Iowa proposes constitutional amendment on drainage and levee powers
The proposed amendment to article one section eighteen adds authority for the General Assembly to enact laws allowing landowners to build drains ditches and levees for agricultural sanitary or mining use across others lands and to organize drainage districts with power to construct and repair these works and to condemn necessary real estate. It directs publication for three months before the next general election and is approved April 10 1906.
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State of
Iowa
General Assembly
Beardsley in Des Moines court over forty dollar hotel check
Des Moines police court heard Col J. F Beardsley joke about paying a hotel bill with a forty dollar county check. He was arrested after the clerk refused the payment. Local reports note his eccentric reputation. An Ames check may be involved if the Ames county clerk signature is valid. A separate Slater kidnapping case ends with Williams regaining the three year old son. Mrs Williams seeks divorce and custody.
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Col. J
Beardsley
Nevada
Des Moines
Chamberlain Annex
Mathis
Ohio
Iowa
Ames
Col. Beardsley
Story County
Slater
Williams
Panora
Alumni pursue work in Mexico and the United States
Ricardo Ulibarri 04 teaches English at a college in Morali Mexico. Gonzalo Torres 04 runs a ranch in Mexico. Juan T Burns who attended ISC a year and did a business course at Indianola works in a Mexican bank. Wm Terrazas holds a bank job in New York City while remaining a United States resident.
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Ricardo Ulibarri
Morali
Mexico
Gonzalo Torres
Juan T. Burns
Indianola
Wm. F. Terrazas
United States
New York City
Husker That Husks Promises New Iowa Device
From the Iowa Homestead report Smith and Davis of Ames Iowa manufacture a corn husker shown in an accompanying illustration. The device is a novel tool with proven utility and claimed superiority over the ordinary husking method.
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Messrs. Smith & Davis
Ames
Iowa
Akin Husker Peg Advantage Promoted by Smith & Davis
An Ames Iowa advertisement touts the Akin Husker peg as superior to the grain cradle with a spring mounted point reducing hand strain. Smith & Davis pledge guaranteed pegs or money refunds and urge readers to buy early. London police coverage ratios are noted for urban boroughs rural districts.
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Messrs. Smith & Davis
Messrs
Smith & Davis
Ames
Iowa
Eating and Study: Aparable Insight on Appetite and Ignorance
A concise reflection notes that consumption dulls hunger just as learning reduces ignorance. It frames nourishment and knowledge as parallel remedies for unmet needs.
Digestive Health Promises From 19th Century Pills
Tone the liver move the bowels cleanse the system Cade's Little Liver Pills never gripe Sold by A. Gamble A good carriage horse in Australia costs 200 dollars or four times as much as fifteen years ago A sour stomach bad breath a pasty complexion and other consequences of a disordered digestion are quickly removed by King's Dyspepsia Tablets Two days treatment free Sold by A. Gamble
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Cade
A. Gamble
Australia
Proposed Resolution of Necessity for Ames Sanitary Sewers
City of Ames Iowa proposes to extend and lay sanitary sewers and sub drains along several streets including Iowa Hodge Northwestern Stat Lincoln College and Onondaga with eight inch vitrified sewer pipe and six inch drain tile. Assessments will be charged to benefited properties and a public meeting is scheduled for September 28 1906. Parley Sheldon mayor A B Maxwell city clerk.
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City of
Ames
Lowa
Iowa
Iowa Street
Hodge Street
Northwestern
Stat Street
Lincoln Street
Hoggatt Street
College Street
State Street
Clark Street
Onondaga Street
Duff Street
Carroll Street
Sheldon
A. B. Maxwell
Railroad schedule fragment shows trains to Des Moines and Chicago
A partial timetable lists trains like the Overland Limited and Fast Mail from Chicago to Des Moines and Omaha with arrival and departure times across days. It notes baggage handling policies and exceptions such as “Except Sunday.”
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Weat
Overland Limied Am
Japan
Omaha Ek
Los Apacs
Colorado
Des Moines Express
Fast Mail
Carroll Mail
Assenger
Omaha
Boone
oRest
Overland Limited
Chicago
Des Moines
Cedar Rapid
Des Hotes Express
Papreaus Sium
Dakota Fgen
St. Pi
St. Paul
H. Oy
Ys A . i
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J. B. Kooser & Co
Queensware
Minnesota
Union
Ater
College
White
Story County Bank
Je. FS
Millinden
Ames, Low
Canier Bros. & Herman
HOUSE
Astorti
Chamberlain's
Croup
K. W. Brown
Prohibition
Father Coffin
Polk
Inter County
Iowa State College
Iowa Homestead
London
Ae Segah
Ames Savings Bank
Ames, Iowa
State Auditor
A. J. Graves
G. W. Bissell
M. A. Manning
J. R. Bradley
Morrisanna Ghunks
Medah
Hirano
Saginaw
B. A. Lockwood
F. N. Fowler
S ToOort
Chicago & North-Western
R’y
A. & C. Railway
College College
Republican National Congressional Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
James S. Sherman
P O. Box
New York
Garpleh
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