Local readers and travelers return home texts
Mrs. Samuel Sands visits relatives at Haskins and has arrived home this morning Boyd Berdo comes home from Eicher camp near Wayland after a few days with Alex Lytle Foley's Orino Laxative is promoted as a stimulating non irritant laxative best in its class Guaranteed money back Lemmon's Pharmacy
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Samuel Sands
Haskins
Boyd Berdo
Eicher
Wayland
Alex Lytle
Foley
Lemmon
Iowa State Fair announces stock judging and cooking contests
The Iowa state fair set the date for August 22 for the boys stock judging and girls cooking contests. Winners receive scholarships to Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Ames, valued up to 200 dollars, plus additional prizes. Competitors aged 15 to 21 for girls and up to 21 for boys must judge animals and prepare foods, wearing white aprons, using provided equipment.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Fair
Iowa State College
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Ames
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
Fair Management
Byers Sues Barber Asphalt for Filing Fees and Penalty
Des Moines reports Attorney General H W Byers has filed suit against Barber Asphalt Company for 181415 alleging foreign corporation violation. The state seeks 3915 filing fee plus 177500 daily penalties for operating since 1903 without proper articles of incorporation in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
H. W. Byers
Barbers Aphalt Company
Barber Company
State of
Western Union Telegraph Company
Barber Asphalt Company
Philadelphia
Eight Are Drowned In Iowa This Week
Eight people drown in Iowa within a week in separate incidents. Names and ages include Harley Mather 10 in St Ansgar, Jordon Lang 10, Mary Hall 14 in Dubuque, Frank Wallace 19 in Des Moines, H J Taylor 48 in Marshalltown, William Kirgis 31 in Perry, and Arthur DuBois 26 in Manchester.
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Des Moines
Iowa
St. Ansgar
Harley Mather
Jordon Lang
Dubuque
Mary Hall
Frank Wallace
Marshalltown
H. J. Taylor
Perry
William Kirgis
Manchester
Arthur DuBois
Boone Edward Collins and Roger Woelstein Noted in Report
A brief item lists Boone Edward Collins, 20, and Cresco resident Roger Woelstein, 14, as names appearing in a local notice or report.
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Boone
Edward Collins
Cresco
Roger Woelstein
Crowd Fills Burlington Train for Winfield Barbecue
A Burlington morning train carried three extra coaches for a large turnout to Winfield's annual barbecue and celebration. Local and visiting attendees included Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Greer, Mrs. Ed Nicholson, J. A. Young, Major Latta, J. P. Faris, J. Elder, Nat Rush, Marion O’Loughlin, and many more, with crowds from Havre and Crawfordsyville joining the event.
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Burlington
Havre
Crawfordsyville
Winfield
W. N. Greer
Ed Nicholson
J. A. Young
W. Neal
P. Courter
L. Stewart
Hazel
George
J. P. Faris
J. 0. Belder
Major Latta
J. M. Kennedy
J. L. Kennedy
H. T. Nutt
Nat Rush
Marion O'Loughlin
Davenport Woman Confesses to Ax Murder on Porch
Lulu Bennet, a Davenport resident, confessed to killing Mrs. Mary Mason with an ax Saturday night. Mason died Monday at St Luke’s hospital. Bennet, arrested on suspicion, said she acted after Mason abused her name, claiming she had resolved to get even.
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Davenport
Iowa
Lulu Bennet
Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Restoration
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, asserting internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer a $100 reward for any failing case and urge sending testimonials to F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, with a 75 cent price and a recommendation for Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Grocers see Higher Prices in coming months
Chicago July 16 reports from the executive committee of the National Wholesale Grocers association say cereal and canned goods may rise slightly if summer and fall crop advices are unfavorable. Fruit sections indicate a short crop while cereal-producing regions show discouraging prospects. William Judson of Grand Rapids chairs the committee with Albert H. Beckman of New York as secretary.
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Chicago
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Auditorium Annex
William Judson
Grand Rapids
Albert H. Beckman
New York
The Curious North Dream of Greeley Smith
A Denver Republican clip retells how Greeley Smith formed a grand stock venture to finance polar exploration dreams. He built a factory for polar boats, pemmican, oats, and shaving soap, profiting instead of pursuing the pole. The piece ends noting he is too busy making money to chase the far north.
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Greeley Nansen Peary Smith
Greeley Smith
Smith
Denver Republican
Women's Relief Corps Meeting Noted For Saturday Afternoon
Notice urges all members to attend a Saturday afternoon meeting of the Woman's Relief corps with special business to be addressed by order of the president.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Circus Day Features 600 Pies at the ViEnna
A bustling circus day at Vi enna showcases all kinds of pies. Vendors report strong crowds and diverse pastry varieties drawing families and fairgoers to the celebration.
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Vienna
Fire narrowly averted on Lam Benson farm
On July 16 at Owensville Indiana a threshing crew saved a straw stack from a fire started when a laborer left a valise with clothing shoes and matches in a grain separator blower. The contents were shredded and blown out igniting the straw before assistance stopped the blaze.
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Owensville
Ind
Lam Benson
Baseball Scores Across Cities From A Busy Doubleheader Card
Scores from Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, St Louis, Washington, Boston, New York, Cleveland and Philadelphia mark a busy day of baseball. Highlights include varied hits, errors, and batteries across venues with multiple full or abbreviated games. The card lists team names, innings, and final tallies alongside pitching and fielding credits.
