Supreme Court Upholds Parole Authority in Iowa
The Iowa Supreme Court reverses Judge Towner and upholds the state board of parole as authority to release prisoners who began before the board’s 1907 inception. Ware, freed, sought habeas corpus. the court confirms parole power applies regardless of term start date, affecting about fifty-three prisoners.
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Supreme Court
Judge Towner
Sinte Las
State ‘Supreme Court
LeRoy Wars
State Board of Parole
State Board of Parolle
Ware
Towner
State Board of Control
Confesses Murder of Mrs Roberts by Henry Johnson
Henry Johnson, known as the wired man, has practically confessed to killing Mrs. Guy Roberts at Marathon. Authorities say he chopped the body after an alleged hallucination about the woman being bitten by a mad dog years earlier. Johnson, about 25, was treated in a Des Moines hospital for a serious illness last year and is jailed near Albert City with his mother.
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Henry Johnson
Guy Roberts
Marathon
Johnson
Des Moines
Lux Prices Cut by LDS Church for Charity Cereal
The national bakeries of the Church of the Latter Day Saints will halve cereal prices for philanthropic reasons, extending to Battle Creek Sanitarium products and bread from their bakeries. A missionary training school will open at Hutchinson Minnesota and a medical school at Loma Linda California. First Will Broken in County. The will of Christ Schumann is the first jury broken will in Marshall County District Court, leaving $60,000 to five sons and a widow, with $1,500 and a feather bed to daughter Amelia Garrigan of Grinnell. 80,000 Fire Loss at Knoxville. A fire caused $6,000 damage to Bell Clothing Company and destroyed the Bell store. Singer office and D MacMinnis grocery burned. Carroll Pardons Dr Croftford. Governor Carroll pardons Dr J W Croftford of Decatur County after new evidence suggests innocence, following a state parole board recommendation. Swedish Lutheran Hospital to Des Moines. The Iowa eastern Missouri conference plans a $600,000 hospital in Des Moines, likely to begin this year. Octave Thanet Wow New Novel. Miss Alice French of Davenport completes a new novel titled By Inheritance. Confesses Many Robberies. Robert Lee Moyers, Davenport arrest, admits a series of robberies after threatening his landlady with a revolver. Sought Eloper Nabbed. Governor Roberts, wanted in Burlington for eloping with Miss Pad Jock, is arrested in Davenport. complaint filed by the girl’s parents.
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Church of the Latter Day Saints
Des Moines
Nothern Union
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Battle Creek
Hutch-ingon
Minn
Loma Linda
Cal
Marshall County
Christ Schumann
Laurel
Schumang
Amelia Garrigan
Grinnell
Mystery Burials Probe Sparks State Health Investigation
State health investigators probe mysterious burials across the state last year with no burial permits or vital statistics reports. Officials anticipate disclosures from sextons doctors and undertakers to enforce filing laws and curb unreported deaths amid suspected infant deaths and other concealed burials. In unrelated news J A Ratcliffe died from a gasoline stove explosion in Harlan as his family escaped in night clothes, while D W Cattey broke a leg chasing the fire. Nellie Taylor was found not guilty after a three hour jury deliberation in Des Moines.
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State Board of Health
Summer
J. A. Ratcliffe
Harlan
Ratcliffe
D. W. Cattey
Nellie Taylor
Des Moines
Minor State Items Highlights From Waterloo to Des Moines
A Black Hawk County Rural Letter Carriers Association meeting occurs in Waterloo courts. J W Campbell, Polk County pioneer, dies in Wikhart township. Iowa's express rate hearing moves to March 15 after manufacturer and Des Moines committee request. Des Moines to host 1911 Berkshire congress. Indianapolis competed in Springfield. Sam Larson, near Remsen, imports a 3100 ball and dehorning leads to a death during the process. Mason City mass meeting forms committees for State Sunday school convention June 21–24. Rev C A Henry to transfer from Clinton to Ottumwa Lutheran Church around April 10. Wright farm home near Centerville burns with contents. George Roberts arrested in Davenport for deception via mock marriage. Muncatine Independent Republicans nominate city ticket including Hill, Reesink, Carl, Barnard, Kern. George A Gates to address Grinnell graduation next January. Jessie Gerhart, 19, medicated for poisoning after a rejected romance. hospitalised but not fatal. Charles Hard near Unionville commits suicide after farewell note. he leaves a 1200 acre farm. City council probes Council Bluffs typhoid rise. Kossuth County druggists agree to temporary injunctions against illegal liquor selling amid expected dry season.
