Geneva YWCA Meeting Planned By College Notes
A Geneva meeting of the YWCA girls is set for next Monday at Miss Helen Rail's home 604 South Main Street. Football team left on No 6 for Aledo to face William and Vashti tomorrow. Wade Filinspach is out with a foot injury. Whitmore likely to move to tackle with Exstrum at center. Kilfor also out, declining to accompany the trip.
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Helen Rail
South Main Street
Aledo
William
Vashti
Wade Filinspach
Whitmore
Kilfor
For Rent and Sale Classifieds in People’s Column
A list of small ads: furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent in multiple locations, office rooms above The Hub Store, a Rugby bicycle for sale, an eight cylinder Cadillac car for sale, a base burner stove, and a wanted second hand safe. Also an offer to finance prairie farm purchases through Jefferson County Abstract and Title Company at five percent, up to $50 per acre.
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West Burlingen
Lub
Hub
South Fifth Street
Prairie Co
Jefferson County Abstract and Tan Company
Nursery stock sale urged by Des Moines Nursery Co
Des Moines Nursery Co urges immediate orders for nursery stock with stock and service. Do not delay as assortments may sell out. Contact the company’s representative now for prompt attention. Reward noted for a lost three grade pocketknife. please notify Russell Smith. Lost: a pocketknife on Batavia road near the airfield.
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Batavia Road
Russell Smith
Peacon Roll Sensation at The Purity
A local note proclaims a season sensation with Purity shop offering Peacon Roll at 500c per pound, highlighting a novelty treat and store pricing.
Mt Pleasant Seeks National Guard Company for City
Mt Pleasant hopes to form an Iowa National Guard company. A prominent citizen promised to build an armory if organized, and Postmaster Stanley Miller urged Des Moines for Army approval. The adjutant general says Mt Pleasant can be located as soon as War Department authorization and a suitable armory are secured, with enough men aged 18 to 35 ready to join.
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Rifle Club
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa National Guard
Stanley Miller
National Guard
Logan
Iowa
War Department
Armory Board
IOWA ROADS FIN EST DIRT ROADS IN UNITED STATES
J C Burton writing in the Chicago Sunday Tribune praises the Santa Fe Trail as the best winter motor route to California. He lists Davenport as the first objective from Chicago, then West on one of the finest dirt roads in the United States following the Great White Way to Washington Iowa. He turns south to Fairfield and then west on the Blue Grass road, noting the high compliment of Iowa roads.
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J.C. Burton
Chicago Sunday Tribune
California
Chicago
Davenport
United States
Washington
Fairfield
Horse Sale for October 26, 1916 Gather Horses Now
A call for a large equine sale invites all sellers and buyers on October 26, 1916. The notice mentions a car load of four year old horses and mares, including some mares in foal, urging anyone with a horse to sell or purchase to attend.
Peacon Roll at The Purity Sets Seasonal Buzz
The season's sensation Peacon Roll is featured at The Purity selling for 50c per pound. Local shoppers flock to enjoy this fresh treat as a tasty, affordable indulgence amid holiday crowds.
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College
People's Column
W. Hempstead
Elizabeth Stevenson
Alice Booker
DES Moines Nursery CO
Bentonsport, Iowa
Clyde Bell
SS. oheLe
Mohr & Crow
E'Tee
Aluminum
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