Parcels Post Rates Announced by Post Office Department
The Post Office Department issued rates for the Parcels Post effective January 1st, detailing eight zones with local and distant rates. Parcels may be delivered at free delivery offices, rural routes, may be registered, insured up to 25 dollars, and sent in quantities of at least 2000 identical pieces without stamps on them. Rev N H Daily of Shell Rock Iowa dropped dead while driving on pastoral calls. death was instantaneous from heart failure.
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Post Office Department
Neonaortresiant
N. H. Daily
Shell Rock
Towa
Fatal Burns at Mrs Staadt Home in Postville
In Postville at the home of Mrs Edward Staadt the elderly mother of Frank W Tuller set fire to her clothing with a kerosene lamp and perished from burns that evening. She was nearly 83 and had been in a demented state for some time.
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Postville
Edward Staadt
Frank W. Tuller
Auto Runs Down Wolf Near Osage Farm
Messrs Sullivan and Lonie were driving toward Osage when their car struck a wolf in the road near the Coonract farm after a brief race. They halted the vehicle and finished the animal with a nearby stone.
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Osage News
Sullivan
Lonie
Osage
Coonract Farm
Wolf
Dennis
Sir Wolf
Vital Statistics From Des Moines Board of Health
The September report records eleven deaths in Winneshiek county. Allamakee 14, Chickasaw 8, Clayton 39, Fayette 9, Howard 12. In this county the causes include still births one, typhoid fever one, tuberculosis one, diabetes one, concussion none puerperal one, organic heart disease one, arteriosclerosis one, bronchitis one, diarrhea under two years one, birth malformation one, lack of care one.
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Board of Health
Des Moines
Winneshiek
Allamakeee County
Chickasaw
Clayton
Fayette
Howard
Women on coroner's jury stir Waukon
The coroner's jury in Waukon included two Misses Wienerstager and a man, the first time women served on such a panel in this region. Henry Fir, an elderly man from Mankato Minnesota, died of heart disease. he carried $250 when found.
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Waukon
Wienerstager
Henry Fir
Mankato
Minn
Runaway Causes Death in Clarksville Family Trip
Mr and Mrs Louis Schilling were riding to their son William’s country home when a runaway horse tipped the buggy. Both occupants were thrown to the ground. Mrs Schilling suffered a broken arm and internal injuries that led to her death about one o clock in the afternoon.
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Clarksville
William
Louis Schilling
Iowa onion farming touted by state college professor
Prof A T Erwin of Iowa State College extols onion yields across Iowa with reports of 1100 bushels per acre and 12 257 bushels overall from Arthur Schutter’s 13 acre patch. He notes Bermudas grown near Ottumwa compare favorably and cites costs and profits per acre while praising local gardening resources.
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Iowa
A. T. Erwin
Horticultural Department
Iowa State College
Arthur Schutter
Scott County
Ottumwa
Texas
California
William Schultz
Albert Schutter
Joe
Erwin
Decorah
Schutters
Henry Paine
Patents Granted to Iowans for Week Ending November 26 1912
The Des Moines patent office report lists Iowans receiving patents the week ending November 26 1912. Included are F. O. Anderson Hamlin with a hay press J Hain Ottumwa tent W Dorsey Des Moines self cleaning currycomb R Evans Fort Dodge rail joint A P Everset New Hartford disk cultivator attachment C H Gardiner Bouton furnace grate L T Kenny Hawarden Anamosa holding machine C E Peterson Des Moines dirigible reflector and burner Z B Randleman Des Moines baling press P J Schuler New Hampton animal oiling device F H Schultz Trey nor.
