Public fooled again Ponzi tale shocks Boston and Iowa
A Waterlow Iowa edition editorial questions Ponzi get rich quick schemes as the Hanover Trust collapse shocks locals. It notes patent office refusals for perpetual motion devices and warns the public against believing grand promises while predicting new schemes will arise.
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Boston
Peple
Washington
Patent Office
House of Cards
Humnatine
Ponzi
Syork
Bostonese
Hanover Trust Company
Massachusetts
Iowa
Barnum
Next War Looms With Germs and Gas as Tools
The piece argues the next major conflict may rely on bacteria and chemical agents rather than traditional arms. It notes experts and writers predicting an extermination or serfdom outcome, with war costs curbing public support. It cites European war fever, population shifts, and Detroit’s growth amid industrial trends.
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London
Dickinson
Europe
Taste and Smell Health Talk by Dr Joan R Huber
A health talk outlines testing taste and smell using galvanic tongue electrodes and tastants. It explains bitter sweet sour and salt tastes, flavor requiring olfactory input, and conditions that blur or impair these senses. Causes include nasal disease, irritation, hysterical or neurasthenic states, head injury, or medications.
Tomorrow's Hope and Poultry Talk in a Folklore Tale
Fragment from a local page features a tale with Madam Black Hen and Mr Fox warning of danger while Mrs White Hen debates, and a digression into headlines about public officials profiting from stock schemes. It mixes fable with clipped notices and editorial asides.
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Mr. Fox
Madam Black Hen
Mrs. White Hen
Dog
Man
Black Hen
Fox
Iown
Herring
Change solved by clever coin mix in Monticello tale
A Monticello Express riddle recalls a florists tale with a 4 cent bouquet and a miscounted change. A bystander with two 10 cent pieces shows how to balance the till using a 2 cent and a 1 cent piece so everyone receives correct change. Answer to No. liv. Carroll.
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Monticello Express
Gov. Cox
Wilson
Liv. Carroll
More Fire Needed on America’s Inciting Jobs Comment
Onawa Democrat argues the United States must raise its economic heat. The piece notes several ingredients failed to melt and calls for stronger action to boost jobs and growth.
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Onawa Democrat
America
The Fox Visits a Hen House in Dark neighbors tale
A fox on a moonless night tries to gain entry to a farm poultry house. Mrs. White Hen questions the visitor, while the talking fox claims to be a polite neighbor and seeks to chat from the doorway, prompting wary replies about his bad reputation.
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Fox
Mall
John 3. Huber
Herring Uses Advertising Expert In Gubernatorial Push
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes candidate Herring hires Frank G. Moorehead to devote full time to publicizing his governorship bid. The Marshalltown Times-Republican urges Herring to speak out and perform his public duty without relying on ordinary committees or bluesky salesmen.
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Cedar Rapids
Herring
Frank G. Moorehead
Binkley Triumphs In Odd Skit At Local Contest
A quirky local contest featured Binkley starting with a skit flagged by the judges as unusual. The performer, nicknamed Mabie Nose, faced a tough field but pressed on with a humorous routine amid a string of misread lines and uncertain timing.
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Tell “Binkley
Aly Foupee
Mabie
Ptarmigan Punchline and a Housewife’s Wordplay
In a comic exchange, Andrew explains why the word ptarmigan starts with a dangerous P and lectures Imogene on language. He finally grabs her, kissing her as she protests, ending the scene with playful sparks.
Out of Rolling Pins Dintsys Visit Sparks City Turmoil
In Los Angeles reporters note a week of reckless behavior by husbands after a front page tale claimed hardware stores ran out of rolling pins and could not restock. A building contractor allegedly played bagpipes to spur workers into more cadence, prompting labor unrest and calls for higher wages.
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Los Angeles
Fifty Years Ago In The Cumttee Volunteers
A reprint notes Marshalltown baseball wins over Crescents 23 to 21 in 11 innings, welcomes Jerry Mosher to citizenship, and reports cheap peaches and plentiful watermelons. Bridge travel paused for repairs, two new Waterloo banks announced, and local baseball again with Onions vs Actives. Premiums for Cedar Falls fair and war dispatches from Metz included. Lecturers named for winter include Gough, Beecher, Tilton, and others.
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Marshalltown Baseball Club
Iowa
Crescents
Des Moines
Marshalltown Boys
Republican county convention names and local notices
Emmons Johnson called the Republican county convention last Saturday and named C. B. Campbell permanent chairman with J. W. Hishards as secretary. Delegates to the judicial convention include George Ordway A D Park Lore Alford R J McQuilkin and others. Also noted are a baby born last Wednesday and local moves and staff appointments in Black Hawk county.
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Emmons Johnson
C. B. Campbell
J. W. Hishards
George Ordway
A. D. Park
Lore Alford
R. J. McQuilkin
Horace Boies
Canfield
T. B. Carpenter
D. F. Hoover
Edwards Named Clerk of the Courts and Stilson Renominated
Edwards was nominated by Republicans for clerk of the courts to succeed J. C. Gates who did not seek re election. Stilson was renominated to county recorder. A special train carried Ascalon Commandery members to a Chicago conclave with local attendees listed. Sorrow touches families as a 14 month old child dies of cholera infantum amid hot weather stressing ongoing illnesses.
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A. 7. Edwards
J. C. Gates
B. Stilson
Ascalon Commandery
K. 7T
Chicago
Matt Parrott
Frank Neely
Willan Bates
Arch Woodford
Robert Manson
I. W. Robertson
J. W. Krapfel
W. R. Parsons
J. E. Hoff
Jo Bennett
Benj. Button
Henry Lampe
J. T
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Fort Dodge Orator Bolsters Senate Bid in 1900
Twenty years ago Fort Dodge resident Jonathan Poilliver, a noted young speaker, challenged John H Gear for the U S Senate seat with Dolliver already twelve years in Congress representing Iowa's Tenth district. Cedar Rapids race and county events fill a varied August 1900 page with fishing, bowling, selections for Oread Institute, Champ Clark chatter, and local social notes.
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Jonathan Poilliver
Fort Dodge
John H. Gear
United States
Dolliver
Iowa
Nature Notes Questions and Answers Prompt Readers
Nature Notes presents queries about birds and animals with tomorrow’s answers. It asks if wolves dig for poisoned bait and whether neglected wheat becomes cheat grass, then explores the sandpiper’s sea association and animal language, ending with notes on the meadowsweet plant and peasant land seizures in Rome.
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Metz
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H. J. Dunwald
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S. A. Bishop
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Jane Nichols
John B. Gough
Wendell Pains
Theo Tilton
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