Supreme Court Upholds Foot-Base Trade Mark Case
Justice Laughlin in Buffalo issues a permanent injunction with costs and full accounting against Paul B. Hudson and a Brooklyn dealer over Dr. Clark's Foot Powder. The court deems it an imitation of Foot-Base and orders halt to its sale. Allen S. Olmsted of Leroy, owner of Foot-Ease, is noted as the pioneer advertiser of a foot powder. Further suits planned against other infringers using similar packaging and labeling.
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Supreme Court
Buffalo
Paul B. Hudson
Dr. Clark
Brooklyn
Allen S. Olmsted
Leroy
N. Y
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Bits About Britain and Its Ways
A compressed look at Britain and Ireland noting emigration rates, a Dublin film project about Irish characters, London flower expenditure, crowded Liverpool, Suffolk farmers seeking dairy tips in Denmark, Christ's Hospital modernizing uniforms, a cyclist coast run, a landscape sale, ship timber rules, cheese production, and a trend against jury trials with 162 of 494 King’s Bench cases to be tried without juries.
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Suffolk
England
Denmark
Christ’s Hospital
Wales
Sane
United Kingdom
Thatountrys
King’s Bench
Wonderful Cure in Indiana Reported for Rheumatism
Buck Creek Indiana July 15 Mrs Elizabeth Rorick describes severe rheumatic pain made sleep impossible. After taking Dodd's Kidney Pills she claims full and permanent relief with no return of symptoms. Word spread to Tippecanoe County with many others reporting beneficial results.
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Buck Creek
Ind
Elizabeth Rorick
Dodd
Tippecanoe County
Paroled Damascus Steel founder claims tougher metal secret
Gov Shaw grants parole to R. Daw son known as Damascus Steel Dawson after five years of a ten year sentence for killing his son in law Walter Scott of Des Moines. The bank vault held the formula for Damascus steel twice as hard as ordinary steel. Capitalist backers in a $500000 steel firm pursue the formula through courts. The steel touted for armor plate could transform industry. Dawson killed the man who eloped with his daughter and taunted him.
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Gov. Shaw
R. Dawson
Damascus Steel
Dawson
Walter Scott
Des Moines
Waterloo church dispute sparks egg shower and ban on meetings
Elder James R. Adams faced a hostile crowd as he railed at doctors and churches in Waterloo. He endured eggs thrown at him before retreating behind female followers to the tabernacle. The mayor banned Docheite street meetings, citing nuisance and disorder.
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James R. Adams
Waterloo
Tabernacle
Robert Finkbine Died at Des Moines After Building Iowa Statehouse
Robert Finkbine, who oversaw construction of the Iowa statehouse, died in Des Moines at 73. A Des Moines resident since 1872, he rose as a builder lumberman and state leader in politics, serving on the capital commissioners and public works board. He spent nearly 7 million dollars on the statehouse, with a flawless record of work. The statehouse was offered for his funeral but declined.
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Robert 8. Finkbine
Iowa Statehouse
Des Moines
Iowa
Capital Commissioners
Board of Public Works of
Heat Bakes Iowa Fires as DuBuque Records 103
Extreme heat sweeps Iowa with a 103 degree reading in DuBuque the highest on record. The Linwood Cemetery fire scorched 20 acres injuring trees and monuments as the entire fire department fought to control multiple hillside blazes.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Linwood Cemetery
Des Moines tragedy ends in murder suicide in daughter's home
Retired farmer F. A. Brackett of Atlantic killed his wife and then shot himself in the room of his daughter Mrs. Otis Powell in Des Moines. The bodies were found at ten o'clock when Powell went to summon them to breakfast. Authorities say Brackett had complained of heat and investigators suspect mental strain may have affected him.
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F. A. Brackett
Atlantic
Otis FE. Powell
Des Moines
Destructive Windstorm Hits Iowa Across Towns
A severe windstorm crossed central Iowa causing extensive farm damage. In Perry the Stuart hotel roof blew off. many barns and sheds were wrecked. Cambridge saw Lamont Bros circus tent shredded. Dallas Center reported four destroyed barns.
