Shenandoah hotel plan eyed on Elks site in town
Shenandoah residents report a proposed Omaha hotel project costing 40000 to rise this year on land now owned by the Elks lodge at Thomas avenue and Elm street, with an $18000 lodge building planned on the same corner. A 1724 English copper coin found by A A Leverton’s son near Steamboat Rock, minted before U S money, remains well preserved.
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Shenandoah
Omaha
Elks ‘Lodge
Thomas Avenue
Elm Street
A. A. Leverton
Steamboat Rock
United States
George
Algona
Frank McCorkle
Sigred Nelson
B. P. Fuller
Cora
Hazel
Martin Caffery
Franklin Township
Knoxville
Herbert Pierce
Rock Rapids
Switzerland
Emma K Griffith
Council Bluffs
Goodpark
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Des Moines
Iowa
Curtiss and
Crossley
State College
Ames
Detroit
Kansas City
Denver
Nttle
Pete” Snyder
Keane
Dubuque
Three Excellent Ideas SMART DRESS and Styles
A beige silk linen dress features a closely plaited skirt with center box plait and a tightly fitting bodice that flares into soft folds at the hips. Trimmed with buttons cords and lace, paired with a black crinoline hat adorned with roses and a beige feather. pattern calls for wide linen, lace, buttons, and yardage.
The Wearing of the Sash in 19th Century Fashion
The sash appears in varied styles from satin laces to draped belts worn beneath lingerie petticoats and tied low at the back. Designers show sashes threaded through folds, draped over garments, or knotted at the waist with rosette end tails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magerie
Paris
Arranging Pansies for Displays
This note explains how to arrange pansies in dishes using screens or wire nets. Create large meshes with wire and insert stems through the holes to hold flowers upright. If brass or silver screens are unavailable, cut stems short and mix them with moss in a flat dish to support and lift each blossom.
Shade Hat That the Liked
The milliner presents a shade hat sure to appeal to the smart set. It features an old Florentine shape trimmed with large wheat and oat heads. The grains appear natural or dyed to match the gown, with big straw bunches forming an airy aigrette over the straw and field flowers used as further trim.
New Summer Frocks Displayed in Net Embroidery
The article describes new summer frocks made of heavy net embroidered with cart wheel patterns. White floss details are prominent, with garments being trimmed and lightly finished. The work requires skilled hands, and careful sewing is emphasized.
Relining a Jacket Made Simple for Amateur Sewers
A step by step guide explains an easy method to reline a jacket. It suggests ripping out half the jacket lining to create a pattern, cutting a full lining from it, and using it to baste in the new lining. The method emphasizes fitting, hemming, and adjusting fullness into armholes and sleeves.
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Dresmmaker
The Untidy Woman
A social note urges women to dress neatly and tidily, arguing appearance shapes judgment and slovenliness in attire implies broader sloppiness, urging care in personal presentation.
The Newest Scarfs From Brugsels and Satin Creations
The article describes new scarfs including wide Brugsels net pieces embroidered in white with deep silk fringe and a satin veiled veil style scarf studded at the hem with steel. It notes their weight and graceful drape as they hang downward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igrvey
Retaliation urged as excess freight claims rise
Des Moines shippers urged to file claims for excess freight charges paid during the last two years after Freight Commissioner B. G. Wyllie announced Rock Island will contest the interstate commerce commission decision. The measure targets refunds when through rates exceed two local rates, tied to the Burnham Hanna Munger case now in court.
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Des Moines
Rock Island Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
B. G. Wyllie
Greater
Interstate Commerce
Kansan City
Sioux City
Burnham- Hanna-Munger
Rock Island Railroad
Commission
Government Road Agena Corn Exposition Lecturers
Secretary James Wilson of the department of agriculture will provide expert lecturers on corn and good roads at the corn exposition in Des Moines this fall. A letter to the Commercial club notes that accompanying the lecturers will be extensive information and pictures of good roads. Moving pictures of varying road types built in the United States will be shown at the exposition.
