Hotel Colfax in Colfax Iowa Promises Modern Comforts
Moorish designed fireproof reinforced concrete and steel hotel with 200 guest rooms. It features its own electric and ice plants, laundry, garage, pumping system, and a 120 acre forest park with golf links and tennis courts under construction. Rates from 20 dollars per week. Electric car service from depot to hotel. James P. Donahue proprietor.
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Forest Park
James P. Donahue
Colfax
Iowa
Overland Car Promises Simplicity and Reliability
A confident sales pitch extols the Overland as simple and reliable with minimal required effort. It cites a stock model driven by Miss Blanche Stuart Scott from New York to San Francisco covering two thousand miles without trouble to prove its dependability.
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Overland
Blanche Stuart Scott
New York
San Francisco
Overland Model 38 Price List for Toy Tonneau options
The Overland Model 38 offers a base price of 1000 dollars with a 102 inch wheel base and 25 nh p motor. A single rumble seat brings 1050 dollars, a double rumble seat 1075 dollars, and a complete Toy Tonneau 1100 dollars.
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Nh. P
Ames Chautauqua and Veterans Events Scheduled
Events listed include Story county veterans gathering in Ames August 10 to 19 and the Ames chautauqua running from August 31 to September 1 with ties to the Towa State Rural Mail Carriers Association meeting in tang tid in August.
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Towa State Rural Mail Carriers’ Association
Story County Veterans
Ames
Ames Chautauqua
Kennedy Trades Minnesota Farm for Des Moines Home
Prof. W. J. Kennedy has exchanged his Minnesota farm for the Judge Spurrier residence on 18th street in Des Moines. Spurrier plans to move to Minnesota soon, while Kennedy intends to relocate to Des Moines. The deal was brokered by the W. H. Arnold agency at Pes Moines.
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W. J. Kennedy
Minnesota
Judge Spurrier
18Th Street
Des Moines
Prof. Kennedy
W. H. Arnold
Pes Moines
Bishop Turns Con Man In London Jeweler Caper
A bishop posing as a buyer in Regent Street jeweler shops is seized by two detectives after selecting valuable gifts. The pair reveal he is a sabre of yesterday and arrest him at Vine Street police station as the jeweler and staff watch.
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Regent Street
London
Walt
Bishop
Vine Street
Oxford Circus
Strand Magazine
Pankhurst's Mission and Presentiments of Fate
A journal piece recalls two premonitions from parents ending in peril, then traces Emmeline Pankhurst’s visit to the United States. It describes her militancy, banner making, early confrontations with police, and the rise of the suffragette movement led by Pankhurst and her daughters.
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Emmeline Goulden Pankhurst
England
America
Pankhurst
Annie Kenny
Christabel Pankhurst
Annie
Banner and i
Olson and Paulsrud Leave for Norway Tour from Randall
Jeremiah Olson of near this place and Rev G Q Paulsrud pastor of Elim Lutheran Church at Randall depart for New York and then join S Schlanbusch for a three months tour to Norway. The trip is expected to proceed if health remains good.
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Jeremiah Olson
G. QO. Paulsrud
Elim Lutheran Church
Randall
Olson
New York
Schlanbusch
Norway
Roland Record
John Stevens Joins Boone Law Firm After Iowa City Graduation
John Stevens son of Judge L Stevens has arrived in Boone to begin his legal career. He passed the state bar exam and will practice in the state, joining the law offices of Stevens and Fry. Friends in Boone will watch his career with interest.
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John Stevens
L. Stevens
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Boone
John
Stevens & Fry
Stevens
Local graduates honored at State University ceremony
Miss Jesse Payne completed her liberal arts degree and returned home after graduating on Wednesday. Nearby graduates include Miss Imogene Benson of Ames, Walter Dyer and John E. Stevens of Boone who earned law degrees and began practice. Paul E. Thompson of Roland earned a dentistry degree as the Nevada representative looks on.
