Train Wins Race With Tornado Sighted Nearby
A Northwestern passenger train outran a tornado moving toward it near the Minnesota border, while storms elsewhere damaged tracks across Iowa. No fatalities or serious injuries were reported. The Milwaukee Railroad must rebuild about 100 miles of single track in Iowa after floods. Local notices cover school events, obituaries, and community updates including a May 28 senior class program and decoration day services.
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Mason City
Minnesota
Jens
Frank Fitch
Bricelyn Hall
CG. W. Paschal
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Milwaukee
Panama
Manning
Portsmouth
Barling
Sherman Farrell
Mother
Babe
Henry Stamp
Northwestern
Mt Auburn Social Notes May Visit and Guests
Mt Auburn activity highlights visits and weekend trips. Mrs Will McNamara and son Joseph left for a short visit with relatives. Walker and Barnes returned to Lisbon after visiting Mrs J A Smalley. John Rice and Marie visited Cedar Rapids. Mrs Will Newton and Engledows called on Cedar Rapids residents. Oliver and baby visited relatives in Vinton. Struve and daughter visited Vinton. Lormor family visited Vin. White and Matter shopped in Vinton. Local women Lola Call Wisse Hill Blanche Craig and Nina Lutes are mentioned.
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Arch St. Clair
Marsh
Oelwein
Mr. St. Clair
Valgren
John St. Clair
Literary Society
Ed. Lane
John Kennen
Ruth, Bramhall
M. H
Det. Hains
Leo Halstead
Myrl Healy
Donald Kitchen
Mt. Auburn
Will McNamara
Joseph
Walker
Josephine White
Matter
Vinton
Lola Call
Wisse Hill
Blanche Craig
Nina Lutes
Fake grease paint disease hoax nets living for actor
Milwaukee reporter details a 61 year old actor Gysberger Vande Senden who claimed a skin disease to cheat county doctors since November 1912. He sought free living by posing with red blotches created by grease paint and was found to be fabricating the illness after an accident caused a jar of his medicine to spill.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Gysberger Vandesend
Stabler to address Iowa Federation on pure water
H B Stabler of the U S Geological Survey will address the Federation of Women’s Clubs at Cedar Rapids on May 23 about securing a pure water supply. The talk ties to Iowa’s joint resolution to study stream pollution with the national health service efforts, stressing clean rivers, milk, and meats as vital food protections.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Board of Health
H. B. Stabler
United States Geological Survey
Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Cedar Rapids
Stabler
Geological Survey
Iowa
Executive Council
National Public Health Service
Women of
Rheumatism Quickly Cured by Liniment Claim
A Newton Iowa resident reports that a bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment cured his brother in law's rheumatism in the arm overnight. The note says Chamberlain's Liniment is best for chronic muscular rheumatism and is sold by all dealers.
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Newton
Iowa
Chamberlain
Lincoln letters for sale recount Mrs Lincoln's bitter notes
Auction in New York this week offers twelve letters by the widow of the martyred president. The letters show Mrs Lincoln's scathing rebukes of Congress and General Grant, including a request to sell her black lace gown to support herself and two sons.
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New York
Lincoln
Just
Verdict for Amputations in Railroad Injury Suit
Fulton M. Skaggs, once a switchman for the Illinois Central, was awarded a $15,000 verdict against the railroad in district court for injuries that led to the amputation of his right arm and leg after being knocked from an engine at Amboy Jan. 12. The report also notes orders for $2.5 million in new equipment by the Illinois Central and subsidiary Central of Georgia, plus growing passenger traffic and a safety rally planned in Oelwein and Dubuque to promote railroad safety.
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St. Paul
Mino
Fulton M. Skaggs
Linois Central Railroad
Amboy
Skagws
Dubuque Times-Journal
Illinois Central Railroad
Central of Georgia
Illinois Central
Oelwein
Dubuque
Telegraph-Herald
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Oelwelh
Ine
No Hospital No Court House in Des Moines
Des Moines residents press action as Sioux City supervisors face possible removal for not issuing county hospital bonds. Voters previously approved 100000 for a hospital. current board seeks 500000 for a new courthouse, prompting calls for a showdown on hospital funding. State officials may be asked to intervene. Demand for railroad maps rises among legislators after no map appropriation.
