Hodgkin’s disease reported in Knoxville dining official
Anna McKern former head of the state hospital dining room is now at Mount Sinai Milwaukee with Hodgkin’s disease. She earlier sought treatment at Mayo Rochester where surgeons declined operation and predicted slim chances. Mount Sinai treats five cases, with only one other local case on record, Samuel Trent in 1913.
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Anna McKern
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Hodgkin's
Samuel Trent
May Replace Gasoline Clinton Inventor Introduces Cheap Fuel
Clinton inventor Max Fairchild announces a kerosene based fuel costing under eight cents per gallon and patent protected. He claims tests show greater power than gasoline with no motor readjustments across fifteen car makes. Estimated value of the invention ranges from 200000 to 500000 dollars and it is ready for market.
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Clinton
Max Fairchild
Killed by a Horse Near Orange City
Gerrit Willemsen, a well to do farmer six miles north of Orange City near Middleburg, died instantly when a young horse he and a hired man were training flipped and struck him in the head. The skull fracture left a 40 year old man with a family.
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Orange City
Gerrit Willemsen
Middleburg
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Willemsen
Child Drawn Into Machina Near Glidden Iowa Fatal
Farmer John Ameanr of near Glidden Iowa allowed his four year old son to attach a small wagon to a manure spreader. The machine lurched and drew the child into the spreader, a distributor tooth penetrating his skull. He died a few hours later.
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Marshalltown
John Ameanr
Glidden
Sixteen Years to Deliver Letter to Farmen Olsen
A letter sent from relatives in Washington Mills took sixteen years to reach Farmen Olsen of Orfordville Wisconsin. The missive traveled less than 300 miles and arrived with a 1900 cancellation stamp. No reason for the delay was given. Iowa University Professor Wilcox remains seriously ill and has traveled to Rochester Minnesota for surgical consultation. W R Boyd of Cedar Rapids chairs the state board of education finance committee traveling with him.
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W. R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
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Farm sells for 36000 in Marshalltown district sale
Andrew Knudson of Gillman paid 195 dollars and 17 cents per acre for a 121.96 acre farm south of Marshalltown. The total price reached about 36 000 dollars in the disposition of the property.
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Andrew Xnudson
Gillman
State Capital Chat and Debating Team Selections
Emory H. English reports in Iowa insurance figures that mutual hail associations cost more than farm mutuals with salaries five times higher. Also named areState University of Iowa debaters chosen for December contests and a large demand for agriculture home economics and manual training teachers at Iowa State College.
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Brighton
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Iowa City
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Rolfe
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Larchwood
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Burt
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Bill Expands Soldier Rank Duty From 3640 to 10400 Men
The military pay bill passes both congressional chambers and heads to the president for signature. It raises the state’s National Guard strength from 3640 to 10400, effective July 1, with further increases as the season progresses.
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Consolidated School Districts Formed in Iowa Regions
Iowa notes report new consolidated districts at Delphos Ringwald county and Aplington Butler county. Audrey Johnstone wins Jane Young prize for Webster City graduate with top average. Dan Laughran found dead in Des Moines river after weeks missing. 65-year-old White Sewing Machine salesman last seen at Sioux City address. Log cabin torn down near Centralia after 85 years. Snodgrass family roots. Farm data tours to cover 16 Iowa counties this summer with visiting-day concept. Virgil Pitstick wins Sao county essay contest for the Iowa State Fair association.
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Ring Wald
Aplington
Butler County
Jane Young
Webster City
Audrey Johnstone
Dan Laughran
White
Des Moines
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Laughran
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Sioux City
Morrison
Centralia
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Iowa
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Iowa State Fair Association
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Sao
Sergeant Anna Hopkins in Washington camp report
Sergeant Anna Hopkins, a Washington society girl, is noted among the women in a camp of the national service unit at Cherry Chegapear, Washington, as part of a flash telegraph outfit.
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Anna Hopkins
Washington
Sergeant Hopkins
National ‘Service
Chery Chegapear
Complete Effacement Witness Testimony Gaps Unclear
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a witness saying the man vanished completely as if the earth opened and swallowed him. The text is garbled with missing words and punctuation, making precise details difficult to confirm.
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Pravioua
New Church Planned for New York City Block Long
The report notes St Bartholomew's Episcopal Church plans a new building spanning a full Park Avenue block from Fiftieth to Fifty-first Streets. Officials say the project, expected to exceed 4 million dollars, will need large subscriptions beyond small pledges. Rector Dr Leighton Parks emphasizes substantial funding beyond individual offerings.
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Park
Fiftieth
Jong
New Cause of Delay at Theater Date
A humorous exchange unfolds at the foot of the stairs as a husband urges his wife to hurry for the theater. The wife slows, joking about her hat and spats delaying their departure, in a light domestic vignette from the Statesman.
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Kers Statesman
Cutaneous Care Ad Promotes Emollients For Skin and Hair
A vintage advertisement promotes frail skin remedies claiming to cure redness roughness and dandruff. It offers free samples by mail via a postcard to Cutleura Dept Boston and notes availability everywhere. The text also oddly references a man with cat ears.
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Cutleura
Dept Boston
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