Cement Users Assoc of Iowa to hold annual session
The Cement Users Association of Iowa will hold its annual session February 19 20 and 21 in Des Moines. The Keosauqua Republican asks what became of the old fashioned road drag blower. Mr Bryan will speak at the Democratic banquet in Des Moines on April 2 and efforts are under way to secure space for 800 to 1000 attendees. Town again for big deals reports 400 bushels of hickory nuts sold last fall at Germanville Jefferson county by John S Craft who runs a store there.
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Cement Users’ Association of
Iowa
Des Moines
Bryan
Germanville
Jefferson County
John S. Craft
Des Moines Capital Praises City Leadership Vote
The Des Moines Capital notes it would be a big advertisement if word could wire that a city of 90,000 elected five men to manage city affairs by unanimous vote. It cites a census figure of 62,139 and lauds Royal Union Life Insurance for twenty years without a loss on any invested assets.
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Des Moines
Royal Union Life Insurance Company
Iowa
Mine Bureau Head Named by Returning UMW Delegates
United Mine Workers delegates meeting in Indianapolis indicate President John Mitchell will head a new cabinet department, the bureau of mines, to be created by the current congress, as reported by the Herald.
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Monroe County
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
John Mitchell
Bureau of Mines
Iherald
Supreme Court Rules Boycott Ties to Sherman Antitrust Law
The Supreme Court unanimously holds that labor unions using boycotts against firms engaged in interstate commerce violate the Sherman act and constitute a conspiracy in restraint of trade.
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Supreme Court of Th United States
Ocean travel to Europe cheaper than housing costs
The Oskaloosa Daily Herald notes steamships offer voyages to Europe at under two cents a mile with subsistence included. It may soon be cheaper to travel an ocean voyage than pay house rent, though faster sailing would raise passengers’ living costs.
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Europe
Oskaloosa Daily Herald
Republican Says Leslie Shaw Best Presidential Pick
A Republican confidant concedes possible error yet asserts with strong belief that Leslie M. Shaw is the strongest man Republicans could nominate for president. He would command broad confidence and likely unite the party more than any other candidate.
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Keosauqua
Leslie M. Shaw
House building rush as prices drop next spring
The piece discusses many planning for new homes, noting lower building material prices next spring and a surge in demand for houses on vacant lots. It cites Thaw and questions about insanity, premeditation, and motives surrounding his murder case.
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R. A
Sisters Dylan Lead Iowa Postal Route Work
Burlington Hawkeye notes Pearl and Letta Dylan, the state’s only female mail carriers, serve rural route No. 3 with praised efficiency. The piece touts their hard work, health, and resilience, contrasting it with other jobs and praising their dedication and community regard.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Mkeota
Pearl
Letta Dylan
Roosevelt challenge to business and finance energizes reform
The president’s message blasts conservatives who favor inaction and calls out the “Interests” behind bank turmoil. It praises a bold stand against dishonest wealth and urges the public to demand clean, progressive leadership. A Chicago professor decries the city’s moral and aesthetic decline, urging education as a remedy.
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Roosevelt
Knoxville Journal
Small Colleges Offer Better Growth Than Large Cities
The speaker praises small colleges in small towns like Central University for nurturing individual characteristics and ambitions. They argue growing city materialism stifles students and warn that science and art schools may move to the countryside if cities do not curb the mad business race.
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Central University
How to Get Poor Quick Success Magazine
Do not save loose change it is too small to matter and you gain comfort in spending it. Wait until you have worthwhile sums before depositing. Do not economize it is a nuisance. You risk being seen as mean. Seek present pleasure and use your money today for a good time. You may not be alive tomorrow.
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Success Magazine
Illinois Leads Oil Output Says Burlington Hawkeye
Iowa and Illinois emerge as major oil producers with Illinois already second to California and Iowa showing potential. 1907 Illinois output is estimated at 25,000,000 barrels as 5,498 barrels were produced in 1905, with over 9,000 producing wells in Illinois and Iowa cited as a future top contender in oil and gas production.
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Union
Pennsylvania
Texas
Kansas
California
Ilinois
Burlington Hawkeye
Illinois
Thompson McCosh
Burlington
Ierrodale
Iowa
Towa
DeWitts Little Early Risers Advertised By Langerak
An advertisement promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers pleasant little pills. It notes they are easy to take and are sold at Langeraks Drug Store. The price shown is sixty nine cents.
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DeWitt
Langerak’s
Chichester
Prva
Record of U S Lumber Cut Sets Historic Peak in 1906
The United States produced a record 37 550 736 board feet of lumber in 1906 with a mill value of 621 151 388 dollars and 11 858 260 000 shingles valued at 324 155 555 dollars. Lath output reached 3 812 807 000 with a value of 11 490 570 dollars, indicating a total annual lumber, lath, and shingles value near 70 million dollars.
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United States
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
Arkansas
Washington
Wisconsin
Oregon
Idaho
California
Michigan
Minnesota
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Forest Service
Forester
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Health Boost
A short ad claims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea builds waste tissue, stimulates appetite, aids digestion, promotes restful sleep, and restores strength. It notes 35 cents for tea or tablets and credits F D Stubenrauch. A testimonial from Bert Barber of Elton Wisconsin praises DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills, sold at Langerak's Drug Store.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
F. D Stubenrauch
Bert Barber
Elton, Wis
D. Stubenrauch
A GOOD DOCTOR The German Physician Promises Free Diagnosis
An advertisement offers Dr Bair in Des Moines Iowa as a German physician who will diagnose and consult free in cases of paralysis catarrh consumption rheumatism cancer fits piles tumors gall stones gravel liver disease or indigestion and constipation. Patients may pay what they can after satisfaction. Also promotes Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea and DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve as remedies available at Langerak's Drug Store.
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Chicago
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Ayer
Mary Obertean
Varysburg
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H. C. Verploeg
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the New American House
T.m W. Cow
Geo. J. Thomassen
G. CG. Welsh
F. W. Frahm
Wormhoudt
C. E. Martin
U. S
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