Jones County Fair Opens with Crowds and Exhibits
The Jones County Fair opened Tuesday with banners, crowded grounds, and a flourished floral hall. The vegetable department is strong with top corn and quality barley rye wheat and potatoes. notable business stands include Locher Bros W F Bingham and J J Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Daily Fair News
Locher Bros
W. F. Bingham
J. J. Hayes
IF. J. Cross
Henry Scheer
Langworthy
Chase Machinery Company
County Fair Amusement and Attractions Preview
The article describes a lively county fair with large crowds, extensive side shows, and favorable weather. It highlights the amphitheater, vaudeville lineup led by Tetsuwari troupe and Karina Sisters, and notes a shift from sociable in-person gathering to a more solitary viewing style alongside comments on the fair’s agricultural exhibit and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Lincoln
Pluvius Jupiter
A. I. Jackson
Billy Magee
Devoe Lead-and-Zinc Paint Endorsed for Any Project
The advertisement touts Devoe Lead-and-Zinc Paint as suitable for interior rooms, entire interiors, exteriors, or any building. It stresses ready to use product made of right materials and urges buyers to specify Devoe in their pasteur.
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Devoe
Iowa
Des Moines Register and Leader
Ding
Register and Leader
Des Moines
Central Lumber & Coal Co
B. W. Crossley
Iowa State College
Ames
Kellogg's
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake CO
Battle Creel, Mich
Obituary of Mrs. Catharine Sutherland of Scotch Grove
Mrs. Catharine Isabella Dreibelbis Sutherland a longtime Scotch Grove resident died August 24 1909 at her home. Born June 23 1848 near Dubuque she married Adam Sutherland January 1 1878 and had four children Josephine David Lewis two died young. Funeral Thursday at the Presbyterian church. She was a devoted wife mother and community figure with a wide reading habit and a memory of early township history. She leaves a distant surviving brother and wife and several relatives in Wisconsin and Illinois.
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Adam Sutherland
Scotch Grove
Catharine Sutherland
Catharine Isabella Dreibelbis
Lewis and
Mary McIntyre Dreibelbis
Dubuque
Bowen Collegiate Institute
Lenox College
Josephine
David
Lewis
Presbyterian Church
R. A. Brough
Missionary Society
D. E. Dreibelbis
Boscobel
Wisconsin
Myrtie Dreibelbis
Reedsburg
J. J. McIntyre
Savanna
Illinois
Thos
Charles Sutherland
Cedar Rapids
Jurors drawn for September 1909 district court term Anamosa
A list names residents from Madison Jefferson Jackson Montgomery and surrounding townships who are summoned as petit jurors for the September 1909 term of the district court in Anamosa. Jurors must appear Monday September 27 at 10 a m.
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Court House
Anamosa
Aitchison
J. B
Richland
Anderson
Madison
Byerly
Orlando
Jackson
Beam
Alonzo
Fairview
Buckholtz
L. A
Boxwell
E. E
Crafft
J. H
Herren
Monticello
Hughes
Thos
Washington
Hazlett
F. M
Klinkner
George
Seamon
H. R
Wyoming
Ludwig
John
Marek
Martin
Cass
Monternach
Nic
McMahon
Owen
Nowacheck
James
Oxford
Phillips
Milo
Hale
Rieckless
A. J
Ray
E. K
Stockwell
Chas
Schwab
Ira
Scott, W
Rome
Stuhler
F. P
Sherman
C. H
Streiby
Pratt
Seehusen
Henry
Supervisors Award Cement Sewer Pipe Contract at Olin
Anamosa August 24 Board of Supervisors met in special session to receive bids for Catfish Creek change at Olin. William Flaharty's bid of 4.10 per foot for a four foot cement sewer pipe won. bulkheads priced at 6.25 per cubic yard. A committee was named to finalize contract, and the meeting adjourned sine die.
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Jackson
Yeaper
Edgar
Flaharty
Noyes
Halton of
Marfield
Thomson
Hale
Wm Flaharty
Luriddow of Doom Heals Child With Electric Bitters
A Pennsylvania mother claims her five year battle with eczema and blood disease ended when seven bottles of Electric Bitters cured her son. The ad touts the remedy for eruptions eczema salt rheum sores and rheumatism and promises a 50 cent price and guarantee by QO. H. Loctje Chicago Evening Post. A marginal note mentions Congressman Fowler submitting a letter to a photographer.
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Hl. M. Adina
Hlenrietta
Chicago Evening Post
Fowler
New Life Pills Claim To Prevent Appendicitis
A Vintage ad touts Mr Kings New Life Pills as a cure and preventive for appendicitis and related ailments. The copy asserts the pills stimulate stomach and bowels to avert blockage and a range of symptoms. Available for 25e at O IL Soetje's.
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Mr. King
New Life
O. IL
Monticello Sealed Bids Sought for Asphalt Paving
The city of Monticello Iowa invites sealed bids by September 14 1909 for asphalt paving on First Street between the CGM StWP Railway east rail and Angle Street line. Bids for paving and for removal of old macadam are separate with payment by square yard and cubic yard respectively.
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Monticello
Iowa
Jones County
First Street
CG. M.& St. WP. Railway Company
Angle Street
City of Monticello
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ROYAL
Tetsuwari
Ayela Fountaine
Arminta and
Burke
Tetswari
Captain Treat
Karina Sisters
Rollo
Monticello Eagles
Strawberry Point
Chicago Record-Herald
Harriman
Topeka
Louis Gardner
Chicago News
Walt
Silyer
W. A. Mirege
Ald
Dice
South Cedar St
ER. E. Reed
Burrichtar’s Drygooda Store
Monticano, Jows
J. W. Doxler
Ttorney
Probath Court
Lovell Block
Barney Coffman
Oph.d
Davenport
Lovell House
National Lead Company
10Th Street & Clark Avenue
St. Louis, Mo
Schoenherr
Hall-Benedict Mfg. Co
Hall’s Hardware
Hubbard’s Furniture Store
G. P, Rockstad
Towa
J. E. Bateman
Draper IN
First St
Vogel’s
Voge
Freasten cd
DR. Shallenberger
Chicago
Lovell
Shallenberger
Bright
Mena
W. E. Shallenberger
Oakwood Blvd
Chicago, Ilinois
Drexel State Bank
DRS
Inglis
H. F. Witt
Co. W. Brown
Chamberlain
QO. H. Soetje
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