Willyams Dixie Jubilee Plans August Performances
August 12 and 12 feature Willyams Dixie Jubilee with Lincoln McDonnell to lecture on Colored Folks as I Know Them. Robertson's Projectoscope Company arrives August 13 for two days, followed by Dr. L. T. Guild speaking August 14 on The Crescent and the Cross. The Innes Band performs August 15 with both afternoon and evening concerts in a $500 attraction.
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Willyams Dixie
Lara
Lincoln
L. T. Guild
Turkey
Innes Band
Judge Towner Voices Objections To Direct Legislation
Judge Towner contends that direct popular legislation via initiative and referendum may not work well in practice. He argues against labeling the topics as socialistic and notes that his discussion centers on practical legal features rather than partisan rhetoric. The Register and Leader calls his remarks clear, lawyerly, and well reasoned.
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State Bar Association
Register and Leader
Notable Lectures and Events Highlight August Assembly
Dr Anna Shaw and Hon Champ Clark to lecture in August with August 16 and 17 dates, plus Bible Hour led by Emory Miller and domestic science talks by Miss Vawter. The gathering features tent and season ticket sales, platform manager J B Ellison praised, and Be Besco & Co promoting fabric and dress goods. India’s first class feed store and Patch & Bashor listed.
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Champ. Clark
Congress
Emory Mliler
Ray
Vawter
Anda
Doan's Kidney Pills praised by Mrs Brown in 1899 and 1906
A late 19th to early 20th century ad testimonial from Mrs H A Brown of Creaton New Jersey praising Doan's Kidney Pills for back and kidney pain with claims of lasting cure. The notice notes 40 cent price and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as US agents, urging readers to remember the name. It also extols Burdock Blood Bitters and a Pearl Cigar ad line.
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H. A. Brown
North Pine St
Creaton
Duan
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo N. Y
United States
Dean’s
Iowa News Briefs From Des Moines Area District
A collage of short items reports a farmer John Burton, eighty eight, failing to recall a marriage license name in Des Moines, Ottumwa district postmasters set for August 6, plus a new Iowa college history instructor Charles Payne of Terre Haute Indiana. Lost Nation farmer John Burmeister to Clinton insanity hearing after threats, Iowa State dairy head G L McKay tests moisture effects on butter keeping, J H Willmering dies from Oklahoma injuries, Marshaltown church picks lay delegate candidate Theodore Johnston, Potawatamie county licenses examined with 107 taking exam and 36 failing, a Valley Junction scuffle led to Colgan's death.
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John Burton
Des, Moines
Ottumwa
Mahaska
Keokuk
Jefferson
Wapello
Monroe
Lucas
Wayne
Appanooge
Davis
van Buren
Charles H. Payne
Tere Haute
Ind
Board of Trustees
Iowa College
Payne
Indiana University
Indiana
Harvard
John Burmeister
Lost Nation
Clinton
Burmeister
G. L. McKay
Iowa State College
Strawberry Point
United States
J. H. Willmering
Lena Willmering
Columbus Junction
Oklahoma
Marshaltown
Theodore Johnston
Pottawattamie Courty
Jackson
State Department of Public Instruction
J. H. Colgan
J. T. Barnhouse
Valley Junction
Mercy’ Hospital
Des Moines
Colgan
Barnhouse
Hay Fever and Summer Colds Remedy Ad
Victim of hay fever will experience great relief by taking Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops difficult breathing and heals inflamed air passages. Immediate relief promised even if it should fail to cure. The genuine product comes in a yellow package. Sold by H B Rhoads, druggist.
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Foley
H.B. Rhoads
French Red Tape and the Lobster Study
A Paris professor sought sea water to study lobsters but faced lengthy salt monopoly hurdles. The Finance Ministry, inspectors, and officials exchanged notices and penal code extracts before permission was granted to fill casks at the seashore and transport the liquid inland.
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Paris
France
Costly razors and varying handle materials
The New York Sun notes razors come with handles of rubber silver and ivory and discuss price ranges from a dollar for a quality blade to fifty dollars for gold handled pieces. Ivory and silver options exist at two to eighty dollars with carved handles adding cost.
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Gifte
New York Sun
The Age of Marriage and Probed Morality
An examination of marriage ages across England and Italy with notes on historic norms and legal origins. The piece also surveys poets modern attitudes toward vice and life, plus snippets of humorous images and brief anecdotes.