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Black Hawk
Des Moines
Berkshire Congress
Indianapolis
Iowa
Sprinfield
Pleven
Sam Larson
Near
Remsen
Mason City
C. A. Henry
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Clinton
Ottumwa
Grace Tadlock
George Roberts
Davenport
Burlington
Muncatine
W. 8. Hill
Charles H. Reesink
Tudge
Joh
Carl
Thomas Barnard
Clinton Hospital
Charles Hard
Unionville
Women lead public health milks and child care drive
The movement started with New York diet kitchens for expectant and nursing mothers and sick individuals. Women organize through visiting nurse associations, Little Mothers, and League of Home Economies to train mothers and standardize milk, with public health education expanding nationwide.
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Nurge
Associationa
Little Mothers’ Association
League of Home Economies
Woman Physicians of
America
Changing the Vibration and Health with Grape Nuts
An advertisement promotes a meatless breakfast of fruit Grape-Nuts with cream, crisp toast, and Postum. It claims health improves as nutrition shifts to easily digested foods, noting natural phosphate of potash in the grains supports brain and nerve function. A few days’ use supposedly yields nervous strength. it directs readers to look in plugs for The Road to Wellville and to search for There’s a Reason.
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Wellville
Indignant Woman Confronts Park Policeman in Youth's Companion
Miss Cynthia Barker witnesses a policeman clubbing a prisoner from an elevated train. She confronts him in a park where he entertains children, learning he defended his action as necessary. The tale, from Youth's Companion, ends with a lesson on perspective.
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Cynthia Barker
Miss Cynthia
Cynthia
North End
Portrait of a Father and Child Taste in Books
A tale about Dr. Hale and his son reflecting on child readers and literary tastes. The father frets at sensational juvenile heroes until a boy asks for a specific history tale, Mary Queen of Scots, sparking a moment of shared reading.
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Edward Everett Hate
Hale Price
Jack Harkaway
Deadwood Dick
Dr. Hale
Best White Walnicost Fountain Pen Gaffe
A Chicago Tribune item notes Wie Best White Walnicost mishandled a fountain pen by inserting green ink and assembling the pen, then pocketing it upside down, leaving him the maddest man in town.
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Chicago Tribune
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Ad
An advertisement claims the product cures colds feverishness teething disorders and stomach troubles in children within 24 hours and cites more than 10 000 testimonials. It states the powder is available at druggists for 25 cents and offers a free mailed sample from Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York.
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Mother Gray
Druuwists
Ayk
Allen S. Olmated
le Roy
Teapot, Family Heirloom Spanning Centuries
A quaint teapot claims a family lineage back to 1810, suggesting a century plus of use. The playful exchange notes enduring history and a nod to long service across generations.
How Doctor Cured Scalp Disease Story from Georgia Patient
A 10 year old describes a scalp disease like scald head, hair loss, and months of suffering. A doctor advised Cuticura Remedies which cured him in weeks. He later used Cuticura for hand breaks and saw great benefit. Miss Jessie F. Buchanan, Hamilton Georgia, January 7, 1908.
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Jessie F. Buchanan
Hamilton, Ga
Barnum Endorses Cultura Remedies For Three Seasons
P T Barnum, famed circus organizer, stated that Cultura Remedies were effective in every case within his medicine chest during the last three seasons with his shows. He testified to their usefulness and cheerfully certified their efficacy.
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Barnum
P. T. Barnum
Avery
Spread of the Movement in a Cooking School Dialogue
In a brief exchange Mrs. Rawler and Mrs. Crossway discuss cooking traditions. Mrs. Rawler recalls attending a cooking school to make vegetable dishes taste like meat, while Mrs. Crossway notes the growing distrust of the trust has spurred efforts to make vegetables taste utterly unlike meat.
Catarrh Cure Promoted By Cheney Company Ad
An old advert claims catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease and must be treated internally. It promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy that reaches blood and mucus surfaces. The notice also mentions Wall’s Family Pills for constipation and a Chicago Tribune quote about sermons on virtue.
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Hall
BF. J, Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugeists
Wall
Quotable Quip About London Chauffeur Clocks In
A Chicago Tribune remark jokes that an imported London chauffeur knows his business perfectly yet occasionally clogs the car’s machinery by dropping an N into it, poking fun at mispronunciation.
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Chicago Tribune
Marine Eye Remedy Ad Promotes Eye Health Product
An early 20th century advertisement invites readers to write Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago for a 48 page illustrated book on eye care. It claims Marine Eye Remedies relieve sore eyes strengthen weak eyes soothe eye pain and cure various eye ailments with a 60 cent cost.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
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Octave Thanet
Robert Lee Moyers
Springfield
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Gav. Roberts
Pad Jock
Council Bluffs
Kossuth County
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Charles Easter
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N. Jackson
Fruktort
Ind
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