Local travelers head to nearby towns in Iowa
M O Loughlin rode as a passenger for Davenport this morning. D J Wittman arrived home from Sigourney this morning. J G Kirkpatrick made a business trip to Sigourney this morning. Mr and Mrs J F Leonard arrived on the Milwaukee this morning. Mrs M W Bailey and children went to Burlington this morning to visit her father and relatives. Mrs W Shanafelt traveled to Seymour Iowa this morning to visit her son for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O'Loughlin
Davenport
D. J. Wittman
Sigourney
J. G. Kirkpatrick
J. F. R. Leonard
Milwaukee
Keep the children at home the right kind of home
An essay praises a practical, warm home presided over by a sensible mother. It describes two boys, a girl nicknamed a tomboy, and a lively yard, garden, basement workshop, and cozy routines. The piece extols a home where chores become play, mischief is tolerated, and the word Don't never appears, all guarded by patient, tactful mother love.
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Praised By Iowa Woman
Mrs. T. C. Willadsen of Manning Iowa credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life after years of suffering from severe female complaints She followed the advice and regained health The letter urges other sick women to write for guidance from Mrs Pinkham Lynn Mass
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Pinkham
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mining Experts Confer Over U S Mine Fatalities
Pittsburg hosts a government led mining conference with Victor Watteyne from Belgium, Clarence Hall of the geological survey, and J W Paul planning a thorough investigation of disasters at Mononwah W Va creek and Faryete City Pa. Congress appropriates 150000 dollars for an eight week inquiry including Hanna Wyoming where seventy men died.
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Pittsburg
United States States
Victor Watteyne
Department of Mines
New York
United States
Clarence Hall
Geological Survey
J. W. Paul
Wear Vie Mi
Mononwah
United States Infantry Wins National Trophy Rifle Match
Camp Verry O Aug 27 United States infantry rifle team won the national trophy authorized by Congress with a score of 5224. Navy finished second earning the Hilton trophy and 200 dollars. Cavalry placed third with 3180 points earning 150 dollars. Marine Corps finished fourth with 117 points and 100 dollars.
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Infantry
Camp Verry
Congress
United States Infantry
Navy
Cavalry
Marathon
Marine Corps
More Trouble in Persia Teheran Awe27
Alarming reports reach Bageshah palace of unrest in Hars Laristan and Kerman provinces. A local governor has been assassinated. The shah's failure to subdue constitutionalists in Tabriz fuels widespread fear of imminent anarchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Weather forecast summary across Midwest regions
The forecast shows Illinois partly cloudy with possible local showers in the north, Indiana partly cloudy, lower Michigan partly cloudy with rising temperatures, and Wisconsin and Iowa partly cloudy with likely showers through tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fetowinge
Illinois
Indiana
Lower Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
City Bus Line Call Up
Frank Rogers operates a city bus line accepting orders by phone and by postal address. Call Phone No. 1 and leave street and number details to ensure prompt pickup and service.
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Frank Rogers
Clew to Lost Treasure Near New Smyrna
Greenwich resident Chard of Conn. believes a Spanish treasure is near New Smyrna Florida. While fishing he found a corroded round piece of metal that turned out to be a Spanish doubloon dated 1908. He studies local legends and plans an extended search nearby for buccaneers’ hoard.
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Cran Caugit
Florida
Hari
Chord
Greenwich
Conn
New Smyrna
Fla
Mammoth Zoo Planned for Kansas City Parks
Kansas City begins work on a major zoological garden projected to cost 500000 and take five years to complete. A prominent feature will be an iron house 120 to 300 feet long, housing about seventy big cats and other specimens. A ten acre jungle at the park’s eastern end will let fourteen foot high animals roam near civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
United States
Swope Park
Elephant Training Farm Aims to Ease Transport Problems
Vice Consul General Lucien Merminger reports to the Department of Labor and Commerce that the success of the Api elephant training farm in the African Congo could enable elephants to play a significant role in solving transportation challenges in areas where roads are impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien Merminger
Department of Labor and Commerce
API
Paving an Arcadian Road in Fort Scott Night Work
The Fort Scott street macadamizing project paused daytime work due to heat and is now carried out by moonlight, with crews abandoning daytime shifts. Local workers report the shift aims to finish paving while avoiding the extreme daytime heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Kan
Vigorous Youngsters and the Lion Tamer Gaffe
A humorous exchange shows a manager at an intelligence office replying to a woman seeking a governess. He asserts that her report proves she needs a lion tamer, not a governess, highlighting the chaos of the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intelligence Office
Wheat and cattle quotes from Chicago Board of Trade and East Buffalo
Quotes from Chicago Board of Trade show mixed wheat and corn rates with varied highs and lows, plus pork and live stock figures for futures and cash sales. Cattle, hogs, sheep, and hay markets listed with receipts and price ranges. also stock voting amendments for The Geo H. Paul Company and notices from East Buffalo merchants.
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Chicago
Ane
Chicos P Board of Trade
Der
Baiaple
Maree
WBA Nye
Oye
Tate
Oats
Sutiatano Goms
Goml
Tllinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Inois
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Calyem-Siest
AUTO SMOKE FOR MOSQUITOES IN HAMPTON ROADS
Chauffeurs and cottagers in Southampton New York fumigate mosquitoes by burning cylinder oil from moving cars. Clouds of smoke trail the streets choking residents as lines of cars from notable figures including Hugh J. Grant August Belmont Jr James Parrish Stephen Peabody and Dr Maitland Alexander operate along Job's Lane by Old Agauwaui lake. The fumigation work intensifies and mosquitoes recede as the plant runs constantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
N. Y
St. Old Agauwaui Lake
Elihu Root
Nathaniel Holmes
Robert M. Thompson
J. Robb
Stephen Peabody
Job
Carnegie Gifts for Miner Relief in England Tragedy
Andrew Carnegie donated seven thousand dollars to aid the families of seventy miners who perished in the Maypole coal mine explosion near Wigan on August eighteenth. The grant supports widows orphans and affected dependents as the community mourns a major mining disaster.
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Carnegie
Wigan
England
Andrew Carnegie
Maypole
Amendment to Geo H Paul Company Articles
Notice states that The Geo. H. Paul Company of Washing ton Iowa held a special meeting on August 1 1908 and duly amended its articles of incorporation under Iowa law. Article I updates capital stock to 300000 dollars with 75000 preferred and 225000 common, each share valued at 100 dollars, including 25000 dollars of preferred already issued.
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Geo H. Paul Company
Geo. H. Paul Company
A. Ta
George H. Paul
George H
Washington
Iowa
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