Home Ice Plant Perfected At Iowa State College Aid
The Loescher Ryan Company of Dubuque Iowa with Iowa State College Ames engineering experiment station have perfected a household ice refrigeration plant. The system uses liquid ammonia absorption but eliminates surplus hydrogen gas making the unit safe and simple for home use. The station chemist Prof J B Coye aided in resolving chemical details enabling safer reliable operation for users and industry alike.
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Towa State College
Ames
Loescher, Ryan Company
Dubuque
Towa
J. 8. Coye
Robbery at Shellsburg Post Office
Four burglars entered the Shellsburg post office Monday night, blew the safe with nitro glycerine, and stole about 835. The theft occurred around 1 AM after street lights went out. James Lear, a local barber, saw the men. he lacked a telephone to raise the alarm. The glass panel was broken to gain entry. no mail was disturbed and the safe was wrecked.
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Shellsburg
James Lear
Lear
Perilous River Trip to DeSoto in Storm
During a Thursday night storm Chas Serene set out with women passengers for DeSoto. Engine trouble forced a tow to shore by fishermen, landing all on an island. Serene secured the Severson launch and completed the voyage, despite the bad night.
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Lansing
Chas
Serene
DeSoto
Charley
Severson
Tragic Worker Killed After Box Car Incident
Hans Christensen, a brick yard employee, died while returning to town after a shift. While near the Preston Bottling Works he tried to catch an iron ladder on a moving freight car, missed, and was run over. The wheels crushed his arm and hands and broke his neck.
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Preston
Hans Christensen
Long Lost Body Found After Elk Creek Flood
In Delaware county May 24, 186, flood ruins swept Elk Creek and drowned Mrs Bonnie. Her body was never found until last week when Barney Ingles unearthed a skeleton about a mile from the Bonnie home, near the old search site.
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Elk Creek
Delaware County
Bonnie
Barney Ingles
Father and Sons Drown in Cedar River Tragedy
Charles Mahlew and his sons Elmer and Chester drowned while fishing near Vinton in the Cedar River. The father and older son died after diving to save a drowning boy, as the younger boy and mother reached shore. The incident ended with three deaths and one survivor.
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Charles Mahlew
Elmer
Chester
Cedar River
Vinton
Mr. Mahew
New Round House and Yards Planned at North McGregor
The Milwaukee railway company selects the North McGregor site for a million dollar round house and yards. Work will start immediately with 200 to 500 workers over about 18 months. A large retaining wall and elevated tracks will protect against floods and a crew will construct extensive repair shops and a 40 to 50 locomotive capacity round house.
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North McGregor
Milwaukee Company
Henry Keene
Sawwell
Round House
Cemat
C. Sinclair
Milwaukee Railway Company
North Methregor
Largest tree in Jones county sparked debate in Iowa letters
John Clark of Jones county cites a farm cottonwood in Clay county as extraordinary. The tree reportedly measures 20 feet eight inches in girth at four feet above the ground and about 100 feet tall with a branch spread also near 100 feet, prompting controversy over Iowa’s biggest tree.
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Monticello Express
John Clark
Jones County
John Kennedy
Clay County
Caledonia Boy Injured by Runaway Cow
Ernest Muenkel, 6, was dragged and crushed when a cow tied to a lead rope bolted. The animal dragged him through two yards to the road, smashing his head on a post and suffering severe injuries.
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Ernest Muenkel
Caledonia
Muenkel, Sr
Prize Baby Beef Shipped in 94 Head to Bellevue Stock Yards
Three herds of the finest baby beef, the most valuable ever sent over the narrow gauge, were transferred at the Bellevue stock yards. The consignment totalled ninety four head, averaging thirteen months, mostly Herefords, priced at nine thousand dollars. One herd member weighed 1200 pounds at sixteen months.
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Bellevue
Hair Singed by Lightning In Stirling Moor
A young man in Stirling shire Scotland escaped injury after a moorland thunderstorm left him bareheaded and soaked. A flash of lightning singed his hair as he crossed the Killearn district moor, but he was otherwise unhurt.
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Stirlingshire
Scotland
Killearn
Peculiar Apple Horticulture Observed in Chickasaw County
In Chickasaw county apples show a strange cycle no longer alternating. Trees that bore heavily last year now yield a heavy crop this year and others that usually fruit biennially are bearing two consecutive years with fruit. No explanation is offered.
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Chickasaw County
Government River Work Bids Advertised for Rock and Lumber
The government seeks 50 000 cubic feet of rock between Harper s Ferry and Bellevue 150 000 feet of cull lumber between Harper s Ferry and Duy Ique and 80 000 feet of rock between Cassville and McGregor for river improvement projects.
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Harper's Ferry
Bellevue
Duy Ique
Cassville
McGregor
Look Good Feel Good With Dr ing's New Life Pills
An advertisement claims Dr ing's New Life Pills relieve constipation and restore energy. It urges buying a box, taking one or two pills at night, and waking with renewed vigor, priced at 25e at your druggist.
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Dr. Ing
Ady
Milk in the Cornanut: Iowa highway leagues amid reform talk
A column critiques Iowa farmers joining tax leagues aimed at paving state highways with bonds of 170 million dollars. It argues the real aim is to remove the highway commission and cites Atlantic Iowa as a cautionary example. It contends supervisors lack engineering expertise and warns against inflated road material costs.
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Iowa
Highway Commission
Atlantic
Towa
Messrs. Dora
State Highway Commission
Doran
Pitt
Greater Iowa Association
Boards of Supervisors
Fheater Iowa Association
Advertising line for Dr Thomas Electric Oil remedy
For any pain burn scald or bruise apply Dr Thomas Electric Oil the home remedy Two sizes 25¢ and a 50¢ at all drug stores Ady.
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Thomas
Ady
Gasoline blues trace of changing times and costs
A verse by Walt Mason laments rising gasoline prices that force daily sacrifices. The poem contrasts past cheap living with current need to prioritize fuel over groceries, clothing, charity, books, and leisure, noting how dollars now go to gas. The speaker reflects on the impact on family and community aid while chasing a motorized life.
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Charity
Walt, Mason
Burdock Blood Bitters Advertises Health Claim
An old advertisement promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy to improve wellbeing by purifying blood. It urges simple meals, exercise, and cleanliness for better health and lists a price of $1.00 per bottle.
Physician Endorses Roseone For Consumption In 1915 Okla Notice
Durant Oklahoma October 7 1915 a physician endorses vegetable remedy ROSEONE for consumption and tuberculosis in a letter to Sparling Company Cedar Rapids Iowa praising its curative preventive value and urging orders from drug stores or direct from the company The Bosporus description follows about the Istanbul Straits length and width.
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Durant Okla
Sparling Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chas, W. Baynham
William Sparling
Interstate Building
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Father and Sons
Dean
Milwaukee
Government River Work
Adv
Bosporus
Black Sea
Constantinople
Scutari
Iowa State Fair and Exposition
Des Moines
Hart Schaffner & Marz
Hart Schaffner
Marx
HS & M
America
EALER
Nate Aa
Recep
Cna
Eran
Tee Onseean
Nema
Citizens Savings Bank
Decorah
Sound Banking
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