Seventeen Year Locust Predictions Stir Iowa City Debate
A reader asks if a plague of seventeen year locusts reached Johnson County and Ames predictions are questioned. Professor Macbride calls the theory costly and notes locust colonies occur annually in some form. The Civil Service Reform association urges org a reorganized civil service with fair pay and retirement protections, plus continued liability compensation and direct petition rights for employees.
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Iowa City
Ames
Johnson County
Iowa
Macbride
Department of Botany
University of Iowa
Congress
Internal Revenue Association Opens Third Convention in Buffalo
The third annual convention of the Internal Revenue Association opened today at the Siatier hotel in Buffalo New York. Delegates from all 66 internal collection districts attend with Washington officials including Franklin MacVeagh and Royal E. Exe as speakers addressing the agents on treasury matters and internal revenue administration.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Internal Revenue Association
Siatier
United States
Washington
Franklin MacVeagh
The
Treasury
Royal Fex
West Chester United Presbyterian Debt Campaign Update
Three weeks into a drive to retire a $1200 church debt at West Chester United Presbyterians, $650 has been pledged toward a $540 remaining balance. The target date is September 20, and interested supporters may send pledges to Pastor W. F. Graham.
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United Presbyterians of
West Chester
W. F. Graham
Mi O Na Stomach Tablets Promising Relief
An advertisement touts Mi O Na Stomach Tablets as a cure for indigestion and related stomach distress. It urges regular use for gas sourness heaviness heartburn and after dinner distress with a money back guarantee and a 50 cent price at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Dad Whitcome 3 Dead, 89 Years Old
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Kelly home for Dad Whitcome 89 who died recently. Remains will be shipped to Denmark for burial.
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Dad Whitcome
Kelly
Booster meeting at the high school and Whitcomb funeral
Ira Epps Whitcomb known as Dad Whitcomb dies Saturday evening at 8 30 at his daughter Mrs F M Kelley 709 West Madison Street. Funeral at the Kelley home at eight tomorrow morning then to Ft Madison and on to Denmark Iowa for interment. A high school booster meeting featured talks by the school board members and Principal C D Loose and Paul MacEachron athletic director to boost athletics and establish letters and sweaters for players.
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Ira Epps Whitcomb
Whitcomb
F. M. Kelley
West
Madison Street
Kelly
A. S. Smith
Ft. Madison
Burlington
Denmark
Iowa
Mr. Whitcomb
New Boston
New Hampshire
Daniel Epps
Iown
Fort Madison
Sarah Jane Taggart
Kelley
Harvey Whitcomb
Rochester
N. Y
Sarah Jane Meloy
Boston
Mass
Towa
West Liberty
Washington
C. D. Loose
Paul MacEachron
Inhambane Governor Orders Skirts for Native Women
Inhambane, British East Africa, a governor sparked near war by ordering native maidens to wear European skirts under penalty. Merchants threatened boycotts, the town faced food shortages as women refused public women’s fashion, then the decree was withdrawn and women resumed minimal dress.
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London
Inhambane
British East Africa
Commercial Council
Belles
Brookhart Team Wins Palma Trophy at Ottawa Shoot
The American rifle team captained by Col. S. W. Brookhart won the Palma trophy at Ottawa Canada by eight points. Final score 1 720 to 1 712 with a roster of shooters from multiple states and districts. Brookhart, head trainer of rifle shots, was expected home soon after leading Seagirt trials.
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J. L. Brookhart
Col. S. W. Brookhart
Ottawa
Canada
Colonel Brookhart
Iowa
Seagirt
U. S
Ont
United States
Creedmore
L. I
Great Britain
Rockcliffe Range
F. H. Kean
Massachusetts
E. W. Eddy
Ohio
K. K. W. Casey
Pennsylvania
Ralph Alderman
District of Columbia
W. B. Martin
New Jersey
George W. Chesley
Connecticut
William A. Tewes
J. M. Kneubel
New York
H. F. Teat
Alabama
G. C. Duff
Texas
J. W. Hessian
J. H. Keough
McKinley 10c edition sheet music catalog free request
New music catalogues of the McKinley 10c edition are up to date and free for the asking. Any music by any composer will be furnished on short notice at the lowest price. Music handled in systematic order. Try us. G. W. Hobson.
Bargain Golf Rig Draws Girl to Resort
A bargain leads one girl to take up golf at a renowned resort famed for the sport, embracing the ancient game amid a vacation setting.
Public Auction of Household Goods and Farming Stock
Administrators public sale at residence one half mile west of Ainsworth begins at 1 pm listing three head of horses eight head of cattle fifteen acres of corn and various farming tools lumber posts wood and household items. Terms announced sale day. Mrs J H Mere admin. Macon Anet Bs Stephens clerk.
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Ainsworth
Tiree
J. H. Mebe
Macon
Anet
Bs. A. Stephens
Roots and Herbs Behind Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Lesson from ancestors notes how grandmothers relied on field roots and herbs to relieve disease. The article claims science has not surpassed these natural remedies and traces Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to this traditional practice.
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Lydia EK
Pinkham
Amusements: Twelfth Night at Graham tonight
May Stewart stars in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at the Graham Theatre. The review highlights the play's fun tone with a touch of melancholy and notes the season's only Shakespearean attraction. Curtain 8 15. Prices 25 50 75 1.00 and 1.50. Seats advised at curtain rise.
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Shakespeare
Rosalind
Toby Belch
Touchstone
Olivia
Viola
Sebastian
Antonio
May Stewart
Graham
Milk price increase for HGH Grade Dairy options
Notice announces a price raise due to high feed costs. Delivery option offers 12 quarts or 22 pints for $1.00 and in house 14 quarts or 25 pints for $1.00. Rate change takes effect today.
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South Side Square
Washington, Iowa
Enue
George W. Trowbridge
Internal Revenue Agent
Wavor
Doo
United Presbyterians
Fortune
C. C. Colter
East Africa
Brookhart
Palma Trophy
Ashk
G. W. Hobson
Poor Mother Earth
Administrators Public Sale
Abeham
Atchison & Finney’s
Washington National Bank
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