Iowa Needs Both Better Population and Growth
At the Des Moines meeting of the Corn Belt Meat Producers association Chairman Thorne of the state railroad commission urged Iowa balance progress with people and factories. He cited low illiteracy, high undergraduates, many railroads, farming supremacy, and lagging manufacturing growth, warning that Iowa must attract both a bigger and a better population with more factories. Col. G W French expects to reclaim fancy cattle from Chicago under quarantine. State fire marshal to probe Morningside fires as board re-elects officers and directors for the State Fair.
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Des Moines
Corm Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Yeaterday
Thorne
State Railroad Commission
Iowa
Towa
State Board of Agriculture
C. W. Phillips
J. J. Nichols
What Liberty
Fred McCullough
Hartwick
Phillips
Nichols
McCullough
T. ©. Legoe
What Cheer
C. &. Cameron
Alta
O. A. Olson
Forest City
A. R. Corey
G. 8. Gilbertson
Dex Moines
Women Suffer From War Inspires American Aid
Thousands of European women face destitution and distress while American women express solidarity. The ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe, effective remedy for feminine disorders, claiming broad restorative powers and noting the ingredients are printed on the wrapper. It markets tablet or liquid forms.
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America
Europe
Dr. Pierce
Great Book Every Woman Promised Free by Dr Pierce
Advertisement claims Dr. Pierce offers his ninth bound book of over 1000 pages with color plates and illustrations at no cost except mailing charges. It asserts over a million copies of The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser are in use and urges sending 0 cents in stamps to receive the book prepaid by return mail.
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Pierce
Ebuffalo
Meat and Kidney Health Advice Advertised Salts Therapy
An advertisement promotes four ounces of Rad Salts to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys and neutralize urinary acids. It claims daily meat can cause uric acid buildup that weakens kidneys and causes various symptoms, recommending a morning dose in water for several days. Sold by I. W. Tegearte with advertising notes.
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W. Tegearte
Aes
David Fountain Served Time in Iowa Prison
Shenandoah Dec 10 David Fountain once janitor at a Sacramento church is held in connection with the murder of 10 year old Margaret Milling. He previously served five years in the Iowa pen for burglary at Shenandoah and attacked Mrs Floyd Reed in June 1907. He has been in trouble in Polk and Cook counties and was once mobbed for insulting women and children. His mother Mrs Mary Fountain died in Shenandoah, a sister lives there, and he was in an asylum at Mt Pleasant Ta.
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Shenandoah
David Fountain
Sacramento
Cal
Margaret Milling
Floyd Reed
Mary Fountain
Fountain
Polk County
Cook County
Mt. Pleasant
State Center Woman Fatally Burned in Gasoline Blast
In Dawson Dallas county Mrs Ruth Wilkerson 25 daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Smith of State Center died from burns after a gasoline explosion at the Wilkerson home early yesterday Lamgon Wilkerson her husband received serious burns The couple were in Dawson when the blast occurred Mrs Wilkerson died about 630 am per a telephone message to her parents Meanwhile in Iowa City Miss Frankie Crippen 17 disappeared from a country school at North Liberty Her mother and sister despairing learned a Rock Island Illinois report placed her there They say she has not contacted them and fear she did not elope but believes she is with a girl
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Marshalltown
Ruth Wilkerson
Albert Smith
State Center
Lamgon Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Dawson
Dallas County
Iowa City
Frankie Crippen
North Liberty
Rock Island
Iowa Resident Hears of Fortune Heir in Washington Case
Grand Forks North Dakota December 10 Gilman Nordaughen sought as heir to a $200000 fortune left by his mother who died recently in Washington state has been located at Maromg Virginia by a letter to C J Lord.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Gilman Nordaughen
Washington
Maromg
C. J. Lord
Inheritance and Graft Inquiries Stir Local Bankers
Cando North Dakota banker Nordaughen allegedly inherits a fortune from his father tied to an invention of a rotary snow plow and royalties. The county grand jury has evidence bearing on a Chicago police graft inquiry, while retired farmer Mr Russell declines interview about a held up incident. An advertisement touts Foley Cathartic Tablets by F A Morgan of Gora Pennsylvania.
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Cando
N. D
Nordaughen
Jando
Chicago
Russell
Iowa marriages up 23,203 with 18 percent failings in 1914
Des Moines report shows 23,203 marriages and 2,955 divorces in the Iowa year ending June 30 1914. Polk County near 25 percent marriage failure. births rise to 38,521 statewide, with Polk County recording 1,680 births.
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Dee Moines
Iowa
G. H. Sumper
Bate Board of Health
Polk County
Winnebago County
Stott County
Woodbury
Pottawattamie
Railroad Business Booming in Iowa
Clinton reports a surge in railroad activity as the Chicago and North Western adds seventeen train crews in three weeks and fifteen brakemen in five days. Milwaukee road employs 450 at Clinton yards with over 1,200 cars ahead. Clinton yards can handle 160 cars daily. Freight demand drives possible further hires to clear freight cars into service.
