Municipal ownership a failure on electric plant debate
Reports from Rock Rapids show city finances sound except electric light fund in deficit of over 1087 dollars due to old three wire transmission. Garner wins court house site by majority 407 to 1920 for Britt. physician prices set by Hamilton County medical society. Oil prospect near Grant City eyed by Judge Elwood and northern Iowa businessmen with potential regional impact. Educational message promotes uplifting reading for children.
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Ackley
Focal
Rock Rapids
Grant City
Judge Elwood
Sac City
Auburn
Wall Lake
Sas City
Lowa
Physicians' Trust 18 Busted in Webster County
The famous physicians trust organized in Webster County on March 18 was called the Hamilton County medical society. Its scope extended beyond Webster City to the whole county. When rates for services were announced, the sick fled and the well crossed the street to avoid a physician.
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Hamilton County
Hamilton County Medical Society
Physicians’ Trust
Webster County
Webster City
Knoxville Building and Iowa’s inebriety law spark bid to reuse school
People in Knoxville and Iowa press for converting the old Knoxville industrial school for the blind into an institution for the inebriates. Residents previously tried two years ago to turn the abandoned facility into a normal school but were unsuccessful.
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Iowa
Knoxville
Citizens demand removal of superintendent and history chair
The Citizens Committee of Iowa City appeared before the school board Saturday night demanding the removal of Superintendent Steven Son and Professor Fiske, chair of history at the high school, who is accused of using immodest language before girl students. The board deferred action.
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Citizens Committee of
Iowa City
Stevenson
Fiske
Death in mill machinery at Murray Iron Works
John McComas night engineer in the Corliss engine department at Murray Iron Works Burlington Town was fatally torn by a revolving wheel while oiling the machinery. He leaves a large family.
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John McComas
Corliss
Murray Iron Works
Burlington
Town
Iowa Teachers Meeting Chooses Des Moines For 301 Convention
Des Moines was selected as the venue for the next annual conven tion of the State Teachers association during a Friday executive committee meeting at the Y M C A building and Savery clubrooms. The convention dates are December 29 and the educational council meets December 28.
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Des Moines
State Teachers' Association
the Savery
Educational Council
Towa University Approves New Gymnasium and Assembly Building
The board of regents after an all night session decided Friday to construct a gymnasium and assembly building at Towa University at a cost of 150000 dollars. The full board sat two days, with members and the president declining to comment until Friday.
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Towa University
Board of Regents
Sunday Theatre Sustained Trial in Sabbath Case
The Younger Brothers theatrical Qo faced trial in Justice Curen's court in Council Bluffs after a New York theatre performance on a recent Sunday. Arrests followed for Sabbath breaking, info filed by WCTU members. The trial served as a test case and the defendants won.
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Younger Brothers’ Theatrical
Justice Curen
Council Bluffs
New York Theatre
WCTU
WEEK IN ACKLEY STORY OF SURROUNDING TOWN NOTES
Local notes recount events around Ackley including Benson explaining Morse detaliations, Scobey running a saloon, Roos selling $15000 worth of machinery, Puritanical Eldora restrictions on Sunday activities, and daily market prices for wheat corn oats potatoes butter eggs cattle and hogs with minor incidents such as a firearm accident involving Jimmy Bolender and a theft incident involving Devendorf.
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Benson
Morse
Rato
L. A
Eldora
Sam Bolender
Rev
A. Althouse
Louisville
Nebraska
Althouse
Young & Waust
Devendort
Blue voile dinner gown with velvet diamond accents
A fashion note praises a blue voile dinner gown for women, showcasing a blouse waist with a deep gathered yoke embroidered in silk, a frame of black velvet diamonds edged with olive braid, and narrow folded voile vents with tucked sleeves described in a period tone.
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Oliver
Fashion and fiscal critique mingle in late 19th era excerpt
The passage discusses lace and chiffon fashion trends with skirts, blouses, and velvet ball gowns, noting embroidery and matching materials. It shifts to a political screed criticizing taxes, tariffs, and government extravagance, claiming dramatic burden on every family and localities if federal spending mirrored federal style, followed by snippets of quips and interactions.
