Local News Briefs From Weekend and Weekday Visits
Bernie Van Spanckeren returned from Cedar Rapids Wednesday evening. P A Renaud Aaron Vander muelen and Arnold Schippers were business callers in Monroe Thursday. John Pos was a Leighton visitor this week. Miss Howerton spent the day with friends in Oskaloosa Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie van Spanckeren
Cedar Rapids
P. A. Renaud
Aaron Vandermuelen
Arnold Schippers
Monroe
John Pos
Leighton
Miss Howerton
Oskaloosa
Local notes from Oskaloosa and surrounding towns
A collage of brief items: visitors and residents from Central, Oskaloosa, and Des Moines. crutch-wearer gets permission to discard supports. property trades near W. W. Cook’s. partygoers and funeral attendance. police interaction with would-be tramps. a light traffic mishap on Main Street. church youth meeting led by Rev. Geo E Monkman. remarks on municipal elections and civic interest. street conditions and local humor wrap the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van den Berg
Oskaloosa
Bernice
Lillian Tool
Reasnor
M. D
Ad. Woolard
Eugene Dennis
Eddyville
Harry Johnson
Dennis
Paint It Look Around for Spring Renovations
Look around when planning spring renovations and see how many belongings could be improved by paint varnish furniture polish and stains. We offer paints for porches kitchens sinks stoves pipes and garages plus enamels varnish stains to imitate finer woods.
Paving Call Sparks Iowa Towns To Reform
A local writer rails against muddy streets and calls for faster progress, urging paving to escape a two cent fare stagnation. The piece questions railroads and rail fares while invoking Iowa and Illinois as examples of slower yet hopeful modernization. It notes Ames college experts saving eighty hogs afflicted with cholera on the James B. Black farm southeast of Fort Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozarks
Carrie Nation
Bro. Wm. J
Iowa
Illinois
James B. Black
Fort Dodge
Ames College
Swine Inoculated In Search For Remedy To Scourge
From the veterinary department, eighty one swine were inoculated with serum to test the remedy and all but one died. It is believed a remedy for the deadly scourge has finally been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterinary Department
Difference in Baking Powders From Pure Food Law Labels
The piece explains two baking powder types, high grade made from cream of tartar and low grade containing alum and mineral acid. It notes that post Pure Food Law labels disclose ingredients, allowing homemakers to choose healthfully and economically.
Colorful shades and fixtures offered at discount
A local seller promotes a large stock of color lines in varying lengths and widths with fixtures and rollers, inviting interested buyers to see how cheaply they can obtain the shades. The message mentions a safe baking powder option and underscores baking powder as a kitchen staple with a noted difference in quality.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wormhoudt’s Furniture Store
G. H. Wormhoudt
Pearl Hamilton
Central
Geo Heeren
Chicago
Ed. Porter
South Pella
Garrit van Gorp
Peoria
R. R. Lautenbach
W. W. Cook
J. H. DeVries and Sons
Philip and
Carl
Des Moines
H. J. Boland
Raymond
Capitol
Old Proud Mahaska
John Klein
G. B. Ver Steeg
Wm. van Baalen
DeRooh
Prairie City
Jim van Vark
Beurkens
Marion County News
Pleasantville
Geo. E Monkman
A. Vanderzee
Pella, Iowa
Brenlin
Langerak’s
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