Suffrage advocate urges personal work to win Iowa vote
Ella Stewart, Illinois suffrage organizer and former Illinois Equal Suffrage leader, urged Iowa suffragists to focus on personal outreach. She praised the Iowa Equal Suffrage association and outlined a plan of appointed district and county leaders to organize house to house canvasses and gauge public opinion. Stewart spoke in Memorial hall at Chautauqua Park after a Des Moines school of instruction, sharing Illinois campaign lessons and urging candidates’ stances on woman suffrage.
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Ella 5S. Stewart
Stewart
Ilinois
Ilinois Equal Suffrage Association
Marshalltown
Des Moines
J. W. Richards
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Nee Sary
Memorial Hall
Chautauqua Park
Iowa
General Assembly
Translating Poetry Shows How We Translate Experience
A column on how readers translate poetry into personal experience. The author argues taste varies with individual memory and life, citing Tennyson and Stevenson to explain that people translate lines into their own feelings. Those who live deeply grasp poetry best.
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Tennyson
Arthur
Stevenson
Hone
Rex Beach
Gilbertville News Highlights School Graduation Picnic
Mrs. Harry Norton and baby visit Freeport. George Bernard buys a touring car. Grain and Lumber Co. receives three carloads this week. Gilbertville school closes with a grade program and diploma distribution. Miss Myers awards eighth grade diplomas to 12 pupils and Palmer diplomas to eight penmanship students. Local teachers and pupils praised by Miss Myers and Rev. Nemmers. Campers settle around the vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbertville
Jime
Harry Norton
Baby
Freeport
George Bernard
Gilbertville Grain & Lumber Co
Miss Myers
Paul O'Connor
Alfred Schmitz
Herbert Scares
Hubert Wester
Trene Krantz
Agnes Nugent
Quen- Tietta Thiry
Theresa Sehmelder
Eleanor Youngblnt
Emily Wester
Agatha Weber
Anna Federspiel
Palmer
Loretta Delagardelle
Anna Bernard
Catherine Schommer
Tfreno Krantz
Agathera Weber
Eleanor Youngblut
Emily West
Ruth Lichty Wins County Declamation Contest at Chautauqua Coliseum
Miss Ruth Lichty of Orange township won first prize in the Black Hawk county rural schools declamatory contest at the chautauqua coliseum. Glenn Moon and Grace McCullough took second and third. Prizes included checks of 10, 7.50 and 5 dollars presented by P. E. Ritz. The event drew 14 contestants and a large audience, with judges Supt Charles W. Kline Attorney Carleton Sias and Dr Effie Mel Collum Jones.
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Ruth Lichty
Orange Township
Black Hawk County
Chautauqua Coliseum
Glenn Moon
Mount Vernon Township
Grace McCullough
Sear Fally
Waterloo
P. E. Ritz
Margaret Myers
Supt
Charles W. Kline
Carleton Sias
Effie MelCollum Jones
Lois
Real estate transfers from Black Hawk County records
Abstracts list transfers including Rusdas to Leihsohn and Sadewick to Jameson, with several parcels described by section and township. Other entries note Rose Wil and Rose Will additions, Ezra 10 and Galloway Investment Co transactions, plus Amos Burhans lot 9 in division 43. Names and place details reflect a busy property records page.
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Black Hawk County
Canoseph Rusdas
Philp Leihsohn
JV. Sadewick
Jameson
Rose Wil
Rose
Ezra
Cochonour
Marvin WE Thomas
Gel Lagee BT
STO Galloway Envestment Co
Amos D. Burhans
Lot
Cedar Urichts
Mack Hawk Mety
Sand Car Crash at Chautauqua Park Ends Without Injuries
A sand wagon ran away on a damp track near the Chautauqua park entrance, smashing two trailers before derailing. The motorman and a brakeman escaped injury by diving clear, while two women on the trailers jumped to safety. It took two hours to clear the wreckage as a crowd gathered.
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Parka
Joop
Chattauqua
How Resinol Clears Away Ugly Pimples
An ad-style notice promotes Resinol skin care, claiming Resinol Soap and Ointment quickly cleanse, soothe, and clear pimples and blackheads. It advises daily routines of washing, applying ointment, then rinsing with hot and cold water, and offers a free trial by writing to Resinol in Baltimore.
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Sige
Dent KK
Resinol
Baltimore
Pioneer Waterloo Pioneers Death Notices
William J Brooks a Waterloo pioneer dies at Melrose Kansas age 72. He was born in Illinois October 14 1848 and served in the Civil War before settling on a Kansas farm. Funeral services held at Melrose church with burial in Fairview cemetery.
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Waterloo
Wiliam J. Brooks
Melrose
Kan
Mra. J
Brooks
Dave
William E. Brooks
William & Brooks
Uckall County
Illinois
Sarah J. Tallman
Kansas
Joseph
John
Li¢E
H. Owens
Rosa
Brooke
John, Brooks
Grenola
Jake Wooltine
Haswell
Colo
Tane Nugent
Willian Brooks
Waterton
Sixteenth Regiment
Lowa
Trenry Willming
Pealutte
S.C
Ted
Andersonville
Local district notes and weather from Fredericksburg area
Reports list residents passing away and injuries from a June wind storm. A tractor breached a bridge with near miraculous escape for its driver. Social visits and a found cartridge are also noted in this community update.
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Fredericksburg
Jane
Baker
Tom Rochford
M. Rochford
Wr. Kaut
Charles George
Wateriog
St. T
Lee Allen Thomas
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Darker Hair
An old-time advertisement claims Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy darkens hair naturally and evenly, covering gray within days. It suggests applying a dampened brush through small sections nightly and notes price around 59 cents, with local retailers listed.
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Wyeth
Gale
Taggart
Whist Explodes Injuring Man at Local Event
An explosion during a whist game injured a man whose ear was pierced and face grazed. Messrs Welsh and UpHam will oversee the operation afterward. Ang J. yste SWanger and family visited his brother and sister. Eastland has returned from Minnesota after visiting his two sons.
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PS. Welsh
H.L. Up- Ham
Ang
J. Yste Swanger
Eastland
Minnesota
Mother's Friend Promises Relief for Expectant Mothers
An old family remedy external application, known as Mother's Friend, claims to ease pregnancy discomforts. It is promoted to reduce morning sickness ligament strain and general distress, with testimonials from mothers noting relief and quicker recovery. Available at drug stores, by Bradfield Regulator Co., 801 Lamar Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
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Bradfield Reglator Co
Lamar
Atlanta
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