Deaths and incidents fill Iowa news in Cedar Falls and beyond
Coroner to hold inquest after Mrs. Hans Rasmussen, 68, dies from a fall beside an interurban track in Cedar Falls. Other items note Hon. S. T. Hutchison’s death in Lake City, lawsuits in Charles City, a fatal bridge accident near Sidney, jail counts in Ida Grove, and various local and state developments across Iowa.
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Kistner
Cedar Falls
Hans Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Waterloo
S. T. Hutchison
Iowa
Lake City
Hutchison
Calhoun County
Chicago
John Whipple
Sidney
William Pallinger
Burlington
Ruby
John Sylvester
Mystic
Page County
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Davenport
Dora Brazzell
du Duque
Anamosa Reformatory
State Board of Control
Knoxville
Bessie Combes
Humbolde
Rock Island
Atlantic
Neola
Council Bluffs
Harry Hartkoff
C. Hartkoff
A. J. Carpenter
Elkader
George Homan
Dubuque
Iowa Bankers
Manning
Milwaukee Railroad
Towa
Texas
John H. Standling
First State Bank
Corwith
Garner
Hancock County Grand
Fort Madison
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
E. KE. Richardson
Webster City
Hahnemann Medical Association of Iowa
Iowa City
Daniel B. Ferguson
Marshall Town
Ida Grove
Ferguson
Second
Iowa Cavalry
W. D. Cantillon
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
G. Strickland
Denison
Iowa State Undertakers’ Association
Bank of Brooks
First National Bank of Corning
Arthur Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis
Mr. Robbins
Ray Cross
Nevada
Marshal Shaver
Ames
Lincoln
Neb
Ella Hitz
Tripoli
Ouss Schwartz
Gilbert Currier
William Elsberry
McHose
Fraser
Frank Nokes
Supreme Camp
Royal Neighbors of America
Myra B. Enright
Kansas City
Kan
Preme
Amelia Hawkins
Ottumwa
Clyde
L. B. Bradley
Numa
The
Society of Music Teachers of Iowa
Muscatine
Iowa State aims full state soil survey in ten years
The Iowa State College experiment station, in cooperation with the U S department of agriculture, launches a spring soil survey in Lee Muscatine Webster and Pottawattamie counties with two field men each. The project will map soil types and fertility, guiding future farm research and management statewide.
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Iowa
Lee County
Mississippi
Muscatine County
Webster County
Pottawattamie County
Bremer
Iowa State College
Cities Slow In Filing Reports On Workmen Compensation Act
Iowa cities lag on filing financial statements required by the new workmen compensation act effective July 1. Sioux City is the only city reporting so far. Noncompliance risks loss of legal protections and full wage liability for employers.
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John H. Darrah
Chariton
Darrah
Iowa
General Assembly
State Industrial Commission
Warren Garst
Sioux City
Hog brains purchase baffles town humorists
Squibbs jokes that Old Man Jones bought a whole hogshead of brains. Gibbs chuckles he cannot eat them all in six months. Squibbs notes the brains were inside the hog’s head, sparking town silliness.
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Squibbs
Jones
Gibbs
De licious cake dispute in Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung
A husband cites a cake tasting off as he tells his wife something tastes wrong. She insists the cake is delicious, claiming the cookbook confirms it. The exchange occurs at a table with apparent playful tension.
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Berliner iIllustrirte Zeitung
Putnam Fadeless Dyes Color in Cold Water Adv
Advertisement notes Putnam Fadeless Dyes color fabrics in cold water. Claims ease of use and fast, permanent hues. Highlights availability and simple instructions for household dyeing projects. May reference savings and home craft appeal.
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Putnam
Adv
Carmen Sylva Visits Ireland In 19th Century Tale
The piece recounts Carmen Sylva, then fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, visiting Ireland thirty years ago. At Kings Town she met newsvendor Davy Stephens who quipped that she should be called Carmen Gold, after receiving a copy of her biography and a half sovereign.
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Carmen Sylva
Roumania
Royal Society of Literature
Ireland
Kingstown
Davy Stephens
Dacy
Carmen
Dr. Pierce Pellets Advertises Constipation Cure
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Pellets as small sugar coated tablets that are easy to take like candy. It claims to invigorate the stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation.
Deliberate Lie! Duke Cambridges late outburst in church
In Arnold Haultain’s new biography of Goldwin Smith a story recalls the duke of Cambridge in old age speaking aloud during a princess’s marriage to a German prince. As the couple exchanged vows the duke exclaimed that the bridegroom’s worldly goods were not yet paid for, quipping about the boots he stood in.
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Arnold Haultain
Goldwin Smith
Duke of
Cambridge
Peace of Paris Negotiations Conclude in 1814
One hundred years ago the negotiations for the definite Peace of Paris were nearly finished and two days later ratified by the powers. The king of Prussia and the emperors of Russia and Austria took part personally, while Lord Castlereagh represented Britain. The treaty mainly confirmed the post Napoleon peace and restored French frontiers to 1792 limits, with major questions left for the Vienna congress.
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France
Paris
Prussia
Russia
Austria
Lord Castlereagh
Congress
Vienna
Grape-Nuts Credited With Restoring Health After Breakdowns
A Massachusetts woman describes a serious nervous breakdown and severe dyspepsia from overwork. After trying many remedies, she credits eight months of Grape-Nuts with rebuilding her strength and reviving her health, saying it put new life into her and made her well. The account is attributed to Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Ejiver
Hetter
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Richard Kucharo
State Pharmacy Commission
Thomas H. McDonald
State Highway Commission
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J. H. Walkinshaw
Thomas Boyle
Robert McKie
C. A. Nordholm
Frank Hacker
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R. A. Pearson
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B. J. Chenoski
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George Cosson
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