Entire Kalona business block wiped out by fire
Fire of unknown origin broke out at midnight on the 18th in Kalona Washington county destroying an entire business block. Loss estimated about 40000 dollars, with 1500 dollars in plate glass damages and losses to Miller and Durst Edmundson Kirkpatrick and others. Fire visible twenty miles away and several storefronts reported destroyed.
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Iowa City
Kalona
Washington County
Miller & Durst
Edmundson—General
Kirkpatrick
Dubuque Fights Ice Trust Ahead of Grand Jury
Dubuque citizens press investigation into an alleged ice combine as the county attorney moves toward grand jury action. The Telegraph-Herald published a letter urging cost estimates for six years and book inspection, while price scales differ between Dubuque and La Crosse.
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Dubuque
Toledo
Telegraph-Herald
Thomas J. Mulgrew Co
la Crosse
Grace Howe McKinley Weds Fort Des Moines Officer
Miss Grace Howe McKinley, niece of the late President McKinley, married Capt Grayson Willard Heidt of the Eleventh Cavalry at Fort Des Moines on the 18th. The ceremony took place at her brother Captain McKinley’s home and featured a full military setting with in attendance Miss Helen McKinley.
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Des Moines
McKinley
Grace Howe McKinley
Grayson Willard Heidt
Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Captain McKinley
Helen McKinley
Campaign for Pure Drugs Steers Iowa Pharmacists
W F Maher of Fort Dodge leads a drive to reform Iowa drug laws. He plans a circular to all Iowa druggists urging state legislation for sale of poisons and updated poison schedules after twenty five years.
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W. F. Maher
Fort Dodge
Port Dodge
Ww. F. Maher
Iawa Pharmaceutical Association
Iowa
Maher
Deadlock Persists at Iowa Falls Senatorial District Convention
The Hamilton Wright Hardin district convention met in Iowa Falls on the 19th but failed to break a weeks long deadlock. Voting remained near unchanged since Webster City two weeks earlier for Ward Eldora Peterson Clarion and Chase Webster City. The body approved adjourning to August 15 with reconvening set for Webster City after the state Republican convention on August 1.
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Iowa Falls
Ward
Eldora
Peterson
Clarion
Chase
Webster City
Water loo man injured in Panama accident returns home
Pem Banton of Waterloo arrived home after suffering a broken hack fractured ribs and internal injuries in Panama. He endured the long voyage well and will likely recover though he now faces partial paralysis of the lower limbs.
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Panama
Waterloo
Woman Burned to Death in Gasoline Stove Fire
Mrs. Henry Bender of Houghton, Fort Madison county town, was burned to death while filling a gasoline stove reservoir when the fluid ignited. Her clothing caught fire and she perished before help could reach her.
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Fort Madison
Henry Bender
Houghton
Explosion Burns Three Men At Carlson Mine Shaft
Three men John Neal Malcolm Johnson and Gus Christison were badly burned when natural gas in the Carlson mine shaft ignited. They were rushed to the Methodist hospital after temporary dressings and rescue by coworkers.
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Des Moines
John Neal
Malcolm Johnson
Gus Christison
Methodist Hospital
A. W. Carlson
Granville Ryan
Lamb
Altoona
Ryan
Hull renominated Perry by acclamation for seventh Iowa district
The Seventh Iowa district Republican convention gave Captain J A T Hull of Des Moines his ninth consecutive nomination. Hull spoke on congressional work and party principles while Harvey Ingham praised his contributions to the just adjourned Congress.
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Iowa
Unknown Man Killed by Train Near Melvin
An unidentified man about 45 was struck by a train near Melvin and died three hours later. He had been drinking and was seen wandering on the railroad in the afternoon. He lurches onto the track and was fatally injured with severe head trauma and two broken leg bones. No identifying clothing was found.
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Melvin
Here
Hands that woo millionaires with beauty and brains
A cheeky column extols women with beautiful hands as keys to wealthy marriages. It praises plump, well shaped hands with long nails, notes how hands reveal intellect, and cites Mrs. Mackay, Mrs. Vanderbilt, Lady Curzon, and Mme. Guilbert as exemplars. It urges grooming, strategic hand use, and proper posing to attract millionaire husbands.
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Boston
Clarence Mackay
Minerva
Kitty Dyer
Washington
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Mary Curzon
England
America
India
Duchess of Marlborough
Mme
Yvette Guilbert
Guilbert
John Jacob Astor
Philadelphia
Lady Brooke
Countess of Warwick
Lily Langtry
Women Rule the Stage To-Day
A preservation of women’s influence in theater outlines a shift toward wholesome without risque material. Women demand honest lines, nature aligned settings, and plays that avoid religion or politics as failing devices, while embracing music costumes and fresh novelties.
Manna in the Wilderness Nourishment From Heaven Declares Faith
The marching Hebrews face hunger after Elim. Moses reassures them with a divine plan to provide bread from heaven. The cloud guides belief as the people gather dawn bread of heaven, proving God remembers and cares for his people in the desert.
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Egypt
Moses
Aaron
Fedus
Red Sea
Marah
Elim
Pihahiroth
God
Missionary Hens Boost Bethel Church Mission Fund
Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Danville Kentucky urged members to set aside Sunday eggs for missions. The scheme boosted weekly egg laying and raised 2100 dollars for four missionaries in Japan.
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Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Danville
Mission Fund
Japan
London Open Air Pulpits Spur Churches to Build
London features five regularly built open air pulpits used for preaching with good results. Other churches weigh similar exterior pulpits, built against church walls at an angle and sheltered by projecting hoods. Preachers enter via interior doors.
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London
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Jie
Mercy Hospital
People’s Bank
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Hull
Perry
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