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Clinton
Iowa
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Milwaukee
Victim of Wiretappers Named in Chicago Plot
Theodore Russell of Jefferson Iowa fell victim to a wire tapping gang led by Clarence Class. The group squeezed $5,000 from him starting Septembers. Russell was lured with quick riches and a failing horse bet. He reported the swindle to police on Sept. 15 but no action followed. Russell appeared before Cook County officials in Chicago in December.
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Chicago
Theodore Russell
Jefferson
Tom Kerwin
Clarence Class
Russell
Cook
Youthful bandit lifer sentenced for murder by Judge Coyle
Roy James, a 20 year old confessed bandit involved in the Chicago and Northwestern freight holdup that left Conductor Reynolds dead, received a life sentence after pleading guilty to murder. Police note James may use false identities and possibly have ties to other regions. Clyde Spiker faces assault and robbery charges forthcoming.
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BBC
Roy James
Aling Okey
EB Casiest
Chicago &, Northwestern
Reynolds
Eagle, Grove
Coyle
James
Clyde Spiker
McCook
Neb
Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma
Iowa
Quickest Surest Home Cough Remedy Pinex Sugar Syrup
A home remedy promises quick relief for bronchial and dry coughs using Pinex plus granulated sugar syrup. It claims to ease phlegm in 24 hours, help bronchitis and asthma, and provides directions and a money back guarantee. The Piney Co claims Pinex is a concentrated pine extract effective against chest and throat ailments.
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Piney Co
Wayne
Ind
No Tax Now on Joy Licenses
Washington clarifies marriage licenses are not subject to the 10 cent war tax. The commissioner of internal revenue states that wedding permits were never intended to be taxed and that proposals to tax licenses should be discouraged. Colonel Osborne says congress did not intend such a tax.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington
Congress
Osborne
Pam
Padden Returns to Waterloo in The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row
Sarah Padden, famed for The Third Degree and Kindling, returns to the Waterloo Saturday in a new play The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row from Howard McKent Barnes. A 25 seat matinee is set for 2 30 with nearly a score of performers. Alma Where Do You Live features Jean Briquet with Miss Mabeil La Canvet and the New York company, a French vaudeville hit offered in English and German.
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Sarah Padden
Kindling
Waterloo
Bargain Row
Howard McKent Barnes
Annie Laurie
Alma
Jean Briquet
Joe Weber
Mabeil la Canvet
New York
Len
Neptune's Daughter at Waterlog to showcase Annette Kellerman
Universal Film Co brings Annette Kellerman in Neptune's Daughter to Waterloo's Waterlog for four matinees and four nights starting December 13 at 2:30. The act features Kellerman's swimming artistry, motion pictures from New York Globe Theatre, plus The Six Abadallala, Three Magnificents, Ray Conlin, Vittaro and Georgetto, and Jaunts and Journeys screens. Mer Penberg promotes Festival Jubilee Week with added features.
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Annette Kellerman
Yoanus de Milo
Neptune
Waterloo
The
Mer
Penberg
When Love In Young at the Majestic
The Majestic opens with Menlo Moores scenic musical extravagants titled When Love In Young. The act features pretty girls, special scenery effects, and clever cast numbers, earning praise from press reports in cities where the show has appeared.
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Menlo Moores
Best for kidneys says doctor Foley Kidney Pills ad
Dr J T R Neal of Greenville in this 30 years of experience says Foley Kidney Pills are unmatched for kidneys. Available in 50c and $1.60 sizes, best for backache rheumatism kidney and bladder ailments. Sold by all druggists everywhere.
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J. T. R. Neal
Greenville
Car
Frank Sentenced to Hang for Mary Phagan Murder
Atlanta on December 10 Leo M. Frank was sentenced in Fulton county superior court to be hanged on Friday January 28 for the murder of 14 year old Mary Phagan, a factory girl, in April 1918. He again proclaimed innocence.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Fulton County Superior Court
Mary Phagan
Frank
How to Rid the Skin of Objectionable Hairs
A simplified method for quick removal of hairy growths is described. Mix a stiff paste with powdered delatone and water, apply to hairy areas of the face and remove after 2 to 3 minutes. Wash the skin. belches vanish. Use with care to avoid injury.
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Ching
China
Col. G. W. French
Mitchell
Greene
Mearshal Department
Morningside College
T' Hag
Ee David Fountain
Rock Island, Ill
Waterloo F Furniture Co
Waterloo Furniture Co
Lowan
Weber's Theatre
Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Pyramid Pile
the Waterloo
Howard McKent Karnes
Tavay
Little Shepard
Kinneys
Alusing
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