King drag draws Kansas Nebraska farmers to better roads
A Cedar Rapids report notes the King drag road improvement craze spreading to Kansas and Nebraska with prizes for best dragged road and strong enthusiasm from commercial groups. It highlights a near perfect road in one Iowa county and praises simple, effective road work as a model for wider use.
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Kansas
Nebraska
C. M. Mays
Iola
Kan
Cedar Rapids
Tys
Hiawatha
Meg
Sas
Operver
Heathen Honesty in Japanese War Effort
An editorial notes the efficiency and honesty of Japanese military operations, praising orderly supply movement and discipline. The piece argues that graft would have undermined the Manchurian campaign and credits honest contractors and reliable provisions for the recent successes.
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Quartermaster’s Department
Commissariat
Kansas City Star
Many visitors and travelers in Fairfield region
Walter Wilson visited Ottumwa on Sunday while Miss Ellen Peterson called on in Eldon Monday. Dozens of residents from Jefferson county and surrounding towns, including Nebraskans Henry Cline and Mrs. William Mohr, were seen visiting relatives, campers headed to Des Moines river at Eldon, and many returned from trips to Chicago Davenport Centerville Mount Ayr Ottumwa and other points.
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Geo. W. Ball
W. W. Whitaker
Eldon
Des Moines River
Teachers Certificates Granted in County Examinations
County Superintendent Anna White reports twenty five applicants with three failures at the last monthly exam. Certificates awarded include First Class for Margaret Black and H W Cooper. Second Class for Maude Frazey Adda Garmoe Hattie Orr Bertha Orr Lyte Chatterton Helen Bean Alice Jones Emma Lewis Alice Shriner Mabel Moyer Arminta Stull Ruth Pollock Verne Turnbull Celeste Criz Ora Free Ida Long and others. Third Class to Flora Chatterton Stella Armstrong Harry Macy and Harry Whitmore.
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Teachers
Anna White
Margaret Black
H. W. Cooper
Maude Frazey
Pleasant Plain
Adda Garmoe
Fairfield
Hattie Orr
Bertha Orr
Lyte Chatterton
Helen Bean
Alice Jones
Emma Lewis
Libertyville
Alice Shriner
Lockridge
Mabel Moyer
Arminta Stull
County Line
Bessie Gardner
Ruth Pollock
Verne Turnbull
Celeste Criz
Washington
Ora Free
Ida Long
Salem
Harry Whitmore
Batavia
Anna McGaw Weds Curtis Vaught at Family Home
Anna McGaw married Curtis Vaught of Libertyville last Wednesday at the McGaw home with Rev. Thomas Osborne officiating. Only relatives attended before a wedding supper, and the couple will reside in Libertyville after a honeymoon to lakes in northern Iowa.
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Libertyville
Lakes
Iowa
Market Letter Predicts Lower Beef Prices on Rising Supplies
Chicago August letter from Rappal Brothers & Co. notes moderate receipts for cattle and hogs, with sheep and lambs down. It urges free shipment of ready cattle from corn fed and range stock, predicting a lower market range in one to two weeks as butcher stock and grass cattle compete and volumes rise.
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Tribune
Rappal Bros. & Co
Commission
Chicago
Rappal Brothers & Co
The
Mississippi
Missouri
Dame Fortune
Cattle and hog market notes from Bancroft Iowa
A market summary discusses stock and feeder cattle prices, hog ranges, and future expectations as corn prospects influence demand. It notes strong eastern demand, wide price spreads between grades, and anticipated shifts in supply from western sheep runs to reflect seasonal conditions. A separate obituary reports Lester, a traction engineer, killed in Bancroft Iowa.
Resting Tent Open At Chautauqua For Visitors
Visiting guests are welcomed to use a Resting Tent near the main tent with free privileges. Water, combs, brushes, towels and toilet facilities are provided. Clerks will close the store from 12 to 5 on Friday and Tuesday to reveal new fall goods.
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Chautauqua
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Hupstedler & CO
K, Hupstedler &C
Northeast Corner Square
King Road Drag
Batley Geetan
Timothy Ty
Emry
Zeigler’s
Walter Wilson
Or¢tumwa
Ellen Peterson
Geo. Mount
Algona, Ta
John Taylor
New London
Henry Cline
This County
Jefferson County
William Mohr
Iown
Frank Paramore
Ottumwa
J. S. McKenney
Fred Callister
Keosauqua
R. S. McKee
Sands Calhoun
Birmingham
I. N. Biddle
Centerville
P. E. Boesen
Fontanelle
Massena
al. Bryan
Creston
P E. Boesen
R. B. Louden
Louden Machinery Co
Roscoe Thoma
Roscoe
Carl Moburg
Vida Young
South Ottumwa
A. V. Kendrick
Keokuk
J. C. Willits
Oskaloosa
J. W. Lambert
W. G. Thorn
T. J. Myers
Mt. Pleasant
M. E
O’conner
New Sharon
Oliver
Laura Fulton
Vaught-McGaw
Ida Westerfield
Monmouth, Il
Anna McGaw
Jno
H. Merckens
W. F. Bevering
Chas, McElwain
Davenport
Iowa Temple Grand Lodge
Lou van Nostrand
Cora Ball
Yellow Grass
Canada
Beaver
Burlington
Prof. E. Ling
Cresco, Ia
Chas. Snider
Holdridge
Neb
Jessie Shelby
Ft. Madison
W. M. Hufstedler
Lowell
Mrs. McMullen
Pennsylvania
J. A. Clock
Portland, Oregon
Alta Sawtell
H. M. Engle
Osceola
Our City
Rathbone Sisters
Ella Wirshing
Stirling, Kans
M. W. Roth
Hannah Carlson
Fairfield Chautauqua
Chas, Heer
Wife
Pearl Barnes
Denver
M. Baker
Lucile Wisecarver
Dallas
Ill
W. F. Scoular
Perry, Ill
J. F. Hinkhouse
Gertrude
Sioux City
C. M. Junkin
C. W. Wade
Harry Thorne
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Nora Allen
Danville
Clyde Greef
Roy Bevering
Richland
Mrs. Brown
Bentonsport
Mrs
Hattie Greef
A. E. Tucker
Albia
Esther Hasselton
Brighton
A. J. Conlee
Kansas City
Charles
T. L. James
Linna Huston
Bessie Greer
Bonaparte
Effie
Mae Gantz
Mrs. Benning
Portland
San Francisco
Ino. M. Taylor
Washington, Ia
Harvey Brown
Harold
Scott Jordan
Nellie
Maine
C. E. Ward
E. G. Grove
Coy Warnick
E. J. George
C. F. George
Margaret P. Wells
Clarinda
Mary E. Woods
Maude Whitham
Clear Lake
Virginia A. Jones
Lenox, Ia
K. P.’s and Rathbone Sisters
Children’s Shoes
Grand Opera House
D. W. Robertson
America
Thoma
Flora Chatterton
Stella Armstrong
Harry Macy
OUR Market Letter
Wathie Cince Centre
Bancroft
Lester
Schafer Farm
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