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Wilfred C. Lane
Crocker
Des Moines
Iowa
F. O. Anderson
Hamlin
Hay Press
J. Hain
Ottumwa
W. Dorsey
R. Evans
Fort Dodge
Rail Joint
T. D. Evans
Fostergate
A. P. Everset
New Hartford
C. H. Gardiner
Bouton
Hansell
Anamosa
L. T. Kenny
Hawarden
C. E. Peterson
Baling Press
Randleman
P. J. Schuler
New Hampton
F. H. Schultz
Treynor
Coe College Fund Hit by Cedar Rapids Gift Drive
Cedar Rapids residents raised 250000 by popular subscription last Saturday for Coe college building and endowment fund. Earlier Rockefeller Foundation granted 100000, with a plan to subscribe 250000 more, totaling 650000 for three new buildings and endowment.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Rockefeller Foundation
Bank Officers Indicted In False Entry Scheme
C A Isaacs cashier of Forest City National Bank and H H Martinson former cashier of First National Bank Lake Mills freed on ten thousand dollar bonds under indictment for making false entries to defraud banks. Isaacs charged with thirty one counts and Martinson with nine. Amount involved not disclosed by federal authorities.
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C. A. Isaacs
Forest City National Bank
H. H. Martinson
First National Bank
Lake Mills
Isaacs
Martinson
Big Paving Contract at Hampton City Streets
Hampton prepares to award a paving contract for forty blocks of cement street work. This marks the first paving program in the city and the council expects to let the project soon.
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Hampton
Congressman Woods in Critical Condition in Iowa
Iowa report notes Congressman Frank P. Woods of the Tenth District is listed as critically ill with pneumonia. The dispatch cites family calls from California and references Nasal Catarrh remedies with Ely’s Cream Balm advertised for 50 cents.
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Estherville
Towa
Frank P. Woods
Tenth Town
California
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Hog cholera prevention advice from Champlain farmer interview
Hogs free from cholera through common sense and routine care, says H T Harris of Champlain TL. Harris describes feeding changes from old to new corn, exercise, and a medicine trough with a copperas sulfur glauber salts soda mix.
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J. J. Hathaway
Lamson Bros. & Company
Chicago
Bulletin-Journal
H. T. Harris
Champaign
Harris
Independence Bulletin-Journal
Holland Bulb Trade Expands Since 19th Century Growth
The Dutch bulb business, rooted in 1750, surged in the last two decades of the 1800s. About four million dollars of bulbs are exported annually. A federation of roughly three thousand growers governs trade, publishes a biweekly paper, arranges seasonal sales, tests new varieties, settles disputes, and organizes exhibitions abroad.
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Holland
Tempe Hotel Guarantees Sunshine Despite Weather Doubts
In Tempe Arizona a hotel owner offers refunds when sunshine fails but has not needed to remit guests in five years. The bowing gimmick aims to guarantee sunlit rooms, while other places toy with sun dependent rules and rotating rooms.
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France
Tempe
Salt River Valley
Arizona
Hen Lays Four Eggs in Ten Hours Cited by Transcript
The Boston Transcript reports a Brooklyn hen laid four eggs in ten hours as a supposed odd contribution to reducing the cost of living. The narrator claims the hen was unwell and indoors for health, prompting commentary that egg producers’ union agents should monitor such overproduction.
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Brooklyn
Boston Transcript
New London Dog Lovers Club Plans Novel Cloakroom
A London group forming a dog loving club seeks patronage from prominent figures. The venture includes a dogs cloakroom with attendants and facilities for boarding dogs while members attend, plus a catering section for canine meals. An accompanying complaint urges action against early lawn mowing and newspaper publication.
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London
Dogs
The Goat Hunter and the Ancient Coffee Tale
An Arabian hunter chasing a wild billy goat becomes lost in desert hills. After two days of wandering he camps and burns a bush containing beans. The scorched beans brew into a strong drink that restores his strength and helps him resume his journey home.
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Arabia
Billy
Waste paper and metal recycling yield in London area
The Corporation of London reports income from waste materials last year. Revenue included $2,235 from street waste paper, $605 from old tins, and $1,000 from disposal of refuse from orderly bins.
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Corporation of London
Senator Cummins Seeks Forty Battleships Through Panama Canal
A letter from Cummins' Panama exposition headquarters states he will introduce a bill in Congress to authorize sending at least forty battleships through the canal. It also says every foreign government will be invited to send battleships to join the procession.
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Cummins
Congress
Panama Canal
Panama Exposition
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