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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
3
Local notices tout remedies and medical products from C. S. Royce and Osceola merchants. Advertisers claim Kidney tonics, King’s New Discovery for lungs, Bees Laxative, Pile remedies, Arnica Salve, Pinesalve Carbolizea, and Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup as cures. Reports mention Bed ford burn injuries from a gasoline stove explosion and a runaway horse accident injuring Rev. E. L. Curtis.
Short items urge sparing meals in heat citing Jefferson rules and promote tonics like Kodol and Pineules. Ads note DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, Little Martins, Rings Dyspepsia Tablets, and Woodmen picnic August 28. Reports mention Shenandoah fall, Maryville scatter, and Villisca ad pages with cream ice law discussion in York Pennsylvania.
A Washington Herald story recounts President Roosevelt at a recent dinner with close associates. Two women discuss a new, lavish neighbor couple, boasting their wealth and high social forms. They claim the couple has thirty servants, eighteen horses, twelve dogs, eleven automobiles, and one child, illustrating extravagance.
In Cedar Rapids Aug 14 several branches of the Knights of Pythias meet including Grand Lodge Uniform Rank and Pythian Sisters. Guest list features Mrs Anna M Young of Cincinnati supreme chief Mia Josie Nelson of Union City Ind and Mrs Anna Dilworth past supreme chancellor of Omaha. Lankton Is Likely to Die in Council Bluffs Aug 13 a man knocked down in a fight lies in hospital with skull fracture brain clot and paralysis after a curb impact. On Way to Fake Wedding Des Moines Aug 14 centenarian couple’s wedding in St Louis turns out fake. Hiram Harris of Pine River Minn seeks poorrelief money to return home.
Des Moines on August 3 reports that J A Warren a West side barber was found insane by the insanity commission after being arrested in the act of shaving a customer. His wife had sworn insanity charges and Warren claimed a band of negroes with two bloodhounds pursued him. He was committed to the asylum.
Des Moines gains a marriage chaplain in the old juvenile court room with Rev. W. O. Allen presiding. The retired Methodist minister says divorce is easy under new laws and offers to perform ceremonies for a regular fee or free if couples cannot afford it, even trusting them for payment.
Des Moines Aug 13 The Standard Oil Company faces a Polk county district court trial over alleged predatory pricing and sabotage of Crystal Oil, a Des Moines startup. Plaintiffs seek 50 000 dollars in damages claiming price cuts to crush trade and bribery of drivers and staff to steal customers.
Dubuque August reports Abraham Summer Iowa's noted philanthropist travels the state giving alms to those in need. He is worth about $600,000 but says he does not intend to die rich. In Dubuque he quietly observes how recipients respond and explains that a dollar from a poor man can be more meaningful than a Rockefeller donation.
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