Proclamation on Senator Dolliver Death by Iowa Governor
Governor Carroll issues proclamation mourning Senator Jonathan Dolliver noting his brilliant public service and patriotic devotion. State officials will attend the funeral in Fort Dodge by special interurban cars. city to suspend business 2 to 3 pm and flags at half mast for the ceremony.
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Fies Moines
B. K. Carroll
Providener
Itona
Clanathan B. Dollie
Port Dodge
Dolliver
Ilis
State of
Iowa
Des Moines
Bof. Carroll
W. C. Tiayward
Svermiary
Ft. Dodge
Clarke
Adel
Fred Larabee
Fort Dodge
Joseph H. Allen
Pocahontas
William A. Whiting
Whiting
C. C. Dowell
John Hammil Britt
Joan Foley
New Hampton
J. Bennett
Oskaloosa Men Arrested in Stoker Murder Case
Glen Cruzen and Homer Johnson, both of Oskaloosa, were arrested on charges of murder in the slaying of 58 year old John Stoker. Stoker was found dead Saturday night with missing money or valuables on his person, and investigators say the motive was greed.
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Ottumwa
Glen Cruzen
Homer Johnson
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
John Stoker
Stoker
Suspieloy
Cruzen
John Rom
Des Mores Orpheum Theatre Show Amid Turbulent Night
A garbled local account describes events at the Des Mores Orpheum Theatre involving Dale Coroduen and performers with disrupted communications and a referenced hurricane. The piece mentions Florida locations and a disrupted reading or broadcast with unclear details and names.
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Des Mores Orpheum Theatre
Dale
Cong
Daner
Orpheum
Old Soldier Endorses Swamp Root Kidney Remedy
A Civil War veteran from Des Moines Iowa lauds Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney bladder and back relief. Notary confirms the testimonial by George W Atchley and endorses its authenticity. Ad invites readers to sample the product and request a booklet with kidney information.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Universal craze for Thala in society circles
Henry B. Dixey mocks the rising adoption of the name Thala among young actresses such as Thala McGinnis Thais Endicott and Thais Schmidt. He cites Anatole France story Thais to argue the trend is universal and ridiculous, comparing it to a baptismal naming debate over Venus.
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Thala
Henry B. Dixey
Manggutn’sa
Thala McGinnis
Thais Endicott
Thais Schmidt
Universal
Anatole France
Tam
Venus
Diana
Thank You Lesson From Adversity Judge Quote
A newspaper brief quotes a judge remarking on gratitude and resilience. He notes someone lost $10,000 in Wall Street but escaped with $20 hidden from the others, illustrating cautious comeback after adversity.
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Wall Street
The Word Tired Abused in Public Speech
A concise note observes that the term tired appears frequently in discourse and media, noting its overuse in describing fatigue or weariness. It discusses how repeated usage shapes readers' perception and may obscure genuine exhaustion or neglect.
Iowa Mothers Congress program announced in Mason City
The Iowa Congress of Mothers announced the annual session speakers led by Mrs. J. R. Miles in Mason City with Governor Carroll’s wife B. F. Carroll and local superintendents H. H. Gilmore J. J. McConnell among the speakers. The meeting is set for November 4 in Des Moines Public Library with a round table at the State Teachers’ Association on November 4, 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Iowa Congress of Mothers
3. R. Miles
B. FF. Carrol
Governor Carroll
H. If. Gilmore
J. J. McConnell
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Mothers' Congress
State Teachers’ Association
R. Miles
J. ©. Bennet
Wi. Hefferan
Chicago
Florence Ward
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Denver
Watts
Audubon
A. O. Ruste
Charles City
Jennie Lovereio
Humboldt
Priebe Named by Red Men in Iowa Council Race
In Ottumwa the Great Sun Council of Town elects Carl F. Kuehnle of Denison as great junior sagamore after a spirited second ballot. R. G. Priebe of Des Moines wins as great representative over Paul Sagamarci no of Davenport, with other officers named including E. G. O'Brien Muscatine and Herman Rosch Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
Paul Sagamarcino
Davenport
E. G. O'Brien
Muscatine
Herman Rosch
Council Bluffs
J. F. Rai
Cedar Rapids
Sagamore
Frank A. Day
BE. R. Campbell
Burlington
Trail of Baby Murderers Leads Police in Burlington
Police chase the mother of a two week old baby found in the river. The infant, born at St. Francis hospital in Burlington, was linked to a woman who used the name Johnson. Discharged October 3, her movements are traced to the disposal of the child. she has disappeared but is expected to be arrested.
