Packard Contest Tracks Sales by Lincoln Highway
Packard Motor Car Co announces a nationwide sales contest starting Washington's birthday. Sales will be recorded in miles along the Lincoln Highway from San Francisco to New York, with the winner closest to 3,300 miles after the test ends. The race begins in Frised and demands attainment of 100 percent quota for New York arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Packard Motor Car Co
Detroit
Mich
Great
Packard Organization
San Francisco
New York
Packard Enterprise
Constipation and Indigestion Prominent in Admission
Mrs Robert Allison of Mattoon Illinois wrote about indigestion and constipation tied to moving to Mattoon. One bottle of Chamberlains Tablets corrected the trouble leaving her feeling like a different person. For sale by H W McKeown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Allison
Mattoon
Ill
H.W. McKeown
LeGrand Crushed Stone in Demand and Expansion
An Iowa quarry operation started by Philip Cozzi is expanding into a sizable enterprise. Demand has risen since last year as more orders flood in, prompting plant upgrades including moving the crusher, installing a new rock screen, and building an elevator to move rock to railroad cars. An order for twenty car loads is slated for a Grinnell public building, with many additional orders ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Cozzi
Cozzi
Iowa River
Grinnell
California Letter from Hoover's Circle in Bakersfield
A 1917 California diary entry from H. D. Hoover describes travel from Whittier to Bakersfield by Southern Pacific, noting a fatal railroad accident witnessed en route. The party visits Horace Salisbury and Hiram Hammond, attends Dr. Torrey's sermon, tours Board of Trade products, comments on pumpkins cucumbers and local produce, and observes Chinese town attire and cool frost while lamenting injuries to J. B. Harvey and Ole Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Sakarsfield
Bakersfield
Cal
Whittier
Horace Salisbury
Hiram Hammona
R.A. Torrey
Southern Pacific
Wm. Plummer
Elsie
Marshalltown
Brother Will
Kansas
Board of Trade Rooms
Chinatown
J. B. Harvey
Ole Olson
Asever
H. D. Hoover
Aaron Shellenbarger Joins Quast Produce Co in Cedar Rapids
Aaron Shellenbarger departs tomorrow evening for Cedar Rapids to rejoin Quast Produce Co of St. Louis. He returns to the same sales position with a substantial raise for his order placing ability. He previously ranked fifth among fifteen salesmen last year and will operate from Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Shellenbarger
Cedar Rapids
Quast Produce Co
St. Louis
Aaron
Missouri
Wendell Foote Weds Miss A Louisa Wilcox in Harlan
Miss A Louisa Wilcox nurse at Deaconess hospital in Marshall town marries Wendell P Foote of Dillon at the home of the bride’s sister in Harlan After ceremony Rev Horace Foote an uncle performs the rite in the presence of forty relatives and friends The couple planned a brief Omaha trip before settling on the Foote farm near Dillon The wedding featured Mendelssohn melody and a four course dinner with pink and white decor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.J. Snender
Harlan
A. Louisa Wilcox
Marshall
Wendell P. Foote
Dillon
Horace Foote
Independence
Mr. Foote
Robert J. Williams
Matilda Steward
Freeport
Ill
Joseph Wilcox
Leonard Snender
C. J. Wilcox
de Pere
Wis
Omaha
Foote Farm
Clade Wilcox
Chicago
Away
Times
Spelling Contest Planned for Marshall County Iowa
Marshalltown Iowa March 1 1917 Memo to county teachers announces Iowa State Fair Board with State Department of Public Instruction will hold a state spell contest during the Iowa State Fair August 22 to 1917 One hundred dollars in prizes with top awards of 20 15 10 and four to fourteen dollars The Marshall county contest determines county representatives and expenses to Des Moines are paid by home counties Rural schools districts and townships each have one representative Local contests may use any word lists while state list provided by the department Names and deadlines urged including May 1 for representative reporting The effort aims to improve spelling in public schools and Marshall county teachers are urged to support the plan signed by County Superintendent C E Shutt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Marshall County
