Industrial sale and job ads from Eldora to Chicago
A collage of classified notices offers used direct current motors, a stove for sale, a five horse power gasoline engine, old news papers, a barber college advertisement, a lodges solicitation by the SONS OF THE FLAG, rental listings for a modern flat on Main Street, and three Leonard Corner lots for sale in Low a Falls Iowa. Also mentions a contact for a blank, an add for a harbor trade course in Chicago, and a request for a reader to request catalogues and inventory details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley
Eldora Granite Works
Eldora
Iowa
Gov. Post Office
Gow
W. L. Leonard
Lowa Falls
Lowa
Ackley Notes and Town News Reflect Local Busy Week
Ackley brief updates report court in Elders, residents and visitors from Dubuque Waterloo and Hubbard, property deals, farm rentals, a cornshelling venture, church and school notes, local meetings, and ongoing town concerns. Citizens discuss weather, trade, and upcoming community events as they move through January.
Tango Shirt Washing Costs Rise in Des Moines
Des Moines leading laundries joined to hike tango shirt laundering from 16 to 50 cents amid holiday-season strains. Plaited fluffy garments with mushroom bosoms flooded shops, taking four times longer to finish and prompting insistence on higher prices as social events filled every night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Das Moines
Des Moines
The Old Year and the New Resolve Fresh Aspirations
A reflective note urges leaving the old year behind and facing the new with clear resolutions. It encourages focusing on rising goals, choosing vigorous aims, and channeling energy toward positive changes in the coming year. The metaphor of an archer suggests aiming high for better outcomes.
Personal mentions of visitors in the city this week
A string of social notices lists C Newton of Wesley, Paul Suttmann of Grundy Center, L Dolson, Misa Hunice Sparkamann of Eldora, Frank Venter of Hampton, George Wolt of Faulkner, and F J McGreevy on professional trips. Frank Bartling and wife visited Webster City relatives. Edna Kachelhoffer returned to Cedar Rapids. Carrie Shrader resumed work in Marshalltown. Mrs O Shugar returned home after a week at Jons Falls. I Harken, elder Washington tno, attended Ackley business. Mrs J A Lichty left for Chisago New Year’s morning. Mrs Clark Beach had been in Dubuque visiting Hesly family. Florence Goodale Florence Wallace and Jara WNafus were en route to Grinnell. K Tool of Murdock Nebraska visits Reed and kin. Ackney’s old friends greet a well, fresh Nebraska breezes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Newton
Wesley
Paul Suttmann
Grundy Center
L. Dolson
Misa Hunice Sparkamann
Eldora
Mia
Frank Venter
Hampton
George Wolt
Faulkner
F. J. McGreevy
Spirit Lake
Frank Bartling
Webster City
Edna Kachelhoffer
Cedar Rapids
Carrie Shrader
Marshalltown
O. Shugar
Jons Falls
Florence Goodale
Florence Wallace
Jara Wnafus
Nushus
Grinnell
Kuppinger
Davenport
Mra. C. W. Reinke
Dr. Breniman
Building a Log Cabin in Iowa’s Early Days
In early Iowa pioneer life James Harlan recalls a log cabin rising with six neighbors aiding from forest logs to roofless frame. The house was finished in six to eight days using only an ax an auger a froe and a handsaw with no nails or metal. A railroad yard switchman found Gottlieb Mittman dead from an intentional self inflicted wound in West Liberty. Des Moines market space rents were renewed by twenty one dealers and four brothers hunting rabbits caused Harald Strively nine to be accidentally shot and killed. The harsh winter has failed to provide cold weather for the season so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
James Harlan
State Historical Society of Iowa
James
Des Moines Market House
Harald Strively
Glenwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adam Hagensweiler
Moler Barber College
Ave
Chicago
World Office
Fraternal and Patriotic Society
Sons OF the Flag
C. B. Epworth
Angelica
N.Y
Robert Francis
Dubuque
Charles Hembd
Iowa Falla
Lila Nixon
Jacob Diemer
Wmn. Gresslin
Waterloo
Wm. Otto
Charles Hamilton
Wendelton
Oregon
EK. M. Wiley
Minneapolis
Harm Ulfers
North Dakota
Mra
John DeNul
Mike O'Neil
Oscar Diemer
West Friesland Presbyterian Sunday School
Otficers
Raymond Blackmun
Nevers
Herman Granner
Hubbard
Granner
S. B. Humbert
Cedar Malla
J. P. Gudemaon
Jeffers
Minnesota
John Hiddicks
George Adams
Henry Heatland
P.d. Clancy
Viauaul
Osceola
Town Falls
Opera
Frampton
Bernard Welres
L. A. Spengler
Allison
Qoland Peat
Kildara
Lea
J. Abbas
Tonke
Mr. Abbas
Mra. A. Tool
Henry Fossler
N. T. Victor
Reed Tool
Ilinois Central
Andrew Oberly
Freeport
John Steffen
John Salar
Chris Raiash
Wes Wessall
George Roosevelt
Bozeman
Montana
Northwest States
George
Wes Weasels
H. J. Smith
Robert Carroll
Carroll
Jack Mullane
Mullane
Dyeraville
Christman
George Rudolph
Worto
Enterprise
GC. C. Brammer
Acklay
Hays
Osteola Township
Uburg
M. MK. Hathaway
Minbar
Ouaidtten
Lena Smith
Rav
CG. Schmalie
Biacon
Walter Boyd
Oskaloosa
C. Brammer
Sill
McNiel & Blackmun
Parkersburg
Owa Falla
Blake & Wagner
Leach
Theas
Miss Rogers
Masons
Knights of Pythias
Sleda and Cossters
Santa Claus
D. M. Leach
Abbott
Gilman
Herman Heykens
Oakalooss
Kansas
Knoxville
Ora Winterfield
Iowa Falls
Virginia
Minn
Miss Brown
Butler County
Krene DeBerg
Kesley
James McTaggart
H. J. Wood
New Hartford
Wm. E. Dawson
KE. C. Trager
R. C. Mead
Henry Kramer
Sumner
D. G. Kramer
Kramer
Jeuinois Central Railroad
Noli
No’ Waterloo
Omaha
Sioux City
Dodge
Minneapolis, & ST Louis Railway
Ackley, SouTe North
A. Mn
Rock Island & Pacivicry
Abbott Crossing
Wrat
TANGO
Mike
K. Tool
Murdock
Nebraska
Reed
Ackneys
Pycowie
Roosevelt Ackley
West Liberty
Gottlieb Mittman
Greene
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