Abolition of the smoking car urged by railroad official
Railroad Commissioner N. 8. Ketchum urges ending the smoker as dangerous and outdated. He favors end entrances, steel beveled ends, separated smoking compartments, and side entrances to reduce wreck fatalities and improve safety on Iowa rail lines. He references a Cedar Falls wreck with fourteen deaths.
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Ketchum
Rock Island
Cedar Falls
Pullman Company
Scientific American
Iawa
Divorce Plea Alleges Cruelty in Bottger Case at Rock Rapids
Jochim Bottger sues for absolute divorce from Friederika alleging cruel and inhuman treatment since their 1906 marriage at Sibley Iowa. He claims she attacked him with a butcher knife and used obscene language in the presence of their nine children, endangering his health.
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Jochim Bottger
Rock Rapids
Friederika
Sibley
Iowa
Bottger
Price and Cost in Paint Purchase Lesson
A Waterloo Wisconsin homeowner bought ten gallons of Devoe lead and zinc paint for a two coat job. After completion five gallons remained, surprising the painter Sid Ghas tin and druggist A J Humphrey. Eight years earlier the house used eight gallons for one coat, showing that true cost isn’t always the seller price. Loughran and Bauer sell the paint.
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A. Archie
Waterloo
Wis
Devoe
Sid Ghastin
A. J. Humphrey
Loughran & Bauer
Moville Sends First Goat Shipment to Chicago
The first shipment of 125 goats from Moville was made Saturday by Ralph MecElrath. The animals had grazed six months gaining about thirty pounds per head before being sent to the Chicago market. Ralph’s brush-clearing work with the herd convinced him goats are profitable on the farm.
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Moville
Ralph MecElrath
Chicago
Ralph
A Reliable Remedy for Croup
Mrs. S. Rosinthal of Turner Michigan endorses Chamberlain's Cough Medicine as the only remedy for croup after years of use for herself and children. Available for sale by Loughran Bauer and Joel C. Cagwin.
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S. Rosinthal
Turner, Michigan
Loughran & Bauer
Joel C. Cagwin
Child Hurt in Manure Spreader Accident
The 5-year-old son of Peter Heeron living southwest of Sibley is in critical condition after being caught by a manure spreader. He was kicking manure into the cylinder when he slipped and his leg was drawn in. Flesh was torn from the knee and the team stopped, with possible amputation.
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Peter Heeron
Sibley
Retained Money Not His Own Reginald Shaw Arrested
Reginald A. Shaw, a Simpson college student in Indianola, was arrested after opening a letter to his sibling A. B. Shaw and keeping $1.10 of a $10 bill enclosed. He later returned the remainder and was released on bond until November. The letter was written by Miss Lillian Shaw of Des Moines.
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Reginald A. Shaw
Simpson College
Indianola
A. B. Shaw
Lillian Shaw
Des Moines
Reginald Shaw
Miss Shaw
McArthur
United States Court
Novicda
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Zephyr Man
A Zephyr Ontario man says a severe lingering cold and harsh cough were cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after a local dealer guaranteed its effectiveness. One bottle reportedly finished his ailment. The remedy is sold by Loughran & Bauer and Joel C. Cagwin.
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Chamberlain
J. Urquhart
Zephyr
Ontario
Loughran & Bauer
Joel C. Cagwin
Quarantine Rules Tighten Across Iowa to Combat Disease
State Board of Health imposes sweeping measures to curb illness. Schools must exclude itch afflicted children and tuberculous individuals from public spaces. Physicians must don robes and fumigate after visits, and sanitary police offices will inspect quarantined premises daily. Spitting in public places is banned and mail from quarantined sites must be fumigated.
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State Board of Health
Iowa
State Boards of Health
Thomas
State of
Des Moines
State Board
Uncle Sam
Wilson to Eliminate Tubercular Cows Nationwide
Secretary Wilson of the Agriculture Department will order thousands of cows infected with bovine tuberculosis slaughtered to eradicate the plague. He cites reports linking infant tuberculosis to milk and intends to extend the stampout to butter and cheese. uninspected milk will be barred from interstate shipment with ICC rulings and the plan has Roosevelt’s endorsement.
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Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Sore Nipples and Chapped Hands Cure Ad
An old notice promotes Chamberlain's Salve as a quick cure for sore nipples and chapped hands. It claims success and lists a price of 25 cents.
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Chamberlain
Office over Gamble's Drug Store Iowa
Phone office 121 M Res 128 J mutual phone office 199.
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Gamble’s
Iowa
M. Res
J Mutual
A B Maxwell Medical Directory Listing
A B Maxwell M D physician surgeon and oculist maintains an office over Kooser's Grocery in Ames Iowa with mutual contact details and office location.
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A. B. Maxwell
Kooser
Mutual
Ames
Iowa
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Oeepee
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