Tuberculosis Test Slaughters Forty Cattle at Mt Pleasant
Des Moines reports a serious cattle tuberculosis outbreak at the Mt Pleasant state institution. State veterinary surgeon Dr Paul Kato ordered nearly forty head killed after tuberculin tests. Board of Control Chairman Cownie attended post mortems despite prior opposition to the test. Four more cattle from Illinois tested positive in Eldora.
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Des Moines
Mt. Pleasant
Paul Kato
Talbot
Kato
Cownie
State Board of Control
Downie
Koto
Eldora
Illinois
Calhoun County Farmers Institute Heads to Rockwell City
The Calhoun County Farmers Institute convenes in Rockwell City on Jan 11 12 and 18 1910 for its annual farmers convention. Prominent speakers will address corn good roads dairying and horticulture.
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Calthoun County Farmers’ Institute
Lake City
Calhoun County Farmers’ Institute
Rockwell City
Boy Burned by Hot Stove at Boone
John Platter, a Boone boy, stood with his back to a stove to get warm when he suddenly felt intense heat and found he was burning. Bystanders quickly extinguished the fire and he escaped serious injury.
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Boone
John Platter
John
Sundberg Wins Sweepstakes at Iowa Corn Exposition
Des Moines reports John Sundberg, president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association, raised more and better corn per acre this season than any other grower. Judges announced the seventh annual Iowa corn exposition winner.
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Sundberg
Des Moines
John Sundberg
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Iowa
Iow City Infant Burned By Hot Stove Face Hands
One year old Theodore Maresh son of Mr and Mrs Seanley Maresh suffered severe burns to face and hands when he fell against a hot stove. Doctors report his sight will be spared. The child’s elder brother died recently.
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Iowa City
Theodore Maresh
Seanley Maresh
Creston Pastor Marries in Somonauk Home Wedding
Rev. Bruce Jackson, newly named pastor of Creston First Baptist, wed Miss Allene Marguerite Stevens in Somonauk NL at the bride’s parents home, Mr. and Mrs. Delano Stevens.
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Creston
Bruce Jackson
First Baptist Church
Somonauk
Allene Marguerite Stevens
Delano Stevens
Silliman Honored by Shorthorn Registry Board
At the American Shorthorn Registry association meeting in Chicago during the Interstate, E. R. Silliman of Claverburn farm near Cole County was elected to the board of directors.
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Silliman
Nevada
American Shorthorn Registry Association
Chicago
E. R. Silliman
Claverburn Farm
Cole
Valley Junction Man Found Frozen to Death
Sylvester Spencer, 40, was found dead by the roadside about a mile west of Valley Junction. Dr. W R Sharp declared the man had died several hours earlier and his body was taken to his office for examination.
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Valley Junction
Sylvester Spencer
W.’R. Sharp
Sioux City Teacher Found Dead From Gas Poisoning
Sioux City teacher Arta Wren was found dead in her Morningside room from gas poisoning. Suspicion falls on possible self infliction, though friends say it may have been accidental.
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Sioux City
Arta Wren
Morningside
State Buys More Ground in Marshalltown
The state board of control purchased eleven acres from Dr. N. E. Mignell in Marshalltown to add to home grounds for a total consideration of $10 000.
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State
Marshalltown
State Board of Control
N. E. Mignell
New Lutheran Church Dedicated Near Farnhamville
The new Lutheran church six miles south of Farnhamville was dedicated and described as one of the finest in the area. The building is reported to be practically free of debt.
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Lake City
Farn Hamville
Death of E. C. McMillan in Keokuk
E C McMillan, born 1839 in Ohio, died in Keokuk. He served twelve years as warden of Fort Madison prison and was a former sheriff of this county.