State Fair Board of
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Des Moines
C. E. Shutt
Bids Wanted for Janitor Service at New Schoolhouse
The notice calls for bids for janitor service in the new schoolhouse from the time of school transfers until the end of the school year. Bids are due by 8 p.m. March 12, 1917, with the board reserving the right to accept or reject any or all bids. The Friends Women’s Missionary Society will meet Friday March 18 at 8 o’clock at Mrs. Albert Pembertson’s home with devotional by va Wright, song by Hannah Meltvedt, led by Flora Sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Winslow
Belle Plaine
LeGrand
A. T. Lowry
J. E. Harvey
T. G. Gibson
Nellie Bowers
Oelwein
H. J. Bowen
Harry Arnold
Marshalstown
Grinner
Nettie Bills Bockneau
le Grand
Will Venable
Missouri
Martin Lamer Jr
Tama
Martin Lamer Sr
Marshalltown
Chas. G. Johnson
Friends Women's Missionary Society
Albert Pemberton
Va Wright
Hannah Meltvedt
Flora Sharp
Our Churches i CHURCH WITH a BIG WIRX WELCOME
Revival meetings begin on that date. Sunday School at 9 45 a m Preaching at noon Junior C E at 3 p m C C E at 6 30 with subject Spreading Good News Leader Carl Piper Preaching at 7 30 p m Regular church business meeting at 2 o clock Saturday Everyone welcome
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Piper
C. E
EL Shult
Carl Piper
Friends Church Sunday School and revival notes
The notice outlines Sunday School at 10 o clock led by J F Hylander Supt Junior OC E Sunday 11 am Supt Mrs Retta Bigelow Intermediate Endeavor Sunday 4 00 Supts Flora Sharp and Cora Hoover Carl Hylander 6 30 pm Christian Endeavor Topic Spreading the Gospel News Acts 1417 Jno 142 Leader Marie Lamer There will be no preaching service while the revival meets at the Christian church Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 7 20 You will find a welcome awaiting you
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Hylander
Retta Bigelow
Intermediate Endeavor
Flora Sharp
Cora Hoover
Carl Hylander
Christian Endeavor
Jno
Marie Lamer
Christian Church
Bids Wanted by Town Council for Road Work and Dragging
The town council invites bids by the first Monday in April for road work by the hour and dragging by the mill. Bids may be rejected. Bids to be filed with the town clerk by 7 p.m. on meeting evening. Also notice a sale listing by R. W. Plummer with horses cattle and brood sow to be sold on Wednesday March 14 at 10:80.
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Haynes
R. R. Haynes
LeGrand
Manship
Chas
Davis
R. W. Plummer
Ray
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Phoebe McCarel
State Center
E. G. Simmerman
D. M. Duncan
Minnie Nodland
Alice Hawbacker
James Nelson
Albion
I. M. Gaunt
Mariel
Ruby Inman
Shellenbarger
Eunice Arnold
Norway
W. K. Arnold
Bessie McCurel
Charles Weitzell
Vienna Township
S. G. Higinbotham
John Rasmus
Myron Plummer
W. L. Venable
Elvira
Parker
Rasmus
Mary F. DeLong
Butterville
Corwin O'Neal
Taxpayers’ League
A. J. Banks
Montour
Wilbur Lowry
Bexhelm
Martin Lamer
Caraway Club
Bessie McCarel
Ruth Lamer
Ong
Boxholm
Flora. Pyle
Prof
Manifold
Casey
Ina Richards
Ella Lowry
Zelma Blodgett
J. L. Harrison Wrent
Rudy Snyder
Henry Switzer
Chas. Clark
A. W. Arnold
See City
Jos. Diehl
Milwaukee
H. N. Thompson
M.T
Madnship
Packard Contest
California
Wendell Foote
Our Churches
Peaster E. Sault
J. R. Wincut
Carlton Brethren Church
C. Henderson
Garwin
Dobson School House
O. O. Rank
Hampshire
R. R. and
E. W. Haynes
R. Manship
C. 1. Twedt
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