Luther College Band Draws Record Milwaukee Crowd
Milwaukee papers report 30 000 plus attended the Luther College Concert Band open air performance at Mitchell Park Decorah Iowa and Milwaukee officials tally a record crowd. The 60 member ensemble conducted by J Carlo A Sperati impressed with Peer Gynt suite Liszt and On Wisconsin amid private sponsorship and open admission.
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Luther College
Milwaukee
Mitchell Park
Milwaukee Journal
Decorah
Iowa
Grieg
Anitra
Liszt
Wisconsin
Dudley Buck
Kierulf
the Sentinel
Luther College Band
Town
Henry Weber
Gregg May Go to Majors Star Pitcher Guy Gregg Eyes Big League Fame
Postville’s Guy Gregg, star pitcher for Dubuque, has a 19–5 season record and standout speed with a varied curve. The Telegraph-Herald notes his improvement over last year and his clutch work saving games, drawing strong attention from major league scouts including the St. Louis Browns.
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Guy Gregg
Postville
Dubuque
Telegraph-Herald
Gregg
Danville
Decorah
St. Louis Browns
Former Winneshiek Priest Dead
Father Kramelis died Thursday morning at two oclock in Mercy hospital after months as a patient. Born in Bohemia he spent most of his life among Bohemian people in the Dubuque archdiocese until ill health ended his work. He had no known relatives in this country.
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Dubuque
McGregor Pioneer Catherine Gilchrist Dies at McGregor
Miss Catherine Gilchrist of McGregor died last week at midnight. She was the last but one member of the W. J. Gilchrist family, pioneers of McGregor. Her father founded the grain buying firm Gilchrist & Co, known across the region for sixty years. She was the oldest member of the Congregational church and active in church civic and charitable work.
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Catherine Gilchrist
McGregor
W. J. Gilchrist
Gilchrist & Co
Hat Pin Kills Cow At Cherokee State Hospital
The state hospital at Cherokee reported the loss of a valuable cow. Investigation found she swallowed half a hatpin which pierced her heart and caused death. This is the third such accident in the state at Cherokee.
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Stitute Board of Control
Cherokee
Iowa Pure Food Law and Rotten Eggs Clash with Blue Sky
The Des Moines Capital notes W B Barney Iowa dairy and food commissioner issued a March 1 1914 proclamation declaring rotten eggs and adulterated foods illegal to sell with a $100 fine for violations. It laments lack of authority to curb rotten securities under the blue sky law and calls for watchful waiting.
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Des Moines
W. B. Barney
Iowa
Barney
Towa
Town Farm Sales and Creamery Yields Across Counties
A series of land transactions in Grundy and Buena Vista counties totals hundreds of acres with prices ranging from 175 to 195 per acre. Notable deals include 120 acres sold for 24 000 to a Reinbeck buyer and a 33 acre purchase for 13 000. Large land deal of 600 acres and 117 000 reported by a Lake City firm. Fairfax Improvement Club buys 20 acres at 8500 per acre. Creamery activity in Postville and Ludlow reports substantial cream receipts and butter production with large payouts.
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John Niehaus
Lincoln Township
Grundy County
Johnson
Reinbeck
Towa
Neihaus
Niehaus
Hayes Township
Buena Vista County
Charles A. Myers
Adam Ingler
Early
W. G. Leckington
Henry Peters
Carrie Giddings
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax Improvement Club
Lake City
Jail Break At Waterloo: Six Inmates Aid Escape
Six prisoners helped a Waterloo county jail escape by sawing through steel bars Friday night. Police and deputies organized posses to hunt the fugitives after the group held seven others at gunpoint during the breakout around 8 30. Two Federal prisoners from Charles City and one man previously jailed at Waverly were among those involved in the daring escape.
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Waterloo
Charles City
Black Hawk County
Waverly
Minister Will Retire After Forty-One Years in Ministry
Rev. Thomas F. Fleming of Marshall town, longtime superintendent of the Marshall town district in the Upper town conference of the Methodist church, will retire late in September to become a department manager for the American Mortgage and Securities company of Manchester, Iowa, whose president is Fleming’s son-in-law A. M. Cloud.
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Upper Town
The
Methodist Church
Thomas F. Fleming
Marshall Town
New American Mortgage and Securities Company
Manchester
Iowa
Fleming
A. M. Cloud
Vital Statistics May Deaths by County and Causes
May deaths by county include Allama kee 9, Chickasaw 6, Clayton 21, Fayette 19, Howard 15 and Winneshiek 14. Causes listed: tuberculosis meningitis cerebrospinal meningitis cerebral hemorrhage nervous system bronchitis pulmonary congestion non cancerous tumors malformation at birth congenital debility infantile disease senility one each and three of disease of the heart.
