Hitching posts ordered removed as health menace in Ida Grove
Ida Grove Iowa Sept 80 special authorities from Des Moines order removal of double line hitching posts on principal business streets. The health board deems them a menace to health forcing their removal amid a county town scene. State agr department warns farmers as grasshopper outbreaks rise and urges timely action.
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Des Moines
Ida Grove
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Germ precautions on hygiene and disinfectants urged
Health note cites James Jenkins Jr in Woman's Home Companion urging shared cups and towels be avoided and dishes washed with boiling water. Promotes individual washstands in America and daily mouthpiece cleaning for phones with a lavender disinfectant mix. Announces Ernest Gamble Concert Party at Methodist church on Monday evening Oct 10, 1910 with single admissions 60 cents and season tickets 1.60.
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James, Jenkins, Jr
Europe
America
Ernest Gamble
Methodist Church
Business Outlook and Insurgent Targeted by Shaw in Omaha
Leslie M. Shaw, former Iowa governor and secretary of the treasury, now leading a Philadelphia trust, gave an Omaha interview critiquing Theodore Roosevelt and insurgents. He used vivid fog and overtime metaphors to illustrate nerve in business and the uncertain economic track, noting a “footstep” that a reader should interpret as a turning point since four months ago.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
Treasury
Philadelphia Trust Company
Omaha
Theodore Roosevelt
Shaw
Grasshoppers threaten grain fields with eggs in soil
Fairmont Sentinel notes females lay about 400 eggs near the surface in grain fields and on roadsides. Fall ploughing or harrowing destroys many eggs, as does discing or early spring plowing. Roadsides can be cleaned with road scrapers. The greatest danger is summer fallowed fields where eggs hatch before plowing.
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Fairmont
Disappearance of Chas Ridley on Lopez Island trip
Chas Ridley disappeared after years with his uncle on a trip from Lopez Island to Klameck and hunting bear. He planned to return to Fatherville for school opening, but has not been seen since mid August. His wife and children remain at Klameck awaiting his return. Ridley is a Rock Island conductor with a ninety day lay off and expired return ticket. For sale notice follows.
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Chas. Ridley
Lopez Island
Washington
Lopes Island
Klameck
Fatherville
Ridley
Rock Island
Golden Rule of Health Tip Reported
A public health admonition warns against grocers who blow into paper bags, butchers who moisten fingers to handle meat, barbers who blow in customers faces, and milkmen who associate with flies. The advice urges hygienic practices to prevent contamination and protect customers.
Card of Thanks and Pinkey The Pinkerton Girl review
Card of Thanks thanks friends and neighbors for help during illness of daughter and sister. The piece reviews Pinkey The Pinkerton Girl at Armory Theatre calling it a musical melodrama with Jack Rollens in the title role and catchy numbers. Also notes sales bills printed and political commentary about tariffs and protectionism, plus a Field Club luncheon with Former Secretary Shaw.
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D. Runeius
F. H. Allen
W. F. Mann
Pinkey
Jack Rollens
Willey Wynn
Spencer R. Cox
Armory
Wheatre
Pinky
ER. O
Shaw Waa
Oregon Adopts Official Gazette Idea For State News
The editorial notes Oregon may publish a state official gazette funded by voter support, edited by a three person board with labor farmers and business representatives. The plan bans advertisements and caps paper costs per registered voter, aiming for independent governance and public access to government news, with world progress and experiments included. Death of Miss Alice Ruggles follows, obituary details note August 8, 1884 birth and family, with services in Grinnell and the local city.
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Oregon
Kansas
Chicago Record Herald
Alice J. Ruggles
B. HE. Allen
Alice Josephine
Samus D. Ruggles
Cedar Rapid
Iowa
Grinnell
Arth
Samuel Rapptes
F. J. Aten
Ray
Ben.Jamin Franklin
North Sixth Street
Oulober 3Rd
Acu P.m
God's Acre
Eugeles
Conrape
Election place moved to Huntington school house
Township trustees order changes the Ellsworth township voting site from Nels Anderson school house to Huntington school house. Mention of names G EB Verkxanrr Che Trustc and old papers at this office. For sale residences in Estherville offered at low value if gold soon by W A Lady.
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Ellsworth
Nels Anderson
Huntington
Estherville
W. A. Lady
Woman's Rome Companion for October
October issue of a women's magazine featuring fiction, fashions, cooking, home decor, and practical departments. Notable articles include The Story of My Boston Drawing-Con by Julia Ward Howe, Women as Theatre-Course by Walter Prishhard Eaton, and She rath About Bqual Suffrage by Ants Steeie Righard son, plus tuberculosis prevention by James Jenkins Jr and others. Bashion Department targets stylish readers while Kewpies provide verse and pictures for younger readers.
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Boston
Julia Ward
Howe
Walter Prishhard Eaton
She ‘Rath
Ants Steeie Righardson
James Jenkins, Jr
Joiliet Wilber Fompkins
Mary Heaton Vorse
Fannie Heaslip Lea
Marie Manning
Wao- Man
Hulbert Koetner
Bashion
For Sale Local Ad Uproarious Coupon Offer
A garbled classified line advertises a cheap sale and survey related to a local item. Names and details are unclear but indicate a sale stake and contact hints.
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Sylvania
the Sandman
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Miss Braden
Margaret Howe
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Vera Bigelow
Maeperas
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James White
Victor Christianson
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Dunlap Brees
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Owl
Edmund Dean
Erratt Dunham
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Susan White
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Lillian Rhodes
Mildred Ivey
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Helen Amundson
Brownies
Lerroy Miller
Chancey Morse
David Brees
Melvin Whitish
Douglas Langdale
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Donald Hartung
William Bale
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Gladys Coon
Dorothy Hartung
Marie Grieg
Laura Robb
Helen Dunham
Grace Soper
Ruth Beall
Clara Brees
Eva Godfrey
Ethel Albro
Neva Howe
Flower Fantasie
Mrs. Hendershott
Yoshier
Turner
Galloway
Misa Davidson
Crowell
Mia. Bryant
Lucy
Miss Jones
Pearl Robb
Gertude Thompson
Marshall
Clinite
Brown
Marguerite
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Geo
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