County to trial eight Glenn voting machines
The county Board of Supervisors contracts with Glenn Voting Machine company of Cedar Rapids to test eight devices for the next election. If satisfactory, more machines may be purchased. cost per machine is 650 dollars with a guaranteed five percent reduction in election expenses. One unit will serve each town ward, with no changes to city polling boundaries.
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County Board of Supervisors
Glenn Voting Machine Company
Cedar Rapids
E Glenn Company
Presentation of Gold Heads Cane to Jesse Longwell
At the county Board of Supervisors meeting, officers presented retiring member Jesse Longwell of Wellman with a fine gold headed cane. C J Wilson delivered the speech, and Longwell expressed appreciation. The cane bears the inscription B. of ., 1902 to 1908.
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County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Board of Supervisors
Jesse Longwell
Wellman
C.J. Wilson
Private Sale at Pleasant View Sanatarium by Dr A A Sandy
Dr A A Sandy announces a private sale at Pleasant View Sanatarium on Saturday January 4 to dispose of household items from the Sanatarium including a gas range refrigerator iron bed springs and mattress dining table chairs stoves and kitchen work table. Most items lightly used and available for inspection.
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A. A. Sandy
Dr Shoop Restorative Ad Promises Nerve Strength
An old advert promotes Dr Shoop's Restorative claiming to strengthen stomach heart and kidney nerves. It touts tablets or liquid form and offers a free sample from Dr Shoop in Racine Wisconsin. The copy urges readers to test the remedy for quick help to weak nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Shoop
License granted to Soukup and Vandrasek to wed
License to wed issued today to John Soukup and Anna Vandrasek. Samuel Anderson of Ainsworth was a business visitor in the city today. Miss Olive White returned home from a brief visit with friends at Cedar Rapids.
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John Soukup
Anna Vandrasek
Samuel Anderson
Ainsworth
Olive White
Cedar Rapids
N. J. Burham
West Chester
Richard Donaldson Returns Home to Ainsworth
Richard Donaldson returned home to Ainsworth this morning after a brief visit in the city.
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Richard Donaldson
Ainsworth
City
Youths Trying Position Over 30000 Farm and Love
Indiana University student Dink Morgan faces a clash between a $30,000 farm inheritance and the affections of fellow student Miss Helen Trayley. His grandfather, a Bloomington politician, left terms in a will that would forfeit the estate if Morgan asks for Trayley’s hand. Morgan weighs love for Trayley against the fortune as classmates call Trayley the “30,000 beauty.”
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Dink Morgan
Indiana University
Helen Trayley
Bloomington
Ind
Morgan
Ralph Morgan
Miss Trayley
Des Moines Debate Sparks Lively Iowa State s association Meeting
In Des Moines the Iowa State s association reports lively sessions with acrimony. Superintendent Crone was re elected to another term, praised for handling tense issues and guiding discussions on auditing, officer elections, and the high school meet location and accommodations for athletes.
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Iowa States’ Association
Des Moines
Crone
Uing
Yester
Ricker
Cers
Despines
Finch
Hon
Bedal
Die
Iowa City
Board of Control
Univers
Octar Fetters Improves After Gunshot Wound
Friends in Des Moines report Mercy hospital patient Octar Fetters recovering from a gunshot wound. He remains weak but showing improvement. if no setback occurs, he may be able to move about within a week. Local friends note progress as Mr and Mrs Tollenaar, Minnie, and Marion travel to Pella to celebrate their twenty fifth wedding anniversary.
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Des Moines
Octar Fetters
Mercy Hospital
Tor
Mrs. Tollenaar
Minnie
Marion
Pella
Sharpe Returns to Kalona Wellman Riverside Visit
R L Sharpe arrived yesterday and toured Kalona Wellman and Riverside during a brief stopover. She has been visiting for the past few days.
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Sharpe
Kalona
Wellman
Riverside
Few American Scholars At Harvard Address
Owen Wister told Harvard listeners that America lacks top ranked scholars. He cited forty three leaders across twenty six fields, noting only Richards, Bloomfield, and Michaelson as undisputed greats, and urged more rigorous study.
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Harvard
Owen Wister
America
Cambridge
Mass
New York Times
Eliot
Paul Clemen
Berlin University
Barrett Wendell
E. K. Rand
Dean Ames
Harvard Law School
W. W. Goodwin
Richards
Bloomfield
Josus Hopkins
Michaelson
Chicago
Bird of Paradise
Butchers Exchange Seeks Board at Farmhouse Door
A visitor with gold rimmed glasses asks Siadam if she keeps hens and if board is available. The woman in the doorway replies she can accommodate and wipes her chin with a ging ham apron.
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Siadam
Robert W. Chambers and The Fighting Chance
The piece praises Robert W. Chambers for ongoing public visibility and notes his historical novel The Fighting Chance as timely and vital. It remarks that the work captures the spirit of social evolution with dramatic appeal aligning to modern readers.
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Robert W. Chambers
Powers Case in Georgetown Jury Trials and National News
The outline notes a Georgetown Ky jury wrestling with the Caleb Powers case. Captain J E Pillsbury named successor to Admiral Frownseen as chief of the navy navigation bureau. Curtis Guild Jr begins a third term as Massachusetts governor. Seaboard Air Line placed in receivership due to deficits. Dr Nicholas Senn, famed surgeon, dies in Chicago at 63. Mrs Frederick Clayton death still unclear in Janesville. Roy Howard of Peoria receives eight years for murder in Des Moines case. US currency in circulation up $33,912,699 in December. Cecilia Loftus ill after appendectomy. Three coal mines in Nortonville and Oakhill Ky shut by miners’ strike.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
J. E. Pillsbury
Admiral Frownseen
Navigation Bureau of the Navy
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Nicholas Senn
Nortonville
Oakhill
Minera
Thugs Escape on a Handcar in Wisconsin Robbery
In Green Bay Wis Jan 3 robbers escaped on a stolen handcar after looting the general store of R M Priest. They escaped with about 500 dollars from the safe and fled into the night.
