Dismisses Damage Suit In Iowa Slander Case
Waterloo Iowa February 6 A surprise arose as Mrs J W Hamilton sought dismissal without prejudice of a $5000 slander suit against Rev J B Meloy alleging remarks harming her character The same plaintiff also sued Mrs Nellie Frank of Laporte for $10000 for slander Frank replied with a $20000 suit Attorneys for Hamilton withdrew the Meloy action to prevent a preliminary ruling on the Frank case and to try Meloy first.
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Waterloo
Iowa
J. W. Hamilton
J B. Meloy
Hamilton
Laporte
Meloy
Nellie Frank
Frank
Fresh ginger bread and old fashioned remedies at Johnson's
A vintage advertisement promotes Johnson's fresh ginger bread and Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and chest illnesses. It touts a Grimesland North Carolina man's claim of recovery after twelve bottles and notes a trial bottle offer at Stewart's Pharmacy.
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Johnson’s
Dr. King
George Moore
Grimesland
N. C
Stewart's
Washington lodge to hold regular meeting Friday night
Regular meeting of Washington lodge No. 26 A. F. & A. M. will be held Friday evening, February 7, at 7:30 o'clock. Business and petitions to be acted upon, closing with work on second degree. Be there on time. John H. Steck, W. M. John Robertson has moved from East Main street to the Cameron property, on West Jefferson street. To check a cold quickly, get Preventics candy cold tablets from your druggist. Contains no quinine or laxative and is safe and effective. 48 Preventics 25 cents. Trial Boxes 5 cts. Sold by J. H. Stewart.
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Washington Lodge No
John H. Steck
W. M
John Robertson
East Main Street
Cameron
West Jefferson Street
Preventics
J. H. Stewart
Barden Harness Co Sold to C. C. Starr of Pawnee City
The Barden Harness company transfers ownership to C. C. Starr of Pawnee City Nebraska. Starr will take possession around the 17th and move his family here by month end. Frank Barden remains to run the auto business, with S. Barden planning to move to Pueblo Colorado by early April. Starr selects Washington as his future home for its schools churches and business facilities.
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Barden Harness Co
CC Starr
Pawnee City
Nebraska
Barden Harness Company
C. C. Starr
Nebr
Starr
Barden Brothers
Frank
Pueblo
Colo
Washington
Washington Plumbing and Heating firm formed from Saling buy
Fred L. Stewart and L. K. Vacha acquired the E. L. Saling plumbing and heating business located near the post office. The new firm, Washington Plumbing and Heating Company, will offer a full line of plumbing and steam fitting fixtures and serve the public with experienced managers from Kalona and the hardware trade.
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Fred L. Stewart
L. K. Vacha
E. L. Saling Plumbing and Heating
The
Washington Plumbing and Heating Company
Stewart
Mr. Vacha
Kalona
Saling
Hereford Cattle Herd Dispersion Sale Near Washington IA
Notice of a complete herd sale by Vitus Dishh seven miles west of Washington Iowa on Tuesday February 11 featuring about ninety cows and heifers including many show stock. Sale hosted by Carey M. Jones leeter & Lathrop Auds w N H Reinier injured losing end of left index finger at gas house. may be off duty days. Foley’s Honey and Tar advertised as cough remedy in yellow package.
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Vitus Dishh
Washington
Iowa
Carey M. Jones
Leeter & Lathrop
Auds
N. H. Reinier
Mr. Reinier
Borrowed Smiles and Family Jest Cartoon Exchange
Dialogue panel from a Detroit Free Press strip shows a seventh son boast about fortune while a boy jokes his reward is old clothes from brothers. A second gag has two boys debating fighting as a worried son fears punishment when his father discovers.
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Detroit Free Press
Wall Street claim prompts cautious wonder
A Chicago Record-Herald remark recalls someone boasting of earning 150 in Wall Street and credits a brief office job for the gain before a layoff occurred. The anecdote highlights early career luck and abrupt setback in financial circles.
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Wall Street
Chicago Record-Herald
Boy as Caddie Witnesses Nature of an Oath
A small boy testifies before an eminent judge and explains he knows the oath by saying he has served as the judge’s caddie for two years. The exchange captures a clerkly, humorous moment from Harper’s Weekly.
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Harper's Weekly
Prayer Gatecrasher Noted in Bedtime Recital
A mother overheard a child reciting prayers with an altered line. The girl added a humorous plea about what would happen if she died before waking, joking that it would cause a racket in the house.
Maud Muller on a Summer Day
A playful verse recalls Maud Muller raking a hay meadow under a bright sun. She contends with prickly heat and poor language that shocks the nearby wheat, all portrayed in a familiar light.
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Maud Muller
Maud
Doctor Claims Billing Deductions Over Cigar Incident
A patient questions a quarter deduction on the bill attributing it to six cigars broken during a chest thump by the doctor. The exchange frames a dispute over medical billing and physical interaction.
Kidnapped Boy Orator Said Held by Kidnappers
An elderly man expresses calm about his son’s kidnapping claiming the boy is an orator and will be released without ransom, while others discuss the seriousness of the situation and the risk to the boy.
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Jenkins
Housewife Probes Servant Superstition With Pay Offer
A housewife asks a new servant about superstition and offers twelve marks monthly. The servant replies cheekily that thirteen marks would not hurt her feelings, highlighting a playful exchange over wages and luck.
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Marie
Quip About Car Fatality Turns to Marriage Joke
A biting joke frames a sensational line about running over a wife, a conviction, a heavy fine in marks, and choosing marriage over payment, attributed to Fliegende Blatter.
Longstanding Groups Mentioned in Brief Parody
A fragmentary note references the Saciety of Volunteer Rescuers and the Automobile Club, signaling a lighthearted local satire or historical reminiscence with two named organizations and a quoted exchange.
