Colorado Vacation Idea Promises Economy and Nature
Colorful travel pitch extols Colorado as an affordable getaway from resorts. Highlights include Rocky Mountain scenery, hundreds of hotels and camps, rooms from seven dollars weekly, free meals and common areas, Rock Island Lines service with comfortable rail travel, and Rock Island representatives to plan trips. Contact Hal S Ray, Rock Island, Des Moines, for details.
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Ray
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Des Moines Lita Building
Des Moines
Local notices and merchant ads mix in sparse town paper
A garbled mix of advertisements and testimonials: Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praised by Geo. W. Brock of Aberdeen Md as a quick safe cure. Eczema remedies touted by J J Klopp. Real estate seeking a renter for a 444 acre farm in Kittson County Minnesota Red River Valley. Tile and cement products advertised by Bow4 Cement Products Co. A sale and retail pitches from J O Johnston.
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Chamberlain
Geo. W. Brock
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Aberdeen
F.S. Shadie & Co
Jeffries & Birney
Kittson County
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Ly Iilea
Nau Frog
TL. EL. Cantelou
Clarendon
Texas
Shadje & Co
Gud Seifriga and
Birney
Squirt Gun magazine poses bold debut plan
A garbled item pitches a new magazine called Squirt Gun with sensational content and pricing including 10 cents for the first year and a $100 yearly rate later. It promises lurid humor and claimed "genuine fuumer" material, with a October start and September preorders.
Special for Blooded Stock Train to Exposition
A special train is planned to carry Iowa bred stock to the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco next year. The Greater Iowa Association and the Iowa Commission to the Exposition secured free space and will fund transport costs, inviting all Iowa stock breeders to participate. Dean Curtiss of Iowa State College chairs livestock work, stressing statewide development. A second train may be used if needed to showcase top horses cattle and hogs from across Iowa.
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Greater Iowan, Association
Iowa Commission
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State College
Ames
Dean Curtiss
Ita
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Farmer-Banker
Agricultural Commission
American Bankers’ Association
United States
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Porto Rico
Lows
Kansas
Minnesota State Art Exhibit at Fair showcases grand galleries
Five new spacious galleries at the Minnesota State Fair will display nearly 10,000 feet of wall space for art from across America. A $650 prize fund and two gold medals, judged by an international jury, accompany lectures daily. The Minnesota State Art Society and the Fair sponsor the event, with ten thousand visitors expected to view paintings and industrial art, sculpture, and handicrafts.
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America
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New York
Poanthia
St. Louis
Chicago
Minnesota State Art Society
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Manrica J. Fingaz
State Art Society
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Champion Horses Entered At Minnesota State Fair Show
The Evening Horse Show at the Minnesota State Fair September 7 to 12 expects record attendance as premium money rises across classes. Nationally renowned horses and numerous East and South horsemen are entering, with elaborate arena decor, two bands, vaudeville acts, and nightly audiences anticipated. Northwest owners show growing interest.
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New York
Chicago
Kansas City
East
Northwest
Iowa Engine Works Keeps Growth Steady Across World Markets
Iowa’s engine and boiler industry, built since 1870, has survived panics and fires with no major labor troubles. The plant began as an iron and brass foundry, added a machine shop and boiler shop, then an engine works, with continual rebuilding over the past decade and a half. Its products include engines, air compressors, pumping engines, boilers, and heaters, supported by a vast job foundry and machine shop. Exports reach China, Europe, and South America, but domestic sales in the United States remain dominant, including strong demand within Iowa itself.
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China
South America
United States
Towa
Onions Net Profit of $135.60 Per Acre
A historical note from Scott County Iowa recounts H Schutter starting onion farming in early Iowa days. From 1880s to 1893 and beyond, F F Schutter continued the venture, averaging 490 bushels per acre at 42 cents, with annual net profit about 135 dollars per acre after costs.
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Scott County
Iowa
United States
Schutter
F. F. Schutter
Iowa Market Surpasses Great Southwest Demand
Iowa’s consuming population reaches 2.3 million with annual expenditures near 460 million. Farmers hold 64.5 million in farm implements, outpacing Kansas and Oklahoma, and supporting Iowa as a superior market for farm machinery over the Great Southwest and distant distributors.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Iowa
Kanxas
Oklahoma
Great Southwest
Kansas City
United States
Minois
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
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