Jones county farmers plan hog cholera serum plant
A Des Moines dispatch reports Jones county farmers propose to organize a mutual company to manufacture hog cholera serum and supply field men to vaccinate herds. Dr. Gibson, state veterinarian, supports a county plant with $10,000 seed and equal operating funds, arguing a network of plants could save about $ million statewide while protecting local hogs.
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Des Moines Dispatch
Strte Erinarian
Jones County
Jones Ty Farmere
J. Hmbree
Wyoming
EF. Fenton
Olin
Yester
Ales I. Gibson
Dr. Son
Jones Nty Board of Supervisors
Ames
Gib
On. J. Embree
Fenton
Mutual Company
Embree
Jonesty
Kree
Minister files case over road courtesy in Adel incident
Rev G F Cannom, a Methodist preacher from Adel, filed charges after a buggy driver refused to yield on the highway during a return from Mt conference. The driver admitted fault and offered to apologize and pay costs, accepted by the minister who praised upholding state law and respect for fellow citizens.
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G. F. Cannom
Adel
Justice of the Ice
Isterev
Connom
Joss
The Cheaper Automobile and Shifting Market Trends
An 1914 discussion notes a cheap car maker planning 300,000 units while expensive lines face discontinuance amid a $600,000 annual loss. It contrasts cheaper mass production with luxury brands and cites English and German efforts to curb American car imports. Also mentions a newly found Arctic coast name, Nicholas LA Land, linked to home lots.
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Art Dodge Messenger
Pany
Alco Car
England
Germany
Oston
Arctic
Nicholas LA
Dramatic Iowa and Musquakie tale of Black Hawk era heroism
The Des Moines Register and Leader recounts a dramatic episode where Cono, a Musquaki youth ill before preparation for torture, volunteers to die for an Iowa offense. Black Hawk leads the escort. an old Iowa father intervenes, praising Cono’s courage, ending the execution as he is released to return home.
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O. H. Mills
Des Moines Register
Black Hawk
Iowa
Cono
Lowas
Cone
Des Moines
Death Circle
Kie
Don’t Try to Get Along with a Poor Roof
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Noble Clown Moves Paris Audience to Pity
A Venice-born youth, famed for a noble lineage, performs a lamentable act at Paris cafe concerts to raise money for his ailing, penniless mother. He apologizes for poor skill, pleads for patience, and endures scorn as he kneels and vows to improve for their sake. Paris Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.
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Paris
Venice
Charity of Friends
Brooklyn Eagle
Door With a Skeleton in the London Times Office
A new proprietor finds a cobwebbed door in Printing House Square that would not open until an old caretaker reveals a rusty key. Inside the dust and cobwebs uncover a skeleton leaning over a desk with a pen, recalling a lost leader writer from ancestral days.
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The
London Times
Printing House Square
London
English Billiard Table Journeys From Cattaro To Cetinje
A remarkable trek in Montenegro carried an English billiard table from Cattaro to Cetinje. Fifty porters handled the heavy move, with a pilot atop the table guiding the route around tight corners. The building later known as Big Kardo housed government offices and parliament.
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Cattaro
Cetinje
Montenegro
Parliament House
Hungry Couple Orders House Sized Porterhouse
In a playful exchange, a hungry couple negotiates an absurd order. Walter proposes a towering house sized porterhouse for two, sparking humor over a feast in the restaurant.
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Walter
Porter
Wireless Waves and the Electric Mouth of the Ether
Garrett P. Serviss explains wireless as a universal language of etheric waves with an electric mouth and resonator ear. The piece compares radio to speech, detailing oscillators and detectors, range differences, and hopes of interplanetary communication, citing Spokane Spokesman-Review as the source.
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Atlantic Ocean
Garrett P. Serviss
Spokane
Spokesman-Review
Pricey Dining Tales At Paris Cafe Anglais
Julius Chambers recalls a Paris lunch at Cafe Anglais where a simple meal ballooned to a 60 franc charge for chicken and wine, while a Chicago friend faced a 60 franc bill for a whole salmon after a second helping. The anecdotes illustrate restaurant rules and high living in its golden era.
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Cafe Anglais
Paris
Julius Chambers
Brooklyn Eagle
Chicago
New York
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Jones County Farm
Monticello Public School
Central Lumber & Coal Company
Monticello
G. P. Rockstad
Tle
Bell Telephone Directory
Lae and
Iowa Telephone Company
Voorhees Coal CO
W. F. Rohn
Monticello, Ia
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