Two Major Contracts Let In Dubuque City Projects
Dubuque officials awarded the Bee Branch sewer covering contract to Eagle Point lime works after a bidding race among three firms. The project includes $2,500 in appropriations and enables the Dubuque Packing company to expand, with a reinforced concrete covering and plans for a $40,000 addition. East Street improvements from Delhi to Center streets were given to O'Farrell Contracting, and concrete paving on the Clay Iowa alley between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets was accepted after earlier objections.
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Dubuque
East Street
Delhi
Center Streets
O'Farrell Contracting Company
Clay
Iowa
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
O'Farrell Company
Submarine Cable Link Promised From Manhattan Beach
A new transatlantic communication line is planned to connect Manhattan Beach with Newfoundland, signaling a major boost in cross continental telegraph and later telephone transmissions. The project would lay underwater cable enabling faster, more reliable oceanic connectivity between Europe and North America.
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Manhattan Beach
Newfoundland
Plant Thousand Acres of Corn in New Fall Pack
Dyersville reports plans to contract a thousand acres for planting Country Gentleman Sweet Corn for the 1910 fall pack. Waterloo Canning Corp will pay $8 per ton, following a 500-acre harvest success. Excavation begins for a new garage on Main street, costing $4,050, with completion by January 1. May start a Dyersville Colesburg auto line. a transportation company may organize to run automobiles between the towns.
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Dyersville
Fred Dusold
Waterloo Canning Corporation
Clarence Bell
Robert Bell
Dodge Township
Main Street
Jacob Friedman
Haverhill
Friedman
Friedmann
Willenberg
Geo. Fleckenstein
Geo. Ham
J. H. Manley
Geo. Carver
Mr. Ham
Mr. Manley
John Bell
Manley
G. W
Colesburg
Dubuque
Cascade
Testimony on Doan's Kidney Pills Stands Time
Mrs. I K Beekman of Dubuque Iowa endorses Doan's Kidney Pills saying they relieved her husband of kidney pain backache and cold related kidney attacks. She notes nine years of regular use and urges continued use. For sale by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Dean's. WANTED MAN COOK GLOBE Hotel East Dubuque 4-11-5
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Dubuque
Dean
I. K. Beekman
Jackson St
Iowa
Doan
Torbert Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Workhouse as Hotel in Amersham Lodging Row
At a board of guardians meeting in Amersham the master recounted accommodating a traveler in the workhouse as a bed and breakfast for one shilling after no lodgings could be found in town. The incident drew attention to the town’s lodging and welfare practices.
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Amersham Board of Guardians
London Daily Mail
Slow Digestion Treated by Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
An article promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for slow digestion and common dyspepsia. It describes causes such as rapid eating and poor mastication, notes relief from gastric deficiencies, and claims tablets digest food, tone glands, and aid stomach function. Readers are urged to purchase for 50 cents or request a free sample from F. A. Company, Marshall Michigan.
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S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Stuart
F. A. Company
Stuart Building
Marshall, Mich
Authorities Charge Quartet in Jacob Per Yon's Death
Four suspects two men and two women are charged in connection with the death of Jacob Per Yon. Authorities report arrests and ongoing investigations across Wisconsin.
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Jacob Peryon
Four Dubuque residents moved to Lancaster for murder negligence trial
Rose Meehan, her daughter, Hugh Kehr, and John Glass were transferred to Lancaster on Thursday after a warrant from Wisconsin authorities charging negligence in the death of Jacob Peryon six weeks earlier. The four, residents of Dubuque, resisted boarding the train but were carried by officers. Trials will begin once indictments are served. First Friday devotions observed in city Catholic churches with large congregations receiving Holy Eucharist.
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Rose Meehan
Hugh Kehr
John Glass
Lancaster
Wis
Dubuque
Wisconsin
Jacob Peryon
Paris Shop Uses Singing Arc as Lit Window Ad
A Paris store displays a lamp outside its facade that conducts a continuous musical performance all day and night. The program includes singing and spoken praises of the store offerings, using the lighted arc as an advertising feature.
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Paris
Cat Escorts Women and Children on Railroad Street
A black cat in Thomaston Connecticut guides women and children home along Railroad Street each evening, returning to its place after the party reaches their destination to escort others in the same way until about 10 o'clock.
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Railroad Street
Thomaston
Conn
Harvard Lecturer to Speak at Dubuque Woman's Club
Prof Alphonse Marin La Mef Lee of Boston will lecture on Marie Antoinette before the Dubuque Woman's Club next Thursday afternoon November 11 at 8 o'clock in the First Congregational church parlors. A noted educator and native of France he has long been active in eastern educational circles and is wintering in Chicago.
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Alphonse Marin la Mef Lee
Boston
Harvard University
Dubuque
Chicago
City Weighs Probe Into Meat Selling From Cars
The committee of the whole advised the city attorney to inspect charges against local packing houses for selling meat directly from vehicles. If proven, the dealers fall under license law and the city would gain revenue, as car side sales fall under transient trade ordinances.
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Committee of Whole
Committee of the Whole
Married Life Sparks Moran’s Quiet Remembrance
Mrs. Paige recalls James’s kindness and marriage as if to shield a sorrowful mood. The exchange hints at disillusionment and acute reflection in a somber village setting.
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James
Mrs. Paige
Almiry
Monument at La Cambra marks Chilean Argentine frontier
The highest monument in the world sits on La Cambra summit in the Andes marking the Chilean Argentine frontier. It stands 12,796 feet above sea level and offers inspiring grandeur for visitors amid the surrounding pass.
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la Cambra
Andes
Wide World Magazine
Rest Requested by Overworked Student
A hard worked student tells of needing a break and uses his desk calendar to take a day off, as noted in Cornell Widow. The anecdote highlights fatigue and self care in student life.
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Cornell
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Eagle Point Lime Works CO
Dubuque Packing Company
Benjamin
York
America
Main St
Dyersville Canning CO
Globe Hotel
East Dubuque
Sincerity
Stetson
KNAPP
Roswelle
Sallin
Lavery & Ackerer
N. W. Cor
Quartette
Harvard
A. Marin LA Mef Lee
D. W.C
Marie Antoinette
Standard
Menter
Rosenbe
Saturda
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