Boone Hosts Grand Army Encampment Promises Welcoming Stay
The Boone city, central Iowa, sits on major rail lines and offers hotels, boarding houses, and civic hospitality for the 1906 Grand Army encampment. Citizens pledge moderate rates, home lodging, and plentiful meals, with speeches, picnics, and tours to entertain visiting comrades and visiting dignitaries.
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Boone
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Newton & Northwestern Railroad Company
Iowa
City of
Kate Shelley
Grand Army
Eastern Star
W. R
Buuler House
Sons of Veteras
Wells House
Advertising rates and notices policy for the newspaper
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Aege
Des Moines Mayor Narrowly Wins Reappointment Amid Public Debate
The Des Moines mayor barely secures a small majority on Monday while the governor faces scrutiny over bold public remarks and letters. Tux Arispe advocates for the common people, signaling continued political contention in the city.
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Mattern
Des Moines
Nabobs Pereira
Acro
Ee Pang
Hazlett Elected Mayor and Other City News
Harry Hazlett of the Baxter New Era was elected mayor on Monday. Sears won the Sioux City mayoral race. A man divorced in Sioux City remarried the same day under the headline Off again on again. The Franke Clothing Co plans a modern skyscraper in Des Moines. A real estate window displayed a House for Rent placard in Ames. Secretary Shaw will leave Roosevelt's cabinet on March 4, 1907. England imports smoking cars for ladies on railways.
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Harry Hazlett
Baxter New Era
Harry
Ames
Shaw
Des Moines
Roosevelt
Sears
Sioux City
Tur Gypsies Slang Phrases Catchey Tongue Twisters
A curious note describes Tur Gypsies jargon with terms like Doctors for loaded dice and Lawyers meaning marked ear, illustrating a players slang variant. The passage highlights colorful local speech patterns and wordplay.
Story county silence and regional newspaper losses
Roland Rockets of Nevada reports Story county observing silence this year. Two local papers, the Stanhope Mail and Cambridge Dispatch, were burned out, with the Mail entirely lost but the Leader possibly restarting. The CPA TIMES extends sympathy to the public.
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Havenon Mary
Roland
Nevada
Lee
Stanhope Mail
Cambridge Dispatch
Leader
Mail
CPA Times
Victor Victor Victor Coffee and Can Goods Ad
An old style advertisement touts Victor Victor Victor brand coffee as the city’s favorite. It promotes 25 cent coffee, family brands, and an expansive season for canned goods with a large selection of fruits and vegetables. The Club House line is highlighted as superior and the ad promises pure quality at low prices.
Bargains on Household Goods from Kooser’s Sale
A local sale advertises limited bargains with prices on beans sorghum and assorted granite cookware. Listed items include beans 1.15 per can, sorghum per gallon, and various granite kettles pots and pans priced between 36c and 1.15. The offer highlights multiple sizes of dish pans tea kettles and coffee pots at reduced costs.
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Kooser
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