Fire prevention urged by Tracy in Des Moines talks
State Fire Marshal Tracy reports rising fire losses last year boosting insurance rates and spurring prevention campaigns. He told audiences in Knoxville and Newton with Cedar Rapids events planned as towns see rate hikes up to 12 percent. He urged homes and businesses to clear rubbish, educate neighbors, and remove hazards to reduce fires and losses.
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Des Moines
Tracy
United States
South
Yowa
Lown
Eudis
Former Legislator Profits from Alfalfa
Des Moines reports former State Senator F. M. Molesberry of Columbus Junction as a leading alfalfa grower. Iowa Louisa county experts push a 10 000 acre campaign. Molesberry started with three acres in 1922 earning an estimated 162 dollars per acre the next summer. He pastured 12 sows and 60 pigs and managed three hay cuttings that season. Last fall he added another acre. Experts say county farm profits rise with wider alfalfa planting.
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Des Moines
F. M. Molesberry
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Louisa County
Molesberry
Bones Half Century Old Found in Pit Near Traer
In Traer Iowa Sept 26 a gravel pit on Junge Bros farm yielded a skull and bones likely 50 years old. Local speculation suggests Indian origin or possible murder survivor Mrs John Connelly case links. Experts may study the remains at the Traer high school as investigators pursue facts.
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Traer
Junge Bros
Genesea Township
Theodore F. Clark State Park
Traerfo- Jedo
Tha ‘Tracr School
Feeling better after Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Hartford City Indiana resident Ethel May Snider reports overwork from caring for a sick person led to illness she quit all outside work then used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After taking it regularly she felt much better and joined a long list of testimonials sent to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts from women nationwide.
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Hartford City
Ind
Ethel May Snider
R. BR. 1
Lydia E. Pinkham
Star
Lydia BH. Pinkham
Byron Leighton Estate Divided Among Four Heirs
The will of Byron Leighton who died September 23 in Portland Maine directs equal division of his estate into four parts for his children W BR, E A and FY A Leighton and Mrs Mabel Cheney. Cheney’s share is placed in a trust for her lifetime with income to her, and on her death the principal is to be split among the three sons or their heirs.
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Byron Leighton
Portland
W. BR
E. A
FY A. Leighton
Mabel Cheney
District Court
Burke's Cod Liver Oil and Iron Tablets Ad Promise Quick Health Boost
An advertisement touts cod liver oil and iron tablets as weight builders and vigor enhancers. It claims the oily taste is removed, vitamins preserved, and promises rapid health gains and a free first package with a mail coupon.
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Burke
Henephc Corp
Pine St
Kingston
N. C
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John Connelly
Theodore S. Clark State Park
Jeter
Altho
Thoro
Connelly
Teander Clark
Geneseo
Isa
Harcom
I. Streck
J. Miller
Robert Drug Co
Greten
Man
H.f.greten & CO
Fur Shop
Bridge St
Waterloo Morris Plan Co
Waterloo
American Beauty
Eae Eee Com
Park Ave
Davis
Unis Fubunn
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