Death to Be Handicapped Racing Indoors and Out
Editorial notes racing deaths at Indianapolis and calls for safety reforms from smaller engines and slower speeds. Discusses changes to rules, displacement limits, and the impact on future oval track racing. Includes opinion on Borah and League of Nations debate. Mentions drought in Eastern Iowa, Fourth of July pig race, and World War I reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finis
Indianapolis Speedway
Speedway
Indianapolis
Uitherto
Ford
United, ‘States
Republican Party
Gorah
League of Nations
League
Hitchcock
Borah
Republic
Fillard
Dempsey
Cedar River Park
United States
Health Talks by Dr John B Huber on diet and eye care
London physician investigates child hunger revealing not food but excess sugar and sweets cause indigestion and anemia. He urges balanced diet with meats milk vegetables and eggs and moderates sweets for all, with note on honey molasses and maple syrup as milder options.
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London
Ruth Wheeler
United States Food Administration
John B. Huber
Little Life Confidences in the Experience of a Couple
Imogene and Andrew discuss a new club on intellectual culture led by Mary Moore a Vassar graduate. Imogene argues the group offers mental exercise through weekly conundrums while Andrew jokes about its seriousness and the idea of growing through intellectual effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew
Imogene
Rob Fulkerson
Mike
Mary Moore
Vassar
Calisthenics
Medicine
Paina Han
Spice Cakes and the Prince Story by Mrs F A Walker
A tale of Lilla in a Princess disguise winning a Prince by baking spice cakes. The Prince discovers Lilla, breaks the veil, and marries her with the King’s consent while the deceitful Princess is remorseful. Recurrent moral notes about luck and kindness. Also a collection note and brief jokes.
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Lilla
Sha
Weil
Lille
Ben Ea
Umar Chet
Attie
Hela
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier
Frace ShoFsday June 24 1869 reports circus arrival in Independence and praise for American loyalty. Notes on schools in Waterloo and Sioux City building plans, a public square grass sale, a butter gift to the town, and Iowa land prospecting with urgent land applications.
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A. T. Po
Waterloo
Charles
Pancho
Waverly Villa
Uncle Sam
West
Red Jacket Cornet Bank
Mullan
West Side
C.B. Miller
Lincoln Townsship
Sioux City
United States Land Office
Sioux City Register
Iowa
Silo Exposition Expands At Cattle Congress Grounds
Dairy Cattle Congress will host more permanent silos on its grounds as silo manufacturers plan an intensive education and selling campaign. B S Estes notes the industry has grown rapidly in the past decade and more farmers now use silos for winter feed conservation.
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B.S. Estes
Dairy Cattle Congress
Iowa
Theatrical Hearts and Onion Lovers Attend Shows
An old style note recalls theater going after onions an amusing habit. A veteran clerk once asked what he could do and the group joked about the effort, reflecting local theatergoing quirks and shared crowd humor.
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National Newspaper
Servic
Local notices and personal items from La Porte City 1879
Fortnightly notices report deaths, marriages, birthdays, and civic actions in La Porte City. Mrs. Demaris A. Clark dies at 30 in Grundy Center of consumption. George A. Hoff marries Margaret Atlee in Philadelphia. A. Nelson Lindsey donates first raspberries of season. Street fences must be moved back after 19 days notice. Cedar street impassable. millrace needs bridges. B F Sinclair celebrates twenty third birthday. The Local Review, a new Republican paper, starts in La Porte City.
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Demaris A. Clark
B. 2. Clark
William Staninger
Grundy Center
W. H. Hartman
Daniel & Slade
Cedar Street
Bridge
la Porte City
Water loo Bishop makes first diocese visit and confirms
Twenty years ago on Monday June 26 1899 Bishop Theodore W Morrison of the Iowa diocese presided at Christchurch Waterloo for confirmations including Elsie Vaughan Tillie Mears Mabel Vaughan Bessie Vaughan Cranston Adams Walter Clark William Sherwood Albert Sherwood Joseph A Gary Ashua Ta I. Also noted are a marriage of B M Towne to Mollie Walker and the upcoming marriage of Miss Murray to J A Sternberger. Died June 23 C J Culbertson age 75. County assessment shows farm land at 42.50 per acre and total property value at 8 188 892. Harry T Fisher wed June 20. James Black and family depart for Ireland June 23 for a three month trip.
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Theodore W. Morrison
Iowa
Episcopal Church
Waterloo
Christchurch
Elsie Vaughan
Tillie Myars
Mabel Vaughan
Bessie Vaughan
Cranston Adams
Walter Clark
Wiliam Sherwood
Albert Sherwood
Joseph A. Gary
Black Hawk County
D. W. Foote
State of Homes Signals Tenant Shift in Carroll County
The Des Moines Capital notes Carroll county farms total 3 877 with forty nine percent leased to tenants. Some townships show nine percent tenant occupancy amid soaring land values and a land boom fueling speculation as prices rise from 300 to 355 dollars per acre. Local farmers debate whether buyers intend to farm land or profit from sale.
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Des Moines
Carroll County
Glidden
Bean
Jefferson Township
Jefferson
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd
Riddling anecdote from 1919 about Bill Sykes avoiding work. A bet for 30 days at 16s 4d with a 20s daily forfeiture ends with neither owing the other, illustrating the folly of labor and rest. The piece concludes with an answer to the prior puzzle and credits Sam Loyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Sykes
Morgan, Greene, Gates, Andre, Dowe, Concord
Sam Loyd
Bayer Cross on Genuine Aspirin Warns Buyers
An advertisement emphasizes that Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must show the Bayer Cross to be genuine and safe. It notes unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions relieve headache toothache and other pains, with small tin boxes and larger packages available at drug stores.
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Bayer
Proper Thing Now Is to Peel Off Soiled Skin
Advertisement touts mercurial wax as a nighttime treatment that removes blemishes and freckles without makeup. It claims a bright, white, youthful complexion with daily use and washing in the morning, urging readers to obtain an ounce from a druggist.
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