Folk reforms expose lobbyists courage and impact
The article credits Missouri Governor Folk with curbing legislative corruption through a strict committee hearings system and exile of lobbyists within 36 hours. It praises his methods, warns of lobby influence on state legislatures, and urges other states to emulate Folk’s honest governance. It also notes Knoxville board funds and local road repairs as a secondary local item.
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Roosevelt
Folk
Missouri
St. Louis
United States
House
Falk
Joseph W. Folk
Pella Likely to Hold Fourth of July Celebration Again
Townspeople discuss using leftover funds to finance a good Fourth of July event in Pella. Knoxville residents prefer no other towns celebrate to attract visitors and showcase the county’s new clock, expected to be installed by the holiday.
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Pella
Knoxville
Knoxville launches housecleaning drive led by Mayor Bilby
The city announces a cleaning season with a date set to start wagon-assisted alley cleanup. Citizens who prefer to handle their own cleaning to avoid city charges must begin immediately. The move mirrors similar programs in other towns.
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Knoxville
Bilby
Pleasantville society party shocks guests with bizarre test
A Pleasantville society event described in glowing terms featured guests blindfolded and forced to stab peanuts with a hat in a nerve shredding stunt. The piece, styled as a flaming scare head, mirrors the sensational Chicago American approach.
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Pleasantville
Casey and the Knoxville ministers face rebukes
Curtis of the Journal discusses a tight spot and current rebukes. He remarks on attempting to laugh off the situation while under mounting pressure from religious figures.
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Casey
Knoxville
Curtis
Tighest
Ce Pela
Holland Paper Expansion Sparks Local Media Debate
The discussion centers on adding a third paper in the area with Pella’s plan and Pleasantville’s approval cited as aligning with a long-felt need. The News notes the Chronicle may best satisfy demand, signaling a shift in local print media dynamics.
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Pella
The
Chronicle
Pleasantville
No Wonder Supervisor Like Bought City Clock
Leopold Like has purchased the Webb residence just east of W A McKee Jr and will move from Marysville to this city soon. Express praises such substantial citizens as a civic virtue in Knoxville.
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Leopold Like
Webb
W. A. McKee, Jr
Marysville
Knoxville
Express
Tax exemp tions stir Knox ville and Pella boards
Last week’s Knox ville Journal notes the Knox ville and Pella boards of review granted unusual tax exemptions. It cites twelve exemptions in Knoxville on small properties owned by widows and the indigent, plus sixty one in Pella, with eleven of those tied to citizens admitting money and credits in the range of seven hundred to three thousand dollars. It highlights a Knoxville bank with a one hundred thousand capital paying 2 213.48 and a Pella bank paying 422.40, arguing the assessor and boards have not fully discharged their duties.
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Knoxville Journal
Boards of Review
Marion County
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Board of Review
Pella
Marysville youths in trouble and local gossip in Knoxville
A Marysville incident leads to a 30 day sentence for disturbing the peace as accused youths allegedly fired revolvers and caused unrest. The W T C ball team seeks practice space, claims a clean squad. Also noted are local injuries, a near death from ptomaine poisoning, a rare incubator baby on a train, and a taxidermy of a peculiar education note.
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Marysvillians
W.T. C
Samuel G. Moore
Knoxville
Gosport
Ife
The Oklahoma Melon Growers Pledge Acres
The Greer County Oklahoma Melon Growers association met and 14 members pledged to plant a total of 70 acres of melons this coming season. The region is praised as fertile, with melons rivaling Rocky Ford. Associations are forming elsewhere in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, signaling a large melon crop. Farmers in the East and North are urged to consider homesteading in Oklahoma.
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Greer County
Oklahoma
Southwest
Indian Territory
Ayers Patent Medicine Formulas Made Public
An eastern newspaper details Ayers patent medicines and reveals the manufacturing processes and each ingredient. The move aims to boost public confidence by sharing the secrets behind the long standing remedies.
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Ayers
Don Phelps Released From Quarantine As City Welcomes New Workers
County Seat News Journal reports traveling salesman Don Phelps returns from Warrensburg after a small-pox quarantine. In a separate note, thirty Italians from Kansas City arrive to work in the sewer ditch, bringing tents and bedding and planning to cook for themselves. The workers, described as stout and hearty, will endure water and mud at the ditch bottom.
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Don Phelps
Warrensburg
Kansas City
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tabs Aid Digestion Today
An advertisement states that no medicine replaces food for weak digestion and endorses Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to improve digestion. It asserts strength and vigor come from proper digestion rather than the amount eaten, promoting the product as a remedy.
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Chamberlain
Housework as Recreation in the Delineator
The May Delineator features Dr. W R O Laston arguing housework can be recreation and training. He cites that viewing chores as art rather than hardship improves health, energy, and grace, with illustrated methods showing proper household duties.
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W. R. O. Laston
Sensible Girl Graduates Take Practical Household Work
One graduate hires out to her mother to handle housework, praised for practical sense. The piece argues home making should accompany a good education, noting many women's worlds center on home and skill in managing home life yields greater happiness.
Home Made ROYAL BAKING POWDER GO New York
A brief item notes the Royal Baking Powder Company of New York, identified by the phrase Home Made. The notice provides no further details about products, dates, or activities.
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Royal
Royal Baking Powder GO
New York
Rheumatic Pain Balm Offers Quick Relief
The article touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm as rapidly easing rheumatic and sciatic pains. It highlights the pain relief as remarkable and worth many times its cost, noting availability through F. D. Stubenrauch.
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Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
Seal of Minnesota flour at Cole's seed store
A seed store advertisement urges working men to buy bread flour labeled Seal of Minnesota as the right choice for wholesome loaves.
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Seal OF Minnesota
Cole’s Seed Store
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Health
A vintage advertisement proclaims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring tonic that drives out winter impurities and brings strength, health, and happiness. It promotes tea for 35 cents and tablet form EF D Stuben rauch.
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Rocky Mountain
D. Stubenrauch
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