Multiple Iowa fires and deaths raise alarm across towns
A fire at Wands hotel caused 1500 dollars in damage. Injuries and deaths from accidents and suicides ripple through Masonville, Turin, Deep River and Anamosa. Reports cover a ferry of fatal train incident, barn blaze fatalities, hangings, shootings, burglaries, epidemics, and a possible Des Moines bus electrification plan.
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Wands
Tawa Falls
Masonville
Jack Rehan
Archbishop Keane
American Bierarchy
Washington
Committee On Secret Societies
Christ Robinson
Turin
Rollason
Harrison County
George Fordner
Comanche
Okio
J.T. Morris
H. H. Bordner
Warren Bordner
Monona County
Blue Lake
Henry Scoville
Cromwell
Scoville
Johanna Tobiasson
Wayne Township
Jones County
Max Hoover
Ames
Hoover
Ames High School
Kenyon
Anamosa
Thomas Peet
Peet
Dan Shafer
Eldora
Clarion
Shafer
Wright County
Union
Frank Smith
Jad Jg
Henry Shafer
Wink Hawk
Victora
Deep River
Orrie McWilliams
Chairles McWilliams
Round About The World Notes On Happenings Of Interest
A wide survey of global items reports juror approached before a Thaw trial, Benetch Gimbel's suicide after arrest in New York, and vows of reform. It notes Oklahoma statehood prospects, arrests of officials, storms, fires, floods, and political shifts. Also mentions famine warnings from Russia, labor unrest in Canada, and various court rulings.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Benetch Gimbel
Philadelphia
Ver Clark
Hoboken
Cha B. Bundren
Tennessee
Miss Rose McGuire
England
Miss McGuire
Kennard
Russia
Abner Smith
Chicago
Bank of America
G. F. Sorrow
J. W. Pierce
Root
America
Japan
San Francisco
Mary B. Tomlinson
Concord
N. H
Parker House
Boston
Sarah Ropes
Salem
Mass
Ohio
Jasper Mason
The Evolution of Household Remedies
An early patent medicine story traces home made remedies to modern commercial tonics. It notes how families created teas, bitters, laxatives, and tonics, and how such practices fed into the rise of Peruna by Dr. Hartman. It highlights Mennonite origins and widespread adoption for coughs, colds, and bronchial ailments.
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Pennsylvania
Hartman
Peruna
Australians Will Go Back Rescue 1000 Back Home From South Africa
Australia arranges repatriation of 1000 discouraged Australians from South Africa. Garfield Tea advertised as a spring remedy promises to relieve headaches fatigue and general malaise. Promoters claim it purifies blood and restores liver kidney and bowel function. Some buyers warned about marriage jokes and death remarks in promotional copy.
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Australia
South Africa
Free Book Offer and Odd Election Note in One Page
A newspaper fragment offers a free copy of Dr. Coffee's book claiming home remedies for deafness eye strain and weak vision and lists an address in Des Moines Iowa. A brief note mentions Chard England municipal candidates withdrawing to allow two women a uncontested election in Pinch. An Allen’s Foot-Ease advertisement promises foot relief and trial packages. A clipped joke notes a woman sending a boy on an errand and questions its usefulness.
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Chard
England
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
Cure After Eight Years With Cuulture Remedios
Fritz Hirsching of 24 Columbus Ave New York reports eight years of skin sores finally healed in seven days by Cuulture Remedios after prior doctors and remedies failed spending about three hundred dollars. He resumes work and notes others preach what they practice.
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Fritz Hirsching
Columbus Ave
New York
N. Y
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Iowa News
Toseph Dalton
Cudahy
Sioux City
Ernest Wilde
Monroe
Asphy Station
Oa Heeter
Louis Henricks
Parker
S. D
Arthur Southwell Wineipal
Cornell Bluffs
Charles Hawkins
South- Well
Emmie Harrison
W. C. Harrison
Ainsworth
Charles Carnail
Arlington
J. A. Gillard
Gillart
Carnall
Nill
Gillard
Yavenert
A. L. Ungebeck
T. J. Haller
Johannes Arp
Emily Wordsworth Bressee
Council Bluffs
Bussey
Iowa
Des Moines
Knnoxville
Oskaloosa
Buxton
Alkia
Bussay
Ottumwa
Ihe
Polk
Albia
Oskalooza
Iowa City
Iowa City-Davenport
Iowa City-Davenport Traction Company
Appanoose County
Mystic
Centerville
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Mel Hubbell
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A. G. Hunt
Elizabeth
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Hall Signal Company
Chicago & Northwestern
Marshalltown
British Columbia
Alberta
Pactfic
Canada
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Oklahoma
L. F. Ford
Pennsylvania Railroad
Clyde Line
Jacksonville
Fla
Aggie Myera
Jefferson City
John V. L. Findlay
Baltimore
Caroline Islands
Thomas M. Huntington
Ample Todd
Fred Sloyt
United States
Omaha
John P. Dunning
Kroeger Bros
Milwaukee
Wis
Raleigh
N. Gc
Scruggs
Jack Williams
Dodd Wilson
B. Rohrbaugh
Ottawa
Kan
Excelsior Springs
Bingham
Gov. Hughes
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Charles M. Scabwab
Nolo
Panay
Philippines
Valdivia
Chi
Netehberjing
Ullen
Malippines
Charleston
S.C
Alveria
Atlantic
Forbes Cartage Company
Chleago
Phe Pu
Campbell
Athens
St. Louls
Toi
Ap Bank
Wixby
Weston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific
University of Wisconsin
van Hise
Supreme Court of
Ilinois
David McLean
Daughters of the American Revolution
John Malang
Joplin
Thomas Connor
Oliver Crook Haugh
Dayton
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Montreal
Stewart C. Gay
Mabel Pendleton
Jackson River
Clifton Forge
Gunderson
Northern Express Company
Union Station
St. Paul
Minn
John Alling
Chicago Stock Exchange
Chicago Athletic Club
Lhe
Seattle Labor Council
Roosevelt
Moyer
Haywood
Wiliam M. Chase
Old Society of American Artists
Stanford White
Matthew Yankola
Hazteton
Fostorio
Fee Trust
Regis H. Post
Porto Rico
Beckman Winthrop
Dana Gilman
Johanna Frenel
Dubuque
Charles J. Holman
Pittsburg
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Central America
Diaz
Woodson
Morris
Newkirk
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Founder
Uncle Sam O$l
Atfairs
Coy
Ungerman
New Mexico
Amst
George Curry
Bafoie
Phittanine Islands
United Work
Eva Eel
Kio Tmabyard
Alexiandert
Cineta
Pady
Waly
Tenols S. Timlin
Ghurel of the Covenant
Tan New York Hospital
Nebraskia
Tawa
Legion of Honor
Julius Kahn
Cash Buyers’ Union
First National Cooperative Society
Anderson
Spain
Turkey
Senate
Ontario
Latchford
Taft
Cannon
Aked
Rockefeller
Minois Supreme Court
Sangamon County
Wisconsin
John C. Spooner
Madison
Harriman
John Gunderson
St. Paul, Minn
Fred Zimmerman
George J. Schlenck
Belvidere
Salvation Army
Schlenck
Winter
Rough Rider’ Association
Rough Rider
Arizona
Alexander Troup
Democratic National Committee
National Publicity Law Association
West Point
Democrats
Brooklyn
Thomas Jefferson
W. J. Bryan
D. A. BR
Illinois
O'Connor
Peoria
Wilson
Perry J. Hedrick
Chicago Health Department
Go. Uetting
W. A. Roane
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