A Helping Hand in Garrick’s Time
A brief humorous note from Harper’s Weekly about an uncle and niece exchange. The uncle hints that upon death all he owns will pass to the niece, who gratefully accepts. The piece references a line about weather and attire from Garrick’s era, with playful wordplay on mince pie.
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Harper’n Weekly
Roquefort Cheese Secrets and American Limits
A Chicago Record-Herald interview with a cheese expert explains Roquefort’s mold and ripening rely on natural caves and climate. He notes American milkers lack sheep milking tradition, and that imported goats or cattle cannot replicate the cheese’s authentic flavor despite attempts to imitate the process.
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America
Roquefort
Chicago Record-Herald
Boomerang Inventions and Cruel Tortures Cited in Scrap Book
The Scrap Book recalls a string of historic and mythical “inventions” tied to executions. Names like Clisthenes, Matthew Hopkins, Ludovico Sforza, Perilios, the Regent Morton, the bishop of Verdun, and the inventor of the perriere appear as originators of devices used for bans, beheadings, and deadly tortures under various rulers.
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Clisthenes
Matthew Hopkins
Ludovico Sforza
Perilios
Phalaris
Morton
Scotland
Elizabeth
Bishop
Verdun
Old Time Bank Sinecures at the Bank of England
The Bank of England funded clerks with sinecures in old times. One recruit stood out for military zeal in a now-defunct volunteer corps, while another clever amateur painter was assigned a bank studio and put in charge of burning canceled notes on Friday afternoons.
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Bank of England
London Chronicle
Greek Figure Proportions Inspire Modern Art Critics
The Greek figure appears taller and more graceful than modern forms. Artists raise the figure seven and a half times the head length, lengthen the shin to eight times, and extend from knee to heel for added grace and dignity. Lord Leighton often used the same approach in his paintings.
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Lord Leighton
New York American
Mrs McAllister Remembered As Devoted Teacher and Saint
Mrs McAllister aged 80 died at home Tuesday after a brief illness. A lifelong Christian and former teacher, she influenced thousands of children. Her daughter Mrs Haddock was away in Idaho when the end came. Funeral at the residence Wednesday afternoon, Elder Edgar Price officiating, burial in Fairview cemetery, large attendance and community sympathy expressed.
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McAlester
G. B. Haddock
Abe J
McAllister
Christian Church
Edgar Price
Fairview Cemetery
Mrs Bell Farewell Reception By Elzevir Club
The Elzevir Club gathered at Mrs Carrie Williams home for a farewell afternoon for Mrs Captain Bell who is moving from Creston to Chariton. An elegant banquet followed a presentation of a silver souvenir spoon as a memento, and Mrs Bell expressed gratitude and regret at leaving Creston and its associations.
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Mrs. Bell
Elzevir Club
Carrie Williams
Captain Bell
Creston
Chariton
Bell
Open Air Gospel Meeting at Court House Park
Elder Edgar W Swap, long time Bedford resident now in Des Moines, will speak Sunday at 3 00 p m at Court House Park if weather permits. An old railroad man preaches the word to Bedford people.
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Court House Park
Edgar W. Swap
Bedford
Des. Moines
Swap
Foley's Kidney Cure claim notice
Warning to readers about Foley's Kidney Cure allegedly curing all kidney and bladder diseases. Sold by H. B. Rhoade, druggist.
Ten Years In Bed Kidney Cure Testimony
R A Gray J P of Oakville Ind writes about ten years bedridden with kidney disease. He received no relief from top medical skill until Foley's Kidney Cure, described as a Godsend. Sold by H B Rhoads, druggist.
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R. A. Gray
J. P
Editor Endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar for Coughs
M. T. Linch editor of the Philipsburg Daily Post praises Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds in his family. He cannot say enough in praise of it. Sold by H. B. Rhoads, druggist in Philipsburg.
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M. T. Linch
Phillipsburg
N. J
Daily Post
Foley
H. B. Rhoads
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Towner
Anna Shaw
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J. B. Ellison
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India
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Castoria
England
Italy
Swinburne
Philadelphia Ledger
Castor
Garrick
J. H. Chilcote
Conway, In
H. B. Rhoade
New Jersey
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