Invalid husband wed to save estate in university hospital
In Iowa City a bedridden Reinbeck man, 52, married 57 year old Anna Holb to claim a 15 000 German estate left on the condition of marriage. The ceremony occurred in the university hospital reception room before the medical class, as two nurses watched. The couple plans to live in Reinbeck after the wedding.
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Iowa City
Fred Hardecup
Reinbeck
University Hospital
Fiss Anna Holb
Hardecup
N. O. Hoerlein
Sleep Death Strikes Woman En Route to California
Mrs. T. J. Owens of Ottumwa formerly of Jesup died in her sleep in a Salt Lake City hotel while traveling to California. Physicians could not awaken her. The body will be buried in Jesup.
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Waterloo
T. J. Owens
Ottumwa
Jesup
Salt Lake City
California
Shippers Up In Arms Over Rail Handling
Grove Iowa January 22 The ship pers of Ida county are up in arms because the Northwest railroad is not handling stock shipments. Local producers complain about delays and seek relief from railroad officials and county authorities.
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Grove, In
Pers
Ida County
Northwestn
Parisian Sage Hair Grower Ad Promises Dandruff Cure
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a top hair grower and dandruff remedy. It promises a two week trial with money back if unsatisfied and a second guarantee if dandruff is not cured in two weeks. The copy emphasizes non greasy formula and general popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon’s
Lemmon
Giroux Mfg. Co
Northwestern Road Stock Service Faces Legal Challenge
Coal famine and failed stock handling are viewed as retaliation against Iowa 2 cent fare law. Milwaukee dispatches men to Ida county seeking stock shipments via the road. Shippers report decades worst service and gather evidence for possible big suits. A shipper refused at a Northwestern station found accommodation on the Great Western to Omaha or Chicago.
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Iowa
Milwaukee
Ida County
Mapelton
Northwestern
Great Western
Omaha
Chicago
Coal complaints spark ruling on fuel delivery in Iowa
Des Moines reports say Farmers' Supply Company asked the state railroad commission to compel Rock Island line to deliver coal to Ladora churches and stores. C A Miller of Mapleton accuses Milwaukee line of shipping coal to rivals and denying him any. Other complaints indicate a continued serious coal shortage across the state.
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Des Moines
Farmers’ Supply Company
State Railroad Commission
Ladora
Railroad Commission
Rock Island
C. A. Miller
Mapleton
Milwaukee
Clinton Grand Jury Returns Twelve True Bills
The January term grand jury in Clinton County reports twelve true bills. Ten indictments charge eleven Clinton businessmen with pure food law violations. Two indictments accuse J I Barnette of forgery and uttering a forged instrument.
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Clinton
Clinton County
J. l. Barnette
Fire destroys multiple Hamp ton buildings incinerates several stores
A large city fire in Hampton caused about 20000 in losses with only half insured. The Coonley grocery stock and Sweet building the Lyric theatre and the lodge rooms were totally destroyed. Hugh K. McKee’s clothing stock in an adjacent building was heavily damaged. Origin of the blaze is unknown.
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Hampton
Coonley Grocery
Lyric Theatre
Hugh Kk. McKee
Armories Required or Guard Units Moved in Several Iowa Cities
Des Moines reports Adjutant General Logan ordered Crest on, Knoxville, Estherville, Centerville, Newton and Cherokee to provide armories for the national guard or see their units withdrawn. The directive was issued yesterday.
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Des Moines
Creston
Knoxville
Estherville
Centerville
Newton
Cherokee
National Guard
Logan
Family doctors warn after ptomaine poisoning from canned corn
In Rolfe Iowa the Otto family reports two sons ill within hours of eating canned corn. Jesse Carl, 6, dies from peritonitis linked to ptomaine poisoning while the younger boy, 2 1/2, remains critically ill with little hope of recovery as physicians monitor the case.
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Rolfe
Iowa
Charles Otto
Jesse Carl
Clothing stores set early closing after February 1 1910
The undersigned stores announce closing time at 6 p m instead of 7 o clock except Saturdays to take effect after February 1 1910. Gardner & Bridger Sol Rich & Co Klein Clothing Co Dougherty Bros.
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SOL Rich & CO
Klein Klothing KO
Dougherty Bros
Borrowed Smiles From a Garden of Ideas
Mrs. Rogers found her three sons ages five to eleven in attic apple cores after she warned them not to touch the russet apples. The boys explained they were acting out Adam and Eve with Henry as the serpent, while the youngest admitted all had taken turns being the serpent.
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Jack
Henry
Willie
Garden of Idea
Lenry
Green
Trial Marriages and Senators Like Bad Bills
A collection of brisk, humorous vignettes critiques political talk and social quirks. A father explains political articles to his son, a conductor admonishes a passenger, and a Kansan underestimates tides as a wave floods a beach shoe.
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Tommy
Pop
Atlantic City
Quiet Dinner Plan After Morning Spat
A man asks Jones to dine at a house tonight to spite his wife after a quarrel earlier in the day. Jones agrees, curious if the wife will be expecting him, noting the plan aims to provoke her.
