City Council Discusses Grounding Wires and Street Improvements
Council adjourned session chaired by Mayor Alberson approves sewer and water dues collection plan. Utilities move to bury cables, widen walks, and adjust street grades on South Marion and North Iowa avenues. A two mill levy funds street work.
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Alberson
Harden
Hrookhart
Crooka
Emry
Foley
Glasgow
Miller
Patterson
Electrical Equipment, Co
Chicago
Iowa Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Shields & Son
Shields
Robinson & Wilson
F. E. Swift
OC Avenue
Pear Oseph Dodds
Geo. Hays
U. P
Church Corner
U.P
Washington
East Second Street
Eighth Ave
San Lemmon
Chas. Gorham
Will Cherry
Court House
South Marion Avenue
W. A. Moore
David Donaldson
Guthrie
R. A. Taylor
CN. Dodder
President Roosevelt to Address Oskaloosa Crowd
Washington delegation travels to Oskaloosa for a fifteen minute Roosevelt visit. A platform by the Stock Island depot will host his address as two extra Branch coaches carry many locals including Frank Swift J T Matthews Mrs K M Wilson and Bruce.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oskaloosa
Stock Island
Frank Swift
J. T. Matthews
K. M. Wilson
Bruce
Sandros
Iee
Pixiey
Alf Chilcote
Jas. Haynes
Link Hall
Roy Davis
Chas. Hicks
Walter Allen
J. W. Thompson
Chas. Hebener
Asa Reid
Henry Knecht
John Teeter
Matt Pratt
Hanna Knecht
Abe Essley
Elliott Lyon
Chas. Wilson
Arthur Iogham
Tamer Coppock
Roy McFarland
Moses Hall
Crop Bulletin Week Ending April 27 1903 Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa reports cool cloudy week with light rainfall and daily temperatures 5 degrees below normal. Frosts and some ice observed on several mornings with traces of snow on the 25th. Damage to fruit not yet known but probably light. Soil slowly drying but excess moisture remains in flat undrained fields. Seeding of small grain near complete. planting of corn begun where dry.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Central Station
Immigrants Pour In as Santa Fe Lifts Colonist Rates
The Santa Fe reports a steady winter influx of immi grants to the Southwest signaling a spring rush of homeseekers. People from Kansas to California and Texas arrive in groups seeking cheap lands with reliable crops and prices, with eastern Oklahoma and especially California receiving the largest share as the new line stimulates travel. In the San Joaquin valley, space remains for thousands more. Mennonites settle near Swink in eastern Colorado’s Arkansas valley, planning sugar beets and cantaloupes.
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Santa Fe
Southwest
Kansas
California
Texas
Oklahoma
San Joaquin Valley
Swink
Arkansas Valley
Colorado
Bucklen’s Alpha Salve Cures Ulcers in Five Days
P. A. Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered six months with a frightful running sore on his leg. He writes that Bucklen’s Alpha Salve wholly cured it in five days. For ulcers wounds and piles it’s advertised as the best salve in the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 240. Sold by Stewart druggist.
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P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
Bucklen
Stewart
Borrowed Smiles Draw Laughs In Sunday Echo Quips
A Grand Echo tale from Day county recounts a dinner mishap where a man forgets to comb his hair and spills coffee. He tugs a tablecloth from his lap believing it a shirt, triggers a chaotic escape, and the family laughs at a dreamlike proposal.
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Day County
Echo
Grand
Beggar Prince Opera Company Stages Olivette at the Graham
Seats are selling for the Beggar Prince opera company in the comic opera Olivette at the Graham this Friday evening. Call Carris drug store to secure seats. Try Weem’s Laundry for reliable work. Sandvos and Reid, agents.
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Beggar- Prince Opera Company
Olivette
The
Graham
Carris Drug Store
Weem
Sandvos & Reid
Drake Meet Hero Sets Pole Vault World Record
At the Drake university home field meet on April 28 Thurman Chapman cleared twelve feet to break the world record. The previous mark was 11 feet 10 inches set by a Yale athlete.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Drake University
Thurman Chapman
Yale
Olivette Opera at Graham Friday by Beggar-Prince Co
The pretty comic opera Olivette will be presented at the Graham Friday evening by the Beggar-Prince opera company of twenty people. Reserved seats at no extra charge are on sale at Carris.
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Olivette
Graham
Robbery at Fairfield Millinery Store Nets $200
In Fairfield Iowa in April 1903 Mrs Branson’s millinery shop was looted by unknown thieves. About $200 worth of goods were taken with some recovered near the Burlington tracks. Officials believe the suspects fled toward the Burlington line. The exact time of the robbery remains unclear.
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Fairfield
Branson
Burlington Tracks
Burlington
Bucklen’s Amnica Salve Advertised as Cure All
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Amnica Salve as the best remedy for burns sores bruises cuts boils ulcers skin eruptions and piles. The 250 price is guaranteed to satisfy by Stewart Druggist.
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Bucklen
Stewart
Precautions on Railroads for Roosevelt’s State Visit
State railroads prepared for President Roosevelt’s travel through this state with extra operators, trackmen, and trainmen. Switches spiked, flagmen at crossings, watchmen on bridges, a pilot train ahead, block-system operations, and section men patrolling an hour before the special. A stray marketing note promotes Rocky Mountain Tea for skin care.
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Roosevelt
Robbed the Grave
A Philadelphia man John Oliver narrates a dramatic recovery after using Electric Bitters. He describes severe illness on the brink of death, then three weeks of treatment restoring his health. He claims the tonic saved him and urges others to try it. Stewart's drug store sells them for 50 cents.
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John Oliver
Philadelphia
Stewart
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Mercer & Chilcote
Postoffice
Eaco Flour
Kaye & Lytle Telephone
East Side Square
Pillsbury's Best
Pillsbury’s
VALSO
J. A. Cunningham’s Sons
Columbia Pharmacy
J. EB. Lemmon
Prop
Crop Bulletin
Estelle
Agnes
Reelemoff
Sandy Pikes
Reuben Raff
J. Th, Stewart
Hart Schaffner
Klein
Klothing KO
Harwood
South Side
O. SOLBRIG @ CO
Soc Yard
Carson, Pierce, Scott & Co
Marshall Field & Co
Inotic
Nottingham
Brussels
New York
Washington, Iowa
Graham Theatre
Warren, Moore
Carris
McCall Bros
M’call Bros
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