High School Activities and Programs Presage Busy Christmas Season
The Junior class planned a Christmas program and Red Grass Seals sales closed income. Floyd Patterson elected football captain for 1929 and a School Management debate discussed abolishing recitations with captains Muriel Hess and Mabel Bailey leading affirmative and negative teams. Senior class program featured Current Events, Rooms to Let sketch, and songs. Classes prepared for future teaching, candies made for fundraiser, and a January 20 Shakespeare-focused public debate set.
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Floyd Patterson
Anderson
Muriel Hess
Coral Bailey
Edith Casteal
Wilma Hertman
Hilda Larkey
Sarah Scott
Audra Weti
Mabel Bailey
Florence Budde
Alma Casited
Albert Dallagher
Winifred Owen
Mary Snyder
Edna Wirth
Dorothy Tabér
Madeline Porter
Eugene Bowman
Lionel Shea
Betty Breeze
Marguerite Black
Madge Wales
Miriam Matthias Toy
Eesey
Anamosa
Miriam Matthias
Leah Blatchley
Paul Fairbrother
Philippine Islands
Red Cross
Moyle
Trent
Notice to Contractors Maquoketa Electrical Project Bids
City of Maquoketa invites proposals by 7:30 p m Monday January 2 1923 for furnishing electrical material to extend the Municipal Electric Light and Power plant distribution system to cover the entire city Alternate proposals cover material from Maquoketa Iowa and other specified options Material list and information available on request City Manager G C Morse announces official notice
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Maquoketa
Tows
Towa
Persian shah's 1873 England visit sparked 2000 begging letters
During a 1873 visit to England, the old shah of Persia received about two thousand begging letters. He was pleased and honored by the attention, storing the letters in a trunk and sending them back to Persia where they were placed in his museum.
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Persia
England
Notice of dissolution of J. T. Martensen Dry Goods Co
A special meeting of stockholders of the J T Martensen Dry Goods Company in Maquoketa Iowa on November 26 1921 adopted dissolution resolutions. The president and secretary were authorized to execute filings.
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Notiva
T. Blartensen Dry Goods Company
Iowa
M. Tensen
L. T “Martensen
Reduced excursion fares for Chicago and Northwestern routes
Holiday season offer sets one half round trip fare to all points where the one way fare is 26 dollars or more. Minimum excursion fare two dollars fifty cents. Half fare for children. Details and tickets available at any Chicago and North Western ticket agent.
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Hicago & Northwestern
Chicago & North Western
Railwar
Foley's Honey and Tar and Pills Promotion
An old advertisement touts Foley products including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for pains and rheumatism, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation. It invites readers to mail a 5 cent stamp with name and address to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Avenue
Chicago
Foley
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