Mystery Deepens in Coppock Murder Near Ankeny Des Moines
Farmers with rifles hunted for Lizzie Coppock’s killer after her body was found with three bullet wounds in the Coppock home. A nearby shack housed the suspected murderer for at least a day, footprints pointed to a man without overshoes, and neighbors reported a careful inquiry into motives, with robbery ruled out as the motive.
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Des Moines
Lizzie Coppock
Ankeny
Coppock
Marion Coppock
Copnock
Dne
Dane T
Two French Brides Brought Into Iowa by Soldier Boys
Cedar Falls May 10 Corporal Holly Hodges of the Eightieth engineers returned from France with a French bride he married before sailing. They planned a visit to Waverly before settling in. Mrs Hodges will learn English and be 100 percent American. Hodges is an overseas veteran foster son of the Atocks. In Charles City Ben Temple of Company C Thirteenth Iowa engineers returned after 21 months in France with a French wife, Floyd County's first Bisich bride. Temple was a former motorcycle policeman.
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Cedar “Falls
France
Holly Hodges
New York
Iowa
Hodges
Narley-Woo
Waverly
Richard Alcock
West
Twelfth Street
Atcock
Charles City
Ben T. Temple
Company C
Thirteenth Iowa Engineers
Floyd County
Temple
Charles A. Pearson
San Diego
California
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Thief Steals 75 Chickens From Blunt Brooder at West Union
West Union Iowa May 11 bold thieves entered the Clide Blunt poultry house four miles from West Union on the Clermont road and carried off about 75 young chickens. The birds ranged from two incubator settings to five weeks old. The track direction was northward from the farm. lighting and alarm ideas were suggested to deter future intrusions.
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West Union
Clide Blunt “Place
Clermont Road
Blunt Woultry
Barner
Ipowltry House
Namberlain's Solic and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
An old advertisement extols Namberlain's Solic and Diarrhoea Remedy noting it wins favorable opinion and praise from users. It urges readers to try the remedy when fatigued or afflicted and features promotional language typical of vintage ads.
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Namberlain
Dr. Macrae Heads Iowa Physicians in 1920
Des Moines May 19 The Iowa State Medical Society elected Col Donald Macrae of Council Bluffs president for 1920 at the final session yesterday. William L. Allen of Davenport was 1919 president. George C. Stockman Mason City first vice president. Granville N. Ryan Des Moines second vice president. Tom B. Throckmorton secretary. Thomas F. Duhigg treasurer, both reelected. About 700 attended. prewar program included surgery talks and an address on military to civil surgery by Lieut Col Dean Lewis. Des Moines to host the 1920 convention.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Medical Society
Donald Macrae
Council Bluffs
William Ll. Allen
Davens Port
Macrae
France
Mobile Hospital No. 1
George C. Stockman
Mason City
Granville N. Ryan
Tom B. Throckmor
Ton
Thomas F. Duhigg
Guilford H. Sumner
Jstate Board of Health
Dean Lewis
Chicago
Phelps Glasses for Head Athe Jefferson Ad
Advertisement urging readers to try Phelps glasses for the head. Mentions Jefferson and a noted brand. Promotes a product with a concise, period-voice style.
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Phelps
Jefferson
Nathan Abel 81 Dies in La Porte City
Nathan Abel, 81, died Thursday at 2:30 pm at his son Ed Abel's home in La Porte City after weeks of illness from yaemic poisoning and age related complications. Survived by eight children, twenty five grandchildren, and eighteen great grandchildren. services at Mt Auburn M. church with Rev. Coaver in charge. Burial in Mt. Auburn cemetery.
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la Porte City
Nathan Abel
Ed Abel
Abel
Nathan M. Abel
Syracuse
N. Y
Sandwich
Ill
Lydia
M. Tappan
Benton County
Mt Aubur
Abel Ayers
Josephine
Sylvia Smith
Jacob
Winthrop
Elmer ‘Abel
Mason City
Nellie Ayers
Ona Griner
Dumont
Arthur Abel
Nation
Ln Porte City
Gammon
M. &. Church
Mt Auburn
Mr. Coaver
Mt. Auburn
Clarence Hager
John Hager
Harlan Hager
June Smith
Red Cross
Rollealt
Greer McQuilken
Laslies’ Literary Circle
G. E. Stebbing
Adaline Waldroff
Dell Towne
Olive Tablets Offer Quick Constipation Relief
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets provide a gentler alternative to calomel for constipation and torpid liver. The sugar coated olive colored tablets are said to stimulate normal bowel and liver action without griping, with nightly use common. Priced at 25 cents per box and available at all druggists.
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Edwards
Calomel
Dr. Edwards
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Spring Tonic
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a vital spring tonic and blood purifier to combat war related nervous strain and lingering illnesses. It claims the medicine boosts strength, appetite, digestion, and energy, with Hood's Pills offered as a mild laxative.
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Hood
C. 1 Ood CO
Lowell
Mase
Summer Complaint in Children Remedy Adverts
A vintage ad touts Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for summer complaints in children. It claims few deaths now, credits the remedy with high recovery rates when used with castor oil and proper diet, and cites W G Campbell of Butcher Tennessee praising its effectiveness.
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Chamberlain
W.G. Campbell
Butcher, Tenn
Henry Jewett
Clark Mills
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Ida Gravenhorre
Mariners* Savings Bank
Thimble Bee Inite Society of the Presbyterian Church
John Kerstetter
Daytona Beach
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Peter Hoffman
Isenhower
Waterloo
E. S. Genung
da Porte
Carters
Rice Pills
Carter
Addiline
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Linwood
Paige
Linwoods
Detroit
Detroit Motor Car CO
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L.B. Kascht
Black Didg
Las
G. H. Hospers
Black Hawk Bank
Wm.h. Ross
Leavitt and Johnson’ Building
J. E. Karth
E. J. Dunkelberg
F. C. Lee Optometrisc Anl
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E. Boyce Optometrist 202 Syndicate
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