Fire and public order clash over Muscatine hose house liquor sales
The Muscatine fire department faces three layoffs as residents object to liquor being dispensed at hose houses. Des Moines fines Barney Oldfield for an automobile race and pursues injunctions to compel a rematch next Saturday. Oskaloosa postmen bitten by dogs halt mail deliveries at residences. Roosevelt and Jane Addams sharply split on U.S. policy toward wartime Europe as Addams regains her footing after prior political missteps.
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Muscatine Fire Department
Des Moines
Barney Oldfield
Oskaloosa
Path from drink leads to jail warns young men
A neighbor laments a friend's arrest and conviction for intoxication, recounting lost promise after starting with a single drink. The piece urges young men to avoid the liquor path and its long descent into crime and ruin. The tone is cautionary and moralistic, reflecting a bygone era’s public-safety rhetoric.
Rail rate hike criticized after Rock Island shift to Keokuk line
Residents of Pella faced higher freight and coal costs as management switched from Rock Island to Keokuk and Des Moines. The increase hit coal by fifteen cents per ton, translating to roughly twenty five cents per bushel, affecting the city power plant contract and burdening schools colleges mills and factories. The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered return to old rates. Local observers condemn the rise as a mere technicality and liken it to a holdup, noting no new expenses or staff gains to justify the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Rock Island
Keokuk
Des Moines
City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Local Papers Clash Over County Political Favors
The Sigourney News and the Knoxville Express accuse each other of bias after backing favored candidates in county races. Both papers claim the other side rewarded allies while denying reciprocal editorial support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney News
The
Knoxville Express
Newspapers Should Support County Officers by Merit
The piece argues county newspapers must avoid partisan fights for minor offices. It urges editors to back candidates on merit rather than national political alignments, warning that favors from officials corrupt public trust and that support should remain free to oppose future policies.
Two anti-Catholic tax bills squelched in New York convention
The Catholic Tribune reports two proposed measures in the New York Constitutional Convention, taxation of church property and inspection of religious funds, were dismissed in committee. It argues taxation fairness aligns with separation of church and state, noting no specialCatholic privileges, and stresses that church finances should bear a tax burden like other property.
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The
Catholic Tribune
New York State
the Tribune
Congress
New York
Catholic ‘Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Cure touted as constitutional remedy
An old advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease, not local. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo claims to heal through the blood and mucous surfaces, offering $100 for any failure. Sold by druggists for 75 cents, with a urging to try Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Cheney & Co
Wabash Train Service at Howell Station
Southbound Passenger No 2 at 6 36 a m and No 50 at 6 12 p m. Northbound No 61 at 9 25 a m and No 3 at 7 36 p m. Trains stop only on signal and all trains run daily including Sundays.
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Wabash
Howell
Pella
Pasenger
Rock Island
Diarrhoea Remedy Restores Health Says Buford Man
W C Jones of Buford North Dakota recounts a severe diarrhoea attack lasting over a week. A druggist recommended Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The first dose relieved him and within two days he was as well as ever. Obtainable everywhere.
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W. C. Jones
Buford
N.D
Chamberlain
Edith Learns To Keep Her Temper And Find Scissors
Edith laments losing her scissors and vows to keep nothing but her temper. Mama advises calmness, argues temper prevents finding items, and Edith, after a moment of passion, searches and discovers the scissors in her work-bag, realizing she could have been sewing.
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Edith
Beauty More Than Skin Deep Advertising Claim
An advertisement proclaims that beauty comes from good digestion and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion. It notes availability everywhere and urges readers to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Ever Blooming Rose by Helen Elizabeth Coolidge
A short, rhymed meditation where a girl longs for a garden and admiration for roses. A fairy answers that the heart is a garden with contentment as a perpetual rose, blooming even in a narrow street. The piece evinces moral caution about managing thoughts and cultivating inner beauty.
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Christian Intellingencer
Music fills Iowa State Fair grounds with seven bands
The Iowa State Fair will feature Ballmann Symphony of Chicago with forty players, Henry band of Des Moines, Fischer band of Burlington, Graham’s and Quist’s orchestras, Myers orchestra, and the World at Home road band. Four bands, three orchestras and a twenty five piece fife and drum corps promise continuous entertainment across the grounds for visitors from rural areas and towns alike.
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Iowa
Ballmann Symphony Band of
Chicago
Martin Ballmann
Henry Band
Des Moines
Fischer Band
Burlington
Graham
Livestock Pavilion
Quist
Fort Dodge
Myers Orchestra
Waterloo
Combine Business and Pleasure at the State Fair
An Iowa farmer faces a busy season yet finds value in the state fair. The event blends work and leisure, offering practical knowledge and inspiration while allowing farmers to renew motivation for both crops and livestock. It presents a profitable balance of business and pleasure for those in agriculture.
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Iowa
Baby Health Contest At Iowa State Fair
The Baby Health contest department opens in the new Women and Children’s building to educate on hygiene sanitation and right living for child development. Prizes are medals ribbons and trophies rather than money, with approval from medical and child welfare groups.
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American Medical Association
The
Baby Health Contest Association
New Sheep Pavilion Replaces Old Iowa State Fair Sheds
Sheep exhibitors at the Iowa State Fair move into a brick and steel brick pavilion, replacing unsafe and unsanitary wooden sheds neglected for years. The new structure provides modern conveniences, sanitation, and ample space, addressing long overdue improvements for the mutton and wool sector.
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Sadler Bros. & CO
BH. Sadler
A. Young
Marion County
Theodore Roosevelt
Jane Addams
Europe
Miss Addam
Erica
Dustry
Helen Elizabeth Coolidge
Ballmann
Jes
Pierce
Knoxville
Church
Knoxville Land Co
Knoxville, Iowa
Iowa State
the Lakes
North Bound
South Bound
Orleans
Spirit Lake
West Okoboji
Aio Island
C. F. Dykstra
Bal. S. Ray
George the
Bontree
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Anhandsomiv Illustrated
AN & Co
Severo
Washington
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