Items of Interest Summarized for Easy Readers
Excessive heat caused three deaths in Dubuque in one day. Projects include paving at Emmetsburg for nine teen blocks at $50,750 and a Harlan high school cornerstone for $90,000. A soldiers' monument in Har lan is dedicated and funds raised for a Grinnell Masonic temple. News notes include a Brighton tragedy, a Red Oak death, Drake University to Boston University transfer, state tax levy hold, and court rulings on a Waterloo playground. Rural economy covers a Klemme creamery with $11,520 June revenue, alfalfa and silo drive in Clay county led by Prof. Buchanan, and census shows farm sizes rising to 164 acres with value up to nearly $18,000 each.
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Dubuque
Emmetsburg
Harlan
Grinnell
Gilmore Swaney
J. W. B. Jefferson
Presbyterian Church
Brighton
Nehming
Fay Carlson
Co. M
Drake University
Boston University
State Executive Council
Waterloo
Harold Gallagher
Co. A
Mahoney
Boone
Essex
BE. C. Worthington
Iowa
Philippines
Fort Dodge
Klemme
New York
Clay County
W. A. Buchanan
Ames
State Pharmacy Commission
State Census Department
Iowa News Roundup Highlights Schools And Rail Action
A public heating plant begins in Rock Rapids while Iowa reports twelve infantile paralysis cases with four deaths. A Shenandoah farmer earns a free trip for preventing a Wabash wreck after spotting a burning bridge. Wisconsin-born Mansfield is released from murder claims in Villisca case due to insufficient evidence. Richland township plans a large consolidated school in Adair county serving the entire rural area. Fort Dodge notes Mrs. Laving S. Yohns age ninety honorary resident since 1835. Palo Alto county to build a Des Moines river drainage ditch costing over 100000. Fire losses in Iowa for six months trail 1915 figures by about 295124. Federal building appropriations announced for multiple Iowa cities. Muscatine Iowa City interurban bleeding money four months after Rock Island transfer. Knoxville bids delay new school on 75000 vote. Sheldon upgrades with paving sewer waterworks and new high school. Ocheyedan Bank led by Rebecca Porter praised as elder stateswoman of banking. New Iowa recruiting officers named for state service. Iowa banking growth shows 46 new banks and nearly 38 million in assets since last year. Rhodes scholarship tests slated at State University of Iowa with Norman D. Scott last year’s winner from Drake.
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Rock Rapids
Iowa
State Board of Health
Jerry Cozad
Shenandoah
Niagara Falls
Wabash
Corad
Wm. Mansfield
Kansas City
Moore
Villisca
Mansfield
Richland Township
Adair County
Laving S. @oyns
Coyne
Fort Dodge
Pennsylvania
Des Moines
Palo Alto
Iowa Cities
Sioux City
Fairfield
Marengo
Newton
Oclwein
Algona
Corning
Eagle Grove
Harlan
Knoxville
Indianola
Mount Pleasant
Muscatine
Iowa City
Rock Island
Sheldon
Rebecca ‘Porter
Bank of Ocheyedan
Uni
Porter
C. E. Powell
Keokuk
D. A. Preusser
Manchester
Chase
W. Hoadley
Cedar Rapids
H. E H. Hadley
Nevada
G. B. Ogle
Centerville
L. W. Ainsworth
G .G. Haines
G. W. Delaney, Jr
Clinton
H. F. Mottet
Guy H. Clift
Taking Big Chances On Travel With Bowel Remedy
An old advertisement warns travelers to beware bowel complaints and the risk of traveling without Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It notes attacks can be sudden and severe and urges preparation, with sales by F. D. Stubenrauch.
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Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
Despise Not the Day of Small Things in Boyhood
A prose reflection on character forming from small deeds. It asserts that a boy who respects elders, greets with a hat raised and kind speech, develops trust and steadiness for life. It compares minute acts to crucial components, like a coupling pin, and stresses that character, not capital, builds lasting standing. It urges cultivation of little things to grow a mature, reliable person.
When Handkerchiefs Became Square in 1785
January marked the anniversary of the modern square handkerchief, about 127 years in use. Queen Marie Antoinette reportedly suggested squareness, and Louis XVI issued an edict on January 2, 1785, declaring handkerchief length must equal breadth. The change spread beyond France, shaping global fashion.
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Marie Antoinette
Trianon
Louis XVI
France
Pesky Devil’s Quietus New Chemical Promises Pest Victory
An old-time ad touts a product named Pesky Devil's Quietus to kill bed bugs ants roaches and fleas with devil heads in each letter of P D Q. It claims a 25 cent box makes one quart and suggests mailing for 65 cents from P D Q Company Terre Haute Indiana. It notes bedding not insured and that dogs and druggists cannot obtain the item.
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P. D. Q. Company
Terre Haute
Ind
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A. N. VanderLinden
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W. H. VanderPloeg
H. P. VanderMeulen
Dr F. F. Carpenter
A. B. VerPloeg
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Jacob VanWyke
Wm. DeGeus
J. H. Veenstra
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B. DeBruyn
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Henry VerPloeg
Lester the
Harry Schakel
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G. H. Wormhoudt & Co
C. DeGeus
Andrew Langerak Stuursma
VanderMelen
Jno
Rietveld
John Hospers
Co. C. Verought
Jake Swank
G. B. VerSteeg
M. A. VanHaaften
A. Groeneboom
A. N. DeReus
H. S. Keables
Wm. Brand
Rev. A. Rosendal
Pete VanGenderen
DeCook Barney Brom
Jno. VanderBeek
G. B. DeBruyn
Isaac Newendorp
Mrs. J. DeBruin
H. J. VandenBerg
A. VanderWaal
L. Wielaard
F. Sjaardema
J. R. McGraw
Wm. Beintema
N. van Maanen
J. H. Doan
Dno
VanderPloeg
Rene Verwers
Jacob Veldhuizen
John Kool
Paul Boertje
Wm. van Heukelom
Evert
Johnson
G. van Niewenhuizen
Iowa State Fair and
Oxford
University
England
State University of
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State of
Norman D. Scott
Portland
Firestone
H. S. Firestone
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
White Way Auto CO
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