Masons Buy Site for Joint Des Moines Temple
Des Moines July 5 the Scottish Rite consistory bought the Towne homestead at Fourteenth and High for 1500000 temple to house both Scottish and York Rite Masonic bodies. The site faces 190 feet on High and 132 on Fourteenth. Old Seventh and Walnut temple sold two years ago. York Rite may aid in building. Old temple housed York Rite. both branches still use top floor. Other Iowa districts also planning new temples as state shows growing Masonic activity.
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Des Moines
Towne Homestead
Fourteenth and
High Streets
High Street
Fourteenth Street
Scottish Rite Consistory
Louise Towne Waldron
Elgin
Seventh and
Walnut Streets
York Rite
Clinton
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Old Stone Court House at Winterset
The old stone court house in Winterset, Madison county, exemplifies historic public architecture. Built with locally quarried stone, it reflects the durability and style of earlier public buildings.
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OLD Stone
Winterset
Madison County
New Iowa Federation president named at Davenport
Mrs Julian W Richards of Waterloo was elected president of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs at the Davenport meeting. Known for extensive social work she is organizing committees and planning active efforts to push the federation's clubwoman cause. The piece notes growing federation activities and mentions Woodward's nearby historic schoolhouse dating to 1862, a pioneer log structure near early river settlements.
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Julian W. Richards
Waterloo
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Davenport
Richards
Woodward
Iowa Mines Show Record Safe In Year
State mine inspectors report Iowa coal mines in top safety condition with only 29 miner deaths in the year ending June 30, down from 38 the previous year. The figures indicate improved precautions and enforcement across the industry.
Child of First Governor Mary Lucas Dies at Kirkwood Home
Mary Lucas daughter of Iowa territorial governor Robert Lucas dies at Town City near the Lucas homestead on Kirkwood Avenue. She was 70 years old and last surviving child of the noted executive. The text also notes Chou Ping-chun, vice-president of the Chinese ministry of interior, was ordered to retire due to opium habits.
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Mary Lucas
Iowa
Robert Lucas
Town City
Old Lucas
Kirkwood Avenue
Chuo Ping-chun
Ministry of Interior
Counties urged to build county hospitals for consumptives
A. E. Kepford urges Iowa counties to use the new county hospital law to establish sanitariums or hospital departments for advanced consumptives. Senator John Foley authored a bond election provision requiring a petition of 200 residents and a special tax for funding. The aim is patient isolation to curb transmission, via hospitalization rather than quarantine.
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A. E. Kepford
Iowa
John Foley
Chickasaw County
Board of Supervisors
Kepford
Active at 88 as editor Harris defies age
Harris, editor of the Missouri Valley Times, is 88 and vigorous in work. In a recent issue he explains his long life with temperance, prayer, and routine, noting he has avoided intoxicants, tobacco, and late meals, and rises at 7, retires at 10, having raised ten children.
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DN. Harris
The
Missouri Valley Times
Harda
Haya Mved
Washingtonians
Good Templars
Iowa Soldiers Monument Angers Statesman Designer Facetious Letter Emerges
A letter by late Senator J Harlan ridicules the Iowa soldiers monument near the state capitol. The piece targets Carl Rohl-Smith's design and especially the statue of a woman atop the column, arguing the surroundings fail to add to its attractiveness.
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Iowa Soldiers
State Capitol
Carl Rohl-Smith
James Harlan
Lght
Employment Gap Between Seeker and Seller Feels Small
A local quip notes the slight difference between a man seeking work and a merchant seeking a bargain, suggesting the two goals blur in practical terms. The saying casts employment and sales as parallel pursuits in everyday life.
Attorney at Law on Mount Chestnut Streets advertises probate services
A law office details abstracts opinions on Tittad Bas Estate and Probate Law at the corner of Mount Chestnut Streets in Atlantic Lowaa. The notice highlights estate planning, wills, and probate guidance offered by SPFUIALTIFS.
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Spfuialtifs
Mount Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
Lowaa
Malabert Atlantic
OWA
Wapeuinity
Generel Aw
Lowa
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Chicago
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Robert Stewart
Polk County
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Monroe County
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Webster
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Mahaska County
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Jeal
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Hast Sixth
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Hey
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W. WY. Lucas
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Wasign
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Titus Dement
Asteopathic
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Fort Des Moines
Chas. A. Grubb
C. B. Clovis
W. C. Heers
Denti
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Kuss
Manpen
G. R. Miller
Sultas
Giipaple
Musson
C. G. Clark
Fomerly Interne Icapitel State University of Iowa
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Omloa
R. A. Gamble
Osteopathic and Medical
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Antio
T. B. Swan
C. L. Campbell
Oites Roonis
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Hasbud Syettal Training
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Miniman Furnihies Company Furniture and Undertaking
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Munda Boy
Elf 73
Machthone
Mivave Atlantil
LOW A
Cowetaut St
O. Herbert
Islet
Disbrow
Peone
J. B. Rockafellow
Attorney At Law
Federe Courts
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