End of football season and turkey day coincide on Thanksgiving
Local notes capture a mix of small town chatter. Des Moines restaurant owners push hot weenie wagons and call for better service while a Fremont Iowa piece hints at a poet behind a local line. Amos Keeter’s homicide is referenced, along with Des Moines追 a Finklestein murder case clue. Waterloo census shows population rise. a two pound baby born in Rose township Hamilton county. Webster City Journal reappears, promised to stir Hamilton county politics.
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Webster City
Hamilton County
Congressmen bounce as Cannon eyeing Illinois bid for speakership
The text notes Congressman Babcock's withdrawal from speakership bids, Cannon of Illinois favored for unity by the West, and Joe Cannon’s temporary election prospects. It mentions Nave Kendall and Tar C. D. as other political figures and notes Des Moines postmaster recommendations. It cites a Boardman Nevada setback and social quips from an exchange.
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Babcock
House of Representatives
Cannon
Illinois
YMCA Building Drive Receives Public Support Testimony
The movement by the college and downtown residents to back the YMCA project gains public backing. Dr Breeden of Des Moines will assist Saturday and Sunday. The building may cost at least 25000 dollars and 18000 dollars already pledged with 7000 more sought. A lost blue serge sack coat is reported between the south college gate and two miles west of Ontario.
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Y.M.C. A
Breeden
Des Moines
South College Gate
Ontario
Boardman Bros. Failures Spark County News
Nevada business Boardman Bros. butter egg and commission house fails with liabilities near 68 000 secured by land and real estate. Homer A. Miller named trustee bringing large property into trust while Des Moines Savings Bank and local lenders secure debts. C D Boardman and others not implicated. staff note possible liquidation or continuation. Also includes 1903 Des Moines Capital bargain offer and ad copy.
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Boardman Bros. of
Nevada
Homer Miller
Des Moines Savings Bank
Boardman Kros
Ames
Register
Boardman Bros
Farmers’ Bank of Nevada
HH. C. Boardman
First National of
Des Moines Savings Bank of
Des Moines
Homer A. Miller
H. C. Board
Egg Shippers’ Straw Board and Filler
H. C. Boardman
Iowa
C. D. Boardman
Oklahoma
Brotherhood lessons from Roosevelt address in Kansas City Star
The piece praises President Roosevelt's Philadelphia speech on brotherhood amid the coal strike and outlines how social ethics must shift from self interest to collective care. It argues laws alone cannot fix industrial abuses without public sentiment and faith in brotherhood. It notes religious and historical support for the idea and warns of moral decline without it. Homeseekers Excursions and a note on free libraries follow.
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Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Kansas City Star
London
Liverpool
Des Moines News marks 21st birthday celebration
The Des Moines News celebrates 21 years as The Daily and Sunday News grows to about 38 500 circulation and nears 40 000. Features in news literature and editorials improve while the price remains 1 50 for 365 issues and subscriptions. Address The News Des Moines la 29 21.
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Des Moines
International Live Stock Exposition at Chicago Union Stock Yards
The third Exposition runs November 29 to December 6 at the Chicago Union Stock Yards with expectations of world record quality exhibits. Breeders will narrow entries to top animals, improving space and visitor movement. A full list of first-class hotels will be provided for attendees, and the event offers low fare during this business gathering.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards
Pepsin Syrup Co. advert promises relief from Dr Caldwell’s medicine
A customer in Corning Ohio writes from November 1900 praising Dr Caldwell's Pepsin Syrup after using two volumes and claiming it improved her health more than two years of other medicines. She asks pricing to ship to Perry County Ohio and signs Mrs Saras McCracker while noting Bosworth sells the product.
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