Des Moines Engineer Dies After Boiler Blast And Hiccups
E. E. Blackmer chief engineer at the Des Moines Holison light plant died after a weeks long hiccup siege. He was blown from a boiler Tuesday night and died from inhalation of hot steam and severe burns. His wife and daughter Florence were at his bedside. He leaves a mother and two sisters. burial planned in Plymouth Massachusetts after a service in Des Moines. He came to the city in 1901 and was 42, a Congregationalist and member of the I C O F.
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Hiccoughs
Des Moines
E. E. Blackmer
Holison
Blackmer
Florence
Seattle
Plymouth
Mass
Congregational Church
I. C. Oo
Massachusetts
Iowa Ranks High in School Enrollment and Teacher Employment
Des Moines reports Iowa ranks sixth in public school enrollment with 26.82 percent of the population in schools. The state leads in female teachers with 26,021 of 29,619 total, and trails only New York and Pennsylvania in total teachers.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Commissioner of Education
Texas
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Missouri
Boy Fires On Man At Duryea Home In Burlington
Charley Duryea about thirteen or fourteen shoots W. J. Dunne at the Duryea home on Irish Ridge road six miles north of Burlington. Dunne, not seriously wounded, goes to town to file information. Duryea surrenders. his mother says Dunne had persecuted them and that the shooting was protective. Mrs Duryea and Duryea claim Dunne repeatedly persecuted them and should stay away.
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Burlington
Charley Duryea
Irish Ridge Road
W. J. Dunne
Duryea
Dunne
Greene Man Shot Amid Quarrel Over Driving Rigs
Edward Meek of Greene arrived home with a bullet wound in the head after a quarrel with Tom Crane. Crane was seized by neighbors and detained in Charles City jail after both men, drinking heavily, fired at each other as they drove their rigs home. Meek fell from his buggy, then continued to drive. Crane pursued.
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Greene
Edward Meek
Tom Crane
Crane
Meek
Charles City
W. L. Douglas
Brtheay
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Opis
W.L Douglas
Mase
Adel Woman Burned by Explosion
Mrs. J. C. Hill wife of a noted stock shippers at Adel suffered serious burns to arms face and head while washing clothes She mistook gasoline for kerosene and putting the clothes into hot water caused a violent explosion which wrecked the room and blew the stove apart The injuries likely fatal for the victim
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Adel
J. C. Hill
Boy Killed By Street Car In Council Bluffs
Lawrence Sawyer an 11 year old boy from Montana visiting relatives in Council Bluffs was fatally struck by a street car near the Rock Island depot while playing tag with other youths. He ran into the car and was crushed under its wheels as heavy glass from the headlight shattered. He was with his mother visiting an uncle, W F Essinger.
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Council Bluffs
Lawrence Sawyer
Rock Island
Sawyer
Young Sawyer
Montana
W. F. Essinger
Bodies Found in River Near Muscatine Suspected Suicide
Two young individuals were found deceased three miles above Muscatine with their bodies badly decomposed. Names not yet established. authorities believe both died by suicide after having been in the water for about a week.
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Muscatine
Texas Fever In Live Stock Ravaging Jasper County
A veterinarian reports Texas fever sweeping northern and southern Marshall counties with 459 cattle quarantined. Several afflicted animals were euthanized. disease linked to a Jasper county herd that bought stock from Kansas City. Fever lasts days to weeks, with high mortality and occasional jaundice and enlarged spleen.
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Jasper
Marshalltown
Marshall Counties
F. J. Neiman
Collins
Jasper’ County
Kansas City
Coal Oil Claims Victims In Centerville Blast
Centerville saw two fatal accidents on the fifth. Mrs. Seth Thomas was badly burned when coal oil poured on wood caused a blast during cooking. her husband was burned while trying to fight the flames. In a separate incident, miner August Falla died instantly after a gun misfire while hunting, the shot passing through his chest.
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Centerville
Seth Thomas
Thomas
August Falla
Here
Falla
Plays in hay with fire ends in fatal barn blaze
In Marion county a 3 year old boy, son of farmer William Reed, explored a barn with matches. He reentered the hay loft as flames erupted. the barn holding five horses cattle and machinery was destroyed. The child’s body remains missing among smoking ruins and losses total about 7000 dollars.
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Knoxville
William Reed
Marion County
Groom Arrest Faints Wife After Fugitive Check Forgery Charge
Walter Lowell and his bride, visiting Denver after a winter wedding, faced cops at their rooming house when detectives arrested Lowell on a charges of forging checks totaling 35 dollars for Winterset authorities. Mrs Lowell fainted upon hearing the news as officers waited to revive her.
