Denice Evening Courier and Rural School Consolidation Notes
American travelers in Europe can find the Denice Evening Courier at listed offices in London Paris Berlin and St Petersburg. The ad rates are posted and may change without notice. Rural schools move toward consolidation with state aid and several Iowa communities voting for consolidation this year. Clay County leads with seven consolidated schools.
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Waterton
Europe
Denice Evening Courier
Ndon
Trafalcar Building
Northcoumberland Avenue
American Express
Haymarket
Dawe's Steamship Agency
Green Street
Paris
Boulevard Des Capucines
Place de Opera
American Lapreas
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Petersburg
Foreign Postag
Iowa
Thirty-fifth General Assembly
Clay County
Waterloo Cattle Congress Promises National Attention
A Waterloo Cattle Congress event next week showcases premier dairy cattle, drawn from top herds and valued at thousands per owner, highlighting advances in dairying and urging local turnout to sustain the annual exposition. The piece also touches on politics, poetry, and national sports buzz amid a broad editorial tone.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Cattle Congress
Consolidated Schools Gaining Favor in Rural Areas
A federal bulletin urges abolishing one room schools in favor of consolidated or centralized schools where feasible without harming communities. Montgomery County Maryland serves as a typical example with 180 day school year and county supervision, yet local patrons largely oppose consolidation despite recognized rural deficiencies. The bulletin argues fewer, better schools with pupil transport can improve teaching quality salaries and broadening curriculum.
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United States Bureau of Education
Bureau
Montgomery County
Maryland
Bulletin
Maryland County
Olive Oil Bath Revives Your Palm or Plant
An old tip suggests pouring two tablespoonfuls of olive oil at the root of a palm or plant about once a month. The oil is said to make the plant’s leaves a healthier green and the growth appear lively. Smaller plants require less oil.
Virtue as Strength: The True Source of Morality
A compact discussion on virtue tracing its roots to Latin virtus meaning inner strength. It argues that real goodness is forceful, not weak, equating virtue with manly vigor and mastery of self. Kindness, love, truth are forms of power and moral strength.
Seasickness and the fashionable disaster at sea
A satirical essay explains seasickness as a simple, comic malfunction of the stomach when aboard a moving ship. It mocks passengers who endure long voyages for the experience, contrasts suffering with calls for pity, and ends by condemning railroad presidents as more deserving targets for sympathy.
Columbia University and Its Modern Campus Life
A descriptive piece on Columbia University's founding legend and modern campus amenities. It highlights underground tunnels, on campus services, dormitories, barber shop, and laundry, plus the university’s size, private endowment funding, notable benefactors like W. Pierpont Morgan, and the student body numbering about 12,500. It notes single-sex policy in most programs, with women admitted in graduate studies and specific colleges, and locates main and satellite campuses along Manhattan’s Broadway to 120th Street.
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King’s College
Province of
New York
Royal Bartar
George II
Columbia College
State of
Columbia University
Columbia
Dors
South Field
America
W. Pierpont Morean
Dia
Nicholas Murray Thattler
Tunile
Broadway
Mat
Pharmacy
Amsterdam Avenue
Manhattan Island
Waterloo
114Th
120Th
Manhattan
New York City
Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy
59Th
Croxone Ad Promises Quick Relief for Backache and Rheumatic Pain
An advertisement touts Croxone as a cure for backache neck and side pains nervous or dizzy spells and rheumatic troubles claiming it reaches the kidney and bladder cause. It soothes bladder linings strengthens kidneys and dissolves uric acid to remove waste. The ad guarantees results or a full purchase refund.
Columbia University Campus in Morningside Heights View
The Campus sits atop Morningside Heights with sweeping Hudson River views and quick access to Broadway Riverside Drive and nearby landmarks. The district blends urban bustle with clean air and a classic college atmosphere. The student body is cosmopolitan, representing many nations and backgrounds, making Columbia a melting pot of nationalities and ideas.
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University
Columbia
Morningside Heights
Lower Manhattan
Hudson
Broadway
Riverside Drive
Grant
St. John the Divine
Julia Marlow
Charles MM
Schwab
Jet
Manhattan
New York
116Th Street
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Oregon
Alabama
Maine
California
St. Petersburg
University of
Destiny Shaped Dowell’s Political Path and Cash Question
A Des Moines Capital column notes C. C. Dowell’s career seems fate driven or titled Cash. The piece hints Dowell’s lack of dependents allows long hours away from home and unrestricted spending, framing his political trajectory around money and opportunity.
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Des Moines
Fate
Destiny
C. C. Dowell
Cash
Dowell
Cash enters office run in Sioux City Tribune
The Sioux City Tribune notes Cash seeks office after years of rumor. It highlights steel's role as a trade barometer and observes steady steel stocks on the day a new trill law took effect, while American Woolen pays its dividend despite losses from the Lawrence strike. It hints at distress for American Beet Sugar due to waterier stock content.
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Sioux City Tribune
American Woolen Company
American Beet Sugar Company
A Moment of Fun The Good Die Young
A Denver Republican cartoon captions a rural cattle country scene noting that cowboys killed are rarely those writing poetry or drawing pictures The line suggests gallows humor about violence in frontier life and the notion of luck in misfortune with a wink at artistic pretensions.
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Denver Republican
Questioning a Colored Brother in Atlanta Conversation
A dialect exchange on the ground about blame and duty unfolds with Brother Williams challenging another man. The color line and social tension surface in a brief, vivid snapshot from the Atlanta Constitution.
Storms and lightning scare politicians say Baltimore paper
In a Baltimore American exchange, Almormal Fear notes politicians fear lightning when seeking office. Acidulous Inoculation jokes about a man frightened by a sour neighbor, reflecting light humor in the era’s civic chatter.
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Almormal
Baltimore American
Baltimore
Weather Quip Hints Summer Lingers Into Autumn
The Baltimore American quips that yesterday’s weather suggests summer persists in fall. The playful line notes autumn’s onset but predicts that fall will take four stands before fully arriving.
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Baltimore American
Dr H W Sigworth Ad From Russell Building
Advertisement for medical services by Dr H W Sigworth located at 360 Russell Lamson Building with contact numbers 1123 and 1128.
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H.W. Sigworth
Russell
Lamson
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