State Board reports cost of living doubles in two years
Des Moines reports show cost of living rose from 75 to 100 per cent in the biennial period ending June. The board estimates $210,252.60 debt for support of wards over four months. It recommends selling Flynn farm near Des Moines and Granite farm in Lyon county, buying land near Fort Madison and Anamosa for prisoner labor, and reorganizing Knoxville inebriate hospital and El Dora industrial school age rules.
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Jack WK. Kosanke
Pia Pie
Hurul Berl
Charles Wesley Grany
Orange Foxy Nehipe
Des Moines
Pat Monaw Seerie
de Vay
Ginia Nellie
Charles Victor
Baltimore
John Vernice
Harding
Sycamore
morelGeralg
Adolph F. Lukes
Nl Butler
Carl G. Miller
Benthe
Ington Township
Bert French
Ofine
Herbert Gils
Selk Flynn
Flynn
Olive
Lyons
Fort Madison
Amaurosa
Knoxville
Eldora
Anamosa
A. M. McColl
Woodward
J. H. Strief
Sioux City
W. D. Sheean
Marriage license returned after consent dispute in Council Bluffs
Miss Helen Bejma and Roy J. Chapman sparked a dispute when a license was secured without her consent. Bejma returned the license to the clerk saying there would be no marriage. The situation remained unresolved as observers questioned the plans or thoughts of the couple.
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Council Bluffs
Helen Bejma
Nere
Roy J. Chapman
MEN-THO-EZE cold remedy claim and sale notice
An old fashioned remedy blends goose grease and turpentine with menthol and oils like peppermint and wintergreen to treat chest cold. The ad touts fast relief in twenty minutes with inhalation and offers 20c and 60c sizes via local dealers or direct mail from Fort Dodge Iowa.
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China
Japan
Fort Dodge
Big Poultry Show For Waterloo Next Month
The Waterloo Poultry association schedules its annual show for December 30 to February 5 with A Tucker of Royal Oak Mich named as judge. President W L Pattison returns from the Des Moines show having won high honors with Barred Rocks, including first on cockerel and second on pullet across four birds. A Christian Science lecture by Mrs Ella W Hoag C S D of Toledo Ohio is set for Waterloo theatre Thursday evening November 21 at 8 o'clock, with her serving on the board of lectureship for the Boston mother church.
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Waterloo Poultry Association
A. Tucker
Royal Oak
Mich
W. L. Pattison
Des Moines
Waterloo Theatre
At & G
Ella W. Hoag
Toledo
Hoag
Mother Church
Boston
Ela W. Hoag
Ohio
Christian Science Board of
Moasher Church
First Church of Christ
Scientist
Loston, Mass
Salesman Charged With Cheating In Municipal Court
D J Quinlan a traveling salesman from Dubuque was brought to town on a charge of cheating by false pretenses. The case centers on a $72 check endorsed to the Quaker Oats company and signed with the name J F McDonald. Bailiff J N Sweiter received the warrant for service as the information was filed in municipal court.
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D. J. Quinlan
Dubuque
Tra Rodamur
C. A. Hemsworth
Quaker Oats Company
J. F. McDonald
Are Advertised Medicines Worthless
The piece argues against condemning all advertised medicines while noting fakes exist in every trade. It touts Lordia and E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as enduring remedies for female ailments, claiming forty years of wide use and status as a standard remedy nationwide.
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Lordia
E. Pinkham
America
Social Welfare League Plans Annual Meeting Thursday
Trained workers in social welfare will present an program at the Y M C A rooms at 8 p m Thursday. Ada Palmer Marian Chapman Grace A Ament Blanche Stewart Day and Miss Harriet McLaury will speak on topics from assets and liabilities to public health and council placements. Re election of league board members and officers will follow with exhibits on local social conditions.
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Social Welfare League
Ada M. Palmer
Home Service of the Red Cross
Marian Chapman
Home Service Committee
Grace A. Ament
Blanche Stewart
Council of Social Agencies
Waterloo
Harriet McLaury
League
Man gets 8 year term for shooting boy in Halloween night
George Brown, 58, was sent to Fort Madison to serve eight years for manslaughter in the Meindert shooting at Meservey Iowa. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter after being indicted for murder in the Halloween crowd incident.
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Associated Press
Mason City
George Brown
Fort Madison
Harry Meindert
Meservey
Brown
Grand
Miona Stomach Tablets Promise Quick Relief
Stomach tablets claim to banish indigestion and related symptoms within minutes. Regular use over two weeks purportedly restores a sour, tired stomach to a sweet, energetic condition with guaranteed results or money back. Sold by Wangler Bros. and leading druggists.
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Wangler Bros
Child killed by auto in Nevada Iowa crossing
Lynn Lewis Wolfe, son of Mr. and Mrs. L B Wolfe, was struck and run over by a car driven by Byron M Dickey near the Palace theatre. He died within thirty minutes from concussion of the brain. Dickey came from the north at an estimated speed under sixteen miles per hour.
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Nevada
Lynn Lewis Wolfe
L. B. Wolfe
Palace Theatre
Byron M. Dickey
Twin Lakes Aid Of Carp And Buffalo
Manson Iowa November 20 The government supervised selling of Twin Lakes continues with the next haul. All fish except carp and buffalo are returned to the lakes. Demand for carp and buffalo is high with peddlers from far distances buying at seven cents a pound after earlier selling at twelve cents.
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Manson
Twin Lakes
National educators discuss compulsory education topics
The National League of Compulsory Education opens in St. Louis with three discussions on school problems, welfare and social work, child labor laws and related subjects. Charles A. McCall of Newark, New Jersey, serves as league president.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
National League of Compulsory Education
Charles A. McCall
Newark
N. J
League
Bitro-Phosphate Promises Strength For Thin Nervous Patients
The ad touts Bitro-Phosphate as a tonic and nervine to treat thinness and nervous fatigue. It claims weight gain and overall health improvement backed by hospital tests and endorsements from medical professionals, urging use in hospitals and by physicians.
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Deli Tate
St. Catherine's Hospital
Evers
Hyts
Frederick Kolle
M. D
New York
Jos. D. Harrigan
U. S
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