State boards award furnishings for four Iowa institutions
Iowa boards announce contracts for furnishings of four new state buildings. Davidson Furniture of Des Moines lands the Glenwood girls dormitory contract at about 3 000 dollars for 260 beds dressers and more. Smith and Davis of St Louis wins 400 iron beds for Fort Madison cell house at 2 59 each. Also bids sought for Cherokee tuberculosis hospital and Independence nurses home while rail freight rules threaten livestock shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Middle West
Davidson Furniture Company of
Glenwood
Smith& Davis Company of
St. Louis
Fort Madison Penitentiary
State Hospital
Cherokee
Independence
State House
Capitol
Thieves Left the Flowers in Paris Burglary
Two well dressed burglars in an aristocratic Paris quarter visited Mme Doublard, carrying expensive flowers. They gained entry with courtesy, then left without flowers. Later the flat was found ransacked with two hundred dollars and jewels stolen, the bouquets placed in vases.
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Paris
Mme. Doublard
Madame
Rich Men's Club Planned Near Brunswick Georgia
Edwin Gould and associates have purchased Latham Hammock near Brunswick. They seek a charter for the Latham Hammock club on 8000 acres. The project aims to boost Glynn County with a new millionaire’s club, joining the nearby Jekyll Island club where Gould already participates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Gould and Associates
Georgia
Brunswick
Edwin Gould
Latham Hammock
Latham Hammock Club
Glynn Unty
Gould
Hall's Catarrh Cure advert in 1800s paper promises reward
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney as the producer and includes endorsements from local banks. The cure is described as a blood action internal remedy with testimonials, priced at 75 cents per bottle alongside Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Registration of Brilliant No 72107 Percheron Stallion
The Stallion Brilliant No 72107 foaled 1909 owned by A E Hancher Rolfe Iowa is registered in the Percheron Stud Book of America and certified by Dr H C Barnes as free from disease. Des Moines March 18 1914. Terms ten dollars insure living cost. service fee due on ownership change or removal from county. A E Hancher owner Rolfe Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Hancher
Rolfe
Pocahontas County
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Des Moines
A. R. Corey
Secy
Iowa State Department of Agriculture
Rolfes
Iowa
Percheron Stallion Big Ben Offered for 1914 Breeding
A black Percheron stallion with a white face mark and nose snip weighs over 1800 pounds and is promoted as a strong breeder. Breeding seasons are listed for Johnson & Alberts Livery Barn in Relic and a Rolfe farm, with a full pedigree tracing Voltaire and Monarque lineages. The stallion Big Ben is registered in the American Percheron Stud Book and certified free of disease by the Iowa State Department of Agriculture on April 21 1914. Terms 15 dollars to insure a living colt and 12 50 to insure a mare in foal with ownership conditions noted. F D Woodruff owner Rolfe Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson & Alberts
Relic
Rolfe
Voltaire
Baccarat
Monarque
Brilliant
Coco II
Vieux Cassin
Coco
Auenen
Jean le Blanc
Rosy
Big Ben
F. D. Woodruff
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Iowa State Department of Agriculture
Des Moines
A. R. Corey
F.D. Woodruff
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lehigh Portland Cement
Shull Rolfe, Iowa
W. W. Markin
Rolfe, Iowa
McIntire & Mitchell
Iowa Commission
Clifford Thorne
State Railroad Commission
Mississippi Valley
Thorne
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Bidwell
George Bidwell
Department of Justice
Winnipeg
Canada
Franz Meyer
Lizzie Huppertz
Oelwein
Meyer
United States
Buréau ‘Agriculture
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Davenport
State Department
C. A. Robbins
Akron
Ohio
Industrial Workers
The
Industrial Workers For the Blind
Parole Board
Earl Ferguson
Shenandoah
State Board of Parole
Hannibal
Solomon
Joseph Hassan
Boyer River
Crawford County
T. L. Stevens
Hamburg
John Buford
Bexton
W. C. Lewis
Weat Union
Mary Meyer
L. A. Smyres
William Manley
Keokuk County
Argentina
Henry Wallace
Fiske
Slerk
Board of Supervisors
Betongen
Pocahontas County Court House
Pocahontas
Court House
J. L. O'Donnell
A. D
L. O'Donnell
Pocahontas Co
Start.new Rich Men’s Club
A. Wi. Hancher Farm
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