Liquid Cures Eczema Where Salve Fails
In regard to skin diseases medical authorities are now agreed on this: Don't imprison the disease germs in your skin by greasy salves. A true cure comes from liquids that wash the germs out. A wash of Wintergreen Thymos and other ingredients in the D. D. D. Prescription penetrates and destroys the disease germs. A 25-cent trial battles start the cure and give instant relief. FS Shadle testifies to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and urges purchase. For Sale by All Dealers.
Local concern boosts town by buying local cement
Nearly 400 dollars to spend here shown as a example of supporting the home economy. The Cement Products Company employs twenty eight men, paid 306 dollars and 50 cents last week. Emphasis on landowners buying tile to sustain jobs and local payroll.
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Cement Products Company
Residence for Sale Near the square in six-room house
Property listing for a six room dwelling on the southeast corner of the third block south of the square. Features permanent walls cellar cistern water in kitchen and a well with a barn. Asking price 1276 dollars with 500 dollars down and monthly payments or other arrangements. Contact Mrs. L. R. Bingham.
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West
L. R. Bingham
Napoleon's Tailor and the Emperor's Troubled Wardrobe
Harper's Weekly recounts Poumies de la Liboutle's diary passages about Napoleon, detailing a clash over clothing. The article highlights a tailor named Leger, chosen by Constant, who altered Napolean's attire despite the emperor's directives. The anecdote shows Napolean deferring to practical judgment over royal image and reputation.
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Poumies de la Liboutle
Napoleon
Tere
Compiegne
Marie Louise
Borghese
Constant
Leger
Murat
Eugene
Joseph
Jerome Bonaparte
Frederick the Great
Island of Hongkong Described as Hill Island Region
The Island of Hongkong Hongkong is an island about eleven miles long with a width of one to three miles. It consists almost entirely of hills. A road runs around part of the coast but mountain grades are steep for cars and streets are narrow and not built for heavy vehicles.
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Island
Hongkong
Enthusiast Towne-Oh and Browne as sportsmen in earnest
An Enthusiast Towne-Oh is described as a devoted enthusiast. Browne notes that a wild goose chase would be spoken of later as a sportsman. The Catholic Standard quotes a Hood saying about evil arising from lack of thought and heart.
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Towne
Lie
Browne
Hood
Methodist church at Rolfe to be dedicated Sept 10
Rolfe prepares for a September 10 dedication of a new Methodist church. Other notes record F B Burns selling his 100 acre farm at 100 dollars per acre, and various Iowa events including a fatal train accident near Des Moines and a fire at Onawa power house from spontaneous combustion.
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Rolfe
F. B. Burns
Holly Springs
Frank Hilman
Jamaica
Iowa
Des Moines
Craig
J. Vollmar
Bridgewater
Mich
Onawa
Robert A. Hughes
Carroll
Potters
Ogden
W. 8
Kenyon
Fort Dodge
Ture
Don Ferguson
Oskaloosa
James FP. Linn
Benna Vista College
Storm Lake
William Huff
Linned
Sarah E. Pease
James H. Phillips
Northwestern
Sioux City
Manilla
United States
Oscar Green
G. Frazer
Eldora
Harry Lantry
Northern Pacific Railway
Yellotone
E. W. Hackett
Towa City
Iowa River
Arthur Hostetler
Clearlake
Woodbine
Dunlap
Missouri Valley
Logan
Portsmouth
Panama
Moorhead
Pisgah
E. M. Hall
Reading Township
Farnhamville
George Harmon
Frank McGann
Cy Allen
McIntosh
Mason City
W. S. Kenyon
Delaware
Marie McFarland
Silas ©. McFarland
Austria
Marshalltown
Freeman
LeMars
Seibel
Russell
St. Joseph
Creston
Barnard
Fred Bailey
Boone
Edna Mabel Bailey
Signatures On Checks Warn About Forger Tactics
A Chicago bank teller advises depositor with nearly $100,000 yearly to simplify signatures to deter forgeries. He notes forgers copy flourished or distinctive scripts, while plain handwriting is harder to imitate. A friend who changed his signature found a forged check using the old style, showing the risk of lingering signatures.
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Blank
Chicago
Chicago News
Camels Prove Vicious Yet Useful as Roving Mounts
An old military account notes camels dislike for humans and red, with one officer chased in blue silk pajamas by a camel. Yet camels offer comfort on long treks, carrying water, a writing desk, luncheon basket, rifles, telescopes, and even a mountain gun when needed.
