Reeve to Los Angeles to train as surgical nurse. Donald Watson ill at west side grocery. Mrs Jeanette Fowler returns from Devils Lake ND and Blunt ND. Apollo Music Club hosts Junior Club picnic. Perrin’s park hosts about forty attendees. Thomas family hosting event.
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Chicago
Dubuque
Irene Hill
Waterloo
M. Blumer
Ralph Kimball
Alva Reeve
Donald Watson
West Side
Jeanette Fowler
Devils Lake
N. D
Joe
Blunt
Apollo Musical Club
Perrin’s Park
Thomas
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AL. M. Deyoe
Eas
Crystal Theatre Today
Alice Joyce
Tom Moore
Uf S Pveat
Rome
Dewar
Continent
Beecham
Sebct
H. Krensky
Commercial
Ansel Thomas
Crystal Theatre
Qld
Davidsons
Tiwe Bridge Street
Waterloos Center
Woods Bros
Davidson
Davidson's
Pullman Bed
Dave
Pullman
Pwlman
Tidson Rts
Yehendaadaue Deian
Anstummleuey Abi
Arant
Russia
Marsh-Price B
Pye
Wry Wana
Marsh Place
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