County Roads Meeting Feb 28 in Court House
Farmers Institute in Waterloo slated to open Feb 23 with a three day program. County road supervisors and trustees urged to attend Feb 28 sessions in the large court room, with possible expert talks and a two year term proposal for county officers. Folys Honey and Tar urged for coughs and colds. Detroit car dealership seeks a local agent for a 3000.60 car. Crystal Theatre ad promises best foot forward leads to show.
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County Good Roads
Court House
Farmers’ Institute
Miller
Black Hawk Farmers’ Institute Association
Waterloo
Board of Supervisors
Bremer County Hog Feats Reach Record Sizes
From Bremer County reports a 920 pound hog shipped to Austin Minnesota and a farmer’s 1000 pound hog at Jackson township market, with local papers touting their growth as the county’s hog-development showcase ahead of the 1911 fair.
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Austin
Minn
Iowa
Mt. Carroll
H. A. Caffree
Jackson Township
Septembber
A Healthful Old Age for Women
An advertisement-style piece notes the perils of the climacteric and praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy. It cites testimonials from women in Kentucky and Wisconsin claiming relief from headaches, dizziness, heart palpitations, and other menopausal symptoms, urging readers to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Alton Station
Emma Bailey
R. R. No
Kewaskum
Wis
Carl Dahike
Bounty Financed in Good Condition in County Finances
The county board reports the permanent school fund largely loaned with only 54 cents on hand at year end 1910. Other funds show $78,787.26 in treasurer custody, $6,656.59 in Waterloo corporation fund, and $13,744.73 in the court house bond fund. Domestic animal taxes produced $2,018.34 opening the year. $1,500 moved to the general fund. Fees total $4,956.42 by Clerk J.M. Bentley. The normal Institute fund opened at $426.76. Auditors found records correct to a penny.
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Board of Supervisors
Bentley
Waterloo Corporation
Court House
Woman Fatally Shoots Intruder in Fight Over Husband
Kansas City Missouri February 2 Herr Meda Ufford fatally wounded Edward Huxford who had come to the home of her husband Charles Ufford. Huxford and Ufford were in a desperate fight when Mrs Ufford fired ensuring her husband’s safety. She said Huxford entered without knocking and a quarrel broke out.
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Kansas City
Charles Ufford
Edward Huxford
Des Moines
Meda Ufford
Huxford
Ufford
Creamery Incorporates at Finchford Union Co op
Articles of incorporation filed for Union Creamery Co to operate at Finchford Union township making butter and cheese at cost on a cooperative basis. Net revenues divided pro rata to patrons by butter fat. officers named William Vossberg president D Newell vice president G A Everson secretary and F B Miller treasurer. Board includes Vossberg Newell Baker Rothweiler Howe. ST MARKS THIMBLE BEE hosts Friday in Russel Lamson hall for St Marks guild with musical program and refreshments after.
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Union Creamery Co
Finchford
Union Township
William Vossberg
3. D. Newell
G. A. Evenson
F. B. Miller
S. D. Newell
A. P. Baker
C. G. Rothweiler
John L. Howe
ST. Mark’s
C. Cox
H. W. Flint
Joe Wray
R. A. Ellis
W. N. Birdsall
C. C. Gronen
Russel-Lamson Hall
St. Mark's Guild
St. Mark's
Medical Society Elects Officers in City Meeting
The city medical society held its regular annual meeting at the Ellis hotel with good attendance and interest. New members admitted include Drs EB F Stevenson Ben C Everall Robi C Dakin and Edward T Jaynes. Officers for the coming year were elected: President Dr J Q A Beroggy Vice President Dr W M Shirley Secretary Dr J R Allen and Censor Dr D C Huntoon.
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The
City Medical Society
Ellis Hotel
EB. F. Stevenson
Ben C. Everall
Robi, C. Dakin
Edward T. Jaynes
J. Q. A. Beroggy
W. M. Shirley
J. R. Allen
D. C. Huntoon
Thousands Await The Dairy Train In Iowa
In Coon Rapids Iowa February 2 special report crowds gather to hear lectures on a dairy train along the Chicago Milwaukee Saint Paul line. The campaign is serious and educational with 100 to 1000 listeners at each stop. Yesterday 5000 attended lectures by H G Van Pelt H E Estes H B Colby O P Thompson and G W Patterson from Waterloo Des Moines and Lake Mills.
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H. G. van Pelt
HE. S. Estes
H. B. Colby
Waterloo
O. P. Thompson
Des Moines
G. W. Patterson
Lake Mills
Western Champs Beat Middle West in Close Showdown
Billings Montana February 2 The Triple Brasketball team of this city the western champions defeated the touring Hamiltons of Two Rivers Wisconsin last night by 31 to 24 The Hamilton team is composed of Wisconsin and Tinots stars.
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Billings
Mont
Twao- Rivers
Wis
Hamilton
Wisconsin
Tinots
Chronic Ulcers Indicate Bad Blood Healing Flows
An old medical ad asserts chronic ulcers stem from impure blood and that cleansing the blood restores healing. It promotes S. S. S. as a cure that purifies circulation, enriches corpuscles, and supports plasmic healing, offering a book and free medical advice from Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta.
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S.S.S
HE Swift
Atlanta
Students End Flower Sending Tradition At Grinnell College
Grinnell Ia Feb 2 A move by influential upperclassmen aims to end the costly custom of sending excess flowers to co ed at the Men s Glee Club concert. About two hundred men buy roughly a thousand dollars worth of blooms to honor the event, a practice critics say is costly and fails to foster social initiative.
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Grinnell
Monkey Serum For Infantile Paralysis In Pittsburgh
Pittsburg Pa Feb 2 In an effort to identify the germ causing infantile paralysis the Allegheny General hospital path department has three months been testing sixty imported monkeys The goal is a serum to fight the disease which is fatal in eighty five per cent of cases Some patients have shown rapid improvement under treatment Monkeys are inoculated with the virus and after multiple exposures a serum is produced and given to sufferers The monkey remains the only animal used successfully in treatment
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Pittsburg
Allegheny General Hospital
Mentho laxene cough syrup claim promotes home remedy
An old home formula markets essence mentho laxene with sugar syrup to create a superior cough syrup. It claims fast relief within an hour, laxative and tonic effects, and prevention of pneumonia and lung fever, suitable for children and the elderly.
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County Roads Meeting
CWO
Foley
J. K. Joder & Son
Detroit
Mich
Crystal Theatre
Bremer CO
Don P. Edwards
Demitt
Edwards
First National Bank
M. ©. Schrieber
la Porte City
ELKS
Waterloo Lodge
Ellis’ Ball
L. G. Parrott
Washington
Taft
Fred D. Warren
Warren
Taylor
Kentucky
Campbell
Kansas
Taft l
Union Mercantile Co
Henry Utley Wilson
William Addison Dobson
Henry Franklin Miller
Samuel Edward Giles
Ellis’ Hall
Medical Society
Western Champs
Middle West
Ayowa College
S. H. Liljestrand
New Hartford
Union Depot
Liljestrand
Rock Island
Union Station
Mrs. Liljestrand
Maos Central Depot
N. K. Fairbank Company
Alters
Chicago
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