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Elgin Echo in Elgin, Iowa

08 Jul 1915

Page 7

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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1915

Page

7

Iowa News Roundup of Illness Deaths and Local Events

A sprawling Iowa wire reports a series of deaths and accidents including Mrs. Rena Janasan and her daughter buried together after a failed operation, a mother dying after a fall, and a judge not notified of the mother's death. It covers bank meetings, highway spending in Lincoln county, unique local crimes, a mastodon tooth display, a new Elks building, and various civic happenings from Ames to Atlantic.

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Rena Janasan Rena Burchinal Theospital Hamburg Iowa Telephone Company Missouri Frank Stephenson Ottumwa Anamosa F. M. Hunter George Brizending Stephenson Iowa Rudolph Kluever Audubon County M.D. Myers Q. O. Reel Logan Nebraska Dakota Stafford Modale Glenn Hutchinson Sioux City Jas. Flackhart Boone North Side Wlockhart W. M. Greeley Union National Base of Ames Louis DeVries Iowa State College Germany University of Gralsswald XE. B. Hillman Hamburg Electric Riverton Charley Myers Cox Gand Missouri Valley Elks Atlantic Atlantic Lodge Harry Cowles E. Cowles West Union Bathune France Canada Phi Delta. Theta Walter Hoover Harlan Sethes Henry Wilson Earl Riddle Denison Mart Maude Adam Walker Burlington Railroad Creston Andrew Danielson Decorah Robert Wharton Bussey Des Moines Iowa Bankers’ Association Waterloo John Dinwiddie Cedar Rapida American Bankers’ Association John McHugh Bronx City Iowa National Guard Artillery Cliinton R. S. Whitley Congress National Guard Arthur Parker Davenport Parker William Becket Calmar Catt United States Boone County State Supreme Court Kamrar Boone District Court 4. E. Potts Dairy Department America State University of Iowa Grant Edwards Carl Chariton Onawa Hasegun Imogene Commercial Club of State Association of County Attorney’s Fort Dodge W. McManus Keokuk J. J. Sharpe Hampton B. J. Wenner Rush Morris Washington Lake Shore Boulevard Montrose John Scott Board of Supervisors A. A. Cavanagh Murray County Minnesota Father Farrelly Catholic Church John McCarten Council Bluffs James McGuire Sanborn Minn McCartney Boone-Webster City Dyer Loring Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
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Iowa Health Board Seeks Bigger Powers and Funds

The biennial report of the Iowa state board of health calls for better quarters and more money to advance state health work. It covers activities through June 30, 1914, notes large death counts including infant mortality, and urges expanded authority. Other items include road laws, state coal and clothing contracts, oleomargarine regulation, and new appointments in state agencies.

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Des Moines State Board of Health Health ‘Department G. H. Sumner Capitol Treasury Iowa State Board of Control Middle West Bida Board of Control Board of Education Executive Council
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Gentle Heat Care for Horses Warns Against Cold Water

A veterinarian cautions that splashing overheated horses with cold water risks shock and death. He advises gradual cooling starting with the mouth, then bathing the legs, then the head and neck, while keeping the kidney region dry to prevent heat injury.

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Editorial clash over town newspaper leadership sparks quarrel

In Torpidville a comic quarrel unfolds as the editor laments a rival who thinks he can run a newspaper better, while Mortimer Morase retorts that many might. The exchange appears in a Kansas City Star quote, reflecting bitter debate over local press governance.

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Torpidville Tocsin and Guardian the Hearthstone Mortimer Morase Kansas City Star
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War Talk Over Shells Warned by Titewad

Fragmentary exchange shows T and Titewad discussing artillery shells, noting a 12 inch shell cost of $500 and a proposed 17 inch shell, with a remark that one would not fire such a shell at a worst enemy.

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Titewad
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Old bachelors reject girl baby until sweet sixteen

A dated remark asserts most bachelors withhold affection until a girl reaches sixteen, deeming any infant kiss inappropriate. The tone reflects era norms on romance and age.

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Longest Working Men Defend Themselves In Labor Efforts

A fragmented report notes men who toil the longest may defend their positions against those who attempt to work them. The incomplete wording suggests labor or employment tensions, with emphasis on endurance and resistance amid work dynamics.

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In the Trenches and a Call to Glory

War era snippets describe trench life with lines about no blankets and covering with glory. The dialogue hints at a mysterious figure deemed important, while phrases about air and alasma appear in the muddled OCR text.

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Bliesful Ideal meeting prompt humor from applicant

The applicant for summer board jokes about wishing for no mosquitoes and constant chicken and vegetables, while Farmer Countessel responds with, What place are you looking for Heaven.

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Scott Countessel
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Resembled Dining Car Tramp Arrested in Red Wing

Jim Sullivan, a typical American tramp, was arrested in Red Wing Minnesota carrying a kitchen cabinet under his coat. Readable items included eight large raw potatoes weighing seven pounds, a quart bottle of sweet milk, a loaf of wheat bread, tea, rolls, two one pound packages of ground coffee, two aluminum salt and pepper shakers, glass jar with vinegar, a raw onion, and two Japanese paper napkins.

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Jim Sullivan Red Wing Minn
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From a Sinners Diary Judge Lynette Fremire In

A clipped verse like reflection notes a sinner’s luck and hypocrisy. It mocks doctors over liver care while scorning tender hearts and warns of choosing death or a cursed life. The voice is sardonic and apostrophic, with archaic spelling and a punchy moral stance.

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Lynette Fremire
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Sumner Thirty-sixth General Assembly Thirty-fifth Assembly State Highway Commission W. B. Barney Barney Lloyd Tennant Fort Madison Penitentiary Charles H. Sullivan Board of Parole Mr. Tennant Danville San Francisco Clarke H. 8. Longley Anna M. Edworthy W. J. Pilkington B. F. Carroll Eli C. Perking Derhi Leslie EH. Francis Spirit Lake Polk County George Cosson W. Garrett Surpreme Iowa City Supreme Court Anna M. DeCastellone City of Cedar Rapids New York Tom Osborne Anamosa Reformatory Osborne Towa Herrold Farm Herrold Station State Reformatory For Women Emory H. English State Food and Dairy Department Hoss Vaterinarian Duntson's Post Lin Pot Eo Ee
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