Young contestants honored in city ad contest results
E C Carris & Co awarded two prizes for best and next best ads from twenty submissions by youths under 15. Winners were Doll Buckley and Thomas Motts. The paper lists competing youths with names ages and scattered initials amid a period of celebratory notes and thanks from Carris. Separately a wedding report notes the marriage of Dr George Henderson to Miss Clara Delong at West Chester with family present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carris
West Chester
George Henderson
MissjoClara Delong
Rev. Smith
M. E
Lexington
J. F. Henderson
Miss Delong
Dr. George
J. E. Henderson
Jennie
Journal
Park officials weigh plans for park cleanup and debt relief
Lent ends as Park Commissioners and council consider carting brie out of the park and covering a trench while Rev. H A Risser begins a year of study at the state university St Paul and preaches at Olivet Church in Merriam Park. The Franklin Brighton church is debt free this year with 27 new members and Mrs Eva McConnaughy Risser leading the ladies missionary society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Commissioners
Council Committee On
H. A. Risser
Franklin and Brighton
State University
St. Paul
Olivet Congregational Church
Merriam Park
Eva McConnaughey Risser
Ladies’ Missionary Society
Press
Insane Man Adjudged In Riverside Settlement
Yesterday Linus Mellree aged about sixty was declared insane and ordered to Mt Pleasant Asylum. He allegedly tried to set his son in law’s house on fire twice the night before. Boler, his son in law, long principal of Riverside schools, edits the Riverside Leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linus Mellree
Mt. Pleasant
Mellree
Boler
Riverside Schools
Riverside Leader
Spiteful Vandalism Wrecks Local Horse Harness and Buggy
Lewis Dayton of Dayton reports damage to his property last night a fine harness cut into pieces and the buggy top slashed. Suspicion falls on unknown assailants, with hope for quick justice. Dastardly act has no excuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Dayton
Dayton
Weather, license, and local notes from Perry
Fair tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures noted. Lyman Bunce visited Brighton today. License to wed granted to J. W. Miller and Johanna Ehlers at the clerk's office. Clerk Boyer undergoes a cleaning day. Miss Cora Porter, High School teacher, is ill. The Perry Daily Chief arrives as a 12 page edition. A jury verdict awarded R. P. Lewis $18 in a farm rent contract case. John Walker, Cincinnati native and grandson of Lizzie Anderson, is in town on business and visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Miller
Johanna Ehlers
Cora Porter
Esq. Maxwell
R. P. Lewis
Anderson
John Walker
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lizzie Anderson
City Board of Equalization Adjourns. Call for Assessments
Miss Lou Smith returns to Des Moines from Allen Conger visit as the City Board of Equalization adjourns after two days. They urge those liable to be reassessed to contact clerk Kel ley before Friday at 7 pm. Grants Selby and W R Mount travel to Denver to deliver Rock Island orders. The artesian well at Washington Iowa yields 197000 gallons daily from a 1613 foot bore. Mrs Joanna Grantham Sparks dies in Illinois after long illness. family ties noted to Pleasant era.
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City Board of Equalization
Kelley
W. RR. Mount
Denver
Rock Island
Grant Selby
Arens
Chicago
Kellogg
Washington
Joanna Grantham Sparks
Irene Ashard
Hastings, Neb
Joline McGavie
Keokuk, Ta
Charles Grantham
Washington, D. C
Mt. Pleasant Daily News
No-To-Bac Cited By St Louis Journal Editorial
An editorial praises No-To-Bac as a tobacco cure claiming a prominent St Louis architect, smoker for twenty years, quit after two boxes. The ad notes No-To-Bac is sold guaranteed by Chilcote & Cook with no cure no pay and a free book. Sterling Remedy Co. is listed in New York or Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Journal of Agriculture
St. Louis
Chilcote & Cook
Sterling Remedy Co
New York
Chicago
Excursion Tickets to Western States and Piano Sale Notice
On April 23 1895 home seekers excursion tickets go on sale for Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah Idaho east of Weiser north of Pocatello to Black Hills South Dakota and to Texas Oklahoma Indiana Territory One fare round trip plus 2 limit 20 days from sale J S Nichols agent Local James A Guest rep L C Dodson listed New pianos offer 71 3 octave uprights from 175 to 1000 with installments and five year options Plus market reports from J A Wheat and McCall Co with grain receipts and prices for April May and July contracts.
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Great Rock Island
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Weiser
Pocatello
Black Hills
Distriet
South Dakota
Texas
Oklahoma
Indiana
J. S. NicHolls
James A. Guest
L. C. Dodson
Chickering, Gabler
Kranich & Bach
Rail Fares to Western States Exceed $1 Round Trip
One fare plus 2 for round trip on VIA B N W and C B Q lines set for April 23, 95 tickets sold to all points in Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Benes Utah Indian Territory and Colorado to Southwest Missouri Texas and many points in other states with limit 20 days. See EK G Fox agent for full particulars.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Benes Utah
Indian Territory
Colorado
Missouri
Texas
EK. G. Fox
Agt
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ER. B. Moore & Co
Bordebaekers
Mercer & Chilcote
Lion
Japan
A. Nicola
South Side Square
Washington, Iowa
Smouse & CO
Price
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Washington, Price
Square
Heights
New House
Good House
Squire
Er Esa Cate
Ban Sehec Snes Crep
Highland Park
Eastside
Smouse
Estey Pianos
Estey
Journal Office
Harvey & Warfel’s
Uzz Thorp
Main Street
H. Knecht
Tallor
Pension Board
Thos. Craig
City
Thos. Payne
Kalona
McCartney & Son
South
Marion
BE. C. Carris & Co
E. C. Carris & Co
Doll Buckley
Thomas Motts
Stella Cunningham
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Bey Nichone
Willie Campbell
OGG
FU Peesss
PYOOK
Lloyd Lytle Pos
Pitemie Ags
Seme Boung
Keen
Otis Fang
Aron Goes
PRG
Esa
Gales
Cleveland Thomas
Blanche Fogb
Henderson-Delong
Lyman Bunce
Brighton
Clerk Boyer
W. H. Heaton
Perry Daily Chief
Women of
Perry
Dept. Store
City of
Se Up
Lou Smith
Allen Conger’s
Des Moines
H. Rarinprld
North Main St
Burlington
Y Wire, McCall & Co
J. A.wheat
de Hoas
Catrlee
Penn Tank Co
Glasgow & Lytle
Rys
Asey Bros
Schneider Bros
E Pee Hee
East Side Square
Carris & Co
KE. N. Foster
Ter
Graham
W. F. Haight
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