Sugar as purifying agent sparks antiseptic claim
Report discusses sugar burned in a glass bell releasing formic acetylene hydrogen, deemed a powerful antiseptic by Prof Trilbert at Pasteur Institute. An experiment with typhus and cholera bacteria showed all microbes died after exposure. A note also mentions sugar removing odors from rotten eggs. A cartoon quotes a foreigner and a Native on a primary election.
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Barone
Wis
Trilbert
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsement Note
Graniteville Vermont woman praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health and strength after the change of life. Advertising touts 80 years of cures for female ailments and urges readers to try the medicine as a low-cost option, calling it worth mountains of gold.
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Graniteville
Lydia E.pinkham
Citas. Barclay
RAND
Lydia
B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Iowan Bequeaths Fortune to Whitman College in Walla Walla
Maj. 8 H Matthews aged 72 years resident of Council Bluffs for over 25 years worth more than 40000 dollars leaves all to Whitman College at Walla Walla Washington. He retains just enough to support himself and his wife aged 70. The estate includes land in western Iowa houses in Council Bluffs and farm mortgages producing about 4000 dollars yearly. After death the estate reverts to the college for loans to needy students with repayment after graduation. The income will be used to aid students unable to pay college expenses.
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H. Matthews
Councat] Bluffs
Whitman College
Walla
Wash
Iowa
Matthews
Blow For The Saloon Men In Davenport Case
Judge Bollinger in Davenport district court declares enjoined saloonkeepers cannot reopen without city voter consent. Rink fined 200 dollars and costs for reopening in contempt. Civic Federation opponents of saloon reopens led to ruling, affecting Davenport and many other Iowa cities.
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Bollinger
Davenport
Supreme
Clinton
Muscatine
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Civic Federation
Letty and
Betty
Charles Rink
Rink
Acquittal in first Iowa pure food egg case at Humboldt
Pure Food Commissioner Ottosen brought action against W. Ey. Jones, a Livermore farmer, for selling bad eggs. Jones was acquitted due to lack of identification tying the eggs to him. Ottosen vows further prosecutions as bad eggs remain sold, often from incubator stock after fertility declines.
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Jownu
Humboldt
Pure Food
Ottosen
W. Ey. Jones
Livermore
Jones
Prohibition Bid Defeated by Iowa Senate Vote
Iowa Senate rejected a bid to take up constitutional prohibition defeating the proposal 26 to 21. The move followed unanimous tabling by the committee on constitutional amendments. Senator Proutt of Warren County spoke two hours opposing the decision, arguing prohibition opponents rely on a convention subterfuge.
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Towa
State Senate
Senote
Iowa
Committee On
Senate
Proutteot
Warren County
Clear Lake County Supervisor B A Grown Dies at Home
County supervisor and longtime resident B A Grown collapsed near his Clear Lake home on Wednesday afternoon after suffering chest pain. He died of heart disease, according to preliminary reports.
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B. A. Grown
Clear Lake
Dubuque Man Pleads Frail Attempt in Barnyard Tragedy
George Perry aged 75 of Dubuque, once a resident of the home for the aged, tried to commit suicide by cutting his wrists in a barnyard. He was found in time to save his life. After two days a jury was secured in the McNamaray murder cage at Northwood with Dr Hill, a noted Iowa alienist, testifying.
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George Perry
Dubuque
Areclase
Home For the
McNamar Yury Secue
McNamaray
Northwood
Wag Dr. Hill
Towa
Choate Divorce Case Brought Up After Dismissal
A Des Moines district court suit by Dr. F. Lambert against W. A. Graham and Mrs. Pearstone Choate for 5000 dollars claiming conspiracy to alienate a wife’s affections was dismissed. Minutes later a petition signed by Fred M. C. Choate asked to annul last fall’s divorce decree and charged Graham and Mrs. Choate with conspiracy to withhold evidence.
