Fire wipes Tracey business district in Iowa blaze
A mysterious fire in Tracey Iowa destroyed the Stephen's general store and Masonic rooms, leaving the town without fire protection. Estimated loss runs around $20,000 with about $9,000 insured, as citizens fought flames after midnight but failed to save the big double block.
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Oskaloosa
Tracey
Burington
Stephen's General
Big Stephen's
Masonic Order
Stephen’s
Carroll as Yet Undecided on Special Session Call
Des Moines reports Gov Carroll has not decided whether to summon a special session to ratify the federal income tax amendment. He weighs feasibility and cost with friends, while backers urge prompt action to realize the law’s aims and curb ongoing agitation.
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Des Moines
B. .I' Carroll
Iowa
Carrall
Carroll
Quake Shakes Iowa Towns
A series of minor earthquakes rattled Fairfield Iowa City and Davenport on Sunday night at 10 30 to 10 36 oclock with no damage reported. Windows shook in Davenport while Fairfield and Iowa City reported no injuries. In Des Moines state agents were named Miss Kate A Hummer and Miss Charlotte Goff to oversee Girl's Industrial School at Mitchellville and Soldiers Orphans home at Davenport.
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Fairfield
Iowa City
Davenport
Illinois
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Kate A. Hummer
Panon
Mitchellville
Charlotte Goff
Orghans
Dairymen Win Milk Can Fight in Iowa
Des Moines reports Iowa creamery and dairy interests won free return of empty milk and cream cans. Express companies had announced charging 30 cents per empty can after August 1 for transport from creamery to original shipping point.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Express Companies
Man Confesses to Stealing Ten Thousand Dollars
Clayton T. Zimmerran, son of a street car conductor, admitted theft of a package from the Adams Express Company while employed as a clerk. He claimed the "Out" money was inside the stolen parcel. The confession followed an incident in Chicago dated July 20.
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Chicago
Clayton T. Zimmerman
Ay & Clerk
Adame. Express Company
Busy Week for Commission Hearings in Des Moines
July 20 Des Moines state board rally and commission hearings this week. Goats freight rate under consideration amid unusually busy schedule. Ella Gingles acquitted in Chicago case announced.
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Moines
The
Commission
Ella Gingles
Chicago
Practical Forestry Taught In Iowa Schools
A countywide forestry program in Pottawattamie county schools uses heavy cardboard wood charts for 40 specimens, with many schools collecting 50 to 60 items. The project, led by Prof. E R Jackson and inspired by Prof W N Clifford, includes pupil reports, seed and plant trials, and Arbor Day observances.
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Iowa
Pottawattamie
Washington
United States
Pottawattamie County
W. N. Clifford
Council Bluffs
Forestry A Bureau
E. R. Jackson
Lewis Township
J. M. Tannehill
Margaret Fisher
Millionaire Polk Joins Iowa Bar After Court Admission
Harry L. Polk of Des Moines, one of the state’s wealthiest young men and head of Interurban Lines, was admitted to the bar at the Iowa Supreme Court session. He pursued a legal career like his father, taking the examination with many applicants and receiving no special favors.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Harry L. Polk
Des Moines
Polk
Dr Storms Celebrates Sixth Year At Iowa State College
Albert B Storms marks six years in his role at Iowa State College with a July address. The longtime educator began in 1908 and remains active in university affairs, greeting attendees and sharing reflections on his tenure.
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Albert
Pevernari
Magazine Suspended After Sam Small Absence
Sam Small, preacher and former editor of Golden West, has left Waterloo, prompting backers to suspend the publication. Readers awaited the July issue, some waiting since news circulated of no July number and perhaps no issue at all. Small had planned a western national magazine, with Des Moines as his base last year, and Waterloo financiers backed the venture led by W. P. Spash of Texas.
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Sam Small
Golden West
Waterloo
Small
Des Moines
West
W. P Spash
Texas
EasternER Lost in Iowa Brinsmade Pursues Overtaken Train
New York capitalist Charles L. Brinsmade, en route to Wyoming on a land deal, was deserted in Creston. A special was chartered to chase the train, reaching Lincoln after a 60 minute head start. Brinsmade finished dinner aboard No. 9, then fled switch tracks with cash to secure a return ride.
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Charles L. Brinsmade
New York
Wyoming
Creston
Lincoln
Neb
Mr. Brinsmade
New Head of Iowa's Elks Elected in Marshalltown
Lloyd R. Maxwell of Marshalltown named head of Iowa Elks and to a traveling position with a carriage company. He serves as president of the State Golf Association and is described as an enthusiastic sportsman.
