Late Happenings Across Iowa Rural Areas
A wide sweep of Iowa items reports Warren near Merrill menacing with a butcher knife, a Bedford murder case moving into history, and Edna Christenson’s fatal burns near Badger. Also noted are tax suit actions, bond votes in Sidney, fire at the Clay farm, and Keokuk’s new fire truck amid broader state news.
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Forest Warren
Merrill
William Tooker
Sam Say Sout
Atpla Dayy
Charles Sanford
Bedford
Sam Scrivner
Bates Huntsman
John
Henry Damewood
Flick
Cosson
Edna Christenson
Badger
George Fessel
Ft. Dodge
Fessel
Chicago
Henry Zenta
Luverne
Iowa City
Iowa City Council
City Railway Company
Corwin Taylor
Isberville
Iowa
San Francisco
Korea
Sidney
Tolon Spring
Walter Taylor
Milwaukee Railway
Dubuque
Mississippi
Caroline B. Drake
First National Bank of
Albia
United States
Hal Fuller
Lehigh Valley Argus
Fort Dodge
Denver
New London
John Veidt
George Dennler
Mike Klenk
Francis V. Hull
Blakesburg
Iowa Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Atlantic
Old Clay
Emmetsburg
Boone Ad Club
St. Charles
E. S. Bailey
Percival
John Rich
Wayland
Edwin Hawley
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Hawley
New York
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Wilcox Fired From Iowa Code Editor Position
Charles S Wilcox state code editor is dismissed for not complying with Supreme Court timeframes to finish the state laws index Chief Justice Deemers chaired the firing after Wilcox refused extra help and would not promise a completion date A temporary index will be prepared and a 1915 supplement issued separately to inform the public while work starts anew and a new force is organized.
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Des Moines
Charles
Wilcox
Supreme Court
Deemer
Deemers
Guaranty & Surety Company
R. P. Howell
District Court
Iowa County
Insurance Commissioner
Land buyers urged to purchase 60,000 acres in Illinois and Iowa
Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company promotes fertile alluvial bottom land in Illinois and Iowa for two crops yearly. They claim 60,000 acres available with 10% down, 10 annual installments at 5 percent interest, warranty deeds backed by over two million dollars in assets. May sales totaled 3,641 acres to 31 buyers.
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Timothy
Illinois
Iowa
Illinois Prairie
Nile
Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company
Missouri
South
East Missouri
Views on foreign relations at the club room
A man escapes family visitors and faces a question on foreign policy. He humorously pledges internment of opponents in Schoharie county weekly through 1963, while a woman interrupts with a marriage proposal. An advertisement promotes Marine Hyo Remedy for eye irritation.
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Iaid
Schoharie County
Look Your Best Soap and Ointment Adverts
A vintage advertisement extols Cuticura soap to cleanse and purify and Cuticura ointment to soothe and heal the skin, offering free samples by mail from Boston. Also includes a humorous exchange about rushing marriage with a mother and daughter conversation showcasing quick engagement jokes.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Who Is That Homely Female at the Piano
A witty aside identifies the figure as Mme. Cosmetique, famed beauty expert, amid a social scene. The remark contrasts appearance with reputation, spotlighting Cosmetique’s renown in beauty circles.
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Him
Mme. Cosmetique
On a Ladder Hampton How did you get the paint on your coat
Rhodes From the men higher up.
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Hampton
Rhodes
Tending That Way Do you believe these revolutions are contagious
A quip on South American revolutions notes they tend to spread, with the speaker saying revolutions generally travel in circles and have a habit of going around.
Gloomy observer comments on world condition
A melancholy observer notes uncertainty about global improvement. He recalls a period of apparent progress but warns, after reviewing European news, that the world appears to be suffering a serious relapse.
Five year old Jimmy's gym accident at Boys' Club rings
The Flood Did Jimmy, a five year old, swings on gym rings under his brother's example. He slipped and fell hard, his brother giving first aid. Jimmy cried that the rings did not hit him but the floor did, ending his brief joy.
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Jimmy
Drink Denison's Coffee Ad Parody Echoes 1920s Style
A vintage style ad fragment markets Denison's Coffee as pure and delicious with repeated taglines. The text shifts to a playful mock dialogue about a girl named Penelope and a character named Tom, highlighting style versus appeal in a light humorous tone.
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Denison
Hard Work First Flea Been on a Vacation
Second Flea Nope on a tramp Penn Punch Bowl summary not enough details to form a clear event or persons. readable fragments mention a vacation and a punch bowl.
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Penn
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Iowa State News
Commonwealth
Edward Wegener
Valley Junction
Omaha
Charles Dudley
Wegener
Charles Ashworth
Frank Lavelle
Fort Madison
Lavelle
Ashworth
Near Valley Junction
Samuel A. Musser
Northwood
Julia Beech
Beech
Mr. Musser
Iith
A. F. DeWitt
Ottumwa
Minnie Whitmer
Christian Women’s Board of Missions
Monrovia
Liberia
Africa
Keokuk
Postal Savings Bank
M. V. Pelton
Wellman
Fort Ddige
Second Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Clear Lake
N. P. Hyatt
Webster City
W. E. Hale
Frank Johnson
Mahlon Head
John Beatty
Jefferson
Iowa Union Medical Society
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
A. W. Dobson
Marshalltown
Hansell
Joseph Yezik
Malcom
Lockjaw
Edward Hay
Harry Karns
Lloyd Wright
Sioux City
W. W. Hall
Walter Scott
Hawarden
Jed E. Wray
Iowa City Inc
Manson
UULTS
Justice Deemer
State Board of Control
Woodward
Executive Council
AV. B. Barney
Dairy and Food
F. §. Shaw
van Buren County
W. S. Allen
Automobile Department
Lee County
Thirty-fourth General Assembly
Overland Garage Company
William Holland
Holland
Secretary of State
General Assembly
W. B. Barney
Dairy and Food Commissioner
United States Department of Agriculture
W. B. Marney
Iowa Commission
Chittenden & Eastman Company
Burlington
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Clarke
Lee
Osceola
State Board of Agriculture
W. H. Gemmill
Board of Education
Cedar Falls
State Board of Education
Teachers’ College
Dallas-Meares Company
Frank Dallas
L. S. Meares
Himmelberger-Harrison Land Selling Company
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Marine Hye Kennedy Co
Cutiura
Tom
Penelope
Fib Libby
M‘neill
Libby
F. C. B. Omaha
H.F. Gady Lumber CO
Ory
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame
Indiana
Notre Dame
Flytrap Co
Longbeach
Cal
Hustler
D. Euanuel
Muncie
Ind
MII Co., Inc
Des Moines, Ta
New Hampshire
N. H
Mass
S. Toley
N. LL
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