Largest business college offers 64 page catalog
The ad touts the largest business college in America with twenty teachers and 1,400 students. It promises a $100,000 college building and courses in bookkeeping shorthand typing penmanship banking and more. Graduates secure employment. request the free illustrated catalogue to qualify for stenographer or bookkeeper positions. L Musselman, President, Quincy Illinois. May 24.
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America
L. Musselman
Pres
Quincy
Illinois
Notice to Contractors for Drainage District One Bids
The Marion County Board of Supervisors Iowa will receive sealed bids up to 2 pm Monday July 9 1906 for the construction of an open drain in Drainage District Number One in Swan township. Plans and profiles are on file in the auditor's office. Bids will be opened at the auditor's office.
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Board of Supervisors of
Marion
Towa
Swan Hip
Bids Sought for Drainage Ditch Number 1 Work Marion County
Marion county Iowa board of supervisors invites bids for Drainage Ditch Number 1 in five sections with lengths 15.05 to 68.19 chains and total estimates listed. Bids due marked to Board of Supervisors and must meet Section 8 Chapter 88 Acts. Completion by December 1 1906 with right to reject all bids.
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Knoxville
Marion County
Iowa
Rds
Board of Supervisors
Walter Bane
Weather Crop Bulletin Des Moines June 25 2000
Weather report notes dry conditions improving as generous showers refreshed vegetation across all districts. Early part of the period saw moisture aiding crops and fields in Des Moines and surrounding areas.
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Des Moines
Weather and crops outlook for week and fields
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies most of the week with oats and wheat favored. Barley and grass suffered but corn, thoroughly cleaned, shows progress toward average height by July 1. Pastures are good, hay improved though yields may be low, early haying underway. Garden crops and late berries benefit. overall agricultural outlook is satisfactory.
Policy Holders and Foreign Talent in Life Insurers
The International Policy Holders Committee mobilizes Iowa policy holders to influence director selections in major eastern life insurers. Notables named include Broward, Blanchard, Hanly, Johnson, Pennypaker, Roberts, Wanamaker, Tracy, Emory Smith, Olney, Park er, Shook, Conwell, Clark, Cardinal Gibbons, Longworth, Niedringhaus, Elder, Newhouse and others. The drive aims to unite voters, counter officer entrenchment, and ensure franchise exercise to protect policyholder interests.
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East
Iowa
New York
International Committee
N. B. Broward
Florida
N. O. Blanchard
Louisiana
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
J. A. Johnson
Minnesota
Des Moines
Marion County
Kansas City Excursion From Howell For $3 Round Trip
Very cheap excursion from Howell to Kansas City via Wabash. Leaves Howell at 9 35 P.M. Saturday, arrives Kansas City at 7 A.M. Return departs Kansas City Monday at 9 P.M. Round trip price is three dollars.
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Howell
Kansas City
Wabash
Local Obituary and Notices From June Events
A resident named J. Sloan died suddenly in front of the depot on June 22 leaving a wife and six children. Several social visits and gatherings are noted, including J. Van der Voort and family with the de Bruins, and a June 22 program at No. 7 attended by about thirty visitors. Local residents and families such as the Dykhuizen, Dykstra, and Visscher households are mentioned with visits and building activity by John Vander Zyl and Frank J. Cheney asserting partnership status for Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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J. Sloan
Cure for Sore and Lockjaw Promoted by Arnica Salve
Chas. Oswald, a Rensselaersville merchant, testifies Arnica Salve cured Seth Burch of the ugliest neck sore and warns that death from lockjaw follows injuries unless treated with antiseptic healing. The product claims to cure cuts wounds burns and sores for 25c at Langerak's drug store.
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Bucklaw
Chas. Oswald
Rensselaersville
N. Y
Seth Burch
Langerak's
Interurban rail line to Knoxville eyed by Des Moines city railway
The Des Moines city railway intends an interurban line to Knoxville, construction to start this summer. The Polks plan to extend as far as Carlisle this year and reach Knoxville next season. Bids for grading will be opened soon with gangs to work in July, as agents secure right of way and forego a road to Indianola.
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Knoxville
Plains
Enterprise
Capital
Des Moines City Railway
Polks
Carlisle
Army Post
Po Ks
Indianola
Hartford
Dr King’s New Life Pills Regulate Stomach
A fragment promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as the best regulator for stomach and bowels. It warns that neglecting clogged bowels and torpid liver leads to chronic constipation and an alarming condition. The product is labeled as gentle and effective.
