Stenotype and penmanship schools featured in reviews
A Stenotype School touts placing its machine in schools with strong local and national reputations. Waterloo Business College earns full accreditation after meeting Association standards. Underwood Typewriter claims top speed and accuracy records and broad usage by great operators. Plunmer praised as a premier penmanship teacher with standout students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stenotype Company
Waterloo Business College
Association of Accredited Commercial Schools
Underwood
Plunmer
America
Poet of the Horse Laureate Reveals Brutal Marriage Break
Florence Folsom known as the Poet of the Horse files a dramatic letter in New York Supreme Court confessing brutal treatment by Charles Dwight Folsom and prompting a divorce decree. The former wife, now a wanderer with a 15 year old son, cites Nevada ranchman Gus Williams as part of the troubled tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Supreme Court
Florence Folsom
Charles Dwight ‘Folsom
Neni Folsom & Strauss
Great Notch
Reno
Nev
Vancouver
B. C
Oak Harbor
Wash
Chico
Cal
Folsom
Dwight
Charles
Gus Williams
Williams
Nevada
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Dark Beautiful Hair
An old home remedy for darkening gray hair is advertised as Sage and Sulphur, now sold as Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy for about 50 cents. It claims natural, even color and relief from dandruff and itching, with use by dampening a sponge or brush to apply small strands. The ad asserts noticeable darkening after one or two applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Cause of Insomnia and Cham berlain Tablets Claim Sleep Aid
Advertises Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy for insomnia by treating stomach disorders and constipation. Promises improved sleep and notes availability through all dealers.
Hawkeye Conference to Hold Second Annual Meeting
Cedar Falls Iowa November 28 1912 President R F Seymour calls for the Hawkeye conference second annual meeting on December 20 at Cedar Falls. Secretary Gerald Leming from Ellsworth College mails notices. Discussion will include a board of arbitration rules interpretation officer elections and schedules for 1913 14 and the May 29 field and track meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
R. F. Seymour
Hawkeye Conference
Gerald Leming
Ellsworth College
Conference adds ten minor colleges to Hawkeye pact
The Hawkeye conference lists ten member schools including State Teachers College Flisworth Parsons St Josephs Central Buena Vista Upper Iowa Penu Iowa Weslayan St Ambrose Tonight a reader describes Chamberlains Tablets and a home remedy for bedbug or pest control with ad copy and tips on spraying rooms and air out precautions Want ads are noted as time savers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers’ College
Flisworth
Parsons
St. Joseph's
Central
Buena Vista
Upper Iowa
Penu
Iowa
Weslyan
St. Ambrose
Exaggerated Borderland Chit Chat On Bed Bugs
Ruth Cameron laments the social taboo of bed bug talk and shares a housewife’s tale of crimson ramblers infesting a living room. She recounts attempted remedies like gasoline, noting how families feel shamed to discuss a common nuisance and offering her own cautious reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlbert Jlubbard
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Marat Ofice
Gan
WARD
Gus
Seminole
Florida
Crystal Palace
Heminole Limited
Snems
Humanakill
Beachs
Chicago
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Illinois Central M. Moriley Division
Bank
Dubuque
Ruth Cameron
France
Underwood Typewriter Company, Incorporated
Marsh-Place
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