County Items of Interest From Knoxville Express
County authorities expect more residents to be moved to the county farm as outside poor tax grows. District court convened with Judge Gamble. grand jury named and docket shows 9 criminal, 141 law and chancery, 61 probate cases. Mr and Mrs D H Miller celebrated golden wedding anniversary in Des Moines amid family notice. City council February meeting discussed fire company elections and amending powder ordinance to allow 50 kegs per dealer, to be considered again next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamble
D. F. Christ
W. L. Brown
E. W. McVey
H. Horsman
John Toom
Abraham G. Dykstra
J. A. ‘Loom
EF. M. Stone
Ed, Dawson
D. H. Miller
Des Moines
Miller
Jesse
Knoxville
Joseph Brobst
James N
W. E
J. W
Maxwell
Hattie Wuebner
Pueblo
Colo
Mary Dewey
Lincoln
Neb
Henrietta Ray
Bina Heberling
Quincy
Jennie Ling
Humboldt
C. W
Kansas City
Meranda Keefe
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised For Burns And Wounds
Norfolk Virginia’s C Rivenbark Jr reports a severe knee burn blistering but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve stopped the pain and healed without a scar. The advertisement claims it heals all wounds and sores and sells for 25 cents at Henry M. Langerak’s drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckklen
C. Rivenbark, Jr
Norfolk
Bucklen
Henry M. Langerak
Des Moines Contractors Dominate Knoxville State Hospital Contracts
The board of control awarded all major building contracts for the Knoxville state hospital project to Des Moines firms including Charles Weitz's Sons for the three main structures and Des Moines Manufacturing and Supply for boilers and chimney. Plumbing, heating, and electrical work went to Des Moines firms at about 12 000 and 6500 respectively, totaling around 95 000 for buildings and equipment with a surplus for furnishings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lhe Board of Control
State Hospital
Knoxville
Des Moines
Charles Weitz
New Institution
Des Moines Manufacturing and Supply Company
Des Moines Plumbing Company
Arthur Frantzen Company
Their Fun Hung on too Long at Red Rock
Report from Monroe Mirror describes a Red Rock incident where friends fishing used bait as medicine and turned the event into a mock coon hunt. A rope was placed around a participant to mimic hanging, prompting locals to confront the group and bring them before a squire for explanation.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy A Mother’s Favorite
The soothing and healing properties of this remedy make it a favorite with people everywhere. It is especially prized by mothers of small children for colds croup and whooping cough and it provides quick relief. It contains no opium or harmful drug and may be given to a baby as confidently as to an adult. For sale by F D Stubenrauch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Stubenrauch
Contests Set for Iowa Oratorical State at Mount Vernon
Central unranked by judges in the Iowa Collegiate Oratorical Association list of speakers for the Mount Vernon state contest on February 24. Represented colleges include Ames Grinnell Cornell and others with topics such as The Man of Eloquence Democracy s Worst Enemy The Philosophy of the Race Problem and The True Basis of Sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Gearhart
Iowa Collegiate Oratorical Association
Mount Vernon
Des Moines
Drake
Simpson
Penn
Central
Upper Iowa University
Morningside
Western Colleges
Ames
Grinnell
Cornell
Wesleyan University
Lenox
Tabor
John Calvin
Parsons
Poisons in Food Claim Prompts Diet Cure Ads
An advertisement warns that many pains stem from poisons in undigested food and promotes Dr King's New Life Pills with a money back guarantee. The ad, at H. M. Langerak's drug store, promises cure for all sickness due to such poisons. Also notes Mrs. O W Sipe visiting relatives in Pella and staying with Mr E Moune and later with Mr and Mrs William Ramsey in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
H. M. Langerak
O. W. Sipe
Pella
E. Moune
William Ramsey
Newton Daily News
Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Ends The Rhyme Verse Piece
A vintage promotional line praises Rocky Mountain Tea by F D Stubenrauch as the sensible choice among various hatwearing maidens, highlighting traditional consumer nostalgia and brand sentiment. The fragment hints at a poetic sales pitch from a historical newspaper page.
Wandering tramps spar with city officials in New Sharon
Rather Flip Friday night four festive tramps sought lodging in the city hostile. Marshal Dunwoody reported them to the mayor who ordered their confinement in hotel de Valentine for up to ten days. The tramps demanded ten days of feed and fire, but the mayor countered. They were placed in the calaboose and sent by train to Oskaloosa. City officials continue struggles with a frozen pipe feeding the water tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Dunwoody
Reynolds
Hotel de Valentine
Calaboose
Oskaloosa
New Sharon Star
Two New States Admitted by Congress
Knoxville Journal notes congress admitted Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state and New Mexico as another, while Arizona was excluded. It calls the Oklahoma territory a proper, prosperous commonwealth and warns New Mexico would mainly boost railroad and corporate power in the Senate without adding national glory or public prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Oklahoma
Indian Territories
New Mexico
Arizona
Indian Territory
Senate
Knoxville Journal
New Hampshire to reproduce Daniel Webster birthplace at Exposition
Lewis and Clark Centennial will feature a Daniel Webster birthplace replica in New Hampshire’s building. The fair plans a tiger skins display from Liam and an elaborate Swiss toy exhibit. Various groups including the Order of Railway Conductors and National Letter Carriers Association will meet there, with airship and marines displays, and Missouri contributing a major exhibit plus the iron Vulcan statue from Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Daniel Webster
Liam
Order of Railway Conductors
Lewis and Clark Exposition
National Letter Carrier's Association
Missouri
St. Louis
Portland
Vulcan
Birmingham
Ala
Insurance Against Colds
An advertisement promotes Cold Laxative Tabs as an in-home remedy that prevents colds if taken at first symptoms and claims to cure even advanced cases. It guarantees money back if not satisfactory. The pack contains 36 tablets and costs 25 cents.
Food and Weather Drive Seasonal Eating Patterns
The article explains that colder climates prompt higher food intake and different diet quality. Denser air and greater breathing demands raise energy needs, while harder labor in the cold increases consumption. Eskimos rely on fatty foods like blubber due to their harsh environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropic Zone
Tropics
Obscure Passages and Poker Wisdom Across Writers
An Albany Times Union column critiques elusive literary passages from Browning Coleridge and Goethe, notes on Coleridge’s uncertainty, and adds a discussion of poker understanding among men. It shifts to advice on marriage kindness, arguing husbands can be strong yet fair, not subservient, and should value their wives’ wishes without becoming rigid.
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London
Browning
Coleridge
Goethe
Southey
Joan of Arc
Heaven
Francis Wyerton
Lidles
Albany Times
Union
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Knoxville Express
Horace McCord
Ayerss
Ayer
Rivitrnicetate Towels Mnest
F.D. Stubenrauch
United States Navy
Food and Weather
Atenson Globe
Royal
Ida M. Tarbell
Lincoln Steffens
Ray Stannard Baker
John Lafarge
William Allen White
Charles Wagner
McClure's
East 23d Street
New York City
Fifth Avenue
New York
Rex Hog Remedy
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