Death of Dean Howard Attributed To Heart Trouble
Des Moines report shows coroner's jury returned an open verdict after five minutes of deliberation. Evidence indicated Dean Frederick Howard died from heart trouble rather than morphine poisoning. Autopsy pathologists and a sworn statement cited angina pectoris as the serious heart condition involved.
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Dean Howard
Des Moines
Dean Frederick Howard
Newton
Eli Grimes
Hoeve
Hugh G. Welpton
Lenox Completes Its $100 090 Endowment
Lenox College rapidly secured a $100000 endowment with kickoff work under a year and a Jan 1 1909 deadline met early. The drive yielded cashable subscriptions and a $25000 pledge from Mr. Carnegie, unlike other colleges that waited months for such terms.
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LENOX
Hopkington
Lenox College
Carnegie
Harlans Mayor J H Louis Found Dead At Barn
Captain J H Louis a Civil War veteran and former mayor of Harlan was found hanging in his barn after resigning two weeks earlier due to ill health. His wife Mrs Louis and daughter Annie discovered the body. He was 65 and had served Shelby county in the Twenty fourth General Assembly. Despondency from ill health is blamed for the suicide.
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24Th General Assembly
Harlan
J. H. Louis
Louis
Annie
Shelby County
Twenty-fourth
General Assembly
Cure for Swine Cholera Proves Successful in Elkader
Elkader reports Dr. Clyde Beamer a local veterinarian used Brusch ettini vaccine on swine exposed to cholera with great success. Infected herds show immunity in inoculated pigs while non inoculated animals died. He questions Secretary Wilson about proper inoculation methods amid Cox Creek township outbreaks.
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Elkader
Clyde Beamer
Wilson
Cox Creek Township
Smallpox Cases Close Red Oak Activities
Red Oak experiences a smallpox outbreak with all public gatherings prohibited until January 18. Schools are closed, corn school and district court sessions postponed, the Monday club suspended, county spelling contest halted, and overall civic events suspended to stamp out the epidemic.
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Red Oak
Hepburn to Drop Contest in Eighth District
In Creston the eighth district Republican committee voted to forward sub committee findings to Col. W P Hepburn and urged him to withdraw the contest against Congressman elect W D Jamieson amid differing views among Hepburn supporters.
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Hepburn
Creston
Col
W. P. Hepburn
W. D. Jamieson
Eighth District
Republican Congressional Committee
Allison Library Becomes Public at Dubuque
The private library of the late Senator William B. Allison was donated to the Carnegie-Stout library by Mrs Brayton the senator's former housekeeper. The collection contains about 5 000 volumes of well selected works.
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Allison
Dubuque
William
Carnegie-Stout Library
Brayton
Fee System Is Eliminated in Pottawattamie County
The Pottawattamie county board of supervisors adopts a salary compensation plan for all county officers and deputies, aiming to eradicate the fee system in county management.
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Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
County Board of Supervisors
Mix up in the Mills County election sparks statewide doubt
Mills County faces a hot election dispute as County Attorney Starbuck argues no supervisors were elected in November. He says the Supreme Court ruling on district to county plan retroactively voided the June primary and left current members to hold over until a new election.
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Mills County
Glenwood
Starbuck
Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court
Mills County Board of Supervisors
Wheeler
Young Incorrigibles Burglarize Harvey Restaurant
Knoxville Eddie Morgan and Harry Sells, both from Harvey, were jailed on burglary charges after prying open a back door of Mahaffey's restaurant Tuesday night and taking candies and cigars. Morgan, 14, has a history of incorrigible acts including shooting the eyes out of nearby pigs.
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Harvey
Knoxville
Eddie Morgan
Harry Sells
Court House
Mahaffey
Morgan
Hampton Beet Crop Yields Profit on Five Acres
Hampton reports beet haul totaling 82 cars with average 15 tons per car sent to Waverly Sugar Factory. Five acres produced a net profit of 85.44 dollars after expenses of 159.50 and income of 244.94, with over 500 dollars spent on hauling by teamsters. Beet acreage expected to rise next season with firms planning 100 to 200 acres.
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Waverly
Hampton
C. H. Seantlebury
Gambler's Den Found in An Iowa Church at Emmetsburg
A church janitor in Emmetsburg reports a hidden gambling den built high in the rafters of the church. A secure platform room with tables chairs cards tobacco books and magazines allowed discreet gambling away from churchgoers.
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Iowa
Emmetsburg
Frats Ousted in Council Bluffs Schools
Board of education acts after a high school student death linked to a Greek letter society. All secret societies are banned from schools and any organized groups must disband and students must quit by February 1.
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Council Bluffs
Board of Education
Schoos
Council Blues
Ottumwa Law and Order League Seeks Citizens Ticket
As the spring election approaches the Law and Order league pushes a citizens ticket in Ottumwa politics. Voters anticipate a heated campaign as past citizen tickets favored Democrats and defeated Republican mayoral nominees.
