First Clocks in Milan and Padua Spur Timekeeping
The 1309 Milan tower clock at San Eustorgio astonished crowds as the first known clock. A Padua palace clock cost 344 and tracked hours sun, planets, moon phases, months, and year’s end. A 50-year span later an alarm clock appeared in Milan in Andrea Alciato’s possession, chiming a bell and lighting a wax candle. The watch remained slow to progress until 1740 when the second hand was added.
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Padua
San Eustargio
Milan
Andrea Alciato
London Globe
Browning and Coleridge Dialogue Surprises and Wit
Brief humorous scraps include Browning praising a read work while noting unread parts, a prison exchange about a six month sentence and hair cut mishaps, an advertisement for Mrs Winston's teething syrup, and a cartoon caption about agents selling cyclope dias to a boss.
Cuticura Heals Child's Scalp Sores After Year Long Suffering
A nurse reports her nephew's severe skin sores worsening for eighteen months until using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After two months of treatment the sores fully cleared and never returned. The letter praises Cuticura and cites a fall 1909 date and Litchfield Connecticut, with a testimonial from Mrs. Egbert Sheldon.
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Egbert Sheldon
Litchfield
Conn
Grundy County Figures Show Strong Agricultural Output
Grundy county assessors report 1909 farm activity with corn at 41 bushels per acre totaling 3,776,959 bushels and potatoes at 777,888 bushels. The county has 70,000 acres of pasture and 1,022 acres of orchards, with tiling, manure spreaders, and large livestock usage reflected in horses, cattle and dairy production.
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Grundy County
Iowa
Bullets Fired Into House Sparking Arrest in Orange City
Mrs Mary Kooyman heard revolver shots near her home last Saturday night in Orange City. Two bullets lodged in the window casing and one penetrated the glass. On Tuesday Hessel Van Wechel was arrested south of Orange City and charged with the shooting. a revolver with three cartridges fired was found. No motive yet established. Harry Kooyman is chief engineer at the local electric light plant owned by his father.
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Orange City
Mary Kooyman
Hessel van Wechel
van Wechel
Harry Kooyman
Burglars Hit Onawa Homes Early Sunday Morning
Burglars invaded Onawa Sunday night into Monday targeting several residences. At Wilbur Lupton’s home a guest named Park Hagan woke to find a thief rummaging his trousers and stealing about $12 plus a draft. The prowler fled before help arrived. several tramps were detained but no arrest or conclusive evidence was found.
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Onawa
Wilbur Lupton
Park Hagan
Ottumwa Citizens Circulate Petition for Special Election
Ottumwa residents favoring the commission form of government circulate a petition asking Mayor T. J. Phillips to issue a proclamation for a special election. Des Moines Sioux City and Burlington already use the plan. The petition must be signed by 26 percent of legal voters from the last city election. The mayor has condemned the plan, signaling a likely contest if the petition compels a vote.
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Ottumwa
Ottuwa
T. J. Phillips
Des Moines
Sioux City
Burlington
Plan A Stock Show in Des Moines Dairy Meet
Iowa State Dairy association committee in Des Moines outlines a mammoth cattle show at the coliseum next October with W B Barney as president and chairman. Barney says the Des Moines event could rival the national show and become an annual dairy highlight. A separate Cedar Rapids incident reports farmer William Bales threatening to shoot his son in law Claude Raugh after a daughter eloped to Princeton Missouri.
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Iowa State Dairy Association
Des Moines
Coliseum
W. B. Barney
Cedar Rapids
William Bales
Guernsey
Lucille
Claude Raugh
Princeton
Bales
Baugh
Fires at Mechanicsville Destroy Several Businesses
A Sunday night blaze in Mechanicsville destroyed two barber shops owned by Cr Hines and John Baumen Scott's restaurant and Bagley's music store. The fire caused about 6000 in losses. The Chicago and Northwestern depot also burned after a spark from a passing engine, with freight losses around 4000.
