Des Moines Aides Hurt as Grand Army Event Fails Seats
Reports from Des Moines detail a Grand Army reception for Gen. Grant at the state fairgrounds where a tier of seats collapsed, injuring about a dozen people including Mrs. Douglass Baker of Des Moines. The scene accompanied other city and county notices and local incidents.
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Leighton Votes to Incorporate in Quiet Election
Residents of Leighton Iowa voted on September 1 to incorporate as a town under state law. Only thirty one ballots were cast with seven opposing incorporation, signaling a smooth path to legal formalities and election of town officers and a council.
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Farm Bargain 120 Acres Near Holland Churches
120 acre farm in the heart of the Holland Colony four miles from two Holland churches and a Holland town. If sold within 30 days price is 70 dollars per acre. See N J Gesman for details.
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Women wanted for remunerative canning factory work
Tomatoes arriving at the Pella Canning and Pickle Co. seek women and girls for wage work. Call to apply at the plant. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills advertised as superior. available from druggists. Chronicle invites readers to submit news items and join the Chronicle family.
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DeWitt's Liver Pills and Witch Hazel Salve Ad
An old time advertising blurb promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as safe easy liver pills and notes the original Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is DeWitt's, branded on every box. It claims uses for cuts burns bruises sores boils sunburn and especially piles, sold by all druggists.
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