Weaver Announces Senate Bid in Iowa Political School Remark
General James B. Weaver of Colfax said he will run for U S Senate from Iowa and may debate Governor Cummins and Senator Allison. He promised to publish his platform soon and claimed Cummins learned all he knows in Weaver’s political school.
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Des Moines
Iowa
James B. Weaver
Colfax
United States
Cummins
Allison
Weaver
United States Senate
Illinois
Rock Island car workers end strike after arbitration pledge
In Des Moines on July 26 the Rock Island car repairers attendants and cleaners strike concluded with an arbitration agreement. Over 3,500 workers participated. The union declares victory, seeking pay for time lost and reinstatement after a painter’s discharge at Silvis Illinois on June 7 sparked the stoppage. Striking officers say train inspections were near halted, pressuring a settlement. Workers who missed Tuesday night returned after a 24 hour layoff.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Rock Island
Silvis
Ill
Chokes on Grain of Corn Fatal to Infant in Melrose
Angelina Sinclair aged 13 months, daughter of James Sinclair a Melrose citizen, died in Ottumwa hospital from suffocation after a grain of corn lodged in her windpipe. She swallowed the grain while playing with an ear of corn at home. an operation by Dr. D C Brockman was to be performed but she died around 4 a m before aid arrived.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Angelina Sinclair
James Sinclair
Melrose
Ottumwa Hospital
D. C. Brockman
Brother rushes to aid after Henry Mesch’s near fatal act
In Oskaloosa Iowa on July 26 Henry Mesch drank at John Howell’s saloon near the Rock Island depot after calling his brother Fred to return from Keota. He took an unidentified drug with beer in a probable suicide attempt. Fred Mesch, a young Holiness evangelist, left his Keota camp meeting to help.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Fred
Keota
Henry Mesch
John Howell
Rock Island Depot
Albia Bride Describes Tragic Suicide Attempt
Anzie Van Cleve of Albia is in critical condition after shooting himself in the left side at his home. The act followed marital nuptials two weeks earlier and despondence over ill health is listed as the sole cause. His young wife is prostrate with distress.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Anzie van Cleve
Albia
van Cleve
Caner Music Co Offers Free 25 Cent Instrumental
Every purchaser of a 25 cent song at Caner Music Co Saturday will receive the choice of any 25 cent instrumental piece.
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The
Caner Music Co
Little Ferner Nuhn’s Fourth Birthday Party
Cedar Falls guest Little Ferner Nuhn celebrated his fourth birthday with an afternoon party at the J. O. Elder home. Mrs. Elder and Mrs. Nuhn helped entertain. Attendees included Jeannette Smith Mabel Morton Alice Virginia Cunningham James Work Heinz Mount Martha Mount Marjorie Hilda Nuhn and others from Chicago and Cedar Falls.
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Ferner Nuhn
Cedar Falls
J. O. Elder
Marriage invitations issued for Miss Nelson and Rev Gardenier
Invitations announce the July 30 wedding of Keota resident Miss Jennie May Nelson to Birmingham pastor Rev John J Gardenier of Keokuk presbytery. Nelson known in Keota. Gardenier has preached in Keokuk and nearby. A Keota Eagle item notes social ties and local interest.
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Jennie May Nelson
Keota
John J. Gardenier
Birmingham
Wm. Nelson
Keota Eagle
Nelson
Gardenier
United Presbyterian
Keokuk
Miss Vera Coates Celebrates 16th Birthday Party
Miss Vera Coates entertained about thirty friends at her home in south Washington on Wednesday evening for her sixteenth birthday. Guests enjoyed lawn games beneath lantern lights, with refreshments of ice cream and cake served by Misses Amy Folger and Bertha Matucha.
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John Simpson
Margaret
T. B. Thrasher
L. E. Nagley
Martha Eyestone
Vera Coates
Washington
Amy Folger
Bertha Matucha
Florence Patterson Hosts Ready Maids at West Main Home
Miss Florence Patterson will entertain the Ready Maids this evening at her residence on West Main Street. The gathering showcases local club activity and social news from the neighborhood.
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Florence Patterson
West Main Street
Woman sets fire after domestic dispute over savings
In Little Rock Arkansas on July 26 Mrs Anna Lowe poured coal oil on her head and set fire to it in view of her daughter and relatives after her husband failed to praise her savings and sales at their store. Lowe, a laborer, and his wife ran the store while he worked.
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Little Rock
Ark
Anna Lowe
Pioneer Jacob H. Wilmering Dies After Runaway Injury
Jacob H. Wilmering, Luisa county pioneer, died at his daughter Dr Lena Wilmering's home in Columbus Junction Iowa. He had been injured in a runaway in Oklahoma a month earlier while en route to return home after visiting friends. The accident left him unable to recover from the shock.
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Columbus Junction
Iowa
Jacob H. Wilmering
Louisa County
Lena Wilmering
Oklahoma
Season Tickets Available at Local Banks
Season tickets for the Chautauqua may be procured at any local bank.
Crawfordsville clergyman visits city. Miss Brindley returns
The Rev. W. G. Robertson of Crawfordsville visited with friends in the city today. Miss Martha Brindley will return this evening from a visit with friends in Muscatine.
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W. G. Robertson
Crawfordsville
Martha Brindley
Muscatine
Remedy for Sudden Illness Promoted for Home Use
The advertisement urges keeping a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at home to treat cramps colic and diarrheal diseases when a physician is unavailable. It claims no physician could prescribe a better medicine and notes availability from Cook and Sherman.
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Cook
Sherman
Nut Picking Dispute Spurs Colonel and Boy Exchange
A terse exchange over a boy accused of gathering nuts in Colonel Footle’s woods ends with the boy insisting he picked them for the colonel and the colonel questioning the boy’s intent. The cryptic dialogue preserves a local scene of authority and mischief.
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Footle
Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Shows Early Arithmetic Mastery
An undated 1700 B C papyrus from Egypt reveals advanced arithmetic concepts including addition and multiplication, area calculation, circle to square transformations, and cubic pyramid measurements. It includes problems on fair division of barley and a sevenfold chain of quantities, indicating early mathematical reasoning predating Moses by about a century.
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Egypt
Farmer Farge I Settles Debt Over Pigs and Calves
In a terse exchange a farmer claims his six pigs are worth more than another's two calves, balancing a dispute over value. The remark underscores a simple equity view in rural barter.
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Farmer Farge
Jas Little and Johnema Head to Winfield on Brief Trip
Jas Little and Johnema departed this morning for Winfield on a short business trip.
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Jas
Little
Johnema
Winfield
Stimulation without irritation Urino Laxative ad
An old advertisement touts Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup promising bowel cleansing without irritation. It notes summer kidney irregularities from overheating and excessive drinking and recommends Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy, both items sold by all druggists.
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Foley's
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White Mountains
Atlantic Coast
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