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E. C. McMillan
Marshalltown
Keokuk
E.C. McMillan
Fort Madison
Mr. McMillan
Ohio
Alleged Murderer Captured in Grinnell
Joe Slycord, wanted for the murder of Frank Batesole of this city at Carrington North Carolina on November 11, is under arrest in Grinnell. He is said to have confessed claiming self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Joe Slycord
Frank Batesole
Carrington
N. C
Grinnell
Des Moines Woman Granted Divorce in Iowa Case
Marshalltown reports Mrs. Carrie Young wife of Des Moines resident George W. Young was granted a divorce on grounds of habitual drunkenness. Mrs. Young is identified as daughter of Robert Hizy of the city.
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Des Moines
Marshalltown
Carrie Young
George W. Young
Resignation of Ames Farm Crops Professors Crossley and Bell
Professor B W Crossley of the Ames farm crops department resigns to return to his father's farm near Council Bluffs February 1, prompted by his father's illness. He is a leading corn expert and popular with students. Professor H G Bell also resigns from the farm crops department, moving to Maine State Agricultural College, effective January 1.
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Prof. Crossley
Ames
B. W. Crossley
Council Bluffs
Profeasior Crossley
Bowman
H. G. Bell
Farm Crops Department
Bell
Agronomy
Maine State Agricultural School
Estherville Pioneer Dead After Roadside Incident
Estherville reports the death of George H. West Sr a pioneer resident found dead with his team by the roadside while en route to Estherville his wagon leaving a froz en ditch. He homesteaded three miles east over thirty years ago and leaves a wife seven sons and five daughters.
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Estherville
George H. West
Emmert Memorial Elevates Cass County Medical Leaders
The Case County Medical Society met in Atlantic and elected officers for the year. President Dr. Maynard Adair and Vice President Dr. Morris Atlantic serve as secretary treasurer Dr. Max Emmert Atlantic, delegate Dr. Stultz Wiota, censors Drs Weaver Cumberland Morris Atlantic and Thompson Maine. The session memorialized the late Dr. Emmert, founder of the Cass County and Botna Valley Medical societies, who served on the board of parole and pardons.
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Board of Parole and Pardons
Cass County Society
Botna Valley Medical Society
Corn Crop Falls Short in Iowa and Midwest
Special reports from Iowa Minnesota and Illinois show the corn crop last season is far below expectations. Iowa will have little corn to ship as 25 to 35 percent remains in the fields and much of what is harvested fails to grade better than third. The overall quantity is small and quality is poor.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Iowa Pastor Disappears from Plainfield Church
Rev BE C Long, pastor for three months at Plainfield Methodist church, left town without explanation after reports about his character circulated at the Cedar Rapids district level led by Dr. Bissel. He departed for unknown parts.
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Iowa
Nashua
Bissel
Cedar Rapids
BE. C. Long
Plainfield Methodist Church
Foster Son Wins Estate Heirship in Stiles Case
Emery Stiles, foster son of the late BH 8S Stiles, is declared sole heir to an estate valued at $20,000 left by his foster mother Mrs Stiles after a trial where relatives challenged his adoption status.
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Hampton
Emery Stiles
Stiles
Dobbins Given Five Year Term After Trial Ruling
District court judge Green overruled a new trial motion for John R. Dobbins who was convicted of taking part in a $30 000 robbery of T W Ballew Princeton Missouri banker by a fake horse race. Dobbins received an indefinite sentence not to exceed five years.
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Dobbins
Council Bluffs
Green
John R. Dobbins
T. W. Ballew
Princeton
Pella Council Grants Pavement Around Public Square
The city council approved a petition for paving around the square and Main street from the square’s southeast corner seven blocks to the Rock Island depot, plus one block east from the depot on University street.
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Pella
Public Square
Main Street
Rock Island Depot
University Street
Des Moines Woman Returns Jewels Lost in Chicago Station
A Des Moines woman recovered a bag of jewels valued at 5000 dollars that was lost by Mrs John Reynolds in a Chicago Northwestern waiting room last September. She received a reward check for several hundred dollars from John Reynolds.
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Boone
Des Moines
John Reynolds
Chicago & Northwestern
Burlington Makes Kick at Tax Law
The Burlington Commercial Exchange criticizes the new corporate tax law taking effect January 1 as class legislation that is hard to comply with and unfair.
