Rescue Efforts for Collins in Sand Cave Tragedy
In 7 Kentucky, Floyd Collins becomes trapped when a rock wedges his left ankle in a deep Sand Cave sinkhole.Rescuers, led by his brother Homer and later Lieut. Ben Wells, descend into the claustrophobic shaft to free him as crowds gather. Despite repeated efforts by local workers and a reporter later joining, the entrapment proves fatal after days of digging and shifting rubble.
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Floyd Collins
Homer
Floyd
Bloyd
Collins
Colling
Uia
Ita
Loweat Point
Doyle
Doylé
Rome
Tescie
Johnny
Gerald
Ben Wells
West” Point
Ogden Col
Des Moines and Iowa notes on roads banks and parks
Iowa items report commercial clubs aiming to raise 8000 for graveling approaches to towns. Des Moines area talks on building purchases. Sioux City stockyards set a hog record with 32887 hogs in one day. State parks and pasture issues discussed amid tax cuts and highway paving plans. Mental note: multiple places named include Des Moines Eagle Grove Waterloo and Fremont county.
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Commercial Club
le Mars
Byencer
Ube
Sioux
Des Moines
Lima County
Chirlie Orfield
Decatur
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Loristators
Washington, D. C
WOI
Iowa State College
Charlies Heckenberg
Eddyville
Greater Waterloo Association
Bankers’ Institute
Iowa City
Iowa Bankers Association
First National Bank of Creston
Gousing AB
Fremont County
Chicago
Northwestern
Bytthe
Scommeréa
Toval
Lojdén
Prankdin
London
Gasoline Tax May Be Defeated
After five weeks of the Iowa legislature, both highway and banking programs remain in formative stages. Senate action has touched the banking bill, while the house has moved no gas tax bills. The focus shifts to highway changes needed to satisfy federal aid demands, with Governor Hammill urging state control of the primary system and a shift from county allotments to sustain road construction progress.
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Lowe
Senate
House
Iowa
Hammill
Iowa Good Roada Association
House members reportedly favor gasoline tax in vote
The article states that virtually all house members are friendly to the gasoline tax, signaling broad support ahead of the measure. The piece emphasizes party alignment and potential implications for funding.
Des Moines clubs aim to provide free legal aid
The Des Moines Federation of Women's Clubs sets a goal for the coming year to furnish free legal aid for the poor, detailing plans to organize services and mobilize volunteers. The initiative highlights community support and charitable work within the local civic group.
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Des Moines Federation of Women's Clubs
Hus
Would License Beauty Professionals Considered in Senate Bill
A bill in the Towa senate seeks to require examination and licensing for beauty doctors, beauty parlors operators, and schools of beauty culture. The proposal aims to standardize training and ethics in the beauty industry across the region.
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Towa Senate
Iowa Legislature Plans Spring Recess and Bond Proposal
The Iowa legislature announces a spring recess for one week ending March 4 to allow lawmakers to attend to business. A new bill requires motor vehicle owners to file a $600 bond when licensing their car, introduced by Representative Rankin of Lee County and passed by the legislature.
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Assembly
Iowa
Rankin
Lee County
Four Child Welfare Bills Hit House Committees
A report lists four major child welfare measures introduced by the House committee on board of control. The bills aim to expand the board of control’s power to protect delinquent, defective, and neglected children and to outline placement agencies, maternity hospitals, and children's homes.
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Ihe
Board of Control
How Robert M Koenig Found Remedy for Pimply Skin
Robert M Koenig describes skin improvement after using Carter's Little Liver Pills. He attributes pimples to stomach toxins and claims the treatment cleared his complexion and prevented upset stomach and headaches.
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Robert M. Koenig
Carter
Community Wastebasket Placed in Bern Public Square
Bern introduces a massive tin waste receptacle named the community wastebasket placed in the central public square. It is designed to hold several hundred tons of trash and invites residents to dispose of all urban waste in this single structure.
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Community Basket
Bern
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warns for Genuine Labeling
Demand Bayer aspirin only when the package or tablets carry the Bayer name to ensure genuine, proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 28 years. Do not trust imitations which may be dangerous.
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Bayer
Immense Philadelphia Sign Lights Up City Landmark
A colossal electric sign in Philadelphia weighs 50 tons and uses about 4,000 lamps. Each letter stands 60 feet tall, delivering bright illumination to a town of 6,000 people.
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Philadelphia
Finland forms seaplane factory for military use
The government of Finland has established a factory to manufacture seaplanes domestically for military purposes.
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Government of
Finland
Haa
Are You Nervous Weak Sleepless Cedar Rapids Ad
An advertisement in a 19th century style asks if readers are nervous weak or sleepless. It cites Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription easing nerves and sleep and claims the user became stronger and felt like a different person after taking it. The testimonial mentions Mrs Harvey Boots and a home setting. It invites readers to order tablets from Wickes Buffalo NY for trial.
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Cedar Rapids
Jowa
N.Y
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