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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1912
Page
2
A fragmented reel of medical ads and 报道 items discusses Dr Babit and Mow Sha overcoming a health proportion with elixirs and tonics. It includes medical claims about stomach and liver relief and features various product names and testimonials.
Iowa extension official Mosher urges farmers to test seed corn due to high corn losses last season. He notes nearly sixty five of every hundred kernels are strong and advises testing each ear destined for seed within six weeks. Requests for seed sales details are being referred to sellers in localities. Des Moines area projects include a Des Moines river viaduct and Keokuk dam power transmission plans.
The report covers the Jara Metal Clothiers association annual meeting with officers elected, delegates expected, and notes on Des Moines City Railway case where Hazel Mitchell received $4,120 after an accident. It also mentions a federal white slavery arrest in Sioux City involving Ah Perry and a Onawa woman. A farming course in Humboldt is noted.
Fort Madison judge argues for court power to fix maximum penalties under indeterminate sentencing law. He says fixed terms remove discretion, leading to longer confinements in Anamosa and Fort Madison prisons and harsher outcomes for many offenders.
The new corporation, chartered under Delaware law with capital stock of 33,000,000, is said to control the Atlantic Northern and Southern railroad and will use it as a feeder to the main line between Omaha and Des Moines. Leslie M Shaw is noted as a major backer though not listed as an incorporator. The report also notes Iowa’s relatively healthy status with low deaths from scarlet fever smallpox typhoid and diphtheria and forecasts minimal pneumonia deaths amid thawing weather.
In a patient describing relief from nervous eye strain and fatigue the ad touts Don Kidney Pills as a complete cure replacing other remedies. The message emphasizes aging and urges readers to buy Doan’s products from Doster Milburn Co in Buffalo New York.
The readable lines discuss abnormal meaning as deviation from the ordinary and mention an actress who has never applied for a divorce. A stray name Towell and phrases about costs and being a lead hint at a broken OCR text with unclear context.
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