Dynamite blast injures fireworks worker at Dubuque festival
Robert Taylor of Waterloo lost his right hand when a dynamite bomb failed during the Dubuque fall festival display. Fireworksmen, scouts, and doctors worked to control bleeding and perform an above wrist amputation. Taylor, employed by the fireworks firm for over three years, remained in serious condition.
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Dubuque
Robert Taylor
Waterloo
Fineley Hospital
C. M. Marsh
Taylor
Sven
Bay
Gilbert Waftroop
Fred Thompson
Althother
C. A. Kearney
Tayior
Billy Sunday crowds set records in Tri Cities gathering
In Davenport Rock Island on October 7 Billy Sunday drew over 10 609 to the tabernacle last Sabbath. Sunday night crowds exceeded 19 000 with seating filled and doors jammed. Morning attendance reached about 6 000 and a men’s session heard the sermon When the Chickens Come Home to Roost. Cash offerings totaled 1 900 with 340 in pledges and over 40 donated for tabernacle costs.
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Davenport, Ja
Billy Sunday
Tabernacle
Rock Island
Billy
Gommen-Sense for Gorns Gets-li Get Rid Of Corns
An old advertisement promotes Gets it at a drug company for painless corn removal. It claims a simple, quick result with a home salve and peeling approach, touting the product as the only sure corn remover amid competing remedies.
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Businecas
Sioux City Society Woman Pleads Guilty To Theft
A Sioux City society woman, Mrs A G Crittenden, admitted stealing outfits worth about 6000, including lingerie gowns and furs from Benson and Thorpe. Lillian Murray, a high school girl, aided the shoplifting scheme and both were released on $1000 bonds. Proprieties refused to prosecute. In a separate note Vern Plain, age 16, was shot and killed while hunting near Donge, Georgia, with three companions. the shooter remains undetermined.
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Sioux City
A. G. Crittenden
Want
Rs. Grifffenden
Fe Street
Coriau
Vite
Crittenden
Benson & Thorpe
Oinghia
Ius |Rrest
Murray
C.W. Pelton
Roy
Corn care tip from a hands-on reader
A compact note describes using fingers to lift and manage corn removal. It advises lifting the corn wall from the bottom to loosen hard skin and suggests a hands-on approach to softening and removing corn tissue.
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Robert Tastor
Dubuque Festival
Wicked
Tri-Cities
Embers Waterloo
Uy, Y
K. P
Sharp
G. T. Committee
Gommen
Gorns
Mrs. Alg
Crituuden
Lyko
Lyko Medicine Company
New York
Kansas City
Famio
Famo
Detroit
Famo Company
Midgena
S.8
Famo Co
The
Famo , Company
Henderson Drug CO
Commercial Street
RED Cross Drug CO
Sycamore Street
Wangler Drug CO
East Fourth Street
Thomas A. Edison
Florence Percell
Berrell
Comiarion
Ealison
Edison
Mr. Edison
Avidsons
Stone Bridge Street
Waterloos Center
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