Defense in Routledge v Coffin case lingers in guardianship bid
Fort Dodge Iowa Feb 13 The defense in Carrie Routledge versus L Coffin to obtain a permanent guardianship over him proceeds in district court Judge Albrook presiding Witnesses for defense include Curtiss of Iowa State College Ames who backs a Willowedge girls agricultural school on Coffin’s farm needing 100000 beyond farm value to establish the institution Other witnesses such as Georgia Wade McClelland Benedict Home superintendent Lennox College president Reed and state asylum head Crampacker testify Coffin’s mental fitness is challenged with discussions on senile dementia and potential manipulation by others in cross examination including questions about Coffin’s pride in his speeches and donations to Benna Vista Lennox colleges The trial centers on Coffin’s mental soundness and the proposed guardianship plan.
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Fort Dodge
Carrie B. Routledge
Coffin
E. Albrook
Curtiss
Iowa State College
Ames
Georgia Wade McClelland
Benedict Home
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Reed
Lennox College
Hopkinton
Benna Vista College
Storm Lake
Benna Vista College J
Lennox
W. P. Crurspacker
State Asylum For the Insane
Independence
Dennis Kelleher
Crampacker
Oelwein Recital by Kenneth Runkel at Sacred Heart
Kenneth Runkel visits Oelwein to give a Jen sen organ recital at the Church of the Sacred Heart this evening. He performs with Annette Yde Lake contralto and Ethel Francis Berry of Ramkel Studios. K P Noah of Ascalon Commandery will oppose him as the stated conclave meets Friday February 14 at 8 o'clock for balloting and regular business.
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Oelwein
Kenneth KE. Runkel
Church of the Sacred Heart
Annette Yde Lake
Ethel Francis Berry
Ramkel Studios
K.P. Noah
Ascalon Commandery
Transcontinental Route group meets in Marshalltown
Marshalltown Iowa Feb 13 officers and workers of the Transcontinental Route association held a session to outline a campaign for promoting the route as the Iowa division of the proposed ocean to ocean highway. W G Haskell W F Coan John Wunderlich W C Rollins and others spoke on good roads topics and the ocean to ocean highway plan.
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Marshalltown
Transcontinental Route Association
Iowa
W. G. Haskell
Cedar Rapids
W. F. Coan
Clinton
John Wunderlich
W. C. Rollins
Denison
F. J. Tishenbanner
Gilmore City
D. W. Norris, Jr
Times- Republican
Jay Newcomer
Eldora
A. A. Moore
The
Route Association
Eye Destroyed By Butcher Knife In Hog Dressing Accident
Will Grimm, 31, of south of Garrison Iowa, was dressing a hog when the butcher knife slipped and struck his left eye, cutting it in two. A physician advised eye removal. Also reports Henry Mekins of Alburnett IA died of a paralytic stroke, Ostrom Stone dies aged over 90 after wife’s death, and a liquid air demonstration at the Irving with a professor at the Majestic theatre drawing scientific observers.
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Vinton
Will Grimm
Garrison
Grim
Henry Mekins
John Sebern
Alburnettla
Mekins
Ostrom Stone
Winchester
Mass
the Irving
Majestic Theatre
Strange New Drug Stops Scalp Itching
A London specialist Prof J B Webbes Curtin announced quintone as a simple home remedy for scalp eczema. Two ounces of quintone dissolved in half a pint of hot water applied twice daily eases eczema on the scalp and itching skin eruptions including wall rheum totter and ring worm.
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Advanced Science
London
J. B. Webbes-Curtin
Probe into County Board Work Prompts Bridge Records Review
Public interest drives an inquiry into the county board of supervisors led by Pinkerton investigator C A Vaeth. Auditor Rainbow provides access to documents as blanks in bridge records since 1897 are found, with warrants and contracts to be examined, questions raised about bid practices and material costs. Rainbow denies calling the board a farce while clarifying push for expert accounting.
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C. A. Vaeth
Pinkerton
Board of Supervisors
Rainbow
Ely's Cream Balm Advertisement Promises Quick Catarrh Cure
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a nasal rinse to filter the air, relieve stuffed noses, and cure catarrh and chronic cases. It claims rapid relief from head congestion, throat soreness, and lingering colds, with a single fifty cent bottle sufficient for many. Agent R. W. Taggart is listed.
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Ely
R. OW. Taggart
To Let Ads in Waterloo Evening Courier
Question about finding future address via today’s To Let ads. The Waterloo Evening Courier promotes its large paid circulation and claims superior reach for advertising, suggesting readers place ads to maximize exposure and results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
County records under expert audit urged by officials
Investigation draws public interest as auditors argue that an expert accountant will finish quicker and more accurately than lay counters. Citizens await the detective's findings and any indications of irregularities in the county’s conduct.
Father John’s Medicine Endorsed by Doctors Worldwide
Reading Pa resident says the doctor recommended Father John’s Medicine for her cough, a sentiment echoed by others across towns. The ad claims it cures colds and throat and lung troubles naturally, with no alcohol or poisonous drugs, and offers a large bottle by mail order from Carleton S. Hovey Co. for one dollar express prepaid.
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Father John
C. H. Dunkel
Linden Street
Reading Pa
A. H. Hixon
Larkin Street
Bangor
Henry F. Willet
Crown Street
Meriden
Conn
Frank Poff
Hallam
Catherine Boyle
Blackburn Street
Fairhaven
Mass
Charles L. Brown
Irving
Ill
Carleton S. Hovey Company
Lowell
Masa
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