Iowa News Highlights Include Hospital Plans and Road Works
Iowa Congregationalists begin erecting a women and children's hospital in Des Moines with rapid fundraising progress. Good Roads Day in Clarinda mobilizes 460 men and 100 teams, yielding three miles of improved roads and top town highway access.
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Iowa Congregational Hospital
Bes Moines
Greater
Clarinda
Rafael Davila
Ottumwa
Eulalio Rangel
Rangel
Davila
Eva
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association of
Iowa
Jim McVicker
State Board
B. H. Temple
Burlington
Pittsburgh
Iowa-Texas Fuel, Oil & Gas Company
Chariton
Texas
Charles FP. Throne
Relfe
Sarah A. Wilcoxen
Belle Plaine
Louise M. Wington
Mount Ayr
Elizabeth Hays
Sheldon
John T. Watson
Boerne
Frank Fugate
Western Union Telegraph Company
Des Moines
Oska- Joosa
W. A. Logan
Dunkerton
T. T. Baken
Webster City
O. H. Schulte
Elkader
Ely Austin
Mason City
James Wilson
Washington
W. M. Chase
New York
Christian Church of Nevada
George H. Nichol E
Fairfield
Christian Church
Red Oak
Ned Oak
Dallas City
Wapello County
Davenport
Gladys Starr
Meyer
Meuman
D. S. Priest
Shenandoah
LaGrande
Ore
John Swanson
Albert City
South Centerville
Peterson
Sioux City Urges Sioux City 300 Mile Sweepstakes
Twenty five fast cars already entered for the Sioux City 300 mile meet with a $25,000 purse. Delage wins eye attention as drivers compare this event with Lyons Grand Prix and Tacoma races. Practice starts this week as garages, lights, and grandstands are ready for a large crowd.
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Sioux City
Delage
Indianapolis
Europe
America
Lyons
France
Tacoma
Wash
Hereford Breeder Killed Near Avoca
Audubon breeder IJ B Ashby one of the state’s leading Hereford cattle men was instantly killed half a mile west of Avoca when a tar wagon driven by J A Shade of Kingsley slid off a ten foot embankment. Shade sustained injuries not believed serious. They had attended a stock gate in Harlan and were en route to Omaha on business.
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Audubon
IJ. B. Ashby
Avoca
J. A. Shade
Kingsley
Mr. Ashby
Shade
Harlan
Omaha
Plan to Form Milk Trust in Waterloo
A leading milk dealer considers forming a monopoly to cut duplication of deliveries. He promises to provide high quality milk at 5 to 8 cents a quart, reduce the number of daily milkmen on streets, and lower living costs after presenting the plan to city authorities.
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Waterloo
Brag Man From Under Bed In Wells-Fargo Case
Dubuque Emory Faatz aged 26 a Wells Fargo Express driver who vanished two months ago with 500 silver dollars and 200 in collections was dragged from beneath a bed at his father's house and arrested. Bloodhounds traced joy riders who stole H T Giles car and roamed the city all night before abandoning it.
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Dubuque
Emory Faatz
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Quimby Fire Destroys Businesses in Sudden Blaze
Fire swept through Quimby destroying the post office drug store two groceries a barber shop and a furniture store. The blaze caused about $60 000 in losses and wiped out much of the business district.
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Quimby
Sioux City
Eightieth Chariton District Conference Report
The Chariton District held its eightieth Methodist Episcopal conference in Osceola with reports showing 833 members admitted to the church across the district in the past year.
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Osceola
Chariton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Citizens Seek Injunction Over High School Bonds
Fifty taxpayers seek a court injunction to stop the issue of 754100 dollars in bonds approved at a recent special election to fund a new high school.
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Knoxville
Wands
Young Heroine Aids Sister With Home Cast After Injury
Sarah Shafer a thirteen year old from Los Angeles acted as a makeshift nurse for her five year old sister who shattered her elbow after a fall. Dr Edward G Wiley the chief police surgeon guided her by telephone on how to apply a splint while an ambulance headed to the Shaffer home. The father is at the county hospital and the mother visited him as Maybelle broke her arm.
