Late Judge Hubbard Eulogized Amid Press Tributes
The press extols the late Judge Hubbard as a farewell tribute. Lollie Dickmann, famed printer, dies by suicide. Boone advertises a street fair set for September. Rainy picnic season dampened by heavy showers. Mrs. Leslie M. Shaw visits Des Moines for a club reception. Col Pratt hosted by Capital City Gas at Grant club banquet with forty guests. Des Moines Leader notes farm departure reason is inability to take it along.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Des Moines
Chauncey M. Depew Club
Col. Pratt
Capital City Gas Company
Grant Club
T. R
Clinton Herald Feels the Oatee Under New Management
Under H. E. Oates, the Clinton Herald is described as feeling its Oatee with wider attention from state papers. The shift in leadership is noted as influencing tone and coverage across local and regional media.
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Clinton Herald
H. E Oates
Herald
Northwest Iowa Rain Claim Dismissed by Sage
Estherville Republican critiques crop and weather reporter J R Sage arguing rainfall is adequate and his warnings of drought are unfounded. The writer urges Sage to visit the area to correct his impression and promote peace over conflict.
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Estherville
J. R. Sage
Iowa
Bro. Sage
Mr. Sage
Towns Foster Local Bands and Weathered Debate in June
The piece notes small towns maintain home bands as summer amusements while commenting on wet crops and community efforts. It cites varied remarks from Iowa figures and mocks Parisian trends echoing American political theater through theatrical lines from a Chicago Tribune excerpt.
Witty Watchman remark on dinner plans and propriety
A witty remark contrasts a man seeking strawberry shortcake for dinner with praising his neighbor’s wife. It notes such praise would indicate lack of sense, and suggests going to a hotel for dinner instead.
Local barber barbs and beard cutting mishap in Slater News
The Slater News notes that a bar ber is compelled to withstand sarcasm from a class of men. In Slater town a man entered a shop asking the proprietor to cut his beard rather than pull it, warning he would visit a dentist if he preferred the latter.
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Slater News
Emma Henshaw Sent Home After Hotel Debt Incident
Emma Henshaw a Black woman weighing 612 pounds was left in security to Park Hotel owner Sweaty at Webster City for a thirty dollar bill. She was sent to Chariton Thursday and the county assumed the expense. The allegedly deserting negroes remain at large.
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Emma Henshaw
Avoirdupois
Park Hotel
Webster City
Chariton
Unusual Beaver River Rise Prompted City Hall Talk
In Iowa heavy rains caused the Beaver river to surge by ten feet in an hour, a remarkable flood event discussed at city hall. Marshal Simmerling confronted a bothersome hand organ operator in a street nuisance incident, asking him to stop or accompany him. The organ grinder asked which song he sang best, Waterloo Reporter notes.
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Iowa
Beaver
Marshal Simmerling
Waterloo
Ames Joins State in Flag Day Observance
Gov Cummins proclamation led communities to display the flag in a day of patriotic reverence. Ames showed loyalty with Main Street awash in waving red white and blue as citizens observed the occasion.
Novel display tests overalls selling method and wart scam
A traveling salesman at Boone showcased Sweet Orr & Co overalls by a large color decorated platform inviting people to try ripping them. The piece notes a Cambridge man warns of a wart salve scam sold door to door using superstitious burial lore and potato cure.
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Boone
Sweet Orr & Co
Cambridge
Pelee in Activity and Des Moines Elks Carnival Highlights
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes Pelee activity and urges practical work over idleness. Des Moines hosts a large Elks Carnival with parades, a kangaroo court, a country store, and prize windup drawing crowds from across the state.
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Des Moines
Ames
Cartoon of W. C. Fread at Chicago stock yards
The Chicago Live Stock World published last Friday a snapshot of W. C. Fread, a well known stock buyer, taken in Chicago among several carloads of stock. The image shows a sober expression, suggesting a cautious market mood that day.
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Chicago Live Stock World
Chicago
W. C. Fread
World News Reach Shrinks Distances Through Modern Wires
The Chicago Record-Herald highlights how telegraph and cable networks shorten global distances. It notes its own foreign correspondents and collaboration with the New York Herald and Associated Press, enabling timely coverage from major cities worldwide.
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United States
Europe
Old World
Asia
Africa
Australia
South America
Chicago Record-Herald
Record-Herald
New York Herald
Associated Press
America
Lincoln forms classes for summer vacation school
Monday morning a Lincoln building hosted the formation of classes for a vacation school to be held in Des Moines this summer.
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Lincoln Bulding
Des Moines
Congress Likely to Adjourn Around July Third
The Register notes Congress may adjourn about July third, adding occasion for Fourth of July celebrations.
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the Register
Congress
Y P C U Meeting Program at U B Church
The Y P C U program lists sessions from January 24 to 26 at the United Brethren church with addresses by Miss Fannie Mc Sisnenneodeaana Hicks Rev E F Clark and others. Activities include devotions reports from delegates committee appointments lectures on youth work music and evening praise services featuring Dr Kephart and W A King with a male quartet.
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N. F. Hicks
Clara Aplin
Cambridge
Edgar Brown
Hastings
B. J. Clark
Webster City
Ransom
Granger
Bamp
East Side
Des Moines
U. P. OC. U. of Conference
Lizzie VanCleave Kennedy
Eva Hiatt
Summit
Kephart
Veda Crabb
E. A. Elliott Bernwick
G. H. Chew
Scranton
Dan A. Raber
Jamaica
R. D. Graves
Cambridg
W. A. King
Carlisle
Jennie Wick
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Rand, McNally & Co
Chicago
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