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State Board of Health
Allamakee County
Chickasaw
Clayton
Fayette
Howard
Winneshiek
Hens Go On Spree At Waterloo Home
Lin den addition residents report three hens found dead drunk in the Chapman chicken coop after Mrs Chapman discovered a fermenting can of apples. Several hens survived but showed unsteady, staggered movements after the incident.
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Linden
J. W. Chapman
Waterloo
Chapman
Repairer falls thirty five feet in city tank accident
Henry Kirkevold was repairing the city water tank when a scaffold broke and caused a thirty five foot fall. He crushed one foot and broke three ribs but escaped more serious injuries.
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Spring Grove
Henry Kirkevold
Beacon Light Planned by Webster City Club and Council
The Webster City Commercial League with the city council plans a beacon light visible for twenty five miles. A five hundred candle power electric lamp will be mounted above the courthouse flag staff, about 150 feet above street level.
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Webster City
Asphyxiated Republican Leader Leach Dies at Home
Robert E. Leach, a prominent Independence Republican, died of gas exposure at his residence. He was found by his ten year old son while repairing a gas plant supplying the home. assistance arrived too late.
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Robert E. Leach
Independence
Hogs to Tour State Fair by Auto Truck
F G Paul of Marshalltown plans to drive a herd of quality hogs to the state fair in an automobile truck. He has reserved space at the exhibition and will ship no hogs by rail this year, using profits from other hogs to buy the vehicle.
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F. G. Paul
Marshalltown
Old Soldiers' Reunion Brings Out 38th Iowa Comrades
The surviving comrades of the 38th Iowa infantry held their twenty third reunion at West Union this week Tuesday and Wednesday. Not many old soldiers remain, but a crowd gathered with comrades from other regiments. Several from here attended. In France one person in twenty is entitled to wear a military decoration.
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38Th Iowa Infantry
West Union
France
Death of Ludwig Klatt in Calmar
Ludwig Klatt died suddenly Monday evening July 27 1914 from apoplexy and old age. He was eighty five, born February 28 1820 in Germany. A widower, he lived with his son Wim Klatt in Calmar.
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Calmar
Ludwig Klatt
Ane
Germany
Wim, Klatt
Windmill worker killed by crowbar fall in Fayette County
Albert Crownell of Stanley Fayette county was instantly killed Tuesday when a crowbar dislodged from a scaffold above a well struck him on the skull. An unrelated ad promotes Dean's Regulats laxative at 25 cents a box.
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Albert Crownell
Stanley
Fayette County
The Case of L. L. Cantelou in Clarendon Texas
L. L. Cantelou of Clarendon Texas notes his wife suffered a severe bowel complaint for months. After trying a doctor and various medicines she was cured after using Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, first a 25 cent bottle then a second. Ady county dealers offer the remedy for sale.
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L. L. Cantelou
Clarendon
Texas
Chamberlain
Ady
Obituary: Mrs. Helena Seim Ruffridge Dies at Greene
Helena Seim Ruffridge born May 10 1874 in Iowa died in Greene Butler County July 29 after a brief illness. She married Theobald Ruffridge April 9 1896 and had four sons Floyd Lester Harold Earl. Funeral held at Decorah United Lutheran church with Rev O E Schmidt officiating. Card of Thanks from Theobald Ruffridge L N Seim and families.
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Helena Seim Ruffridge
Greene, Butler Co
Hancock County
Iowa
L. N. Seim
Decorah
Theobald Ruffridge
Greene
Out of Town
Theo. Seim
St. Paul
Minn
M. Z. Daily
Bovey
Blake
Thelma
Will Springer
Liza Fox
Kate Brunner
Mike Ruffridge
Grafton
Town
Henry Fisher
Kensett
Henry Ruffridge
Will Ruffridge
Jacob Young
Chas
Casterton
Locust
Carrington
Henry Sellman
Hesper
Ruffridge
New Quarantine Rules Ease Livestock Shipments
Effective July 1, new interstate rules ease movement from quarantined or public stock yards. Cattle dipped once under supervision may ship from tick quarantined areas to dipping facilities and after a second dip may be sold for any purpose. Immunized hogs may be shipped to the country for feeding after serum treatment. all swine must be healthy and serum treated.
