Broadway sidewalks torn up for five blocks in city work
The west Broadway sidewalks are torn up for five blocks as workmen move dirt and plan cement walks on the city grade. Promoter E A Harris of the Waterloo Pella and Southwestern railway visited Chariton to discuss right of way and financial aid. A tennis match at Simpson college and a Des Moines game at Highland Park are noted along with various local items.
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Broadway
E. A. Harris
Waterloo, Pella
Simpson College
Indianola
Highland Park
Des Moines
Opera House
Carnegie Library
Donaldson & . Brimmer
Pella Marble
Spirella Corset Made to Order in Pella Iowa
A new corset offered for repairs and remodeling of stays within one year. It promises to beautify good form and remodel bad form. Mrs. E. S. Dennis is the sole agent in Pella Iowa and can be reached at phone 97.
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Swisses Percales
Iowa
San Francisco
J. F. Riggs
Hague
Holland
E. S. Dennis
Pella
New Dwelling for Sale Near College with Six Finished Rooms
A new dwelling with six finished rooms, a good well and cistern, summer kitchen, and barn is available for sale. The property faces the college on the south side and is listed with a contact for interested buyers.
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College
Lara
Call Cliter
School notes reveal graduations and campus plans
The senior class writes orations, resignations from teachers Gezel and Bootsma. May 25 play, June 7 commencement with Prof. Gordon at State University. Exams ease for top students. Baseball loss 13 7 at New Sharon, rematch here next Saturday. 12 seniors plan college, 10 enter Central. A boy needed at Boats store. Mrs Way gored by a cow near New Sharon, husband saves her with a board strike.
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New Sharon
Local merchants dispute mail order threat to town ads
The Russell Union argues both sides in the mail order vs home merchant debate. Local papers reach homes weekly and invite trade, while catalogs entice with price quotes. Ads from Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea and KODOL appear amid notices for paint, sewing jobs, and local sales.
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Russell Union
Baltic
Chicago
Cyclone home cure for catarrh promises fast relief
A purported home remedy labeled Cyclone claims to purge catarrhal poisons from the blood and system. It advises mixing half an ounce Fluid Extract Dandelion one ounce Compound Karyon and three ounces Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla and taking teaspoonful doses after meals and at bedtime. The ad touts kidney eliminative action and a national reputation for the prescriber.
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G. G. Thomassen
Gaess
Graniteware
G.G. Thomassen
Wea
Ecpuy Uilgoams
Silkelines Swisses
Langerak
Vander Linden
Nebraska Indians
Central College
Red Skins
H. R. Young
Berwick
N. D
P. H. van Gorp
Dieleman
F. C. Renaud
Emma Viersen
Rock Island
Keouke
Ottumwa
Clark Koons
Cordova
Marion
Mike Carr
Buxton
Carr
Monroe County Grand Jury
Gaines
Iowa City
Knoxville Express
Jessie Hamilton
Macon
D. Jones
Lancaster
Purina
Eureka
Cole
Spirella
Gezel
Bessie Bootsma
Central
Boat's Store
Will Way
Animeals
Kennedy
Langerak’s
Vander Linden’s Bazar
Bradley & Vrooman
Hollister
F. D. Stubenrauch
Herriman
The
Hawkeye Overall Co
Oskaloosa
Reid & Dunn
Newton
North Side
Luella Shaw
H, van Maren
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