Palmer and Thorne Lead for Rail Board Seats in Iowa
Washington county residents Colonel D. J. Palmer and Clifford Thorne lead the ticket for railway board nomination with strong figures from 67 counties. Carroll is favored for governor with a projected five to ten thousand majority, while Democratic rivals eye a fall bid as insurgents weigh results and potential convention outcomes.
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Clifford Thorne
Colonel Palmer
Mr. Thorne
Tcket
Washington
Carroll
Brookhart
Garst
Iowa
Bananas Golden Fruit of the Tropics Investment Prospect
The Snider Brothers in Panama report large profits from banana production and describe a growing tropical business. Pan American Fruit and Fibre Company operates near the Rio Grande valley in Nicaragua with about 1,000,000 trees. George H. Imbrie leads Kansas City based company. he will speak at the Commercial Club in Washington on June 10 with public meetings scheduled to discuss progress and investment potential.
Mercy Unknown To Nature: Roosevelt on Wilderness Cruelty
A Scribner article quotes Theodore Roosevelt arguing that nature is merciless for wildlife and humans alike. He contrasts brutal survival with sentimental views, noting hunger cold violence and predation as ordinary life in primitive times and critiquing idyllic notions of nature and marriage norms.
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Scribner’s
Theodore Roosevelt
Mathew Arnold
Earth
The Wise Man and the Fool Chronicle
A brief note quotes a proverb about wisdom and folly, contrasting speech and inner intent with a proverb on the tongue and heart. The fragment hints at moral reflection typical of a historical period.
Noted scientist warns of future insanity and disease rise
Boston June 9. Dr J H Kellogg warned that insanity and chronic illnesses grow with lifestyle change. He cited 30 year heart disease up 135 percent kidney disease 167 percent and a rise in cancer and insanity over decades. He linked declining birthrates to degeneration and infant feeding issues.
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Boston
Mass
J.H. Kellogg
Battle Creek Sanitarium
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Kelloggs
Massachusetts
Crawford worldview sparks brisk quips in literary notes
A collage of quotes and anecdotes on F Marion Crawford and contemporaries. Jests about art for art's sake, Riley and Sargent portraits, a curious anecdote about James Nye and a Philadelphia photographer, and social snapshots from city papers.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Philadelphia
John S. Sargent
New York Tribune
John Lambert
South Seventh Street
Mr. Riley
Bill Nye
New York
Nye
Tillman will not seek re election to Senate
Washington June 9 Senator Tillman of South Carolina will not stand for reelection two years hence due to illness. He is in the south undergoing rheumatism treatment and has not recovered from a previous shock. Family and physicians say his health remains poor and he played little part in last year's tariff struggle. Senator Bailey noted Tillman is in no condition to judge public events.
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Washington
D. C
Iowa
Dolliver
Carroll
Tillman
South Carolina
South
Senate
Sengator Bailey
Local railroad enacts new rule after inspection visit
General inspector Mr. Purdue toured the local railroad offices on Monday to introduce the proposed rule requiring a physical examination. The move marks the first enforcement step as the rule nears effectiveness.
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Ern
Purdue
Foley’s Kidney Remedy Aids Children With Remarkable Results
Foley’s Kidney Remedy may be given to children with admirable results. It does away with bed wetting and is recommended after measles and scarlet fever. Lemmon's Pharmacy, McElhinney Drug Co.
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Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
McElhinney Drug Co
Auctioneers urge law for competent conduct of judicial sales
Col. E K Luther of Grand Junction presided as president at the Iowa state auctioneers convention in Iowa City. Delegates appointed vice presidents in each congressional district to drum up support for a bill requiring competent auctioneers at judicial sales. Officers named include Col. F A Wildman Perry as vice president Col. H A Dunlap Iowa City as secretary and Col. Sim Huber Sioux City as treasurer. Des Moines will host next year's meeting.
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Iowa City
Iowa
C. EK. Luther
Grand Junction
F. A. Wildman
Perry
H. A. Dunlap
Sim Huber
Sioux City
Des Moines
Sneeze as omen and omen shaped by ancient texts
The passage surveys sneeze references across literature. It cites Penelope and Telemachus in the Odyssey, Xenophon noting a soldier’s sneeze as Jupiter’s omen, and Theocritus and Catulus linking sneezes to favorable outcomes in marriage and warfare contexts.
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Penelope
Ulysses
Telemachus
Xenophon
Jupiter
Cyrus the Younger
Theocritus
Catulus
Cupid
Employment Rule Enacted for Great West in Dubuque
A Dubuque Iowa notice dated June 9 announces a new rule requiring all applicants seeking any employment with the Great West firm to pass a physical examination before consideration. The policy aims to ensure fitness for duty and establish uniform screening across all job categories.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Kate Shelly Station Fire Sparks Depot Call
Two box cars on a Moyngona side track burned along with a Northwestern car used for a freight house and depot. Citizens believe they started the fires and seek a new depot after a third blaze in weeks. Kate Shelly is the local Northwestern agent.
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Boone
Moyngona
Northwestern
Kate Shelly
Chicago Northwestern
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments and Hall's Cure
Warning against mercury containing catarrh ointments and praising Hall's Catarrh Cure made in Toledo by F. J. Cheney & Co. as a safe internal remedy. Claims no mercury and direct action on blood and mucous surfaces. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation and notes price per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Chesley & Co
Toledo
Ohio
PF. J. Cheney & Co
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Charles Frank Steirwalt and Verne Ashby, Charles Rod gers and Edna M Young, Owen Hayes and Hanna Schilling.
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Charles Frank Steirwalt
Verne Ashby
Charles Rodgers
Edna M. Young
Owen
Hayes
Hanna Schilling
Washington ISD offers fifteen thousand dollar bonds for sale
The Independent School District of Washington offers for sale fifteen thousand dollars in bonds payable in ten years after July 1 1910. Subscriptions for all or any part of the issue will be received by the Treasurer up to June 20 1910. Bonds exempt from taxation in Iowa. 9816 CHAS H KECK.
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Independent School District of
Washington
Iowa
Mystery Wounds Bedford Worker In 22 Caliber Blot
In Bedford Iowa on June 9 Walter Whittington a CG B&Q section hand was suddenly seized with a thigh pain. A 22 caliber bullet dropped from his clothing and blood flowed from a wound. No shooter or report was heard, and authorities face a baffling unsolved incident.
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Bedford
Iowa
Walter Whittington
City Bus Line Ad Requests Orders For Frank Bowers
An item directs readers to phone 589 Black to leave orders for the City Bus Line with Frank Bowers, asking for street and number details.
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Frank
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Tropics
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Caro
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J. A. Work & CO
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