Kenyon pumps expand for rising Tama demand
The Kenyon Pressed Steel Pump Co and its Tama factory increase staff to meet surging output. The firm holds eleven Kenyon patents and ships pumps and accessories via a large jobbing firm. It also supplies pumps to the Union Pacific, Great Northern, and Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroads, with two or more pumps per station on those lines.
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Kenyon Pressed Steel
Tama
Ite
C. i, Kenyon
Kenyon
Union Pacific
Kime
Joe Ryan
Frankville
Ryan
Henry Galvin
Ernest Roberts
Jefferson
Galvin
Vinton
Roberts
Thomas Latimer
Clear Lake
Archie Bail
Manchester
Illinois Central
Walter Harris
Ft. Madison
Oskaloosa
Marengo Hospital
Reo
B. B. Vaneteenburg
Spirit Lake
Mountains
Minn
Wycoff
Think Firm
Pittsburg
Gary
Chicago South
Keokuk
Brandon
Hesidenta
Nora Springs
Mike
Jess Stickney
Dee Stickney
Webster County
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Loydle
Missouri Valley
Estherville
Chas. F. Townsend
Des Moines
Townsend
Photographers
Aasociation of America
Fire Loss Prevention Campaign Aimed Across Iowa
Des Moines reports on fire prevention day Oct 9 under Governor Clarke to mobilize business clubs and commercial groups. State fire marshal O. O. Ros leads educational efforts, urging schools and communities to suspend activities for demonstrations, noting past fire tragedies and gasoline hazards.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Govvernor Clarke
O. O. Ros
Towa
Lighta Out Sergeant-Now and The Moon Confusion
A clipped London Opinion quip notes a lighthearted exchange about extinguishing a light, framing it as the moon. The piece then remarks on a new compact telephone receiver that fits in the ear and a proverb about people growing sour with age like cider.
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Volta
London
Outlaw Canoes at Camp Tekakwitha Warned
The Albany Journal argues against canoe use citing danger from frail unstable craft. It urges banning nonexpert use and keeping canoes only for trained swimmers to prevent possible drownings and risky ventures along the water.
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Camp Tekakwith
Albany Journal
European News Laughs At Russian and German Headlines
The Timbuctov question and Tokyot laughter reveal a playful European dispatch. Readers are teased with mock reports from distant fronts as a humorous column comment on foreign news coverage.
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Timbuctov
Not Free
A quip about ocean freedom contrasts with a contrasting reply from a dissenting man. The exchange hints at tension between universal access and local restrictions, framed in a brief humorous dialogue.
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Alimmer
Coffee Poison or Postum Remedy Tale
A Topeka man recalls coffee’s health toll from youth to midlife and credits quitting coffee for Postum with restored health. He notes headaches, nausea, bilious fever, and improved vigor after switching, and mentions his brother similarly benefited. Postum Cereal and Instant Postum offered by Postum Co. with prices and brewing notes. There’s a reason grocers tout.
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Woaight
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Noted conductor receives witty doctor of music quip
After Columbia awarded Walter Damroseh the Mus Doc degree, Alexander Lambert sent a playful note saying he was glad the maestro is now a doctor of music and that, if he grows tired of music, he knows where to go for relief.
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Afton
State Pharmacy Commission
Columbia University
Walter Damroseh
Alexander Lambert
I’d Like a Stylish Loan In V Shape Style
A conversation mentions requesting a loan described as stylish and V shaped. It contrasts the query What kind is that with the answer One which is V shaped. The exchange centers on the metaphorical loan type and its characterization.
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Capitol
Adj. Gan
Guy E. Logan
State House
G A. R
State Executivn Council
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Chas, Way
Bussey
Tela
New Iowa
Cushing
Elizabeth EK
Stoneking
Daniel P. Bulloch
Kirksville
John Carson
Tingley
Howard W. Howards
Mra
Nellie Fender
Berwick
William J. Dunne
Collin W. Barr
Bradford
Emanuel W. Schollian
Lester
Zella Morrison
Jos
M. Durgan
Daniel B. Severse
D. H. Erickson
Sylvia
Julio Osborne
P. Arthur Osborne
E. Tyden
Chicago
Delano Farm
Greene
Jess Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Lena Jengen
B. H. Fuarness
Mason Guy
Fuarness
William Maxwell
Maxwell
Henry Venter
Geneva
Yaenier
Marshalltown
Andrewason
Garner
Harold Oliver
Julius David
Edgar Pos
Sioux City
Transportation Company
John Caywood
Cumberland
Marathon
Charles Dawson
Frederika
Dawson
Charles City
George Phillips
Ottumwa
Phillipa
Hirsha W. Busnell
Buck” Busnell
Glenwood
Francie Heats Reform Board
L. BH. Francis
Legislative Committee
J. H. Allen
Pocahontas
Allen
Senate
Perkina
Delaware County
State Ways and Means
Library Commission
State Board of Control
State Board of Health
Knoxville
Mackin
Sinclair Packing Company
Cedar Rapids
Emory H. English
Des Moainés Electric Company
State Free Employment Bureau
State Railroad Commission
Thirty-sixth General Assembly
International Harvester Company
Warren Garat
Board of Arbitration
Thomas Vanderpool
Council Bluffs
Arbitration Board
Eldora
Eldora Industrial School For
Frison
Anamosa Reformatory
C. C. McClaughry
United States Supreme Court
J. C. Hawkins
Auditor and Industrial Commissioner of
Henry E. Sampson
Woodward
Fine
College of Fine Arts
Iowa State University
State Board of Education
W. C. Wilcox
F. ©. Ansley
U. 1
Charles H. Sullivan
Ray Penland
Valley City
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Penland
Auburn
Adams County
Reaigna
Cora H. Bruce
Moody Bible Institutes
Daisy i Gavin
Urick
Beth Ul. A
Uriek
Logan
Aero Club of America
National Guard
Navy Board
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels Ags
Navy Department
Jlowan
Andrew Murray Hunt
American Society of Civil Engineers
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
New York City
Denison
China
H. Fletcher
Warners
Ani
Warner
Warner's
Wei Warner's Safe Remedies CO
Rochester
N.Y
Ra Cares Rei Ose
Jeand Sh
Aia
Coffee
Dean
Doan
Avy
Ht Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Carter
Absorbine, JR
Diuggiete
W. F.young
P.D. F
Temple St
Springfisid
Masg
Virginia
Pya Colonial
B. T. Watkins & CO. Inc
North Mak St
Richmond
N. U
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