Disease surge seen in OHA weekly report
The state board of health reports a rise in communicable diseases across Iowa with measles and scarlet fever setting weekly records. Measles caused 80 percent of week’s cases and 20 deaths in January, while diphtheria, smallpox, chicken pox, and typhoid fever are also noted alongside calls for school reporting and milk pasteurization to curb spread.
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A Wallace
Bury
Pottawattamie
Polk
Johnson, Jefferson
Jackson
Floyd
Webeter
Clinton
Mahaska
Woodbury
Dubuque
Marshall
Webster County
Wallace
Sleuthing Catches Boys Who Phoned False Alarms
John Johnson aged 13 of 168 Lupton Street and Joseph Pilis aged 12 of Riverview confessed to Fire Chief Ray Tiller late yesterday to phoning multiple false fire alarms. Their latest call midday targeted Hotel Russell Lamson, the third such incident for the department. Station attendants recalled two boys being in the station at noon and the alarm trace led to their admission.
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John . Johnson
Lupton Street
Joseph Pilis
Riverview
Ray Tiller
Russell Lamson
Tiller
Calorite Powder Advertises Aid For Oily Skin
Advertisement claims Calorite powder brightens sallow skin, cleans dust and dirt from pores, and reduces blackheads when rubbed on a wet cloth nightly. It promises a refreshed feel and better sleep from using the product each night.
Bottles and Trademark Claim Rise in Early Advertisements
A fragment notes a 25 cent bottle and 50 cent bottle sale in drugstores for Milk of Magnesia. It references the U S Registered Trade Mark of The Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company and its predecessor Charles W. Phillips since 1875, with repeated emphasis on the brand Phillips.
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Phillips
U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company
Charles WW. Phillips
Boys Admit Guilt After West Side School Visit
After a trip through west side schools the boys were located and, under questioning by the chief, admitted their guilt. They were taken before Judge George J. Sager of the municipal court, who cautioned them that any other step from the straight and narrow path would result in their being sent to the Industrial Training School for Boys at Eldora.
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George J. Sager
Municipal Court
Eldora
Good Trakea Interview Quoted in Philadelphia Bulletin
The Philadelphia Bulletin quotes Trakea discussing her first husband, noting his positive traits and a figure of over $100,000 cited for one matters. The exchange highlights personal history and financial detail.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
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Oha
Cabe
Senate
Maya
Johnson, Pottawattamie
Tamacomthea
Wood
Phillips’ Milk of
Magnesia
B.C. Co
Waterloo
Sweeney
She Sweeney Eeney
Paris
New York
Chase
Tweed Yard
Denerea
Picea
Davis
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