Osteopaths Meet in Des Moines With Full Program
Des Moines May 21 The twelfth annual Iowa Osteopathic Association meeting will be at Still College of Osteopathy on May 25 and 26 with a large attendance expected A banquet is planned for the evening of May 26 The program includes papers on the thorax tuberculosis still college hospital and insanity cause and treatment plus committee reports and officer elections.
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Des Moines
Iowa Osteopathic Association
Still College of Osteopathy
I. Wyland
Chariton
Bruce E. Fisher
Ida Grove
Or. Densmore
Mayon City
Geo. M. Laughlin
Kirksville
Still College Hospital
Iowa
College Or Hospital
L. Taylor
A. &. Hook
Medical Society Officers Elected at Des Moines Meeting
The Iowa state medical society closed with a debate on school health but rejected a protest against longer school years. Dr. M. N. Voldeng was named president with officers W G Egloff H A Minassian W L Treynor and W B Small. Delegates to the AMA and various committees were chosen and Des Moines selected as next year’s meeting place.
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Des Moines
State Medical Society
Physicians of
Iowa
A. Crawford
Mount Vernon
W. G. Egloff
Mason City
H. A. Minassian
W. L. Treynor
Council Bluffs
W. B. Small
Waterloo
C. A. Boice
Washington
G. E. Crawford
Cedar Rapids
G. C. Moorehead
Ida Grove
G. G. Cottam
Rock Rapids
American Medical Association
D. S. Fairchild
Clinton
D. C. Brockman
Ottumwa
Commission On Public Policy
Ward Woodridge
Central City
F. C. Meher
New London
T. H. Duhigg
F. W. Littig
Iowa City
A. L. Wright
Carroll
Kasson Burial Rites Set for Sunday in Des Moines
Funeral services for John A. Kasson will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM at St Pauls Episcopal church Des Moines. The Rev Robert R H Bell will officiate and burial will follow in the Casady vault Woodland cemetery.
Maysville Wiped Off Map by Tornado
Tornado hits Maysville Oklahoma twenty one May reports indicate the town fifteen miles northwest of Pauls Valley was wiped off the map and several people were killed according to scarce dispatches received here.
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Maysville
Pauls Valley
Oklo
Here
Bishop McIntyre to Speak at Deaconess School Graduation
Des Moines reports Bishop McIntyre will deliver the commencement address at the Deaconess training school's graduation exercises. The ceremony will be held at Wesley Methodist Church on May 26.
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Bishop McIntyre
Des Moines
McIintyre
Wesley Methodist Church
Two Die After Illinois Train Collision and Electrocution
Two men were killed when a northbound Peoria sleeper on the Illinois traction system collided with a southbound electric freight near Lovelace Illinois. The bodies were cremated by 33 000 volts of electricity in the wreck.
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Illinois
St. Louis
Lovelace
Ill
Court Reporters Meet July Seventh in Des Moines
Des Moines May 21 The Iowa Shorthand Reporters association will hold its third annual meeting in the courthouse in Des Moines on July 7 and 8.
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Des Moines
Iowa Shorthand Reporters
Court House
Cotton Seed Crushers Convene in Little Rock for Convention
The fourteenth annual Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association meeting opened in Little Rock Arkansas at the Marion hotel annex. Governor Donaghey welcomed delegates and sessions covered business, cotton boll weevil control, field crops and soils. Harvie Jordan of Atlanta will speak and John Candler Cobb of Boston will address tariff abuses and reforms.
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Little Rock
Ark
Interstate Cotton
Seed Crushers Association
Marion Hotel
George W. Donaghey
Arkansas
Dudley
W. D. Hunter
United States Department of Agriculture
Martin Nelson
University of Arkansas
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Atlanta
John Candler Cobb
National Tariff Commerce Association
Boston
Mass
Woman Finds Hidden $500 Bill In Yard Cleanup
Mrs Mary Wagner of Earlham Iowa found a damaged United States banknote while cleaning her front yard. After local bank validation the note was sent to Washington and the Treasury confirmed its validity and redeemable at face value.
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Earlham
Mary Wagner
Dentists of Missouri Convene in St Louis
Missouri dentists gather in St Louis for the forty-fifth annual meeting. R H B Darby of Springfield presides. program features papers by A D Black Chicago J W Conzett Dubuque F S Webster Carthage and others. Clinics promised and an exhibition of old dental books and instruments highlights progress in the field.
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Dentists of
Missouri
St. Louis
Carthage
R. D. Carman
Virgil Loeb
Herman Crinz
Martin Dewey
D. D. Campbell
Kansas City
Veterans Gather at Freeport for G A R Encampment
Freeport Illinois May 23 The forty fourth encampment of the department of Illinois G A R opened with a fair attendance of veterans and allied organizations. The town is prettily decorated and efforts made for their comfort. Today featured regimental and company reunions. Parades, camp fires and receptions are planned for tomorrow.
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Freeport
Department of Ilinois
Slovak Union Biennial Opens in Chicago
About 300 delegates from all states and 35 000 members attended the Slovak Union biennial in Chicago as the meeting opened. Sessions will continue throughout the week.
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Slovak Union
Chicago
Flames Attack Johns Coal Mine in Des Moines
Fire destroyed the Johns Coal Company mine on Moon Avenue in South Des Moines damaging the blacksmith shop and engine house. President Caleb Johns estimates the loss at ten thousand dollars.
