Miss Elsie Nielson Endorses Cuticura For Skin Eruption
In Atchison Kansas Miss Elsie Nielson describes years of facial pimples and redness. She credits four months of using Cuticura Ointment followed by Cuticura Soap with clearing her skin and continues to use the soap. The advertisement notes Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold worldwide and offers a free sample and Skin Book from Boston.
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Atchison, Kan
Elsie Nielson
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Mexico Paradise Hint in London Punch Quotation
A London Punch line touts Mexico as an earthly paradise with a 10 000 inhabitant town lacking a moving picture palace. An ad note mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething infants claiming relief from gum inflammation pain and wind.
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Mexico
London Punch
Petted Darling My Wife Treats Me Like a Dog
Comic exchange fronted by a couple's quip about marriage roles. A playful dialogue contrasts one partner's subservience with the other’s envy of such treatment, delivered in a lighthearted domestic mood.
No Heirs Believe Deceased Left Will in Webster City
Webster City friends of E. S. Wheeler, a pioneer dry goods merchant who died recently, fear no will exists as his estate of about 50000 will pass to the state unless two brothers and a sister from whom he had been estranged are located. His widow died long ago. his property consisted of securities including Sinois Central stock, Northwestern Life, Swift Packing, and bank holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Wheeler
E. S. Wheeler
Hamilton
Sinois Central
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Swift Packing Company
City Marshal Kills Prisoner During Arrest
City Marshal Henry Knott shot a prisoner named Edward Brand during an attempted arrest near the way home. Knott, age 70, says Brand, 40, resisted a lawful arrest and was causing a disturbance when force was used. The incident occurred as Knott was returning home.
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Henry Knott
Edward Brand
Brand
Prand
Mr. Knott
New Hampton School Board Sets Minimum Pay at Fifty Dollars
The New Hampton school board elected most teachers for the coming year. Several received raises, establishing a minimum salary of 50 dollars and a maximum of 80 dollars for high school principals. None of the high school faculty earned a degree outside Iowa.
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New Hampton
School Board of
Iowa
Want Woman Declared Dead in Long-Mood Missing Case
Esther Cooper, a 52 year old spinster, has been missing for over seven years. Relatives petition the district court to declare her legally dead so the inheritance from Isaac Cooper can be divided among other heirs.
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Marshalltown
Esther Cooper
Isaac Cooper
Mills Blaze Destructive at Fay Wright Farm
A large barn on the Fay Wright farm five miles south of Glenwood burned completely. Six sets of harness two complete binders a mowing machine a riding lister and gang plow a complete farm blacksmith outfit fifteen tons of hay and 100 bushels of corn were destroyed by the fire.
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Glenwood
Fay Wright
Fire at Galloway Farm in Waterloo Wipes Barn and Horses
A large barn and eight horses burned at William Galloway’s Waterloo farm in the second major blaze last week. Bloodhounds were brought in to investigate but found no scent. A prior fire at the same farm consumed a large barn and several cattle.
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Galloway Farm
Waterloo
William Galloway
Estherville Man Appointed Deputy State Warden
W. J. Pullen of Estherville has been named deputy state warden by State Fish and Game Warden Hinshaw at a salary of 1200 dollars annually. Pullen formerly served many years as sheriff of the county and was considered an efficient official.
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Estherville
W. J. Pullen
Fish and Game
Hinshaw
Pullen
Presbyterians Receive Second $2000 From Wille Estate
Trustees of the Presbyterian church at Monticello have received the second $2,000 payment from the executors of the late Henry Clay Wille. The initial $2,000 was received at Mr Wille s death about seven years ago.
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Monticello
Presbyterian Church
Henry Clay Wille
Wills
Youth Accident Victim in Sioux City Dies at 29
Louis E. Hiles, 29 year old son of prominent jeweler William Hiles, died after an accidental shotgun discharge while cleaning the weapon. The incident occurred in Sioux City and authorities labeled it an accidental death.
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Sioux City
Louis E. Hiles
William Hiles
Yeomen's Lodge Case Gears Up In Des Moines Court
W A Rutledge sues incumbent F B Dunshee for 10000 damages claiming a letter circulated in the Brotherhood of American Yeomen falsely signed by George A Crane of Dexter Iowa provoked Rutledge and exposed him to public hatred and contempt. Both men are candidates for grand master of accounts with an election set in Oklahoma City in June.
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Des Moines
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
W. A. Rutledge
F. 8
Dunshee
George A. Crane
Dexter
National Association of Correspondents
The
Yeomen
Rutledge
Grand Master of Accounts
Oklahoma City
Morning Star Abandons Mississippi River Cruise
The Morning Star cruise from Davenport is canceled because the Keokuk power dam blocks passage before May 15. The 1,800 mile trip to Cairo then up the Ohio and Tennessee would have lasted eleven days with Florence, Alabama as the destination and all berths reserved.
