Iowa towns form branch of Town Ant Industry to fight hog cholera
Marshall county units organize as the Marshall county branch of the Town Ant Industry association to prevent hog cholera outbreaks. C E Arney of Albion elected president Warl Willits of Mgor secretary Hach township will provide a township representative. Dr W W Knowles, federal inspector, led organizing and will extend to Tama county. The report also notes troops on the Texas border, Iowa State dairy team placing third at Springfield, and a wave of 1916 local improvements across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa State Collage
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Springfield
Mass
W. L. Henderson
Randall
Ames
United States
Nebraska
Firet
Kansas
Amen
Henderson
J. A. Sturtevant
Gloux City
L. ¥. Wilson
Grinnell
Haat Waterloo
Middle West
Logan
Allen
Secretary of State
Marshall
Masay City
Towa
J. A H. Etrief
Yowa State Federation of Labor
Gtrika
Esgreement
Penn College
Os- Kaloosa
College Farm
Knoxville
Roy Stuart
Charles City
King Hows of
Buffalo Center
Mr. Stuart
B. K. Hoffert
Marshalltown
Oakdale
H. V. Gearborough
Iowa workers seek higher min pay and insurance yet
Des Moines dispatch reports recommendations to raise Iowa workers compensation minimum from five to six dollars weekly and maximum from ten to twelve, amid 31,742 injuries in two years and only 6,869 receiving benefits, critics cite widespread lack of employer insurance and enforcement gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
A.B. Funk
Funk
Industrial Commission
Ita
Elopement Scandal Tows Boston Families Into Turmoil
Charles Gretter, 45, treasurer of Louis 8 Merry bakery, elopes with his son Lestie’s sweetheart Mildred Merrill, a 22 year old stenographer. The affair shocks Gretter’s wife and daughters as telegrams reveal Mildred’s departure from Worcester. Authorities unclear on Mildred and Gretter’s whereabouts. Mrs Gretter seeks restoration of her daughter. Merrill pleads for his wife’s return while noting prior family losses.
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Boston
Mass
Charles H. Grotter
Louis 8. Merry Company
Bakers
Malden
Aumter
North Weymouth
Lestie
Massachusetts
el Paso
Tex
Mildred Merrill
Fred Mermill
Eastman Road
Somerville
Mildred
Worcester
Dumb Cane Prank Reunites Mrs Kearne With Voice
In St Louis Mr and Mrs John Kearne visited a botanical garden where a gardener described a leaf called dumb cane as speechless. Intrigued he fooled his wife into biting the leaf say ing to stop her chatter. At city hospital she recovered and the husband paid the bill admitting disbelief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
John Kearne
Kearne
City Hospital
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Helps Indiana Woman
An Indianapolis housewife describes severe illness and thinness, stating she weighed 109 pounds and stayed in bed. After five months on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she gained to 133 pounds, did housework, and credits the remedy with saving her life. She urges other women to try it and invites advice from the Pinkham company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Lydia H. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. We. Green
Addison Street
de E
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Beb
Nursery door inscription shields Japan from measles
The London Lancet notes at Wellcome Historical Medical Museum an exhibit on Japanese charms amulets votive offerings and objects of medical interest. Among items are nursery notices about child health and safety. Toys include a yellow tiger with a wagging head once used as an exorcism against palsy and limb dumbness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
London Lancet
Raw Recruits and the Strain of Militia Training
Rex Bench argues that militia endurance at the Mexican border was stretched beyond its limit. He compares the training paths of fledgling recruits to seasoned fighters, noting a six week shape up for a prize fighter and urging longer prep before deployment comparable to England’s year of hard work prior to Flanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Bench
England
Flanders
Sahara
Arabian
Real Estate Note Swamped by Affluence Wet Lands
Real estate item notes land is flooded by its own affluence. Subbubs remarks on swampy conditions caused by wealth.
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Lage
Chicago
D. P. Gale
Marghalstown
Gale
Jesse A. Fonda
Fonda
Christian Science
Gales
Dean Franklin
Indianola
Charles H. Bryant
Mason City
Bryant
New York. Infantry
College of Medicine
The
State University
Doctor McClintock
Thomas F. Riley
Keokuk
Keokuk & Des Moines Railroad
Riley
Kedatt & Des Moines
Lee Fleming
Shenandoah
Fleming
Frank Wirth
Union
Wirth
August Post
Moulton
Bloomfield
Post
Misa Line
Moulton High School
David Tipton
Elinor Era
Mississippi River
Quincy
Sydney
St. Paul
St. Louia Dry
A. M. Degas
L. P. Anderson
State Food and Dairy Commission
Simon Miller
Ashton
Lindquist Company
Spencer
Charles Lockner
Meridan
Costa
F. W. Blaveseon
J. J. Marcuses
Maquoketa
Rail Commission
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Colfax Northern Railway
Colfax
Valeria
Dallas County
Interurban Railway Company of
Woodward
Witthopt Bros
Page Center
Burlington Railroad
State Board of Control
Cherokee
Independence
W. J. Dixon
State Automobile Department
State House
Wesley Greene
State Dairy and Food Commission
State Fish and Game Department
C. Hinshaw
State Fish and Game
Hinshaw
American Prison Congress
Buffalo
David ©. Mott
Marengo
Lowr
Parals
John @. Howe
J.C. Sandara
Fort Madison
Mott
A. Robbing
State Dairy and Food Department
State Board of Education
Statehouse
Pearson
Iowa State College
Bremer County
Ear
J. &. Wall
County Accounting Department
State
State Hospital
Little Sioux
State Automobile Registration Department
Executive Department
Government Service
Washington, D. C
Lowana
Washington
Pennsylvania
WIT
Edward Lytton
Weighta and Measures
Male
Mr. Gretter
Misa Merrill
Miss Merrill
Gretter
Carter
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