Support of the needy and Iowa county reports urged
Special correspondence from Des Moines notes Prof. Patterson’s figures on county poor relief totaling 746 167 75 for the year ending July 1 1901. It lists almshouses paupers by sex age and disability, critiques insanities and conditions, and cites costs and farm superintendent qualifications amid factory inspection and upcoming fairs and notices.
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Des Moines
W. R. Patterson
The
State University
State Board of Control
Patterson
Board of Control
New Rules for Bar Admission Take Effect in October Term
The supreme court opened its October term on Tuesday October 1 and implemented new admission rules for lawyers. Applicants must file ten days before exam, provide moral character proof, present diplomas or pass a pre exam test, meet minimum average on preliminary tests, and undergo a sealed oral and printed examination with no study aids.
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Supreme Court
Board of Law Examiners
United States
State Board of Educational Examiners
State Board of Educational
Board of Law
Saloon Petition Rev. Flickinger Seeks Three Year Reestablishment
Rev. R. E. Flickinger of Fonda calls for a legislative change to require saloon petitions to be circulated every three years to maintain saloons in counties or cities. He urges broad church support and notes existing petitions can establish a saloon until a new challenge removes it, a process he finds ineffective.
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R. E. Flickinger
Fonda
End of an Era as Saturn Sinks Raft for Knapp Stout Firm
The Saturn steamer and a raft owned by Knapp Stout of Dubuque sank while towing the raft down the Mississippi to St. Louis. The lumber firm has operated along the Mississippi for over 50 years and is winding up its branch and closing yards and plants including Dubuque. Captain Winans had run the Saturn for three years under contract rafting logs for Stout mills at St. Louis.
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Tion
Des Moines
Iowa
Pioneer Law Makers
Pioneer Law Makers’ Association
Maj
Hoyt Sherman
Isaac Brandt
D. A. Poorman
McKinley
A. F. Dawson
Allison
Shaw
Dolliver
Dawson
Saturn
Mississippi
Knapp-Stout Company
Dubuque
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Capt. Winans
Stout Mills
Noble M'Kinley Sayings on Duty and Citizenship
A compilation of exhortations urging supreme duty, patriotism, self-government, and virtue. Emphasizes civic responsibility, Christian character, and the American home as foundations of national life. Invites personal improvement and steadfast support for government.
Isn t It Strange How Men and Women Talk Roles
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt questions gender norms and behavior. It ponders male superiority claims, maternal affection, political reform, and social pretensions through a series of pointed rhetorical probes about how men and women think speak and act in daily life.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Misfortunes of Poets and a Note on Platinum
An old essay links poets Byron Scott Cowper Chatterton Rousseau Cervantes Southey Swift Pope Milton and others to ailments or frailties while noting platinum as a ductile metal. It presents a mix of biographical claims and a brief technical aside about platinum fibers.
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Lord Byron
Sir Walter Scott
Cowper
Chatterton
Rousseau
Cervantes
Southey
Swift
Alexander Pope
Milton
A Fearless Physician Endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills
Benton Illinois September 30. Dr R H Dunaway a local physician has urged patients with rheumatism Bright's disease diabetes or kidney trouble to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. He published an open letter last May claiming the pills cured his diabetes after he feared death.
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Dodd
Largest bridge plant planned on Staten Island United States
The article notes a forthcoming bridge building facility to be erected on Staten Island as among the largest in the United States. Other items include a vast Cuban sugar plantation aiming for 20 000 tons per season and details from a French submarine trial. It also reports typhoid germ vitality in various media and a London Pasteur Institute scientist using his own serum for a snake bite incident.
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United States
Staten Island
N. Y
Cuba
Marvel
Calmétte
Pasteur Institute
London
Des Moines Town Falls & Northern Railway Route Plan
Three officials of the Des Moines Town Falls and Northern Railway discuss the proposed line. It will pass through Nevada and cross under the Chicago and Northwestern tracks near the East Indian bridge east of Nevada. The road aims to reach Nevada's south edge and seek a 24 percent tax vote from residents.
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Des Moines, Town Falls & Northern Railway Company
Nevada
Chicago & Northwestern
East Indian Bridge
Pharmacists Pass Sept State Board Examination
The following names passed the September examination before the state pharmacy commission: J. M. Vreeland Sioux City W. H. Miller Jr. Correctionville C. P. Cook Otley H. M. Petrie Gravity W. W. Abel Emerson Bessie M. Southwick Crawfordsville Ralph P. Roberts Audubon James T. Jones Fairfield John D. Murdis Corning Lottie E. Crosby Menlo H. Walters Irwin.
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State Pharmacy Commission
J. M. Vreeland
Sioux City
W. H. Miller, Jr
Correctionville
C. P. Cook
Otley
H. M. Petrie
Gravity
W. W. Abel
Emerson
Bessie M. Southwick
Crawfordsville
Ralph P. Roberts
Audubon
James T. Jones
Fairfield
John D. Murdis
Corning
Lottie E. Crosby
Menlo
H. Walters
Irwin
Cascarets Lure with Liver Tonic Claims and Money-Back Guarantee
A dealer pitch touts Cascarets as a plain easy to take liver and bowel tonic for all ages. It promises quick health gains, cites six million boxes sold, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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W. Lee
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Las
Cascarets
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C. F. Wennerstrum
Wennerstrom
van Houten
State Department of Agriculture
State Board
Associa
Dee- Moines
Chicago
Kansas City
Zack Mulhall
Roosevelt
Lucile Mulhall
Oliver P. Shiras
United States Circuit Court
Tama Reservation
Toledo
H. M. Rebok
Tama
W. G. Malin
Nellis
State Board of Medical Examiners
Ioowa
Knapp-Stout Lumber Company
M’kinley
Douglas
W. I. Douglas
W.I. Douglas
Brockton, Mass
Atlantic Liners
St.Jacobs Oil
Enterprise Food Chopper
Enterprise Mfg. CO
Philadelphia
Sawyer
East Cambridge
Mass
Tower CO
Boston
Woolrich & CO
Palmer, Mass
Imperial Lighting System
Imperial Gas Lamp CO
East Lake St
Ill
Anaresis
Tribuane Building
New York
ARK Bros
Allen
Gole
J. P. Allen
ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Willis J. Walker
Heanepin Ave
Minneapolis
H. H. Green
Atlanta, Ga
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