Crop Bulletin Reports Mixed Weather and Crop Yields
Des Moines dispatch notes warm days with a late frost on August 26 in central western and northern districts. Rainfall below normal except east central counties, some hail damage in Henry and northern Van Buren. Corn generally steady though one third sown areas show moisture losses. fall plowing and thrashing progress. Crop yields: winter wheat 23 bu/acre, spring wheat 21, oats 39, barley 30, rye 21, timothy 3.6. Overall grain yields pending final reports.
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Central
Western
Nothern
East Central
Henry
van Buren
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Dubuque Aims to Host 1911 Convention
Apollo Orient lodge No. 41 plans a trip to the capital to back a bid to bring the 1911 convention to Dubuque. Local lodge members and a citizen committee believe the city is an ideal host and will succeed with energy and city support.
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Dubuque
Apollo Orient Lodge
No. 41
Portraits of Larrabee Life Size by Cumming
Des Moines reports Prof. Chas. A. Cumming has completed life size paintings of William Larrabee to be shown in the Iowa art gallery in the state historical building on August 30. Mrs. Wm. Larrabee and H. R. Ingham are mentioned as part of the project while Cumming is also engaged to paint a portrait of F. M. Hubbell of Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chas. A. Cumming
Iowa Art Gallery
State Historical
William Larrabee
Wm. Larrabee
R. Ingham
Cumming
F. M. Hubbell
A. Fesler
Lyle
George Maresh
North Liberty
Guy Fesler
Maresh
Cedar Rapids
Reginald Maresh
William Pieper
Robert
Burlington
Frank Critz
Robert Heitztan
Les Moines
Cart Craig
Joseph and
A. Lear
Will Muller
Alva Gevot
Jos Prymek
George Barnett
Charles Korak
Ant Kinney
Alma G. Ott
John Stevens
Physical Culture September issue highlights cost of living remedies
The September number offers methods to cut wholesale food costs and features Upton Sinclair's experiment for cheaper living. It defends Raymond Duncan's costume choices amid criticism and includes articles on beauty baths health harvest nutrition olive foods and Gotch make up health of the blind and more.
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Upton Sinclair
Raymond Puncan
Frank Gotch
Real Estate Notice From Charls Goranham Farmin Wapello
Notice to real estate men to remove the farm in Wapello County from their list. Signed by CHAS. GORHAM.
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Wapello County
Cat Caretaker Nurtures Duckling in Oxfordshire Inn
In an Oxfordshire village inn a duckling hatched from a setting and was given to a cat mother nursing a kitten. The cat immediately adopted the chick and now washes and nurses it with the same care as her own offspring.
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Oxfordshire
Eng
Tragic Rail Accident Claims W Carlson Near Wilton
W Carlson a 20 year old brakeman from Cedar Rapids was seriously injured in a fall from a moving train at Sugar Creek bridge three miles west of Wilton Iowa He was struck on the head knocked into Sugar Creek and now at Thurston hospital with partial paralysis and slim hope for recovery as of Sunday evening
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W. Carlson
Cedar Rapids
Neck Island
Sugar Creek
Carlson
Silvis
Gor
Thurston Hospital
Junkin Brother Arrested for Assault Following Hangings
Bennie Junkin brother of John Junkin who was hanged July 29 for the murder of Clara Rosen was arrested in Ottumwa on Sunday for assault with intent to do great bodily injury. Bert McGraw a brakeman on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul is the prosecuting witness.
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Ottumwa
Bennie Junkin
John Junkin
Clara Rosen
Bert McGraw
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Knights of Pythias Iowa Convention Set for Des Moines
The annual convention of the Knights of Pythias of Iowa will be held in Des Moines from September 6 to 10. Local Dubuque members show little interest beyond the order membership.
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The
Knights of Pythias of Iowa
Des Moines
Dubuque
Order
County Pays Out Bounty on Gopher and Woodchuck Scalps
The Muscatine county reports August 30 shows $1,498.40 paid since January 1 for gopher and woodchuck scalps. Officials say the sum may be the largest in the region despite fewer animals, yet more are still present locally.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Moore Drug settles with Morton estate over fatal formaldehyde incident
In Atlantic Iowa on August 30 the Moore Drug company agreed to a $2,000 out of court settlement with the plaintiff representing the estate of Hensley Morton who died last June after being given formaldehyde with his mineral water order.
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Atlantic
Iowa
Moore Drug Company
Hensley Morton
Suicide of Archibald Harper Near Oskaloosa
Arch ibald Harper aged 76 hanged himself at his home four miles south of Oskaloosa Iowa on Sunday morning. He had been nearly blind due to an eye disease and his grief over his condition is believed to have driven the act.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Archibald Harper
Youth dead after elevator accident at Davenport store
Davenport Iowa August 30 Henry Garrett aged 15 or 16 was instantly killed yesterday at Harned Wop Mayer department store. He jumped onto a rapidly moving freight elevator raising the car to the second floor and his head was crushed between the elevator platform and the third floor.
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Davenport
Iowa
Henry Garrett
Harned & WopMayer's
Pinchot Reschedules Des Moines Speech to Sept 1
Gif ford S Pinchot will speak in Des Moines on Saturday September 1 instead of September 3 as previously announced.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Gifford S. Pinchot
Melon Thieves Sentenced in Glenwood Patch Crime
Three young men were sentenced to six days in jail for stealing melons from Manford Lindville's patch in Glenwood August 30. Lindville fired buckshot but the suspects escaped and were later captured and sentenced by Judge Marley.
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Glenwood
Jaws
Manford Lindville
Mr. Lindville
Buck
Marley
Deafness Not Helped by Local Applications Says Hall's Cure
An advertisement claims deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local remedies. It asserts a constitutional approach via Hall's Catarrh Cure and offers one hundred dollars for any case cured by other means. The pitch invites readers to request free circulars and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Sage Tea for Hair Color and Longevity
The article extols maintaining hair color via sage tea, citing grandmothers and mothers. It promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur as a superior scalp tonic and hair restorer, available for 50 cents to 1 dollar, sold by drug stores or mailed from Wyeth Chemical Company, New York City, via Me Elhinney Drug Co.
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Wyeth Chemical Company
Cortlandt St
New York City
MeElhinney Drog Co
Riverside Hosts Weekend Baseball Tournament and Events
The Riverside tournament drew Iowa City Independents to a 7 to 4 defeat, then Riverside beat Hills-Riverside 8 to 5. Washington defeated Harper 7 to 2, then Riverside triumphed 6 to 1 in the next game. A band concert and dance followed, with plans for a Sunday game and next Thursday’s matchup against Washington.
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Riverside
Nichols
Iowa City Independents
Iowa City
Mesler
Opera House
Madanna & Ogle
Richmond
Main Street
Washington
Harper
Public Sale of Real Estate in Smouse's Highland Park Addition
Public sale at two o'clock p m on Saturday September 1910 offers ten lots in block 31 of Smouse's Highland Park Addition to Washington. Auction to be held on property five blocks north of Button Factory. wit SCHUPLER VIVIN i.
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Smouse
Highland Park
Washington
Button Factory
Wit Schupler Vivin i
Washington County Obmatauqua Meeting Notice
The annual meeting of the Wash ington County Obmatauqua association will be held Tuesday evening September 13 at 8 oclock in Smouse s hall. Full attendance of all stockholders is requested to handle important business promptly.
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Washington County Obmatauqua Association
Smouse
Getgood
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