County W C T U Meets Thursday Convention in Brighton
Programs issued for the seventh annual convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union to be held at the Presbyterian church in Brighton on Thursday July 16. Washington attendees include Mrs. C C Gardner and Mrs. Ida V Hough. The program covers morning and afternoon sessions with prayers, reports, music, readings, a Bible in schools talk, an Iowa WCTU activities address by Miss Christine Calilson, and a closing benediction by Rev W S Gardner. Officers include President Mrs Lucy Morgan Vice President Mrs Etta Brinton Secretary Treasurer Mrs Susie M Crown.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
Presbyterian Church
Brighton
Washington
W. A. Cook
Brighton Presbyterian Church
Brighton Union
C. C. Gardner
Wellman Union
J. A. Hawthorne
Washington Union
Eliza Stanard
Ainsworth Union
H. W. Helmick
Union
Grace Galbry
Brighton Young People's Branch
Mattie Hadley
Richland
Iowa
Christine Calilson
Ida V. Hough
West Chester Union Music
Laura Chilcott
Fairfield
W. S. Gardner
M. E. Church
Lucy Morgan
Clay
Etta Brinton
Susie M. Crown
Lucile Statler
Hail Damage Estimated At 875000 Near Perry
Ray Folsom of Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance estimates Perry area losses from recent storms will top 75 000 with wider damage from Ripley to Des Moines. Crops ruined across a three mile strip southwest of Perry and a four by six mile area near Waukee. Insurance adjusters begin inspections this week and will assess total losses in the coming days. Some late planted corn may be saved.
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Perry
Ray Folsom
Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Association
Dawson
Minburn
Ripley
Des Moines
Waukee
Jamaica
Berkley
Typhoid at Pella Des Moines July 12
Fourteen typhoid cases were reported to the Iowa State Board of Health from Pella. Epidemiologist D B Griswold of Iowa City went to Pella to investigate. Vaccination is advised and provided free. Dr G H Sumner notes possible contagion sources: milk, water, or a carrier. A carrier harbors germs without displaying illness.
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Des Moines
State Board of Health
Pella
D. B. Griswold
Iowa City
G. H. Sumner
Setting Cox Right and Missouri Backing Cox
A Missouri judge asserts Democratic success for Governor Cox, noting support in St. Louis and liberal areas will compensate losses elsewhere. In Knoxville a three year old fell into a rain barrel but was rescued with help from a passerby and an older boy’s efforts.
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Missouri
Cox
St. Louis
Oskaloosa Herald
Knoxville
Chas
Wilcott
Wilcutt
Prisoners Escape From Fort Dodge Jail in Mysterious Night
Three county prisoners Charles Doty Irving Puffer and Lloyd Spencer fled the Fort Dodge city jail in the night from a tool proof lockup believed to be the first escape of its kind. They exited through a window near the corridor after bars were sawed and pried. Authorities question how they bypassed the auto locking mechanism while suspects state they heard no noise.
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Fort Dodge
Todnay
Charles Doty
Irving Puffer
Alias McWilliams
Lloyd Spencer
Doty
Puffer
Spencer
Charles Smith
George Gibbons
John Butler
George Sullivan
Flattery
Smith
Gibbons
Butler
Change of Tone Tells Much
A quotation notes that tone affects susceptible people more than unexpected words, citing George Eliot. The remark highlights how delivery often shapes impact beyond content.
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George Eliot
Cox Daughter Explains Pa Views on Mug of Beer
Mrs Daniel J Mahoney daughter of Governor Cox of Ohio says the East convention crowd was narrow and that her father supports woman suffrage and beer for laborers while denying wine for the rich He avoids alcohol herself and defends Cox against divorce questions noting his abstemious habits and Catholic ties
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Cox
San Francisco
Daniel J. Mahoney
Ohio
Fairmont Hotel
Mr. Coz
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Brighton Pres
Byterian Church
Fannie Jones
MR. Cox
W. W. Graves
Antoinette Funk
Father
Mr. Mahoney
Fon Clothing” Company
Cole
Mannhardt Bros
W. 2Nd Street
Washington, Iowa
Cole Motor Car Company
Indianapolis
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