Local notices mix ads and moves in Iowa city
The page contains local items about piano sales at J J Griffiths exclusive Hobart M Cable, Mrs Hoopes recovering, Bond's Department Store ads, travel through Kalona and Letts, a Muscatine Box Lumber case, C R Trusedeil visiting for Freight, Herrick refrigerator touted, Henry Martin healing after a fall, china and chinaware on sale, real estate showing, bicycle repairs, Mamie Watts traveling to Toledo for May festival, and Mr and Mrs Worst visiting relatives and planning a trip east including New York City and Pittsburgh.
City briefs and notices from Des Moines area
Bond's M H Benson of Des Moines visits the city on business. Townsend's display window offers a special deal opposite the street car switch. Mrs Helen Millar of Chicago visits Miss Cora Winn at 801 East Seventh Street. The G A R and W R C confidence committee to meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m. Mrs J Linn Hoopes recovering well after recent operation. Mrs Thomas Hoopes recovering satisfactorily after second operation at Hershey hospital. Gost class photo work promoted at Berlin Studio by Herman Schmidt Jr 103 West Seventh Street. Herman departs at 3 45 pm for Cedar Rapids to play drums with Meyers orchestra tonight.
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Helen Millar
Chicago
Cora Winn
East Seventh Street
Herman Schmidt, Jr
West Seventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Meyers
Eleventh Annual State Labor Convention in Davenport
One week from today the Iowa State Federation of Labor holds its eleventh annual convention in Davenport May 12 to 15 with 110 credentials received by May 5. Delegates from Davenport unions plan entertainment and travel committees with rail certificates offering reduced fares and bookings at local hotels. The gathering aims to expand state craft councils and allied unions while addressing child labor laws and a modern Woodmen of America leadership debate unfolds in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Streif
Sioux City
State
Davenport Trades & Labor Assembly
Iowa
Organized Labor of
Mississippi River
Rock Island
Moline
Mississippi Valley
Black Hawk Watch Tower
Central Armory
United States
Allied Printing Trades Council
Machinists
Electrical Workers
Carpenters
United Mine Workers of the State
Edwin Perry
John P. White
Modern Woodmen of America
Des Moines
Col
C. G. Saunders
Council Bluffs
Jerry Green
Green
J. G. Johnson
Peabody
Kansas
Buy a Home Now With Small Down Payment
Don’t rent. With a few hundred dollars for a first payment you can own a home and make monthly payments. Call on G. M. Titus, 118 Iowa avenue.
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G. M. Titus
Iowa Avenue
Readjustment Vote Splits Delegates Across States
Modern Woodmen of America shows a split verdict on readjustment with 400 for and 69 against. Wisconsin and Maine as Eastern states favor readjustment while Kansas and Indiana oppose. Delegates from Iowa Illinois and other states align with the Readjustment side in a regional tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. J. Byrnes
Wisconsin
A. N. Bort
Beloit
Maine
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
Minnesota
Michigan
South Dakota
North Dakota
Missouri
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
Colorado
Oklahoma
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Connecticu
Rhode Island
Vermont
Utah
Kansas
Indiana
Indiana Territory
Des Moines Faces $753000 City Debt and Exceeding Limit
The Des Moines debt totals $753000, down by $100000 over three years. The constitutional debt limit remains exceeded by about $30000.
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Des Moines
Grape Nuts Helps Teacher Rebuild Nerves and Health
A Minneapolis teacher credits Grape Nuts with reversing nervous breakdowns during a strenuous school year. She reports immediate and steady improvement after using the cereal, noting continued benefit and daily use, even while traveling, as essential to health per the Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Convention Likely Re-elects State Officers Amid Strong Push
The article notes plans to strengthen the state statistics bureau and secure reliable data. Arthur E Holder may seek re election as state president and would likely be the convention's unanimous choice if he runs. Secretary Treasurer J H Street of Sioux City is expected to be re elected by acclamation. The convention opens with high anticipation and runs through Friday evening.
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Arthur E. Holder
J. H. Street
Sioux City
Surprising Home Remedy Quip From Baltimore News
A humorous exchange suggests a quirky domestic fix for secrecy as one person plans a surprise for John. The other advises masking the head with a towel and asking him to stay home to help with house chores like removing carpets.
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John
Baltimore News
Engagement Ring Accepted by George in Love Triangle
A fragment shows a conversation where She admits loving George more than He and explains George would not object to her wearing the engagement ring He gave. The exchange suggests unresolved romantic tensions and a potential marriage plan.
