Deluge of fake currency bills shocks town
Murky reports describe a spike in counterfeit notes circulated by a gang tied to New Jersey hoaxes. Names such as Patrick Faking, John Kelly, and Consullivan surface as alleged conspirators. A railroad worker Ball circulated a roll of bills, prompting police inquiry and possible jury review to determine guilt or innocence amid confusion over authenticity.
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Hagua
New Jersey
Patrick Faking
John Kelly
Consullivan
Nm Fnation
Agriet
Denison
Sullivan
Tb Fupper
Ball
Lim
Witeh
Smallpox Case In LeMars Strains Local Care Efforts
In LeMars a smallpox case involving Ervin Smith, son of S M Smith, prompted state health officials to intervene after local doctors initially refused treatment. Dr Adama from the state health board examined the patient. The city council hired De Prosser for 450 dollars to manage the case and the rest of the family.
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LeMare
Btu
Ervin Smith
S.M. Smith
Auchoor
Granvilla
LeMarsy
Eantiel
Adama
State Board of Health
LeMarganis
Smith
Healy Courcil
de Prosser
Dowieites Stir Waterloo Crowd in Second Attack
A Waterloo mob, including men and boys, mobbed Hitter Adning and converts as they preached the Dawlo faith. Earlier the mayor promised protection if speech remained nonoffensive. In the evening a crowd of about 500 gathered, armed with vegetables and rocks, and threw objects at them until arrests were made.
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Waterloo
Adning
Apostle
Dante
Ila
Iia
Pelos
Uni Kal
Good Rains Bring Hope for Corn Crop
Severe rains are needed to protect corn after two dry weeks. Experts say damage will be limited if rain comes this week, but drought years reduce corn and oat prospects versus last year. Small grain generally trails last year except rye, with overall crop condition worsening from prior year.
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Dana Dome
Ryo
Metzner Bound Over On Murder Charge
AJ Sulian Metzner, linked with U S MuMilling, faced the examination of a grand jury in Framun County for murder at the October term. He was bound over to await trial after testimony in the case and awaits further court action.
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Metzner
AJ Sulian Metzner
Thatuatioa
Yuaeo
Wambolds
Frambuth
Barley Harvest Starts in Lyon County Amid Weather Warnings
Farmers in Lyon County report barley harvest begun with expectations of a heavy oat crop and improved yet uncertain wheat prospects due to heat. Hay growers in Severn County foresee strong prices as weather stays favorable for a large harvest. Most of the community involved are farmers as conditions shift toward autumn storage.
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Ota
Lyon
Sevon
County Clerks Gate Power Standoff At Iowa Convention
Iowa county clerks at Wes Moles convention debated boosting boards of supervisors authority over clerks. Critics cited required personal fees and reporting delays for births and deaths. Officials elected included President Cate Polk and Secretary Mendaey Keowanrer, with Soper Story and Leeet Sloame among officers.
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Merekenia
Fairfindd Atetecka
Supervinora
Alers
Iowa
Wes Moles
Boards of
Jolie HU
Merakenis
Palrtiald
Beens
Tle
Olivers
Dc. Cate
Polk
Vise
A. M. Soper
Story
John C. Leeet
Sloametivldsoureiary
Tom C. Mendaey
Jbardinis Kewanrer
John C. Murner
Jotaqun
Curtine Appointed Commissioner to South America
Prof. Curtine, Ames government experiment station director, becomes one of three commissioners to represent Allied interests of America and Canada in promoting international livestock trade. He is invited to serve at the Pan American Exposition and at California and New York fairs in September, reflecting Iowa Agricultural College's recognized authority in livestock.
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Curtine
South America
A. B. Curtine
Government
Ames
America
Canada
Curtiss
New York State
Iowa
Agricultural College
Sioux City Wins Next Convention For Laws Association
Sioux City was chosen to host the upcoming convention of the laws Uhinkmaneutical Association, after their last Storm Lake meeting. Sessions drew strong attendance and profits, with many prize essays and lively sports, under officers including E. B. Tainter, J. M. Funk, and C. P. Kinyon.
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Drugetata
Iowa
Sioux City
Uhinkmaneutical Association
Storm Lake
Trealdont
E. B. Tainter
Chaplaines
J. M. Funk
Sampton
Stoward
C. P. Kinyon
Des Moines
J. B. Wabb
DeWitt
Fletcher Lowhard
Ben J. Kloster
Sun Hatches Eggs Into Fine Beoch Brood
In Fort Dodge area weather heated a nest under Mrs. J. W. Proherty the sun warmed a brood of eggs abandoned under a setting hen. One egg hatched a lively chick soon after, and the rest followed, producing a dozen healthy chickens saved by the unusually hot weather.
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Old Ifen
Fort Dodge
J. W. Proherty
National Marble and Granite Dealers Meet in Des Moines
Workers in stone industry gather as the National Marble and Granite Dealers Association meets in Des Moines. The group endorses Lew association’s freight rate movement, naming D. Lieres of Chicago and Dolweark MacTans of Rutland as a committee to confer with railroad managers and empowered to add members from each represented district.
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National Marble and Granite Dealers
Des Moines
National Marble and Granite Dealers’ Association
Chursday
Lews Association
MM. D. Lieres
Chicago
Dolweark Mac-Tans
Rutland
Three Million Cut Taxable Property Value Reduced
Executive council fixes state taxable property at 565 million dollars, down 3 million from county totals. Several counties drop about 24.5 percent. Gov Shaw regulation explains the cut with stated reasons. Spensley couple marks sixty years of marriage after a diamond anniversary celebrated in Dubuque.
