John McDonald Hospital East Elevation Sketch
A drawing shows the east elevation of the John McDonald Hospital with a main entrance on the coast side and a south facing solarium. The building uses light colored rough faced brick at about 24 per thousand, measures 146 by 48 feet with surrounding grounds of 192 by 92 feet on four acres of plot. The first floor includes solarium labs lecture rooms laundry dining rooms wards and private patient rooms with central corridor and west side elevator. second floor lists ten private rooms children’s ward operating and recovery rooms sterilizing and dressing areas plus many closets. Bids are to be opened August 3 with plans by architect Frank EB Wetherell.
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Johan McDonald Hospital
Monticello State Bank
Frank EB. Wetherell
Prairieburg Notes and Local Visits July News
Dr and Mrs Wilkinson welcomed a son born at State Center where they currently reside. The Benson family traveled to Anamosa Sunday. Donaliu will visit relatives briefly. Vet and Tom Conklin of Carrington ND visit relatives in Prairieburg. Mrs M J Abbey and Mrs N L Floyd were business visitors in Monticello Thursday. Mr and Mrs Wm Palmateer of Rock Island visit the J Holub home. Sixteen pupils completed a class at the Catholic church Sunday. Evening services will be held at the M E church for a while. Pat Stevens had city water connected to his place last week. A merry go round has been in town this past week. Ed Burlingham was a Monticello visitor Thursday.
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Prairieburg
Wm. Palmateer
Rock Island
J. Holub
Pat Stevens
Bis Place
Ed Burlingham
Monticello
Bad Culvert Work Near Cascade
Travelers protest the culverts on the Military road for leaving rough humps that cause vehicle hazards and accidents. County officials are urged to smooth the approaches at once, praising Martin Moore for the first culvert east of Cascade.
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Board of Supervisors
Martin Moore
Cascade
Fountain business rises as Anamosa bans saloons
Anamosa and nearby Monticello see fountain traffic grow in hot July weather as residents and visitors flood six local fountains. Former bar patrons shift spending to beverages and sweets after saloon closures, with townspeople noting the fountain trade benefits from the absence of taverns.
Oiling Maquoketa Streets Progress Report
Maquoketa residents voluntarily contribute to oiling their streets as the city employs Mr. Born of Bellevue to operate a city oil wagon. The spreader uses a late type mechanism that keeps oil hot and pushes it through the nozzle by compressed air.
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Maquoketa Sentinal
Born
Bellevue
Better keep the lid on and drive a bit slower
A reflective note on domestic scandal warns that divorce bills sting more than repair or hospital costs when a man drifts with another’s wife. The text suggests secrecy to avoid public embarrassment and urges cautious driving.
Sure Reward of Patience
Boston Transcript notes a proverb about women and patience, urging quiet waiting for insight and reasons to emerge.
Monticello invites bids for curb and gutter work on four streets
The Monticello Iowa city council invites sealed bids by July 26 1916 for curb and gutter construction on Chestnut Second North Cedar and Main streets. Specifications include widths dates and excavation estimates with a 1 year guarantee and 50 percent bid bond.
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Ality Council
Monticello
Jones
Chestnut Street
First Street
Buckeye Street
Second Street
Farlay Street
Maple Street
Cedar Street
Seventh Street
Main Street
Third Street
Farley Street
North Cedar Street
Davenport
Washington Street
Iowa
J. G. Thorne
Clinton
Iawa
Lawa
Ignus Street
State of
Manticoallo
W. &. Rohn
Town
C.J. Northrop
Bright headlights stir Cedar Rapids traffic concerns
Hopkinton Leader reports Republican complains that hundreds of automobiles in Cedar Rapids use high powered lights creating a menace to safe travel. The article notes drivers pull to the roadside or stop when such lights approach and urges forthcoming legislative rules to regulate bright headlamps.
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Hopkinton
Cedar Rapids
Congress Keeps Summer Session Habit Alive
The Omaha World-Herald notes that Congress continues its tendency to sit during the summer when opportunities arise, signaling a persistent pattern in congressional scheduling.
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Omaha World-Herald
Congress
Eye examinations and glasses fitted at clinic
Dr L G Stublar conducts eye tests and fits glasses for patients, noting care and precision in vision correction. Personnel and location unspecified.
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L. G. Stublar
The Steady Subscriber Who Pays In Advance
A Council Bluffs Nonpareil reflection praises the loyal reader who pays in advance at the year's start. The piece extols the quiet support of subscribers who say yes to keeping papers coming and lift the newsroom with timely payments and renewed faith.
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Council
Oiling County Roads Shows Practical Experiment
Wyoming Journal notes progress on oiling county roads near Onslow and Wyoming with practice on the Barber to Main street route. An additional oil car will arrive for Thomsen as crews test cost and dust reduction. officials expect more road oiling next year based on this trial. Tipton Advertiser reports Jones County moving to appoint a county crop agent with Harter leading efforts and surrounding counties already hosting agents.
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Wyoming Journal
Wherry
Here
Onslow
HA. P. Barber
Wyoming
Thomsen
Barber Place
Main Street
Jones County
Tipton
Washing and Automobiling Parley Sparks Gender Debate
A Washington Herald report notes a National Education association convention speaker in New York argued men would buy more washing machines than automobiles if required to wash for a week, asserting the same truth if women who wash had a say.
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Washington Herald
National Education Association
New York
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John McDonald
Anamosa Eureka
Anamosa
Maquoketa
Boston Transcript
Noticety Contractors
Scese
Usedur Street
Roane
Beatrice
Beatrice Discsing
William. Altman
Monticello, Iowa
Denkhoff
Wately In
Clock Hospital
Dyersville
Mogul Jr
IHC
International Harvester Company of America Incorporated
Siebels & Schoon
Matic
Rickdees
Mel Gill
Central Lumber & Coal Co
G. P. Rockstad
Chester N. Patrick
Ricklefs & McNeill
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