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Chicago
New York
Wiltse
Bresnahan
Brown
Overall
Moran
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Errere
Vastorius
Ritter
Spade
Coakley
Schier
Pittsburg
Reston
Roston
Hoston
Flaherty
Smith
Leever
Gibson
St Louis
Philadelphia
St. Louis
St. Tonis
McQuillen
Doom
Beebe
Bliss
Washington
Pfae
Bailey
Spencer
Boston
Detroit
Willetts
Schmidt
Burchell
Driger
Cleveland
Thielman
Clarke
Davidson
Hogg
Sweeney
Rhoades
Clark
Lake
Kleinow
Walsh
Sullivan
Vickers
Hughes
Schreck
Arteries
Owen
Weaver
Dygert
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Toledo
Indianapolis
Columbus
Louisville
Cheaco
National
Ron
St. Lou's
Bodies of three Mexican outlaws found near Durango
El Paso reports the bodies of Conogia Rodriguez alias Elisorbado Antonnasio Reyes and Philocrapo Reyes were found in the mountains west of Durango. They were accused of the murder of H. S. Jones owner of the San Ignacio ranch who was killed last May. It is believed rural authorities shot them after a pursuit since the crime.
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el Paso
Tex
Conogia Rodriguez
Elisorbado
Antonnasio Reyes
Philocrapo Reyes
Durango
Mex
H. S. Jones
San Ignacio
Honor Their Dead Rilks Hold Impressive Services
In Dallas on July 16 visitors of the order held solemn services at their lodge of sorrow. The opera house filled with members who, with bowed heads, heard the names of deceased members called aloud as tiny electric lights were lit in honor after each name.
Mary's Lamb Caught In Wind Blues
Chicago Tribune reports a tale of Mary and her lamb on a windy day. The lamb’s wool was blown by the gusts as Mary chased it, recalling the nursery rhyme.
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Chicago Tribune
Gleanings and Odd Facts From Old News Pages
Snippets recount daylight theft of a two ton cafe from an upper floor in New York. A Burlington New Jersey farmer’s gander Patsey bites a tramp, who abandons a trouser leg. Notes explain road elevation origins. France’s drink share and Normandy’s production. A Chilean language work by Haverstadt seeks universal tongue. Buffalo meat once common in Kansas City. Rockefeller ranch carcass puzzled shoppers. A Leacock pa. man felled a huge walnut tree yielding 1300 feet of lumber and four and a half tons weight.
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New York
Patsey
James M. Sholl
Burlington
N. J
Pales
France
Normandy
Haverstadt
Chile
Kansas City
Frank Rockefeller
N.Y. Weidman
Leacock
The Clansman to Be Produced in London
A London production of The Clansman is announced with notable theatrical plans. A. B. Graham appears in The Merry Widow cast while Creston Clarke tours the south in The Power That Governs. Julia Sanderson, who scored a hit with Fantana, now sings in The Dairymaids and Mary Quire, sister of Grace Van Studdiford, plays Miss Nightingale in Woodland.
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London
A. BE. Graham
Creston Clarke
South
Julia Sanderson
Mary Quire
Miss Nightingale
Grace van Studdiford
Alcohol's role in meals and reflections across papers
A trio of quotations notes alcohol as sustenance or remedy. The Cleveland Plain Dealer questions whiskey as food while the Chicago News hints at reflection, and the Pittsburg Gazette warns against assuming whiskey cures grip before symptoms appear.
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Chicago News
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Citic a stun and city costs compared across towns
Battle Creek Michigan sets aside a cliff and streets for boys coast ing. City government maintenance costs vary widely from Boston 38.18 to Berlin 9.28 per head. An imagined New York skyscraper of 6,553 stories dwarfs the Tower of Babel beside it.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Boston
San Francisco
Chicago
Berlin
New York
Tower of Babel
Argentine ants found in East Oakland in California report
San Francisco dispatch notes Argentine ants, a pest dangerous to crops and possibly to humans, were discovered in East Oakland in recent days. The University of California entomology department, after investigation, alerted Governor Gillette.
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San Francisco
East Oakland
Department of Entomology
University of California
Gillette
Reverend I W Williams Testifies In Kidney Remedy Ad
Reverend I W Williams of Huntington West Virginia testifies that Foley's Kidney Remedy relieved nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble and that it does all that is claimed Lemmon's Pharmacy endorses the remedy.
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I. W. Williams
Huntington
W. Va
Foley
Lemmon
Ross Crawford Leaves Kansas City For Ainsworth Vacation
Ross Crawford arrived this morning from Kansas City and will spend a month's vacation in Ainsworth. He is a conductor for the Kansas City Street Railway Co.
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Ross Crawford
Kansas City
Ainsworth
Ross
The
Kansas City Street Railway Co
Quieting Title Notice in District Court Iowa 1908
Notice declares sale and transfer of real estate to plaintiff and asks quieting of title with all liens voided by statute. It warns defendants to appear before noon on the second day of the next term starting September 1, 1908, at the Washington County Court House. Attorneys for Plaintiff sign the notice.
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Wm. H. Jenkins
Sam
M. Cox
R Dewey
Washington County
Iowa
William H. Jenkins
Elizabeth C. Hamil
Elizabeth Hamil
Guemehereit
Sth
P. M. Alfendants
District Court
Joseph A. Kolosick
Court House
City of
Washington
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