Equipment for encampment arrives for Iowa guards
The first equipment for the Iowa National Guard brigade encampment at Tope Falls arrived by a special train from Des Moines. Carloads of horses and mules, tents, baggage, and state arsenal supplies were unloaded. Water is piped across the grounds and troops are expected to be on site by Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa Falls
Iowa National Guards
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
State Arsenal
Oil Skimmed From Pond By Quick-Changing Vendor
A St Paul and Kansas City Short Line wreck near a central Iowa pond spilled linseed oil onto the water. A local man skimmed oil from the surface, sold it cheaply, and attracted county attorney attention for alleged adulteration. State dairy official W B Barney was asked to inspect for purity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
St. Paul
Kansas City
W. B Barney
Will Vaccinate Hogs During State Fair
Des Moines reports Dr. W. B. Niles from Washington D C a USDA expert will administer cholera serum at Pewine exhibit during the state fair. He offers services to breeders for showing benefits of vaccination as educator and aid. Secretary A R Corey confirms Dr Niles arrival for the demonstration and vaccination work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. B. Niles
Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Niles
A. R. Corey
Deer raising at Keokuk zoo sparks sales in city industry
Keokuk announces deer raising as an industry with two deer sold this season from Rand Park Zoo. Casey brothers purchased a pair from Commissioner Hickey, while others inspect the herd for potential buyers. The city notes unusually good luck with the deer at the zoo over the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Rand Park Zoo
Casey Brothers
Hickey
Dees
Ketchum urges county civil engineers for railroad surveys
Des Moines Aug 10 N B Ketchum railroad commissioner suggests each county hire a competent civil engineer to survey all railroads within its borders and prepare a cost estimate. He argues counties lack engineers for such surveys and urges action to standardize rail line assessments.
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Des Moines
Ketchum
The Motor Boat NNVU I Guv MOH 4g
A humorous draft about the motor boat as a chaotic, noisy craft. The piece lampoons engines with exaggerated slang for speed and folly, describing its smell, conversations as sign language, and perilous quirks. It ends noting the motor boat as an ideal Christmas present in jest.
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Montana
Plan to map county railroads for accurate taxation
Mr Ketchum proposes a county program to survey all railroads, produce plats showing mileage and possession value, and update yearly. Depreciation and additions would adjust values, giving counties a permanent record to levy taxes correctly.
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Ketchum
Nauvoo grape crop big in Illinois this season
Nauvoo, Illinois, near Keokuk, reports an enormous grape harvest for the season though fears arise over limited shipping facilities to move the fruit to market. If transport is restricted, producers may press more of the crop into wine to avoid waste and preserve the yield.
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Keokuk
Ila
Nauvoo
Illinois
Rother
Father Loftus Honored at Rome by Catholic Church
Oskaloosa August 1 Father Thomas F Loftus of St Marys has received unusual high honors from the Roman Catholic Church in Rome He preached mass in the great cathedral yesterday His traveling companion Father Flavin of Des Moines is also decorated by the pope and named to the papal household
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Oskaloosa
Thoma F. Loftus
St. Mary's
Rome
Loftus
Flavin
Des Moines
Taft Fruit House Burns At Des Moines
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Taft & Co fruit warehouse in Des Moines. Loss to stock valued at 100000 with 50000 insured. building damage estimated at 20000 with 10000 insurance. A merchant policeman had just visited the site ten minutes earlier, finding no signs of fire.