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Des Moines
Cossont
Cosson
Sioux City
Board of Supervisors
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Gorrell Stock to Open Second Week at Waterloo Theatre
The Gorrell Stock company opens a second week at the Waterloo theatre with the four act comedy drama The Builder of Bridges. The show is new to Waterloo and has drawn crowded houses last week. Admission stays ten cents. doors open at 7 30 each night and demand is high for the best seats.
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Gorrell
Waterloo Theatre
Waterloo
Gorreh
Rockefeller Report Details Commercialized Vice in New York
A Rockefeller chaired study estimates 15 thousand women in a single New York borough are tied to commercialized vice. The report decries inadequate existing agencies, outlines dance hall degradation, and notes masssage parlors as widespread, with operators often advertised in newspapers.
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New York
Bureau of Social Hygiene
John D. Rockefeller
George J. Kneeland
Manhattan
New York City
Rockefeller
America
Europe
Puble
Denver Child Recalls Imaginary Friend Margie Above Clouds
Six year old Corinne Alberta Mayfield of 1055 Josephine street tells of Margie, a spirit-world playmate who lives above the clouds and appears as a fellow child in doll dressings and pictures. Parents offer no explanation as psychologists and scientists study the case as hundreds write letters and visit the family.
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Denver
States
Corinne Alberta Mayfield
A. A. Mayfield
Josephine Street
Margie
Maggie
Corinne
Mayfield
Los Angeles
Decision on Saloon Petition Delays Business Men’s Banquet
The annual meeting of the Business Men's Permperance Association hinges on Judge Dunham's ruling in the saloon petition case. Secretary Almon F. Gates says plans for the year depend on the decision, with potential actions against saloonkeepers if unfavorable and restrained activity if favorable.
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Business Men's Permperance Association
Crystal Theatre Joins Civic Fight Against Flies
The Crystal Theatre sponsors a Civic Society educational film on the life cycle of a fly. It traces birth to adult, showing larvae feeding on decayed meat and how flies spread disease. The screenings run today and tomorrow with the regular show.
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the Crystal
Crystal Management
Mother’s Medicine Chest Endures With Time Tested Remedies
In mothers medicine chest stand remedies used by mothers and grandmothers such as Jayne E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. For nearly forty years it has been curing women of the worst forms of female ills and earned an enviable record.
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Jaydia
E. Pinkham
Fly Pest Efforts Highlighted as Public Health Measure
The piece discusses using public education to combat the fly pest, emphasizing its role in safeguarding health. It notes community outreach and the need for informed citizens to reduce breeding sources and prevent disease.
Early dry goods merchant F. W. Childs dies at 80
F. W. Childs, bookkeeper for Fergason Bros., died in Fort Dodge after a stroke in bed. He was born in 1838 at Niagara Falls and moved to Tipton, Iowa, as a young man. He married fifty-two years ago. his wife died last October. He leaves a son in Waterloo and a daughter, Mrs. Maude Hallock, in Fort Dodge.
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F. W. Childs
Fergason Bros
Fort Dodge
Childs
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Childa
Tipton
Waterloo
Maude Hallock
Olive Tablets promise pink skin and buoyant feeling
An ad touts Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel stimulant with no calomel dangers. Marketed as a vegetable tablet, it claims to improve complexion, eyes, and mood, selling for 10 and 25 cents per box with a nightly dose.
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Olive Tablet
Olive Tablet Company
Colimbus, O
Merital Hair Tonic Promises Hair Health
An advertisement claims Merital Hair Tonic prevents baldness dandruff and scalp diseases by regular use to keep the scalp free of dandruff germs. The ad notes a guarantee from Henderson Drug Co and Red Cross Drug Co.
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Henderson Drug Co
Red Gross Drug Co
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Kelso Ie
Johnson
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Dr. Fisher
C. Irving Fisher
Great Presbyterian Hospital
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