Real Estate Decline Reverses in September Closing Week
Closing week in September shows unusual activity in estate transactions. Real estate men expect brisk fall and winter business with town lots and new residences driving demand. numerous changes in county properties though farm lands remain in demand and several deeds involve Ames and surrounding areas.
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Harriman and Lee
Geo M Pitsor
Levantia D Mills
KCB
M’s
Maxwell
Daniel Dakins
George Lapp
Zearing
Alex Grandy
Hix
E G Hix
James C Armstrong
L H Pearson
Walter Canady
Ames
Jay G Dutton
John H Rose
Brigg’s
Nevada
E Bunn
Guthrie
McCallsburg
Perry Simmons
Roland
Fitchpatrick
Dayton
Stewart
Oliver L Dobbe
Sam T
Larson
Helland
Blair
May Ross
Ind School
Dist Ames
Story County Supervisors Act on Union Township Justice of the Peace
Story county board meets in Nevada on September 23 1907 and appoints A K Webb as Union township justice of the peace to fill the vacancy from A K Olson. They grant time extensions for Warren McCallisburg Drain No 8 and approve a 26 inch tile drain change for Richland township Drain No 10. They set tax collection for Marshall Story Drain No 1 and Grant Drain No 5 and adjust Huxley school bond levy. The minutes note bond approvals and jury list validation before adjourning.
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Board of Supervisors
Story County
Iowa
Nevada
FE. R. Silliman
J. O. Michaelson
B. Johnson
F. W. Morgan
A. K. Olson
Silliman
Johnson
A. K. Webb
Justice of the Peace of
Union Township
Cone
C. E. Elzy
Warren-McCallisburg Drain No
M Larson
Michaelson
EB. Eley
Warren-McCallsarge Drain No
Comlete
Township
Range
Ory County
Richland Wnship
F. A. McLain
J. Q. Adams
Richland Township
John M. Wells
Eniieer
Dunkelbarger & King
C. M. Morse
Boone Story Drain No. 1
Marshall-Story
Geneva Assembly
Town
Atl
Aye
Grant
Sect
Tof
Independent School District
Huxley
Apeigo
BE. R. Silliman
F. G. Dunahugh
Quincy Adams Sawyer Becomes Play At Armory Opera House
Promote a one night stage adaptation of the best selling Quincy Adams Sawyer novel to be performed Friday October 25 at the Armory Opera House. The four act play preserves rural charm with a New England village setting and a strong love story.
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New England
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Mason's Corner
Quincy Adams
Quincy Adam Sawyer
Armory Opera House
Massachusetts
New York
Academy of Music
New York City
Odd Saying on Looks and Wealth
A witty line notes that a pretty girl must be very good looking to be called pretty while a rich girl must be very homely to be ugly, reflecting a humorous social standard about appearance and wealth.
Machine to drive railway spikes cuts work of twenty
A Council Bluffs man has created a spike driving machine that reduces the effort of three operators to the equivalent of twenty workers. The invention promises efficiency in laying rails and saving hard labor in railroad construction.
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Council Bluffs
Farm Defense Sparks Shotgun Dike Stand in Sloan Township
J. M. Hackley, a Sloan township farmer, protected his farm by sleeping on a dike with a loaded shotgun as water from unfinished lateral ditches threatened widespread flooding. Sloan residents reported water intrusion into cellars and urged faster drainage work to supervisors.
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Woodbury County
Holland
J. M. Hackley
Sloan Township
Mr. Hackley
Board of Supervisors
George 8
Jeffrey
Sloan State Bank
Hackley
Sloan
J. W. Whitten
National Corn Congress Set for Chicago Exposition
The National Corn Congress and exposition open at the Coliseum Building in Chicago October 9 to 11 under Eugene D. Funk. Delegates from leading states join corn growers in forming a permanent National Corn Growers' Association with sessions featuring speakers from Iowa Illinois Washington D C Wisconsin and England plus a dedicated afternoon for women on homemaking topics.