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Sarah Shafer
Los Angeles
Cal
Edward G. Wiley
Sarah
Maybelle
Wiley
Shaffer
Buckaloo Talks Money In Woodshed Dispute
A dialogue notes a clash over payment for work with phrases about a woodshed and two dollars. The exchange centers on whether the woodshed is involved and who controls the money. The tone resembles a rural Southern vernacular bargaining scene.
A Chiropody Is Best Begun At The Foot
A quotation asserts that the chiropodist profession must start at the foot and grow from there highlighting the value of grounding practical skill with patient care. The remark emphasizes foundational training and stepwise development in podiatry.
Mustache Cup Tea Shaped By Miss Gilder’s Satire
Miss Jeannette Gilder taunted a pink and gold mustache cup at New York’s Bad Taste exhibition noting mustache cups endure beside hand painted cuspidors. She proposed a spiritual bad taste show featuring a fortune hunter who seeks money through marriage, citing a wealthy yet poor American family.
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Jeannette Gilder
New York
Miss Gilder
Amerea
Eruption Disfigured Face in 1911 Child Healed by Cuticura
Henry Prins of Gettla? 1912 recounts a five year old daughter’s ringworm like eruption on the face. By following Cuticura Soap and Ointment directions the symptoms eased and the child fully recovered after three to four months.
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Maurice
Henry Prins
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Mrs Briggs Faces Wrath Over Floridain Widow Deception
Mr Briggs berates Mrs Briggs for posing as a widow while away in Florida. She admits the ruse and says she did it for Johnny to ensure he enjoyed himself. He remains cross but she stays calm, claiming Johnny was cared for by many gentlemen.
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Johnny
Mrs. Briggs
Mr. Briggs
Florida
Briggs
Lacking in Self-Assertion in Puck Quip on Abner Green
Puck quips Abner Appledry-Say Green lacks pride and independence comparing him to a rabbit. The comic notes he never asserts rights on streetcars, always stays seated, as if in church, and avoids the back platform.
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Abner Appledry
Green
Ashton Allred
Puck
No Wonder: Theater Fatigue From Plays
A quoted exchange contrasts a business man who frequents theater with a narrator who quit. The speaker explains the theater drags on him, noting that it is the plays themselves that tire him rather than any other aspect.
The Civil War Vet on General Sickles on a Pier
A Civil War veteran on an Atlantic City pier reflects on General Sickles calling him theatrical yet brave. He recalls Sickles easing his wife’s affairs, then her death two years after reconciliation, and a reunion anecdote about criticizing running marriages with a chilling remark about wives.
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Atlantic City
Sickles
Jim
Lowest Bidder and the Daughter’s Hand in Tradeoff
A young suitor asks for the daughter’s hand. The father invites him to sit and probes expected maintenance costs. The man replies with a yearly figure of ten thousand dollars, prompting the father to decline as another suitor can manage for eight thousand.
Crowd Makes Quiet Impression As Tango Dances Falter
A foreign spectator recalls a notably large crowd at the event and notes the absence of tango dancing, remarking on the unusual excitement and stillness of the scene.
Language of Ours Confirmed Rumor Denied
A careful investigation found the rumor to be confirmed and not true. The inquiry concluded the report was a rumor rather than fact, countering initial claims.
Habit to Awoard and Unclear Baseball Comment
Fragmentary dialogue discusses Lie butter on a base ball club and a remark about showing his wife, with confusion over why he is eager to make many home rugs. The text resembles a humorous aside or transcript fragment from a 19th or early 20th century publication with nonsensical phrasing.
Mental Arithmetic Teaser: One Third of a Sum
A riddle asks if one third of a certain sum plus three dollars equals the five sixths of the remainder. It requests the original amount and invites solution by arithmetic steps.
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Tommy
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Black Hawk County
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Iowa City
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Winterset
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J. B. Quigster
Odebolt Chronicle
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Buffalo
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Edmund A. Part
Dow City
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Livermore
Jacob B. Powers
Murray
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M. J. Huse
First Presbyterian Church of
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Nora Springs
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