Iowa Factories Largest in United States
The Town State-Wide Publicity Commission notes Iowa leads national industry in multiple sectors. Burlington hosts the nation’s largest furniture factory, Davenport the biggest basket and electric iron plants, Dubuque the largest sash and door mill, Waterloo the cream separator factory, Des Moines the top proprietary medicine works, Red Oak the largest calendar factory, Mason City the top clay products center, Cedar Rapids the largest cereal factory, Council Bluffs the largest candy factory and greenhouse, and the state hosts a vast hydro electric plant.
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Iowa
Towan
United States
Burlington
Davenport
Dubuque
Waterloo
Des Moines
Red Oak
Towa
Mason City
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Call of the Cumberlands at Grand Opera House
Hugo B Koch presents a dramatization of Charles Neville Buck's The Call of the Cumberlands at the Grand Opera House on Saturday January 30 featuring Sally Miller and Samson South in a feud era tale. Lescott the artist travels from New York to Paris and back as the feud ends and law and order prevail.
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Hugo B. Koch
Charles Neville Buck
South
Sally Miller
New York
Geo. Lescott
Sally
Samson South
Holman
Lescott
Sanson
Samson
Paris
Hollman
Miliia
Call of the Cumberlands
Grand Opera House
Census Bureau reports Iowa home trends and national housing totals
The Census Bureau shows 512,615 homes in Iowa, up from 480,878 ten years earlier and 588,517 in 1890. Forty one percent are farm homes, with 186,703 free of encumbrance, 101, free encumbered, and 208,544 rented. Nationally, 20,255,554 homes exist, with 6,123,010 urban and 14,191,065 urban or rural as applicable.
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Lowe
Census Bureau
Iowa
Distended pores guidance sought by Decorah resident
Mrs Phoebe Lincoln of 403 River Street Decorah Ia seeks advice on how to treat pores and blackheads and how to apply pies in skin care the query requests practical steps and remedies.
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Phoebe Lincoln
River St
Decorah
Billy Be By Bo Bum Encounters White Forest Tracks
Billy Be By Bo Bum follows Tinker Teedle through the White Forest as they study animal tracks to read stories in the snow. The buddy elf teaches Billy how tracks reveal last night’s events, tracing a chase between Slinker the Weasel and Mr Rabbit. It mixes fantasy with a product ad placement for Sweet Almond Cream and Invisible Powder.
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Billy
Bo Bum
White Forest
Tinker Teedle
Tinker Teedle Tee
Tinker
Elf
Billy Boyz
Billy Boy
Mr. Rabbit
Slinker the Weasel
Tinker Tee
Slinker
Phoebe Lincoln
Opportune sleighing and rural life notes countywide
Miss Elsie Aegerter and neighbors cope with illness while weather favors ice men and coal dealers. Farmers market hogs and wood, haul sand, and sell grain as sleighing remains ideal. Local preachers Rev A F Cameron and Rev L N Day preach in Ridgeway Cresco area, with social events, dances, and community gatherings reported across Otter Creek and Sumner township.
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Elsie Aegerter
Helen Halvorson
Ridgeway
Albert Mzik
Cresco
A. F. Cameron
Decorah
M. F
Sol
L. N. Day
Evangelical Church
Theo, Kratz
Amel Koch
Willie Moe
Rollie Kratz
Otter Creek
Theo
Kratz
Rollie
Deno
Alfred Peter, Jr
Sadie Koch
Robert Vopava
Sumner Township
Pecinovsky
Fred Falck
North Fof Ridgeway
Reinhart Haakenson
Merrill
Grand Rapids
N. D
Hopperstad & Brekken Hall
Sherman
Cope
Woodworking social and local visits in Freeport
Freeport residents report a wood hauling bee on Thursday. Wissore Kirkland and Linda Coughlin were on the sick list last week. Harry Barker traveled to Nordness and Harry Erickson visited from Clay Hill. Dr Barfoot of Decorah and J T Pearson from Decorah made calls. A basket social at the schoolhouse near Decorah drew several locals.
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Barney Harmon
L. Morrison
Decorah
Stohr, Espeseth and
Thompson
Garfield Tyler
Oclwein
R. Tyler
J. H. Coughlin
Ralph Lee
Ward
W. A. Leach
Albert Moon
F. M. Sheetz
Adam Bulger
D. Palmer
Schepple
Stacyville
J. A. Robinson
S. K E. Brickner
N. Drake
Seekatz
Sherman Nursery Co
Charles City
Freeport
John Lee
Janary
P. C. Delaney
Wissore Kirkland
Harry Barker
Nordness
Linda Coughlin
Harry Erickson
Clay Hill
Dr. Barfoot
J.T. Pearson
Shhoo House
Pleasant Township Social and Community Notes
January 25 1915 Pleasant Township reports fine sleighing after a spell of zero weather. Visitors include Eddie Tverson Anne Foss and John Olson families. Neighborly visits occur among the Narvesons Ellings Iverson and Decorah visitors. A sand hauling bee aids B Anderson and John Olven hauls logs to Henry Severson for lumber to build a barn next season.
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Eddie Tverson
Ellis Home
Anne Foss
John Olson
Joo
Otto Levi
Marvin
Clarence Ellings
Theo
Anderson
Harry Erickson
John Narveson
N. C. Narveson
Narveson
L. B. Torrison
Cure your cough with Barker's Remedy ad
For sale by John G. Schimming and R. A. Eng bertson this Barker's Remedy advertisement promotes a cold cure available from local vendors.
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Barker
John G. Schimming
R. A. Engbertson
Adv
Decorah Druggist Endorses Adler-i-ka Remedy
A Decorah pharmacist promotes Adler-i-ka a simple buckthorn bark glycerine based remedy. He states one dose relieves sour stomach gas and constipation quickly and urges consult a doctor for stomach or bowel trouble.
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R. A. Engbertson
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cold Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a cure for colds and coughs, claiming it loosens mucus and soothes lungs with a 25 cent price. It also promotes Pean's Regulars laxative at 25 cents, warning harsh physics can weaken bowels.
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Pean's
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Murray St
New York City
Col. F. C. Sellman
B. J. McKay
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