Reckless driving blamed for tragedy by Keota Eagle
The Keota Eagle condemns reckless driving after a car accident, denouncing the cowardice of fleeing drivers and the indifference of those who risk others. It argues that speeding and carelessness fill news pages with fatal and injurious crashes, urging stricter highway safety and possible revocation of driving privileges for repeat offenders. The piece condemns indifference, urges responsibility, and notes the public cost of motorized transport.
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Hammes
Hmebody
Marshalltown Times- Epublican
Bay driver dispute leads to parting ways
A local report notes tension as a bay driver characterizes the situation bluntly, saying the team does not need him and plans to move on without him. The remark signals a shift in roster or staff relations within the organization.
Fragmented remarks mix politics and scandal in midwestern papers
The Cedar Rapids Republican quotes whiplash on motherhood and Evelyn Nee bit while a vaudeville scene draws a risqué crowd paid two dollars. It cites Woodrow Wilson’s diplomacy, Benton MacMillan’s gubernatorial bid, and local notes from LeMars Osage and Cornell Bluffs, criticizing law enforcement and societal shifts as reflections of era tensions.
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Cedar Rapids
Evelyn Neebit
Vaoudevilis
Evelyn Pand
Jugging for Catfish the New Gambling Craze on the Mississippi
Burlington Gazette notes a shift from riverboat high stakes to jugging for catfish on the Mississippi from St Paul to New Orleans. Players stake large sums as they float baited jugs downstream, the gamble recasting old river pleasures into a fresh, lawless craze with hundreds of dollars changing hands.
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Burlington Gazette
Mississippi River
Our
Ibas
St. Paul
Aix
Missisippi
Reminiscences of Long Ago in Muscatine Journal
A compendium of vignettes from 10, 40, and 60 years past. Notes include James Horton of Company A, 1th Pennsylvania Cavalry on leave, horse theft incidents on Waller street, Hershey purchasing Keator and Son’s raft before a mill fire, Cedar Falls encampment invite for Company C, a Columbia theatre production of The Tornado, and a 10 year-old burglary attempt at William Seltzer home with a gasoline lamp explosion.
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Pinty
James Horton
1Th
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Mr. Hershey
Keator and Son
Company C
William Seltzer
Latham ‘Street
Millie at the Wheel A Ferry Captain in Courage
Millie, a young ferry operator, faces peril when three bank robbers hijack her boat. She steers through darkness, evacuates danger, and uses a sand bank trap to trap the criminals while her fiancé, Dick Davis, arrives to aid a dramatic arrest.
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Jake
Millia
Dick Davis
Ida
Millie
Tia Ort
Millie Posson
Dick Deivis
Fugitives Captured After Boat Rescue and Sheriff Scholarship
The narrative describes a captaincy of fugitives ending with Millie Davis fainting during a recovery after a launch tow. The posse is paid and $1,900 remains as summer ends. Dick Davis’s brother earns a living with the Isunch boat while Millie returns to college and humorously explains her “Sheriff Scholarship” to her husband.
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Dick ‘Davis
Davis
Controlling Noxtong Weeds and Silage Size Guidance
K A Kirkpatrick outlines controlling persistent weeds such as horse nettle quack grass and Canada thistle by early season plowing deep to expose roots then thorough cultivation to prevent regrowth. He also advises on silo size for cattle feeding, suggesting smaller, deeper silos to avoid silage spoilage and detailing capacity figures and daily rations. He urges timely alfalfa seeding now, noting recent drought easing and recommending seeding in August for best results with guidance from the Crop Improvement Office.
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Kansug Agricultural College
Court House
Grammarian of the House Stone cited for currency phrasing
Washington Aug 25 Stone Representative of Illinois praised for shaping currency bill phrasing. Wingo Arkansas labeled him Grammarian of the House and Glass lauded his clear, simple wording after a White House conference and revisions to strike indefinite terms.
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Washington, D.C
Hill
Stone
Idinois
White House
Glass
Banking Committee Framing Bill With Stone as Wordsmith
The Banking and Currency Committee, after six weeks of work, has relied on Mr Stone to craft the bill’s phrasing. He and Mr Glass say amendments were approved and rewritten to ensure the text reads clearly. The panel explores interlocking directorates and a judiciary review to determine a safe path for currency reform.
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Mrr. Stone
Glass
Stone
Ibill
Judiciary Committee
Tian
Such & Dill
Morgan
Abe Martin Party Highlights Local Events
Saturday featured a forenoon honk and ladder tournament, an afternoon skirt issue, and a night of four band concerts. The famed Abe Martin era presence included mentions of Theophilug B. Hanger and a roster of inventors and firms with Iowa ties.
Success to Medicine and the Standard Vegetable Compound
An advertisement extols doctors and medicines, praising the Vegetable Compound as a thirty year standard remedy for females, claiming American women are discerning buyers and that the product complies with Pure Food and Drugs law.
Patents Granted To Iowans For Week End Aug 12 1913
List of Iowa inventors receiving patents from Wilfred C. Lane patent attorney Des Moines includes Howard G Back Yale with bag fastener No 1 070 989 Edward N Packard Perry gate for locomotive tender No 1 070 517 Ulrich EB Rhode Rock Rapids tower delivery machine No 1 070 656 Gas engine silenc...
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Wilfred C. Lane
Crocker
Des Moines
Howard G. Back
Yale
Perry
Ulrich EB Rhode
Rock Rap
Tds
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Leva
Sons & Wotin
Brupawick Yulong
One
Sorensen & Woot Unding
Daly
Zournad
Ana Li
Israel
Frlepromne Lewe
F. D. Threan
Pubehet
Eieanine
Tee
Pitchforts
Ady
Mar
Altherjarber
Sioux City Journal
Woodrow Wilson
Benton McMillin
Tennessee
Benton MacMillan
Wilson
Miarerial
LeMars
Arraignai
Osage News
Yesteryear
Vilage
Cornell Bluffs
Napparail
Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States
Fortune
Charlies W
Castoria
Muscatine Journal
Scatlaweg
Collins
Negus
Stubio
Waller Street
Tion
Cedar Falls
Columbia Theatre
W. G. Monroe
Lincoln J. Carter
Anna Webbling
Blake
Mile
Bin
Kira
Hhe
Mayville
Imperial
Schmidt Si. Shoe Stores
Chestnut Street
Harry Kern ‘Pron
P. C. Eastment
K. A. Kirkpatrick
Ee Union Tel AM Theo
Wahl
Beth
Neston Union Felsapoperis
Opie
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Jersey City
Beston
Newark
Chicago
St. Louis
Glasa
Ita
Abe Martin
Theophilug B. Hanger
Northwood
George Oeten
Ulrich E. Rhode
Rock Rapids
Richard W. Mewes
Andrew M. Morrison
Dubuque
George Nizsen
Iowa Falls
Thomas W. Lodd
Dea Moles
State Fair
Ick
Rock Island Lines
Dea
Igent
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