Dairy Association resolutions seek state funding and price protections
The Iowa State Dairy Association passed resolutions urging the state to fund dairying education with at least $10,000 annually, compensate cattle owners for culled animals, prohibit price discrimination for milk products, and urge Congress to maintain duties on dairy and farm products. The next convention may move to Dubuque or Sioux City.
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Waterloo
Iowa State Dairy Association
General Assembly
Congress
Thirty-third General Assembly
Dubuque
Sioux City
Lucas County Compromises Bond Settlement With Bank Guardians
Lucas county supervisors reach a compromise with First National bank guarantors G W Larimer and C W Ramsay. They agree to pay 37 116 22 with 13 558 22 due in ten days. If receiver dividends fall short, the bondsmen cover the shortfall. County loses about 10 000 but avoids court costs, and receives funds soon with a 25 to 30 percent lindend within twenty days. Bondsmen to pay all litigation costs and stop all proceedings.
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First National Bank
Biggest Public Sale to Knock Down Newton Northwestern Soon
The Newton & Northwestern railroad assets including roal franchises and mining interests will be sold at public auction in Boone Court House to satisfy two mortgages of 2.4 million and 600 thousand dollars. Judge McPherson ordered the sale, with George F. Henry of Des Moines as standing master, as the Old Colony Trust Company led the foreclosure with American Trust intervening.
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Newton & Northwestern
Middle West
Newton & Northwestern Railroad
McPherson
Court House
Boone
George F. Henry
Des Moines
Old Colony Trust Company
American Trust Company
High Corn Prices at Marion County Farmers Institute Auction
At the Marion county Farmers Institute closing session on November 14, corn premium winners sold at auction for lofty prices. The first premium of 20 dollars fetched 23 dollars a bushel, while the second premium of 10 dollars brought 21 dollars a bushel. The event saw 381 loaves entered for bread premiums, most of which were donated to the city’s poor.
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Knoxville
Marion County Farmers’ Institute
Eldon turkey shipment blocks street in Ottumwa unload
Poultry man Grifith of Eldon shipped 800 Hye turkeys to Ottumwa. Wagons clogged the street for hours during unloading. Total weight reported as 153 pounds. Nearby Marshalltown news notes the will of Silas C. Farland, former consul general, filed in district court.
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Eldon
Grifith
Ottumwa
McFarland Willow File
Marshalltown
Silas C. Farland
Germany
Inctober
McFarland
Mary
Melendy
Misa
Marian I. Mourid
Elster
Bre
Marian
Nalker
Balch
Thaddeus
Thig City
Rotor
Bow
Chicago
Iowa Dairy Leaders Call For Intensive Farming Reform
Shoemaker urges Iowa to hire Prof Coburn to better advertise its resources and attract homeseekers and investors. He advocates shift from extensive to intensive farming, promoting smaller farms, stopping farm population decline, and transforming cornstalk waste into value to keep residents and grow dairy prosperity.
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Towa Dairymen
Waterloo
Iowa
Bb. Rn. Shoemaker
Creamery Journal
Kimball
Dairy Farmer
Iowa State Dairy Association
Towa
F. D. Coburn
Des Moines to Host Nation's Largest Army Tournament
Des Moines plans the biggest military tournament in the United States next October. Congressman Hull reports approval by Secretary Wright and General Bell. Des Moines must secure a venue, set dates, and guarantee prize money and advertising. The event joins Madison Square Garden and Louisville as three annual national tours with a large service force and features a signal corps with war balloons.
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Des Moines
United States
Congressman Hull
Botsford
Commercial Club
Hull
Wright
Bell
Army
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Louisville
Signal Corps
New Cement Plant to Rise in Mason City
Mason City officials say a second cement mill will be built by Lehigh Portland Cement Company of Lehigh Pa within two months. The 10 000 barrel per day plant will occupy land near the city and start with about five hundred workers during construction, tapering to a smaller number when running.
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Mason City
Lehigh Company
Lehigh
Brown Guilty in Manson Case at Rockwell City
White haired Brown 19 found guilty of murder in Rockwell City on Friday night. Jury reached verdict after a full day of closing arguments and deliberations. motion for a new trial to be filed, with sentencing expected Monday or Tuesday.
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Rockwell City
John M. Brown
Guily
Brown
Black Man Receives Life Term In Fort Madison
Des Moines reports Rev Mack Pursley and a Black prisoner at Enterprise were found guilty of criminal assault against Gabrielle Harris a colored girl aged fourteen The court sentenced Pursley to spend the remainder of his life in state prison at Fort Madison with the other inmate awaiting transfer
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Des Moines
Ft. Madison
Mack Pursley
Enterprise
Gabrielle Harris
Boy Killed by Accidental Shot in Des Moines
Twelve year old William Fisher, son of O. W. Fisher, was accidentally killed when his playmate Rugell Bredregill discharged a double barreled shotgun while hunting near Hennim. The shot struck Fisher in the right breast and he died about three minutes later.
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Des Moines
Wiliam Fisher
O. W. Fisher
iRugeell Bredregill
Fredregillen Pial
Fisher
Foot and Mouth Disease Quarantine Expands Across States
Reports reach Secretary Wilson of four Danville children infected as New York and Pennsylvania extend quarantines. In Pennsylvania authorities widen control to two more counties with 12 districts under surveillance. About 1,000 cattle condemned and paid for by federal and state governments as a shipment to England is halted. Albany notes the outbreak in New York state is under control with Commissioner Pearson returning from Buffalo to continue efforts.
