Marshalltown Franchised Utility Firm Praised by Local Bank
A Marshalltown State Bank executive praises the Dows Reed Smith & Co. utility group for upgrading a dilapidated system. The letter notes steel poles on Main Street, double tracking, extended service beyond seasons, satisfactory gas and electric rates, and active support for community projects including hospital and county fair donations.
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Pr. J. Fred Clarke
Chas
Co. Trine
Marshalltown
Main Street
Tritown
Dog Guards Newspapers at Street Corners
Chicago newsboys report a dog on a street corner stand acts as a reader stopper. Nellie trained by her vendor signals when a passerby reads long without buying, prompting the reader to move on as war dispatches lose interest.
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Chicago
Nellie
Europe
Mexico
Bathing Pigs Twice Daily Stirs New Jersey Board
In North Bergen New Jersey neighbors complained to the health board about five pigs kept by Louis Tracassa not being kept clean. Tracassa testified that his pigs are bathed each morning by himself and each night by his wife. He questioned the need for additional washings and said the pigs are bathed in a tub. The board took the case under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Health Board
North Bergen
N. J
Louis ‘Tracassa
Board of Health
Tracassa
PULLED STUMPS TO MUSIC AT CANADIAN CAMP
Brass bands accompanied stump pulling at Camp Campley in Canada as four battalions uprooted pine stumps. About a thousand stumps removed in the area were burned in heaps, the nightly bonfires recalled Homeric scenes. Seven injured in a head on interurban collision near Wabash Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campley
Canada
Chimp
Camp
Wabash, Ind
Indiana Union
Sterilization Bill Moves in Oregon Assembly
Salem Oregon January 22 a bill before the assembly provides for a state board to report on all persons who in behalf should be examined with a view to sterilization.
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
Board of
Chapel Notes At Mediapolis College
Rev. Palmer, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Mediapolis, gave a pleasing address at Chapel Saturday morning. There will be no Chapel services this week during semester examinations. The second semester opens Tuesday, January 23, with new students and several boys returning from the border planning to enroll.
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Palmer
Presbyterian Church
Mediapolis
Cure for insomnia by stretching first noted by Austrian doctor
In Vienna physician Dr Ebstein claims a simple physical exercise cures insomnia. The method: grasp the headboard or bed tail with both hands and strain upward until arm and shoulder fatigue. He says irregular brain blood flow during lying causes sleeplessness and raising the arms increases head blood flow aiding sleep.
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Vienna
Ebstein
Physical and
Knotty Question Sparks Debate on Submarine Marines
In Lansdowne Pennsylvania citizen Marines trained to replace fallen regulars seek to be called submarines. Rookies argue they are submarines though not regular Marines, claiming Noah Webster overlooked the term. they ask sports editors to decide.
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Philadelphia
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Lansdowne
Noah Webster
Velvet Paw at the Orpheum Tonight
William A Brady presents The Velvet Paw at the Orpheum with House Peters and Gail Kane. The Brady film weaves a political lobbyist figure into a story tied to child labor debates, drawing large audiences. Local photoplay fans may see this world picture this afternoon and tonight.
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William A. Brady
Paul West
House Peters
Gail Kane
Brady
Congress
Orpheum
World Pictures
Stolen Mexican Shield Found in Mexican Consul’s Possession
A rawhide shield bearing Mexico’s national emblem, once in the Hall of Ambassadors in Mexico City during Madero’s ouster, was seized by customs at Nogales. It now sits with Mexican consul Ives G. Selmer in Douglas as he seeks authorization to keep it. The shield’s return ends a three year search tied to the 1911 era mala fide seizure.
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Douglas
Ariz
Mexico
Mexico City
Francisco I
Madero
Republic
Ives G. Selmer
Carranza
Nogales
Sonora
Hall of Ambassadors
Diaz
Huerta
Golf Club for Men Only in Greensburg
Greensburg plans a new men only golf club as many male players at Greensburg Country Club object to women members. A male expert criticizes women chatter while a woman golfer defends women’s scores and rights to organize.
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Greensburg
Wanted and For Rent Classified Ads
A collage of brief notices includes help wanted for general housework and addressing, land inquiry in Kansas or Colorado, rooms for rent, and multiple property and item sales. Also mentions a Wisconsin land magazine offer and various contact details across Fairfield Iowa, Marshall Missouri, and Marinette Wisconsin.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
John Harper
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Dows, Smith & Reed
Chas C, Trine
DOG Guards Newspapers
Calumet
the Orpheum
Greensburg, Pa
le Saese
O. J. Simons
Ledger Office
West
Kirkwood Street
Coffin
Harry Smith
Wisconsin
Farm Lands Landology
Landology
Skidmore Land Co
Skidmore Building
Marinette
North Main Street
Burlington Street
S. J. Morris
Marshall, Mo
Eastwood
Pallas Pictures
Presents
Dustin Farnum
Erin
Court Hotel
Fairfield National Bank
A. K. Harper
W. Grimes Street
Mme. Petrova
Metro
Fairfield Steam Laundry
William Fox
Valeska Suratt
Daniel Frohman
Louise Huff
Jack Pickford
Booth Tarkington
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