Iowa Troops to Return from Border and Local Updates
Fort Des Moines reports Third Iowa to be mustered out before others arrive as cavalry and hospital corps depart Texas for home. Steele defeats Scott by 76 votes in Eleven Iowa district recounts while Cornall College receives 100,000 for campaign endowment. Buffalo Bill monument site discussed near Le Claire. hog prices soar to record highs. Iowa dairy train planned. Keokuk power dam damages settled. many local civic and war-related notes across the state.
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Iowa Cavalry
Iowa Field Hospital Corps
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Cavalry
Texas
Des Moinen
Steele-Scott
C. C. Hamilton
Tom J. Steele
George C. Scott
Steele
Sioux City
Cornall College
Mt. Vernon
Rockafeller Board of Education
Upper Iowa
Waterloo
Epworth
Cornell
James Henderson
Harrison County
Henderson
Magnolia
Logan
Chappel
Des Moines
State Institution
Glenwood
Towa
Willam F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Scott’ County
le Claire
Cody
Colonel Cody
Julia Cody Goodman
Wyo
Webster City
Fort Dodge Commercial Club
Second Iowa Infantry
Mexico
Fort Dodge
State Historical Society of
Old Capitol
Iowa City
Lemus Dwaite
Worth County
Northwood
New York
Sioux City National Guard
Brownsville
Baker
Iowa State Dairy Association
Chicago & Northwestern
Clinton
A. M. Deyoe
Ibsen
Mississippi River Power Company
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Independence
Kas
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Lohmniay Brothers
Fort , Madison
Greene
Butler County
United States Government
Flrst Infantry
State Treasury
Senate Appropriations Committee
State University of Iowa
State Board of Education
Iowa National Guardsmen
Europe
C. M. Worthington
Third
Iowa Infantry
Rock Island Arsenal
Keokuk, Power Dam
Iowa State College
Amos
F. C. Hinzta
Manly
Julius Ramsey
Myrtle
Minn
A. Rasmussen
Ottertall
Yr. D. Warner
Chris Lundhoy
Greenfield
James Grieg
Brookings
M. D
Tara Hawk
Black Hawk County
Ames
Miss Hawk
Meunt Ogburn
St. Charles
United States Navy
Army
France
Navy
Davenport Woolen Mills
Thomas Walsh
Elizabeth Scott
Burlington
Council of Suffrag Ista
Washington, D. C
Gilbert
Roscoe Harrison
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
State University
R. M. Dewey
Rockwell City
Losa
Tax
Free Text Books Poll Passed by House Committees
Des Moines reports a McFarlane bill allowing school districts to adopt free text books via a special election with a 10 percent petition. Tucker opposes signer requirements as undemocratic. Also, Grason’s bill raises township tuition payments for out of district high schools from 4.50 to 4 per month for smaller cities and first-class towns. Governor Harding signs a joint resolution on a prohibitory amendment with a proposed Oct 15, 1917 election. Senate favors wider roads and limits road width to 40 feet with other road and education measures advancing.
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Des Moines
McFarlane
House Schools Committee
Tucker
Clinton
Grason
Harding
Thas
Secretary of State
Thirty-seventh
General Assembly
Senate
House
Temperance Forces
Wilson
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Pet Sucker Drowns in Water Bucket Tale of Horatio the fish
Horatio, a famed fish, reportedly lived out of water after Oakland resident H Masters kept a constant temperature and slowly reduced water. The creature drowned when it wandered into a bucket of water, ending a bizarre experiment in the Oakland estuary.
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Oakland
Horatio
H. Masters
Masters
Boratio
Sleeps with Dead Sister in Gorham Home
Dr. George T. Gear and Harley Day found Misa Sabra Warren asleep beside her dead sister Julian Warren after six days. The elder woman aged seventy and sixty five lay with cats and hens in the Warren house, denying death. Both women had $7000 in Gorham banks and lived apart from others.
Trappers Survive Wolf Pack Attack Near Standish
Three trap pioneers Charles Leonard, George Weston and Bert Parker, returning from Lake Superior trapping trip, faced a wolf pack three miles from shelter. A warning shot scattered the wolves, but one trapper was badly mauled before the trio escaped to their cabin after a tense chase.
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Standish
Mich
Charles Leonard
George Weston
Bert Parker
Lake Superior
Tramp Proves To Be Woman In Georgia Arrest
In Thomasville Georgia investigators uncovered that one of two arrested hoboes was a woman. The couple gave false names Mat Smith and Bill Searey, but the man was found to be a woman and they confessed to being Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bessent of Jacksonville Florida. They planned to travel to Milwaukee Wisconsin and, lacking funds, chose to tramp with the wife disguising herself as a man to keep together.
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Thomasville
Mat Smith
Bill Searey
Bill
Arthur Bessent
Jacksonville
Fla
Milwaukee
Wis
California Syrup of Figs Adopts Gentle Laxative Tone
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to switch from harsh remedies to California Syrup of Figs for children's digestion. It touts a pleasant fruit laxative that cleans the stomach and bowels, claiming it suits all ages and prevents illness with a teaspoonful today.
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California
Physicians Question Abstemious Living And Longevity
A New York Sun report notes doctors debate whether strict temperance and abstaining from liquor tobacco coffee or tea extend life. Diamond Jim Brady, once noted for total abstinence, is cited as an example challenging certainty about the benefits of abstemious habits.
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Brady
Council of Physicians
Who
New York Sun
Meant All Right Musical Script Dialogue at Dealer
A lighthearted exchange from a Boston Evening Tran script shows a shop boy learning how to handle customer requests for instruments. The dealer explains showing mandolin flute or piccolo and even a lyre with the boy awaiting his lead.
Celebrated Author Baffles Puck With Ghost Story Exclusion
A famous author defeats a playful claim by Puck noting his ghost story did not include the sentence how long I slept I do not know. The remark centers on a short story contest seeking unprecedented themes and phrases.
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Bilthers
Puck
Cascarets Claim Relief for Bilious Headache
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a cure for biliousness and sick headaches by cleansing the stomach and bowels while you sleep. It argues foul-tasting bile and undigested matter are expelled, promising a clear head and regular liver by morning for 10 cents per box.
Contrasting Attacks and Social Shifts Mark Baltimore Chat
A Baltimore American column notes sharp attacks and denouncements on public discourse. A schoolgirl told her mother she would stop wearing short dresses, signaling changing youth fashion norms. The text playfully references wings and roosts, using whimsical phrasing.
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Chase
Senate Highway Committee
Frank Pellett
Atlantic
W. L. Harding
W. C. Stuckslager
Lisbon
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Clarke
A. B. Fuck
Stuckalager
General Dodge
H. KF
Grand Mound
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Thirty-seventh General Assembly
State Department
Kimball
Billa
Whitmore
Committee On
C. F. Kimball
Ratcliff
Montgomery County
Appanochse
Wit Ha
M. B. Pitt
State Capitol
State House
Wapallo
B. W. Newberry
Clayton
C. F. Lytle
Woodbury
Joe R. Price
Marion
A. L. Broaam
Jackson
Canary Cage
Julia
Baling
Bilious, Headacky
Sir “Cascarets
Baltimore American
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