Iowa Legislature Looms With Speakership Battle
The Herald notes the Iowa legislature convenes next Monday with a looming speakership contest in Des Moines and calls for liberal appropriations to state educational institutions, Ames seeking 477000, while Grinnell Herald changes ownership to Ray Haynes Frisbie. Old winter returns briefly as relief efforts for Italy gain sympathy. Uncle Sam aids Italy relief, and local remarks include critiques of The Union Star and commentary on Congressman Cousins. The piece also mentions the death of Adel G W Reynolds of Grundy Center and a dig at Steamboat Rock Pilot’s editing.
Publicity for Crime Opinion Cited by Councilman Hamery
The Des Moines Tribune argues publicity for crime protects the community by alerting police and officials, noting secrecy lulls public safety. It claims criminals are tracked regardless of press coverage and cites public awareness as essential. An Eldora shoeing ad promotes Smith Co. footwear.
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Hamery
Des Moines Tribune
Allison memorial letters debated in Des Moines capital
The Davenport Democrat prints a second batch of letters on the Allison memorial. General Granville M. Dodge backs a Des Moines monument and park or scholarship ideas, while Secretary Wilson opposes monuments and suggests useful memorials for Iowa’s people. Other prominent figures weigh in on a statue, an Allison hall or an endowment, with plans for further letters to come. Also notices a special cemetery society meeting in Eldora on January 11, 1909, to authorize selling land for a mausoleum compartment.
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Granville M. Dodge
Des Moines
Gen. Dodge
James Wilson
Washington
Iowa
John F. Dillon
New York
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Tillinghast
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Eldora
Wisner
Eldora Cemetery
N. S. Carpenter
Sec’y
Iowa Legislature Session Des Moines Register Offer
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Notice to Hunters Around Hardin City and Hickory Grove
Notice to hunters that no more hunting will be allowed in the timber around Hardin City and Hickory Grove under penalty of law. Hunting must be stopped at once. Citizens of Jackson county urged to comply with this prohibition.
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Hickory Grove
Nee
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Danger in Delay Kidney Disease Warns Eldora Readers
In Eldora Iowa W8 Nutting warns of hidden kidney dangers that undermine health and trigger backache headaches and urinary troubles. He urges Doan's Kidney Pills as a safe remedy citing his own eight year history of kidney trouble and relief after use.
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Bright
Doan
Eldora
Nutting
N. Jackson St
Iowa
Dean
Doan's Health Cure Ad Sparks Lasting Relief Claim
After finebing the contents of the box the trouble left me and for good and I can say that my cure has remained a permanent one. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York sale agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
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Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Weeds and Loafers at Rail Depots Stir Public Action
A traveling breeder's letter to the Breeders Gazette urges railroads to curb loiterers and weeds at depots. It argues depots attract loafers and seedy growth, proposes travelers report neglect to railway officials, and suggests stations be kept clean and weed-free to improve traveler experience and safety.
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Louisville
Breeder's Gazette
Chicago
Mother Eye
Iron Horse
Norll
Maine
Texas
Washington
Florida
Vrailroad
Dangers of Water Inhalation in Swimming Accidents
A Philadelphia Bulletin passage discusses how swimmers can drown not from cramp but from inhaling water. It explains water entering through the nostrils, passing the pharynx behind the epiglottis into the windpipe, risking nearly certain death. It notes swallowing water is harmless but breathing it is deadly and calls for prevention methods, though no clear solution is given.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Idlehurst Remedy Misapplied Says Sussex Tale
In Idlehurst Sussex a local tale links a mishandled horse remedy to humans. A Sussex woman applied ice to a sick boy and the doctor reported success with the curious reply that the mice are dead, illustrating folk beliefs about lungs and windpipes.
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Labover
Sussex
Bngland
Tommy
Lancashire lad in army court martial heard
A young Lancashire recruit arrived at headquarters and clashed with his commanding officer after the usual preliminaries. Defying etiquette he began to defend himself, prompting the adjutant to order silence as the man claimed he was addressing the old chap in the chair.
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Lommon Scraps
Too Much For Him In Congress Question
A compendium of comic exchanges shows Popleigh and Singleton discussing a child’s question about why men are sent to Congress. The Chicago News quote frames a parent unable to answer while a Houston Post jab points to a man who claimed to understand women but never married.
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Singleton
Congress
Chicago News
Houston Post
Infinities of Chin and Ears in Danger Macabre Quote
Dialogue evokes domestic scenes with Susie toys in the kitchen and a stern warning from Mother about misused items. A character named Rochefo appears in a terse exchange about contempt and discipline in a fragmentary excerpt.
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