Sixth annual Iowa Lawn Tennis association tournament set
The sixth annual tennis tournament of the Iowa Lawn Tennis Association will be held on the courts of the Iowa Golf and Country Club in Des Moines from August 1 9, featuring local players and organizers. The event marks a key early 20th century regional sports gathering with local clubs supporting competition and community engagement.
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Iowa Lawn Tennis Association
Olf and Country Club
Des Moines
Vera
Curtis
John Curtis
Otho
Phillip
Larry Lannigan
Waterloo
Franc Jensen
Landigan
Farmer Burns
Iife
Hudson
Burns
Aggregation
Lincoln Boys’ Club
Spencer
L. C. Bond
Methodist
Lakes
Frances Willard
Willis Wagner
Washington
Municipal Electric Meght
Webster City
Swaledale
J. E. Hansen
H. D. Mason
Clear Lake
George A. Turner
Iowa
Royal Arch Masons of
C. R. Raney
Centerville
International Harvester Company
Organized Labor
Ac Urick
State Federation of Labor
Bealdes
Council Bluffs
Mar Shalltown
Oskaloosa
Vinton
Edward Palmer
Grinnell
Texas
Inlaw
Edward Farmer
Palmer
Malcolm
E. J. C. Bealer
Linn County
Senate
Mary Foley
M. Foley
Davenport
Rock Island Arsenal
Justice Carey
Newton
Seward Cantor
Charles Segal
Lew
Jeff Crosa
District Court
Henry Wehrman
Ira
Wehrman
John Lewis
Menlo
Indiana
Scott County
Frank 5. Arbeu
Oskalooosa
Hentonville
Arkansas
Iowa Prisons Outspoken Call for Self Support
Des Moines reports Governor Carroll asserts Iowa state prisons should be self supporting and vows a detailed conditions report. He notes a $170,000 biennial drain and seeks to identify a leak while investigating Anamosa and Fort Madison facilities.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Iowa
Lowg
Anamosa
Fort Madison
State council faces possible tax levy rise as expenses loom
The executive council may raise the state assessment with two year costs estimated at 9.072 million dollars. About 4.66 million must come from new taxes, 3.746 million from other revenues, and a 7 million real estate value gain could obviate levies.
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Executive Council
Cherokee editor Webby’s road from cow pony to Collier’s chair
John M. Oakison, Cherokee citizen from Vinita Oklahoma, rose from cattle country to editor at Collier’s by winning a Century Magazine prize, writing for the New York Evening Post, and shaping loan reform pieces. He helped start the Russell Sage Foundation and created The Average Man’s Money at Collier’s while continuing to write fiction when possible. The Cherokee homeland remains a memory of the Boavinaw and flint hills.
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Vinita
Okla
Collier's Webby
John M. Oakison
Indian Territory
Oskidon
Leland Stanford University
Harvard
Century Magazine
New York Hvening Post
Collier’a
Senate
Colliews
Song of
Kansas
Russell Sage Foundation
Businese
New York
Collier's
Oskinen
Boavinaw
Flint Hills
Hay Prairies
Crazy Indian sleeps naked in Utah snow
A demented Indian known as Crazy Indian has slept naked in open snow for over 30 years near White Rock, Ogden. At about 60, he wears only an old overshoe on his left foot and endures harsh weather while maintaining a stubborn belief that there is no place like home.
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West Union Cement Company
West Union
Henry Blunt
R. C. Williamson
Carlisle
Iowa
Henry Talbot
State Veterinary Examining Board
Iowan Veterinary Medical Association
Talbot
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Commission
Stile House
Christ Halligan
Galva
Binder
Des Moines
Cora A. Steele
Susie Nelson
Iowa Industrial School For Girls
Mitchelkville
Boone
Boone Commercial Association
F. H. Hammill
Northwestern Railway Company
Louis Pelzer
Montana State Normal
State University of Iowa
Pelzer
Atlantic
University of Iowa
Chicago & Northern
Tama
Belle Plaine
Wm. Morris
Plainfield
N. J
Mt Pleasant
Automobilers
Iowa Automobile Association
Edward Casey
Rock Island
Iowa City
Ben Schrader
Nichola
W. W. Holmes
Yender
Woodbine
Milwaukee
Charter Oak
Central City
Ralph Robinson
Newton Journal
Hig
Poate! Savings Bank
Ida Grove
Post Office Department
Ogden
Utah
White Rock
Deer Steals Milk From Bedford County Farm Cow
Hart Bush of Oppenheimer in Bedford County reported days without milk as a calf was blamed. This morning a deer was seen leaping a fence and taking milk from the cow, triggering a dramatic scene as the animal fled.