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Burlington
Burlington Commercial Exchange
Exchange
Workers gain wage raise and better shop conditions
The Iowa Central wage schedules signed affect 610 workers from Albert Lea to Peoria. An increase of 1 to 2 cents is granted along with improved shop conditions.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central
Albert Lea
Peoria
Corn Picking Record Set In Lake City
J. H. Prickett and John Curry of Lake City picked and husked eighty bushels of corn in three hours and twenty minutes, a claim for the season’s record.
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Lake City
J. H. Prickett
John Curry
Mt Pleasant Man Jerrell Dead at Farm Home
Charles M. Jerrell aged 45 a former prominent attorney who retired to a farm ten years ago was found dead in bed at his farm north of Mt. Pleasant authorities reported no immediate cause of death pending examination by a coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Charles M. Jerrell
Freak stalk of corn bears forty three ears in Bonaparte area
Bonaparte-Emil Nashe of near the city exhibits a single corn stalk with forty three distinct ears growing from one stalk. One stalk is on display at a local store attracting curiosity from residents.
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Bonaparte
Emil Nashe
Women in Managua Seek U S Intervention Over Zelaya Repression
Prominent Managua women sign a petition to acting U S consul Henry Caldera detailing torture of Zelaya era prisoners. They urge U S intervention to bring criminals to justice as Zelaya supporters terrorize the country, seize property, imprison families, and inflict abuses. American Marines may be ordered to land to protect citizens.
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Republic
Managua
Nicaragua
Henry Caldera
United States
Zelaya
Grace
Penelope Tug Crew Escapes Fire After Ice-Choked Voyage
The Cleveland tug Penelope caught fire four miles off Lorain Ohio while returning to St. Clair Michigan. Captain Charles Inches and two crewmates rode a smaller yawl through ice and frigid winds to shore five miles west of Lorain where they received medical aid. The vessel belonged to A H Langell of Cleveland and was bound for winter quarters.
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Loraine
Penelope
Cleveland
A. H. Langell
St. Clair
Mich
Charles Inches
Here
Golden State wreck kills two in Arizona wreck near Benson
Tucson engineers Tom Walker and P W Bauer died in the east bound Golden State Limited wreck three miles west of Benson on Southern Pacific tracks. Ten others were seriously injured and 13 injured or bruised in the crash at about 30 miles an hour. Most seriously hurt were in tourist sleepers and the mail car. Southern Pacific cites excessive speed around a curve.
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Tucson
Ariz
Tom Walker
P. W. Bauer
Golden State Limited
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Benson
St. Mary's Hospital
Brig. Gen Green Berry Raum Dies at 84 in Chicago
Brig. Gen Green Berry Raum former pension commissioner died at his Chicago home Saturday at age 84. Raum served in the Civil War era and held pension related posts in the early 20th century. He was widely noted for his public service in Illinois and national veterans affairs.
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Chicago
Green Berry Raum
Lynch Elected National League President After Deadlock
Thomas J. Lynch, former umpire, was Saturday elected president of the National League at its annual meeting, ending a deadlock between supporters of John Heydler and John M. Ward.
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Lynch
New York
Thomas J. Lynch
National Baseball League
John Heydler
John M. Ward
Cardinal Satolli Near Death in Rome
Cardinal Savrolli suffers a severe relapse from nephritis in Rome. He is extremely weak and often delirious as doctors fear a fatal outcome.
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Cardinal Satolli
Rome
Cardinal Savrolli
Big Guns For The Coasts In Navy And Army Talks
Discussion centers on the 14 inch gun as a trial and its uncertain turret use. Army and navy plans differ. nine guns approved, one completed, for Pearl Harbor and Corregidor fortifications amid high explosive charges and long ranges.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Army Ordnance Department
Crozier
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Corregidor
Philippine Islands
Man Declares Bride Error as License Fronts Two Sisters
In Whatcom County Washington Judge Wardin nearly married Albert Dierick to Nora Soderbom but Dierick objected insisting Nora’s sister Lucy was intended. The license mix up caused a fuss among the bridal party before the ceremony proceeded with the originally chosen bride. A separate anecdote tells of a man struck by a bottle of whisky in his chest when a stone hit his pocket bottle on Broadway. Dickens quill sold for $20 at Villa Les Montineaux.