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Coueall
Regign
Fast Wool
Shaw
Sturn
Treaauror Gilbertson
Agdhor Morripia
Life Insurance In Owa Auditor Merriat Presents Report
Auditor Merriat presents a detailed annual life insurance report for the state. It lists the number of companies operating in 1800 and 1900, policies issued, amounts in force, and insurance totals across categories such as mutuals, fraternal societies, and assessment associations, with year-by-year comparisons and totals.
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Merriat
Sliie
Hidelas
Theta
Yusigeuss
Dasuranes
Tou
Canaries
T Innanes
Criminology Study Analyses Depravities at State Industrial School
The board analyzes statistics on deformities heredity and environment behind the state industrial school inmates. Data from central bulletin show many have dead parents or poor upbringings. High rates of parental separation intemperance and previous bad associations foreshadowing delinquency emerge across tables.
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Boar of
Kiune
Central Int Bulletin
Jay
Law sustains Iowa liquor statutes on injunction power
Early in spring John Fairgraves, a Valley Innelley saloonkeeper, was cited for contempt of court over alleged violations of an injunction. The case argued that the legislature may define contempt independent of court power. Judge Nolnes ruled against Fairgraves, upholding the legislature, and the defense appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Iowa
John Fairgraves
Valley Innelley
Carde
Ethan
Ofense
Imainst Lin
Pointel
Nolnes
Pairgenves
Che
Defensa
Suepreme Court
Paroled man known for Damascus steel mystery
Gov. Shaw paroles 8 R Dawson known as Damascus Steel Dawson who was jailed five years ago for the murder of his son in law Walter Scott. He claimed to have found a steel formula stored in a bank vault while imprisoned. Capitalists with a $500,000 firm sought the formula from the inventor in court but failed.
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BR. Dawson
Iowa
Gov. Shaw
R. Dawson
Damascus Steel
Dawson
Hig
Walter Scott
Noah’s Ark and the Era of the Patriarchs Examined
The article critiques creation timelines from Genesis and suggests modern discoveries in Egypt and Babylon challenge Archbishop Ussher’s dating. It discusses deluge theories, geographic scope, and the flood’s moral message, citing geology and ancient writings as interpretive guides. It references Prof. Vince and notes a transition to a discussion on Temptations of Noah’s era.
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Noah Buved
Momory
Arder
Wieder
Besstery
Anhropologiat
Trnstead
Wendy
Abut
Everent
Ussher
Oud
B.C
Egypt
Babylonian
B. C
Fran Prineval
Que
Western
Asia
Africa
Europe
Almera
Vince
Prompting garbled query about Northern VPaessie tune list
Fragmentary OCR text presents unclear names and events. It mentions Quicker Why and Robbs Did your Uncle, with garbled phrases and possible references to Northern VPaessie and Tatton Auterienn. No coherent facts or outcomes can be established.
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Vpaessie
Nobbs
Spanish travel note recalls courteous reception abroad
A recent book on Spanish highways recounts a traveler treated with profound courtesy during the war era. In San Sirro a shopkeeper refused a sale to a renowned visitor, guiding her to a fashionable store and refusing payment as he offered pleasure rather than money.
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Spaniah Poutences
Speals
Spain
Hier
San Sirear
Traghain
Bishop of Inverpool urges girls to bare hairpins during confri bution
A London paper reports the Bishop of Inverpool asking candidate girls for confri bution to avoid wearing hairpins as they prick his hands during the act. It also recalls Doctor Creighton’s playful remark on solving a school problem by personally confirming boys and transferring them to his suffragan with cast iron hands.
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Huard-Handen
London
Inverpool
Creighton
Neighbor praises Miss Bangs for playing piano
A Philadelphia Bulletin item records a neighbor complimenting Miss Bangs on her piano playing. He misidentifies the music as from a Wegoer, noting it lasted hours at Le plane, and she explains it was the prince tuner.
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Miss Bangs
Wonderful Case in Indiana Buck Creek Widow Cures Rheumatism
Mrs Elizabeth Torlek of Buck Creek Indiana says doctors could do nothing for her rheumatism yet Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her and kept her free from pain and sleep loss. Tippecanoe County residents report wonderful results after hearing of Mrs Rorick's cure.
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Indiana
Buck Creek
Ind
Elizabeth Torlek
Dodd
Wodd
Tippecanoe County
Too Late Stuttering Employer Seeks Office Boy Aid
A stuttering boss commands an office boy to fetch a blotter as ink dries, asking for quiet work. The scene captures a brief wartime era office routine with a focus on speech impediment and workplace improvisation.
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Harper's Bazur
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement for shoes relief
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake snto your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cure corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet At all druggists and shoe stores 25c Sample sent free Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N
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Allen
Olmsted
Leroy,n
Senate backs amendment on jury verdict in civil cases
Massachusetts Senate favors a constitutional change to allow three fourths of jurors to render a verdict in civil cases. The move aims to set a supermajority rule for civil jury decisions and aligns with debates over trial standards and juror requirements.
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Massachusetts Senate
Piso’s Cure for Consumption Ad Compliment
A reader from Trinity Springs Indiana praises Piso’s Cure for Consumption as unmatched for coughs and colds, dated February 4, 1909, highlighting its strong relief claims.
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John F., Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Pan-American Special to Buffalo Exposition
The Pan American Special of the Michigan Central Niagara Falls Route sails from Chicago daily at 6:00 PM with dinner service and arrives in Buffalo at 7:45 AM Eastern Time, returning daily with breakfast. This ornate train features Pullman sleeping cars buffet coaches and elegant accommodations, stopping at Falls View and Niagara Falls en route.
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Michigan Central
Niagara Falls
Buffalo Exposition
Chicago
Buffalo
Peni
Pullman
Niagara Malls
Falls View State
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