Iowa State News Roundup From Dallas to Donnellson
A sprawling Iowa digest notes no deaths in Dallas and Melcher for 4912, a mail matter arrest-linked case in Boone, cattle sales in Bedford, grain tests with Iowa State cooperation, legal actions in Davenport and Sioux City, railroad and road developments, school and county projects, fires and accidents across multiple towns, and political nominations and obituaries shaping the state's year.
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Ernest Emick
Boone
Emick
Myrtle Gerber
Welcome, Minn
Post Office
Caine
O. M. Henry
Bedford
Taylor County
Iowa
William Lewis
Davenport
Walter Sage
Sage
Lewis
Rock Island
Peoria
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
O'Brien County
Sioux City
John Sullivan
M. H. Damon
Damon
Bell
Monroe Hotel
Fred Sanborn
Tama
John Hegardt
Crinnell
Searsboro
Milwaukee
Coon River
Round House
Perry
Allison-Henderson
Dubuquets
Creston
Winterset
Des Mafines
Macksburg
Emmet
North Engish
Mia
Anna Small Ratliff
Ephraim Ratliff
Salem
Towa
Taft
Eugene M. Crosswall
Wartham
EL. Thompson
Corwith
William Hahne
Webster City
Northwestern
Estherville
Milsworth
Dolliver
Hilpworth College
Haworth College
FO. Ellsworth
Iowa Falls
Johnson County
Inment Reasland
Rank Alberhasky
Rensland
Bonda
Alberhasky
Louie Emahiser
Rock Island Railway Company
Nmahiser
Southeastern Iowa
Donnellson
Lee County Farmers’ Institute
Jerry Reichal
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Reichal
Arthur Harman
Audubon
Peterson
John Broessel
Dubuque County
Richards Villa
Mason City
James Iarrier
James H. Hawley
Idaho
Jefferson Club
Des Moines
William J. Bryan
Moreka
Yorktown
Farmers’ Elevator Company
Farmers’ Lumber Company
Sac City
A. P. Hageard
Aman
George A. Lincoln
Elmer C. Hinshaw
Lake Okoboji
Isaac Roberts
Bonaparte
Keokuk
Charles Gates
Bremer-Butler
Fred Rober
Blakesburg
Trine Jy Te
Puke Lesauyeu
T. G. Northwall Company
le Grand Goff
Ruthven
George Swisher
Iowa Legislature Likely to Delay State School Changes
Senate and House subcommittees plan a conference with the state board of education to propose a compromise on the proposed changes to courses of study at Iowa City Cedar Falls and Ames. A commission appointed by Governor Clarke would investigate and report to the next general assembly while changes remain on hold. A separate workers compensation bill extends relief payments to injured employees with limitations on coverage and penalties for noncompliance.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
Ames
Iowa
Senate
House
State Board of Education
Clarke
General Assembly
Aveganice
Iowa State Manufacturers’ Association
State ‘Sability Commission
Executive Council of the Guate
Has Lived Under 3 Flags in Cumberland County History
Philadelphia readers learn that Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, once hosting famous taverns and inns, is losing eighteenth century landmarks tied to the nation’s founding. The region uniquely endured British, American, and Confederate rule, with Carlisle serving as a key Revolutionary War troop rendezvous.
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Philadelphia
Cumberland County
Carlisle
Early taverns shaped colonial and revolutionary Carlisle life
The piece traces how taverns evolved from ordinary houses to vital public inns in Puritan and colonial America, noting Massachusetts and Pennsylvania laws, and detailing Carlisle landmarks. It highlights Thomas Trimble’s tavern near North and East streets, favored by officers, and a Revolutionary era tavern at South Hanover Street and Locust alley that housed Major Andre and Lt Despard before their own flag.
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General Court of
Massachusetts
America
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
North
Iast
Carlisle
Thomas Trimble
Andre
Despard
Montgomery
Cumberland County
South Hanover Street
Locust Alley
Brain of Gauss kin weighed after death in Denver
Charles H. Gauss of St Charles Missouri died of heart disease, twelve hours after his brother Robert W Gauss died in Denver. Robert, a 28 year Denver Republic editorial writer, requested his brain be preserved and weighed for comparison with his grandfather Paul F Gauss the noted German mathematician. The Gauss brain weighed 1492 grams at Paul Gauss's death.
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Denver
Colo
Charles H. Gauss
St. Charles
Robert W. Gauss
Paul F. Gauss
Denver Republican
Hhe
Dead Man Wakes Before Embalming in Pennsylvania
In Whysves, Pa., long-time resident Harry Brigham, believed dead by his family after days of illness, woke during embalmment preparations and asked for breakfast. He ate, then felt better, prompting a call to an undertaker and later a physician after two hours of trying to rouse him.
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Corning
Harry Brigham
Whysves
Brigham
Torla Compound touted as fastest rheumatism cure
The piece promotes Torla Compound as the quickest and most reliable cure for rheumatism and backache. It instructs buyers to obtain the original sealed package and syrup of Saranparilin chin Pound, mix with whiskey, and take a tablespoon before meals and at bedtime. If unavailable, the druggist will source it from a wholesaler. The notice warns against patent medicines and claims authenticity from Globe Pharmaceutical Laboratory of Chicago.
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Resulia
Globe Pharmaceutical Laboratarion O Chivage
Determined Statesman Signals Private Life Retreat
The industrious statesman declares retirement to private life as a tactic to capture public attention, stating it seems the sole method presently available to draw notice and focus.
Diggs Can Dash Off Opigrame In A Moment’s Thought
A playful local item notes how Diggs can rattle off opigrame with ease while another line muses that such speech sounds a certain way. The quip reflects regional wit and a momentary linguistic flourish.
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Diggs
Portraits and a quarrel over likeness in a studio
A motor stops in front of a photographer’s studio where a woman of flawless appearance enters. After proofs are shown she protests none resemble her, the photographer loses temper, shouting about the sign. An odd interlude features a mocked remedy advertisement and lighthearted asides about a sleepy man.
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