Greene County Adopts Hard Surfaced Roads Under New Iowa Law
Des Moines April 28. Iowa road law full force now, Greene and Crawford counties begun hard surfacing projects. Greene aims to pave a large inter county network with no gravel. Project costs estimated at twenty thousand dollars per mile with assessments to fund back of the paved sections.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Green County
Crawford County
Greene County
Walter Anderson
House
Senate
Friends of
Thomas McDonald
State Highway Commission
Jas. B. Weaver
Polk County
Foley Kidney Pills Benefited Mrs. L Wayne
A California reader from Ocean Park credits Foley Kidney Pills with relieving backache sore muscles stiff joints and rheumatic pains tied to kidney trouble. The advertisement urges others to try the product and mentions Lemmon's Pharmacy as the outlet.
Newton Realty Company Formed To Build Homes In Newton
Newton Iowa April 26 H B Allfree and local businessmen organize the Newton Realty Company with 100000 capital to ease the housing shortage. F L Maytag W C Bergman and others serve on the board with F E Hill named temporary manager to oversee staged construction of twenty homes per interval for installment sales.
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Newton
Iowa
H. B. Allfree
Newton Realty Company
R. S. Redman
D. L. Clark
F. E. Hill
F. L. Maytag
W. C. Bergman
A. H. Bergman
A. E. Hindorff
R. W. Sayre
F. E
I W W in Sioux City funds for release efforts
The I W W local branch reports a $15000 deposit in Chicago banks and proposes to spend $10000 to secure the release of members from prisons. The Sioux City convention voted to finance organizers for oil, mining, and fruit districts and eyed Sioux City as national headquarters. A woman delegate attended, well dressed, about 40, with auburn hair, known to leaders.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Utah
California
History tests reveal wide gaps in eighth grade knowledge
In Logansport Indiana on April 28 Cass county teachers reported eighth graders struggle with history concepts. Some students misdefine the Monroe Doctrine while others offer humorous or inaccurate explanations such as a doctor doctrine or a law named Doctrine.
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Logansport
Ind
Cass County
Central Powers
Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Wilson
Statehouse
Senate
Longfellow
Keeping Young With Olive Tablets Reveals Health Secret
A vintage ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle liver and bowel tonic to prevent sallow complexion dull eyes and dark circles. It claims the product boosts vitality by toning the liver and freeing the system, selling olive colored tablets at 0c and 25c per box through druggists.
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Edwards
Ohio
Students Debate Ethics With Witty Answers
A pupil quips that good is interred with bones and should be carried on their bones. Teachers note that school standards cannot be judged by such curious answers.
Priscilla Dean in The Wicked Darling at Fox Theatre
Priscilla Dean stars in Universal Special The Wicked Darling at the Fox Theatre in Washington on Tuesday afternoon and night. Evelyn Campbell wrote the story Tod Browning directed, with Lon Chaney Spottiswoode Aitken and Wellington Playter in the cast.
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Priscilla Dean
Washington
Universal
FOX Theatre
Paris
Evelyn Campbell
Tod Browning
Lon Chaney
Spottiswoode Aitken
Wellington Playter
Pershing Way to Get Official Highway Marker
Keokuk April 28 The Pershing Way from Winnipeg to New Orleans through Keokuk Donnelison and Wayland will display a 14 inch white band with a blue P marker on telephone poles The international board of directors adopted the marker The Winnipeg Detroit Minnesota Mason City and Iowa divisions are formed The Keokuks St Louis division will be organized at Hannibal next Thursday and the St Louis Memphis and Memphis New Orleans divisions will follow The international directorate includes C H Draper Wells Minn president J Q Laner Waverly Ia vice president H F McDougal Cedar Falls Ia secretary treasurer and C C Strander Crookston Minn
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Keokuk
Pershing Way
Winnipeg
New Orienns
Keokuk toDonnelison
Wayland
International Board of Directors
Detroit
Minnesota
Mason City
Iowa
Keokuks St. Louis
Hannibal
St. Louis-Memphis
Memphis-New Orleans
International Directorate
C. H. Draper
Wells
Minn
J. Q. Laner
Waverly
H. F. McDougal
Cedar Falls
C. C. Strander
Crookston
Sleeping sickness cripples cattle in Coma area
A mysterious sleeping illness strikes cattle in the Coma area of Clarion, killing young stock within ten to twelve hours after feeding. Farmers Ray Peck, Otto Tegland, and a man named Peck report ten head lost each, while James Buchan and W L Toppings suffer seven losses each amid similar cases.
