Deposits rise as Iowa banks show expansion and aid farmers
Des Moines Iowa. Auditor of State F S Shaw reports Iowa state and savings banks on November 1 1915 hold deposits of 329 632 636 up 21 523 719 since November 4 1914. Total assets up 25 697 301 with savings deposits 266 467 034 and estate banks 103 166 501. Banks aided farmers by lending capital and reducing credits subject to sight draft by 4 432 539 since September 11. Net bank count up 56 this year to 14 new banks since September 11 and average state wide reserve 16.6 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
F. S. Shaw
Iowa Rural Routes Cut Off Amid Consolidations
Figures show 184 rural routes in Iowa have been cut since July 1 bringing total routes to 2243. About half of routes affected by consolidation shortening or lengthening with gradual changes statewide. Carriers on auto routes rise from roughly 100 to 142 150 monthly. some on short routes earn as low as 44.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Post Office Department
Will Hold Fruit Show In Des Moines
Des Moines reports the 50th annual Iowa State Horticultural society convention will run December 7 to 9 at the state house. Wesley Greene announces a扩大 apple exhibit of about 3000 plates and a record display amid a 7,000,000 bushel Iowa harvest with 4,600,000 sold commercially.
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Des Moines
State House
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Wesley Greene
Iowa
Former Iowan Proctor Joins Chicago Grand Opera Company
Grinnell Warren Proctor, class of 1912 graduate and former Grinnell Glee Club member, has been engaged by the Chicago Grand Opera Company. His first role was Walter in Thannhauser. A tenor soloist, he has studied under Sandor S. Radanovitz in New York City.
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Grinnell
Warren Proctor
Grinnell Glee Club
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Walter
Thannhauser
Mr. Proctor
Sandor S. Radanovitz
New York City
Brothers Arrested for Thefts in Nevada
Police arrest three brothers Clifford Percy and Ross Pardoe at Madrid after a spree of burglaries in Madrid Woodward Slater and nearby towns. A home search recovered goods later identified by owners as stolen.
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Nevada
Clifford
Percy
Ross Pardoe
Madrid
Woodward
Slater
Huxley
Build Memorial Hospital in Ames in memory of wife
W M Greeley president of Union National Bank plans a $15,000 Memorial Hospital in Ames. The three story brick building will include a basement thirty rooms and two wards. It will be fireproof and trimmed with terra cotta or Bedford stone.
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Memorial Hospital
Ames
W. M. Greeley
Union National Bank
Stanford President Proposes Neutral Arbitration Council
Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford University, urged President Wilson at the White House to summon a conference of neutral nations to act as a voluntary court of arbitration. The proposal aligns with the American Peace Society agenda from its San Francisco convention.
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David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford, Jr., University
White House
American Peace Society
Wilson
Euope
International Convention of the Society
San Francisco
Laughter Ends After Morphine Dose at River View
Betsy Green, described as stout, stood with a large man at River View station when a puff of wind blew the fat man's hat up Central Avenue. The pair drew smiles as the man chased the hat. Betsy laughing for an hour forty five minutes ended when an ambulance surgeon gave morphine to stop the episode.
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Betsy Green
Riverview Station
Central Avenue
Betsy
Kanean City
Melbourne doctor cites eucalyptus as meningitis germ killer
Dr. Richard Bull of the University of Melbourne announces eucalyptus destroys cerebrospinal meningitis germs, a disease long baffling medical science.
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Richard Bull
Bacteriological Laboratory
University of Melbourne
Australia
Labor for Convicts and Prison Labor in Iowa
Iowa board of control chairman W J Dixon reports that not more than 20 percent of penitentiary inmates can safely work outside. Institutions employ inmates in farming, food service, sewing, shoe repair, and building repairs. Contracts end in 1917. factories like butter tubs and chairs are started at Anamosa and Ft Madison. About 175 penitentiary and 22 reformatory workers toil in camps on public works with regular wages.
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Des Moines
W. J. Dixon
State Board of Control
Iowa
Penitentiary and Reformatory
Board of Control
Anamosa Reformatory
Ft. Madison
Reformatory
Junk dealer strikes it rich from war era scrap heap
Ames Tom Robinson of Slater built a three acre scrap pile rising fifteen to twenty feet high gathering metals as war demand surged. He sold the junk at unprecedented prices, netting over one hundred thousand dollars to eastern manufacturers. Also noted was a public sale of seed corn near Hudson fetching nine fifty a sack, a record for the year.
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Ames
Tom Robinson
Slater
Waterloo
Hudson
Average Corn Yield Report From Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids the corn harvest is progressing with yields ranging from 35 to 45 bushels per acre and in some fields reaching 65. Quality is mostly fair with about 60 percent graded No 4 and 25 percent No 4 in other fields. Cold weather could reduce quality as cribbable corn increases.
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Cedar Rapids
Important to All Women Readers of This Paper
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder trouble and may mistake it for other illnesses. If kidneys stay unhealthy they affect other organs, causing back pain head aches and loss of ambition. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claims to restore kidney health and relieve nervous, overworked women. Send ten cents for a sample bottle by parcel post to Dr Kilmer & Co Binghamton NY. Regular sizes available at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
The Quandary of Jiggers at Washington Dinner
A Washington dinner anecdote on strategy shows a sharp contrast between a decisive strategist and Jiggers who frets over a shirt. The officer praised quick decisions while Jiggers contemplates whether a shirt is too dirty for wear yet not dirty enough for laundry.
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Washington
Jigfers
Jiggers
Fragrant Emollients Offer Value and Sample by Mail
An advertisement touts fragrant creamy emollients for skin hair scalp and hands claiming cleansing purifying and beautifying powers plus economy. Readers can sample free by mail via a Boston address. A suburban storm tale notes a frightened wife and her husband's calm reply about thunder.
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Cutiura
Dept. XY
Boston
Philadelphia Record
Comic Exchange On Appearance Causes Husband To Step Back
Dialogue from a domestic scene shows a husband complimenting his wife with a sly insinuation about fashion. The wife counters sharply, noting the hat is shabby, and suggests the matter rests with him to decide the next move in the brief verbal skirmish.
Castorla and Castor Ads Mentioned Amid Humorous Quips
An instructive ad style feature mocks patent remedies with claims about Castorla and a long history. A joking pair of quotes references war, patience, and a boy's barn crawl to dodge his father’s strap, underscoring a satirical tone.
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Socrates Scrodd
Quinine and Health Ads From an Old Publication
A block of vintage ads promotes Bromo Quinine as a tonic and laxative, claiming it safe for the head and nerves. It touts eye health tips, a facial wash line, and Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver bowel and stomach regulation. Other lines poke social notes and pop culture quips.
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Grove
Dr. Pierce
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