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Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Danville
Philadelphia
England
United States
Kentucky
Albany
N. Y
Navy
R. A. Pearson
State Department of Agriculture
Buffalo
Pearson
Two Killed In Wreck In Howell Michigan
Two trains collided on the Toledo and Ann Arbor line near Lakeland in Washtenaw County early Saturday killing Fireman A Crogah of Toledo and Engineer William Ryan of Owosso. The crash involved an extra south bound freight and a regular north bound freight after orders were changed. Clifford Collier, a student fireman, may be fatally injured alongside Wellington Draper and another man who were injured but not fatally.
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Howell
Mich
Toledo
Ann Arbor
Lakeland
Washtenaw County
Crogah
William Ryan
Owosso
Ryan Seaves
Paper famine looming for Wisconsin newspapers
Appleton Wisconsin dispatch reports drastic paper shortages threatening metropolitan papers and hundreds of small interior towns. Weather-driven pulp supply declines and ongoing droughts have made industry conditions worse daily, with manufacturers predicting limited print runs after year’s end.
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Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Cruisers Ready in Haiti Crisis Report From Guantanamo
Nov 23 report notes US cruisers Des Moines and Tacoma at Guantanamo near Haiti though not yet needed. The frigate Hagle also at Guantanamo coaling. If the Haitian movement grows, one asset may proceed to Haiti. Memorial rites in Tokyo honor China’s late emperor and empress dowager with Japanese and Chinese diplomatic officials present. Also services held in Seoul and at Chinese consulates. A British schooner Hugh Harvey sank after colliding with a barge near Graves Light, drowning the captain and four crew.
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Washington
Revolutionary Movement
Haiti
State Department
Des Moines
Tacoma
Guantanamo
Hagle
Tokyo
China
Kanli
Japan
Seoul
Korea
Boston
Graves
Hugh
Harvey
German Emperor Interview Repudiated by Hale
New York reports Reagan Hale denies a World published interview with Emperor William of Germany. Hale calls the piece a fabrication and claims it was misrepresented by the World as an authentic synopsis. The World insists the interview occurred on the yacht Hohenzollern near Bergen, with Hale as guest, detailing British and Japanese rivalries and a looming Anglo Japanese war.
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New York
William Bayard Hale
New York World Saturday
World
William of
Germany
Willam Bayard Hale
Century Magazine
the World
Bergen
Norway
Hale
Edward
Great Britain
Europe
England
France
Russia
Japan
Transvaal
Orange Free State
India
America
Pacific
Egypt
Holy Land
William
Dr. Hale
Foreign Office
Berlin
Wee Rane
Indiana bill to unite Gary and Tolleston cities
The next Indiana general assembly will see a bill to merge Gary and Tolleston into one municipality. General Timon was labeled a rebel by Haiti president Lord Alexis who sent troops against him. Explorer Carl Akely spoke at the White House about Africa hunting experiences. Newark teen Elmer Dressel, 17, crippled after a diving accident, is partly paralyzed on his side. Morgan collection of original literary manuscripts will be shown at Columbia University diary through December 19, including Milton Paradise Lost Keats Endymion and Thackeray Vanity Fair.
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Indiana
General Assembly
Gary
Tolleston
Timon
Lord Alexis
Haiti
Carl ,Akely
Field Columbian Museum
White House
Africa
Elmer Dressel
Newark
N. J
J. Pierpont Morgan
Columbia University
Milton
Keate
Thackeray
Cars in Collision Near Aurora Causes Five Injuries
Head on crash in morning fog between Joliet & Southern interurban from Joliet and local Aurora car near Phillipe Park injures five people. Motormen Willam Hoppers and Edward Hungerford, conductor Albert Chandlee, two women unnamed, treated at nearby farmhouses. Publicity includes testimonial about Electric Bitters from Mrs. Mary Dowling of San Francisco.
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Chicago
Aurora
Joliet
Joliet & Southern Railway
Phillipe Park
Aurora, Tigin & Chicago
Willam
Plainfield
Edward Hungerford
Albert Chandlee
Mary Dowling
8Th Ave
San Francisco
R. H W. Miller
Cure Dyspepsia with Intermittent Kodol Use
An ad copy claims Kodol cures dyspepsia and various stomach troubles by digesting food as needed. It states the product is not required continuously and soon enables the stomach to function unaided. A guarantee is offered and it notes sale by all daglers.
Lungs Healing Remedy Ad Promotes Foley Honey and Tar
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for inflamed lungs and coughs. It claims the product kills cough germs, relieves stubborn coughing, heals the lungs, and prevents serious outcomes, urging readers to look for the genuine yellow package from B. Conner & Co.
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Foley
B. Conner & Co
Mind Your Business Lifes Pills Ad At Drug Store
An old advertisement fragment urges readers to try Lifes Pills to prevent illness. It touts relief from billiousness and jaundice and notes availability at R. H. Miller's drug store. The wording reflects a colloquial, promotional tone from a local shop.
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R. H. Miller's
Winter Cough Cure Ad Promises Foley’s Honey and Tar
An old advertisement urges curing winter coughs and lung weakness with Foley’s Honey and Tar. It claims to prevent serious illness, clear air passages, soothe irritated membranes, and heal inflamed lungs, warning to avoid inferior remedies and endorsing Dr. Conner & Co and E. Jonner & Co.
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Foley
Dr. Conner & Co
E. &, Jonner & Co
Four Women Saved by Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Jena Henry of Norristown recounts her severe illness after an operation and credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with her recovery. The ad boasts the remedy has relieved many female troubles for thirty years, urging sick women to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia KE
Lydia HE
Winkham
Lydia I. Pinkham
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