Iowa towns recount a day of narrow escapes and shocks
A Cedar Falls man lost his left leg under an Illinois Central freight train but will recover. Marshalltown’s Kennedy leaves as captain for Jacksonville Illinois. Mason City enlistees face jail for unpaid board. Manchester boy dies after being crushed by a traction engine. Jefferson man recovering from shotgun wound with grafting planned. Leon foreman crushed by a truck, dies. Grinnell sues over defective sidewalk fall for damages. Cedar Rapids child ground to pieces by a switch engine. Iowa Falls awards largest damage verdict of 5700 dollars. Gilman boy near death after car rods injury. Oxford burglars steal oysters from German Cafe vault cave found. Waterloo man dies of apoplexy before Sunday lesson. Oskaloosa trial on alimony nears verdict. Dubuque stranger injured after freight fall. Ottumwa Wabash mortgaged 200 million. Charles City couple elope. parents reconcile. Oelwein detective on rails strike violence. shot fired. Mt. Ayr fire devastates barn and shops. Boone woman cuts finger during kitchen chores. Clinton man sues after assault and gunshot. Marshalltown pays Gabyn 2500 for leg injury. Des Moines jack climber repairs post office pulley. Ruthven Homesteaders president fractures hip. Ogden milliner injured by window break. Granger boy dies from lockjaw after horse bite. Washington button factory project advances with shell shipments. Hedrick burglars fail to find money. Dickens man injured loading furniture. Boone shooting ends with leg wound. Jewell man retrieves stolen buggy and harness. Fort Dodge mayor cracks down on horse-running buses.
A Business Lesson On Borrowing And Discount Rates
Peter Cooper demonstrates the folly of high borrowing costs by offering to discount a $10,000 note for three years at 3 percent per month. The broker’s fee of $800 cancels the interest, leaving no actual cash but making the merchant realize the ruinous effect of usurious rates. The tale ends with the merchant pledging never to borrow at such rates.
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Peter Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Cooper
Chamberlain
Electric Bitters touted by Gettysburg veteran
David Parker of Fayette New York who lost a foot at Gettysburg praises Electric Bitters claiming they cured years of stomach trouble after costly ineffective medicines. Described as a grand tonic for the aged and for female diseases, a sure cure for lame back and weak kidneys. Guaranteed by all druggists at 60 cents.
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David Parker
Fayette
N. Y
Gettysburg
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Charles O’brien
Leon
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J.D. Jackson
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Hamilton
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Geo. Williams
Ottumwa
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Clarence Blunt
Margaret Becker
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Nels Johnson
T. J. Marden
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Ciem Manning
William Mohr
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Iowa Central Railway Company
James Gabyn
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Des Moines
Jack Kime
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Terra Firma
Granger
Glen
Warren Johnston
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van Hoven
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Douglass Township
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John Zeihan
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Harry Hickman
Colby
Duncombe
Carrie
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Persner
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F. H. Waters
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G. J. Snyder
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