Local News in Brief Highlights Spring Happenings and Events
Busy Eldora shop days and town notices follow. Parkersburg reports the new $20 000 M E church building dedicated last Sunday. Brinton the moving picture show set for April 20 21 and 22 at Wisner opera house with admission 10 15 and 25 cents. Easter vacation crowds gather as colleges close and teachers seek fair salaries. Temperance meetings attract fifty signers and plans for county events emerge.
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Parkersburg
Brinton
Barnum of Moving Pictures
Wisner Opera House
Comings and Goings and Social Notes
A half week cross section of Marshalltown society, with many locals and visitors noted. C M Haas and M Trevarthan were in town on business, Owen Megan and Tom Kerns visited Ackley, and Hal Hardin returned from Grinnell for Easter week. Memorial and Decoration day plans begin to form for the G A R, while fruit crop fears arise from late frosts. Bruce Wallace works North Dakota seed farms and Dan Megan hosts relatives for their fourth anniversary.
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Hal Hardin
Grinnell
Guy Bridgens
Iowa City
Clayton Haas
Herman Jonker
Charles City
County Attorney Seaton Uses Injunction In Enforcement
County Attorney Seaton serves notices to Smith and Reed to present a petition and seek a temporary writ of injunction to stop illegal liquor sales. If granted and violated, contempt carries at least a $300 fine. the case proceeds before Judge Evans at Hampton, without juries, with possible permanent injunction later.
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Seaton
Smith & Reed
Evans
Hampton
Herald
Grand Nor
Petit Jury
Supreme Court
Canadian visit precedes Ohio wedding of Brewer Glenn
A six weeks' trip in Canada includes visits with relatives in Toronto and Kingston. Mrs Newcomer plans to attend her brother Geo A Brewer and Miss Frances Glenn's wedding in Wooster Ohio. Her brother, a Princeton graduate, is expected to become pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbus Ohio after marriage.
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Canada
Toronto
Kingston
Wooster
Ohio
Geo. A. Brewer
Frances Glenn
Newcomer
Princeton
First Presbyterian Church
Columbus
Hall's Catarrh Cure Aimed at Blood Purification
Local doctors promote Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that targets blood and mucous surfaces. Not a quack medicine, it’s a standard prescription from leading physicians, with testimonials available. Sold by Druggists for one dollar. also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
The Bicycle as Civilizer and Health Advocate
Isadore Dyer, M D editor of the New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, extols the bicycle as a civilizer road maker and a beautiful argument for republican spirit. He notes its roles in health and pleasure, fostering suburban hospitality and friend networks.
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New Orleans
Medical and Surgical Journal
New Orleans, la
West Des Moines Glee Club Visits Eldora High
The West Des Moines High School Boys Glee Club toured Eldora last Friday, performing at Iowa Falls, the Industrial School, and a full Baptist church concert. Col. Drake hosted a dinner and announced a half day recess. Mrs. Reynolds directed, Miss Terry accompanied, and receipts of 40 were shared between the club and the ladies’ aid.
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Our
West Des Moines
Iowa Falls
Col. Drake
Baptist Church
H. R. Reynolds
Jack the Peeper Caught Peeping in Fourth Ward
A married man named Jack the Peeper was discovered peeping at a young woman’s bedroom window in the Fourth ward on Monday evening. The resident punished him before he escaped. the event shows his pattern of peeping at women during evening hours.
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Jack
Crop Bulletin Des Moines Iowa Week Ending April 17 1908
The Des Moines Iowa crop bulletin reports an unseasonably cold week with daily state mean 6 to 10 degrees below normal and heavy frosts. Light precipitation, mainly snow, and a ten degree low at Sibley on the 11th. Seeding and plowing progress well, corn planting readiness high, fruit damage suspected in the south, and soil moisture adequate for vegetation starting.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sibley
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Eldora
Chicago
B. B. Purcell
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Ackley Phonograph
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New Providence
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Eldora Public Schools
Norway
Des Moines Register and Leader
Register and Leader
Grundy Republican
Geo. B. Shoemaker
the Herald
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Cedar Rapids
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Brown Dry Goods To
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Cheviots
Panama
Hardinounty
Carl S. Newcomer
C. M. Haas
Marshalltown
M. Trevarthan
Owen Megan
Tom Kerns
Ackley
L. B. ‘Tucker and Little Son
M. M. Mulford
Hud Phillips
Steve Sayer
Kemp Mfg. Co
Waterloo
G. A. R. Post
Ethel Sayer
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Starr Drug Co
Bruce Wallace
North Dakota
Joseph Wallace
Bruce
Dan Megan
Megan
E. R. Seaton
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Iowa Central Railroad Company
Iowa Central
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Limonds
J. H. Clarey
Eagle Grove
Peterson
Northwood
Webster City
G. Day Smith
Jawa College
C.F. Steeffer
Minnesota
Edith Lee
Cldera
A. S. Howell
Ft. Dodge
Iuser
Industrial School
Davenport
J. Horrigan
Joliet, Ill
Gertrude White
Nellie Megan
Rockwell
City
Swayze
Oskaloosa
Hotel Winchester
A. W. Mitterer
Battle Creek
Michigan
Washington, D.C
C. McKeen Duren
W.J. Murray
Bert Crossan
Mr. Murray
Mrs. Crossan
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Crossan
S. V. Eggert
Bank of Ackley
White
Ggert
Carl Newcomer
Citizens Bank
L. W. Harris
J. F. Hardin
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DES Moines Glee Club
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