Grout wins Iowa senate contest after recount finds errors
Des Moines report details a rapid three day recount in Black Hawk and Grundy districts. Grout from Waterloo edges DeWoll by 40 votes amid errors found in 32 of 47 precincts. The tally shows carelessness rather than deliberate miscounts, with varied shifts across township wards and towns including Cedar Falls and Colfax.
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Des Moines
Grout
Waterloo
Sherman W. DeWoll
Grundy County
Black Hawk-Grundy
Vinolt Restores Strength After Grippe in Canton Miss
Mrs Lizzie Dealdwin of Canton Miss testifies Vinolt cured her cough and revived her strength after a grippe illness. The ad promotes Vinolt as a cod liver oil tonic by Wangler Bros Co and C J Miller druggists with a money back guarantee for chronic conditions, colds, or bronchitis.
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Canton
Vinolt
Lizzie Dealdwin
Miss. Vinci
Wangler Bros. Co
C. J. Miller
Waterloo
Shoe Stock Has Got to Go
After 26 years in Waterloo we move from retail to wholesale shoes. We thank loyal customers and promise full value and easy returns. Every shoe is guaranteed and exchangeable if not satisfactory. Prices are very low on a large stock with broad reductions across all styles.
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Waterloo
Misses and Children's Shoes in Gun Metal Patent
Price list shows high cut Gun Metal patent footwear for misses and children, with sizes 8 to 11 priced around $4.50 to $1.75 depending on style and button or toll options. Includes Tan Button and Child's Parent Button styles, infant soft soles at 25 to 40 cents.
Faithful Fire Horses to Be Replaced by Motors
Iowa cities report a shift to motorized fire apparatus with bids opened for a second motor apparatus in Clinton. Central station will stop horse work. five outlying stations to follow, with two years to fully replace horse drawn equipment. Historic teams Bob and Bob are expected to retire or be sold. In Sioux City, Hi club organizes anti cigarette drive among freshmen, 401 boys pledge to abstain. Hi Y members to address classes and distribute pledge cards with school board support.
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Bob
Bonnie and
Beautty
Sioux City
J. 8. McCowan
Armer Recovers Farm and Money in Court Descent
Council Bluffs February 14. Judge Wheeler described a conspiracy to defraud Mr and Mrs Charles C Jeffries of Golden out of their home and about 8000 dollars in cash. The district court decree orders Lloyd W Longwerker and associates of Omaha to reconvey the Jeffries home and repay 2900 dollars principal and interest.
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Council Bluffs, Ta
Charles C. Jeffries
Ghoden
Council Bluffs
O. D. Wheeler
District Court
Lloyd W. Longwerker
Omaha
Jeffries
Jeffs
Longneckers linked to Omaha female barber in jeffries case
A strange episode in this city involves an Omaha female barber who befriended Jeffries. Following her visits to the Jeffries home, allegations arose of poisoning the mind of Mrs Jeffries against her husband and the subsequent hiring of the Long neckers to deal with supposed blackmailers.
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Longneckers
Omaha
Jeffries
Marshalltown Bootlegger Fined $500 In Dist Court
Marshalltown on February 15 Charles A Dunn a North Center street restaurant owner was fined 500 dollars and costs by Judge B F Cummings in the district court for selling intoxicating liquor The court ordered Dunn jailed until the fine and costs are paid An appeal bond stands at 1000 Dunn found guilty by a jury last week of selling an intoxicant labeled Barley Beau.
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Marshalltown
Charles A. Dunn
North Center Street
B. F. Cummings
yUle District Court
Dunn
Export food embargo debated as Europe war demand grows
Washington has seen rising protests urging action to curb grain and meat exports to Europe. Congress considers embargo or shipment limits to protect American food supplies amid soaring prices. Demand for accountability grows as meat and grain exports surge since the war began.
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Washington, D. C
Europe
United States
Congress
Farr
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Prominent Speakers for Y M C A Convention
The 37th annual Iowa Y M C A state convention meets in Marshalltown February 19 to 21 with the theme Evangelism. Speakers include Fred S. Smith New York Dr Ozorn Davis Chicago David R Porter New York George D McDin chi hougot Frank H Burt Chicago K W Peck Minneapolis Rev E H Stran fahan Oskaloosa A K Harper Fairfield. The International association quartet provides music at all sessions in the new Marshalltown M C A building.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Y. M. CA
Fred 8. Smith
New York
Ozorn Davis
Chicago
David R. Porter
George D. McDin
Chihougot
Frank H. Burt
K. W. Peck
Minneapolis
E. H. Stranfahan
Free Lecture Series by J. S. Shavffer at Pinkerton Hall
A free lecture by J. S. Shavffer titled Our Higher Possibilities and Their Attainment begins Monday at 7 p.m. in Pinkerton Hall 12 West. The talk promises simple steps to realize ideal life, harmonize conditions, and improve health. first lecture emphasizes the series’ key ideas.
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J. S. Shavfrr
Pinkerton Hall
West
Christianity and the War values in faith and ethics
In a reader letter Ruth Cameron argues that Christianity has not failed amid war. A Japanese student, inspired by Christ’s ethics, seeks baptism after learning about Christian humility and sacrifice, but questions how Christians can be true to Christ when teachers argue.
Cascarats Claim Fast Cold Cure In One Night
Advertisement touts Cascarats as the best remedy for a bad cold livening the liver and cleansing the bowels. A 10 cent box is recommended with one or two tablets taken tonight promising the cold will be gone by morning.
McNamaras' Pal Is Under Arrest in New York
Matthew A. Schmidt, once indicted in Los Angeles in 1910 as a purchaser of dynamite used in the Los Angeles Times bombing by the McNamara brothers, was arrested in New York Saturday night by Detective William J. Burns and Police Captain William Deevey, ending a worldwide manhunt.
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New York
Matthew A. Schmidt
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
McNamara Brothers
William J. Burns
William
Deevey
Schmidt
MusteroIe headache remedy advert headlined claim
An old style ad promotes MusteroIe a clean white mustard oil ointment for external use to relieve headache and cold congestions. Claims fast relief for sore throat bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia and many pains with sizes 25c 50c and hospital 2.50. Warns to buy genuine MusteroIe from The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
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Musterole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Fugitive suspect tied to dynamite plant blast arrest
The officers say Schmidt confessed after custody on a fugitive warrant. Byrne identifies him as one of three men who bought 1,000 pounds of dynamite used in the newspaper plant explosion that killed twenty one people.
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Schmidt
Byrne
Dandruff Cure Claims to Restore Hair Through Argon Use
An old remedy advertises dissolving dandruff with four ounces of ordinary liquid argon applied at night. It promises complete removal by morning and prevention with repeated use. The ad claims itching stops and hair appears healthier, selling qu id arvon inexpensively at drug stores.
Rheumasalts Fight Run-Down Feelings for All Ages
An old advertisement promotes Rheumasalts as a tonic for run-down conditions. It claims to ease fatigue, constipation, indigestion, headaches, and rheumatic symptoms without caffeine or dangerous drugs. The product is offered in five ounce bottles with dosing guidance and mentions the Rheumabath Company of Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Minn
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