Neighborhood Notes Report From Laurens District Manager on Ground
Laurens notes indicate the district manager W. S. Jordan is surveying for new members. Louis Hovenden of Laurens was taken to Iowa City with his father Dr. Hovenden for an operation last week. Fonda installed a new additional transformer in its electric light department to handle excess load.
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Laurens Yeomet
W. S. Jordan
Louis Hovenden
Laurens
Iowa City
Dr. Hovenden
Fonda
John Kleen
Grant Township
T. T. Waugh
B. J. Hobart
Sherman Township
Cummins Township
Geo. Peters
Humboldt Electric Power Plants
Pocahontas
Nathan Scofield
Pocahontas County
J. C. Ohrtman
Des Moines
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound Hair Darkener
An advertisement promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a cure for gray, faded hair. It claims to restore natural color, add shine, remove dandruff and itching, and disguise gray with simple nightly application using a sponge or brush.
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Wyeth
Swyeth
Des Moines river channel plan and local news mix
A proposed Des Moines River channel from northwest of Emmetsburg to near the Ottogen bridge would cost about 121600 with a 22 mile ditch to handle overflow. Humboldt schools consolidation and local business moves, dam debate, land sales, and notable court case fill the rest of the Laurens area page.
Twin Live Stock Trade Evils Highlight Packers Role
A livestock producer denounces country buying and direct packer receipts as Twin Evils causing market instability. He cites a July lamb market raid and packers buying in the country to control prices, urging openness and price stability to protect producers and consumers. Idaho sheep grower Nathan Ricks backs open market logic.
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Chicago
Nathan Ricks
Idaho
Dream of Christmas Subscriptions and Thrift in Schools
A newspaper editor dreams of generous subscribers paying in advance and cheerful gifts to boost family cheer. The column notes many savers in Massachusetts and urges thrift education in rural schools to teach saving a portion of earnings.
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Warmer Jones
Rural Credit And Thrift In New England Style
The piece contrasts rural thrift with easier credit and laments crop lien laws in southern states. It notes Massachusetts savings banks as a model and warns that debt mirrors farmers’ future work, hindering savings and stability in rural communities.
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New England
Massachusetts
Slings the Slush Dish in a Gossipy Washington Dispatch
A Washington note reports Mrs. McAdoo in public with a silver inlaid ebony cane. The piece mocks journalistic flair while foregrounding social curiosities of the Wilson era and the Treasury secretary’s family.
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Washington
McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilson
Unclear fragment hints at cane length and store details
The fragment discusses a person named Solomon and a cane measure including length size and weight. It mentions a store of purchase and angle carried, condemning such commissions in modern journalism.
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Solomon
The
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Kickapoo Worm Killer for children’s worms
Mothers watch for irritability pale look teeth grinding and coated tongue as signs of worms in children. Kickapoo Worm Killer quickly removes parasites and is safe for delicate kids. It acts as a laxative worm expellant and system toner. Begin treatment today. Price 260. Adv.
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Humboldt
Emmetsburg
Ottogen Bridge
Humboldt High
Fort Dodge
Rh. F. Beswick
Laurens Sun
Curtis Dilocker
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Ford
Ison Rooters
Alta
B. Sheldon
Bank of Pocahontas
H. R. Biddleman
Havelock
J.B
Fonda High
Federal
Pocahontas Haus
Twin Lakes
L. T. Waugh
Lake City
Stark Bro
Stark Bros
Louisiana
Eee
Core
Grimes
Stark Delicious
Stark Barry Elberta
J.H. Hale
Stark Montmorency
Stark
Lou Mo
Stark Bro’s
Dept.a
Iana Mo
Rmit
M. Webb
Coats
Hauck
Lewis Lye
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Anteed
Prover's Journal
Edison Tone
New Edison
Bond
Albert Spaulding
Destiny
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Edison
W.P. Melntire & Son
Rolfe
Eonora
Carmen
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