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Burlington
St. Francis Hospital
Johnson
Blackleg Disease Detected in Nevada-H Cattle
A Nevada region farmer John Swinbank reports blackleg among his cattle south of Colo. Several animals were found dead suspected of strangling effects but a veterinarian’s exam confirmed blackleg. The remaining herd was vaccinated to prevent spread.
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Blackleg
Nevada
H Blackleg
Tn & Heard
John Swinbank
Colo
Ben
Play deemed immoral by city Catholic societies petition mayor
Dubuque I ao? Pius Alphonseng and St. Boniface societies, two strong Catholic groups in the city, met and presented a petition to Mayor Iiaas asking him to stop the production of The Girl in the Taxi, alleging the play is immoral.
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Dubuque
Pius
Fort Dodge Grants Free Water to Churches and Schools
Fort Dodge city council votes to provide free water to churches and parochial schools. It previously denied similar bonus to a manufacturing firm. In another item, Des Moines editor Frank Baldwin selected for the Haw Haw Hawkeye student publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Manufacturing Company
Will Edlt
Towa City
Frank Baldwin
Des Moines
Man Dies of Injuries After Found Unconscious in Box Car
Mrs. Barth Doyle receives word that her husband Jo Dosis died from injuries sustained in an unknown manner. He was found unconscious in a box car in Atchison Kansas, and later died in a hospital.
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Council Gluffsi
Barth Doyle
Jo, Dosis
Atchison, Kaw
Jowan Died at Sea Revealed in Case of Charles Gephard
Investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Charles Gephard of Lawa City shows he died at sea and was buried aboard a vessel en route from Germany to America. The inquiry ties the missing person to maritime tragedy and confirms death at sea.
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Jowan
Chiyer
Charles Gephard
Lawa City
America
Germany
Horse and Rider Attacked by Bull in Iowa City
Edward Borschell riding with a neighbor confronted a vicious bull along the highway. The animal charged the horse twice, delivering a deep flank wound and throwing both rider and horse. Neighbors subdued the bull after the second strike.
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Iowa City
Edward Borschell
Here
Mr. Borschell
Mrs Trout Honored Leader From Maquoketa
Mrs Wilbur Trout, new president of the Chicago Political Equality League, was born and educated in Maquoketa Ta She showed early talent for platform speaking and trained under a cultured mother who valued concise, pointed expression as a lasting art It was her father a lawyer who drilled her to say something when she talks
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Trout
Maquoketaam
Wilbur Trout
Chicago Political Equality League
Maquoketa, Ta
Finnegan Wins Guthrie County Corn Trophy at Fair
Thomas Finnegan of Valley township won the $250 Foster trophy for the best ten ears of corn on the final day of the Guthrie county fair. Over 15,000 attended as 150 autos and 50 teams were on the grounds. Officers named for the coming year include Lafe Reed president Art Stewart vice president R. M. Crane secretary and Cy H. Lane treasurer.
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Thomas Finnegan
Guthrie Center
Guthrie County
Valley Township
Foster
Fair Grounds
Lafe Reed
Art Stewart
R. M. Crane
Cy H. Lane
Tuwa State Building and Loan elects officers
At the nineteenth annual Tuwa State Building and Loan Association league session in Marshalltown F. D. Denlinger of Cedar Rapids was reelected president J I Dowell of Missouri Valley was named vice president and C H Reynolds of Dubuque secretary and treasurer Waterloo was picked as next meeting site A committee was formed to draft a building and loan law for submission to the upcoming legislature.
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L. A. League
Marshalltown
Tuwa State Bulklng and Loan Association League
F. D. Denlinger
Cedar Rapids
Scarlet Fever Closes Fre mont Schools
An epidemic of scarlet fever is reported in Fremont, the first town west of there. One death has occurred, young man Walter Priest, about 20, is named in reports. Schools are closed and a quarantine is kept where symptoms appear.
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Hedrick
Fremont
Walter Priest
Suspects Flee in Women’s Clothes After Bank Robbery
From a Dakota City Neb saloon four men suspected in the Randolph Nebraska First National Bank robbery escaped in women’s clothing. Authorities say the quartet slipped past detectives and Sioux City police undetected, keeping officers on their trail.
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Sioux City
Dakota City
Neb
First National Bank
Randolph
Gannon Guilty in Embezzlement Case at Fairfield
J D Gannon was found guilty by a Fairfield jury of embezzling $500 after his father M B Gannon Davenport attorney pleaded for acquittal. The case arose from a land deal with Gannon claiming the money was owed to him.
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Fairfield
J. D. Gannon
M. B. Gannon
Davenport
Gannon
Dentists Name Officers at Fort Dodge Meeting
At the Fort Dodge district meeting of the state association Dr. O. E B Canoe of Hoone was chosen president Dr. W S Allen of Jewell vice president T J Ferreby of Humboldt was reelected treasurer and Dr E B Kennedy of this city was elected secretary.
