Will Rave Tile Factory Proposal Impress Local Investors
E B Soper explored tile production from local clay after a geology professor's guidance. Nine investors pledged 4000 each toward a 25000 company, Wheat brothers to hold a third, with Timersburg businessmen and others covering the rest. Plant to hire 15 to 40 workers, payroll about 1000 monthly, boosting local commerce. The piece also reports the decline of farmer A L Jones of Grant township after years of risky land deals ending in sale and retirement.
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Will Rave
E. B. Soper
Ames
The
Agricultural College
Timmersburg
Messrs
Soper
Peddie
Brows
Shadwell
Kerwick
Dunnigan
Palo Alto
Land Sale Ends Jones Family Farm Struggles
The Hampton Chronicle reports that debt plagued Jones for years. Des Moines buyers finally snapped up the farm, leaving Jones to vacate next March as selling prices fell and the market slowed. His land, once a potential $40,000 windfall, proved hard to convert into cash amid patient creditors.
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Jones
Des Moines
Hampton Chronicle
Potato Parings Reducing Soot Buildup Warned
A reader urges proper disposal of potato parings not in the parkage box but in the stove to avoid chimney fires. A winter stove user notes burning parings prevents soot traces on lids kettles and stove parts, claiming daily burning keeps ovens cleaner.
Has Snap Job at Chicago Casino Skating Rink
Ralph Gerber studies ipipe organ and composition in Chicago and plays a large pipe organ three hours each evening at the Casino skating rink on Wabash Avenue for a salary of 80 a week. He keeps up his studies and earns praise for the record.
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Ralph Gerber
Chicago
Casino
Wabash Avenue
Webster City Journal
Sells More of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Than All Others
A Mt. Elgin Ontario merchant reports Chamberlain's Cough Remedy outsells every other line combined. Thomas George says he has sold dozens with no returns under guarantee and endorses it based on personal use with his family. Available at B. Eb, Cunner & Co.
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Chamberlain
Myr
Thos
George
Mt. Elgin
Ontario
Canada
T Jiave
B. Eb, Cunner & Co
Special Homeseekers Excursions Offer Roundtrip Rates
Low rates offered by the Clidenzo Milwaukee and St Paul Railway for roundtrip and one way fares to points West and Southwest. Tickets on sale October 1, November 2 and 26, and December 5 and 15. Liberal stopover privileges. Details on request. Rob P. Hedrick, Ticket Agent.
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Clidenzo, Mulwauker and
St. Paul
Uss Laan
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Algona
A. D. Clarke
Endicott Building
ST. Paul, Minnesota
J. R. Laird
Anderson & Go
Algona Milling & Grain Co
L. Jones
Grant Township
Ilinois
Junes
Shackelford Bros
Tose Cox
Lone Rock, Iowa
W. A. Parsons & Company
BE. Campbell
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