State funds boost schoolhouses as people back better equipment
In three years Iowa voters have appropriated over 5.25 million dollars for schoolhouses, pushing the state total value up more than six percent annually. Strong influence from the better schools commission and state supervision spurs high schools and rural consolidated schools to seek improved facilities and teaching. Meanwhile dairy officials plan to convert a plant into a creamery at Iowa City as creameries report a good year thanks to ample grazing. Foot and mouth quarantine prompts calls for order modifications as packing firms press for adjustments ahead of a Kansas City meeting.
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Des Moines
Better Schools Commission
Educational Department
Ben C. Mf
Iowa City
Illis
Waterloo
State Dairy Association
State Dairy Show
J. J. Gibson
Chicago
Illinois
Iowa Animal Health Commission
Kansas City
Former Slave Martha Washington Enters School for Diploma
Martha Washington a 72 year old former slave has enrolled in the West Night high school in Cincinnati. She has attended evening classes since their organization fifteen years ago and will not quit until she earns a diploma with merit. The superintendent says a certificate for persistence may be awarded.
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Cincinnati
Martha Washington
West Night High School
Bread rations in Berlin raised for children
Berlin reports the Overseas News Agency says bread rations are increased with children ages 0 to 11 eligible for one extra pound per week. The Catholic diocese of Craton plans a November 21 day of prayer and Polish relief fundraising as Polish clergy appeal worldwide. A separate item notes a carnival incident in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania where a monkey injured a boy and several bystanders.
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Berlin
Sayville
Craton
Poland
Shenandoah
Adolph Starowsky
City Council Backs Settlement Talks on Central Accident
A rail crash dispute with the Timeis Central over damage costs is sent to the finance committee for out of court settlement. Mayor Thompson notes William Watwill of Timeis Central refused to settle. district court action continues for 1696 dollars.
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Hindi Central
I. C
Finance Committee
R. C. Thompson
William wAtwill
Finals Central
Timeis Central
Eimitar
American la France
Chizeng Gas & Electric Company
Belmond Avenue
KR. B. Dean
Railroads Announce Wage Increases and Working Hours
The Wabash Railway raises station agents and telegraphers wages by 2 percent starting November 1 and reduces the two hour daily overtime to ten hours with overtime pay rising from 26 to 35 cents per hour. Lehigh Valley conducts a broad dining car staff health and cleanliness examination with periodic repeat testing. Madeira Mamore railway built after many trials in South American interior. British railroads post 1914 net income decline of about 2 percent to 205 million, in a reduced Blue Book format due to wartime.
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Wabash
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
City of
New York
Haston
South American
Madeira, Mamore
Beni
George Church
Kurvings
London
Raliwway
Renr
German Girl’s Grief Drives Loyalty to Fatherland in Letter
Anna Reising, niece of John Reising, publishes a long German letter from Kleinkahl dated 1915, expressing anti US sentiment and support for Germany. The piece contrasts war sorrow with farm life and lists family losses, farming efforts, and views on Wilson and the U S arms shipments. It includes a school report from Barclay township.
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Sac Sun
Anna Reising
John Reising
Viola Township
V. Stanb
Wall Lake
Kleinkal
Germany
Sun
Engkind
Wilson
Bryan Ina Wanner
United States
Europe
Hmngland
France
Russia
Judas
Christ
Tion
Bryan
Kleinkahl
Aistric
Barclay Township
Kathery
Brennan
Isabell Brennan
Ann Flanagan
Neal Rigdon
Ruth Rigdon
Jay Rigdon
Anna Lutgen
Vera May
Margaret Robert
Herb Gibson
Wendell May
Josephine Lutgen
Bogart Declines Mayoral Nomination Despite Democratic Ticket
Middletown, Sept 28 Chester C. Bogart a local businessman on the Democratic ticket urges voters not to vote for him in the upcoming primaries next Tuesday. He cannot remove his name from the ballot due to a last minute designation to fill a vacancy but states he must decline for purely business reasons even if nominated and elected.
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Middletown
Chester C. Bogart
Regart
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Waterloo Woman Long After Cure
Mrs. Fannie A. Pyle of Waterloo reports backache, kidney pain, and urinary troubles improved by Doan's Kidney Pills. She says the pills restored kidneys to normal and cured backache, and five years later she has not needed them. Price five cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, N C.
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Fannie A. Pyle
Second Street
Waterloo
Dean
Doan
Trex Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatic Aches
Ad touts Trex as a 25 cent remedy for rheumatic backache and constipation. Claims include relief from kidney and liver issues, stomach fermentation, headaches, dizziness, and feverishness with rapid action. Available at G. J. Miller's or direct from H. B. Denton & Co Beardstown, Illinois.
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G. J. Miller
H. B. Denton & Co
Not Inc
Beardstown, Tl
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X. G. Hudson
ER. G. Hudson
Chamblee
Foley
First Baptist Church
Sven
Dairy Cattle Congress
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England
Mother
Julia
Evgenia
Lou Woerdebott
Emma
Uniter States
North Sea
Jessie B. May
Holmes
Waxgler Bros
Waxgler Bros. Druggists
Furth
Sirect
Royal Tailors
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