Kill All the Flies Campaign Warns Typhoid Carrier Dangers
The Tribune urges a three point action to kill flies and stop typhoid spread. Screen all houses kitchens and food areas, cover filth pits and excreta, and mobilize community effort with the City Council and Board of Health to end the fly nuisance. Major VanHilt’s Bermuda example cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb
Esten and Mason
Leland DO. Howard
U. S
Government Bureau of Entomology
Frederick A. Stokes Company
George M. Sternberg
United States Army
Veeder
Army
The
Tribune
Tooth and
Calverley
India
F. W. C. Jones
L. O. Howard
the Tribune
Major Vanhill
Bermuda
Board of Health
Vanhills
Fat Men Parade Marks New England Fat Men Club Festivities
The annual New England Fat Men's club meeting drew large crowds in Boston as members weighing over 200 pounds paraded through streets. President Taft held honorary membership as heavyweights celebrate three days of festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Fat Men's Club
Boston
Taft
Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Teething Debuted as Aid
Wartime era claims Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has soothed millions of mothers and teething children for over sixty years. The ad asserts perfect success in calming the child, easing pain, curing wind colic, and treating diarrhea, and notes absolute harmlessness. A single bottle costs twenty five cents.
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WinsLow
Clearing House to Aid Farmers
Chicago reports a railroad plan to form county farmers clearing houses to trade crops via bank credits, reducing cash needs. Oklahoma legislature considered a bill backing the plan with four traveling supervisors and $100,000 for rationing supplies at cost, plus expert help from federal authorities.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
National Council of Grain Exchanges
Seth T. Farnsworth
Oklahoma
London
Sti
Mr. Farnsworth
W. T. Fenton
National Bank of the Republic
United States
Lawrence O. Murray
Hill
Bankers Clearing House Associations
Lansing Iowa Notes and Local Social Tidbits
A Lansing Iowa column records visits and gatherings including Fred and Caroline Ascham hosting, Jimmie Gilroy finding two pearls valued at 500 dollars, and multiple sending and returning residents. It notes a Lansing 5 V 1 win over Waukon, plus a wedding at Gilroy Verdon and a Main Street brick building sale to Jno Johnson for a 2200 prize, with lodges moving to the upper floor.
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Lansing
Iowa
Fred Herman
W. J. Barnes
Waukon
R. Duniling
Tina Rudd
Evelyn Shisler
Ella Gramlich
Mays Prairie
J. M. Guider
J. Heatley
Wexford
Anna Young
James Hartley
Main Street
Jno
D. Johnson
Flirtatious Woman Finds Shock in Return of Ball
A remark notes that when a woman flirts a little, it shocks her to meet a man who will not return the ball. The line suggests social dating etiquette and a punchy view of flirtation norms.
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P. Ss. Komiss
J. R. Robertson
la Crosse
D. S. Komiss
S.S.S
S.S
Robert Burns
Bobbie
Best & Russell CO
Chicago, Ill
W. H. Young
Agnes Dee
the Prairie
Fred Erickson
Sioux City
J. L. Lundin
Carl Spinner
Esther
Waterville
Pat Joyce
Tom Gavin
Elle Kernawall
Gilroy-Verdon
Charlie Geraint
Oa Lycurgus
William Sr
John Gund Brewing Co
LaCrosse
Wis
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