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Iowa
Perry
Stuart Hotel
Cambridge
Lamont Bros.’ Circus
Dallas Center
Tales From The Teacups And Notables In Society
An Indian and a Russian woman graduate from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania this year. Monuments to Rosa Bonheur get private funding and have inaugurations at Fontainebleau. Turkish women grow more independent, veils falling in shops. Mary M. Lee of Titusville Herald is cited as a female city editor. Rebecca Page Knox, daughter of the US attorney general, is described as level headed and well traveled.
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Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Rosa Bonheur
Fontainebleu
Mary M. Lee
Titusville
Herald
Rebecca Page Knox
United States Attorney General
Knox
Fashion hints and millinery colors inspire season trends
Linen gowns trim with pique and seals inspired by authors. Black velvet neckpieces and white silk roses with black leaves accent hats. Pale blue, white, and pale yellow rule colors while stiff fabrics and starched materials dominate. New China silk features open drawn-work patterns and bracelets reveal a secret inscription when pressed.
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Paris
One of Dinah's Surprises
A Baltimore woman notes Dinah the old southern cook arrives with questions that amuse the family. She astonishes them by asking about paying for sunshine after a man delivers a 24 cent Sun bill, contrasting Virginia with Baltimore and sunlight being free as air.
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Baltimore
Dinah
Missus
Virginia
Hebben
Baltimore Sun
Atchison Globe Narrates Family Scene On Porch
An Atchison girl hosts a visitor while her family retreats to a vacant lot across the alley. The local scene captures a domestic moment reflecting social customs of courting in the era.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Woman Credits Piso Cure for Life Saving Recovery
Mrs Ros Robbins of Maple Street Norwich New York recalls using Piso's Cure for Consumption three years ago and credits it with saving her life. She notes the date Web 17 1900.
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Ros. Robbins
Maple Street
Norwich
N. Y
The Charges
A playful quip contrasts a teacher's prompt about the poem's meter with a pun about gas meters, reflecting a Philadelphia Press humor item.
Hoxsie's Croup Cure Promoted as Life Saver for Children
An advertisement extols Hoxsie's Croup Cure as a life saver for children, claims no opium and a price of 50 cents. The piece includes generic quotes and references to other sayings from the era.
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Hoxsie
Weather Bureau Iowa Crop Report Faces Heat Stress
The Washington weather bureau notes harvest hastened by excessive heat in Iowa. Oats barley and spring wheat quality likely impaired while hay making remains favorable. Corn mostly laid by with rapid growth, bulk not materially injured though southeast near danger line. Pastures potatoes berries apples and garden truck suffered from hot winds.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Iowa
Notable Iowa figures and incidents in brief
Louis Weinstein, Hawkeye columnist and former internal revenue collector for Harrison, dies in Burlington at 56. Dallas Center reports eleven buildings destroyed by fire. Second Iowa Cavalry reunion to be held in Clear Lake in early September. Hardin county tax delinquencies reveal about 75000 in uncollected taxes. Marshall County Old Settlers picnic August 15 at soldiers home park. Ex jail inmate steals photo from rogues gallery two hours after release. Andrew Carnegie pledges to raise Cedar Rapids free library donation to 75000 if Mays Island project proceeds. A child of Sam Petes dies from an electric wire by a street lamp in New Hampton. Two thirds of Wedyard burned with about 30000 loss. Lyman M Ayers, Cedar Rapids fire chief, dies aged 59.
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Louis Weinstein
Burlington
Harrison
Dallas Center
Second Iowa Cavalry Association
Clear Lake
Hardin County
Marshall County
Old Settlers’ Association
Soldiers’ Home Park
Greenwood
Rogues’ Gallery
Andrew Carnegie
Cedar Rapids
Mays Island
Sam Petes
New Hampton
Lyman M. Ayers
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