Hog Cholera in Iowa Highlights County Losses
Director Sage of the Iowa Weather and Crop Service reports county by county hog losses for 1907. Statewide average loss was 20 percent with Brem er at 80 percent and several counties ranging from 3 to 63 percent. North and northwest regions show the heaviest toll, yet Iowa farmers keep prospering due to fertile soil.
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Iowa
Sage
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Lee
Davis
Appanoose
Bremer County
van Guren
Jefferson
Henry
Des Moines
S. Louisa
Washington
Keokuk
Wapello
Monroe
Polk
Scott
Clinton
Linn
Dubuque
Pottawattamie
Plymouth
Osceola
Floyd
Butler
Cass
Buchanan
Cherokee
Bunca Vista
Crawford
Long distance telephone cuts into railway passenger traffic
Businessmen find it cheaper to talk than to ride. The trend cited shows a drop in railway passenger traffic as preference shifts to telephone communication for long distance business talks.
Matrimonial Boom Noted as Prosperity Spreads
In no line of industry is prosperity more noticeable than in marriage business. Exchanges report rising activity and county clerks and ministers are happy. Judge McGee of Council Bluffs rules a nickel in the slot machine case makes it a gambling device. The machine paid a cigar for each nickel but the chance of more made it a game of chance.
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Judge McGee
Council Bluffs
Whisky Labeled Jug Proves Fatal For Two In New York
Two men drank contents of a jug labeled Pure rye whiskey and died the next day from corrosive sublimate poisoning. Meanwhile Director Preston of the United States mint puts world gold mined last year at about 240 million dollars, up nearly 20 percent, implying ample circulating medium despite rising population.
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New York
Friends of the
Preston
United States Mint
Rail mileage books spark travel boom and depot crowding
Interchangeable mileage books adopted by railroads will alter travel patterns. Traveling men must buy local tickets at each trip, hurting sales in larger stations and causing waits at depots when many arrive together. The shift upends the older practice of buying in big towns and increases station congestion.
One Cent Shortage Found in Postmaster Accounts
The Oska loosa Journal reports Uncle Sam issued a sight draft for one cent to retiring Oska loosa postmaster Mr. McFall after a misstatement in final accounts. McFall paid the penny, received a receipt, and says he will frame it. The error arose from fraction addition, costing the government at least 25 to uncover.
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Uncle Sam
Oskaloosa Journal
Oskaloosa
Meall
Hoffman
McFall
Marriage Invitations Issued for Annie Birkenholze and Wm Kanze
Local notices announce invitations for the marriage of Miss Annie Birkenholze to Mr. Wm Kanze at the bride’s home near Killduff on Wednesday January 19 at 7 o'clock. The rest of the column includes assorted local society notes and fashion descriptions from Paris and Des Moines.
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Annie Birkenholze
Wm. Kanze
David Birkenhol
Killduff
Ella Men Lenhall
Kellogg
Howard Gray
Clifford Cox
Mart Scarbrough
Des Moines
Jonathan Lister
Valley Junction
Larry Engle
New Music Liberal Offer From Popular Music Co
American Popular Music announces a liberal offer to readers. Send three or more performer names and fifteen cents to receive sixteen pages of latest popular songs with full piano or organ sheet music and a subscription for three months. Address Popular Music Co Indianapolis Ind. RECORD readers save by trading with advertisers.
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Address Popular Music Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Candidate Goes For A Walk After Pulling Strings
The Detroit Free Press reports a congressional candidate, with a playful remark about taking a walk after private talks. He asks journalists to tell friends he has gone out for a walk as he leaves a private parlor and heads to the clerk’s desk. The exchange ends with a wry joke about stretching “the other one.”
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Congress
Detroit Free Press
Neighborly request turns strange over fence line
A man asks his neighbor if there is anything in his house of value to take. The neighbor replies yes and offers to have the piano insides sent to the man’s barn, turning an odd barter into a curious moment cited by the Yonkers Statesman.
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Yonkers Statesman
Gentle Art of Hanging in Cruder Mockery
A Detroit Journal cartoon caption mocks White Caps by depicting a wife admiring their lynching style and inviting them to hang pictures, illustrating sensationalized racist vigilante violence in a grim, satirical frame.
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Detroit Journal
What Are We Coming To Uncle Josh Night Visit
A humorous exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer shows Uncle Josh staying all night and bringing a bag of wheat. The conversation turns to fear of crime as a neighbor jokes about the danger of leaving valuables exposed.
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Josh
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Very Natural Quip Sparks Gossip in Street Exchange
The dialogue reveals a courtly jab as one speaker quips about recognizing Miss Nipper only when clothed, following an accusation of cutting her in the street. The exchange hints at social friction surrounding evening entertainments and public manners.
W fe Had to Treat Him Well
Dialogue indicates a woman claims Mr Wiser is not hen pecked, asserting he has a male servant unseen by others. The fragment suggests a domestic setting with social teasing about gender roles.
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W.fe
Mr. Wiser
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America
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