Iowa and Texas storms and farm notes in 1914 era
Town manufacturing grows across the nation with U S Commerce data showing 17.3 percent more establishments 27.5 percent more workers and 73.3 percent higher wages from 1904 to 1914. Severe Texas coastal storm drives troops from Brownsville camps while Iowa reports onion crop potential and dairy progress at Oakdale Sanatorium.
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United States Department of Commerce
Texas
National Guard
Brownsville
Parker
Iowa
Clarinda
Colonia Victoria
Matamoras
Iowa Boys
Carranua
Insurance deposits rise as Iowa firms expand state filings
A Des Moines report details Iowa life insurance companies operating in the state depositing securities with the state department. Total deposits since 1914 reach 12.69 million with net gains of over 15 million in two years, while withdrawals total about 22 million leaving 71.3 million in balance. The largest Iowa company posted a 4.31 million gain in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
KhoWn
State Insurance Department
Cocka
Rio Grande
Brownayvilla
Brownsville
Revenue Department
Tia
Auditor of State
Taxia
Food and Dairy Department
Quincy A. Wis
Wealthy waiter gains 50 thousand from Austrian heirship
West Forty first street head waiter Sam Loerlstein learns he inherited a $50,000 Austrian estate. Vienna and Park Row lawyers connect the windfall, via his late uncle Captain Franz von Diesedorf, while Sam vows to stay on the job and avoid idleness or tax trouble. He notes he is a waiter by choice and a capitalist only by chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Caesar
Sam Loerlstein
Sam
West Forty First Street
Ian
Austria
Park Row
Vienna
Franz von Diesedorf
Oly
60,000-volt shock survives near Hartford
Hartford Connecticut Francis P B of Bristol is recovering after a 60,000 volt electric shock coursed through his body while on a power house roof. Physicians call his case remarkable as most of his body shows severe burns from the contact with the high tension distributing frame during a storm damage reconnaissance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Francis P. B
Bristol
Bill
Very Eccentric Quote Sparks Historical Wit
An exchange defines eccentricity as a man who insists on living life his own way. The dialogue hints at social views on individuality and nonconformity in a period context.
Don’t Lose Anther Hair With Cuticura Advertising Card
Promptural ad text touts Cuticura products for dandruff itch scalp and hair thinning claiming high effectiveness. Recommends applying Cuticura Ointment on itchy spots then using Cuticura Soap with hot water and offers a free sample by mail via a postcard to Cuticura Dept Ly Boston. Sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. Ly
Boston
Mother First as Guard Remains King of Hearts
During mobilization, crowding at the Minots camp forced a rule allowing only one visitor per regiment. A Guardsman faced the choice among his mother sister and fiancee and chose his mother, arguing that honoring a mother reflects on his future care of his wife.
Cleanliness and godliness Referenced in Quotation
The fragment cites cleanliness as next to godliness with a Pittsburgh man noting it is nearly impossible elsewhere. The snippet contrasts moral virtue with practical difficulty and includes dialectal phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Beware of the man who has a mania for apologies
A pithy saying warns against trusting those who overabundantly apologize, suggesting insincerity or manipulation behind frequent contrition. The line invites scrutiny of motives and suggests skepticism toward excessive self-blame.
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Prohibition State Central Committee
Lst
Oskaloosa
Ww. Q. Tannereuther
Waterloo
O. D. Elfett
Marshalltown
Carl Lewig
Morris Bailey
Fitch
Towa
Ben Black
Audubon
State Teachers' College
Lyon
Osceola
O'Brien
Dickinson
Emmet
Palio Alv
Kossuth
Winnebago
Hancock
Hamilton
Butler
Howard
Chickasaw
Bremer
Black Hawk
Jones
Monong
Guthria Ringgold
Lucas
Monroe
Iowa State Dairy Association
Oakdale
Washington, D.C
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company of
Chicago
E. C. Bishop
Iowa State College
Ames
Town City
Town National Guard
University
Farm Loan Or Rural Credits Board
Sioux City
Orange City
Das Moines
South Dakota
Frank Wilson
Dea Moines
The
Luther League
Eagle Grove
United States
Commercial Club
Marshall County
Charles Brown
B. J. Lookabil
Hastings
Iowa City
Edward Paltani
Fort Dodge
Paltan
Gorizia
John J. Coady
Rockwelley
Webster-Calhoun
Calhoun County
Insurange Report
Life
Companisas
Businesa
Jon. F.’Wall
Ccounty Accounting Department
Feas
County Accounting Department
Lowangs
Regaca de la Palma
Virginia
Rice Villa
Taylor
Edwin
Fleur
Des Moines Machine Gun Company
Trucka
Progressives
W. 8. Allen
Progressive State Central Committee
Ss. H. Basher
R. J. Lockard
Iowa County
Fred L. Cash
Hamilton County
Slaventh
Metcalf
State Board of Education
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
John T. Charles
J. B. Paul
Peter Lutem
Catherine Wilson
Margaret Uttley
Alice Wagenvoord
Charles G. Thomas
Fort Madison
Board of Parole
Thomas
John T. Mulvaney
Board
Mabel Schofield
Hird
Fred
Tawa National Guard
War Department
Brookhart
State Board of Health
Higgins
Bristol, Conn
Man
Jet
NEW Home Sewing Machine CO
Orange
Mass
Hha
Jnemat
Ftanta
Beara
Fletcher
Francee
Jilinois
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