Iowa News Roundup Says Young Man Fatally Shot
Iowa report details a series of tragic events including the accidental shooting death of 17 year old Nels A Steisgaard near Hamlin, and other incidents such as a 90 year old widow’s long civic life, a boy smothered in a corn chute, amputation after a gun accident, and multiple legal actions across the state. The item notes community figures, railway acts, church moves, and municipal plans amid the era’s rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels A. Steisgaard
Peter Relegaard
Hamlin
Relsgaard
Phoebe Cornell
William Cornell
Waterloo
George Schmidt
Lake City
Ernest Bailey
Glenwood
A. C. Bailey
Glen
Ernest
George E. Bidwell
Cosson
Clay Thompson
Stuart
Thompson
Marjoria Ruggles
Omaha
Neb
Donald Taylor
Vinton
Robert Taylor
Davenport
George M. Boyd
Chicago
Jerry Carr
Linn County
Rock Island
Northwestern Railway
Santa Claus
Iowa State College
Transportation Laboratory
William Rickey
Washington
Mount Ayr
Iowa State Bank
Tom London
Jack London
Muscatine County
Charles R. Lynch
Green Mountain
Joseph A. Lynch
Joseph T. Lynch
Marshalltown
Great Western Railway
Lyle Woodard
Des Moines
J, T. Lynch
Great Western
Lynches
Woodward
Mississippi River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa
Kansas
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Mason City
Supreme Court
Samuel Arnold
Consolidated Independent School District of
Norwalk
Arnold
Fred Murray
Victor
J. B. Joyce
Masonville
Insanity Commission
Delaware County
Joyce
H. E. Martin
H. A. Hutt
Town Walls
Frank Lowers
Frankville
Lowers
Judge Foster
Sioux City
Mike Plannagan
Flannagan
Wesley Bland
M. T. Bickham
Bland
Municipal
Cedar Falls
Ida County
Board of Supervisors
State Board of Control
Anamoka
T. J. Sullivan
St. Patrick's Church
Cedar Rapids
al M. Adams
Humboldt Independent
Johny Ridgeway
Sigourney
Ridgeway
Commissioner of Pubic Works
Plans for Genius Work Assessors Report Progress
Plans for census work call for assessors to report biweekly progress. State weighs population estimates, supports more training, and aims to shorten ballot to improve election clarity. Sector updates include insurance, reformatories, and rate battle preparations across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. U. Swan
State Department
A. A Swan
Ducks Prove Ducks Destroy Mosquito Lifespan
Dr Samual G Dixon notes experiments from JAMA showing mallard ducks in a protected pond quickly rid it of mosquito pupae and larvae while a duck-free pond bred them, concluding ducks effectively reduce malaria and yellow fever vectors in swamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Samual G. Dixon
Pennsylvania Commissioner of Health
Dixon
Sage Tea and Sulphur Hair Remedy Ad
An old newspaper ad promotes Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy for darkening gray hair. It claims the mix restores natural color and improves scalp conditions, with easy application via a comb and brush and results seen by morning after one or two uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyath
Wyeth
The Reason in The Happy Irish anecdote
An unnamed Irish tour story notes a late call from a peasant about his 80 plus mother. The doctor recalls wind, cold, and emotional plea as the mother nears death, while acknowledging limits of medical help in the tale cited from Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Baghie
Ireland
Patrick
A Rare Sort of Visit and Taciturn Counsel
A playfully charged excerpt centers on a taciturn man named Pitter and a speaker who values restraint. The dialogue contrasts talkative habit with restraint while hinting at opinions on wartime responsibility and the desire to meet a person who avoids blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitter
Europa
California Syrup of Figs Promises Quick Inside Cleaning
Mothers are urged to give California Syrup of Figs to sick children as a safe laxative that cleanses the stomach liver and bowels. The ad touts a teaspoonful for feverish or irritable children and claims it prevents foul waste build up, with directions for all ages printed on the bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Puzzle for the Physician Teases a man who overdoes nothing yet ends up run down
A witty dialogue about a man deemed run down by overfaisiness. The physician explains that sea air is the cure and the patient asks to see its actual shape. The pun hinges on mishearing and medical pretenses of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ds Moines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Town Railroad Commission
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Towa
Tlinois
Kangaa
Des Moines
Quenched Resolve at the Inn
A young man seeks Misa Bluffham but is met by a crafty maid who feigns sincerity. He questions her word, hesitates, and departs in blush and disappointment, his confidence shaken by the deceitful exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tirad
Misa Bluffham
Overwork and Kidney Trouble Case in Oakley Ky
Oakley Kentucky resident James McDaniel describes ten months of pain from kidney and bladder disease after overwork. He cites packache, burning in the bladder, nervousness, swelling, and shortness of breath, claiming relief only after using Dodd's Kidney Pills from Dodd's Medicine Co. Buffalo NY. Free households hints, anthem, and recipes offered with ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McDaniel
Oakley, Ky
J. McDaniel
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
An Awful Mistake In Medical Misreadings
A jaunty exchange riffs on a surgeon misjudging a patient as having appendicitis and money, while a frustrated wife accuses her husband of bad character. The quip suggests the absurdity of mistaken diagnoses and misplaced expectations.
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Dordie Olda
Leroy W. Olds
Council Bluffs
Dennett
Cornell Bluffs
Dennis Frank
Jefferson County Hospital
Hurlington
Fairfield
Batlett
Central Town Fuel Company
Chariton
Warren Garst
Anamosa
Reformatory For
John L. Bleakly
State House
Bleakly
Palo Alto
State Insurance Department
Emory English
English
Anamosa Reformatory
J. C. Sanders
Fort Madison
W. B. Barney
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Mans
Ames
Ees
State Railroad Commission
Suchan
Algona and Calmar
Cascade
Wesley Greene
State Horticultural Society
Clarke
Greene
Pennsylvania
GO Acr
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
C. J. Broughton
W. Adame Street
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