A Little Snake Story From De Corah Real Estate Man
A De Corah real estate man claims a young man at the mouth of the Canoe has killed 145 rattlesnakes this year. He refuses names and publication to avoid harm to Winnebago county land sales. Snakes are reportedly plentiful along northern Iowa rivers this year. If a bounty existed, the youth would earn a neat sum.
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Decorah
Winneshick County
Iowa
Clayton
Borax Prevents Fly Breeding
Washington department of agriculture specialists report borax sprinkled daily on manure stops typhoid and house fly breeding. Applied to garbage refuse open toilets damp floors and crevices in stables cellars or markets it prevents fly eggs from hatching. Borax does not kill adults but prevents further breeding.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Monkey Fire Tragedy Destroys Indianapolis Shelter
Nine monkeys died when they opened a door and played with an oil stove at Riverside park shelter house in Indianapolis. The stove exploded and burned the building, with losses estimated at 820,000.
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Riverside Park
Indianapolis
Not So Strange After All Cham berlain's Tablets
Mrs. Rosie Rish of Wabash Indiana writes that Chamberlain's Tablets cured her stomach trouble when other medicines failed. The nostrum is advertised as strengthening the stomach and enabling natural function. For sale by all dealers.
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Rosie Rish
Wabash, Ind
Fifty Years Ago Enlistment Orders and War News
The adjutant general orders all able bodied men aged 18 to 44 to enlist. a draft may follow if quotas are unmet. The 6th Iowa cavalry is at Fort Rice Dakota. Chambersburg burned as rebels invade Pennsylvania. Tax on home made wine set at five percent. Atlanta’s capture report proved false. Grant seized Petersburg outer works. Gen Howard to succeed McPherson atop the Army of the Tennessee.
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Adjutant General
6Th Iowa Cavalry
Fort Rice
Dakota
Pennsylvania
Chambersburg
Internal Revenue Bureau
Atlanta
Grant
Petersburg
O. O. Howard
McPherson
Army of the Tennessee
A Wonderful Bird Brings News From the Polar March
Mrs Nansen in Christiania receives a carrier pigeon that had been missing for thirty months. The bird returns carrying Nan sen’s note confirming his expedition in the polar region and that all is well. The message traveled thousands of miles through snow and sea to reach its astonished home.
Notable Nicknames Across History
A list of famous epithets and sobriquets for notable figures including Uncle Sam Oliver Wendell Holmes Elihu Burritt General Harrison Jonathan Trumbull Jenny Lind Gladstone Washington Shakespeare Robert Burns Napoleon Bonaparte Benedict Arnold Wordsworth Longfellow and others. The compilation shows how leaders poets and thinkers received memorable monikers.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Elihu Burritt
General Harrison
Jonathan Trumbull
Jonathan
Jenny Lind
Gladstone
Washington
Shakespeare
Robert Burns
Napoleon Bonaparte
Benedict Arnold
Wordsworth
Longfellow
Peculiar Street Names in Mexico and Wild Skin Remedy
The article notes peculiar Mexico City street names such as Love of God and Pass if You Can, mentions unusual shop names like Gate of Heaven and The Bait of the Devil, and includes an advertisement praise for Burdock Blood Bitters as a cleansing tonic priced at 1.00. It also comments on hardy weeds and skin eruptions blamed on impure blood.
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Mexico
Gate of Heaven
Reason in Animals
Scientists say there is no absolute evidence that animals reason though instinct and habits of ants bees and higher animals show possible reasoning. It may be many centuries before the question is definitely determined.
A Repentant Thief Sends One Cent for Stolen Matches
A Washingtonian sent a single copper cent to the con science fund of the treasury as repentance for stealing a box of matches. The note explains the gesture and its purpose. Ady.
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The
Treasury
Natural Cross carving on Grand Manan Island
A South ern Cross rock carving on Grand Manan, in Fundy Bay, is described as one of the world’s most beautiful natural rock carvings. It stands at the head of a rocks-ledge jutting into the bay from the cliff foot at the southern end, shaped like an almost perfect cross.
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Grand Manan
Bay of Fundy
London Mail
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is Internal Blood Remedy
Catarrh is described as a constitutional disease requiring internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is promoted as a blood and mucous surface remedy prescribed by a renowned physician, with testimonials available and sold by druggists for treatment of catarrh and related symptoms.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
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Winneshiek County Rye
Highland
Fremont
Orleans
Allamakee
Ludlow
Vital Statistics
Republic
Dean
C.c.hagen
Winnebago St
Shenandoah
Demet
J. I. Tavener
Mr. Tavener
Ames College
the Adams Seed CO
N. R. Groff & Son
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