Help for Working Women Letter on Restoring Health
A Frankfort Kentucky reader, Mrs James Coney, shares how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her strength after female weakness forced outsourcing of chores. She praises the tonic's benefit and invites others to seek confidential guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co of Lynn Massachusetts.
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Frankfort
Lydia S. Pinkham
James Coney
St. Clair St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Old George the cornetist Found Dead in New York
None Came to Claim the Body of Old George the cornetist in New York City. He played to children at a Sacramento corner, earning pennies for food and shelter. One morning he died suddenly. no one claimed the body, and the children mourned him.
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Old George
Sacramento
New York City
The Gyntea Inventor’s Adjustable Engagement Ring
A young inventor showed a ring to a jeweler claiming to patent a new adjustable engagement ring that will bring him wealth. The jeweler questioned what was patentable, prompting the inventor’s assertion that the ring is adjustable.
Concentrated Satisfaction Teas and Coffees Alternative
A large number of former tea and coffee users have found a pure wheat based beverage with pleasant flavor. It avoids sleeplessness heart flutter headache and other ills commonly caused by caffeine in coffee and tea.
Plan New Bird Law Proposed by U S Biological Survey
United States Biological Survey proposes regulations under the migratory bird law that, if approved by President Wilson, would take effect August 16. The plan would protect all birds from sunset to sunrise, year round protected feeding birds, and establishes closed seasons across multiple states for various species including waterfowl, rails, shore birds, snipe, and woodcock with specific date ranges.
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Des Moines
U. S. Biological Survey
Wilson
Tne
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Dakotas
Nebraska
Carnegie to fund twelve new Iowa libraries this year
Andrew Carnegie will finance twelve additional public and college libraries in Iowa at a total cost over 1.6 million dollars, bringing Iowa’s Carnegie library count to 98 public and eight college libraries. Next year bids include Bedford Britt Clear Lake Greenfield Hamburg Harlan Logan Malvern Mount Ayr Sibley Reinbeck Leeds Sutherland and Belmond may receive a library, with various amounts listed for each project.
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Iowa
Carnegie Publc
Carnegie College
Carnegie Ubraries
Association
Carnegie
Bedford
Britt
Clear Lake
Greenfield
Hamburg
Harlan
Logan
Malvern
Mount Ayr
Sibley
Reinbeck
Leeds
Sutherland
H. C. Crist
Belmond
Cornell
Drake
Elleworth
Grimgell
Parsons
Simpson
Upper Iowa
Fayette
Leander Clark
Toledo
Roads and Insane Care Dominant Iowa News
The June Bulletin details Iowa's 1915 road and bridge spending totaling 13.5 million, with 6.63 million on bridges and notes higher reported totals due to county accounting. It shows permanent road work at 41.4 percent and 61.6 percent permanent bridge work, plus engineering costs. Also covered are new quarters needed for the criminally insane, a plan to mark Black Hawk’s grave, a concrete bridge contract near the capitol, and forty nine new Iowa lawyers after the state bar exam.
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Des Moines Inwa
State Highway Commission
State Board of Centrol
Iowa
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Dixon
Independence
Knoxville Inebriatee Hospital
Fruit crop below average in June report Ames Iowa
The state horticulturist department estimates the Iowa fruit crop average for June at 33 percent of full drop, two percent below last year. Sixteen year June averages run 57 percent with apples 51 percent pears 37 percent plums 26 percent cherries 41 percent grapes 67 percent red raspberries 62 percent black raspberries 68 percent blackberries 78 percent currants 65 percent gooseberries 66 percent and strawberries 64 percent.
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Ames
Iowa
State Horticulturist Department
Record of May liquor seizures in Des Moines police work
May brought a record number of liquor seizures in Des Moines with thirty nine seizures on search warrants totaling 1248 pints of whisky and 5905 bottles of beer. Twenty six arrests for illegal sale, including one man fined 300 dollars and another sentenced to three months in the penitentiary for the same offence.
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Des Moines
Waterloo After College and Baptist Bid Hope
Waterloo Baptists and local business leaders remain hopeful about securing a new consolidated Baptist college in the middle west. Des Moines has first opportunity, with a ten day window if the offer is not accepted. If not taken, Waterloo will be allowed to bid, backed by its large Baptist population across regular churches and related groups.
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Waterloo
New Consolidated Baptist College
Middle West
Des Moines
College Accepts Offer For Des Moines Baptist College
Des Moines reports the Greater Des Moines committee and Chamber endorsing a plan to raise 1 for every 4 by the college conference, enabling a proposed Baptist college. Trustees accepted the proposition, with the joint committee backing the educational effort. Plan calls for drainage project near Onawa costing about 1,000,000 to drain east low lands and prevent aversion during flood time. United States engineers assisted during floods, proposing a major drainage ditch project to protect west lowlands.
