Iowa General Assembly Opens With Organizing Conflicts
Des Moines reporters describe the Thirty first general assembly opening at 10 am with new members forming ties and contests for minor posts in both the Senate and House. Governor Cummins and Lieutenant Governor Garst set the agenda as inaugural and state reform topics dominate the session.
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Des Moines
General Assembly of
Iowa
Assembly
House
Senate
Herriott
George A. Newman
Blackhawk County
George Wilson
Adair County
J. A. Meyer
Clayton County
KE. M Hutchinson
Woodbury
R. EE. Huff
Maccatine County
Cecil Dixon
Sherm Irish
Polk County
Inez Black
Marion County
N. BE. Kendall
Monroe
Rush Benedict
Shelby
Dennis O'Leary
Pottawattamie
Reading
A. E. Kepford
Ork
Mollie Tiest
Polk
Jack Hefflefinger
Grundy County
Hester Runyon
Governor
Leutenant
Cummins
Garst
Neuses
Fhst General Assembly
Comptesion
Batttle
Ths
S. F. Prouty
Prouty
Penny for Your Thoughts Spark Liberal Debate
In a witty exchange, the phrase A penny for your thoughts prompts a discussion on liberal views and the notion that there are no half cents coined. The dialogue highlights humor and philosophy in concise form.
Tam to be married next month
In a terse note the items say Tam plans to wed next month amid chatter of wedding plans and social gossip. The brief appears in a偶 small column, reflecting local curiosity about a forthcoming marriage.
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Tam
A Cautionary Riff On Resolutions And Conscience
A dated humorous piece contrasts keeping New Year resolutions with improvised schemes and a hypothetical cheap boy hired to guard them. It mocks quick gains from broken plans and warns that humane society would oppose cruel methods, ending with a wry note on wages.
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Humane Society
Duty and deception in daily talk look at character
A string of wry maxims on social behavior and cunning. Candid remarks about manners, marriage talk, duty, excuses, confidence tricks, and the tension between pretended virtue and self interest.
Oilmeal and bran outshine wheat in farm feed tips
Oilmeal benefits the alimentary canal and smooth manure, aiding cow condition. Cottonseed meal boosts milk but risks with overuse. Wheat feeding is often unprofitable unless priced very low. A ton of bran yields more milk due to higher protein. Middlings outperform wheat for young pigs, lowering bran and flour intake.
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Ohio
Etiquette Notes From a Boston Transcript Satire
A humorous period note advises on walking with a lady avoiding stepping on her shadow and sneezing near a grass widow. It mocks sensitive responses and prescribes salutation rules with style warnings about pronouncing titles and eating pie without sharp teeth contact.
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Boston Transcript
The New Doll Awakens in a Toy Shop
A new doll in a shop meets the other dolls as they debate eyes, curls, and roles. The end doll, nurse Topsy, and various toys quarrel over appearances and toys before the buyers decide on a doll with real eyelashes and curls.
New Doll Sold From Toy Shop Favors A Boy
In a toy shop a new doll pleads to stay as other dolls chat about lives and eye lashes. A man comes to buy and the baby doll is chosen by a woman, while the room sighs as the box covers her face and she is carried away.
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Topsy
Goodby
New York World
A Quick Household Game for Boys and Girls
Two teams face off with two baskets each holding twenty items. On a signal leaders pass items along a line toward the opposite chair, aiming to finish first. If an item is dropped it returns to the leader to start again.
A Numeral Riddle About The Alphabet
A playful riddle notes that numbers map to letters of the alphabet. Twice ten and six of us hints ten plus ten and six letters. Six are but three of us and nine are but four of us point to letter groups. Twelve are six and five are four. The answer is the alphabet.
Horse Sale Saturday in Tipton Iowa
A horse sale is set for Saturday January 19 at the Tipton livery barn in Washington Iowa. The lot features 25 to 30 head aged 2 to 8 years described as good farm stock with driving and draft horses. Auctioneers Lem Cherry and Chas Brown with H T Reynolds as clerk. 14 16 17.
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Tipton Livery Barn
Washington
Iowa
Lem. Cherry
Chas. Brown
H. T. Reynolds
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Ad
Claim that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is absolutely safe for children with no harmful ingredients. Ad mentions sale by Cook and Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Cook & Sherman and
Stewart's Pharmacy
Box Supper Planned at Spread Eagle School House
A box supper will be held next Friday evening at the Spread Eagle school house located 244 miles northeast of Washington. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Spread Eagle School House
Washington
Dance by the Hook and Ladder Boys at Phoenix Hall
The Hook and Ladder boys host a Saturday night dance in Phoenix Hall on the 26th. Attend for a cordial evening with music and socializing. The event promises good fun and friendly atmosphere.
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Phoenix Hall
How to Cure Chilblain by Bucklens Alpha Salve
A reader quote from John Kemp of East Otsfield Maine praises Bucklens Alpha Salve for curing chilblains and other skin ailments. The ad claims it also treats salt rheum fever sores ulcers piles burns wounds and frost bite. Available for 25 cents at Stewart's pharmacy.
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John Kemp
East
Otsfield
Ab Stewart’s
Change to Articles of Incorporation at Washington Telephone Co
Notice dated December 17 1906 reports the VEGENM PREEE Company amendments increasing capital stock by forty thousand dollars to one hundred thousand. Four hundred shares at one hundred dollars each issued by the board, revoking inconsistent original articles. Executed by Orville Bilder and KE Fox with stockholders’ authority.
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Washington Telephone Co
Vegenmpres Eee Company
Wee
Board of Directors
Orville Bilder
KE. G. Fox
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Kendall and Jones
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Clary
Iown
Offil
Jasper County
Offill
Claude R. Porter
Centerville
Dolliver
GEO. Gallarno
By Duncan M. Smith
Athlophoros CO
New Haven
Coan
Fairfield
John Shields & Son
Columbia Pharmacy
Joan K. Steen
E. Madison Street
Iena
E. E. Vrooman
Patent Atty
Washington, D. C
Terl
J. K. Steen
Recorder of Deeds
Washton County
Biston
State of
Jualy
Singlas
Orville Elder
G. Fox
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