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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1910
Page
6
A district president of the Industrial and Orphans Home at Macoi Ga reports in a letter that Electric Bitters has been used for nine years. He says the medicine strengthens vital organs purifies blood aids digestion and builds up weak children and rundown people. Sold for 60 cents at R. H. Millers.
Cor nelius resident P. Sassman bruised his leg badly and faced a stubborn sore. After many salves failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed the wound thoroughly. Also advertised are Zeno liquid for external use and various remedies from R. Miller's store.
Washington marks the twelfth anniversary of the Maine explosion with a national push to erect a suitable monument for sailors who died. Admiral Sigsbee leads the Maine Monument Association as memorial meetings occur in Washington Arlington and Carnegie Hall New York. Membership costs 1 dollar and includes a black navy ribbon. funds and plans are coordinated from the Evans Building.
New York, Feb 15 Andrew Carnegie writes Mayor Gaynor in simple spelling praising the idea to abolish the personal tax and notes his own role as a $6,000,000 taxpayer. The mayor maintains that serious policy must follow the community’s will.
Wheat rose on reports of crop damage in the southwest, while corn and oats moved little. Provisions showed strength with pork near its high, and cash prices listed for wheat, corn, oats, and oats futures. Livestock in Chicago and South Omaha showed mixed activity with cattle, hogs, and sheep prices noted.
Washington Feb 16 Captain B S Osborn secretary of the Arctic Club of America writes to the house naval committee praising its vote against promoting Robert E Peary to rear admiral. He calls Peary a selfish egotist braggart pole hunter and arctic fur trader who has lived off the people and sailed under an illegitimate naval rank.
In Managua President Madriz and the government express serious concern over reports of Matagalpa falling to insurgent General Chamorro. They have not released details, while troops withdraw and surrounding maneuvers unfold. American consul Olivaraz plans to investigate after an American courier reached Managua requesting protection for American property. The Managua steamer resumes service with double guards as tensions rise.
Representative Martin of Colorado introduced a resolution denouncing a 55 000 acre sale of friar lands in the Philippines as illegal. He accuses it of unlawful monopolization by Havemeyer sugar interests and faults the Justice Department for upholding the deal. He urges an investigation to protect Filipino land rights and oppose peonage.
Washington Feb 16 government search efforts for the tug Nina continue as navy and revenue cutters fail to locate her. The Gresham radioed from Boston that the tug Savage, which left Chesapeake Bay with the Nina last Sunday, reported seas 90 feet high. The Savage captain turned back but the Nina forged ahead as waves broke over her bow, with that being the last sighting.
In Hedrick Iowa on February 14 the Hix brothers and clerk T W Reynolds faced extortion charges after black hand letters threatened their grocery store. A later setup with a $500 marked money drop led to Reynolds causing the arrest of Hix. After a four day trial the prosecution failed to present enough evidence and the jury returned a not guilty verdict.
Logan Ia February 14 Farmers in Harrison County prepare to measure seed corn losses from an unprecedented early cold snap. Homer Cadwell reports that unhusked or poorly stored corn may fail, while well cared for seed from his last crop stands up to tests. Dr M A Humphrey and Banker Wood will start seed corn tests in the coming days.
Farmers in Concord township move to build a $6,000 elevator at Fredonia near the Rock Island depot to aid grain loading during shipping. A ditch project between Avoca and Oakland, 14 miles long, will cost about $100,000 with a dredge boat prepared to start work soon. Engineers in Logen, Iowa, conclude $39,196 damages for the upper Boyer case, while Marshalltown carpenters adopt a new wage schedule from May 1. Muscatine bridge risks rise with ice movement threatening piers and rib structure.
Nevada Is Feb 24 The state versus J J Tiernagle rushes to close after the supreme court overruled a continuance motion. The former Story City attorney, disbarred years ago, was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years. He faced long delays in district court but now appeals and the case moves toward speedy resolution. Tiernagle hailed from a wealthy southern Hamilton County family and once held significant collections entrusted to him.
Judge William F Brannan of the Seventh Judicial District dies at his Muscatine home after a prolonged illness. Widely known for long tenure, he helped end partisan judicial elections in 1874 and led the movement for coeducation at the State University of Iowa as a trustee.
Five thousand invitations are issued for the dedication of the new law building at the state university in Iowa City on February 22. The opening occurs at 10 a m followed by a university convocation and a dedicatory address by Dean George W Kirchwey of Columbia University. Alumni and friends are invited, with a monster banquet at First Methodist church that evening.
In Nichols a Methodist pastor Ray B F Parkington faced a sensational charge of dual life. He allegedly courted an old sweetheart in Cedar Rapids while married, and pursued a Michigan romance before moving to Iowa. Parkington has been expelled from the church amid church investigations and public disclosures.
Shippers report about 2000 freight cars stuck on sidings across four lines in Dubuque as heavy snows last month linger and power shortages hinder movement. Coal and corn prioritized. clearance date unknown. Saloon men lose case in Logan as Justice Case rules against Missouri Valley liquor cage. likely destruction of about four wagonloads of liquor without reversal.
Wisconsin and Louisiana women report relief from painful female ailments without further surgery. Mrs Auguste Vespermann and Mrs Lily Peyrouz credit the Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing or avoiding operations after years of distress. The ad touts 30 years of success and invites readers to seek Mrs Pinkham's guidance in Lynn Mass.
An advertisement recommends Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for indigestion constipation and poor appetite claiming they invigorate the stomach improve digestion and are sold by Al Falkenhainer Rexall Harsh physics are said to weaken bowels and Dean's Regulats are suggested as an easy tone up and cure for constipation priced at 25 cents.
When you need Foley's Orino Laxative for dull heavy feverish feelings or headaches indigestion biliousness and stomach pains it moves the bowels freely and gently clearing the intestinal tract. It does not bripo or nauseate and cures constipation sold by all druggists.
A Maylor Girard Alabama resident, Hon J R Garrett, testifies he endured constant itching piles until using Deans Ointment, which he says cured him permanently.
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