Sale of young thoroughbred short horn bulls
Several young thoroughbred short horn bulls are offered for sale. Contact L. Fabaal at R. E.D, box 34, Sully, Iowa, or Sully Moves, by telephone at 1 4.
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Fabaal
R. E.D
Sully
Iowa
Correction editor Chronicle notes land sale corrections
A correction lists Sostens land sold for 8775 dollars and thirty acres belonging to Bossa at five miles west of Pella for 105 dollars per acre. Also mentions Jelsma Land Co and N J Gesman’s trip to Des Moines for land expedition. Includes local notices about doctors, medicine, and Fourth of July events in Harvey Pleasantville and Prairie City.
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Chronicle
Sostens
Bossa
Pella
L. J
Jelsma Land Co
N. J. Gesman
Des Moines
Prof
Martha Firth
Chicago
Chicago University
Hollister
F. D. Stubenrauch
County Board Vacations and 1906 Warrants Summary
Warrant actions issued in vacation from April 1 to June 4, 1906 by the County Board include salary payments for L L Bybee for the first quarter and partial payments to several claimants. Noted are A Waechter & Son for a bridge claim, Jas E Foshier Jr for half pay, and S S Hogate, Clay and Pleasant Grove township assessments, W M Welch & Co institute FF Spalti half pay, Joel Ruckman half pay for Union township, Lee Hunt and RA Pilmer and Leopold Lilke as board members, WH Slayman half-claim for Hamilton, Nate Rockafellow as work treasurer, and JE Aulman bridge claim.
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L L Bybee
Waechter & Son
Jas E Foshier, Jr
Pleasant Grove Township
S Hogate
Clay Township
M Welch & Co Institute
Spalti
Pleasantville
Joel Ruckman
Union Township
Lee Hunt
Pilmer
Leopold Lilke
Boa
Slayman
Hamilton
Nate Rockafellow
Je‘aulman
Station Agent J Sloan Dies at Leighton Post
A Leighton report dated June 22 states station agent J Sloan collapsed at his post on the Keokuk division of the Rock Island. Trains were held while officials sought a response, the age unnamed but listed as years old. A boy witnessed the event, a physician could not save Sloan, believed to be heart trouble or apoplexy.
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Leighton
J. Sloan
Keokuk
Rock Island
Sloan
Theodore le Cocq
Ma Bale Sloan
Bridge and township payrolls and claims in Iowa county records
A fragmentary payroll and claims list records half pay assessments and salaries for multiple townships including Dallas Polk and Swan. The ledger notes bridge and highway claims, railroad ticket reimbursement, and officer salaries for April 1896 with numerous items such as W Amos 48.84 half pay, Aurora Inlow 500 salary, S B Brouse 24.66, and many others, ending with continued totals next week.
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Phillips
Risewick
Court House Enpente
Nate
Rockafellow
Anthony Metz
Dallas
Beach
Harvey G
Swan Township
M Martin
Mat Mullins
Red Rock
A Booth
Franklin Township
Amos
Polk Township
Iowa Bridge Co
C Coolly
Indiana Township
BJ Pack
Bussey
Aurora Inlow
H Lucas
Walter Bane
Geo
Long
A Phelps
H Lyon
L Risewick
Bilby
L K
Butterfield
Boydston
Dirk Feenstra
Summit Township
Wilson
Swan
Cnace
B Brouse
Perry Township
Casey & Belville Institute
Ford
Lee Hunt Bridge
Johnston
K Ashton
Jas Meulenburg
Gaston
Knoxville City
Geo Ohnenus
William B Miller
Des Moines
Iowa
LL Bybee
Charles Jeffers
Jacob Weishaar
GJ Davis
Liberty Township
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Hiram B Motande
Javagen
Lom Whey
Digal CO. Dae
Grace Medical CO
Locust Street
Vander Linden
Omaha
Rock Island Lines
Ty Agu
J. M. Cox
F. S. Boyd
Davenport
Pella, Iowa
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Orger
L. Krumenier
J.S. Ruvnssureer
L. van Rees
H. D. Wormnoupr
H. Wormnoupr
W. Rierveep
A. N. Kuyprr
C. T. Mann
H. Roorda, Pella
Gem City Business College
Quincy, Il
Notic
Save
Langerak
Kansas City Excursion
J. van der Voort
Mrs. H. de Bruin
Mrs. J. Dykhuizen
J. Visscher
J. P. Dykstra
Mr. J. Dykstra
New Sharon
John Vander Zyl
City
Totodo
Tittnen Patanmes
Frank J. Cheney
F. J
A. W. Gleason
Novary
Puntic
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Harvey
Prairie City
Harvey News
Kennedy
the County Board
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