Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-02

FEATURES FOR IOWA FAIR
Liberatis and Conway's Organizations
Are secured-Reece Midway
Company Also Secured.
Des Moines.-Contracts have been
made for the appearance during the
Iowa state fair of 1912 Of Signor A.
Liberatis band and Patrick Con.
ways band as the two main music
features of this years exposition.
A. R. Corey. secretary of the state
board of agriculture, made the an.
nouncement Mr.. Corey has returned
from the annual meeting Of the cen
trail western fair managers in Chi
cago, which was attended by all OF
the members of the executive com.
mittee of the board and Mr.. w. G..
Brown, superintendent Of conces
sions
A contract was made also with a
midway attractions company that has
not been in Des Moines heretofore,
The Reece Midway company.
Speaking of the rules suggested by
the fair managers barring the exhi.
bition of all freaks at fairs, Mr.. Cor.
ey says the regulation will not affect
the Iowa show, as all things Of a
freakish nature are already tobooed
by an act of the last general assem-.
bly,.
How to Manage Homes.
How to cook. how to scour pans
how to sweep and dust in the best
way and also how to get the most
enjoyment out of the job, will be
taught the home keepers Of Iowa by
the Household Economics depart
ment of the Iowa Federation OF
Womens clubs. This department
aims to teach that home making is
the most important profession for
women.
They have just issued a helpful
Household Economics outline which
takes up the routine In the home day
by day for week and names text
books to be used for reading.
Copies have been sent to the pres
ident of each federated club in the
state and there are numerous de-
mands for this outline from working
girls clubs and church societies.
Mrs. F. F. Faville, of Storm Lake
is chairman of the committee. She
has written every county superin
tendent of schools in Iowa request
ing that domestic science be taught in
the Normal institute.
Women need to be impressed with
the need of economy in the home,
since women are the spenders of the
family income" says Mrs. Faville.
The Best Dairy Breeds.
"The Iowa farmer is being urged
by the dairy experts on the Illinois
Central dairy special, now touring
northern Iowa, to utilize one of the
four dairy breeds, namely, the Guern.
sey, Jersey, Holstein, or Ayrshire, II
his purpose is to produce butter fat
said Hugh G. Van Pelt, Waterloo
dairy expert. For hundreds of years
the ancestors of those breeds have
been bred for the purpose of consum.
ing large amounts of food and manu-.
featuring it into milk and butter fat
To use a dairy COW for beef produc.
ton is an absurdity, and it is a great
ctoly tn hnn al
milk and butter fat production Yet
over 80 per cent of the farmers OF
Iowa have never given this question
their serious consideration, and as a
result over one million OF the mil.
lion and one half of COWS being milk.
ed in Iowa are MIXED at loss. The
effort thus expended represents that
which is known as drudgery on the
Iowa farm
suffragists Plan Primary.
At meeting of the joint commit.
tee Of the two state suffrage associa.
tons final plans were perfected for
primary campaign in favor of can.
didates for the legislature who are
willing to pledge themselves to sub.
nit the suffrage amendment to q
vote of the people. All candidates
who try to prevent the people from
having a chance to vote on this ques.
ton will be opposed
In order to push this plan of cam.
paign which was originated by Mrs
Coggeshal, and adopted by both
state organizations, it was decided to
organize state central committee
of one member from each congress.
sional district.
Articles Of Incorporation.
The following companies have filed
articles of incorporation with the
secretary Of state:
The Mortgage Investment company
Of Des Mones; capital stock, $4,000.
The Keokuk Hydraulic Tire Setter
company of Keokuk; capital stock,
$4,000.
Amendment by the Commercial Saw.
ings bank Of Marion increased the
capital stock to $4,000.
New Pensions for Iowa People.
Pensions have been granted the fol.
lowing 1owans: William Hydinger,
Hamburg, SIS; Amos K. Ketchum,
Clarion, $15: William Lewis, Adair,
SIS; Marshall-Montgomery, Nevada,
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