College Head Optimistic On Cedar Falls Teachers College
President H H Seerley predicts fall matriculation could reach 3 000 despite summer term attendance of 1 200. He cites doubled numbers at term start, no class distinctions, and a $1 000 000 investment in grounds and buildings as aims for efficiency. Summer term ends July 25. fall term starts September 2.
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Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
H. H. Seerley
Seerley
Scerley
Heach
The Summer Girl and The Summer Woman Difference
The ad contrasts The Summer Girl who is having a good time with The Summer Woman who is worn and tired. It claims kidney trouble rather than female trouble and promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a direct help, sold by all druggists.
Colfax to Fight Friedmann Plant in Tuberculosis Hospital
Des Moines July 19 Jasper county district court to be asked to enjoin Continental Distributing company and agents from establishing a tuberculosis hospital in Colfax. Colfax seeks legal action with Newton as county seat. Colfax board of health and state board back opposition. Dr. G H Sumner opposes Friedmann treatment calling it ineffective and against medical tradition.
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Des Moines
District Court
Jasper County
Continental Distributing Company
Colfax
HE. M. Tripp
Newton
Distributing Company
Middle West
Colfax Board of Health
State Board of Health
Colfax Board
G. H. Sumner
State Board
Sumner
To Whiten Discolored Neck Arms and Hands
Regret over sun and wind tints prompts women to seek white neck and arm skin. A beauty ad promotes presolated buttermilk paste as a harmless bleach, to apply overnight, rinse with cold water, and repeat through summer. It claims softer, whiter, smoother skin without greasy faces.
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Ehlinrless
Aunt Bally
Scientific tax assessments of real estate by W A Somers
A report on Walter W. Somers of Cleveland and his new method for valuing real estate for tax purposes. The piece traces his rise from St. Paul city engineer to innovator whose scales and tables yield systematic, mathematical assessments. It credits Somers with reducing inequities, enabling community input, and guiding jurisdictions from Cleveland to Denver in standardized valuations.
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W. A. Somers
Walter W. Pollack
Cleveland
St. Paul
United States
St. Paul, Minn., and Now of New York City. In the Early '90’S Mr. Somers
City of
Somers
Jota
Lota
Chicago
New York
Department of Taxes
Mr. Somers
Tom Johnson
Columbus
Ohio
Springfield
East St. Louis
Joliet
Til
Denver
Colo
Estate dispute knots Council Bluffs heirs case
Roy and Hazel Whittaker of Shenandoah contest the will and deny the identity of Mrs. Julia Sanford and her son Charles Burhee as heirs to the late Mrs. Ann Whittaker. They seek to block administration and claim the cash estate should go to them, asserting irregular court actions and questioning authority in a sprawling inheritance dispute involving missing heirs located in the west.
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Council Bluffs
Roy
Hazel Whittaker
Shenandoah
Ann KE. Whittaker
Mra
Julia Martha Sanford
Charles Burhee
Shenandoah Cllaimants
Mra. Sanford
South America
Far West
Sanford
Mazel Whittaker
Farmer Jailed in Black Hand Case Near Denison
Andy Bowling, a farmer three miles east of Denison, was arrested by a U S marshal for sending blackhand letters. A week earlier George Naeve of Crawford County State Bank received a demand for 385 dollars to be left under a tree near a bridge east of town. Naeve alerted authorities. a planted package failed to draw a suspect. Government detectives pursued the case leading to Bowling’s arrest and transfer to Council Bluffs for trial.
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Denison
Andy Bowling
United States
George Naeve
Crawford County State Bank
Naeve
Post Office Department
Council Bluffs
La Rue Town Crier Band Opens Season in Lincoln Park
Several hundred people gathered at Lincoln park last night to hear the La Rue Town Crier band in its first appearance this season. The concert honored visiting druggists and drew many delegates, with the park filled to capacity by an appreciative crowd.
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Lincoln Park
la Rue Town Crier
Love by dynamite sparks Iowa court rehearing plea
Des Moines July 10 Attorneys in the famous Iowa dynamite torpedo love making case file a plea for a rehearing. Elma Johnson sued Rock Island for injuries when a railroad torpedo used as a weight for a love note was thrown from a passing train. The supreme court had held the railway not responsible, saying the brakeman acted outside employment scope. Lawyers argue the scope rule has exceptions and should not shield masters for servants’ dangerous acts. The trial, before Judge Howell, noted three of the supreme bench were absent at argument.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Rock Island Railroad
Elma Johnson
Rock Island Railway Company
Supreme Court
Bar
Howell
Johnson County
Supreme Bench
Big Attendance at Convention in Waterloo
The national convention of the Young People's Society of the United Presbyterian Church will be held in Waterloo in August with large visitor turnout expected from across the United States. Local committees prepare lavish entertainments as notable speakers are planned. County Treasurer Bentley reported Washington County Iowa will send over 100 visitors. other presbyteries may boost delegates to thousands, with Indiana Ohio and coastal states contributing full quotas.
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The
Young People’s Society of the
United Presbyterian Church
Waterloo
United States
Bentley
Washington County
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Poison ivy cautions and blood purifier ad
A vintage advertisement warns readers to beware poison ivy while enjoying the woods. It promotes Swift’s blood purifier as a safe mineral-free remedy that purifies blood, heals skin eruptions, and dries sore areas. The ad directs readers to Swift Laboratory Atlanta and Swift Building Atlanta for purchase.
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SS. S
S. S
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Swift Specific Company
Swift
Alants, Ga
Isadora Duncan Finds Solace for Grief Among War Scenes
Isadora Duncan, the American dancer, seeks solace among war struck villagers near Janina. She has moved into a fortress with Greek women and destitute families, teaching, weaving, and helping under grim conditions after the Seine tragedy that claimed her children.
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Isadora Duncan
Seine
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Beerleyt
Teachers’ Institution
Friedmann Plant
Cwizens
Tion
Helm
Kimere
America
Rle
Latesse
Warry Sigwearth
Town Crier Band
United Presbyterians
Didie
Patrick
Coca-Cola Company
Atlante, GI
Cora-Colty
Samuel
P.m
Corn Belt Telephone Co
Waverly
Waterloo Courter
Geo. Hunt
Grenek Ave
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