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Albert Dierick
HE. E. Wardin
Whatcom County Superior Court
Bellingham
Wash
Dierick
Nora Soderbom
Lcense
Lucy Souerbom
Nora
Broadway
New York Telegraph
Dickens
Villa Les Montineaux
Valuable Rheumatism Recipe Circulated by Doctor
A newspaper clipping touts a doctor’s top prescription for rheumatism and backache. It lists a mixture of one ounce compound syrup Sarsa parilla, one ounce Toris compound, and a half pint high grade whiskey. Take a tablespoon before each meal and at bedtime, with shaking before use.
Tuberculosis Exhibition Tours Southern States
After a Charleston campaign against consumption, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis opened a Greenville exhibition movement with $90 raised. After January 1 the work continues in Columbia, S C, with the state legislature session. An Oklahoma tour follows, then Arkansas as part of a statewide fight.
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Charleston
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Greenville
Columbia
S. C
National Association
Colorado
Oklahoma
Arkansas
A Balanced Diet for Seniors This Guide
A sane diet for a person of 70 or 75 should be largely vegetables and fruit with some fish eggs a little meat and simple cereals. Do not drink with meals as liquids wash away food before chewing. Drink two quarts of water between meals daily. Hot water helps inactive bodies. Avoid strong stimulants like tea and coffee.
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Harper's Bazar
Loss of appetite remedy urged by medical man
Loss of appetite and lassitude are linked to weakened vitality. A well-known physician recommends improving appetite and digestion to restore health. Suggests a tonic involving one ounce balmwort, one ounce sarsaparilla compound, and half a pint of whiskey, taken a tablespoonful three to six times daily. Also praised as a system cleanser.
Remains Visibly Sought After Death in Toledo Case
A coroner investigates a black resident’s death in Onto City Lucas County asking a sobbing woman if Samuel Williams lived there. She confirms and requests to view the remains. The document includes a sworn affidavit by Frank J. Cheney of F J Cheney & Co offering a reward for catarrh cure and promoting Hall's products.
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Samuel Williams
Everybody's Magazine
Torzno
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cusgany & Co
Toledo
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Norany
F.J. Cheney & CO
Dialogue on Satisfaction and Independence
A pair of lines presents a husband and wife debating dissatisfaction. He says she has her own way and should be satisfied, while she hints satisfaction would come only if she faced opposition and had to fight for it.
I Am Using Allen's Foot-lase Relief for Aching Feet
Mrs Matilda Ffoitwert of Providence Rhode Island proclaims the relief Allen's Foot-lase provides for sore feet. The advertisement urges readers to ask druggists for the 26 cent product today, bold print on the label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Matilda Ffoitwert
Providence
R. I
The Noisy One. Bacon’s Amat Noise Society Mystery
Dialogic fragments show She and He seeking affection with a playful line about custard pie. The scene mentions The Noisy One and a mystery “silent partner” in the Amat Noise Society, prompting curiosity about the lone member.
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Bacon
Amat
Egbert
Worth Its Weight in Gold Eyewear Salve Ad
An old time advertisement touts Pettit's Eye Salve as a tonic for eye strain and watery eyes with Druggists or Howard Bros in Buffalo New York. The piece also markets Hamlin's Wizard Oil for foot comfort and Lewis' Single Binder cigars, interwoven with quips and ad lines.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
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William Watson
Asquith
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Uncle Sam
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United Binion
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Kivaas City
Thompson
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George H. Brash
Beatrice
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ST. Jacobs
Bt. Jacobs Oil, Ltd
Baltimore, Md
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Minneapolis
Yar
Anss Fur CO
Nicollet Ave
Minn
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London
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Lge
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Aan
Brockton
Mass
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W. I. Bangles
W.L. Douglas
Japan
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
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