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Green Bay
Wis
Greenleaf
R. M. Priest
Forest From Seed: Catalpa Forest Near Pond Creek grows fast
J W Bird reports a bold catalpa forestry effort in Oklahoma. Starting with about 3000 seeds sown on sand hills east of Pond Creek, he now cultivates roughly eighty thousand to one hundred thousand healthy seedlings averaging three feet tall. He plans transplanting next spring aiming for eighty acres of trees if winter survival holds.
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J. W. Bird
Catalpa
Pond Creek
Okla
New York Herald
Bird
W. H. Farmer
Treatment of a cold by striking at its cause
Dr Pillsbury argues for treating a cold by targeting its cause. Mr Wise jokes that the baby will appear in the next poem in the Chicago Journal.
Ketchum Enters Race For Rail Road Commissioner
Des Moines Iowa Jan 3 N S Ketchum formally announces candidacy for rail road commissioner in the Republican primary next June He expects no opposition for a second term and notes a custom of multiple terms on the board Friends cite a potential bid by former President Ames but his Chicago livestock business may block his run
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Des Moines
Iowa
N. S. Ketchum
Ketchum
Railroad Commission
Ames
Meat Producers’ Association
Chicago
Livestock Commission
Death of Mrs Dr Compton Remembers Local Figure
Mrs. Dr. Compton widow of Dr. Compton of Webster City died Monday at her son’s home in Peoria Illinois. Funeral held Wednesday at Brighton. She had visited Washington several times and made many friends here. An obituary notes her late husband’s long service and her own prominence. An ad for Dr King’s New Discovery claims it cures coughs and lung troubles and is sold at Stewart’s Pharmacy with a trial bottle free.
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Dr. Compton
Peoria
Ill
Brighton
Stewart's Pharmacy
Local bakery notes and arrivals fill city scene
Local brief lists cakes at Johnson's and Fresh Vienna bakery items while residents arrive from Havre West Chester Crawfordsville Columus Junction and Keota. Several residents travel for business visit relatives or recover from illness as Columbus Junction and Mediapolis trips are noted.
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Vienna
O. Jugenheimer
Havre
Manuel Zaring
Jennie Cook
West Chester
W. R. Jeffrey
Ainsworth
Johnson's
Visit Ends as Smith Returns Home from Mt Vernon
Lucian Cook, who has visited with his parents Mr and Mrs G E Cook of Hotel Colenso, left this morning for his home at Mt Vernon. Mrs C R Gallagher and Mrs G F Foster returned home today from Crawfordsville after a few days with relatives and friends.
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Edgar Brown
Peoria, Sr
Peter McColl
West Chester
Effie van Sickle
Elmer McFadden
Crawfordsville
J. T. Clark
Mary A. Clark
Washington
W. C. Ralston
Hays
John Sullivan
Burlington
R. W. Reesink
Keota
Muscatine Journal
John Teeter
C. A. Brook and Son
Claire
Biggsville
John Atchison
John Masson
Albia
Minnie Smith
Mediapolis
Harry Mayo
Lucian Cook
G. E. Cook
Hotel Colenso
Mt. Vernon
C. R. Gallagher
G. F. Foster
Disturbed Congregation Urged to Buy Foley’s Honey and Tar
A church note requests the coughing attendee from last Sunday to purchase Foley's Honey and Tar to soothe the disturbance. The item is suggested as a remedy and a discreet reminder to prevent further disruption.
Neiswanger Family Visits Keota Before Harvey Return
Mr and Mrs Tom Neiswanger and their children left the G W England residence this morning for a brief visit in Keota with relatives before returning to Harvey.
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Tom Neiswanger
G. W. England
Keota
Harvey
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement notice
A 100 dollar reward offer for Hall's Catarrh Cure claims cures for catarrh unreachable by the product. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin of Toledo and F J Cheney Co. The cure is taken internally and said to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials available. price 75 cents per bottle. also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Union prayer meeting at First United Presbyterian church
A union service for all churches will be held next Wednesday evening at 7 30 at First United Presbyterian Church. The Rev G D Rogers leads with the theme The Church Made Truly Glorious from Ephesians 3 20 21 and Revelations 2 7. 73 21Basketball Friday night.
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First United Presbyterian Church
G. D. Rogers
Chamberlain Cough Remedy Seen Safe for Children
A nineteenth century advertisement proclaims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy safe for children with coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It claims quick relief no opium or harmful drugs and suitability from baby to adult with sale by Cook and Sherman.
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Chamberlain
Cook and
Sherman
Pay as You Go Band Wagon Promotes Savings
A marketing note touts a Pay as You Go option as a money saving pro position for customers. It frames flexible spending and potential cost benefits for users choosing this plan.
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Oscar Fetters
Johnson’s
F. M. McElhinney
Columbus Junction
Ruth Lindauer
Bessie Kyle
William Randall
Gusty Hall
Porter Black
West Liberty
W. H. Harding
D. R. Page
O. D. Chapel
William Schurr
Moore
Howard White
Smith
Severn
Almanac
Garry A
W. F. Severa
Union Prayer Meeting
Chamberlain's
Prunes
Santa Clara County
California
J.C. Smith
Cash Grocery
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