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Des Moines
C. C. Taft & Co
Redeem Your 1912 Chautauqua Tickets On Sale List of Pledged Names
The notice prints the full list of pledge names for Chautauqua tickets and urges redemption at once. The list includes numerous individuals such as J. Kellogg, L. Wallace, and W. Fisher with varying ticket amounts. Tickets available at town banks or from treasurer L. H. Wallace. president W. O. Fisher and secretary A. R. Miller oversee the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Corbin
H. Freding
Mildred
Mabel Griffith
Saville
James Gordon
Margaret L. Cowden
Helen J. Cowden
H. F. Miller
G. W. Reed
L. R. McKenry
Retta M. Halsey
C. N. Dodder
A. Pearson
W. M
Geo. M. Fulton
H. A. Beenblossom
T. M. Schilling
J. M. Kelly
H. Beenblossom
H. F. Steck
B. P. McCaulley
Ida M. Harmon
J. T. Anderson
J.C. Bolce
J. BH. Gault
D. Carris
D. B. Ritchey
M. BD. Yard
Margaret Hicks
R. P. Lewis
W. M. Keeley
D. L. Amepoker
S&s. A. White
D. J. Coon
W. A. White
Pomeroy Mather
Allen Stewart
N. M. Anderson
James Hauser
M. D. Work
J. K. Zeck
H. M. Baker
C. Gardner
J. Stewart
Jas. Daniels
I. N. Arnold
Leonard Halley
Martin Scranton
R. G. Cherry
G. W. Griffith
W. Hamsey
Howard
Gooner
W. A. Whiting
J. R. Logue
Minnie
Etta Conner
M. Jones
Boyd Stephens
R. A. Clyde
H. F Masson
Art
Wiley
J. A. Y. Ashby
John M.taylor
Olive Nicholson
L. Merle Samson
A. G. Marbourg
Miles Bradford
W. M. Sutherland
Edna Purvis
G. W. Benson
Ralph Lytle
G. W. Corbin
Geo. Clapper
Mrs. Geo. Schneider
Wes Reiner
C. H. Wilson
L. Smouse
J. G. Griffith
Lena Maxwell
Chauncey Myers
Mabel Brinton
C. H. Critz
W. M. Conner
J. Cocklin
Alice Atkinson
Edina Rownd
Ross T. Crawford
C. Carris
B. B. Berdo
Martha Brindley
BE. G. Gardner
Alex Lytle
O. L. Samson
J. W. Bishop
C. L. Thomas
Theo. Oriez
Lucy Langemberg
Silas Ross
J W. Teeter
Mary Clendenning
W. V. McCausland
K. B. Latchem
C. L. Brock
Accie Clapper
R. Hampsher
CC. R. Gallagher
Francena Beal
J. M. Bratten
Ed. Klopfenstein
Faye Weigman
C. W. Southwell
Josephine Babcock
Max Miller
T. Anderson
H. F. Mauthe
Homer Stephen
C. W. McLauughlin
Alfred Voegler
Rose Springman
Cook Nicholson
Ralph Zeck
P. G. Beal
R. M. Smith
Orville Hitler
J. KE. Rovee
Fred Smith
Glenn Laffer
Joe Mcklhinney
Chas. Hebner
J. R. Maxwell
Jessie M. Dean
Fred Anderson
W. J. Southwell
Cook
A. S. Smith
Anha M. Henderson
Della Foss
Dorothy Jugenheimer
Silas Caldwell
H. T. Carris
Lillian Orris
S. B. Dewey
E. Dean
Hazel Dean
John Shields
E. L. Kirkpatrick
Ella Simpson
RR. L. Livingston
A. If’. Pearson
N. E. Fleming
Alice W. Shaver
Alberto Wagner
G. S. Hckerman
J. D. Dayton
Oscar George
John J. Jordan
Josephing Smith
Mae Beanblossom
Elsie Minick
Susanna Scranton
Rose Macgugin
Howard McCleery
C. E. Deuel
Noyes
W. M. Beal
P. A. Sowash
B. Py Betta
Te Bunce
L. A. Bunce
G. G. Sigler
Isaiah Taylor
W. F. Brinton
Wm. Helmick
Ralph Keller
Harry Ross
T. J. McElhinney
Frank Anderson
W. .S. Roger
Earl Simpson
John Alex Young
Marsh W. Bailey
C. Thorne
W. R. Stryker
W. N. Lowash
W. J. Hamilton
A. Sutherland
Bruce Cowden
M. M. Hebner
S. Black
James D. Mhilcote
R. H. Walker
L. D Robinson
W. D. Townsley
W. A. Wilson
H. E. Page
A. McCall
al. Darbyshire
J.T Simpson
John A. Bergquist
Chas, Cherry
W. A. Phillips
Martha Maxwell
John H. Schenefelt
Mary B. Fekels
J. G. Kirkpatrick
G. A. Stannard
H. Forman
J. ©. Ford
Mrs. L. & McAvoy
W. T. Eckels
T. W. Hunter
C. A. Brook
L. N. Shuman
J. R. Palmer
Aaron Huber
W. E. Leet
W. C. Mayhew
Sadie Babcock
S. Agnes Stewart
John Jayne
M. Logan
B. Gardner
D. B. Cocklin
S. W. Livingston
Wm Blair
A. Anderson
Chas K. Needham
Helen Palmgren
N. C. Pearson
M. FE. Canier
Etha Dawsno
W. F. Wilson
J. BE. Wells
James C. Miller
Zilpha Hieaton
Ella M. Savage
W. B. Bell
W. J. Brooks
George E. Gilbert
A. L. Glenn
A. A. Wiley
L. H. Wallace
W O. Fisher
A. R. Miller
See Want Ads Column 1 Page 7
Classified notices and small ads fill column 1 on page 7 with brief listings. The section likely includes job offers, items for sale, services, and personal notices typical of a mid century newspaper. Further details require clearer readable text from the page.
Hay Fever Association Convention Set for Bethlehem
The United States Hay Fever Association plans its annual convention in Bethlehem New Hampshire on August 28. The group traces its origin to a playful gathering thirty eight years ago and now lists sixty seven approved resorts for relief from hay fever including sites in northern New England and Canada.
