Lands, Banks, and a Tragic Iowa Land Boom Crash
Robert MacKay recounts Iowa farmers chasing get rich quick land schemes from Wisconsin to the Canadian Northwest. Banks failed as wild land loans collapsed. forty Iowa banks closed with $12 million in liabilities and eight bank officials died by suicide. A warning that slow, steady fortune building beat reckless speculation, followed by details of Carl Hagenbeck Greater Shows touring Oskaloosa with a major circus parade and elaborate performances.
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Coliers Weekly
Robert MacKay
Iowa
Wall Street
Wisconsin
Canada
Michigan
Dakota
Canadian Northwest
Oskaloosa
Carl Hagenbeck
Calliope
Hagenbeck Circus
Hagenbeck
Les Freres Koroly
Aragon
Ellet
Fate of the Cigarette Smoker Lesson from Thaw Case
A Colfax Clipper editorial links Harry Thaw to cigarette addiction and alcohol to warn youth about smoking. It argues the killer’s insanity defense cites indulgence in bad habits and stresses prevention over cure for such vices.
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Harry Thaw
Sanford White
New York
Suspicion Gouges Geo Griswold Case And Wood
Sensational chatter in Des Moines centers on Geo Griswold and Geo D Wood with talks of reexamining Wood’s grave for life rumors. A traveling man reportedly saw Wood at a small northeastern Canada station but no corroboration follows. Fire alarms blaze four nights in Pella raising local concern about outbreaks in nearby towns.
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Geo. Griswold
Des Moines
Geo. D. Wood
Wood
Canada
Pella
Geelhoed
Disinterment planned amid controversy at Brooklyn grave
Colfax Clipper reports lawyers will obtain a court order to disinter a casket from a Brooklyn grave. The paper notes belief that Mr. Wood is dead but suggests the move may be used to quell rumors. Those closest to the case show no opposition and urge immediate action.
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Brooklyn
Clipper
Wood
Colfax Clipper
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Pill Claim
An old advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as the most pleasant and reliable pills, claiming they never gripe. Sold by H. M. Langerak in the period style.
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DeWitt
H. M. Langerak
For Sale Thirty-One Acres Near Peoria Iowa
Land opportunity adjoining Peoria Iowa known as the Tom Shoey place offers thirty one acres. Inquiries to J Jelsma Land and Loan Company Pella Iowa.
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Peoria
Iowa
Tom Shoey Place
J. 8
Jelsma Land and Loan Company
Pella
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