Weekly Markets No. 1 Quotations from local produce dealers
The section lists market quotes for cream, poultry and livestock including ducks geese pigeons hogs at logs at wheat rye oats corn and hides with prices per unit. It also contains notices of thanks for bereavement, a postponed stock sale date, sale ads for a modern home, public sale details listing 50 head of Hampshire sows and gifts, and multiple used cars and farm equipment offerings from Os kaloosa and nearby stores.
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Old
Repair Shop Ad for Radios and Appliances
Repair work on electric appliances and radios advertised at the Gamble Store with Radio & Electric Service. See Vans Motor Service for rebuilt washers wringer tools electric motors gasoline engines from 2 to 4 HP. All kinds of machine work by Ed Van Gorp.
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Tadios
Shone
Radio & Electric Service
Gamble
Vans Motor Service
van Gorp
Where to Eat Ontra Cafe East Side Square Inviting You
Ontra Cafe on East Side Square invites diners with quality service but is closed all day Sundays. The notice notes hours may vary and urges patrons to plan visits on other days. Local readers are advised to check for updates.
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Ontra Cafe
East Side Square
Earl Carroll Vanities At The Orpheum Des Moines
Earl Carroll Vanities comes to the Orpheum for a three day engagement February 25 to 27 at popular prices, with a first run feature film. The all new edition features Billy House and stars plus a famed Beauty Chorus, sixty on stage in twenty scenes, with production numbers like A Night In Spain and The Military Wedding. Gene Raymond Wendy Barrie and Helen Broderick star in the film Love On A Bet.
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Carroll Vanities
Des Moines
Orpheum Theatre
Pheum
Orpheum
Billy House
Buster West
Lucille Page
Cirillo Brothers
al Sexton
Charles Carter
Gladys Crane
John Maynea
Starr Harriet
Emerson Frome
Mickey Alvarez
Carroll Beauty Chorus
Spain
Earl Carroll
Gene Raymond
Wendy Barrie
Helen Broderick
Colfax Sale Postponed Amid Snowbound Roads
On Friday Feb 14 1936 Colfax market sale was called off due to blocked roads and low temperatures consignors unable to move goods. The Colfax Sales Company notes postponements and a Cedar Raps event delayed by bad weather while CCC youths from Leon camp trek two miles through heavy snow near Weldon.
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Colfax
Col. Fagan
Colfax Sales Company
CCC
Leon Camp
Troma Tondik
Weldon
Harlow and Tracy Star in Riffraff at The Princess
Glamorous star Jean Harlow teams with Spencer Tracy in Riffraff, the dramatic waterfront romance showing for four days starting Sunday February 23 at The Princess. Harlow debuts a brunette look and a bold new persona opposite Tracy, in a tale of love crime sacrifice and redemption aboard the waterfront.
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Jean Harlow
Spencer Tracy
Princess
Oslealooma
Riffraff
Team J
Spencer
Miss Jarlow
Tracy
Ong
Clark Gabl
Wallice Beery
China
Ititfraff
Miss Harlow
Iowa roads and county work impact on future costs
A historical note discusses Iowa highway progress and county road concerns. It weighs the earlier aim to eliminate steep grades against ongoing costs for the Pella Sully road, listing 1928 1929 right of way and grading expenses and questioning optimal routes and long term value. It mentions local officials and residents in Marion County debating the best path and cost implications.
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Lowa I
Iowa
Towa
Towans
Union
Iowa Highway Commissioners
Pella Sully Road
Skunk River
Marion County
Thomassen
Ter Louw
Vos
Westerham
Elk Creek
Marion
Ingwa
Fark
Sully-Galesburg
Pella
Stunrsma
Dave Mathes
John Math
Pella- Knoxville
Des Moines River
van Houweling
G. L. van der Linden
Y. T. van Niewaal
25 000 Iowans Seek Bonus
IowaWorld War veterans rush for bonus bonds with 26 000 applications to Charles G Beck of the US Veterans Administration in Iowa. Two weeks ago receipts ran near 4 000 daily, but recently only 1 000 to 2 500 per day are arriving.
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Iowa
United Front Urged by Reno For Progressive Action
Milo Reno, president of the National Farmers Holiday association, says he discussed a united front with leaders of political groups pushing progressive legislation. Attendees included B J Beardsley Townsend pension plan leader Wallace M Short Farmer Labor candidate Pat Gross Des Moines Social Justice leader and others. The meeting aimed to get better acquainted and lay groundwork for possible action and a plan for a progressive front.
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Milo Reno
National Farmers Holiday Association
United Front
Reno
B. J. Beardsley
Townsend Pension Plan
Wallace M. Short
Farmer-Labor
Pat Gross
Des Moines Social Justice Club
Mishap Fatal To Engineer In Oskaloosa Roundhouse
Frank C. Porter 55 an engineer was killed at the M and St L roundhouse in Oskaloosa while preparing his engine for the local northbound run to Marshalltown.
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Frank C. Porter
M. and St. L. Roundhouse
Oskaloosa
Marshalltown
Porter in Rail Yard Death Attributed to Second Engine
Porter died in a rail yard accident when a second locomotive hacked into the engine he was working beneath the pit wedges. He had been employed by the M. and St. since 1900 and is survived by his wife and son Geo of Oskaloosa. Railroad officials refused to name the throttle man as investigators carried on Monday afternoon.
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Porter
M. and St
Geo
Oskaloosa
Former Husking Champion Dies in Marshalltown
Lee Carey aged 48 of Laurel Indiana died Sunday at Deaconess Hospital in Marshalltown after a snowbound journey by a 20 man crew to reach his children. Carey won the 1932 Iowa state cornhusking title and was a longtime state and national contender. He is survived by his wife and five children.
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Lee Carey
Laurel
Iowa
Deaconess
Marshalltown
Carey
Science Nibbles Discoveries From Cornell and Edison Labs
Two Cornell University scientists find cabbage and turnip juices kill germs effectively. Edison Botanical Research laboratories report a method to increase rubber yield from golden rod. Harvard Observatory notes Nova Herculis appears hotter as it fades after a flare.
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Cornell University
Harvard Observatory
Edison Botanical Research Laboratories
Earth science claims deepen solid earth center view
A set of isolated scientific notes from multiple institutions reports deep earth quakes indicating a solid earth center. Claims include instant angina relief drug from Maryland University, brain blood flow links from Colgate tests, a large pyrex disk exhibit for a telescope, daily growth rings on teeth as health indicators, and apple pigment isolation aiding crop color and value.
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J. B. McElwane
St. Louis University
J. C. Krantz
Maryland University School of Medicine
Colgate University
Garnegie Institution
Washington, D. C
Isaac Schotr
Illinois University
Department of Agriculture
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Gerrit Engbers
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B. J. Brom Hi
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Fred Lautenbach
Verle
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W. B
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Sioux City Beer Tavern
Opa
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Sully
Peoria
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New Sharon
S. de Haan
FE. van Houweling
E. R. Roorda
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Rincess Theatre
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Sadie Batten
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Gerrit V.d. Ber
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Must Church
BR. A Nordlund de Haan
Joe de Koning
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John Liter
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