Woman Runs Coal Mines and Lumber Mills in Somerset
Somerset Pa May 2 Miss Margaret Barnett a Somerset County woman disclaims extraordinary efforts in operating two coal mines and managing two lumber mills. She built both businesses from early roles in mining and wood processing, overseeing drilling, staffing, and sales while supplying coal used by the government during the war and expanding into lumber to employ laid‑off workers. Her headquarters is a rebuilt log cabin near old charcoal beds and a historic forge site.
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Somerset
Margaret Barnett
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Barnnett
Miss Barnett
Washington
New York
New England
Altho
Woman Dies Suddenly in Osage May 2
Mrs. Robert Marshall rushes to Riceville after the sudden death of her mother Hers A Motley. E W Gundaker principal of Frederika school for three years has been offered a position at Fayette Ta.
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Bridgeport
Gonn
Gladys Foster Beardslee
West
Oliver Beardslee
Stratford
John J. Phelan
Beardslee
Osage
Robert Marshall
Riceville
A. Motley
Frederika, Ia
E. W. Gundaker
Frederika School
Tash
Bre
Fayette. Ta
Playground Commission Yearly Disbursements and Receipts
The play grounds commission reported total disbursements of 8406.05 for the year ending March 31 1929 with salaries totaling 6124.80 and director and supervisor wages 500? However the main items include salaries 2799.96 and summer supervisors 2026.62 and the largest receipts from taxes 7082.48. Outstanding warrants stand at 2816.40 and cash balance at 3166.30.
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Playground Commission
Charles MacKay
Ames Rector to Speak Tonight at St Marks Church
Members of St Mark's Episcopal church are invited to a 6 o'clock supper tonight at the church. Rev LeRoy S Burrows student rector at Town State college Ames will address the gathering on the need and nature of religious work among students.
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St. Mark's Episcopal Church
LeRoy S. Burrows
Episcopal Student Center
Town State College
Ames
Keep Your System Pure With Calotabs Purgative
A health advertisement extols liver bile as Nature's purgative and promotes Calotabs as the best remedy to restore bile flow after meals. It warns of intestinal toxemia from stagnant bile, lists symptoms, and urges readers to use Calotabs nightly with ample water to cleanse the digestive tract and restore health.
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Nature
Admission Prospects for Diploma Holders at High Station
The text suggests that those who pass will receive diplomas which grant admission into a higher station. It notes a pathway to advancement through certification and recognition, implying formal entry to a higher tier or level upon successful completion.
Exams Today and Tomorrow for 220 Rural Pupils
About 220 seventh and eighth grade students across rural schools will take exams under County Superintendent A. E. Jewett at central county locations today and tomorrow. East Junior High hosts 95 examinees. questions set at several towns near the Black Hawk Buchanan line. Seventh graders test geography hygiene and music, while eighth graders completed part of the exam in February.
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A. E. Jewett
East Junnior High School
Jewett
D Jubilee
Dunkerton
la Porte City
Cedar Fails
Hindson
Cedar Heights
Fairbank
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Snow Hub Deep on Wagon Wheels in May 1875
Thurman D Teeter of La Porta City notes ongoing cold and farming delays. He recalls a 1875 wedding on May 4, marked by heavy early snow and wagon- crossing drifts, leaving farmers discouraged due to unfinished planting.
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Thurman D. Teeter
la Porta City
Lewis
Poyner Township
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We. Saes
Westminster Church
Sovecet
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Anti-Saloon League
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Donna Gordon
Laverman's
Laveman
WTMJ
SWL
Seemie
Per Doten
Arlington State
del Monte
del Monte Melba
Lakeside
Eureka Run O'Poo
Laverman'’S
Kath
Laterman's
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