State Capital Gossip Opposed to Insurance BHI
Senator Quigley of Clayton County fights the Dowell bill to create a separate insurance department, arguing the current system under the auditor is efficient and economical. He cites 1906 and 1907 tax figures showing shrinking life and fire insurance business in Iowa and urges moving banking and city accounting duties instead. Governor Carroll signs a bill making Lincoln’s Birthday a legal holiday, with a centennial observance planned, while other measures on bail for fugitives and printing costs, jury selection, bank taxation, Burns celebration, and liquor order restrictions surface in the legislature.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Auditor of State
Quigley
Clayton
Clayton County
Carroll
Secretary of State
Lincoln
Stuckslager
Linn
Grier
Congress
Anxiety on Iowa Liquor Laws and Senate Votes
An Iowa session faces anxiety over liquor legislation as constituents urge stricter laws and a proposal to bar druggists from liquor sales nears. A senate bill by Senator Van Law would place libraries and homes with families in the same zone as churches and schools for liquor outlets. The senate tied 24 to 24 on a joint resolution for junketing trips. The house debated the issue for hours with support and opposition on appeals time reductions in criminal cases. Senator Cosson pushes a six month limit to appeals, hoping passage.
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Iowa
Senate
van Law
House
George W. Clarke
Cosson
Qm Audubon
Souvenirs From Palestine by Flowers and Books
A high school graduate travels with a Christian Endeavor group to the Holy Land. He gathers and presses Palestine flowers, then creates illuminated booklets linking blossoms to Scripture. His effort grows into a Palestine flower industry, with teams in Palestine and America mounting, selling, and shipping der the faith driven venture.
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Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor
Holy Land
Hiself
Edward Williston Frentz
Palestine
Sharon
America
Vulgar Fractions and School Studies Noted by Boy
Seven year old Vulgar Fractiona is questioned about his schooling. He answers that reading writing spelling and arithmetic are his studies. When asked about vulgar fractions he replies indignantly that they are something you ought not to be talking about before sisters.
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Francis
How to Make Wax Lilies in a Vase
Shape wax cups from candle wax by dripping into water and threading them onto curved wire. Build nine to ten cups and interweave wires to form a stem, then mount in a vase with green paper leaves to resemble lily of the valley bells.
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People's Home Journal
A Little Fish’s Trick
A narrator recounts how the puffer fish inflates into a prickly ball to deter predators. The article notes this clever defense, explaining the puffers’ round bodies and spines deter bigger fish, who release the futile pursuit as the puffer returns to normal size.
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Puffer
St. Nicholas
Tree Stump House of British Columbia
A real stump house in British Columbia surprises with its unique dwelling. A family of twelve once lived there, and the stump remains from a giant tree. Also included are vintage moral admonitions for children urging honesty, tidiness, ambition, and humility.
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British Columbia
Juvenile Depravity at the Table
A Chipage Tribune item quotes a mother scolding a child to sit still at table. The girl replies she cannot, calling herself a “fidgetarian,” capturing a light domestic moment in a small-town humor tone.
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Chipage Tribune
The Wonderberry Seed Prospect by Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank of California develops the Wonderberry a versatile plant that grows in any soil and climate and bears berries through the season. Seeds multiply quickly and can fruit in three months with summer garden or winter pot cultivation. John Lewis Childs of Floral Park N Y introduces the berry and offers agent incentives worldwide.
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Luther Burbank
California
Buyank
John Lewis Childs
Floral Park
N. Y
Childs
America
Rift In Love's Lute
A Washington attache befriends a local woman amid language lessons and foreign tone. On returning home he writes a note to her saying, Once more, my dear friend, I shall faze upon your unmatched eyes, provoking astonishment and indignation.
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Washington
Harper's Weekly
Skin eruption cured after Cuticura remedies
Mrs. R. R. Whitaker of Winchester Tenn recounts a two and a half year old daughter’s severe itchy leg eruptions lasting from October to February. After two doctors failed, two weeks with Cuticura remedies ended the problem. now the child, aged fourteen, remains clear. Boston dealer Potter Drug & Chom. Corp. endorsed.
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R. R. Whitaker
Winchester
Tenn
A Slight Misunderstanding and Almanac Pitch
A five year old in Los Angeles clings to grandma who recently traveled to Seattle and fought a cold there. She misunderstood a letter saying grandma arrived safely and a neighbor reports her fight with her va lise. Also promoted is a Munyon Almanac with moon phases, phrenology, birthstones and dream interpretation for family entertainment.
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Helen Bentley
Los Angeles
Seattle
Helen
Munyon
Munyon Remedy Company
Philadelphia
Spohns Distemper Cure Promises Wide Horse Relief
Spohn s Distemper Cure will cure persistent cases of distemper pinkeye and similar diseases in horses of all ages and prevent others in the same stable from catching it. It also cures chicken cholera and dog distemper. Available from druggists or direct from Spohn Medical Co Goshen Ind 60 cents or 1 00 per bottle. Agents wanted free book.
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Spohn
Fragmentary social note from unclear source
A garbled excerpt quotes a dialogue about appearance and parental figures, mentioning a father, mother, and a visitor. The readable text is incomplete and provides no clear event, names, places, or concrete actions to summarize.
Alberta's Promise: A Washington Man's Rural Move
A Washington merchant recounts moving to Birch Lake Alberta in 1903 after a Canadian certificate. He describes rapid settlement, growing cattle to about fifty head, and 98 acres in crops with two more acres of potatoes. He notes mild winters, thriving markets, and land prices from 10 to 15 dollars an acre, urging others to consider homesteading in Western Canada.
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Austin
Western Canada
Ranfurly
Alberta
J. N. Grieve
Esar
Spokane
Washington
Edmonton
Birch Lake
Canada
Western
Baron's Inner World Revealed in Quip by Guest
A witty exchange highlights the baroness's self-absorption as she dominates conversation. The guest notes she rarely mentions other women, prompting a sharp zinger about her perpetual focus on herself.
A Difference In Degree and Trust Love Cake
A child mispronounces phrases while a mother guides proper word usage. The exchange centers on saying cake correctly and avoiding adjectives like awful or very. The snippet then advertises a Minneapolis fur and trap catalog, noting foreign titles and heiresses’ value.
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Johnnie
Liverybody
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