Roosevelt's multilingual prowess and foreign roots noted
The piece highlights President Roosevelt's language skills learned in youth French German Spanish and Italian plus a Danish Dutch and Gar lic exposure. It mentions Riis teaching him Danish and notes his broad linguistic competence. The text also references context on crime trends and grain quality shifts due to seed testing practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa
Roosevelt
Jacob Riis
Denmark
Spirella Corset Offered for Broken or Rusty Stays
A new corset made to order is offered to repair broken or rusty stays within a year. It promises to beautify good form and remodel bad form. Contact Mrs. E S Dennis, Pella Iowa, sole agent, or call phone 97.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Dennis
Pella
Iowa
Vegetable Treatment and Cyclone Blood Purifier Remedy
A reader advertises a home tonic for blood disorders, listing Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, Sarsaparilla, and Compound Syrup, with doses after meals and at night. It claims gentle, certain benefits and notes pharmacies can supply ingredients under the label The Vegetable Treatment.
Baseball Season Offer Promises Full News for Iowa Fans
The Daily Register and Leader offer a baseball season deal through October 10 1907 at 1.50 for a daily edition or 2.25 for daily and Sunday. It promises full box scores of Western and Iowa League games daily and urges subscribers to act quickly. Also notes sales positions and various local ads and news items including Dr Cranfill selling The Baptist Tribune and Rockefeller giving Chicago University city blocks valued at 200000 with 6 million in recent gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Register and Leader
Register and Leader
Iowa
Register and Leader Co
Des Moines
The
Chronicle
H. van Maren
J. B. Cranfill
Baptist Tribune
Baptist Standard
Dallas
Texas
Cranfill
Chicago
National Prohibition Committee
Hollister
F. D. Stubenrauch
John D.rockefeller
Chicago University
Works of Science History and Fiction in City Library
A list of new library holdings purchased from candy sale proceeds and fines, featuring Conquest of Canaan and numerous authors across science, history, fiction, and juvenile categories. Highlights include Dickens, Hugo, Austen, Poe, Wells, Thackeray, Collins, and many classic titles with extensive author rosters.
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Canaan
Tarkington
Nicholson
Butler
Silas Strong
Bachellor
Invisible— Allen
Atherton
Sant Nario— Crawford
Soldiers of Fortune
Davis
Peter Stirling
Ford Voice of the People
Glasgow
MacGrath
Graystark
McCutcheon
Youth of
Washington
Mitchell
Blix—Norris
Men
Robertson
Eleanor Lee
Sangster
Dumas
Silas Marner
Eliot
Notre Dame
Hugo
Hardy Norseman
Lyall
Marvel
Kenilworth—Scott
Spencer
Taylor
Arnold
Christ
Farrar
Hiawatha
Longfellow
Tyndall
Crossing—Churchill
Helmet of Navarre
Runkel
Irving
Jimmies—Bell
Black Beauty
Sewell
Ewing
Pike and Dike
Henry
Alisons
Lillie
Elinor Belden
Roberts
Speckled Hen
Prentiss
Cinderella
Goody Tyo Shoes
Jack the Giant Killer
Little Red Riding Hood
Mother Hubbard
Mrs. Molesworth
Children’s Hour
Mrs. Wal
Beecham Pill King Dies at Age 87 in England
Obituary notes the death of Beecham famed for distributing his "famous pills." The piece recalls a 19th century anecdote about William Everett opposing a bill for mixing business with lawmaking. It mentions Beecham’s alleged offer to supply hymn books to a poor English dissenter church congregation in exchange for advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecham
England
William Everett
Congress
Hind
Peach trees bloom despite cold spell and losses
It is said that the peaches are all dead as the consequence of the severe and long continued cold, but if so they make very handsome corpses. They are in full bloom and a cluster of peach trees with their load of pink blossoms make a beautiful sight.
Notice of Will Hearing in Marion County Court
The Marion County District Court clerk files a will for Henry E. Verploeg deceased. A hearing is set for May 27, 1907, during the April term, Knoxville Iowa. Interested parties may attend and be heard at the designated time and place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Co
Rder
Welsher
Vicor
W. B. Eaton
W.surlington
W. R. Clements
District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
Henry E. Verploeg
Kersbergen
Knoxville
Street sprinkler waters business streets as straw hat time nears
A street sprinkler operated this morning on the business streets, signaling that straw hat time is advancing and the season is shifting.
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Ily
G. G. Thomassen
Purina
C.n.cole
Nanderpol’s
J. Franklin
Oskaloosa
Eldon Land
Barton
Kansas
Blackburn
Oklahoma
Mranklin
John
Weyers
John Ten Hagen
D. van Zee
Langerak’s
Spirella
Vander Lindens Bazar
College
Waechter
Wesseling Bros
van Spanckeren
Wat Koh
Bangkok
Wm. Dean
SIS OF New Library
Ton
de la Reme
Miss Toody
Laddie
Far North
Asbjornsen
Lang
Wade
Fellows
Johnston
Dago—Fellows
Cicely
Giovanna
Burnett
Alsop
Tom Thumb
John van Nieuwenhuyzen
West Side Square
SER
CTSF
Rock Ialand Lines
California
All Rock Ialand
Los Angeles
San Francisco
National Education
Portland
Pacific’ Northwest
Poland
Tacoma
Seattle
Vancouver
Rock Island
Colorado
el Paso
Lear
Sunshine
Keables’ Drug Store
Lippincott’s
Monthly Magazine
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