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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1910
Page
3
Munyon promotes its 25 cent Cold Cure as a preventative and rapid remedy for colds. The ad claims it stops fever, sneezing, and discharge, and can prevent grippe and pneumonia. It offers free medical advice by mail from Prof. Munyon in Philadelphia.
A dialogue about trust in medicine and a marriage proposal. Knocker questions a cure while Gil accepts a proposal after a long chance. The speaker notes that many women remain single by choice of men who choose others.
Des Moines reports state food and dairy commissioner Barney filed prosecutions against EB C Gates Merchants hotel in Dubuque Emily Tschohl Minnesota restaurant Dubuque W A Speer restaurant Hedrick and J O Murray restaurant Fort Dodge for serving a butter substitute without posting a required card. A thorough inspection of hotels and restaurants will follow with placards required on dining tables where substitutes are served.
In Rock Rapids 19 year old John Wibbens shot and killed his stepfather Harry Jordan after a confrontation at the mother's home. Jordan, recently married to Mrs. Wibbens, had a history of liquor trouble and defied injunctions to stay away. After a chase and exchange of threats, Wibbens fired four shots at Jordan’s feet and then struck a fatal blow as Jordan closed in. Jordan had been living in the city only a few months and worked as a day laborer and on drugs. Both families knew tension over past discord and legal action.
In Newmarket Iowa M R Brant and A M Dougherty again faced off for Taylor county attorney. Dougherty won by 3 votes this year. Brant has filed a contest that could affect several other successful candidates if proven correct.
Iowa notes report Hoffaker near Mason City dying while cooking. despondent Koontz son of a county official takes poison but survives. Behren of Davenport kills himself after illness. Lantz found dead by hanging near Shenandoah. Boy Scout group formed in Denison. monument fund drive in Belmond for Father Sands and wife graves.
Obituaries note Miss Elizabeth Harker of Sanborn prized estate value of 250000. Early settler Thomas Burns dies suddenly in Sheldon. Two year old Stanley Hughes dies from burns in Iowa City. J A Enyart 80 killed at Milwaukee crossing near Council Bluffs. Mrs Jane Giles of Mason City claims 102 living. Paul Whallon dies in Portland of typhoid after two weeks marriage. Belle Plaine Baptist church reorganizes with Rev. Warren J. Smith. Upper Iowa Editorial association to meet in Fort Dodge in 1911. Sidney suffers mumps epidemic. schools demoralized. W J McAlpine earns 10206.90 this week toward Logan courthouse project. Sanborn electric lights restored after fire. Charles Ecker, Milwaukee road engineer, dies at North McGregor. Will C Strong home robbed of cash. Selma Rhoades badly burned by gasoline stove accident.
Congressman Pickett selected William H Sheakley to fill the Eldora post office vacancy after a long contest dating to last October. He will assume duties once his commission arrives from President Taft. Sheakley has directed the printing department at the Iowa Industrial School and edited the Industrial School Echo for two years.
The Commercial club of Marshalltown aims to pressure the state board of control to buy supplies for state institutions from Iowa manufacturers. Dean Charles N. Gregory of the University of Iowa law college will attend two national meetings in Washington and Baltimore. Sylvester McCarthy, 18, was fatally injured while bailing hay near Masonville when a fly wheel severed part of his head. The Iowa Amendment association convention will be held in Des Moines on January 23 and 24.
Independence clubs launch a scholarship drive to create a permanent fund. The third district convention of women’s clubs endorses providing at least 1000 toward loans for deserving young women to pursue education at the Iowa State Teachers College.
A reader recounts a family note praising Cuticura Soap and Ointment for an eczema on an old woman’s head that caused hair loss and itching. She reports hair regrowth after six months and gratitude to the products. The writer also shares personal feet eczema relief after cold winters. Ellsworth Dunham, Hiram, Maine, Sept. 30, 1909.
A dialogue notes railroads improving over 60 years yet mocks 50 year traveler experience. A writer hawks Hamlins Wizard cough remedy and Mrs Winstow's Soothing Syrup to ease ailments. The column ends with a wry line about clouds having a silver lining seen by others.
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