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Jesse Payne
State University
College of Liberal Arts
Imogene Benson
Ames
Walter Dyer
John E. Stevens
Boone
Law College
Paul E. Thompson
Roland
Nevada
Slater Student Ed Tesdell Graduates With Cum Laude
Ed Tesdell of Slater earned Cum Laude honors at Drake University in Des Moines for top grades among 36 graduates. He wrote the best thesis and won a prize worth 240 dollars in law books donated by a New York firm. Fellow Norwegian C B Hextell captured second prize.
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Ed Tesdell
Slater
Drake University
Des Moines
Mr. Tesdell
New York
C. B. Hextell
Slater News
Mrs Stevens and daughter plan extended Europe trip
Mrs J L Stevens and her daughter Imogene plan a Tuesday evening departure for a lengthy European tour. They will sail from Montreal to Liverpool, spend a month in England, then visit Paris Brussels Amsterdam the Rhine Berlin Munich Dresden and Oberammergau. They will tour Switzerland and Italy before sailing home from Naples in September.
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J. L. Stevens
Imogene
Europe
Montreal
Liverpool
England
Paris
Brussels
Holland
Rhine
Berlin
Munich
Dresden
Oberammergau
Switzerland
Italy
Naples
Boone News-Republican
Miss Clara Mason Leaves for Coalinga Visit
Miss Clara Mason departed yesterday for Coalinga California to visit sister Mrs Fay J McCallum wife of the associate editor of the local newspaper in that city A large turnout saw her off at the depot with friends and relatives bidding farewell She travels west for an indefinite stay and will be greatly missed in society
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Clara Mason
Coalingo
California
Fay J. McCallum
Miss Mason
Depot
Lela
Anna Anderson
Slater
Harrie Mason
The
Ames Intelligencer
West
Cambridge
Pastors Sermon on Thy Sin Will Find Thee Out
An Ames pastor preached Sunday evening on the subject Thy Sin Will Find Thee Out. W F Steigerwalt noted many empty seats despite invitations, suggesting bad weather or fear the minister’s probing might extend beyond usual grand jury limits.
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Ames
W. F. Steigerwalt
Clark joins Redfield newspaper venture in South Dakota
George A. Clark son of M. J. Clark of Clark Avenue has gone to Redfield South Dakota to engage in the newspaper business. Redfield, a county seat town of 3 000 population, has 202 automobiles and a lively community. The Grinnell Herald notes Clark left Wednesday night for Redfield where he bought a newspaper last fall and will run its publication.
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George A. Clark
M. J. Clark
Clark Avenue
Redfield
S. D
The
Grinnell Herald
Clark
Rural Enoch Arden Returns After Six Years Absence
In a western town Brown recalls a half wit fellow Bill Wilkes who vanished on railroad tracks for six years His wife Bettie supported the family by washing Then Bill returned quietly at the kitchen door and teased Bettie Boo he scared you didn't it The New York Times
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Enoch Arden
Brown
Bill Wilkes
Bill
Bettie
New York ‘Times
Apfel aus Messina Influenced Early German Orange Name
The article traces how Messina supplied oranges to Germany in the 19th century. It explains the term apfel aus Messina then evolved to apfel Messina and finally to apfel sine, the current German name for oranges.
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Messina
Germany
Quite Suficient Mrs Jones Inspiting a Milliner Window
Dialogue item notes a milliner's window drawing attention from women. A husband and wife discuss a bonnet's allure and its effect on heads turning toward the display. The exchange captures fashion obsession and playful domestic banter.
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Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
Lippincott’s Magazine
Gardens by School Children bloom in Philadelphia
School children under the board of education transformed unused yards into beauty spots across Philadelphia. The summer program created more than 15,000 beauty spots, fostering enthusiasm and teaching gardening and floristry. It aims to elevate health and city appeal with continued juvenile gardening next year.
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Philadelphia
Board of Education
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