Local Notes and Community Updates Highlight Summer Plans
Martin Alisland visits from Emmetsburg and several residents travel to Cedar Falls for summer school while others return home from Montana. Farmers Club meetings near Lost Island discuss farmer education. Local sales include a 105 acre farm sold for 40 per acre. Incubator ventures near Tabor attract visitors as Sherman grain elevator burns after lightning. A Paris green poisoning scare near Hampton prompts medical intervention and a successful blood transfusion aids Williams. Court notes Brady nuisance case delayed to October as defense demands trial. Gas well near Ringsted claims steady pressure. Banister reports unlimited gas supply used at home.
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Martin Alisland
Emmetsburg
Marie Christianson
Cedar Falls
Cora Christopher
Gertrude Montgomery
Montana
Ole and
Nels Olson
Bede
Carl Lillevick
Rolston
Waterloo
Brady
Fisher
Geo. Banister
Moshier & Jackson
Ringsted
Armstrong
Mgr. Banister
Banister
Armstrong Journal
Thumb Made From Rabbit Leg in Cleveland Medical Advance
Bertrand Williams of Cleveland, Ohio, 35, underwent a pioneering operation to replace a bone in his hand with a rabbit hind leg after a prior leg amputation. Dr. Theodore Breck led the procedure with Dr. H. D. Fowler consulting, aiming to cure a rare bone disorder and prevent tainted blood from spreading.
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Bertrand Williams
Cleveland
Ohio
Williams
Theodore B. Breck
Breck
H. D. Fowler
Tongue Frozen by Ammonia Pipe Accident at Keokuk Butcher Shop
Alma Bentley an 11 year old girl and daughter of J B Bentley of Keokuk placed her tongue on a frost covered ammonia pipe in a butcher shop. Her tongue end was burned off part of her tongue split and loosened at the bottom. Her face was badly burned with one eye swollen shut and possible permanent disfigurement. The accident occurred about 6 15 Friday afternoon after she had been sent to buy meat and had been playing outside on a hot day. The unguarded pipe allowed easy access and the cold burned as surely as fire leaving burns on hands legs and lips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Bentley
J. B. Bentley
Keokuk
Alma
Death by nicotine fumes shocks Sanilac jurors
Eli Sawden, 51, died in Sanilac county from nicotine poisoning after being locked in a small jury room with the circuit court for over two hours. Sawden, who never used tobacco, became violently ill as jurors smoked almost continuously in the room.
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Sanilac
Eli Sawden
Sawden
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P. J. Paulsen
Graettinger
Iowa
Federal Reserve Line
THE
First National Bank
Motar
Ind
Ford
Jensen Auto Company
A. H. Shaver, Prop
Graettinger, Lowa
F. C. Hennington
Lake Schmidt
Kingstod
Ceylon Herald
W. E. Long
Tabor
Mr. Long
Sherman
Iowa Falls
B. A. Lockwood Grain Company
M.J. Jones
Hampton
Reiles
Geneva
Jacob Mahring
Mahring
Charley Jensen
Wiegman
Gracttinger, Low
Spies Bros
Jonn Bondens, Pres
O'Connor, Sec
J. AQ
Irsen
Mgr
Larmers’ Grain Co
J Tile
American Steel
Fence Ste
H. Green
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