A Millionaire Courtship Traps Smartly Turned
In New York, H Sylvester Jones, famed Wall Street figure, falls for Minnie the theatre ingenue hired by Sharp and Son to provide evidence of infidelity. The plan backfires as Jones courts Minnie, marries her, and the detective agency ends up out of tens thousand dollars while the couple enjoys a happy union.
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New York
Sharp & Son
Wall Street
H. Sylvester Jones
Law
Minnie
Sylvester Jones
Fifth Avenue Theater
South Dakota
Sharp & Sons
Iowa couple shows wealth of opportunity in Washington county
An Iowa Washington county couple, starting with a few hundred dollars sixteen years ago, paid down a heavy mortgage and built a 275 acre farm. They now own land valued at least $60,000 and total net worth around $60,000, all earned in Iowa through thrift and hard work.
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Orville Elder
Washington Journal
Iowa
Washington County
Towa
New West
Eulogy to Samuel McNutt Retired Iowa Politician and Editor
Muscatine marks the eighty seventh birthday of Samuel McNutt recalling a career in Iowa politics and newspapers. He served ten consecutive years in the Iowa legislature including the state house and senate, edited multiple papers, taught at schools, and held U S consul post in Maracaibo Venezuela before resigning.
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Muscatine
Samuel McNutt
McNutt
Iowa
Eighth Iowa Cavalry
House
State Senate
Hernando, Miss
Muscatine Inquirer
The
Herald
Dubuque
Why is Winston Churchill like a piano organ game
A charted English country house party pastime spreads through autumn gatherings. Guests fill slips with Why is, Like a, and Because he or she prompts. Examples include Why is Winston Churchill like a piano organ Because he flies from pillar to post.
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Winston Churchill
First Soya Bean Cargo Arrives in Liverpool Blended With Flour
The first complete cargo of soya beans reached Liverpool on February 14 1909 and sparked rapid interest in England. Experiments blend soya flour with flour and meal for bread and dog biscuits while studies note high protein content and potential now in early stages. Merchan ts study Manchuria products and one Liverpool shipper eyes West Africa growth potential as a parallel to early British cotton ventures.
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United Kingdom
Liverpool
England
Manchuria
West Africa
Iowa Produce Company Pays Out Over 250000 in First Year
The Iowa Produce Company has paid farmers and business people in Creston and nearby towns more than 250000 for butter and eggs in its first year of operation. Of this total 165000 was paid for eggs alone.
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Creston
Iowa Produce Company
Law Practice Moves Bring Hepburn to Washington
Former Representative Flepburn opens a Washington law office and Col Hepburn moves his legal business to the national capital. He plans summers in Iowa and winters there and declined Taft's offer to be commissioner of pensions due to his arrangements.
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Flepburn
Washington, D. C
Col. Hepburn
National Capital
Iowa
Taft
Farmers' Grain Dealers to Hold Iowa Convention in Des Moines
N C Messerole secretary of the Farmers' Grain Dealers association of Iowa says about 4000 members and visitors are expected for the annual meeting in Des Moines in early February. A new women’s division and receptions for wives are planned. The group helped develop farmer cooperatives and cooperative elevators and stores across the state.
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Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association of Iowa
Des Moines
N. C. Messerole
Commercial Club
Middle West
W. F. Mitchell
State House
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association of
Iowa
Overcrowding Plagues Davenport State Orphan Home
State board of control reports severe overcrowding at the Davenport orphanage urging immediate relief measures as congestion worsens. The story also notes Nora Morgan, former LeMars girl, is the wife of Dr Haldane Cleminson, Chicago physician sentenced for murder.
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Davenport
State Board of Control
Haldane Cleminson
Chicago
LeMars
Nora Morgan
Iowa Wesleyan Adopts Study Of Liquor Problem
Due to rising student demand Iowa Wesleyan College at Mt Pleasant will make the liquor problem a part of its curriculum. The move seeks to study social issues related to alcohol use within the educational program.
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Iowa Wesleyan
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Civil Rights Case Sparks Court Split over Social Humiliation
The Des Moines civil rights ruling in Mrs. Bell v. a colored plaintiff rejected a coffee service discrimination claim as a private transaction. Justice Deemer said the law cannot prohibit social humiliations, while Judge Evans with Judge Weaver urged a liberal, sentiment rooted interpretation protecting the burdened race from public discrimination.
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Iowa
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Bell
Deemer
Evans
Weaver
Prescott Merchants Build Good Roads Coalition
Good roads leading to Prescott Iowa are under construction with cooperation from county officials farmers along the route and local merchants. The effort focuses on creating better transportation access and supporting regional commerce.
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Prescott
Admiral Wainwright Refuses 90 Mile Officer Test
Old sea dog Rear Admiral Wainwright objects to the 90 mile walking and riding exercise required annually of naval officers under Taft's calisthenics program. Officers await the outcome as other veterans and younger sailors already comply, with few taking the test earlier in Taft's presidency.
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Old Sea Dog
Washington
Wainwright
Col
Roosevelt
Tait
Taft
Eye Disease Healed by Cutleura Ointment Testimony
A Virginia reader reports two years of inflamed eyes that resisted multiple doctors but improved after using Cutleura Ointment. Within a week his vision began to recover and after two weeks they were nearly well with no recurrence.
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Atre
Ita
Halsey
Wilson
Potter Ding & Chom. Corv
Navy officers dodge physical tests amid war plans
Rear Admiral Wainwright and other navy leaders resist mandatory physical examinations, while Admiral Rixey defends the test as essential to gauging fitness. The piece also recounts a painter’s feud over a title and notes William Henson’s 1842 early aero plane concept from Cassier's Magazine.
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Wainwright
Portsmouth
N. H
Gloucester
Santiago
Suys
Admiral Rixey
Navy
Iowa Butter Output and Hog Prices Reported
Iowa produced 101907216 pounds of butter between November 1, 1908 and November 1, 1909, about 500000 pounds more than the prior year. Charles Kolosiek of Wellman delivered 85 hogs, bringing in 1295.80 dollars. They averaged just over 200 pounds each and were seven months old.
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Iowa
Charles Kolosiek
Wellman
Scottish woman funds foreign missions with diary readings
A northern Scotland resident raised money for foreign missions by reading aloud her travel diary. She toured Austria Germany and Holland during the summer and charged ten cents admission to friends who attended the diary readings at home.
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Scotland
Austria
Germany
Holland
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Daily Story Pub. Co
Hepburn
WN Refolt
Lieut. Schmidt
Thowan
Wonder
Dodds
Guaras
Mr. Frith
William Henson
Henson
New City Chambers
Bishopsgate
London
Cassier
Sterling Remedy Co
Ith
Tay
W. F. Young
Fey
Springheld
Welimond
Var
Parker
Druggluts
Allen
Mall
J.p.allen
Dept
AL St.Paul
Minn
John I. Brown & Son
Boston
Mass
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