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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
2
The Des Moines city council weighs budget relief after closing saloons cuts revenue about $2,000 weekly. Economical measures are urged to survive on smaller income while noting potential broader benefits for commerce and property values if license money disappears.
Dr. Wilbert Shallenberger, a specialist in chronic illnesses, promises scientific care and personalized medicine from home formulations using pure drugs. Free confidential consultation and examination. referrals from satisfied patients drive new appointments at 766 Oakwood Ave, Chicago.
A column discusses using engaging religious content to attract the public to church service. It cites practical Christianity, home entertainment like billiard tables, and moving picture sermons as successful tools, with Waterloo and Peoria as examples. A later item advertises a Third Annual Public Sale of Livestock at the Shafer farm near Webster City with extensive inventory and clear payment terms.
Notice by Wright County Iowa district court directs public auction of the David L. Williams estate real estate on December 18 1913 at 2 pm. Administrators Frank McDaniels and Alfred Watkins will offer tracts from section 32 and 33 township 91 range 25 with 10 percent cash due sale day and remaining March 1 1914. Deeds issued by the administrator at completion.
Five persons, including Mrs. W. H. Polk and her four children, drowned in a Bell county flood that covered about twenty miles. The disaster followed heavy rainfall on Monday night, destroying property valued at thousands of dollars.
Keokuk officials panicked after realizing they spoke with Dr. J. P. Dickson, a smallpox patient whose house is quarantined. Health officials would not disclose planned actions against the man who triggered the alarm.
Patrick Curran, a ten year Milwaukee railroad agent in Portsmouth, aged about, ended his life yesterday by shooting himself as his family prepared breakfast. Ill health is blamed.
Reports from Davenport describe a head on crash between Milwaukee train No 39 and Burlington train No 8 near Pleasant Valley. Engineer A L Flowers of Savanna is seriously hurt. firemen and Burlington crew escaped. Passengers shaken. no other injuries reported.
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