Big Corn Show Promises Big Premiums in Des Moines
The Iowa Corn Growers Association will host a Des Moines Coliseum event December 5 to 17 offering $20,000 in prizes for corn and other grains. premiums include $1,000 for oats and multiple medals. details and extolment of corn farming shown by Prof. M. L. Bowman at Fleming Building.
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Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Farmers of Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa
Quaker Oat
M. L. Bowman
Fleming Building
Samples of Good Farming and Farm Accidents
Farming notes report large geese raises at Maple Lane Farm with 86 geese averaging 174 pounds netting over $2 each for Mr. Weisbrod and wife. October cream checks total $94.72 from ten cows for Wm. Koestler. Hogs at seven and a half months weigh 252 to 4 pounds earning $725 per cwt. Injuries include Fred Juelfs mauled by corn husking machine and Fred Apple losing a hand to a corn shredder, amputated.
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Fenton
Maple Lane Farm
Weisbrod
Burt Monitor
Wm. Koestler
Will Koestler
New Brown Bread Recipe Promises Non Soggy Results
Boston Cooking School Magazine editor Janet McKensie Hill presents a new K C Brown Bread recipe. It uses corn meal, white flour, milk, molasses and baking powder, steamed three hours in buttered tins. Raisins may be added. perfect with salads, oysters, or toast. Readers can request The Cook's Book with 25 cent can of KC Baking Powder.
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Atrs
Janet McKensie Hill
Boston Cooking School Magazine
Boston
Seeeer
Jaques Mrc. Co
Chicago
Rexall Mucu-Tone Promises Free Return If Not Effective
A Rexall store promotes Mucu-Tone with a personal guarantee, claiming a 30 year success record from a physician, quick mucous tract relief, parasite removal, and improved nutrition. The ad urges trials with money back if unsatisfied and notes two sizes, 50 cents and 1.00, sold at the Rexall Store The Central Drug.
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Alecia
Rexall
Central Drug
What Cures Eczema Simple Wash of Oil of Wintergreen
A historical notice reports inquiries about eczema cures and endorses a simple wash of Oil of Wintergreen, prepared in Washington DC, as a reliable remedy. The notice cautions against many so called eczema treatments and states the D D D description helps relieve itching and skin irritation.
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D.C
A GOOD PRECEDENT set by Judge Albrook in Webster county
Judge Charley Albrook held court in Dodge and Webster counties last week with fifty jurors waiting while no defense lawyers appeared. He adjourned after lunch and ordered all lawyers to the courtroom. He spoke bluntly about the bar’s poor attendance, warning the county’s reputation could suffer. If he continues, he may earn the title the little giant of the eleventh district.
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Ackley World
Charley Albrook
St. Dodge
Webster County
Albrook
Gypsum
Eleventh Judicial District
Eclipse Promises Derailed by Gazette Cuts
Livermore Gazette laments failing to publish past celestial stunts and reveals the removal of its astronomical editor to cut costs. The paper admits misleading readers about total and partial eclipses and advises seekers to consult other sources for celestial movements.
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Livermgre Gazette
Gazette
Colummn
Strain at a Gnat in Mount Vernon Falls into Accident
A fragmentary column from Mount Vernon mentions a peculiar and startling incident titled Wak thet in which Miss Grace Calton is involved, with references to Hawkeye and an unclear Trost. The readable bits imply a local misadventure or humorous note about Miss Calton and Miss Grace Calton in a sequence of ambiguous phrases.
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Mount Vernon
Calton
Britt's Bad Brew Brings Divorce Suit From Reno
Last March 5 P Healy left Britt and his whereabouts were unknown until last Saturday when Reno, Nevada dispatches said he filed for divorce there. His wife is said to contest on desertion and adultery naming prominent Britt women. The News withholds merits and details to protect relatives and the community from harm.
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Britt News
P. Healy
Britt
Reno
Nevada
Healy
Marriage Death and Birth in One Day at Hamilton Home
At the Hamilton home near Britt a triple family event unfolded on a single day. Miss Mary Hamilton married Patrick Wyman of Vinton Town at 10 a.m. Later, Thomas Hamilton, age 74 and father of the bride, died at 2 p.m. At 6:45 p.m. a son was born to Stephen and Mrs. Hamilton of Winner North Dakota, who had arrived for Mary’s wedding.
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Clear Lake Mirror
Thomas Hamilton
Britt
Mary
Patrick Wyman
Vinton
Stephen Hamilton
Winner
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Whittemore corn market debut and local constable win
New Whittemore grown corn sold by Mike Kol lasch at 35 cents per bushel with 2000 bushels delivered to Farmers Elevator last week. The season’s crop is reported exceptionally good and earliest on market. Burt Township elects Bob Sherwood as constable, with a warning to lawbreakers.
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Whittemore
Mike “Kollasch
Eight-Room City House For Sale With Utilities
Centrally located eight room house with electric light and city water. Includes one and a half acres of ground, cistern, and stable. Inquire at this office.
Taken Up Hog Ad With Mixed OCR Fragments
A stray hog of about 160 pounds is taken up by John Becker of Bode Iowa. The owner should pay charges and claim the animal. Also offered for sale are several Berkshire and Jersey boars and red hogs from Thompson, Algona.
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John Becker
Bode
Towa
New Switchboard Installed in Algona Iowa Telephon e Office
The Algona Iowa telephone office has 400 new subscriber lines added with six switchboard sections. The common battery lamp-signal switchboard, built by Western Electric, automates connections reducing manual work, ensures privacy, and enhances speed and accuracy of calls across the local system.
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Algona
Iowa Telephone Company
Western Electric Company
Post Card Coupon for 20 Colored View Post Cards
Coupon offers a set of 20 Colored View Post Cards Tour of the United States for 10 cents plus postage. Also advertises a sale of an 80 acre farm located two miles northeast of Whittemore Iowa, offered by Fenske Whittemore, Iowa.
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The
United States
Mai
Whittemo August
Fenske
Whittemore
Towa
Des Moines Saloon Signatures Boycott Threat Grows
Des Moines on November 23 signing pressure escalates as liquor dealers threaten a boycott of merchants who refuse to sign petitions under Iowa’s mulct law. The five year period ends December 16 and failure to obtain required signatures could leave the city dry.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Citizens' Association Raises Funds in Local Battle
The Citizens' Association, comprising 600 business and professional men, has raised 100000 and aims to raise 150000 more. Saloon interests backed by city manufacturers hold 260000. The association pledges to publish the signers of saloon petitions. The Register and Leaders offer free delivery through 1910 with subscriptions. readers sending 4 for a year or 6 for daily and Sunday receive the paper and a portrait of Senator Dolliver postpaid. Mungy offers 6 percent A. D. Clarke & Co.
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Rhitteé
Citizens’ Association
Register and Leaders
Dolliver
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