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Bedford
Hart Bush
Oppenheimer
Antiques from Versailles Bring High Auction Price
A carved bed, chair, and screen once made for Marie Antoinette and Versailles were auctioned on June 2 with a 1,000,000 franc reserve, about 200,000 dollars. After no sale they were reoffered and finally sold for 180,000 francs, around 36,000 dollars. The items belonged to Marquis Cazeau whose father found them in a concierge room and bought them cheaply.
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Paris
Marie Antoinette
Versailles
Western Canada seeks workers for vast wheat lands
The notice urges Americans to migrate to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta for hopeful wheat yields. It promotes low boundary rates offered by Canadian agents from Detroit to Spokane and lists contacts. It touts land prices from ten dollars an entry or seven to ten per acre with potential yields of 20 to 25 bushels per acre and profits of several dollars per acre.
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Canada
M. V. McInnes
Jefferson Avenue
Detroit
Mich
O. A. Laurier
Marquette
Crawford
Syracuse
Thos. Hetherington
Tremont Street
Boston
Mass
H. M. Williams
Gardner
Toledo
Ohio
Geo, Aird
Traction-Terminal
Indianapolis
Indiana
C. J. Broughton
M.L
Chicago
Ill
Geo. A. Hall
Second Street
Milwaukee
Wis
B. T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Mion
Chas, Pilling
Clifford
Grand Forks
N. D
J. B. Garbonneau, Jr
Main Street
Biddeford
J. M. MacLachlan
Watertown
3. D
W. V. Bennett
Bee Bidg
Omaha
Nebj
W. H. Rogers
West Suh Street
Kansas City
Benj. Davies
Dunn Block
Great Falls
Montana
Jon
Grieve
Spokane
Wash
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Horse thief feared in district after wage theft
Mrs. Teskent questions security while her husband recalls a horse thief prowling the area last week and carrying off wages. Peckem departs in haste after hearing the tale voiced by Mrs. Peckem and Eve.
Making It Legal in Crimson Gulch Sheriff Election
A Crimson Gulch citizen reflects on Piute Pete and his shooting habit. Officials elect Pete sheriff to give the town a more legal appearance.
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Piute
Crimson Gulch
Castoria Reminder and Beauty Ads From Old Page
An old advertisement fragment urges mothers to examine Castoria for infants and children, touting safety and 300 years of use. It tangentially includes a jab about managers and a separate note offering a free sample of a topical product, Cole's Carbolizalvex, with claims of burn and scar care.
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Fletcher
Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falla
Improbable Touches in Early Motion Arts Ad Copy
A fragmented OCR piece mocks dramatic acting versus film realism and promotes a dubious foot powder with odd branding. It riffs on danger of airplanes and ends with garbled, nonsensical lines reflecting poor print quality.
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A. M. DeVoe
John Gibson
Polk
Clark
Edgar E. Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
van Duyn
United States Labor
W. B. Archer
Tax Commission
State Tax Commission
State House
Thirty-fifth
General Assembly
Brindley
The
State University
Alvinlatienue
Drug Gifts of
J. R. Chittick
Pure Food Department
Chittick
Pharmacy Board
Patent Medicine
Towa
Barney
Food and Dairy Department
Rom
Roe
Tracy
W. J. L. Hasselt
van Dinter
Wayne Morris
United States
Knoxville
W. C. McArthur
W. L. Harding
Sioux City
W. van Duyn
E. D. Cassel
Allen
George W. Clarke
Dairy and Food Department
C. ¥. Henshaw
Fred Wolf
M. Drost
Henry Horch
Sheldon
Oklahoma
John Mi Oskison
Western
Ratort
George
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