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Johns
Des Moines
Johns Coal Company
Moon Avenue
Caleb Johns
Wisconsin Monument Dedicated in National Park
Vicksburg Mississippi May 23 Wisconsin monument in the National Park was dedicated with a large ceremony. Governor Davidson and a notable Wisconsin party attended.
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Wisconsin
Vicksburg
Miss
National Park
Davidson
Former Iowa Minister Dead in Indiana
Rev. Dr. J. B. Little longtime pastor of Davenport First Presbyterian, later Shenandoah, died in Indianapolis after serving over ten years in Davenport.
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Iowa
Davenport
J. B. Little
First Presbyterian Church
City
Shenandoah
Indianapolis
Child Poisoned by Condensed Milk in Iowa Town
May 21 Muscatine Iowa reports a child of John Chatterton of Fairport died from convulsions after using condensed milk. The mother deserted the family last fall and eloped with a Mexican section hand.
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Muscatine
John Chatterton
Fairport
Cobb Pipe Industry Grows in Missouri
Missouri made 27,783,260 corn cob pipes last year, up from 24,481,824 in 1903. Figures compiled by the state bureau of labor statistics.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Funeral Rites of King Edward VII Packed London Streets
London observers described King Edward VII funeral rites as the most imposing in Britain with 700000 viewing the coffin in Westminster Hall. Guards and crowds lined streets while Queen Alexandra’s tributes and royal mourners accompanied the processions and Windsor service.
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Edward VII
London
Eng
Edward
Great Britain
Aldershot
Westminster Hall
Queen Mother
Windsor
Scotland Yard
Continental
England
Europe
George
St. George’s Chapel
Westminster Abbey
House of Lords
House of Commons
Gladstone
King Edward
Frogmore
Windsor Castle
Queen Victoria
Prince Albert Edward
Lpte
Sandringham
Court
Hfe
Alexandra
London Times
Queen Alexandra
Buckingham Palace
When Daddy Donned the Blue Baby Jim the Brave tale
A wartime poem recalls a boy named Jim in blue who dies a hero at Antietam. He entrusts a message to a general and asks his mother for forgiveness as his sacrifice becomes part of living memory. The piece honors phantom soldiers and the enduring push of courage.
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Lincoln
Little Jim
Hill
Union
Daddy
Ntintam
Iron Hall
Baby Jim
Shaclas
Jim
Blue
Earth
Grasa
Joo
Elizabeth the Spelling Struggle in New York School
A New York Tribune note tells of Elizabeth, a young pupil who loses faith in saints as she battles to spell words. She sits at the foot of the spelling class, striving to learn, yet a single wrong letter spoils a word and brings tears.
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Saint
New York
The
New York Tribune
Elizabeth
Final word from Mrs. H as she ends spell aid
A humorous remark captures Mrs. H ending her search for spelling help. She recounts offering St. Anthony 50 cents for spelling aid, claiming no further use for him after a morning attempt. The quote reflects lighthearted frustration with a folk belief.
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St. Anthony
Local wisdom on climate and fault finding
Uncle Eben argues that fighting the weather changes nothing and people have always blamed it. He recalls perpetual complaint and calls it a perpetual bother. The dialect reveals a rural perspective on nature and community endurance.
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Eben
Soldier Jokes Spark Amid Civil War Flood Incident
In Memphis Tennessee Union camp during a great flood soldiers kept their humor. Dr David Evans from Boston and near Richmond arrived in a fine suit and fell into a waste pit, ruining his clothes and provoking much joking among the troops.
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Memphis
Tenn
David Evans
Boston
Richmond
Postmaster Quips About Wedding Bells and Two-Cent Letters
A village postmaster and a rural carrier banter about a marriage proposal. The carrier jokes that his answer felt like fifteen ounces of first class matter while referencing letter postage at two cents per ounce, in a light rural exchange.
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Clovertop
Memorial Day Remembrance From a Kansas Veteran
A Kansas old soldier recounts Memorial Day memory with stark mortality. He notes twenty five members still in his post roster while thirty seven lie in the graveyard, underscoring cost and color of service.
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Kansas
Secrecy Pact Humor From Countess Cardigan Memoir Tale
An English visitor to New York recounts a tale from the Countess of Cardigan about a young man and a witty little brother. The boy demonstrates headstanding and explains his sister forbade him to reveal the lesson. The exchange plays on propriety and secrecy.
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Countess of
Tia
Hal
Mr. Mannerting
Cat's daring catch in mid air wins childhood tale
A southern New Hampshire hotel owner recalls a boyhood event about a cat chasing a mouse from an open garret window. The cat leaped after the mouse and, in mid air, caught it and returned to the same window.
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New Hampshire
Clerk Requests Day Off for Mother's Funeral
A clerk asks to take a day off for his mother-in-law's funeral. The employer notes repeated absences after a family bereavement and insists on better planning during holidays.
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Huber
High Finance Knicker Snaps at Hat Purchase
Mrs Knicker explains the odd hat expense as a balancing item for her checkbook. The exchange hints at household budgeting and a light financial quarrel over a small luxury.
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Knicker
No reason a woman should not take boarders
A lighthearted remark notes women may take boarders if desired but warns against attempting to board a moving train, illustrating practical caution in a domestic context.
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Interstate Association
Uncle Sam
Victoria
Underwood & Underwood
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M. Loubet
M. Delcasse
M. Clemenceau
Briand
William
M. Pichon
Dalstein
Paris
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Fallleres
Roosevelt
United States
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King George
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Duchess of Kent
Prince Consort
Russia
Jingland
ST. George's Chapel
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