St Charles Fire Destroys Thirteen Businesses
A Saturday night blaze in St Charles Iowa swept thirteen business houses, injuring the town’s heart and causing about 35000 in losses. The fire began in Black Dental parlors and spread in windy conditions. the telephone office was burned and town telephones were out. The St Charles Savings Bank the mayor's office and several hardware stores were among early targets. Two wagonloads of Christmas mail were saved from the post office.
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St. Charles
Odd Fellows
St. Charles Savings Bank
Mayor's Office
Brown Hardware Store
Murphy Hardware Store
Des Moines Officials Seek 1911 Crop Acreage Data
Secretary A. R. Corey of the state board of agriculture sends blanks to county officials to collect 1911 crop acreage and farm statistics. Assessors perform the duty more carefully each year, and the resulting data are believed reasonably accurate.
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Des Moines
A. R. Corey
State Board of Agriculture
Waukon Iron Mines Ship 22 Carloads of Ore at $500,000
Waukon Iowa December 27. Twenty two carloads of finished iron ore from the Waukon mines have been shipped. Ore quality surpassed estimates from tests over recent years. The project cost more than 500000 and a 40 man force now works at the mines, expected to double in spring.
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Waukon
Pheasants Released Across County In North Iowa Drive
Game Ward en Waterbury of Nora Springs and County Attorney Lockwood distribute 28 pairs of Wahbgarian pheasants in various parts of Charles City county. The hardy birds multiplied rapidly last year with 80 pairs released elsewhere in the county. They are protected by law to aid growth in numbers.
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Charles City
Waterbury
Nora Springs
Lockwood
Iowa
Chickens Bring Surplus to Fayette Family
Mrs. Frank Shepard claims a viable chicken business in Fayette Louisiana as she supplies her family with essentials from her fowls and saves surplus. She received a $180 check after selling eggs and poultry with buyer M. M. Carmichael taking in three tons of poultry this past week.
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Fayette
Frank Shepard
M. M. Carmichael
Pay for Guards Bill Is Pressed In Congress
Washington December 27. A federal pay bill for the organized militia or National Guard will be pressed in congress after the holidays. The House Military Affairs Committee will take up the measure once the army appropriation bill leaves the committee. Pepper of Iowa introduced it. supporters are confident of passage in both houses based on recent canvasses.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House Committee On
Representative Pepper
Iowa
House
Senate
National Guard Association
Sidewalk Sketches on Police Life by Howard L Ran
A critical sketch of city policing shows the force as a political tool for administrators. It portrays officers as hard pressed between reform pressures and mayoral will, with scant room for independent action and public safety.
Bill to pay national guard for drills faces senate vote
The house and senate see a majority for the bill creating federal pay for the national guard or organized militia. It would grant guardsmen a small sum for drill attendance at an estimated initial country cost of about 4 million dollars. Costs could rise with efficiency and drill turnout. Currently regular attendance at drills is hard to secure.
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House
Senate
National Guard
Thackeray Centenary Festival Opens in Armory
A Thackeray centenary festival in New York's Seventy-first Regiment armory features tableaux from Pendanis The Newcomes Vanity Fair and more to aid the Appalachian Virginia mountaineers. Proceeds support impoverished white communities of Irish and Scotch ancestry in need of practical assistance.
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New York
Thackeray
Seventy-first Regiment
Temple Garden
We Earned Our Reputation for Quality Auto Repairs
Put it on file that we have the best reputation for executing automobile repairs. We guarantee each job to give perfect satisfaction in every detail. We employ skilled workmen who know their trade and offer prices satisfactory to the customer.
Metchnikoff Advocates Optimists Seek Fountain of Youth
Professor Metchnikoff describes a theory that old age is a germ, not fate, and outlines experiments with serums in apes. He leads the Optimists society in Paris to promote life extension through science and a sour milk based preparation.
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Metchnikoff
Elio Metchnikoff
Paris
Optimists
Optimists’ Society
Mme. d'Agincourt
Ponce de Leon
Florida
Nina
Pearls for Mrs Gould spark chatter over price
Frank J Gould presented his wife with a two strand pearl necklace from Paris. He says the gems were bought after five months of negotiation and that the final price was not a half million, though he won't disclose figures. The necklace may gain a third strand soon.
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Frank J
Frank J. Gould
Paris
Gould
Iowa Adopts Hawk Emblem Trademark For State Products
Iowa registers an official state trademark with the secretary of state. Future factory products will bear a hawk head within a cog wheel and the words Made In Iowa. Iowa claims to be the first state to adopt an official trademark.
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Iowa
New Cordwood Idea From Planing Mill Man
A planing mill man proposes cordwood made from sawdust and shavings. The material is compressed by steel plungers into dies to form compact blocks.
Indiana teachers gather for annual state association meeting
Indianapolis Dec 27 Indiana teachers in large numbers convene for the annual state association meeting to continue through the week. Alfred Tennyson Dickens son of Charles Dickens headlines Friday addressing Hoosier teachers as the opening session stresses fresh air for children with Dr Woods Hutchinson of New York also speaking.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Alfred Tennyson Dickens
Charles Dickens
Hoosier
Ams
Woods Ilutchinson
New York
the Land
Child Eats Cold Cream Joke From Local Store
A dialogue from the Youngstown Telegram features a child misinterpreting a drug store cold cream request, claiming she ate the cream and instead ate chocolate ice cream for being the coldest option.
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Mabel
Youngstown Telegram
City Bus Line Orders Prompt Delivery From Frank Rogers
A classified note directs readers to call phone number 589 to place orders with Frank Rogers for steel and related items. The instruction references that For Sale and Want Ads appear on Page 7, Column 1.
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Frank Rogers
Steel
Closing Out Sale Farm Auction Announcement
Closing out sale as farm owners quit farming. Public auction Thursday December 28 1911 at 11 sharp on the farm seven miles southwest of Washington, 1% miles southwest of Titus, six miles north of Brighton. Includes 25 head of horses with work draft brood mares aged 8 to 10 years, six 3 year olds, six 2 year olds, three spring colts, and more.
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Hampshire
Titus
Deere Gang
Deering
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cline Brothers
Austin Sutherland
H. T. Reynolds
Washington
Brighton
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Journa
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BLAZE
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Iowa Mines
BY Howard L. Ran
Reform
Lumber Yard
River Front
Philadelphia Record
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Alfred Dickens
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
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