Fire devastates two Batavia businesses in early blaze
Fire from Batavia started in the C. Gorman hardware and spread to the Ben Dustan cafe, destroying both structures. Fairfield and Ottumwa sent trucks to help extinguish the flames as Batavia’s firemen struggled to contain the blaze. The incident threatens the business district and prompted a multi-town response.
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Batavia
Fairfield
Ootumwa
C. Gorman
Ben Dustan
Ottar
Wake Up Your Liver Bile Without Calomel
Fragmented medical ad text discusses a tonic to “wake up your liver bile” without calomel. Mentions wine, wort, and a pale balance claim. Contains garbled phrases and unclear product references, with no coherent event or clear entities to identify.
Cattle test outrage drew farmer letter from Muscatine paper
A Muscatine paper editorial reprints farmer Earl F. Jones’s letter warning that T B cattle testing ruins livestock and dairy profits. The letter cites past test failures, losses of cows and calves, and claims of polluting milk. The Muscatine Free Press notes similar affidavits and condemns state officials for backing the testing program. Nearby, a home accident in Monroe reports Ray mond Hoagland killed when pinned under a car after it rolled off a 12 foot embankment. William Clark injured.
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Maker
Cate
Tipton
Bree
Henry County
Earl F. Jones
Rome
Towa
United States
T. I
Muscatine Free Press
Kite
Monroe
Get
Raymond Hoagland
Here
William Clark
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Yeterday
Dr T. Alford
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Portland Cement Company
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Geological Survey
Iowa City
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American Geological Survey
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George R Davies
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M . Conrad
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