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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
3
The piece explains orient meaning to set an object to the east and aligned with cardinal points. It then extends to a mental sense, describing a mind properly adjusted to a standard of knowledge morals or life.
A dialogue comic piece explains civil service as an act governing a department and government services. It contrasts busy public life with a postal line scene where a stamp buyer waits and a clerk suggests the next window. The excerpt also recalls a dean’s story about Thomas colt and a Maine childhood pasture.
Each package of Post Toasties includes a small book Tid-Bits made with Toasties presenting a couple of dozen recipes. The guide serves as help in entertaining home folks or company. Available in packages at 10 or 15 cents from grocers.
Cambridge Ja Aug 6 Fire of mysterious origin destroyed Ingles & Co grain elevator a large frame structure designed for about 15000 bushels. The loss totals about 15000 with 100 plus citizens on scene but little fight occurred as the building and machinery burned. The grain loss is mainly wheat rye and corn and the origin remains unknown.
W. J. Freeman of Audubon leads a 700 member National Association of Civil War Musicians group aboard a Rock Island train bound for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Salt Lake City. The delegation includes many non members along for an outing to the Mormon capital. Freeman’s role marks a rare expansion of Audubon influence into surrounding counties and states.
Des Moines August 6 reports show Iowa State fair entries for horses and cattle surpassing prior marks. Secretary John C Simmons notes large gains across breeds, with a new cattle barn easing crowding though stables near capacity. Entries closed Monday night with mailed-on entries accepted. totals list 828 in horse breeds and 866 in cattle breeds across multiple named breeds and draft categories.
Davenport reports the state convention of Eagles elected officers led by President Paul Van Dyck of Des Moines and Vice President Lee Evans of Council Bluffs. New secretary is Sam Swift of Dubuque and treasurer N G Lutz of Charlton with other posts filled in Davenport Perry Ottumwa and Muscatine. A separate note from Iowa City says Frank Dryer, a mathematics instructor at the state university, has accepted a similar role at the University of Michigan.
About 900 members of the Upper Des Moines and the Northwestern Iowa Editorial associations gathered in Mason City for a two days’ session that began here detailing papers and discussions on local journalism developments.
The old court house in Winterset reflects early public architecture with locally quarried stone. Built for Madison County, the structure showcases durability and a classic old style, representing a relic of the area’s history.
The old log schoolhouse near Woodward, built in 1862, stands as a pioneer marker along the river. Mrs. Julian W. Richards of Waterloo was elected president of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs at Davenport, and she is noted for long-standing social and community work. The federation has grown in members and impact in recent years.
A. B. Kepford urges all Iowa counties to use the new county hospital law to create facilities for advanced consumptives. Senator John Foley authored the bill allowing bond elections and a two mill tax, with sanitariums possible as independent or hospital departments. Kepford stresses isolation and restrictive measures to curb contagion while promoting county action.
State mine inspectors report Iowa coal mines in record safety condition with 29 miner deaths in the year ending June 30, down from 38 the prior year. The figures reflect improved practices and stricter oversight across mining sites statewide.
Mary Lucas daughter of Iowa territorial governor Robert Lucas died at the old Lucas homestead on Kirkwood Avenue Iowa City aged 70 She was the last child of the noted executive In another note Chao Ping-chun vice-president of the Chinese ministry of Interior had been ordered to retire due to opium habits.
D N Harris editor of the Missouri Valley Times is 88, vigorous, and devoted to work. In a recent issue he credits longevity to temperance, abstaining from alcohol and tobacco, a nightly hot lemonade, orderly routine, and family life. He notes he married at 23, raised ten children, all deceased, and remains hopeful to live decades more.
The Iowa Soldiers monument near the state capitol, designed by Carl Rohl-Smith, offended late Senator James Harlan who urged changes. A letter from that era has surfaced ridiculing the design and its female figure atop the column. The piece notes the surroundings offer little appeal and mocks the distance between ambition and the finder of “g dod.”
An old medical ad claims Doan’s Kidney Pills cure backache, kidney pain, and bloating. It touts relief from frequency and swelling with patient testimony of two years’ wellness after use, listing the Buckeye Street supplier in New York.
A fragmented collection of humorous vignettes and odd quotes from a newspaper page. The items reference a city clerk and his garden, a Duke and weather talk, a painting recall, and stray adlike lines about golf terms and Wrigley’s mint.
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