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Ottumwa Politics
Boll
Ottumwa
Law and Order League
Denison Offers $200 Premium for Cerro Gordo County Corn
Owen T. Denison of Mason City offers a $200 premium for the best yield of corn raised in 1909 on ten acres in Cerro Gordo county. Premiums scale to $100 for the best ten cars, $50 for the second, $25 for the third, $15 for the fourth, and $10 for the fifth. The plan aims to stimulate thorough cultivation.
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Iowa
Mason City
Owen T. Denison
Cerro Gordo County
Denison
Albion Church Dedicated in Iowa Town
The new $8 000 Methodist church at Albion was dedicated January 10 with Rev A C Bishop of Iowa Falls delivering the sermon. The concrete block building with cement trim and oak interior is described as far above average for a town of its size.
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Albion
A. C
Iowa Falls
Iowa governor urges reform and conservation measures
The governor addresses the General Assembly urging stronger corporate regulation, natural resource conservation, a state conservation commission, utilities oversight, and revenue reform. He discusses primary elections, election fairness, taxation, and calls for improved enforcement and state efficiency. An acetylene gas plant事故 at Bryant grocery in Farley caused minor damage with no injuries.
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Bryant Grocery
Farley
Small Shark Meat Deemed Palatable and Nutritious
The federal fish commission pronounces dogfish meat highly palatable and more nutritious than beef. A North Dakota judge's ruling sparked contempt from a lawyer who assaulted the judge and resumed the case. Silk hats appeared in Paris in 1797. Tobacco farming neared Philadelphia succeeded in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania after forty years. In 1907 the U.S. produced 1,751 short tons of arsenic, double 1906. Thermometers can detect a millionth of a degree, yet human senses sense only a fifth of a degree.
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Europe
Federal Fish Commission
North Dakota
Paris
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania
United States
Esther The Queen Esther The Queen
The article reviews the Book of Esther focusing on Esther and Mordecai. It notes the Israelites in exile choosing to stay in a heathen land, Esther concealing her faith for safety, and God's providence working despite hidden names. It places the tale between Ezra chapters and discusses Artaxerxes and Xerxes as possible monarchs.
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Daniel
Ezra
Nehemiah
Ahasuerus
Artaxerxes
Xerxes
Esther and Hatach Bind Royal Sentinels in Shushan
Esther rises as queen in Shushan while guarding her Jewish identity. Hatach, a king’s eunuch, becomes her trusted messenger linking Esther with Mordecai. Mordecai’s sackcloth signals plots against him as Haman climbs to power and plots Mordecai’s downfall.
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Ahasuerus
Esther
Vashti
Hsther
Shushan
Mordecai
Hatach
Bigthana
Teresh
Wither
Mordesai
Haman
Esther and the Queenly Virtues in the Biblical Tale
The sermonette argues Esther’s true beauty lies in heart and life beyond surface looks. It praising virtuous womanhood, loyalty to Mordecai, and the influence of noble women in guiding humanity upward despite worldly temptations.
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Esther
Vashti
Ahasuerus
Prayerful plea for guidance and divine strength in faith
The passage asks God to reveal Himself and draw believers to unmeasured love and trust. It requests strength in temptation and sorrow, humility and love, and guidance in Christ’s path. It expresses gratitude and a hope to know, serve, and partake in heavenly glory through Jesus Christ.
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Earth
Jesus Christ Our Lord
One Great Sea of Goodness Central to God
Rev Charles Kingaley posits a fundamental source for all goodness. He argues that the multitude of benevolent acts in people points to a single central sun of virtue residing in the character of God.
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God
Charles Kingaley
Western Canada's 1908 Wheat Harvest Named Record Breaker
A Montreal paper notes Western Canada harvested a record 1908 wheat crop with estimates ranging from 100 to 110 million bushels, good quality and high prices. Rail traffic and trade rise as banks loosen credit. Grand Trunk Pacific opening new lands. 1909 outlook positive. Cardston Alberta letter reports high yields per acre in wheat and oats, cattle fattening on grass, praising Alberta as farmers paradise and expressing intentions to immigrate.
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Montreal
Grand Trock Pacific
Cardston
Alberta
Western Canada
Ils
Paradise
North America
He Wouldn't Sell Estate Description Sparks Realization
A country estate owner considers selling after an estate agent drafts a description. Reading it again, the owner realizes the property matches his lifelong ideal and decides not to sell, expressing satisfaction with having found the place.
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Exchange
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Constitutional Treatment
There is more Catarrh in this section than other diseases. Hall's Catarrh Cure by I J Cheney & Co Toledo is claimed as the only constitutional remedy. It is taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces, and offers 100 reward for any cured case. Available from Druggists for 75 cents.
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Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Fashions Traced Through Dolls from Paris to Home
Before women newspapers and modern fashion plates, ladies learned trends from dolls dressed in current costumes. These dolls crossed borders, especially from Paris, the fashion capital of the era, influencing dress at home.
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Paris
Important to Mothers Castoria Safety Notice
Important to Mothers urges careful examination of every bottle of Castoria to ensure it is a safe and sure remedy for infants and children and to see that it is properly labeled and sealed for use.
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