Frantic Man Seeks Shelter In Unlicensed Establishment
A terrified man rushes into a doorway crying for help as he says pursuers will kill him. The proprietors coolly remark the location is a favorable spot for their alleged attackers, calling the place an unlicensed undertaking establishment.
Mills, Noted Philanthropist, Dies at Millbrae Home
Obituary recounts Darius Ogden Mills of New York a banker philanthropist who died at his Millbrae California winter home. He funded cheap hotels model tenements and sanitation projects to lift the poor and taught self reliance through thrift. Born 1825 North Salem New York he built banks in California and helped found Bank of California in San Francisco. He married Jane Templeton Cunningham in 1854 and spent years in New York and California shaping finance and social welfare.
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United States
Darius Ogden Mills
New York
Millbrae
San Francisco
New York City
Mr. Mills
North Salem
N. Y
James Mills
Hannah Ogden Mills
California
Becoms
B. O. Mills & Co
Sacramento
Interior
Mills
Jane Templeton Cunningham
Young Mills
Westchester County
Buffalo
Caliornia
Pacific Coast
Bank of California
Uugh Jarrar McDermott
McDermott
Hugh
Simeon Ford on Peary Pole Discovery at Hotel Dinner
Simeon Ford tells how he assisted explorer Peary by discovering a pole on Park Avenue and Forty first Street. He recalls training at his hotel, sending Peary a copy of his speeches, and quips about Dr. Cook and accident policies. Ford praises Peary and Ironically mocks critics with humor.
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North Pole
Simeon Ford
New York Hotel Men's Association
Waldorf-Astoria
Mr. Ford
Peary
Park Avenue
Forty-first Street
Peary Wold
Brooklyn
Cook
Iris
Bradley's
Palm Beach
Dr. Cook
Commander Peary
Deary
Italians at Hanover Show Practical Socialism in Labor
Italian railroad laborers near Hanover Kansas pool payrolls in a circle after cashing checks with a designated cashier. They distribute funds equally among all workers and expel any member who feigns illness or dodges work.
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Hanover
Kan
St. Joseph and
Grand Ishi
Cultured People Should Know Science of Agriculture
Miss Elizabeth Moore, a Vassar graduate and daughter of Mrs. Philip N. Moore, national president of the Federation of Women's Clubs, has enrolled in the agricultural department at the University of Missouri. She argues that culture today requires knowledge of science and that all problems must relate to the soil as civilization grows from it.
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Elizabeth Moore
Vassar
Philip N. Moore
Fedration of Women's Clubs
Agricultural Department
University of Missouri
Bey
Calabar
Jope
Beating Pennsylvania Game Laws Exposed Device Found
Chief Game Warden Joe Berrier exposes a device to beat state game laws in Pennsylvania. Hunters cut deer skulls to mount full antlers, then strip carcasses as bucks. One case reported in Erie County ended with a $100 fine and $28 costs in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
Joe Berrier
Eli County
Berrier
Butler
Aeroplane horn draws crowd at Madison Square Garden show
A novel aeroplane horn debuted at the national automobile show in New York's Madison Square Garden. The device can produce multiple pitched tones with a screech heard at a distance and could be belt driven from the plane’s engine flywheel.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Tony
WARTIME AFRICA LETTER DESCRIBES THANKSGIVING AND EXPANDING WORK
The author reports from West Africa on Thanksgiving sentiments far from home. She notes self supporting branches, a July-like celebration with new doctors Dr. Hansen and wife, arrivals from Chicago, and efforts to expand education and industrial work including dressmaking and a lathe project. A large new church is planned and more readers are invited to visit.
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West Africa
Mr. Fraser
Centennial Literary Society Elects Officers and Minutes
The Centennial school literary society met yesterday afternoon. New officers were elected: President Charles Clark, Vice President Robert Brinton, Secretary Harold Brinton. The program included recitation by Frank Godfrey, biography of McKinley by Robert Urinton, and readings by John Miller and Alfred Durris.
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Centennial School Literary Society
Charles Clark
Robert Brinton
Harold Brinton
Frank Godfrey Generad
Robert Urinton
McKinley
John Miller
Alfred Durris
Pate Review Annotated by Local Figures and Voters
A clipped note lists participants including Owen Woods Srimina and Jay Brewer. Names Ruth Vincent and Harry Sproull appear among affirmative and negative entries while references to Ray Keyes and Clarence Stiles appear in scattered lines.
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Legchimeior Pt.al
Owen Woods
Srimina
Jay Brewer
Bertha Woods
Ray Keyes
Clarence Stiles
Roy Keyes
Ruth Vincent
Harry Sproull
California gold and precious metals production in 1908
The United States Geological Survey reports California produced 18,761,559 dollars in gold in 1908 along with 1,647,278 ounces of silver valued at 87 057 and 706 ounces of refined platinum valued at 13 414.
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United States Geological Survey
California
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Wile Gee
Ida County Shippers
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Myrtim Kr, McCleary
Centennial Literary Society
Wealth
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
Washington County Savings Bank Officers
J. A. Cunningham
A. Anderson
A. W. McCulley
Cashier
B. B. Berdo
Asst
F. Brown
K. J. Palmer
Berdo
H. C. Hull
A. Harvey
Guy Hickman
Hickman-Bessey GO
Graham
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
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