Iowa News Roundup Includes Tragic Suicides and Local Trials
A wide sweep of Iowa items: Frank Pierson, 20, faces prosecution for a $6 theft from a Rock Island girl, then fatal self harm by carbolic acid. Katia Dorsey, a Cerro Gordo teacher, injures herself en route to an exam. Clerical fines for Catlin and Theo Bohn Co. for illegal liquor sales. Multiple rail and traffic incidents reported, including a fatal crash near a dark crossing and a planned Rock Island service cut. Public notices of church semi centennial events, school discipline disputes, and various deaths and legal actions fill the column.
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Frank Pierson
Rock Island
Clinton
Katia Dorsey
Cerro Gordo County
Catlin
Theo Bohn Uing Company
Mason City
Smith
Iowa Falls
Forest City
Germania
Ine
Princion
Iowa & Wilncis
George Barlow
Henry Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Presbyterians
Maraiatitowt
James Lowrey
Mullin
Fort Dodge City
Ray Brown
John Kephyrt
Presserville
Ottumwa
Kephart
Northwestern Railroad
Bert Swan
Missouri Valley
Devore
Ted
Schriver Bros
Britt
Neks
District Court
United States Court of Appeals
Peter Carlson
James O'Conner
Glenwood
Council Bluffs
Carlson
Carlton
Wyoming
O'Conner
Chris Meyer
Near Colony
Meyer
Busy Man Brief Happenings Round the World News
A broad roundup notes jury delays in the Thaw case, Roosevelt’s latest Congress message, and reactions from Republicans and Democrats. It catalogs events including strikes, fires, drownings, deaths, political indictments, and international happenings from coast to coast.
Complaining Voice Quips About Early Education and Presidency
The Washington Herald quotes a speaker recalling being born in a log cabin and learning to read late, lamenting that the speaker has never been mentioned for the presidency. The note frames history as fickle and distant from personal merit.
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Washington Herald
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim Ad Card
A vintage advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only known remedy for catarrh, claiming constitutional disease cure by blood and mucous action. It offers one hundred dollars to any cured by the remedy and invites readers to request a list of ingredients from I. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio. It also markets Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Chia Papar
Thorn
Heil
Irll
I. J. Cheney & CO
Hall
Boston Girl Resists Muff Choice On Streetcar
In Cleveland the Boston girl aboard a street car confronts a leering young man who slips his hand into the empty end of her muff. She declares intent to report the incident, but keeps calm and gives him ten minutes to release. The scene reflects a sharp social moment cited from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Dr. Wallace
East End Baptist Church
Cleveland
Boston
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sloan's Liniment Promises Fast Neuralgia Relief
A 25 cent bottle of Sloan's Liniment is praised for immediate neuralgia relief and nerve sedation. J. P. Hubbard of Marietta South Carolina recounts severe neuralgia in head and jaws ending after using Sloan's Liniment, noting its warming comfort and broad use for bites and sore throat.
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Selatica Sloan
J. P. Hubbard
Marietta
S. C
Stoan
Sloan
Rapid Rise in a Cow Collision Tale
Mrs. Hardapple opens a letter about the owner of the car that killed their crippled cow. Hiram jokes the animal is worth six dollars then sixty, then asserts the cow was a prize Molstein worth five hundred dollars and threatens legal action for full cash settlement.
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Hiram
Strength to Endure Farmhouse Work in Vermont
A Massachusetts man visiting Vermont observes a weary farmhouse wife carrying all chores alone. He notes her hard labor and asks why she lacks help, prompting her frail reply about her uncertain ability to dust until she feels stronger. This vignette from Illustrated Magazine reflects rural hardship.
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Massachusetts
Vermont
Illustrated Magazine
Postum Use Improves Health Claims by Couple
A doctor reports that a wife observed families using Postum show better outcomes than coffee drinkers in varied homes. The couple, married two years, switched to Postum and left coffee and tea unused. The husband, once dependent on coffee and plagued by indigestion, states all complaints disappeared after using Postum.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mick
Wolbyite
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Too
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Sewal
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