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Denver
Colo
Walter Lowell
Winterset
Lowell
Farmer Held as Silk Thief in Grand Larceny Charge
Waterloo reports Jacob Shops of Maynard faces grand larceny charges for stealing several dozen bolts of ribbon from the Rock Island freight house while loading his household goods for shipment from Rowley. Detectives traced him through several cities before arrest. Shops is a prosperous farmer with wealthy relatives.
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Jacob Shops
Maynard
Waterloo
Shops
Rock Island
Rowley
Twenty Poisoned By Sandwiches Near Metzger Farm
Twenty threshing crew members were poisoned after eating pressed chicken sandwiches baked in a porcelain kettle at Henry Metzger’s home northwest of town. Physicians from Manson and Pomeroy treated the men who became seriously ill but all survived.
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Manson
Henry Metzger
Pomeroy
Auburn Youth Killed Jumping Freight Train
Roscoe Roe 17 son of the station agent was attempting to jump a switching freight in Auburn yards. He did not see an approaching team and was struck and crushed under the wheels. He was a graduate of the 1907 high school class.
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Auburn
Auburno
Roscoe Roe
Roe
Salvation Army leader reflects on charity in anti suicide effort
General Booth discusses two kinds of charity as he cites a parable of a Warwick deacon who could not find a barber to shave him for free. A barber finally helps, but the scene ends with nervy questions about who benefits from charity.
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Booth
Salvation Army
Warwick
Noted Surgeon Bernays Dies and Ethics Clash Roils Medical World
From the National Druggist June issue, tribute to Dr. Augustus Charles Bernays who died in St. Louis. He pioneered Caesarian sections and abdominal surgeries with a remarkable appendicitis record, yet he was expelled from the American Medical Association for defying its Code of Ethics, fueling a broad critique of medical authority and proposed reforms.
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Augustus Charles Bernays
St. Louis
United States
Missouri
Bernays
American Medical Association
Congress
The
Association
WORN TO A SKELETON By Mrs Preston Elkland Pa
Mrs Charles N Preston of Elkland Pennsylvania describes severe illness three years ago with fatigue poor appetite weight loss thirst and sugar in kidney secretions. After using Deans Kidney Pills her condition improved quickly and sugar disappeared she regained weight and felt well again. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Charles N. Preston
Elkland
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N, Y
Not Quite Bright Farm Boy Provokes Local Fracas
An elderly German farmer in Town state expresses frustration at his halfwitted son, insisting he is a fool. The boy, driving a hay wagon, crashes in the barnyard as the farmer condemns his intelligence in a heated exchange.
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Ferry Bright
Case of eczema in the South and Cuticura relief
I M Robert from Hydropolis La reports three years of eczema affecting a hand and eye. After ineffective medical treatment, Cuticura Soap and Ointment brought partial relief and full recovery with the complete Cuticura Remedies. He recommends the products locally. January 5 and September 1, 1906.
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I. M. Robert
Hydropolis
Kite carriage recall stirs nostalgia for 55 year kite craze
The piece recalls kite carriage experiments from decades ago, noting extensive construction and testing. Two large kites powered a carriage to speeds around 25 miles per hour, highlighting historic aeronautical ingenuity.
Reward offer and health cure testaments in 19th century ad
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an incurable catarrh case and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure sold by Toledo firms. It includes endorsements from WaLpDIna Kinnán Marvin and others, claims of cure through blood and mucous action, and pricing. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and Lewis' Cigars with generic proverbs.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walpdina, Kinnan & Marvin
Natural fly paper plant traps insects with sticky leaves
The pinguicula is a plant that acts as natural fly paper. Its leaves remain coated in a sticky substance that captures insects that land on them.
New Homes in the West Offer Free Homestead Guide
Free pamphlet explains United States homestead laws and how to secure a quarter section of farming or grazing land along Chicago & North Western railway lines in South Dakota Wyoming and nearby states. Excursion rates for homeseekers. Request details from W B Kniskern Passenger Traffic Manager Chicago.
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United States
Chicago & North-Western Ry
South Dakota
Wyoming
Kniskern
Chicago
Ready If Needed. Office Boy Secures Job With Polite Reply
A Chicago office boy seeking work was asked if he used profane language and replied Thin if necessary. He was hired. Allen's Foot-Ease promises to cure painful swollen feet and sweating, making new shoes comfortable. Sold by druggists and shoe stores. no substitutes. A S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Chicago
Salvation Army sends emigrants to Canada in batches
The Salvation Army in England ships emigrants to Canada in monthly batches of 600. An advertisement touts Krause's Headache Capsules for overindulgence with 25c price and Des Moines maker Norman Lichty Mfg. Co. Also notes Lewis' Pipe Binder cigars from Peoria, IL.
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Canada
Salvation Army
England
Krause
Norman Lichty
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