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Davenport
Keokuk
Morning Star
Mississippi
Cairo
Ohio
Tennessee
Florence
Ala
Albany Man Is Pigger Found Guilty Of Bootlegging
Chris C. Nefzger of Albany Fayette County was found guilty of bootlegging. He was sentenced to sixty days in jail and a fine of 150 dollars. He refused to plead guilty and demanded a jury trial claiming no stock of liquor on hand and that money was taken in advance to obtain liquor without profit to himself.
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Albany
Pigger
Dubuque
Chris C. Nefzger
Fayette County
Nefzger
Revolution's Sons Elect Davenport Officers
Matt R. Sawyers of Davenport elected president of the Iowa society Sons of the Revolution at the annual meeting. Other officers include Vice President Dr J A Daniels Davenport Secretary Frank H Kincaid Davenport Treasurer W Wallace Humphreys Davenport Chaplain Oliver J Felton Cedar Rapids.
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Revolution’s Sons
Davenport
Matt R. Sawyers
Iowa Society, Sons of the Revolution
Society
J. A. Daniels
Frank H. Kincaid
W. Wallace
Humphreys
Oliver J. Felton
Cedar Rapids
Odd Fellows Reunion in West Union This Week
Northeastern Iowa Odd Fellows hold annual gathering in West Union with speakers Rev. W S Knight Mitchellville grand chap lain E W Cutting Decorah grand master of Iowa and Mrs Effie L Butcher Des Moines president of Rebekah assembly.
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West Union
Iowa
Odd Fellows
Rev. W. 8
Mitchellville
E. W. Cutting
Decorah
Effie L, Butcher
Des Moines
Rebekah
Five Horses Killed in Swan Farm Fire
Within the Swan area a large barn on the Joseph D. Bowers farm burned down. Five horses burned to death and another was eventually killed due to injuries. The blaze consumed 800 bushels of corn twenty four tons of hay and farming implements.
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Knoxville
Joseph D. Bowers
Swan
Election of Officers at Chicago Lutheran Conference
The Chicago conference of the joint synod of Ohio held its annual meeting at St. Matthews German Lutheran church in Dubuque. Rev. E. Scherbel of Middletown Wisconsin was elected president and Rev. O. Kubitz of Galena, HL, secretary.
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Dubuque
Chicago
Joint Synod of Ohio
St. Matthews
E. Scherbel
Middletown
Wis
O. Kubitz
Galena
Murderer Given Life Sentence in Davenport Case
Floyd M. Sheets, 19, confessed to the January 30 murder of Ernest Dalldorf, a street car holdup, and several robberies. He was sentenced to life at hard labor at Fort Madison.
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Davenport
Floyd M. Sheets
Ernest Dalldorf
Fort Madison
West Union Towns First Paving Project Underway
West Union city council orders nearly three quarters of a mile of paving on main business streets marking the first paving ever in the town. An official project sets a milestone for local development and street modernization.
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West Union
Wolf Cubs are Caught in Chickasaw County
Ten young wolves were captured alive and brought to the Chickasaw county auditor's office. Edward and Ernest Fenniman received a $20 bounty for the find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampton
Chickasaw County
Edward and
Ernest Fenniman
Creston Boosters Elect Officers
Creston business men club election results name George A. Perry as president Bernard Foster as vice president George Holmack as secretary and Paul Junking as treasurer during the meeting held in Creston.
Canada and United States Toast Peace and Trade Links
Premier Robert L. Borden and Governor Sulzer praised US Canada friendship at the University Club of Albany dinner. They spoke of shared heritage and the undefended boundary, urged resource development along the St. Lawrence, and called for freer trade to encourage closer commercial relations between the nations.
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United States
Canada
Robert L. Borden
Sulzer
University Club of Albany
Borden
Atlantic
Pacific
St. Lawrence River
Canadian Northwest
North America
West
Promise of 25000 Tons Aluminum Output in NC Plant
A new hydroelectric facility under construction in North Carolina aims to produce aluminum at a rate of 25,000 tons per year. The project signals significant industrial expansion and regional energy utilization.
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North Carolina
Lydia E Pinkham Compound Praised by Two Women
Auburn New York Mrs William H Gunn suffers ten years of nervousness and pains and finds relief after four months on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. St Cloud Minnesota Mrs Bertha M Quierstapte overworked and worried mother recovers after taking the same remedy. The ad urges others to try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Auburn
N. Y
Pioud Health
William H. Gunn
Pleasant Street
New York
St. Cloud
Minn
Bertha M. Quierstapte
6Th Avenue
St. Cloud, Minn
Lydia FE
Pinkham
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