Little Glidden tour arrives in Dubuque after rough stretch
The 25 Little Glidden contest cars reach Dubuque after a day of steep hills and rough roads. Cole No 4 and Abbott-Detroit No 16 lose tiny penalties while Chalmers from Adel accrues more points for taking on water. W. E. Moyer, Staver pacemaker Colby press car, and others arrive as Dubuque welcomes the tour with badges and a city reception.
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Dubuque
Cole
W. E. Moyer
Hudson
Staver
Colby
W. W. Sears
Jackson Park
Diebuque
Japanese student awarded bachelor of arts degree at Iowa State
Misao Hamashina of Japan received a bachelor of arts degree after seven years in the United States and four years at the university. He plans to return to Japan, take the civil service exam, and pursue a position as a lieutenant or counselor representing Japan abroad. He speaks English German French Chinese and Japanese.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Misao Hamashina
Japan
Iowa University
Pearl Found in Webster City Clams Worth 50 Dollars
Raymond Best and his younger brother discovered a perfect pearl while cleaning clams in Webster City Iowa on June 2. A local jeweler valued the pearl at 50 dollars and it was sent to a Chicago house for final appraisal. It is by far the largest from the Boone River in several years.
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Webster City
Iowa
Raymond Best
Chicago
Boone
Hatch es Many Chicks Nashua Poultry Grower News
Karl Hall of Nashua on the Laxlin property north of town maintains a large flock with about 1,200 little chickens. Hall is described as perhaps the region's largest chicken raiser in this area.
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Nashua
Karl Hall
Laxlin
Hall
Frp Adioning Lea Don Bridge Damages Wharf Site
A fragmented report notes destruction at Cotton's wharf and related uses. A rigid cannon test and an Amoco range exceeding four miles are mentioned amid a jumble of dates and names from a historic New York setting.
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Leadon
Cotton's Wharf
Ware
Amoco
Fragmentary note on hatchery plans and savings
The text is incomplete but hints at hatchings or hatchery activity and saving money for future work. It mentions quantities like 1,000 and references to later savings and next winter.
Local youths lauded for mine rescue in Mystic
In Mystic Iowa on June 22 Edward Hockaday, a young colored man, was sent to the Carnegie Hero Commission. He descended into an old abandoned mine to aid Earl Hore, became unconscious, but Howard Hockaday, another colored boy, volunteered to descend with a rope and was brought to the surface after briefly binding Hore.
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Mystic
Iowa
Edward Hockaday
Carnegie Hero Commission
Mr. Hockaday
Earl Tore
Hore
Howard Hockaday
Oldest horse in Iowa claimed at 45 years of age on Cox farm
Farragut Iowa June 22 W W Cox a prosperous farmer southeast of town owns a horse reported to be 45 years old and possibly the oldest in the state The pony traceable to Texas thirty eight years ago passed through Hiber John Foster and finally Cox The animal weighed 50 pounds and bears a cut Spanish brand Its sight remains good though the creature is very gray and it was used regularly until two years ago Cox also keeps an 82 year old horse on the same farm.
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Farragut
Iowa
Ww. T Cox
Texas
Hiber
John Foster
State dairy official warns against bogus creamery promoters
Des Moines officials disclose farmers are being swindled by impostors touring Iowa claiming to organize creameries. State Dairy Commissioner Barney clarifies no one is authorized to act for the department except his five designated men who assist with forming and starting creameries.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Barney
Courtroom Daydreams: A Child’s Blunt View of the Supreme Court
A seven year old, Tommy, recalls leaving the Supreme Court with his father. He notes the scene as a crowd of bearded women in black gowns and captions the moment with a candid, humorous aside about the solemn court visit.
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Papa
Supreme Court of the United States
Tommy
Wilson heads Iowa Shoe Dealers in new association
Frank L. Wilson of Washington is elected first president of the newly formed Iowa Retail Shoe Dealers association at the Des Moines convention. The group adopts a draft constitution and by laws, names officers, and plans a second meeting in Iowa City next year with an expected hundred or more members.
