Aledo Receives $66,000 for Public Buildings
Congressman James McKinney announced that a $66,000 federal grant for public buildings was signed into law. The diverse illumination project features 54 tungsten lights along White Way, with a boulevard lighting system praised as model for the state. Lights run to 9 p.m. with a midnight dim at the upper level.
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Aled MU
Maren
Howard
Gen”gressman
Janes McKinney
Billy
Senate
House
Tating
Congressional
Aledo
Illinois
Invitations To Wilson From Civic Affairs
President Wilson has begun receiving invitations to civic events. Two invitations are known: Louisville for October 13 and Cuero Texas for next November. No decision yet, though attendance is considered unlikely. Governor James B McCreary extended an invitation to the centennial of the Battle of Thames in Kentucky.
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Niley
Washington, D. C. Marth
Wilson
Louisville
Cuero
Texas
James B. M'Creary
Thames
Kentucky
Socialists Nominate School Directors At Muscatine Caucus
Local Muscatine electors met at city hall to caucus for school director candidates. Three board seats are open for Monday’s election, with nominees including George Andresen Charles Bierman and Edward Huber. other names circulated among the attendees.
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Muscatine
Board of Education
Ss. Alnutt
Dr. FP
H. Little
John Kuebler
Emerson Hoopes
William Ape
John Reay
W. E. Downer
Downer
B. &. Alric
Ron
N. Rosenberger
Condidates
Jaca Leld
George Andresen
Mulberry Avenue
Charles Bierman
Gedar
Edward Huher
Stane Street
Muscatine Debates City Hall Site Versus Market Square
A local letter argues to preserve Muscatine’s market square for farmers and town commerce, fearing loss of rural trade if the site is repurposed for a new city hall. The writer laments old structures, praises farmers independence, and urges keeping public buildings while exploring a broader produce market future.
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Muscatine
Maryket
Trrade
Roco
Tyne
Chicago
Market Square
Mascataine
Masentine
Boston
Sethas
Methodist Sunday School
Sunday School Glory in an Old Church Exhibition
Alfea W Beatty recalls the old First M E Church building now police headquarters, praising a ingle Sunday school exhibition with a stage, tissue roses, and verses. The infant class wore white dresses, and a chorus sang Come to our Sunday school. The memory fuels her lifelong commitment to teaching others.
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M. E. Ehuren
Brewster
Tk Wis
Alfea W. Beatty
Miss Julia Lathrop Urged to Remain as Head of Children's Bureau
Washington March 7 Friends of Miss Julia Lathrop head of the children's bureau are sending many letters to President Wilson urging that she continue in office, though her appointment was made by Taft. Letters also came for Mrs. Robert Wickliffe widow of the Louisiana congressman killed in a train accident near Washington last spring.
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Washington,d
Julia Lathrop
Children’s Bureau
Witeon
Taft
Robert ©. Wickliffe
Louisiana
Washington
Harvard Professor's Son to Earn PhD at 18 in June
Nor bert Welner, son of a Harvard Slavic languages professor, will be awarded a Ph D at age 18 after finishing the graduate school. He entered Tufts at 11, earned an A B in three years, an A M at Cornell in one year, then entered Harvard as a university specializing in philosophy and mathematics. He plans to teach.
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Harvard
Verree
Cambridge
Maxd
Bert Welner
Weiner
Tufts College
Cornell
Echo of Campaign in Slit Dawg Song Royalties Suit
In Chicago March 7 a suit for 2258 royalties on the song You Gotta Quit Kicking My Dawg Around was begun in municipal court. Plaintiffs and defendants are music printing and publishing concerns. The melody allegedly circulated in the Ozark Mountains before becoming a fad.
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Chicago
Champ Clark
Ozark Mountains
Long Trouble Yielded To This Medicine
A testimonial from A C Bettersworth of Bowling Green Kentucky praising Eckman Alt erative as a lung remedy. He describes chronic coughs, weakness, and night sweats improving after taking several bottles, claiming it cured his condition before late stages. The letter touts the medicine as effective for bronchial and lung troubles and notes a booklet with recoveries.