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The
United States Hay Fever Association
Bethlehem
N. H
N. IL
United States
Choo
Henry Ward Heecher
Dr. Partridge
Partridge
New England
White Mountain District
New Hampshire
Canada
Nickel pennies to be issued for France with hole in center
France to issue nickel pennies and halfpence totaling 15 million dollars. Old copper coins to be withdrawn. Nickel coins will feature a hole in the middle to distinguish them from silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
British pilots oppose bill allowing foreign coast pilots
British pilots fiercely resist a new bill permitting foreigners to serve as pilots on English ships. They warn this endangers wartime security after citing several German pilots who later became officers on German warships.
Railways Report Declines in May Earnings Per Mile
The bureau of railway economics shows a 5.5 percent drop in net operating revenue per mile in May compared with May 1911, with total operating revenues at 226,100,262 dollars and expenses rising to 161,368,077 dollars. Taxes climbed to 9,897,801 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Railway Economics
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Group of Railways
Birds Put On Aesthetic Show In Chicago Lecture
Henry Oldys of the U S biological survey spoke at the University of Chicago on birds psyche and performance. He described bird dances singing styles resembling grand opera and Wagnerian tones and noted vanity in plumage as birds flirt and strut, with cross species song parallels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Oldys
United States Biological Survey
University of Chicago
Oldys
Panama canal lights to mark channel with acetylene buoys
The canal commission awards fifty seven automatic lighted buoys to the American Gas Accumulator Co for about 168000 dollars. Each buoy uses powdered acetylene with a sun valve that opens when a cloud passes, requiring no replenishment for a year. Fog or cloud movement lights the beacon, visible eleven miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Canal Commission
American Gas Accumulator Company
Philadelphia
Giant 65‑Foot Dinosaur Unearthed at Jensen Quarry
Fossil vertebrae from a dinosaur likely more than sixty five feet long are being removed from sandstone at Jensen quarry near Rock Springs Wyoming. Remains include lower neck and upper tail with vertebrae about a foot long at the hips. Two smaller dinosaurs are also emerging but crumble on exposure. The Jensen quarry yields multiple dinosaurs and gains fame among Wyoming fossil fields.
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Jensen Quarry
Rock Springs
Wyo
Reck River
Converse County
New Bicycle Lamp in Holland Sparks Electric Light
In Amsterdam a new electric bicycle lamp uses a small wheel on the dynamo shaft to drive the wheel, generating power as the bike moves. The device frees the small wheel when unused and produces strong light at very low speeds, being effective at regular speeds as well.
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Holland
Amsterdam
Presbyterian Church Plans $5,000 Organ and Building Upgrades
The Presbyterian congregation votes unanimously to raise $5,000 for a new pipe organ to replace the out of commission one and to renovate the Sabbath school room and basement including a recreation space for boys. A committee of church leaders and trustees will organize fundraising, with a meeting planned for this evening and a likely start next week. Nearly a hundred members attended the gathering led by John Shields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Walker
C. C. Cunningham
Board of Deacons and Trustees
John Shields
Missouri convicts to mine aluminum from clay
Charles Rick of St Louis tours Jefferson City proposing to employ all able-bodied Missouri penitentiary convicts extracting aluminum from Missouri clay. Contracts expire next year and a state law ends the contract system, though convicts currently earn about $30,000 a month. Governor Hadley argues the penitentiary should be self supporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Charles Rick
Jefferson City
Andrae
State Board of Prison
State Penitentiary
Missouri
Hadley
Haymakers Convention Opens in Washington
The National Haymakers association begins its convention in Washington with delegates from all hay regions. Officers will be elected and topics include new handling and disposal methods and several inventions. Delegates will tour the White House.
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Washington
The
Haymakers’ Association
White House
Champagne Bottles Require Precise Glasswork
The article notes that champagne bottles demand precise manufacturing with near mathematical glass thickness, perfectly smooth surfaces, and necks that match exactly to ensure perfect corking.
Proof of Common Origin in Man Evolution Lecture
Professor Keith in a London lecture argued that Fayum monkeys in upper Egypt resemble South American monkeys, suggesting a common origin for anthropoids across old and new worlds. He cited fossil similarity to support the theory of shared ancestry among primates.
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Keith
London
Fayum
Upper
Egypt
New World
Henry County Fair Dates and Attractions Highlight Iowa Event
The Henry County Fair runs August 1 14 15 and 16 with top agricultural exhibits and standout races. Chariot events and Miss McKinney in trained horse stunts will entertain guests. For details contact secretary C. H. Tribby in Mt. Pleasant Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County
Washington County
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Father Loftus
Krome
Taft Fruit House
Chau
Bureau of Railway Economies
Birdland
Chicago
Rocky Springs, Wyo
Presbyterians
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