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Washington
Frank L. Wilson
Iowa
Des Moines
Wilson
AC. Dewey
Fox & Dewey
A. E. Atchison
Atchison & Finney
Des Moines Tribune
Association
Pearl Gardner
Frank J. Wilson
B. M. Sargent
Coumcil Bhaffs
C. L. Heilbrun
T. W. Cherry
Muscatine
W. C. Kohl
Waterloo
George B. Fluke
Sceola
Clendenon
Oskaloosa
G.B. Fluke
Osceola
Rainel Welch
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
Harry Jacobson
T. M.nebe
Atlantic
Iowa City
Will Tax Pet Dogs Home From Abroad
The treasury department unsettles a change in the tariff law to curb import abroad and levy duty on returning animals. The ruling targets dogs and horses moved for exhibition or breeding, with duties or exemptions tied to bond status and blood quality. The decision follows a border stock-return case won by the government, shaping how imported animals may be taxed.
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Treasury Department
Moses
States District Court
Ficiuia
Oie
Cure for blindness by dog eye graft technique proposed
An American oculist, Dor Borsch, reported a method to restore sight in a blind patient by grafting a cornea from a dog onto the human eye. The operation would replace the opaque cornea with animal tissue, then secure it with silk stitches and support with serum injections and a glass cover.
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Dor Borsch
Borsch
Primping Schedule Sparks Office Debate
In a Chicago office an order allows ten women to prime for free fifteen minutes each morning from 8:45 to 9:00, prompting a heated debate over grooming priorities as clerk Callaghan approves the plan amid a tense council meeting. The schedule lists tasks like inspecting braids and adjusting belts before work starts at 9 a.m.
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Corporation Counsel's
Naval Review at Spithead Promises Mighty Dreadnought Fleet
The Royal Navy plans a grand Spithead review featuring at least ten dreadnought battleships led by the United States representation under the Delawar. Germany also sends the Von der Toun as the fastest warship, with many foreign and coast defense vessels joining the spectacle. The review grounds cover about eighteen square miles with 70 British warships to line the harbor as King and Queen pass on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, greeted by salutes from ships and shore batteries.
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George
Kilogoo
Perton
Delaware
Neptune
St Vincent
Maurwood
Vance
Pothou
Germany
South American
France
Canton
Japan
Kurama
Austria
Radetzky
San Matco
Russia
Spain
Reina Regente
Argentina
Erbighr
Bueno Aires
Chile
Chacabuce
Sweden
Opis Er Vulgia
Turkey
Hamidieh
China
Machi
Denmark
Holland
Norway
Italy
Admirality
Victoria and Albert
Alexandra
Alberta
Wedding at the top of Independence Monument
Miss Beatrice Farnham of Boston to wed John Otto the hermit of Monument Canyon atop Independence Monument Colorado. Otto plans a iron spike ladder to the summit where Taft may declare the area a national monument. Farnham has visited to paint canyon views and the pair await completion of the ladder amid long romance and plans to share a home at the canyon.
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Independence Monument
Colorado
Beatrice Farnham
Boston
John Otto
Monument Canyon
Miss Farnham
Mr. Otto
Joli Otto
Monurent Canyon
Enos Mills
Colors
Cariven
Nedr Mills
Tat
No Canyon
Apenha
Mir Otto
Otto
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A promotional piece touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a safe remedy for female ailments. It cites testimonials from Coloma Wisconsin and emphasizes women recovering without surgery and the product’s herb based formula.
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Lydia E
Pinkham
Lydia B
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Dubuque Automobile Club
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M. R. Lash
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Maquoketa
Danie Mapglis
Nat Troy
N. Y
New York
Lowa
Supreme Court
Iowa Shoemen
Washington Man Chosen
NEW
Weeting
Owa City
University City
R. O. Green
Chicago Corporation Counsel's
Naval Review
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Delawar
United States
Coloma
Wisconsin
Pinkbhant
Lydia BK. Pinksham
John Wenthuad
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Morning Star
Davenport
Saint Paul
W. A. Blair
W.H. Lamont Agent
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