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National Corn Congress
National Corn Growers’ Association
Coliseum Building
Chicago
Eugene D. Funk
Shirley
Illinois
Funk
P. G. Holden
Iowa
J. Dwight Funk
Bloomington
Des Moines Register and Leader Subscription Offer
The Des Moines Register and Leader announce a daily and Sunday newspaper mail offer to new subscribers through January 1, 1908. Rates are 1 dollar for daily only or 1 dollar and 50 cents for daily and Sunday, with emphasis on Iowa news coverage and accurate reporting.
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Des Moines Register
Leader
Register and Leader
Iowa
Register and Leader Company
Dee Moines
The
Intelligencer
New Homes in the West Offer Free Homestead Pamphlet
The notice promotes free pamphlets detailing United States homestead laws and how to obtain a quarter section of farming or grazing land along the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. It highlights special excursion rates for homeseekers and directs requests to any North Western Line ticket agent for full information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chicago and Northwestern Ry
South Dakota
Wyoming
North Western Line
Pineules Promise Quick Relief for Ailments Sold Locally
A vintage chest advertises Pineules offering 30 days’ treatment for $1.00. It claims relief from backache lumbago and rheumatism on first dose, with money-back guarantee if not satisfied. Sold by C. A. Gamble.
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C. A. Gamble
Pucks Soap Promoted as Best for Home Use
A local advertisement touts Pucks as the original Mechanic's Soap ideal for removing grease ink and berry stains from hands. It claims broad grocery distribution and urges customers to choose the original despite imitations.
DeWitt’s Carbolized Salve for Skin Ailments
DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve advertised as effective for boils burns cuts scalds and skin diseases with special mention for piles. Sold by C. A. Gamble.
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DeWitt
C. A. Gamble
Uses of Trading Stamps
A quoted note on trading stamps describing them as ducements to buy unwanted items in order to obtain something else one might not need. The source frames the idea with a witty aside attributed to Puck.
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Bobby
Pop
Son
Puck
His Mind on the Beatin s Coroner Exchange
An English coroner questioned a witness about the deceased's drug habit. The witness affirmed using substances. When asked which drug, the witness replied with a mishearing of the word grub, causing a moment of confusion.
Marshalltown To Host State Sunday School Convention
The Marshalltown event will host the state Sunday school convention on June 29 and July 1, 1908, bringing together church groups and pastors from across the region.
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Marshalltown
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Mahkere, Trices Gg
Ketchum & Gaston Co
F A McLain
James Myers
Hans Jacobson
Briley
Peter Orning
E J Haugland
Clarkson Wells
J A Campbell
Blairs
Ad Ames
Dick P Wells
M A Manning
Clay Foster
Duffs
H. T. Corbine
Josie
Corbin
Rinehart
James T Cc Homan
Hostetter and McCoys
Cole
Cleghorn
W Crossley
Carolyn Cox
eGorge
William Temby
A H Schmidt
Charley F Johnson
Story City
Wyatt Carr
Hanson
S S Hanson
Emily I Fenton
John Larson
Fitchpatricks
H M Bainers
J J Devault
Agnes M Cole
Helen M
Jacob A Cole
John Harkins
Susan E Harkins
Lockwood Grain Co
Nathan Williams
Rway
Fred Troutner
Charles B Wilson
R R Land Co
Samuel C Thompson
Fred
May
John
George Troutner
Kelley
Board Proceedings
Wilson
Ames College
Robert Wallace
Agricultural College of the University of Edinburgh
Canada
Mexico
Washington
Agricultural Department
John Saure
Wallace
United States’ Department of Agriculture
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Rotary Wilson
Iowa State College
Agricultural and Stock Department
Curtiss, Kennedy
Dike
Prof. Holden
Elisa Man
Malta
Queensbuy
Union National Bank
W. M. Greecey
KE. W. Stanton
Henry Watson
T. A. Copps
Ass’t. Cashier
Ond Ward
U. S
Nelson & Nible
Bower & McCartney
Jangerlain
Gamrath
Meat Market
Auoctioneeer
E. F. Posegate
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