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Automobile Club
Lustige Welt
Train time clash sparks a late hotel stay
A hotelkeeper known as No. 7 plans to keep a guest from boarding at 6 o clock, telling his servant not to call him so the man will miss his train and be forced to remain another day, as reported in Meggen dorfer Blatter.
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Meggendorfer Blatter
Attorney Barnes Hires New Office Boy
Attorney William S. Barnes takes on a new office boy after the previous assistant resigned saying the law business did not suit his temperament. The boy, who served six months, explained he found law work unappealing and planned to pursue a different vocation.
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William S. Barnes
Barnes
Dr Shoop Catarrh Remedy mailed free on request
Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin offers free catarrh treatment samples to the public as proof of his catarrh remedy. The tests show the value of this scientific prescription, widely sold by druggists.
Churches in Iowa City Aid University Students
Iowa City churches intensify support for university students this year. Catholics have added a priest to minister to Catholic students, other churches appoint student pastors, and plans expand in student interests. The Iowa Baptist state convention gave $700 to aid local student work. Fresh homemade candies, all kinds at the Vienna.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Baptist State Convention
Vienna
Inside View of a Thirteen Inch Cannon Explained
A curio photo shows the muzzle of a thirteen inch battleship gun. The image reveals the spiral corrugations along the interior cylinder that impart a rotary motion to the projectile. Move the picture slowly to see the lines whirl.
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United States
Pacific Coast
Grotesque Drawings Amusement Provokes Laughter
An amusement described by the Chicago News instructs a group of children to stack sheets of paper, mark five rice grain spots, pin holes through all sheets, then have each person draw a grotesque outline of a man using the pinholes as the head and limbs. More rice grains can be used for varied creatures.
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The
Chicago News
Old Flower Names Span Sentiment Scriptural Beliefs
The passage catalogs archival plant and flower names from different traditions. It lists affectionate monikers like love in a mist and love lies breeding, then religious tags such as Sol omon's seal and St. John's wort, and finally common names like Johnny jump-up and Jack-in-the-pulpit reflecting folk usage.
Grain as a Weight Origin of the Grain Unit
The term grain derives from the old English pound tied to the weight of 7,680 grains of wheat from the middle of the ear. Each of the sixteen ounces then equaled 480 grains, a link still seen in the 450 grain ounce apothecary weight and historical measures.
Partners chosen and stand in two lines game of tag
The fox leads from the head and runs down the line and back, chased by the hunter partner. The fox may pass through the line, in and out, but the hunter must follow. When the fox is caught, the pair return to the foot of the line.
Tom and the eggs hurried to the grocer
Mrs. Murry laments no eggs for a tea cake and sends Tom to the grocer. Tom spends hours playing with Wit Curry before recalling the task. On returning home he trips, the eggs smash, and he reflects that haste brings trouble. Washington Peet
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Tom
Murry
Pin Disharge After Rusty Pin Swallowed by Girl
Gladys Johnson a nine year old girl of Sioux Rapids Iowa swallowed a black headed pin last April. Doctors thought it passed into the stomach but she coughed it up after a severe spell yesterday. The pin was rusty but caused no trouble during the months it lay in her throat.
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Sioux Rapids
Iowa
Gladys Johnson
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Favored By Michigan Family
A Twining Michigan resident endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy for children and for hard colds and croup. The Woodburys praise its effectiveness and note it is sold by Cook & Sherman.
Carnegie Gift to Estherville Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids Iowa February 6 The Methodist society of Estherville receives a 1100 donation from Andrew Carnegie to fund a pipe organ for its new church home The same item notes readiness to contract limited farm mortgage loans starting March 1 with applications urged at Citizens Savings Bank.
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Carnegie
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Methodist Society of
Estherville
Andrew Carnegie
Citizens Savings Bank
Girl Frozen May Die Near Ottumwa After Cold Walk
In Ottumwa Iowa on February 6 Josie a 24 year old woman was found with hands and feet frozen stiff near the roadside two miles from her father’s home near Ormanville. She is in a precarious condition and may not live. She left Oz with friends Saturday and walked toward town becoming delirious from the cold and collapsing on the road.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Josie
Ormanville
To Cure a Cold in One Laxative Bromide Nine Tablets
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMA as a quick cure for colds using nine tablets. It promises the remedy will work and bears GROVE'S signature on each tablet, with druggists GRoy backing the claim.
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Groy
Grove
Wilson Hose Company Meeting Notice
Notice states a meeting of the Wilson Hose Company will be held Thursday. Details about time and place are not readable in the fragment.
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Wilson Hose Company
Carpenter credits Bucklen arnica salve for healing cuts
Suffering and dollars Sa E. 8S. Lopez, of Marilla, says he is a carpenter and had many severe cuts Bucklen's Arnica Salve saved me suffering and dollars by far the best healing salve I have ever found. Heals sores ulcers fever sores and piles. 25 cents at Stewart's macy.
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Lopez
Marilla
Stewart's Macy
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Evening Journal
Aville Elder, Pos.isner
Washington, Laws
Wrvat
Ron
Jeer
tLeeal
Thompson
Cow
M. W
Ed Nicholson
National
Frey
I. K. Beal
Peerless Cigar Co
Aes Oo
Carnes Ratliff Com.co
Honard L. McCleery
Union Stock Yards
Chicago, Ill
Masonic Fraternity
E L. Saling Plumbing Establishment
F. L Stewart
L. K Vacha
Foley
J. G. White
J.C. Smith
Cash Grocery
Johnny
Tommy
U I
Hunt the Fox
Washington Peet
Anderson
G. B
McClellan, Foren
H. F. Stege
Harness Sale
S. C. Barden
Washington, Owa
Valetines
Nicola & Harmon’s
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