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Government
Agena
James Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Dea Moines
Commercial Club
Iowa Florists Meet In Des Moines
Iowa florists will gather in Des Moines September 1 for their annual meeting during state fair week. The session will be in the State Horticultural Society room in the capitol building at 8 o clock Wednesday evening. Van Duyn defends child labor law after complaints from probation officers that under 14 year olds enter juvenile court due to lack of work.
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Iowa
van Duyn
Yan Duyn
State Fair Grand Stand Tickets Go On Sale
Secretary Simpson of the state board of agriculture has arranged for immediate sale of grand stand tickets. Out of town patrons can reserve seats by sending payment to the state treasurer of the fair association.
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Simpson
State Board of Agriculture
The
Fair Association
Chittick Sends Fair Exhibits Of Pure Food Cans
J B Chittick a chemist for the state food and dairy department will forward to every county fair exhibits of cans of pure food products and the same products artificially colored and preserved.
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Chittick
J. B. Chittick
State Food and Dairy Department
Y M C A Quarters Enlarged in Des Moines
Y M C A expands to use the whole association building adding two floors. City council and Solicitor Brennan raise Des Moines tax levy by about four dollars per thousand, to roughly forty per thousand from thirty six point four zero. Mary Bates Pioneer of Iowa 86 dies after seven years at Home for the Aged. body sent to Crocker Illinois for burial.
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William “P “Sharp
Ottumwa
Ft. Madison
Memorial Monument
Riverview Park
St. Boniface
Farmington
Knights of Columbus
Keokuk
Hibernians
M. J. Foley
St. Peter's Church
Quincy
Troy
Montezuma
Andrew Larsen
Lane Juhn
Ringated
Emmet
van Bureh County Farmers’ Institute
John Knowles
Appanoose County
Moravia
Des Moines
Philadelphia
C. &. Davenport
Presbyterian Church
Williams
Davenport
Conrad
Iowa
Elm Street
Shenandoah
Ingless & Co
Cambridge
Tama Jim” Wilson
W. A. Hammar
Grand Junction
Ora Mears
Arthur Battles
Hammar
West
Hardin County
Laverne Sovereign
D. M. Sovereign
Howard County
Great Falls
Mont
Percy
Association
Brennan
Mary Bates
Mary L. Bates
Home For
Crocker
Mrs. Cutler Secures Divorce in Polk County
Anna M. Cutler is divorced from Edwin M. Cutler in district court. Judge McHenry signs the decree. Alimony claims are settled with $35,000 in property and custody of their minor child awarded to Mrs. Cutler. alimony noted as the largest in Polk County in years.
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Ealth
Rock Island
Muscatine
Christopher Loving
Jwork
New
At- Council” Bluffs
Walnut Street
C. H. Dodd
Koatta
Iowa City
Moines
Maine
Smart Dreas
Dreas
Wyle
J. F. Kelley
State Department of Archives
State of
T. Williams
Territorial
Public Acounts
Henry King
John F. Rague & Co
Capitol
John F. Riggs
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State University
John Theodore Buchholz
Eustis
Neb
Ned Buckner
Baldwin
Kan
Arthur Theodore Fillenworth
Britt
Lena Weber Greenen
JeMars
Bila Louisa Gunn
Rosa Ervin Gunn
Seymour
Sara Hrbek
Cedar Rapides
Hattie
Executive Council
A. H. Davison
Tne
Commercial Exchange Telephone
Hayward
Miss Garrison
Agnes Brookmiller
Woman's Missionary Board of
United Brethren Church
Benedict Home
Fort Dodge
Hattie Garrison
Reform School For Girls
Mitchellville
Emily Dodge
Benedict
Dodge
Mredda Wise
E. W. Hind
Larson
Red Oak
Len H. White
Arch McPhee
Charles L. Clamputt
Laurena
C. J. Cowman
Adel
Clifford J. Thoma
Fairfield
D. J. Hanson
Williamsburg
Bessie Hubbard
M. P. Hainer
East Fifth and
Locust Streets
Henry van Vandervort
George Common
Pella
Stewart
Polk County
Drake
Drake University
John L. Griffith
Taft
Indianapolis
Northwestern
Jamieson
J .F. Jamieson
Monmouth
Hlmwood
United Presbyterian Church
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