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Eckman
James Doering
Sinagow Tunction
Bekman
A.C. Bettersworth
Eckmat
G. Bastenrehner
Wekman
Lube
Stators
Springdale Handful of Local Notices and Events
Springdale residents report social updates from March including weddings, anniversaries, and visits. Tepa Schmidt of Tipton visits. Anna Stith and Carl Todd attend the Vance Deal and Luke Mall wedding in West Liberty. J. M. Bailey marks forty years of marriage with a family gathering at Trpcon, Indiana. Residents travel for work, celebrate, and share community news through a busy week in Springdale and nearby towns.
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Springdale
Tepa Schmidt
Tipton
Anna Stith
Carl Todd
Vance Deal
Luke Mall
West Liverty
Mason Henderson
Cosdan
Ralph Montgomery
West Liberty
Mary Lincoln
Rochester
J. M. Bailey
Trpcon
Alice Yeuter
Charles Morris
Iowa
Vilage
I. W. Eves
Iowe
Ray Alderman
West Branch, Jr
Springdale High School
Cedar Rapids
J. W.horn
Horn
Dorothy Hener
Eves
George Preston
West Branch
Tenrest
Vllage
Ann Smith
J. W. Hives
Charles Shigles
Pierce
Leroy Hallingsworth
Doty
Walingsworth
Letts Notes From Letts March Visit And Local News
Letts items report Ja Clark visiting Davenport and Buffalo and Mae Lieberknecht leaving for io with her sister Daisy until June. Brockway and Senator Garrett return to the capital to resume duties. Arthur Leiberknecht's family hosted guests including Rev Berry. Gladys Fitzsimmons returns home for a few weeks with Vinge Fullerton joining Floyd Holiday's family to Minnesota. Ruel McColm home briefly. Will Derby moves to Perry. Mrs Derby and children visit father Samuel Heany. James Blake ill. Mrs Bidle weak. W.F.M.A. meets at MM, BE parsonage Wednesday at 2:30 pm. Gladys Elingon goes to Muscatine for millinery work with Mrs James Brennan. Funeral attendees from Letts for T. E. Milbern in Grandview listed. An illustrated lecture on tuberculosis prevention by Dr A. P. Johnson set for March 5 at 7:30 pm at M. EB. Church Letts. Also an ad for Iowa farm mortgages by Titus Loan & Investment Co at 214 Iowa Ave.
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Arthur Leiberknecht
H. Berry
Gladys Fitzsimmons
Misa Vinge Fullerton
Floyd Holiday
Minnesota
Holiday
Ruel McColm
Will Derby
Perry Laws
Samuel Heany
Maggie
Washington
James Blake
P.bidle
W. F. Af
Gladys Elingon
Muscatine
James Brennen
T. E. Milbern
Grandview
Letts
CG. E. Cotler
Esther
J. T. Paulin
Nellie
M. Ross
M. EB
A. P. Johnson
Your Child's Health Your First Thought
An old health ad promotes Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge for children to boost digestion strengthen blood and appetite. It asserts parasites cause stomach disorders and claims universal efficacy for over eighty years with sales by druggists and Dr D Jayne & Son of Philadelphia.
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Jayne
Jayne & Son
Philadelphia
Aiv
Sage Tea and Sage and Sulphur Hair Dye Promo
A 19th or early 20th century advertisement touts Sage Tea and Sulphur as a method to darken faded gray hair. It claims home brews are messy but ready-to-use Wyett’s Sage and Sulphur products restore natural color, gloss, and a healthy scalp, with simple nightly application and visible results after a couple uses.
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Iopk
Renla
W. Morgan
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Peosta
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Jeweler
East Second Street
Muscatine, Ia
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Mulberry Ave
Just
Miss Watemop
Slit
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Minn
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Des Moines
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Iowa Ave
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Dora Thorne
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