Chautauqua to Feature Good Roads Leaders in Tent 17
Col Bob Seeds and T H McDonald of the Iowa State Highway Commission will appear at this year’s Chautauqua to promote good roads. Col Leeds is set to speak August 12 at 2 30 on a county farm conversion to productive soil. Tent 17 will host the Short Course and Good Roads HQ with literature distributed across the ten days.
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Col. Bob Seeds
T. H. McDonald
Iowa State Highway Commission
Col. Leeds
McDonald
Delightful Birthday Surprises Highlight Local Society Notes
Mrs. Sarah Bailey enjoyed a surprise birthday drive return to a party on South Sixth Street with about fifty guests presenting a ten dollar purse and gifts. Out of town guests included Mrs. Beatty and her son from Pittsburg and Mr. and Mrs. David Gilchrist of Birmingham.
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Sarah Bailey
South Sixth Street
Kidnappers Demand $25,000 Ransom in St Louis Case
After twenty four hours of searching, St Louis police have not confirmed a clue on the whereabouts of Grace and Alfonso Viviano. Relatives, in distress, consider paying the $25,000 ransom. Arrests include Joseph Pagano, his wife Fannie, and mother-in-law Rosa Gragota. the women were released, Pagano remains in custody.
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St. Louis
Grace
Alfonso Viviano
Joseph Pagano
Fannie
Rosa Gragota
Pagano
Coroner rules death of unknown wanderer an accident
A coroner's jury finds John McLinten was killed by a westbound No 11 train near Glendale at 8 50 pm on Thursday. Lacking relatives, the body was sent to Iowa City medical college for sixty days unclaimed, then used for dissection if unclaimed.
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John McLinten
Glendale
State Medical College
Iowa City
Lidstrand
McLinten
Kerrick Undertaking Establishment
J. S. Gaumer
Chicago
Chautauqua Opens With Record Patronage and Preparations
The Iowa assembly grounds bustle with tents and amusement for families during ten day Chautauqua. White city preparations progress as workers enhance grounds water service and cooling tanks. Crowd management, policing, and child oriented attractions promise safe, orderly enjoyment. Organizers expect a financially successful season.
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Henry Albert
Iowa
C. L. Tennant
Address by President Fulton and lecture by Hon James E Watson
The program features an address by President C. J. Fulton and the famous lecture Our Flag Upon the Sea by Hon James E Watson. Music for the afternoon and evening will be provided by the Heron sisters who will present the full program. No disappointments are anticipated and the entire schedule will be carried out.
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C. J. Fulton
James E. Watson
Heron Sisters
Wellman Plans Balloon Flight Soon From Spitzbergen
Arctic explorer Walter Wellman is likely to start his polar balloon voyage next week. Expedition members arriving from Spitzbergen report the balloon shed is near completion and readiness for launch.
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Wellman
Arctic Explorer
Tromose
Norway
Walter Wellman
Spitzbergen
Pole
Carrie Nation Targets Mason City Drug Stores
Carrie Nation visited Mason City drug stores and pool halls on August 7. She searched shelves and back rooms for alcohol, scolding clerks and proprietors, and a crowd gathered as she later spoke at the park. A barrel of liquor was found at one location, but nothing was smashed.
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Mason City
Carrie Nation
Novel grain shocker tested at Klemme
A new machine by A. T. Swanson and Keene Bros. shocks eight bundles at a time and can attach to a self binder. The Aug. test at Klemme succeeded, placing bundles neatly on the ground and held by a vice like device until dropped.
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Garner
Klemme
A. T. Swanson and
Keene Bros
A MADDENING LAY OF THE ARCTIC FOLK
Poem laments northern Eskimo life on Baffin Bay Peary land and Melville Sound. It contrasts harsh Arctic conditions with a desire for warmer climes and playful polar imagery, noting leather skins and icebound summers.
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Bering Sea
Baffin Bay
Peary Land
City Treasurer Reports Fairfield In Excellent Condition
City council heard the treasurer report listing funds on hand with a total cash balance of 15 688 97 and a deficit in the grading fund of 1 844 25. The report covers the Improvement Building and other funds with specific balances noted.
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Fairfield
MCG. S
Best Medicine for Indigestion Endorsed by Mr A Robinson
Drumquin Ontario resident Mr A Robinson reports years of indigestion improved by Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. He says they are the best medicine he ever used and a trial will benefit. price is 25 cents with free samples at F W Jericho's drug store.
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A. Robinson
Drumquin
Ontario
Chamberlain
F. W. Jericho
The Diva's Ruby Opens in Tribune Serial
The Tribune presents the first installment of The Diva's Ruby a tale of love and adventure. Readers are promised an excellent fascinating story that will hold interest for all who read the opening segment.
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the Tribune
Unlucky Jim Nets $3000 Pearl In Langins Dredge
Burlington Hawk-Eye reports clammer nicknamed Unlucky Jim found a beautiful pearl near Langins and sold it for 3000 dollars. The buyer calls it the region’s largest pearl sale to date. Jim, father of nine, plans to keep clamming through winter and hopes to repeat the feat.
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Burlington
Jim
Bear Carries a Baby Away Near Cheboygan
Reports from Cheboygan Michigan say a large black bear carried off an 18 month old baby while the mother picked huckleberries on the MacIntosh plains about ten miles from town. The Polish mother left the child with an 8 year old to guard it. Sheriff Clute sent ten men and a deputy to the scene but found no trace of the child or the bear.
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Black Brain
Cheboygan
Mich
MacIntosh Plains
Clute
Iowa factories and farms potential impact on land value
An Iowa columnist argues that expanding to 6 000 factories and 500 000 workers could boost farm output and land values dramatically. The piece contends a larger internal market would raise prices and productivity, accelerating intensive farming and shifting underutilized land into capable hands.
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Greater
Iowa
Importance of Iowa Swine Breeding Figures
At a Iowa swine breeders meeting it was stated that Iowa yields 8 million hogs annually, one seventh of U S hog production, equating to four hogs per Iowa resident. The hogs value about 63.25 million dollars, nearly one fifth of U S hog value, and exceed the combined output of any two states. Iowa hogs outnumber all horses mules milk cows beef cattle and sheep in the state.
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Iowa
United States
Belgium to stage eye opening poverty display
Next year the international exhibition in Brussels will feature an ocular display illustrating the misery and poverty of Belgian home workers to raise public awareness of their needs and living conditions.
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Brussels
Padrone System in Iowa Under Federal Probe
Following the arrest of Steve Patis known as King of the Greeks by humane officers in Des Moines on cruelty to bootblacks the United States government prepares an immediate investigation in Des Moines to determine if a padrone system exists.
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Steve Patis
Humane
Des Moines
United States
World's Most Populous City
London has a population of 4 798 757 people. The figure highlights the city’s status as a global urban hub with a dense population and extensive metropolitan footprint.
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London
The Poet's Retort
A conversation during a long ride ends with Joaquin Miller defending reading Bret Harte. Miller jokes that if he is immortal he need not be economical with his time, prompting the countryman to reconsider the value of reading such works.
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Joaquin Miller
Bret Harte
Mr. Miller
Miller
Christian Register
Hotel Lays Plans Private Liner for Europe Travel
A New York hotel manager proposes a private sea liner for guests to Europe, a luxury yacht comparable to the Fifth Avenue hotel, easing steamship congestion. The venture would charge about 15 percent above standard rates.
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Europe
New York
Fifth Avenue
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