Iowa City seeks new tuberculosis hospital site
Iowa City propels a bid to host the tuberculosis hospital after the 1917 act authorized a 160 acre site. Proposals focus on hilltop land west of the river near the university, with lumber and water quality factors as key. The board of control will compare options from Mason City Fort Dodge and nearby towns before selecting a location.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
Board of Control
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Fartham
Iowa Institution For
Fifty-first Regiment Plans Summer Practice March
The Fifty first regiment including two Des Moines militia companies will likely march from Red Oak to Atlantic in late July or early August. Adjutant General Trift and Colonel Lincoln favor the plan for summer instruction with a camp at Atlantic and a Monday regimental review. A week prior, regiment officers meet in Des Moines for a school of instruction.
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Des Moines
State Militia
Red Oak
Atlantic
Trift
Lincoln
Serious Charge Is Made In Des Moines Divorce Suit
Mrs May Daugherty of Des Moines sues for divorce from B E Daugherty alleging habitual drunkenness torture and abuse including threats to throw her baby into a burning stove. She seeks alimony of 10 a week and states he concealed being father of an illegitimate child prior to their 1908 Adel marriage.
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May Daugherty
Des Moines
B. E. Daugherty
Adel
Rosa B. Gillispie
District Court
Methodist Hospital
Tragic crossing tolls life of Bertha Evans in Seymour
Bertha Evans nineteen wife of Gena Evans of Seymour was struck by an east bound freight on Milwaukee tracks Fifth street and killed instantly. She left a husband and sister. authorities suspect she did not see the train amid a string of Iowa City, Fort Dodge and Clinton area notices.
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Bertha Evans
Gena Evans
Seymour
Milwaukee Tracks
Fifth Street
Fort Dodge
Lyric Theater
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
United States
R. E. Roberts
Carl C. Roberts
East Third Street
Auditor of State
Dawson
Waterloo
Mutual
E. A. Evans
Evans
Hampton
Rock Island Rocky Mountain Limited
Iowa City
J. P. Christiansen
Lost Nation
Clinton District Court
Bernard McGovern
McGovern
D. H. Sheppard
Clinton
James Sloppy
Christiansen
Trixie Shapcott
Marshalltown
Forger Gray
Fred Booth
Dubuque
Miss Shapcott
Booth
Gray
Indianapolis
Des Moines
Kansas City
Ed Steepleton
Clarion
Tiarks
Pottawattamie County
Frank Christensen
Storm Lake
Minneapolis
Taylor
Jewell Junction
Hirschy
Hoon
Barber
Peterson
Linell
John Peterson
Randall
Memory as a servant cultivating girls bright memories
Dorothy learns to cultivate concentration and attention to build a good memory. The piece advises focusing on one task at a time, using an address book for details, and avoiding grudges. It promotes memorizing rules, current events, and poetry to create a storehouse of memories for social and academic success.
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Howe, McHenry
Brennan
District Court
Howe
Court House
Margaret& Sangster
Dorothy
Virginia
Blanche
Evangeline
Fanny
Goold Brown
Mr. Brown
Cowper
Pope
Milton
Europe
Asia
America
Longfellow
Kipling
Joseph B. Bowles
Ghost Testimony in Murder Trial and Gaelic Twist
The Bodleian records a case where a supposed ghost aided a murder verdict. A girl Anne Walker was said to be murdered by a farmer. a bloody apparition led to discovery and two men were hanged. A Highlander tale later hinged on a Gaelic speaking ghost, which the English defense used to argue disbelief.
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Bodleian Library
Anne Walker
Scott
Braemer
Christie
Court of Justiciary
Edinburgh
Lochaber
Tokens Sent To Jockeys From Admirers A Parade Of Odd Gifts
A Minneapolis Journal account describes a famed living jockey with a remarkable trove of tributes. The collection includes pawn tickets writs and summonses from failed backers talismans sermons and spiritual tract offerings cough remedies accident insurance forms marriage proposals with photos of would be wives and other curiosities. It also features worn boots with a note about walking from York to London backing his mounts and satirical gifts such as a silver snuffbox containing fat snails a casket holding a wooden spoon and crutches from a beggar.
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Minneapolis Journal
York
London
Hall
A Scientist Chides Astronomer Over Imagination
A Washington Star exchange questions why a renowned astronomer lacks fame. The scientist cites the scientist's reputation hinges on imagination rather than telescope use.
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Washington Star
Mrs. Mary Gagner Recovers Strength After Pink Pills Cure
In Holyoke Massachusetts Mrs Mary Gagner recounts how dizziness and extreme weakness kept her from work and home duties. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People she took six boxes and fully recovered two years ago and remains in good health. The pills claim to build new blood and restore nerve strength and are sold by druggists or mailed postpaid by the Dr Williams Medicines Co Schenectady N Y.
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Williame
Mary Gagner
South Summer Street
Holyoke
Mass
Dr. Williams
Mrs. Gagner
Dr. Williams Medicines Company
Schenectady
Mule Kicks Trainer After Late Finish
A southwest man provokes a mule with a firm kick to the abdomen and is hospitalised after the creature retaliates. The Minneapolis Journal notes the mule earned a Ph D in kicking through heredity and practice as onlookers observe from a distance.
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Percy
Minneapolis Journal
Remarkable Recovery After Cuticura Remedies
An elderly patient describes severe blood poisoning and long health decline ending in a full foot healing after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He recounts two months in hospital, leg wounds, and relief within two weeks, praising the treatment and noting prior medical failures. Robert Schoenhauer of Newburgh, New York, August 21, 1905.
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Cuthura
Robert Schoenhauer
Newburgh
N. Y
Student of sociology chats with tramp over life views
A sociology student hands a tramp a cigar and asks about happiness. The tramp, in a sunny spot, says he should smile but blames the season and lack of work, noting no coal, no lawn trimming, and that sometimes he studies social conditions.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Hall's Catarrh Cure a constitutional remedy claim
An advertising claim asserts catarrh is constitutional and that Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo is the only constitutional remedy. It describes internal dosing, blood and mucous action, a $100 cure guarantee, and directs readers to seek testimonials and circulars.
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Hall
F. J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & CO
Drugelata
Hali
He Learned the Game of Love Through Correspondence
A Detroit Tribune item recalls a young man with ten lessons from a correspondence school who learned about love and later faced a breach of promise suit after the lady kept his letters. The anecdote highlights awareness of romance crafts and legal risk in courtship.
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Detroit ‘Tribune
Foot Ease and other remedies advertised in a 19th century ad
Public notices promote Allen's Foot Ease for swollen feet and free trial, Garfield Tea claimed as a mild liver and kidney remedy, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain, and various quack cures. Quotes cite Uncle Eben and a peacemaker theme, with references to druggists and manufacturers across New York and Illinois locations.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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