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Mechanicsville
Cr. Hines
John Baumen
Scott
Bagley
Chicago and Northwestern
Deposed Chief Reappointed as Inspector in Council Bluffs
Maj George H Richmond who was ousted as police chief by Judge E B Woodruff on May 5 has taken the Inspector’s badge. The sinecure post carries a $4 daily salary. Milwaukee conductor Joseph Graff, injured in a train fall near Austin, now faces paralysis and serious prospects. Edward C Will, Marshalltown businessman, died of diphtheria after delaying medical care for tonsillitis.
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George H. Richmond
Council Bluffs
E. B. Woodruff
District Court
Milwaukee
Joseph Graff
Austin
Baptist to Des Moines for 1912 convention
News reports elation as the northern Baptist convention of 1912 moves to Des Moines from Chicago where it is meeting. The body includes over 300 delegates from thirty states.
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Northern Baptist Convention of
Des Moines
Chicago
State Sunday School Convention At Mason City
Great interest surrounds the state Sunday school convention to be held in Mason City from June 21 to 23, 1910 with many delegates anticipated from Town County. Gerhard Ventjen, a prominent German farmer near Rockwell, committed suicide in his barn. the motive remains unknown.
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Mason City
Tost
Schif
Gerhard Ventjen
Rockwell
Marshall County Goes Dry as Last Drugstores Surrender Permits
The entire county of Marshall became dry when the remaining druggists and the last Marshalltown liquor sellers surrendered permits to sell intoxicating liquors. Alta public schools hold commencement on May 26 with Horace FE Deemer, Iowa Supreme Court justice, delivering the address.
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Marshall
Marshalltown
Alta Public Schools
Horace FE Deemer
Supreme Court of Iowa
Iowa Bankers Meeting Draws 100 Bankers in Council Bluffs
Over 100 bankers from western towns attended an Iowa Bankers' Association group meeting in Council Bluffs. Numerous addresses were delivered to the gathering.
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Eicots
Miners Return to Work After Six Week Suspension
Seventeen thousand Iowa mine workers resumed operations Monday ending a suspension that lasted over six weeks as labor unrest and stoppages prompted the restart of mining activity across the state.
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Iowa
Fortunes of War and a Senator's Cost Question
A reporter asks Senator Lotsman who will pay for a nation's full war footing. The senator replies the burden falls on posterity, either ours or that of a European or Asian power, and shifts focus to smoking imported perfectos.
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Lotsman
Juvenile Ignorance on Worth and Assessor Fine
A comic exchange shows Tommy questioning his father about value and the assessor’s fine. Mr. Tucker estimates around 4000 dollars, prompting Tommy to compare his paw’s supposed worth with the tax penalty.
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Tommy
Paw
Tucker
Doan’s Kidney Pills Cure Terrible Back Pain Story
Charles Easter of Watseka Illinois suffered six months of severe back pain and weight loss after kidney issues. He began Doan’s Kidney Pills and gradually recovered with a permanent cure. The advertisement urges readers to remember Doan’s and buy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 65 cents a box.
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Charles Easter
East Locust St
Watseka
Ill
Doan
Doan’s
Gale
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Everyday Philosophy Promotes Cheerful Resilience
The verse counsels steady steps despite misfortune, urging a cheerful song and a smile that hides hurt, framing fortune as a flirt. It emphasizes perseverance and steady spirit amid setbacks.
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
Claim that deafness is caused by inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and can be cured only by constitutional remedies. Offers $100 for any case of deafness due to catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. directs to send for circulars. Also references Dall's Family Wills for constipation.
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Hall
Y. J Cheney & CO
Toledo
Dee
Dall
Not Guilty Directive Echoes Irish Trial Anecdote
A judge halted a murder trial in Ireland after weak evidence and directed a not guilty verdict. A famed lawyer, seeking his fee, asked to address the court, prompting the judge to quip that they would acquit first to prevent accident.
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Ireland
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
An appeal from Anna in Duck Minnesota endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including retroflexion. The ad urges women to seek the remedy before surgery and notes Mrs. Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Minn
Sernderson
Anna
Duck
Lydia E. Pinkhas
United States
Lydia E. Pinkham
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