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Des Moines
Greater Des
Onawa
Iowa
United States
Drowned When Boat Capsized on Raccoon River
Adel T R Wilson of Valley Junction and four others fished on the Raccoon River when their boat capsized. Wilson drowned at 35 after futile resuscitation efforts. his brother in law L B Holsteli was rescued after hours of effort. Wilson leaves a widow and one child. Boone County to Build New Courthouse in Boonesboro. Boyd Construction of St Paul lands general contract after long questions on location.
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Adel—T. R. Wilson
Valtley Junction
Raccoon River
L. B. Holsteli
Wilsun
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Valley Junction
Boone County
Boone —Boora County
Boonesboro
Boyd Construction Company of
St. Paul
Cork
North Pacific Coast
Spokane
Wenatchee
Glacier National Park
Calvillo Cirealar
Béloz
E.G. Leedy
Stone
ST. Paul ST. Paul
James H. Darling
Annie G. Darling
Baltimore News
Woman Bootlegger Sentenced In Des Moines Case
Belle Blanchard former proprietress of the Elks hotel in Des Moines was sentenced by Judge Martin J Wade of the United States court to 0 days in Warren county jail and fined 1060 dollars after pleading guilty to selling liquor without a government license.
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Ottumwa
Martin J. Wade
United States Court
Belle Blanchard
Elks Hotel
Des Moines
Warren County
College Opens Campaign in Buena Vista Endowment Drive
Storm Lake reports a united Buena Vista county effort with the Sioux City Presbytery to raise an endowment fund of 180000 dollars for Buena Vista college, meeting with a necessary response from the community.
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Storm Lake
Buena Vista County
Sioux City
Longtime Town Resident Dies at 101 on Hoag Farm
Svend I. Hong aged 101 years and 5 months died at his son A. S. Hoag's home near town. He had lived on the same farm for sixty-three years and was a resident here for sixty-four years.
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Svend I. Hong
A. S. Hoag
Mr. Hoag
Supervisors award contract to straighten Skunk River
The county supervisors approve a contract with a Council Bluffs firm to straighten 18 miles of the Skunk River in the county as part of flood control efforts.
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Oskaloosa
Skunk
Council Bluffs
Aged Couple Married in Shenandoah County
Two centenarian neighbors, both 70, surprised friends by marrying. Mrs Hester Beckner mother of Carria Beckner secretary of the Clarinda Fair association wed S D Pike of Yorktown a prominent farmer. Both are in good health. Geneva Gets New School Bonded for 50000 to build a new school after a district vote.
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Shenandoah
Page County
Hester Beckner
Carria Beckner
Clarinda Fair Association
S. D. Pike
Yorktown
Build New Church Erected by 223 in 1899 Torn Down
Hampton Hampton's first Christian church built by a 223-member congregation in 1899 is being torn down to clear space for a modern Iowa church edifice. Mason City Mrs Ida Lewis, 16-year matron at the Iowa Odd Fellows Orphans' Home, was killed in a Rock Island wreck near Packard.
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Hampton
Iowa
Mason City
Ida Lewis
Odd Fallows’ Orphans’ Home
Fellows’ Orphans’ Home
Rock Island
Packard
Bay Wins State Essay Contest at Fair
Hubbard Will King of Hubbard won the statewide competition with an essay titled How Good Roads Will Benefit the Town Farmer. He topped ninety-two county entries and earned a trip to the 1916 state fair as a guest of exposition management. The grand county-wide contest crowned the Hardin county winner among all finalists.
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Bay
Hubbard
Will King
Hardin County
Thousands In Patriotic Parade Across Des Moines
In Des Moines thousands marched three miles along a grand avenue lined with stars and stripes in a large patriotic parade. From 1:90 o'clock to after 39 o'clock the army procession moved through city streets, pausing to sing national anthems and admire decorations. Half a dozen bands joined infantry and hospital corps to boost the event.
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Des Moines
Value of Our Horses and the Wealth They Represent
An article notes about 191 million enamel in the United States worth around six billion dollars and approximately 21 million horses valued at 2.3 billion. It highlights the mule’s surprising wealth contribution of 560 million across about 4.5 million animals. A short poem and anecdotes follow about luck and a nineteen word will altering heirs.
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Poptler
Personally Considerate Kitty-Reggy Loft Remarks
In a light tone the writer questions Kitty-Reggy Loft praising himself with self-compliments while noting his perceived kindness to animals and calling him a dear boy.
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Kitty—Reggy Loft
Peggy
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