Iowa News Briefs Report Indictments And Local Happenings
Five miles south of Algona former farmer J E Knowlen indicted for murder in western Canada and captured to stand trial. Various Iowa items include church conference talks, Woodmen of America by laws, cooperative stock registry plans, Pasteur treatment patients, bridge and road accidents, and notable deaths and local events across multiple counties.
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J. E. Knowlen
Algona
Canada
Knowlen
Marshal Fisher
Eagle Grove
Robert Smylie
Toledo
Chicago
Shenandoah
Page
Fremont
Mills
Montgomery
Theodore Smith
Bayard
University of Iowa Hospital
R.S. Allen
Lloyd McConaughey
Knoxville
Chase Johnson
Red Oak
Sterilization policy debate in Iowa state institutions
The Iowa state conference reports renewed sterilization of inmates in insane hospitals under a law deemed void for convicts but valid for asylums. Parole officials outline enforcement plans and lists of potential patients, while critics urge broader help for released criminals and court rulings impact future damage cases.
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Des Moines
Capitol
D. C
Fort Madison
Cosson
State Supreme Court
P. B. Corell
Williams & Hunting
Linn County
Supreme Court
Parrot's Cries Recorded On Cylinder Experiment
Jones recorded his parrot's cries on a cylinder and played it in Poll's presence. The parrot frightened, repeating sugar requests. Polly reacted with alarm as the gramophone voice demanded sugar.
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Jones
Poll
Gramophone
Scott
Polly
London
Eczema Cure Reported By Oshkosh Family
A nephew with severe eczema on body was treated with Cuticura Soap and Ointment after two months of symptoms. Scratching caused scabs, night clothes had to be mittensed, and irritation spread from face to scalp. At age three the regimen began and after about a year a complete cure was achieved with no recurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High St
Oshkosh
Wis
F. Scofield
Clever Advertising and Publisher Demand Roar
The piece notes that average novel sales in the country fall below 2000 copies yet publishers' announcements suggest presses run constantly to meet orders. It contrasts limited sales with booming production signals from publishing houses.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Advertises Digestive Aid
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a regulator for stomach liver and bowels. It promises easy sugar coated granules that “do not gripe” and serve as a general invigoration.
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Dr. Pierce
Pa's Witty Riddle About a Wedding Ring
A father answers his son by defining a wedding ring as a circle used by some men to square their debts. The exchange frames a humorous, old fashioned view of marriage and finance.
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State Executive Council
Capitol Extension
Governor's Square
Tim McCurdy
State House
Capitol
Woman Marries To Reform Husband Says Phrase
A remark attributed to a woman suggests she marries a man to reform him when no other excuse is found. The quote reflects a common social adage and is cited as a cultural observation rather than a report of a specific event.
Never call a woman an old hen be cause she is set in her ways
A compact maxim warns against labeling a woman as an old hen for choosing to be set in her ways. The quip emphasizes respect for personal consistency and independence.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Backed by Local Testimony
Mrs A F Kreamer of Lackawanna New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after the birth of her first child She reports improved nerves appetite energy and no longer feeling miserable The advertisement promotes the compound as a standard remedy for female ailments and offers confidential consultation from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lackawanna, N. Y
Mra
A. F. Kreamer
Electric Avenue
Lackawanna
N. Y
Lydia I. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
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Harry J. Cooley
Perry
Cooley
Fred
Adolph Kaltenbach
Waterloo
Germany
Munich
Peter Hoelzner
Emmetsburg
Washington, D. C
Herman Devolt
Blanchard
Council Bluffs
Mount Ayr
Elwood Bixby
le Mars
C. Gearhart
Hopkington
Adel
Dallas County
St. Luke’s Methodist Episcopal Church of
Dubuque
Upper Iowa Methodist Conference
Cedar Rapids
Thirty-sixth
Iowa Regiment
Blakesburg
N. BE. Kendall
Albia
August Thill
Alonzo Sanford
J. M. Shultz
Lenox
Margaret C. Kearney
W. A. McIntosh
Lida Elliott
Preston
Clara Campbell
Quaker Oats
Fort Dodge
Owen
J. Robert Minster
Pottawattamie County
Minster
Frank Snow
Tama
Ringgold
E. E. Williams
University of Town
Henry E. Sampson
United States Circuit Court
Kansas
Iowa
Thomas Walpole
Storm Lake
Manson Journal
Alta
Osage
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Howard
Chickasaw
Mitchell
Floyd
Miwaukee Road
Davenport
A. A. Wilson
Milwaukee
P. J. Vanalstine
Irvington Association
Vanalstine
Henry County Poultry Association
W. 8. Moore
James T. Gills
Fred Green
Ralph Owen
Lester Welch
Paton
Henry Fisher
Logan
Missouri Valley
Sioux City
Pela
Pella Canning Company
M. FE. Hutchinson
Lake City
Calhoun County Court House
Patrick Green
Patrick Dugan
Rafael Davila
Eulalio Rangel
Ottumwa
Bob Marshall
Phillips
Bear Creek
Enforge Law
Federal Court
J. C. Sanders
Fort Madison Penitentiary
David C. Mott
State Board of Parole
A. Robbins
State Banking Department
Columbia Trust Company of
New York
Arba S. van Valkeburgh
Smith McPherson
Keokuk
John G. Sutton
Fort Madison Water Company
Columbia Trust Company
Trust Company
van Valkenburgh
Iowa City
Burlington Street
Mitchell County
Delaware County
Humboldt
Grand Army of the Republic
Relief Corps
David D. Palmer
Detroit
Kinsman Post
Rebs
Henry
Hessenius
E. P. Hessenius
Cherokee County
Parrot
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Absorbine, JR
F. Young
P.D. F
Temple St
Springfield
Mase
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