High License Battle and Local Notices From Des Moines
Des Moines reports defeat of Mayor Hanna’s high saloon license plan as council approved a smaller increase and set saloon licenses at eighty six for next year. A temperance clash, infant sun protection case, and a missing Des Moines man resolved with Denver and Redcliffe connections precede bankruptcy receivership for H. B. Ridgley Mercantile. Executive Council draws straws for nominations in three parties while a local concrete and brick supplier advertises at page end.
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Des Moines
Hanna
Mes Moines
Iowa Humane Society
James Allan Graham
Colonel Johnston
Felix O'Neill
Denver
Lily Lewis
Graham
Redcliffe
Cal
Johnston
H. B. Ridgley Mercantile Company
Walnut Street
C. F. Maxwell
Executive Council
C. M. McKimm
Prohibition
Fayette County
W. J. Trexler
Floyd County
H. J. Rowe
Polk County
Rowe
Doolittle
Freckle-Face Remedy Offers Free Trial to Clear Skin
A dated advertisement promises Freckle-Face relief with a money back guarantee. It urges women to obtain ethine double strength from a local druggist and try one night’s treatment to remove freckles and improve complexion at no cost if ineffective.
Apple Crop Short Says Wesley Greene
Des Moines reports a state fruit crop mix with a shortage of apples but good crops of plums cherries and berries. Horticulturist Wesley Greene cites cool early month weather and severe winter frost as factors with seventeen year locusts dying out in many counties and birds aiding pest control. Percentages show summer apples 21 and fall apples 20, pears 25, plums from 19 to 77, cherries 50, raspberries 61 65, blackberries 40, grapes 10, currants 70, gooseberries 70.
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Des Moines
Wesley Greene
Zemo Promised to End Eczema Rash
An advertisement touts Zemo as a guaranteed cure for eczema. It claims the ointment stops itching and bleeding, smooths pimples, leaves no grease, and vanishes evidence after application. Sold by BH. W. Rose Medicine Co. in St. Louis and Moore Drug Store in Atlantic.
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Zemo
BH. W. Rose Medicine Co
St. Louis
America
Atlantic
Moore Drug Store
Had No Right To Accept Des Moines Bid Ruling
A. J. Miller sued Oelwein for not accepting a bid to lay bitulithic pavement at 1.90 per square yard. The supreme court affirmed the injunction against contractor William Horrabin. Miller argued city savings could reach 7500 dollars by rejecting Horrabin and choosing Ford. Ten decisions were issued that day. Acme Cement and Plaster Co won a case over a workman’s death due to a shed door left open by machinery. The court found no negligence by the company. Dr J F Talston, Dentist, over Farmers Savings Bank.
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Des Moines
A. J. Miller
Oelwein
William Horrabin
Horrabin
Supreme Court
Miller
Ford
Acme Cement and Plaster Company
New Jersey Nominates Woodrow Wilson in Speech by Wescott
The New Jersey delegation backs Woodrow Wilson in the presidential contest, praising his intellect and moral energy. The speaker argues that only a Wilson presidency can advance equal rights and open opportunity, calling for national reform and a durable Democratic victory.
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Woodrow Wilson
John S. Wescott
New Jersey
America
Wilson
Woodrow
Democratic Party
Providence
Jura
Alps
Washington
United States of America
Jefferson
Lincoln
United States
Princeton
Woodrow ‘Wilson
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Temperance
Kimballton Construction CO
Telegraph
Fred T. Dubois
Mr. Dubois
Idaho
Champ Clark
Iowa
Eczema
Elwein
J. F. Talston
Over Farmers Savings Bank
Triumph Auto
Cedar Rapids Oil Co
Wescott
North American
Princeton University
Adlet
News-Telegraph
John W. Wescott
Hansen Clothing Company
Musson
Bell Phone
Central Iowa Poultry & Egg Company
P. A. Casey, Mgr
Pride of
Atlantic Produce Co. Creamery Department
Stier Grocery Company
Tarry
Bee Building
Omaha
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