Census Director Estimates U S Population Near Ninety Million
Washington reports census director Durand estimates United States population at about 90,000,000 not counting the Philippines with totals near 100,000,000 when included. Net immigration gains over ten years total roughly 6 million, with cities exceeding 20 percent growth since the last census. New York figures delayed to next week. Chicago and Philadelphia soon after.
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Durand
Philippines
Coun
United States
New York
Census Bureau
Chicago
Philadelphia
Sir Wilfrid Laurier on Northwestern Trip
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canada's premier, travels through the northwest on a politically significant tour. He is expected to meet regional leaders and discuss economic and social issues affecting the prairie provinces.
Household Goods Public Auction Near Square Corner
Public sale Saturday at 1 30 PM of household items including folding bed oak bedroom set leather couch chairs book case sideboard dining table chiffonier and pictures. Auctioneers Charles Brown GSES note empty coffee container and lawn picnics. visitors welcome and a big crowd expected.
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N. E
Hacks to the county home picnic arranged
Superintendent Beatty announces hacks will run to and from the county home for the picnic next Monday. Free hot coffee will be served on the grounds to those without transportation.
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Beatty
Buy a Farm in Oklahoma’s Northeast Corn Belt
Farm listing for Tulsa county in the oil belt promoting lands from 35 to 75 dollars per acre. Notes include high yields such as oats 60 bushels per acre wheat 25 bushels corn 35 bushels and cotton one bale per acre with natural gas for fuel and light. Henderson and Davis of Broken Arrow advertise with office over First National Bank.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
Henderson & Davis
Broken Arrow
First National Bank
Not Sisters Yet A Woman Should Be At Her Finest
An advertisement extols the link between general health and female vitality, urging women to seek treatment for “female weakness” with no alcohol or habit forming drugs. It invites ally sick women to write to Dr. Pierce at the World’s Dispensary Medical Association for confidential advice.
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Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
R.V. Pierce
Pres
Buffalo
Doctors say infantile paralysis fears are overblown
Dr J P Mullin of Iowa City urges calm over infantile paralysis worries. He argues the disease is less fatal than typhoid or diphtheria, that quarantine is unnecessary, and that sensational newspaper reports exaggerate danger causing needless parental anxiety.
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Iowa City
Iowa
J. P. Mullin
State Board of Health
First Iowa telephone trial fines Peterson and Christianson firm
Judge G I Tucker in Webster City fines Peterson and Christianson of Randall $15 plus costs for a pure food law violation. Evidence was presented by a special attorney via telephone from the state food commissioner’s office. The Randall firm’s attorney was consulted by telephone.
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Webster City
Iowa
G. I. Tucker
Peterson & Christianson
Randall
W. B. Barney
Tucker
Peterson & Christiansen
Great Season for Oats in Fort Dodge Iowa
Fort Dodge Iowa September 1 Farm yields show oats leading in area Corn also thriving with rainfall and warm weather Stalks reach fourteen feet and farmers anticipate bumper corn crop Hay crops steady with ample old hay remaining despite drought early in season Local growers Cornelius Larson near Evelyn reports forty acres yielding 2000 bushels while Moses Eldahl on 125 acres claims 5400 bushels of oats
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Cornelius Larson
Evelyn
Moses Eldahl
Twins Draw Crowds as Ringling Bros Visit Fort Dodge
In Fort Dodge a crowd formed around six to eight pairs of twins, boys and girls, aged and healthy, during the Ringling Bros circus stop. The sight drew local attention as spectators noted the rare gathering of sibling pairs in the town.
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Fort Dodge
Ringling Bro Circus
Day of Activities Amid Cohesive Local Teen Circle
Local youths from respected families gathered for a Manson fair on Friday and a circus visit on Tuesday. The group was rounded up by the Ty erbolf brothers of Manson, both six feet two inches tall, joined by the Pierce and Yates twin pairs from nearby towns and other local families.
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Tyerbolf Brothers
Manson
Sandy
Pomeroy
Pierce Twins
Brown
Burkoff
Enright
Yates Twins
Poccahontas
Walker Twins
Rock Rapids
Auto leaps in Pro Cree near Logan creek plunge
One of the most wonderful escapes from death occurred Monday night when an automobile plunged into Cappeland Creek near Logan Iowa. The car rolled end over end after crossing a missing bridge and quickly righted itself allowing occupants to jump free.
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Logan
Iowa
Cappeland Creek
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises Reward and Sale
One hundred dollars reward offered for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo advertise internal treatment that affects blood and mucous membranes. Walding Kinnan Marvin endorse the firm. testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Also sells Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
D. Hall
Growing Old and the Khalil Charade
A snide remark questions a woman's claimed youth while hinting at an earlier confession about Omar Khayyam. The exchange underscores aging perceptions and social judgments in a curt, dialogic moment.
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Omar Khayyam
From Talleyrand to a Dukedom Verner Reed's Carlist dream told
A distorted Paris dispatch links Verner Zavoine Reed of Colorado to financing Don Jaime the Carlist pretender. The article notes Reed, a wealthy banker and former miner, travels Europe with a reputation as a restless, energetic figure. It mentions Chambord and Bourbons ties, with Reed's past authorship of Indian folklore.
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Vance Thompson
Chicago Toyaminer
Paris
Examiner
Washington County
Verner Z. Reed
Verner Z Reed
Talleyrand
Verner
Texaminer
Don Jaime
Spain
Verner Zavoine Reed
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Cripple Creek
London
Europe
Chateau de Chambord
Duke de Parma
Count de Chambord
Austria
Beirs
Francis
Mr. Reed
Prince Bassimo
Rome
San Salvador
Vienna
Don Jaine
Duke
Reed
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Durand ES
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Charles Brown
GSES
Sitheod
Steele
Windsor
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Iowa Gas & Electric CO
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