Health train proposal eyed for Iowa winter tour
Iowa officials weigh funding a state wide health train following the earlier corn gospel model. Dr Guilford H Sumner and colleagues plan a Red Cross first aid car addition if finances permit, to tour towns educating on dairy pure food health tuberculosis and livestock topics with state experts leading each topic.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Guilford H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Sumner
Arteas E. Kepford
James L Gibson
W. B. Barney
State Dairy and Food Department
Gibson
Kepford
National Red Cross Society
Towa
Richards Parole Expected at Iowa Board Meeting
Des Moines reports Friends of former U.S. Marshal Bill Richards expect parole at the next state parole board meeting after more than six years served of an eighteen year burglary sentence. Also noted are doubts about Leonard Haley’s parole amid criticism of prison management. Freight hearing items include cucumber and egg rate changes and other classifications. Warden Sanders praises convicts’ farm work at Fort Madison, while discussions on stricter inmate liberties continue after Anamosa escapes. Incorporation filings include The German Savings Bank of Stacyville and Eureka Cement Company with capital stocks listed.
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Des Moines
United States
Bill Richards
State Parole Board
Richards
State Board of Parole
Leonard Haley
Dubuque
Haley
State Railroad Commission
Iowa
Commission
Towa
Sanders
State Executive Council
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Institution
J. C. Sanders
Port Madison
Slums near the Capitol attract Taft’s concern
A Washington slum district near the capitol, close to Willow Tree alley, displays extreme poverty with old stables, filth, and a mix of Negro and white residents. The scene, described by reporters, prompts attention from sociologists, philanthropists, and President Taft’s call for improvement in a congressional message.
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Ashington
Washington
Capitol
New York
Taft
Congress
United States Capitol
Botanical Gardens
Notes on Flea Killers From U S Public Health Service
The United States Public Health and Marine Service reports on flea resilience and death methods. It notes fleas survive common insecticides and several chemicals, with green soap and hydrocyanic acid failing to reliably kill, while alternatives vary in effectiveness and recovery.
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United States Public Health and Marine Service
Pennyroyal
Tormata
Cranks Propose Fire Remedies for Forests of West
Foresters reject wild schemes from cranks and inventors to battle fires. One eastern proposal urged mortar batteries to drop chemical grenades on flames. Another suggested asbestos screens around trees. A third talked of wide sprinkling carts. Foresters adopt small ground-fire chemical gear in Arkansas. rangers use rubber masks with sponges to wet and cover noses.
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U. S. Forestry Service
Forestry Bureau
Forest Service
Crank
Idaho
Arkansas National Forest
Army to inoculate all soldiers against typhoid fever
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood orders compulsory typhoid inoculation for all army officers and enlisted men under forty five. Since 17 000 inoculations have been given, and with 76 000 total troops, every soldier is expected to be inoculated within a month. The prophylactic vaccine, prepared by Major Russell, will be distributed to forts nationwide with minimal patient inconvenience.
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United States
Leonard Wood
Chiet
Ataff
War Department
Rusell
Army Medical School
Patie
Old Love and Money At Hampstead Garden Party
The exchange turns on love versus wealth as Mrs Clarence H Mackay applauds the working girl and a pretty girl gives up a good position to marry a much older man. The conversation shifts to a boastful sum, revealing that love is tied to a large fortune worth seven million dollars.
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Clarence H. Mackay
Hampstead
Ahkound of Swat Question in Boy’s Banter
A boy asks his father if he can be the best Ahkound of Swat by killing more filea than others. The father affirms Bo’s claim and the exchange centers on the idea of being an Ahkound of Swat through prowess.
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Kossuth Co
Ahkound
Pop
Swat
Tommy Murphy and the era of great horsemen in trot races
A fragmented review notes Tommy Murphy as a leading horseman of the era, highlighting his success in major trotting races and referencing R. T. C. records. The piece also mentions Apotheon’s Distal Phre remedies and various patent medicines, alongside an adish tone about remedies and a social aside on a pitcher with a “glass arm.”
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Qullivan & McMahon, Attorneys AT Law, Algona, Jows
V. Bwetting
Attorney AT Law
Algona
J. L. Bonar
Oftica Over Algona State Bank
Algona, Ia
P Harrington
Dickinson
Attorneys AT Law
M. Galbraith
John Galbraith
Algona, 18
J. Benefick
Laphone
Algona Hospital
Oretzmeyer
John Galbraith Block
BR. Oo. Hartman
Gay
Pulne
Algans
Laws
Rist
Tal
E. Glasibe
D. D
Algona State Bank
R. E C. Tessman
Dr. Deveraux
Langdon& Long's Grocery
W. Bea Nist
Ome
John Galbraith ‘Block
E. E. Sayers
H. Ingham
Theo
Chris Chilles
Lewis H. Smith
Cashier
Kossuth County State Bank
Algona, Iowa
Capital
W. H. Ingham
J.G. Smith
Harvey Ingham
T. Glorischilles
Lewin H. Smith
J. W. Wadeworth
Barnet Devine
Depoaitara
Ealued
W E.V. Swetting R. HB
Spancar Palmer
Wu. K. Fexanson
J. R. Conner, Onahier
Bonde
Wrane Wotors
M. K. Ferguson
Ronsoo
E. E. Conner
Savings Department
First National Bank
Eaat Court House Square
T. Chubb
M.O. Adama
Pres. Dingley
C.H. Beardsley
Aga’t
Board OF Directors
Chabb
C.D. Chabb
I Goes L
Galbraith
Bohenek
W. Dingh
Myron Boheweko
Adama
the County Savings Bank
Ameli Accounta
Preilaont
Huta LE Pote Aust
Wm. Dodds
K. J. Gilmore
Jardner Cowles
Pagrer Peterson Q
Spear
oMabots Ivan
Marvin Raum
Joy Haum
V-Prea BE
Rage
Cashler
Benedict
Murtagh
Ertin
Joseph Bybm
Wegginets
Otate
National Red Cross
J. M. Halbert
Leslie W. Veitch
Pes Moines
Herman ©. Fuhrman
Tolheim Miz
Cedar Rapids
James L. Woods
Barbers
Carl A. Kind
James McCalley
H. H. Campbell
J. M. Campbell
Corning
Clarence H. McCaughey
J. A. Roth
Rock Rapids
John M. McDonald
A. Y. McDonald Mfg. Co
Galloway
William Galloway
Waterloo
Prohibition Party
Perry
Govenor
Carroll
Ernest W. Moore
Linn County
Earl Ferguson
Shenandoah
Moore
Ferguson
Harding
W. L. Harding
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Supreme Court
WII
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Sian
Anamosa
State Board of Control
German Savings Bank of
Stacyville
National Land and Orchard Company
Mobile
Ala
Eureka Cement Company
Bloux City
Olsen Knitting Company
Elkhorn
Uncle Sam
Cranks
Chicago
Fletcher
Tommy Murphy
Ig Trottera
Era
Apohn
Iuana
Ila Battle
Spohn Pediast Co
Goshen, Ind
Hila
Stella
Cole
To & Weare & Co
Black River Falla
Wis
Newelke
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