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Fort Dodge
State
Nental Association
O. EB. Canoe of
Hoone
W. 5. Allen
Jewell
T. J. Ferreby
Humboldt
EB. T. Kennedy
Clarion to inaugurate union delivery system
The Clarion merchants will start a union delivery system on November 1. Joseph Bell secured the contract for three daily deliveries at 8 15 a m 10 15 a m and 3 15 p m with an extra Saturday run.
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Clarion
Joseph Bell
Murdere Girl Then personal crisis reports Hartley
After shooting down Misa Rika Amelsberg in the pasture of her father's farm where he had met her, George Godfrey tied himself. Both bodies were later found by the girl's relatives. Godfrey had been rejected by the girl and this is believed to have been the cause.
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Hartley
Misa Rika Amelsberg
George Godfrey
Godfrey
Klages Granted Bond in Chariton Preliminary
William Klages' preliminary hearing is scheduled for October 27. He was released on bonds of two thousand dollars pending recovery of the prosecuting witness. Mra. H. C. Hickman and D. J. Wight signed for the $2,000 bond.
Law to Inspect Children in Davenport Schools
Davenport school board votes to petition the next legislature to pass a law providing medical inspection of all pupils in public schools. The aim is to identify and segregate those afflicted withepdepby and after diseases. In another notice, Wayne Street, son of W. Byout, was killed in a wreck near Staunton.
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Davenport
Lowan
Jfedrick
Staunton
Weace
Sere
Red Cross Seals Origins and Tuberculosis Fight Timeline
The piece traces the birth of charity seals starting in Boston in 1862 with Charsty stamps used for soldiers relief and notes how the first US tuberculosis tax stamp campaign emerged in 1907, raising $3,000 in three weeks. It covers 1908 and 1909 campaigns with increasing totals and states the 1910 Red Cross Seal slogan A Million for Tuberculosis From Red Cross Seals in 1910.
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Red Crosse
Boston
Red Cross
Delaware Anti
Childlike Ignorance in Laura Libbey Brooklyn Monologue
Laura Jean Libbey speaks in Brooklyn about love marriage and other heart matters. She jokes about women’s ignorance, retelling a classroom joke where a little girl misinterprets Solomon as fond of animals due to the Bible mentioning many porcupines.
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Childiike
Laura Jean Libbey
Brooklyn
Solomon
Getting Even With Mamma
A young girl, shut in a dark closet for 16 minutes, speaks through the door with a gleeful complaint about spoiling her mother’s new dress hat parasol. The tale ends with a quip on wealth and perception.
English Blood Quarrel Echoes From Dining Room
A boy raised amid war and hate toward England was dining with a nurse while the family hosted a scene in the dining room. As adults talked and the meal stalled, a child’s voice cried out in the kitchen with the line Fe fl fo fum I smell the blood of an Englishman, revealing deep-seated resentment in the heard reply.
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England
Walter
Tramp Teases Spinster Over Trouser Shortage
A cartoon caption shows a tramp teasing a lonely spinster about not having a husband or trousers to spare. The spinster rebuffs, saying her husband never wears such things, reflecting social satire of courtship and poverty in a witty exchange.
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F. Paine & Co., Publishers
Carroll
J. P. Dolliver
Sulla Ward
Julia Wari
Flovide
Nampa
Fla
Comnute
Florida
Jon
Polk County
A. R. Manse
Enys
George W. Atchley
Atchley
Gald
A. R. Hansen
E. J. Fisk
Notary Public
Tatler
Ae Colmton
N.Y
Post
Pystum Ceres Company
Peliie Creed
Mich
Congress
S. R. Miles
8. PF. Carroll
H. H. Gilmore
Ea Leneer Thug Her, Pleati Pm
Mamma
Carter
Tion Lions
Mothe
Dakota
South Dakota
Wdeens A. McDowell
Faulkton
3. D
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Dibrel & Greenwood
Dept
Wichita Falls
Park Regio
Minnesota
Magniltiversiefer Fores
Teal
Fred Hodgson
Fargue
Ellis County
A. L. Pinet
Elila
Kansas
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Gettt
Shan
J. Canning
Aberd
California
Placer
Sonny
McCann & Livingston
East Auburn
Guiltosale
Washington County
Omahs
Gilbert Olson
Herman
DeQueen
Ark
Coratat River
A. Akin
Fort Smith
People's Common Sense Medical Adviser
Addis Dr. R. V, Pierce
Buffalo
W. L. Douglas
Ees
Rapear
Anatase Casters
W.l.douglas
U.S
Rossel
Andes
Stors
Standard Oil Company
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