Eastern Star Masonic Home site bids Iowa towns
The Eastern Star Grand Chapter of Iowa considers locating a proposed Masonic Home for aged and indigent members in Iowa. Ames is highlighted for central location and favorable surroundings. Cities may send site proposals to May 1, addressing the Secretary at Mason City. Also includes local notices of divorce suit, postmaster appointment in Hawaii, and assorted editorials and anecdotes.
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Eastern Star Grand Chapter
Iowa
Eastern Star Masonic
Masonic
Eastern Star
Iown
Ames
Eastern Star Masonic Board
Eastern Star Masonic Home
Jennie Matthews
Mas
Tennxtre Rube
See’s E. 8S. M. Home Board
Mason City
Ames and Ames Hearst Waila contend in local elections
The city election occurs on March 28 with The Boone Democrat backing Hearst and Waila in the impending campaign. The Ames independent district school election is set for March 14, the second Monday in March.
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Boone Democrat
Hearst and
Waila
Ames
War claims of quick Japanese victory target July first
Tuk Japs say the war will end by July first with the Russians reportedly cleared. The statement asserts a swift conclusion to hostilities and a final push against Soviet forces.
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Tuk Japs
Gilbert Town Becomes Topic of Mayor Lorber Proclamation
Citizens of Gilbert ponder the mayor Lorber remark branding Stowrie by his 1904 edict to fine maids and bachelors who do not wed. He notes the village erred last week by not voting to incorporate, underscoring tension over local governance.
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Jupe Prouty
Des Moines
Hull
Congress
Gilbert
Lorber
Stowrie
Rolfe Doctor Ames and a Webster City reporter
The note mulls Rolfe's Dr. Ames and a claim of making Minneapolis famous. It cites dispatches that an earthquake in Java halted Webster City HS clocks, yet the Webster City correspondent kept running.
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Tur
Rolfe
Dr. Ames
Doc” Ames
Minneapolis
Java
Webster City
Idle people, street mud and town growth notes in Atchison
Ed Howe warns idle folks bother busy ones as thaw reveals dirty alleys after a long zero spell. Ogden Messenger and Watchman quips mix with local civic notes from Carroll Ames and Boone on mail delivery sewer plans and a seven thousand dollar default by City Clerk Gay.
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Carroll
Ames
Waterloo man praises Japanese Navy and Navy gun crews
A Waterloo man who toured Japan last fall asserts American gun crews will lead the war at sea, while Japanese sailors will pilot the boats. Cy Harley Hellen has bought the Webster City Journal, now owning $18,000 of its $20,000 stock and gaining control to push the paper ahead in Iowa.
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Ture
Des Moines
Mail and Times
Japan
CyHarLey Hellen
Webster City Journal
Hellen
Journal
Iowa
Tariff Protects Nation as Trade Policy Stays Firm
The excerpt argues prosperity under a protective tariff, opposing free trade with any rivals and praising current economic gains across the country.
Birthday of McKinley Settled by Bible Proof
The McKinley birthday is corrected to January 29 after examination of the family bible, overturning February 26 as previously assumed. A note mentions Tax Register and Leader labeling its cents and a puzzle picture.
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McKinley
Tax Register and Leader
W. H. Williams,Ames
Omitted ointment mix up linked to bust developer
A Boone County note reports Osman applying his wife’s bust developer as an ointment to a facial pimple. The remedy swelled the pimple to a teacup size before the man realized the misused bottle.
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Olp Man Swick
Boone
Osman
Hay Wanted First Cropped Clover For Sale
Citizens are asked to contact the Animal Husbandry section at the experiment station, College 41 26, regarding hay supply. A prominent local business man endorses Berg's Sweet Laxative Chipe as harmless and gentle for constipation, available in 10 and 25 cent sizes.
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Berg
Lovuenran
Locations for Business Inquiries on Chicago Great Western Railway
A notice from W J Reed Industrial Agent 604 Endicott Building St Paul Minnesota invites inquiries for mercantile business locations and professional or manufacturing opportunities along the Chicago Great Western Railway. Maps and leaflets available on request.
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Chicago Great Western Railway Co
United States
W. J. Reed
Endicott Bidg
St. Paul
Minn
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