Iowa City Merchants organize against ad schemes
A Commercial club driven coalition in Iowa City forms a Retail Merchants Association to curb advertising schemes tied to lodges and other groups that siphon funds from programs and publications. Merchants warn these mulet practices drain tens of thousands yearly.
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Iowa City Commercial Club
F. W. Eichelberger
Ottumwa
Fort Madison
Eaton
Supreme Court
Polk County
John N. Smith
G. N. Thorley
W. H. McHenry
Smith
Denver
Clyde Ennis
James Blake
Guthrie Center
Frank Nobalsky
Nobalsky
Iowa
Pennsylvania
America
Dubuque
Iowa Geographical Survey
Waterloo
Orange Township
Church of the Brethren
M. F. Edwards
Allison
William Kinney
Rock Island
First Presbyterian Church
Rockwell City
C. H. Purmott
Presbyterian Church For
Harrison County
Bertha Smothers
Council Bluffs
del Hardy
Lewis
Odebolt
Cedar Falls
Lyman-Stark
Cedar Rapids
Joel Loveland
Bremer County
Des Moines Saloon War and Highway Law Readiness
In Des Moines opposing factions prepare for a protracted battle over saloon petitions and signatures as anti saloonists contest might extend to the general election of 1912. Meanwhile the new state highway law shows progress on the Davenport to Council Bluffs route with many bridges and cross streets documented. The Henry County Fair nominates C H Tribby for state board, and the Supreme Court reverses a libel ruling involving the Hardin CountyCitizen publisher.
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Ames
Waterloo
Mary K. Heard
Iowa City
Student Volunteers of America
Kansas City
University of Iowa
van Wagenen
Iowa
Washington
Cedar Valley Holstein Breeders’ Association
Waverly
Hanlontown
N. F. Landahl
Des Moines
Danish Baptist Church In America
Cedar Falls
Manson
Dan Egli
Oskaloosa Traction and Light Company
Arbitration Board
Oskaloosa
Helen L. Freeman
Springville
Naomi Strassler
Ottumwa
Ella R. Sweatt
Toledo
Mary E. Blake
Conesville
Myers at _aterloo
Blackhawk County
Wendl Konecny
Joe Melcha
Ed _ Kirkland
Snouffer
Cedar Rapids
Linderman
Clarinda
Roy Coffman
Frances Chambers
Magnolia
Logan
Max Cargin
Marcus
Cargin
Teachers’ College At
Seerley
Jan Paleovic
Moline
Stewart Peters
J. I. Peters
Seymour
Whittier
Cal
Jess Hills
Sidney
R. C. Tyson
E. D. Hogan
Cascade
James Heiney
Plymouth
E. E. Heaton
T. W. Blackley
Centerville
P. Dahl
Byron Lewis
Decorah
Raccoon River
Sac City
Supreme Court
Great White Way
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Attorney General's
Sioux City
Henry County Fair Association
Fair Board
H. Tribby
Henry County
R. M. Wright
Hardin County
Ira J. Nichols
Lois J. Wisner
Wisner
Prohibitionists Expand Iowa Push for Constitutional Amendment
Iowa Prohibitionists plan a statewide intensification led by A A Coates secretary of the Iowa Amendment association and S M Holliday president. They seek a constitutional prohibition amendment citing Des Moines saloon closures and enforcement of prohibitory law as stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Amendment Association
Iowa
Des Moines
A. A. Coates
Mr. Coates
S. M. Holliday
Indianola
Umbrella Mixup Baffles City Official
Dr. KE M Willis secretary of the city civil service commission recounts an umbrella mix up. A patient lent an umbrella with engraved initials, a later borrower claimed it, and the initials matched the official. The umbrella remains in circulation between the two men and the official remains unaware of its current owner.
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KE. M. Willis
City Civil Service Commission
Dr. Willis
S. Ne
Tan bark at New York Horse Show causes hush
An attendant at the New York Horse Show asks a woman to quiet her dog after loud vocalizations drown announcements. She denies the disturbance and explains the noise came from a tan bark, a pun revealing the dog was not at fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Useless Waste and Foolish Spending Discussed
The exchange notes that some people waste money on needless items. Steve recalls a man who gave a smoker in Pittsburgh a gift, illustrating reckless generosity.
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Gabe
Steve
Pittsburgh
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Hawkeye
State News
Coggon
Iowa Highway Improvement
Fair Board Place
Foone
Madrid
Woodward
W. J. Dixon
Board of Control
Mr. Dixon
Colonel MacConlogue
Boone
Dixon
Atlantic
Interstate
Swine Breeders’ Protective Association
Corn Belt
E. F. Lowry
United States
Lowry
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Joe Pusateri
Joseph Corso
F. W. Woodworth
Nora Helman
Joseph Lazio
Mays
Canacat
Europe
Manioba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
William Percy
Immgig Ullawa
Canadas
F. H. Hewitt
West 6Th St
Des Moines, Ta
Carter
Carters
Lowa
Ralph Orwig
W.P. Patent
Fawrene Dee Moines
Agee
Lbeor
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