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United States
Oldest Delaware County Woman Rosa Woods Buried at Manchester
Rosa Woods died at an apparent age of 115 or 116, possibly the state's oldest woman. She was buried in Manchester last week, noted for her sharp mind and long activity despite years of blindness, and was regarded as the oldest living woman in Delaware County.
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Rosa Woods
Manchester
Kaiser’s BandleSS Ball in Royal Hall Delayed Orchestra Arrives
A royal gathering in the white hall of the castle faced a moment of panic when the Guards band failed to appear for the minuet. The band director rushed to fix the lapse, delivering musicians by cab while the emperor’s gift fiddle joined the lone violin. The empress later danced to a full orchestra.
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Royal Castle
Indies
London Daily Telegraph
Kaiserin
Express Meatens Gers
Gavatte
How Animals Act at Fires in a Chicago Chronicle Report
The Chicago Chronicle notes animals react differently to fire. Horses panic in burning stables, dogs stay calm and seek exits, cats hide and cower, birds freeze as if hypnotized, parrots stay silent, cows remain calm, and rodents escape without difficulty. Firemen observed these varied behaviors.
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Chicago Chronicle
Training of a Saleslady in Shop Education
The article explains that buyer leadership drives business education for shop girls. Lectures emphasize customer manipulation and selective selling, with buyers supervising each department and deciding seasonal changes. If a department fails, it may be abolished and the buyer loses his job, pushing hard selling and rapid turnover.
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Leslie
Makes People Taller and Jubilee of Free Libraries
A Paris physician claims to enlarge height by daily static and faradic electricity on knee joints with massage. Joints are bound in salt water compresses each evening and a cereals diet is prescribed to promote cartilage growth. Manchester Free Libraries to celebrate jubilee noting 62,000,000 reference books read in 50 years.
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Paris
Manchester
England
Rural Free Delivery Boosts Readers on Western Route
Educational impact of rural free delivery noted on a western route with 109 mail boxes. Papers carried daily rose from five to 65, mainly from two large cities. Trials on farm under western conditions show costs per hundred pounds: beef 85.16 dollars, mutton 4.69, pork 2.29.
Panama Canal payment plan and bank stringency concerns
The United States will owe 840,000,000 to the French Panama Canal Company once the Colombia treaty is ratified. Bond funds of 130,000,000 are earmarked for canal construction, while purchase money comes from the Treasury. About 222,000,000 in balances exist, but 150,000,000 are federal deposits. 50,000,000 must stay as work balance. Banks with deposits may need to supply 17,000,000 to 18,000,000, risking money stringency. Nine months since the act, arrangements should have been ready to avoid hardship.
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Baltmore &On
United States
Panama Canal Company
Senate
Colombia
Furn- Suh
Banka
Secretary Shaw Signs War Warrant for Philippine Relief
Secretary Shaw signs a war warrant for 3,000,000 dollars to fund the relief appropriation for the treasurer of the Philippine Islands. The Philippines remain an expensive obligation, having already cost over 400,000,000, likely more than the trade value they will yield in a century.
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Shaw
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Transcontinental rail fare and 1901 cigarette export details
Fragmented notice blends tobacco export figures for 132 tons from Egypt in 1901 with rail ticket deals from Ackley to Los Angeles or San Francisco at 8 50 round trip and a May schedule. Also presents a Hall's Catarrh Cure ad with testimonials and multiple Toledo druggists. The mix preserves names such as J Chaney & Co West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin and Hall's Catarrh Cure claims.
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Los Angeles
Presbyterian Assembly
Iowa Central Railroad
San Francisco
J. Chaney & Co
Toledo
Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Hall
New Book on South Dakota Published by Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Ry
A new volume from the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway describes South Dakota agriculture and stock conditions with the latest reports. It highlights current opportunities and includes 18 well illustrated pages. Send two cents for postage to HLA Minnen G PB AL Chisago.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Colorado-California
Lakeland
Okoboji
Spirit Lake
Minter
South Dakota
Milwaukee & St. Paul
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