Iowa Examines State Expenses To Meet Income Shortfall
Des Moines reports the Iowa legislature faces fitting income with appropriations. Gov proposes 126060 for stamp out foot and mouth disease and expenses, with total anticipated costs around 85000 plus federal matching. Discusses San Francisco exposition funds, memorials for Geo T Perkins, road dragging aid, and census enumerator bills.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Veterinary Department
Animal Health Commission
Mississippi River
Chicago
Frisco
Appropriations
Col
G. W. French
Davenport
Emmet Tinley
C. G. Saunders
Gouncll Blutts
James ¢. Devitt
Oskaloogsa
W. W. Marsh
Waterloo
Charles Nelson
Waverly
Wi. Crownover
Hudson
J. McHose
Boone
Sears McHenry
Denison
A. D. Steen
West Liberty
Rey
J. C .White
Winterset
Valuable Suggestion for Kidney Health Ad
Physicians concede kidneys need attention as they filter poisons from blood. Winter indoor life raises risk, with less water and heavier foods increasing workload. An herbal remedy Swamp Root is advertised as a safe, mineral-free treatment for kidney and bladder issues.
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Aden
Wertion
Waterloo Evening Courier
Unemployed Solve Problem in Iowa Legislature
Jan 20 report from Des Moines outlines Rep Coakley of Union County proposing a bill to employ unemployed persons on county roads and farms. The plan would require county officials to provide work, food, lodging, and up to 36 cents a day for ten hours, with officials deciding who is placed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Coakley
Union Gounry
Thirty-sixth General Assembly
Board of Supervisors
Pape's Cold Compound Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast remedy for cold symptoms. It claims the medicine opens blocked passages, relieves headache and feverishness, and stops discharge. It emphasizes dosing every two hours and costs 28 cents in drug stores.
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Pape
County divisions to employ the unemployed under act
The act authorizes county sub divisions and governing officers to carry out provisions of the employment act. It covers the unemployed, jail prisoners, and the county poor who are to be employed and cared for under the act.
Daughter of Father Coffin In Will Challenge
Mrs Garria Rutledge, daughter of the late Father L Coffin, filed suit in Worl Dodge district court to break her father’s will. She asserts unsound mind when made, while attorneys for the estate say the total is about 135000 with 71000 to schools and organizations. She contends the estate is worth around 80000 and would yield nothing if the challenge succeeds.
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Worl Dodge
Garria Rutledge
Coffin
Burglars Raid Town of Sheldahl Iowa
Yeggmen raided Sheldahl twenty miles north of Des Moines on Sunday morning entering three buildings in the business district. They blew a safe at the post office and escaped with 444.78 dollars in stamps and 9 dollars in cash, plus stock and brass checks from local firms. Mrs Amanda Reynolds awoke to two explosions and saw three men flee to a waiting automobile.
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Des Moines
Sheldahi
Busines
B.A. Lockwood Grain Company
W. D. Sloan Lumber Company
Scheldahl-Anderson Grocery
Amanda Reynolds
Lyes
Real estate transfers listing multiple Waterloo property trades
Florence B. Jonkheer and others transfer lots 3 and 4 in block 13 to John Seliger. Galloway Investment Co. sells lot 4 in first add to Jesse M. Show. A. Bown sells lots 6 and 7 in Forest Park to Jesse M. Snow. Niels Madsen sells a partial interest in block 21 to John Krog. Fort Miller admin to G. Lawrence sells 12 lots in Brown and Overman’s add at Vedor Falls. Hans Peter Andersen sells lot 2 in Cavanaugh’s add at Cedar Falls to I. A. McNabbh. David Johnson sells tract in section 39-13 to J. Le Johnson. Mildred A. Green sells part lots 1 and 2 in block 6 of Johnson’s add at Fl.
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Florence B. Jonkheer
John Seliger
J. R
Cameron
Cedar Malls
Galloway Inv. Co
Jesse M. Show
Galloway
Wd. A. Bown
Jesse M. Snow
Forest Park
Waterloo
Niels Madsen
John Krog
Fort. Miller
John W. Moore
G. Lawrence
Brown & Overman
Vedor Falls
Hans Peter Andersen
I. A. McNabbh
Cavanaugh
Hair Loss Cure Promoted by Dandruff Germ Claim
An advertisement touts a hair growth remedy claiming dandruff germ causes hair loss. It recommends a bottle containing Bay Rum Lavona Compasee Menthol Crystals to apply nightly and morning, rubbed into the scalp, promising hair restoration and dandruff germ destruction.
Bobby Jones recounts a close escape in a toy box tale
In a 1915 McClure story fragment Bobby Jones, after a week away, explains his near disaster when a loose spring and a tug on his hair caused him to swing from a shelf. A monkey blocks danger, a tub of water looms nearby, and Drusilla listens as Bobby recalls the perilous night and his rescue.
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Drusilla
Bobby Jones
Bobby
Robby
Monkey
Mr. Monkey
McClure
Rockefeller's Wife Ill at Pocantico Hills
Mrs. Rockefeller, aged seventy five, is critically ill at Pocantico Hills home, suffering malignant anemia. She has been in failing health for years, with illness traced to stress from attacks on Standard Oil and criticisms of John D. Rockefeller's business methods.
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Pocantico Hills
Standard Oil Company
On Selecting An Occupation From The Evening Chit Chat
Ruth Cameron argues that choosing a career should stem from internal motivation rather than external pulls such as friends success or money. External factors can influence, but inner purpose should drive a man toward his profession.
Big fair at Armory advertised for early February
An advertisement invites attendance at the big fair at the Armory from February 1 to 6, listing Knights and Ladies of Security and Company L as organizers. It also notes Helen Keller appearing at Grace Church on February 3. A separate local item reports Mrs William Palmer saving her husband who attempted suicide at home in Council Bluffs on January 26 as he hung by a rope.
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Armory
Knights and Ladies of Security and Company L
Council Bluffs
William Palmer
Yesterdday
Osler on Tuberculosis and Lime Salt Remedy
Sir William Osler discusses pulmonary tuberculosis and healing indicators in the 1892 text. He cites lime salts as a therapeutic component and notes Eckman’s Alterative may aid various TB related conditions. Parcel promotes availability through Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia via drugstores or direct orders.
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William Osler
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Negius
Oxford
Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Rheumatism sufferer praises Merito Powders in ad
Madison Wisconsin January 1 1913 M D Reynolds declares chronic rheumatism since 1894 cured by Merito Rheumatism Powders after using three boxes He says he can walk without crutches now and highly recommends the product Sold at Red Cross Drug Co and Henderson Drug Co Waterloo as exclusive agents Price 60 cents and 1 60.
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Madison
Wis
Mod. Reynolds
M. D. Reynolds
Red Cross Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
Waterloo
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J. H. Henderson
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Mahy
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John Dd, Rockefeller
Tee Ulc
Ruth Cameron
Helen Keller
Grace Church
Beecham
Dr. Osler
Nanay
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