Local News Item Roundup From Pella and Des Moines
Local readers get notes on Puritan Drug Co wallpaper sale at 11 cents and up. A. De Reus buys Van Rees barber shop stake. Decorator G J Hoogenakker credited for Third Reformed church work. Various residents travel to Des Moines and Parkersburg while an Austrian artist is questioned. The city council posts assessment raises for thirty five properties and Dr L J Carpenter marks his eightieth birthday. The Chronicle notes a Central College Alumni Record Volume 16 No 1 and war era wireless dismantling orders.
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New ‘Third Reformed Church
G. J. Hoogenakker
Board of Review
L. J. Carpenter
John van Spanckeren
Oskaloosa
Arkansas
Chronicle
Central College
Reformed Church
Illustrated Lecture on Metallurgical Chemistry at Pella
Prof. L. 8. Hodson of Ames will give an illustrated lecture on Metallurgical Chemistry at the city hall in Pella at 8:00 p m on Friday April 13. The talk is free and open to the public.
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L. 8. Hodson
Ames
Pella
Slang of the Underworld in 19th Century Police Lang
A Star of Hope piece from New York State Prison outlines criminal slang for actions, tools, and people. It catalogs terms for pockets and hoists like side kicks and double insiders, a ring as hoop, a watch as super or block, and money by kale or bullets. Law officers are called cops mugs or dicks, with O O dicks or elbows in the west central office.
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West Central
O. O. Dicks
Star of Hope
New York State Prison
The Scarlet Tanager Fireman Suit in Summer
In a Chicago Post excerpt the scarlet tanager is praised for its summer plumage and showy display. The bird, not a strong singer, wins applause with color and pose while its mate handles home duties. It migrates south in fall, trading bright plumage for drab attire.
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Meadows
Beau Brummel
Chicago Post
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Iron Remedy
Advertisement promoting Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for feverishness, bad stomach, teething, and bowel regulation. Claims 30 years use by mothers, prevents worms, available at all druggists for 5 cents with sample from Mother Gray Co, LeRoy.
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Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy
Tailoring offer promises savings and style
The ad proclaims a $15.00 suit can perform well and save $10.00, inviting customers to try the tailoring services of M. Vander Linden and be well dressed with pride in their work.
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M. Vander Linden
Not Edible and Garden Tool Classifieds Tease
A wry exchange about La Boheme, money worries, and a Toledo Blade taste test yields scattered phrases. An ad urges self-sufficiency with garden tools and tool repairs by H Van Maren. Also mentions insomnia remedies via Chamberlains Tablets and local ad placement by F D Stubenrauch.
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la Boheme
Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
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Puritan Drug Co
L. Allen
Capital City
Harry Awtry
Rus van Zai
Anne Bogardot
Dés Moines
Oak Grove Nursery
Pete de Reus
H. P. van Rees
van Rees
de Wit
de Reus
United States
J. G. Sybenige
A ‘van Gorp
Northwest
Iowa
Jacob Fennema
Julia
Des Moines
May Fennema
Mercy Hospital
Tony Hollebrands
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Ben Blommers
J. W. Lansing
Buffalo
N. Y
Nellie Post
Parkersburg
G. J. Mahanke
Julia Post
Wm. van Wely
Colfax
Neal Verheul
Lois Brooks
Telephone Exchange
Miss Wolzie Vander Velden
Emmettsburg
Mrs. A. Vos
John de Graff
Prairie City
Studebaker
Chevrolet
Allen
Dieleman
N. B
Washtella
Washtella Cigar CO
Sandy McNab
London
Pittsburgh Press
H. van Maren
The
Stubenrauch
Collegian Label
Nvina
Adler Collegian
Y. T. van Niewaal
Wander
BROS
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