State reports show inmate costs varying across Iowa institutions
The October to December 1909 quarter cost Iowa state institutions from 40 to 90 cents per inmate daily, with Oakdale sanitarium at 2.11 dollars and Independence state hospital the cheapest at 40 cents. Inmates per facility include Anamosa 452, Cherokee 897, Clarinda 1,062, and Independence 1,181, among others. Oakdale 78, Knoxville 143.
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McCown
Des Moines
Mar
Oakdale
State Board of Control
A. B. McCown
Independence
Iowa City
Knoxville
Anamosa State Reformatory
Cherokee State Hospital
Clarinda State Hospital
Council Bluffs
Independence State Hospital
Oakdale Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Knoxville Inebriate Asylum
Mitchellville Industrial School For
Mount Pleasant State Hospital
Vinton College For the Blind
Biblical name joke and oat nutrition noted
Mrs. Jackson bets on a biblical name Hallud for her baby, while a bishop jokes about the pronunciation. A Success Magazine quote praises Quaker Oats and quotes Yale Professor Fisher and Sir James Crichton Browne favoring oatmeal for strength and endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Gallier
Success Magazine
Prof. Fisher
Yale University
James Crichton Browne
Ll.d
F.R.S
London
Fisher
Widow Grieves Loss Yet Finds Help in Life
A Connecticut hill village visitor learns in a city store that Mr Green has lost his wife three months earlier. The widower consoles her mistake with grim humour noting he still has good help at home.
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Herman Crockett
Kirkwood Hotel
Mabel Bardine
London
Young Crockett
Sioux City
Connecticut
Mr. Green
Simple Prescription for Rheumatism Promoted
An article touts a homemade remedy using syrup of sarsaparilla, Toris compound, and whiskey with instructions to take a tablespoon before meals and at night. It claims good effects from day one and says druggists can supply the ingredients.
Optimism Kicker about fly screens and exits
A light exchange depicts a landlord noting flies enter easily through screens while teasing they also escape just as readily. The remark emphasizes a pragmatic view of simple walls and cheerful resilience in a domestic setting.
Test Your Corn Seed with Geo H Lee Corn Tester
Omaha inventor Geo H Lee offers a corn tester usable anywhere and adaptable to incubators, enabling simultaneous seed and egg testing. Available in 200 ear for 3.50 dollars and 500 ear for 5.00 dollars with descriptive circulars by mail from the Geo H Lee Co Omaha Neb.
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Geo. H. Lee
Omaha
GEO. H. Lee CO
Omana
Neb
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Samuel Pitcher
the Centaur Company
New York
Foodom
Bears
Castoria
Wetman
Spohn Medical
Jiser Chewing Tobacco
United States
Wrigley
Yaa Lwrigley
Great Western Portland Cement
Great Western Portland Cement CO
Finsi'scii
Gostly
Oakland
Supreme Court
N. Spurgeon
Louissa County
Iowa
H. J. Taylor
Congregational Church of
Madrid
First Presbyterian Church of
Bonaparte
State Drainage, Waterways and Conservation Commission
Greater Des Moines
Ernestine Schumann- Heink
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
America
Emil Oberhoffer
Lucille Tewksbury
Chicago
Marietta Bagby
David Duggan
Arthur Middleton
Sidney Silber
Richard Czerwonky
Carlo Fischer
M. L. Bartlett
Jacob Sexauer
Ankeny
Pharmacy Board
Moore
P. H. English
Monona
B. F. Christensen
Alta
C. Arthur Quinn
Meridan
W. George Hoover
Belle Plaine
M. Paarde Kooper
Pella
Ardwood J. Rabb
Charles City
Eugene Burnett
Colfax
Christopher Bobzine
Christine Lemka
Kellogg
Carroll
Everett Humble
Nellie Taylor
Union Park
Europe
P. J. O'Connor
St. Joseph’s Church
L. ‘Archambeault
O. P
Ottawa
Canada
John Norstrom
George Bidwell
McArthur
Iowa Septic Process League
Railroad Commission
Northwestern
Sloan
Anamosa Railroad
Erwin Deemer
J. H. Deemer
Fair Grounds
Pioneer
John W. Smith
Jefferson
Land Office Books
State Land Department
Secretary of State
United States Land Office
Brussels
International Association of Road Builders
Belgium
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
Standard Oil CO
Dodds
Baris
Guarey
Philo Hay Swee. Co
Newark
N. J
Ww. N
Western
Dolliver
Cananwas Ora le A
Een
Canada Hame
Bup't of Immigration
Can
E.T Holmes
Jackson St
St.Paul
Minn
Bennett
Bee Bidg
Clarence R. Griffin
Sheridan
Ind
California
Pacific Coast
Trige Lion Business
Sen
Colin
Homeseeker
South Spring Street
Los Angeles
Peck-Judah Information Bureau
Clover
Wisconsin
Eas
Hard Wood Lumber Company
Grand Rapids
Wis
F. G. Bradbury
Pac. Atty
Com
Fowl
Mion
Core Exchange
Sieoeapolis
Sunny Southwest
Texas
Street Realty Co.(Inc
San Antonio
Vex
Massa
Fenwick & Lawrence
Waestington
Bet
Watson FE. Coleman
Washington, D.C
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