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Beeree
Des Moines
W. A. Graham
Pearstone Choate
F. &. Lambert
Rebecca Lambert
Fiile
Fred M. C. Choate
Mother's Plea Fails in Child Custody Habeas Case
Judge Matthews denies habeas corpus in Roland case a 6 year old girl sentenced to Good Shepherd home in Dubuque Cedar Rapids officials retrieved her from Davenport mother claims persecution and no trial over 16 and outside juvenile law Attorney O Neil of Cedar Rapids plans supreme court appeal
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Matthews
Mns Roland
Smith
Cedar Rapids
Good Shepherd
Dubuque
Davenport
O'Neil
Supreme Court
Reform wave checked as Iowa rail commissioners become appointive
The Holmes bill passed the house making railroad commissioners appointment by the governor, ending elective status and abolishing passes for commissioners. Representative Bonnel proposed raising Iowa legislators pay from 550 to 1050 per session. The house rejected a bill banning whisky sales by druggists without physician recommendations while the senate continued discussing the Sammis utility bill.
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Iowa
Holmes
Bonnel
House
Senate
Bulk sales bill defeated by narrow margin in Senate fight
Jobbers and manufacturers rallied behind a proposed bulk sales law while merchants urged rejection. Harding of Sioux City led proponents in a long debate as Darrah Welden and Jacobs spoke against the measure. The bill failed 40 to 87.
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Harding
Sioux City
Darrah, Welden
Jacobs
Town Man Found Dead From Gas In Rooming House
In Dubuque a man believed to be Orville Benson was found dead in a rooming house after asphyxiation by illuminating gas on Thursday. Police think the death may be self-inflicted. A card bearing the name of a local Dubuque bride company was found in his clothes. In a separate raid by Monroe County sheriffs on Buxton joints, eight men and one woman were arrested. eight wagons of beer and whisky were seized, one of the county’s largest liquor seizures. G.T. Mutledge, a Webster City pioneer, suffered a stroke on the street in front of the First National Bank and is in a coma at 75, with poor chances of recovery.
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Yes Moines
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
Victor Romanell
St. Anthony Catholic Church
Italfian
Orville Benson
Dubuyque
Chicago
Dubuijay Bride Company
Buxton
Monroe County
Wille
First National Park
G. T. Mutledge
Webster City
Feare
Ballantyne Quietly Denounced as Insane in Case
Andrew Ballantyne faces formal insanity charges after an attempted harm incident involving two assistant priests during mass in Des Moines. Mrs Webb of Guthrie Center, shot by her husband Monday, is improving though the bullet has not been located. doctors believe she is out of danger.
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Ballantyne
Andrew Ballantyne
Mer
Mlavin
Des Moines
Webb
Charles Webb
Guthrie Center
Saay
Phyallang
Painting Know-How for Homeowners A Guide
A consumer guide explains common painting troubles and how to avoid them. It covers primer choice, surface readiness, and material adulteration. The National Lead Company offers a free Houseowner’s Painting Unit No 49 with testing instruments and the Dutch Boy Paint trademark as a purity guarantee.
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Wren Wien
White Sea
Usue
National Lean Company
Son ‘Trin. Hy Bhat
New York
Honseowarr
What Could She Do The Young Man and the Daughter Match
The Cleveland Leader reports a social dialogue where a young man thanks a father for helping persuade his daughter to marry him, while the aging father recalls his initial strong opposition to the match.
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Cleveland
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises Universal Cure
A newspaper reads of Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a constitutional cure for catarrh with internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer 100 dollar reward for a failure to cure and invite testimonials, listing the Toledo firm Cheney & Co as publishers and noting availability from physicians.
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Hall
Nf. J. Cheney & CO
Tolédo
Cough Remedies and Odd Advertisements Appearing
A collage of era advertisements and humorous vignettes notes Kemp's Balsam as a cough cure and markets eye remedies, foot products, and novelty items. The page features comic exchanges, product pitches, and miniature quips about daily life and travel through the early advertising tone.
Poveer of Pants and Farner Discover Vegetation Power
The article notes that roots of trees may disrupt rock and lift heavy objects as plants vigor. It cites Dr. Carpenter describing a paving stone of 83 pounds raised by fungi and tender vegetation. A cellar wine discovery is also mentioned with a grape stem lifting a wine jar toward the ceiling by vine shoots.
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Poveer
Farner
Carpenter
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