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Lloyd R. Maxwell
Marshalltown
Order of Elis
Iowa
State Golf Association
One Large Iowa Hog Tops Poland China Breed
L Hunsberger of Clayton county owns a Poland China boar weighing about 1100 pounds. He worries over the breed’s shrinking size and has started breeding to boost growth. The pig was bred by Peter Mouw of Orange City, who showed the largest Poland China at the St Louis fair, and is claimed to be the largest living of its breed.
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Iowa
L. Hunsberger
Clayton County
Poe
Poland
Blind Woman Regains Sight From St Anne Relic
New York July 20 Communicants at the Church of St. Jean Baptiste in West Seventy Sixth Street report a miracle as a blind woman of 12 years regains sight after a relic of St Anne is presented during the annual novena. The woman identified as Mrs Purcell of Amsterdam Avenue kissed the relic and cried out that she could see, prompting witnesses to note her eyes were open and she could see clearly. Priests seek her full name and address. In Philadelphia same day, Matthew Gill Jr a wealthy retiree is found dead with a gunshot wound at his Radnor country home, police suspect suicide.
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New York
Church of St. Jean Baptiste
Seventy-Sixth Street
St. Anne
Mary Brown
Willis Avenue
Mrs. Purcell
Amsterdam Avenue
Philadelphia
Matthew Gill, Jr
Radnor
Here
Gill
Spanish Throne Pretender Don Carlos Dies in Lombardy
Don Carlos de Bourbon, claimant to the Spanish throne, died in Varese Lombardy after a long illness thought to be apoplexy with paralysis. Born in Laybach on March 30 1848, he had long been a figure in exile and royalist circles.
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Rome
Don Carlos of Bourbon
Varese
Lombardy
Laybach
Austria
Markets Chronicle Flour Wheat and Grain Prices in Chicago
Chicago markets report firm flour prices with spring wheat at 7.20 per bushel and various grades of Minnesota hard patent jute. Wheat options July at 1.1994 to 1.2, September 1.10 to 1.11. corn and oats show mixed shifts. Butter, eggs, and potatoes list retail and wholesale ranges. live poultry and other commodities note slaughter and supply levels. New York follow up shows steady flour and softer rye with September wheat at 1.174 to 1.18 and corn easing.
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Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Omaha live stock market report with wide price ranges
Omaha cattle and hog markets show strength in cattle with varying classes ranging from native steers to calves and bulls. hogs mostly lower with mixed prices. sheep index softer with yearlings and lambs listed. Chicago figures mirror mixed cattle and beef cow values for mid July trading.
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Omaha
Neb
Texas
Chicago
Tabologna Bulla
Calvex
Mos Ao
Dean's Kidney Pills Backed By Iowa Testimony
An old advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble. Mrs. N. W. Graves of Willisen Iowa claims backache swelling and smothering spells disappeared after using the product five years ago. The ad urges readers to remember the name and buy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Donn
N. W. Graves
Willisen
Iowa
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Janet’s Proposed Marriage Shocks Household
Janet predicts an imminent engagement to David as the mistress of the house reacts with astonishment. Janet recalls conversations about marriage and reveals a plan to copy cherished recipes into her own small book before a proposal, implying the wedding may occur within a month.
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Janet
David
Cuticura Cures Eczema After Ten Months Of Suffering
A private testimonial from Miss Barbara Krall of Highlandtown Maryland dated January 9 1908 reports severe eczema with intense itching on the face and arms. After trying doctors and multiple remedies she found relief after four or five applications of Cuticura Ointment and completed two remedy sets. The advertisement cites Potter Drug and Them Boston as sole proprietors.
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Sol
Barbara Krall
Highlandtown
Potter Drug & Them, Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Wrigley Spearmint Rivalry and Crooked Man Anecdotes
A quirky, disjointed clipping blends a maxim about daily happiness from the Archbishop of Canterbury with a satire about Wrigley Spearmint, joking that flavor lasts only with a spear on every wrapper. It critiques a habitually crooked man, wondering about his moral compass and misdirected choices in a rapid, fragmentary style.
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Wattamie County
Jackson
H. L. Polk
DR. Storms
Padrone System
Steve Patino
Humane
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ELKS
Germany
Admiralty
Datenda
Los Angeles Express
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Wiewag
Bjones
Henpeckke
Philadelphia Record
Wrigley
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Renan
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