Nevada city growth and local graduations in Story county
The article notes Nevada gearing toward city status with the Nevada Manufacturing Co forming to market an automatic farm gate and collapsible egg case. It highlights graduation exercises in Slater, Roland, and Cambridge with remarks by Rev Andrew M. Shea and other local activities. A Corsican memory marvel and local disputes are also mentioned alongside routine business shifts like H T Sowers selling to J E King.
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Andrew M. Shea
Roland High School
Nevada
Nevada Manufacturing Co
H. A. Bell
B. F. Bell
C. E. Markland
A. L. Dayton
Royal Medicine CO
Marine Bidg
Chicago
Glass making and an odd tea chewing habit observed
The article describes a detailed tour of a glass factory workflow from molten glass to finished sheet and notes a physician recounting a man who chewed tea for seven years, claiming initial alertness but later nervousness and loss of appetite. The piece also references a St. Louis Republic anecdote about a lawyer obtaining a continuance for a client.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Juggler Before the Fiery Furnace In Kansas Glass Works
In Kansas gas belt towns great factories produce window glass through a melting process. Workers mix sand carbon and lime in vats then melt in 2,800 degree furnaces. A Belgian blower inflates molten glass into long shapes as a galler holds and shapes it. Glass blowers are strong skilled workers earning around 50 dollars weekly with a guild controlling apprentices.
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Kansas
Glassblowers
Kansas City
St@r
Plunk merchant credits arnica salve for thumb injury cure
G W Cloyd of Plunk Missouri recalls a four year old accident when a jimson bar pierced his thumb. Doctors urged amputation but he used Bucklen's Arnica Salve and recovered. The salve is 25 cents at druggists.
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G. W. Cloyd
Plunk, Mo
Dentist Directory Listing for Dr. G J Snyder
Local archival entry lists Dr. G J Snyder a dentist operating above Gamble's Drug Store with Mutual Phone in office 199 and Iona phone 121M and residence at 68 Y.
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Gamble’s
Mutual
Iona
Beauties Model for Face and Form After Tea Boost
Celebrities eschew corsets and pose as models after using Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. The ad notes 35 cents for tea or tablets and lists L. M. Bosworth as the supplier.
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Hollister
L. M. Bosworth
Ladies Learn Dress Cutting In Hamilton Block Room
Women inquire about the latest dress cutting techniques at room 12 in Hamilton block. Instruction by Mrs. Shaner offered in a short session.
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Hamilton Block
Shaner
Proposed Resolution of Necessity for Ames Sewers
Ames Iowa city council proposes constructing sanitary sewers and subdrains on College Lincoln Carroll Iowa and Kellogg Streets with eight and six inch lines. Costs assessed to abutting properties within 150 feet, contractor paid by sewer certificates, repairs guaranteed one year, and three percent retained. Public hearing set for June 20 1907. plans on file with city clerk.
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City of
Ames
Iowa
College Street
Lincoln Street
Northwestern Street
State Street
Fayette Street
Carroll Street
Iowa Street
Crawford Street
Kellogg Street
Pearl Street
A. B. Maxwell
Parley Sheldon
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Cambridge
Story County
H. T. Sowers of
J. E. King
Eli Fronsdale
Slater
Norman Lighting Company
Colo
Ole Langland
Cambridge Leader
Commue of Slater
Midland Lyceum Bureau
Sheldahl
Maretus
Padua
Board OF Education
Dividual
Capitol
B’y
St. Louis Republic
Parley Sheldon See’y
Charles Tallman
W. W. Talbott
W. B. Miles Henry Wilson
A. B. Noble
John E. Judge
F. H. Waters
Ames Savings Bank
Ames, Iowa
G. J. Snyder
C. W. Payne, M. D
Boone
I. J. Fen Toe
W. E. Harriman
Ames, Lowa
B. G. Dyer, M. D
Groves
Queens
Darners Grocery
E. F. Passegate
Tamol UE
Poe
Jay Maclaren
Shan F. Bullock
Anne Warner
Helen Kelier
Isc Gopy
Peffer Medical Association
U.S
Joel E. Cagwin
Gamble Drames
Bright’s
Joel E. Cagwin Ames
Kiowa
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