Cotton exports set new October and decade records in 1909
The October 1909 cotton exports reached 88.883 million dollars, the highest monthly total in U S history, with the ten months ending October totaling 328.527 million dollars. Europe remains the main market, led by the United Kingdom and Germany, while overall export value surpassed 400 million dollars in several recent fiscal years.
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United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Europe
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Italy
Spain
Belgium
Russia
Japan
Canada
Mexico
Old Man Given Overdose On Farm After Wife Uses Horse Powder
A Marshfield area couple faced tragedy when the husband refused meals and grew ill. His wife, reading a horse conditioning powder label, prepared a dose mixed into his oats, aiming to help him but causing a fatal outcome. Authorities investigate the farm incident.
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Marshfield
Patent grants to Iowa residents this week
Washington reports this week grants to citizens of Iowa for various inventions. Patents listed include a neck-yoke attachment, foldable egg-case, float-valve water-tank, horse-shoe caller, screen wire cabinet, coin-planter attachment, telephone call-recording device, acetylene gas generator, tire-armor, light-cover, gas-stove regulator, gasoline engine, washing machine gearing, willow stripping machine, gate, door fastening device, peanut-roaster, roller-bearing wheel, and other mechanical improvements across multiple Iowa cities such as Stacyville Webster City Council Bluffs Perry Newton Elkader Dubuque Early Randalia Wesley Cedar Falls Cedar Falls and Des Moines.
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Washington
D. C
Messrs. Davis & Davis
P. Bissen
Stacyville
A. R. Burleson
Webster City
E. N. Campbell
Council Bluffs
E. N. Childs
Perry
N. W. Clouse
Newton
J. A. Cook
Elkader
G R. Fawkes
Waterloo
Z .A. Ferrel
Oskaloosa
KB. F. Ginn
Lenox
Tire
C. W. Moughton
Dubuque
Meadlight
A. Walff
Cedar Falls
Thinker Wonders on Life Realities and Providence
A quote attributed to Albert J. Beveridge reflects on human progress and divine providence, contrasting a thinker’s doubt with faith in life’s realities. The statement emphasizes the belief that hands-on engagement with life sustains confidence in progress and God's plan.
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God
Albert J. Beveridge
Epigrammatic lines on time and virtue in satire
A playful array of quips from Puck on procrastination curiosity past ambition fellowship conscience patience humor peace sleep civility and hope. The verses critique social traits with sharp, humorous metaphors.
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Puck
Pape's Diuretic Promises Quick Kidney Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Pape's Diuretic as a simple fifty cent cure for kidney and urinary trouble. It claims rapid relief from backache, nervousness, and insomnia by cleansing the kidneys and urinary system, urging readers to trust Pape Thompson & Pape of Cincinnati as a reputable firm.
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Pape
Pape, Thompson & Pape
Cincinnati
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Sihanksgiving Seableware
H. F. Steck
Pappoose Cigar
Iowa
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W. J. Bradley Southwest Cor. Square
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Berger’s
Mark
N. E. Cor
Chamberlain
Geo. E. Wright
New London
New York
Sample Club
Review of Reviews
St. Nicholas
Harper's Bazaar
Cosmopolitan
T. B. Vogt
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Waceo & Ce
Pri
Farmers & Merchants
Capital
S. A. White
Sam’'l Thompson
R. L. Coulter
W. A. White
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