Gaitortats Chester tops navy cruiser speeds
The speed of the cruiser Gaitortats Chester reached 26.52 knots for four hours. Mayor Lacy advocates uniting all faiths under one banner for Republicanism. A Siberian bore reaches 7,000 feet with eighty three coal beds encountered. Marshalltown set to host the State Sunday-school convention late June into early July with strong turnout expected. A Dubuque woman drove her husband from home with hot water. Editor Heacock criticizes public prayer by an ignorant man. At Waverly in Bremer county 200 of 202 Republicans signed for the Allison club membership. Shaw and Cummins were named.
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Marshalltown
Waverly
Bremer County
Allison Club
Shaw
Cummins
Post Office to phase out boys as messengers in Chicago
The department issues an order to end the practice of employing boys as special delivery messengers. The phased plan will affect 337 boys in Chicago as part of a broader reform.
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Chicago
President's natural resources policy draws limited opposition
The Herald notes that while opinions differ in and out of Congress, most oppose neither the president’s stance on conserving natural resources nor his demand. The Brighton Enterprise mocks the push, joking that it resembles forcing a man to sit on his porch in February smoking a cigar, perhaps due to a wife’s objection to indoor smoking.
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Congress
Herald
Brighton
Cummins Says He Won't Return Baseless Personal Attacks
Ottumwa interview quotes Governor Cummins defending his public record. He says he has been most lied about in Iowa politics yet refuses to retaliate by once again attacking his critics. He expresses regret over the cycle of personal censure.
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Ottumwa
Cummins
Iowa
Advertising expert touts larger single ad impact
An advertising expert argues that an eight inch ad in one paper yields more business than multiple smaller ads across four papers and urges a dealer spending $5,000 yearly on rent to invest at least $10,000 annually in advertising. The note mentions Tokyo's 90 miles of electric street railways and references electric railway projects after the war.
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Tokio
Japan
Saloon closures and river rise spark Iowa debate
Burlington, hit by Washington's birthday, a Sunday, and city election, closed saloons for three days. The Gazette noted the saloons reopened and the Mississippi rose a foot. The State Treasury's low funds are blamed on the legislature, while officials claim administration credit. Former bank cashier LeRoy Ware received five years hard labor for false entries. more fraud cases loom. Tama Indians winter fishing on the Iowa River prompts Wardens' inaction concerns and white fishermen's complaints about federal versus state law.
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Burlington
Washington
the Gazette
Mississippi
LeRoy Ware
Farmers and Drovers State Bank
Seymour
Fort Madison
Towner
Tama
Belle Plaine Union
Barvisr Ricorp's value to Pella and nearby towns
The Barvisr Ricorp generates over $3,000 in subscriptions with labor paid in Pella. Much job work is secured for this office from across the State through the Record, funding local labor for programs and pamphlets. Advertising reach from 3,000 papers with Pella as head spreads across states weekly.
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Pella
Birdsall faces hostile reception in Third district speech
The Hardin County Citizen warns Congressman Birdsall would struggle to be heard if he returns to speak for Alli son in the Third district, while the Des Moines Capital questions whether free speech in republican Iowa is endangered by hoodlumism and political reform.
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Hardin County
Birdsall
Allison
Des Moines
Benjamin P. Birdsall
Iowa
Iowas Fertile Soil Demonstrated by Macomb Grower
James Wayland of Macomb demonstrated how a town lot 60 by 160 feet, with brains and industry, can produce substantial crops. The Journal notes he raised celery plants totaling 15,620 and lists the prices he received.
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James Wayland
Macomb
Fragmented Market Listing of Garden Plants and Prices
A fragmented OCR market list shows numerous plants with quantities and prices including strawberries cabbage tomatoes peppers onions and other vegetables. Totals indicate amounts like 133.58 dollars with scattered entries of bushels gallons and hundreds for seed beans cabbages turnips radishes peas and celery among others.
Buy Seed Corn at Home in Iowa Says State Expert
P. Gi Hotnen of Ames urges Iowa farmers to buy seed corn grown in their own counties. Experiments show locally grown seed yields better than imported seed, especially compared to southern varieties. Readiness to purchase is high at planting time, so those with surplus seed should share and identify varieties, ages, and prices to help others find suitable options locally.
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Iowa
P. Gi Hotnen
Temperance note on women’s influence in politics
Governor Folk of Missouri praised women for shaping public affairs and voting outcomes. The piece asserts women’s rising sway in campaigns and local option elections, citing Folk’s 1904 victory as evidence and urging public gratitude for their role across elections.
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Folk
Missouri
Joseph W. Folk
Woman’s National Daily
Notice in Marion County Iowa court case 1908
Peoples Trust Company sues P H Bruinekool in the District Court of Iowa Marion County for 400 dollars plus interest and costs on two promissory notes. Writ of attachment issued and levy on Lot 4 Block 7 SE Pella Iowa. Default judgment possible if no defense by April 1908 term. Attorney Geo G Gaass filed Feb 25 1908.
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P. H. Bruinekool
District Court of the
State of Iowa
Marion County
District Court of
Pella
Iowa
H. Rietveld, Tres
H. Rietveld
P. HH. Bruinekool
S. E. Pella
Knoxville
Geo. G. Gaass
Greatest spring tonic and tonic claim for Hollister tea
An ad-promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Tenor Tablets as a universal spring regulator that purports to purify blood and energize. It cites prices and vendor details including F. D. Stuben rauch and a call to visit A GOOD DOCTOR. The German Dr. Bair offers free examination and diagnosis for paralysis catarh consumption rheumatism cancer fits piles tumors gall stones gravel liver and blood disease with a pay-what-you-can arrangement, requesting case details to be sent to 1122 6th Ave Des Moines Iowa.
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Hollister
S. F. D. Stubenrauch
Bair
6Th Ave
Des Moines
Iowa
CASCASWEET and Witch Hazel Salve Ad Notice
A local advertisement promotes CASCASWEET as a gentle remedy for a fussy baby with no opiates or harmful drugs and notes it is widely recommended by mothers. It also spotlights DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for piles, sold by Langerak's Drug Store at 1013 Get DeWitt's.
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Kennedy
Langerak
Langerak’s
DeWitt’s
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