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Camel Corps
Long Arrow Flights and Historic Archery Feats
A Pall Malt Gazette note recalls Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey’s 867 yard Turkish bow shot at Le Touquet, once a record. It cites Neade on ordinary yew bow ranges 320 to 400 yards and records a 1794 English arrow of 483 yards with wind, 415 against, witnessed by Royal Tocophilite society members.
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Ralph Payne Gallwey
le Touquet
Neade
Charles L
England
Royal Toxophilite Society
Pall Malt /Gazette
New Trial Request After Past Marriage Question
A St. Joseph judge declined license issuance to an older Black man asking about prior marriages. The applicant replied he had been married once before and sought a new trial, highlighting a historic bias in the proceedings.
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St. Joseph
Ephraim
Mebbe
St. Louis Republic
Look Out for Dog and Food Change in Washington Star
A Washington Star quote features Sarcaem the woman warning, look out or the dog will bite. Plodding Pete responds by recalling a handout from last week and noting the pup’s hunger for a change in food.
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Pete
Washington Star
Pessimistic Optimist Sketch Opens Morning
A vocal sketch humorously contrasts pessimism and optimism in a London setting, noting the national debt as a looming concern. The brief scene blends gruff wit with subtle social commentary on public anxiety about fiscal matters.
James Heads Rural Carriers Convention Leaders Elected
William H. James of Council Bluffs elected president of the Iowa Rural Letter Carriers association at its twelfth annual convention in Des Moines. Q. L. Reeves named vice president H. E. Jones director for three years. W. S. Hoon secretary and F. P. Larson treasurer. Delegates praise civil service exams for raising carrier standards and Des Moines to host 1912 meeting.
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Des Moines
William H. James
Council Bluffs
W. G. Romer
Lyons
Iowa’ Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
James
Iowa Association
Q. L. Reeves
H. E. Jones
Rockwell City
Death in Manure Spreader on Nevada Farm
Nevada Ia Sept 4 A hired man moved a manure spreader into gear while two Danielson brothers Harry seven and Donald clung to the vehicle in the barn yard. Harry was crushed by the roller spikes and killed. Donald was badly cut but expected to recover.
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Nathan Danielson
Nevada
Here
Harry
Donald Danielson
Priest Faces Charges in Waterloo Cemetery Dispute
The Rev. Father D. C Lenihan, once of Dubuque and now pastor at Blessing, is arrested in Waterloo on assault charges after Tombstone man J. R. Canty says Lenihan barred him from entering Blessing cemetery, threatened with a revolver over a fence job dispute and the return of his coat and tools.
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Waterloo
D. C Lenihan
Dubuque
Blessing
J. R. Canty
Canty
Lenihan
Wealthy farmer killed when car overturns near Fairfax
Cedar Rapids, Sept 4. William J. Nolan of Vinton county was killed instantly when the automobile he rode in went over an embankment near Fairfax. James Harrington, owner and driver, suffered a broken arm and other injuries as the car tumbled to the foot of the embankment, pinning Nolan beneath it and breaking his neck.
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Cedar Rapids
William J. Nolan
Vinton County
Fairfax
James Harrington
Nolan
Free Methodist conference opens in Sac City
Nearly 100 ministers and delegates attend the West Iowa Conference of the Free Methodist Church in Sac City. Bishop W. T. Hogue of Evanston presides and dedicates a new house of worship with a sermon by Hogue. In other Iowa items, Mrs. Mary Baker is found dead in Clear Lake, ruled suicide. a three year old near Mapleton is killed by a train. Carter Johnson dies of lockjaw in Boone.
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Sac City
West Iowa
The
Free Methodist Church
W. T. Hogue
Evanston, ML
Free Methodists
Hogue
Clear Lake
Mary Baker
Mapleton
Grant Leise
Here
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Napoleon’s Tailor
Treasury Department
Stny
Harper’s Weekly
Bank of Estherville
F. H. Rhodes
Magnolia
le Mars
Maria Ruppert
Iowa City
United Danish Young People’s Society of Iowa
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First Congregational Church
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H. C. Kephart & Sons
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Bertha Sterling
Brooklyn
Utah
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Woodmen of the World
Woodbury County Sunday School Association
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George Brunton
Jonathan Foster
Gilman
Mabel Cochran
Angello Lovello
Ft. Dodge
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Pella
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W. W. Steele
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Forest City
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Trinity Council
Knights of Columbus
Mary Edith
Immaculate Conception Academy
Davenport
Milwaukee
Fred A. Coffield
Alice Ingleden
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Perry H. Benson
Cedar Falls
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Business Men’s Association
Mason B. Cottrell
Atlantic
Cottrell
Ninth Laws Cavalry
Magle Grove
J. Pitzmaurice
Merchant’s National Bank
L. G. Focht
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Henry Lott
Larson
Father Lenihan
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