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Albert
George
Charlotte Atwood
Injured Man Fights Damages Suit Verdict Pending
A brief item notes a streetcar crash victim who remains unaware of his injuries while a jury weighs his damages claim. The Chicago Post quote underscores the ongoing legal action.
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Bedly
Chicago Post
For Sale 116 Window Shutters Bargain
Window shutters item list offered for sale at a bargain. Enquiries directed to Berlin Studio for details and purchase arrangements.
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Berlin
Engagement Ring and a Boomerang of Love
A tense scene unfolds as a couple quarreling over compatibility exchange rings and exchange sharp wits. The engagement ring is tossed, lost, recovered, and finally reaffixed, sealing a fragile reconciliation with a kiss and a vow to endure the other’s flaws. CHARLOTTE ATWOOD
Market Prices Across Produce and Livestock
Crain markets list extensive prices for produce grains eggs and dairy plus live stock and poultry. Details cover corn oats wheat bran shorts rye barley hay potatoes pears apples onions turnips and more with retail flour sugar coffee butter lard cheese and fruits and vegetables by the peck bushel and pound. Also lists fish fuel coal and wood prices and notes variation in Hocking Valley coal pricing by shipment day.
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Nellis
Malaga
Ostrich Wing Feathers and Egg Production Details
The text notes twenty wings per bird with six long white plumes maturing in eight months. Males have pure white plumes while females blur to ecru or gray. Short feathers yield seventy five tips per wing, tall feathers number sixty two with value. A Coronado farm plucked 300 feathers from one ostrich. females lay seventy eggs annually.
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Coronado
Waiting For the Change Incident at the counter
A Chicago Tribune snippet recalls a customer, Mr Tytephist, waiting for change as a shopgirl apologizes for a bad quarter. He expresses alarm, then relief upon realizing the delay was only an hour.
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Chicago Tribune
McMiney to Spain Wrapping and Muffling described
J A Hart in Argonaut reports Spanish dress includes heavy cloaks with plush linings in red green or yellow and often hooded. Men wrap capes around throats mouths and even heads, sometimes mufflers cover most of the face leaving only one ear eye and nostril exposed.
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Spain
America
J. A. Hart
Argonaut
Women and Money Lesson for Daughters and Wives
The article urges teaching women to manage money, arguing financial literacy is discipline and experience. It notes exceptions for lacking womanliness and argues fathers should provide daughters with allowances to build financial understanding, comparable to sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
2Nd St
J. E. Kranz
Florist
Reliance Loan Co
Hobart M. Cable Piano
J. J. Griffith
T. J. Hoopes
Bond
John Flexner
Waddington
Kentucky
Kalona
Bartlett Bros
J. Q. Coder
Letts
Ilinois
Herrick
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine Box & Lumber Company
Buctid Sanders
Iowa City
C. R. Trusedeil
Sherwin Williams
Henry Martin
East Hill
Pickle Works
Bond’s
James Wilson
East Sixth Street
Grinnell
Marcus
Mamie Watts
Toledo
Ida Aibekruse
Western College
Woodlawn
Mulberry
Sixth St
Fifth St
Eighth St
Seventh St
Ninth St
Lindle & Daut
East Second Stree
R. A. Holmes
Journal Bidg
Iowa Aven
Bond's
M. H. Benson
Townsend
Thomas Hoopes
Gost
Tion
Davenport Trades Unionists
The
Del
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Frank K. Stebbins
Peter Stephany
Manning
FE. H. McCutchen
Holstein
Indianapolis
John D. Dennison
Clarion
A. W. Maxwell
Seymour
Dan B. Horne
Col. Saunders
Dubuque
Burlington
F K. Stebbins
J. A. Leyda
F. B. Ingalls
Maquoketa
P. C. Damm
OF America
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Se Frank
Atchhison Globe
Crain
Graham
Peoria
Hocking Valley
Mr. Tytephist
McMiney
E. P. Day
East Second Street
F. Giesenhaus
Bond Hardware
M. N. Bond
Mgr
Mulerry St
Cheap John Store
M. D. Hall
J. I. Giesler
J. H. Kaiser
8S. L. Johnson
F. H. Littl
Gus Schmidt
John H. Kaiser
A. Baird
F. W. Swan
F. W. Eversmeyer
J. L. Geisler
C. A. Mull
W. Ss. Hill
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