Local notes mix of visits music and crime in Jasper County
Des Moines visitor Miss Anna Den Burger and Mrs Beerends visit north of town as Leighton returns home. A Jasper County Normal Institute recital features former Pella players with Misses Tice van Traveskerke and Held. A farm child labor issue prompts talk on laws, while local crime mentions the Tokuf case and a farmer father described as a brute in Cloverdale.
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Anna den Burger
Des Moines
Mrs Beerends
Jasper County Normal Institute
A. van Haveskerke
Pella
Misses Lottie Tice
Ina van Traveskerke
Bessie Held
Boy of If Ends Life Amid Continuous Farm Labor
In Osceola County a one year old boy, Frank Smalley, son of tenant farmer Bill Smalley near Cloverdale, hanged himself with a bridle tie strap from a hoghouse passage timber. The coroner, Dr Palmer, notes the child said he did not see why his father required him to rise so early as he left with a milk pail. The family toiled Sundays. last week Jr Smalley helped thrashing, as did a 14 year old and Frank. This marks the first child suicide in Osceola history and the neighborhood’s third in a year.
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Frank
Bill Smally
Cloverdale
Dr Palmer
Smalleys
Weather Forecaster’s Gambit: Right and Wrong by Turns
The weather man is praised for occasional accuracy yet harshly lampooned for inconsistent forecasts. The quoted exchange notes that if predictions were always wrong, the public would distrust them, but the fickle accuracy keeps readers guessing about future conditions.
Biennial Excursions Sold by Chicago Great Western Rail
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers August 16 to 27 excursion to Louisville Kentucky with round trip tickets at low rates and return allowed until August 31. Tickets available through any Great Western Agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago Ill. 21 23.
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Louisville
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicago
Ill
War in the East with Silence on the Front
Dispatches report a tense quiet around Liao Yang as General Kuropatkin’s forces may be regrouping amid extreme heat. Reports from Tokio and Newchwang note Japanese forces under Kuroki Oku and Nodzu close to the Russians, with Port Arthur defenses holding as 350 Japanese guns engage.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Associated Press
Liao
Yang
Newchawang
Kuroki
Oku
Nodzu
Port Arthur
Chicago butchers strike boosts independent packing firms
The Chicago strike in meat packing is claimed to aid the public by forcing demand onto independent houses. Large packers report operating at high capacity using more nonunion workers while vowing to hire only trusted former employees.
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Chicago
Keokuk man sails log to world fair
Jack McCaffrey of Keokuk gains attention as he travels by improvised log craft toward the world’s fair, passing Quincy this afternoon with his peculiar voyage drawing spectators.
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Jack McCaffrey
Keokuk
Quincy
Gem City Business College Offers Free Illustrated Catalogue
Send today for the free Gt-pagze Illustrated catalogue from Gem City Business College. It features school views, student portraits and testimonials, penmanship samples, a graduating class roll, and a wind list of attendees. Includes tuition, books, board costs and guidance for stenographer or bookkeeper prep. Office: DL Musselman, President, Quincy, Illinois.
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DL Musselman
Quincy
Tinols
Cheap Round Trip Rates Via Chicago Great Western
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers summer fares to St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Superior Ashland Bayfield Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Salt Lake City at about half the usual rates. Tickets good to return until October 31st. Visit any Great Western Agent for details and booking.
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Chicago Great, Western Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Ashland
Bayfield
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Great Western
Elinor
Harvest prospects and crop reports from Des Moines area
Des Moines August 1 1904 reports a cooler spell but generally favorable July for harvests and crop development. Light rainfall overall, with heavy bursts in central and northern areas. Hay crop quality superior to recent years, oats nearly finished, wheat nearing completion but blight and rust threaten yield, barley good, corn progress strong, potatoes mixed with rot issues, apples promising but wind damage noted. French Red Tape concerns G Stern's army service blocked by war office due to insufficient remaining service time, a potential record in bureaucratic delay.
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Des Moines
G. Stern
France
War Office
Stern
End of Bitter Fight with Doctor King’s Discovery
A patient recounts a long struggle with a disease and an abbess, noting that after trying Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption the health improved quickly. The drug is marketed by Henry M Langerak Drug Store with trial bottles offered and a price of 1.09 dollars.
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J. I. Hughes
DuPont
Dr. King
Henry M
Langerak Drug Store
New Race of Dwarfs Found in Siam Province
From Bangkok comes news of a new race of dwarfs in Siam. They dwell in Chaya province on the Burma frontier, lead a nomad life without tents, and use bamboo for all domestic utensils. Their population is estimated at four to five thousand.
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Bangkok
Siam
Chaya
Burma
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B Lansberry
Barnes. Leighton
Buerkens
Tim Short
Tim
Jesus
Johnson
Fred Tokuf
Uttle
Hfe
Mister
Pet Kruidenier
Pella Drain-Tile Co
Knights of Pythias
Foxno
Woolson Split Co
Clien Corrie
Lindt
4L Bank
Toledo, Ohio
Woolson Spice Company
Toledo
TOTAL
Tokio
Simoucheng
Huicheng
Gem City Business College
Quincey, Dlinois
Washington Star
Guess
Cole’s Drug Store
Misoron
F. D. Stubenrauch
Saint Louis
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