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Clarion
Ray Peck
Otto Tegland
Peck
Changes in Iowa insurance laws extend coverage statewide
Des Moines April 28 Insur ance laws expanding operation of insurers in Iowa pass. Key changes raise workmen compensation to 60 percent of wages and allow group insurance for employees. Bills permit fraternal societies to convert to stock or mutual with level premiums and authorize trusts for beneficiaries. Livestock insurers must now be capitalized at 100000 dollars minimum.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Rating Bureau
Altho
He Escaped Influenza Ad Delivers Cold Remedy Claim
A. A. McNeese of High Point Georgia recalls a spring illness described as grippe and influenza fear. He credits Foley's Honey and Tar with easing severe phlegm without opiates, recommended for children by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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A. A. McNeese
High Point
Foley
Lemmon’s
Sash Tradition Ties Lovers in Japan to Silk Gift
A note from the Indianapolis News explains that in Japan lovers often present a future bride with a silk sash instead of an engagement ring. The piece describes the sash as a cherished symbol worn by the bride.
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Japan
Indianapolis News
Catarrh Dangers and a Blood Remedy Claim
The ad warns catarrh can progress to affect the lungs and cause consumption. It criticizes sprays and inhalers as ineffective and promotes US as a blood remedy that removes germs from the blood. It offers a bottle from a druggist and a free medical line consultation from Medical Director at Swift Laboratory, Atlanta.
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U. S
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Iowa Business Congress Set for Des Moines May Events
Des Moines hosts the Iowa Business Congress May 13 to 15 inviting bankers businessmen and editors to a program featuring Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and other national figures. Daytime talks cover modern business methods with group luncheons then evenings include a smoker vaudeville and films followed by a grand dinner with speeches by Wood Merrick and others.
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Des Moines
Iowa Business Congress
Leonard Wood
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Frank Pollay
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Fred P. Mann
Devils Lake
North Dakota
North Dakota Retailers Association
Chamberlain Hotel
General Wood
Mr. Merrick
Iowa
The Little Boy Who Returned for Mail
A boy visits the post office asking for mail. the clerk, not recognizing him, asks whose boy he is. The reply is simple and poignant, “Why, I’m the same little boy I was yesterday,” underscoring a quiet moment in a postal setting.
Miss Isabel Villiers Returns from France
Miss Isabel Villiers of Boston Massachusetts the first woman to enlist in the signal corps U S A is photographed stepping off the Winifredian on its arrival in Boston from France She returns with two gold chevrons evidencing a year of army service
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Isabel Villiers
Boston
Maas
Signal Corps
France
Villiers
Sun Power Engine Claims Vast Desert Power
A Philadelphia inventor of a sun powered engine says it could match the world coal supply of 1900 by covering 20 250 square miles of the Sahara desert with the engines to produce equivalent power according to the Baltimore American.
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Sun Power Boats
Philadelphia
Egypt
Sahera
Baltimore American
Six Months Of Engagement Doubts In Comedic Tale
A penniless young man vows seven months of romance with a charming girl. After the flutter settles, she asks about the engagement length. He replies with flat optimism that his funds will last six months, then the future unclear.
Start on Right Path
A Philadelphia Ledger quote urges individuals to choose their path in city life, emphasizing young people must decide early which currents to follow in the bustling urban world.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Baseball scores from leagues lead with mixed results
National League games saw Chicago beat St. Louis 7 to 1 and Cincinnati top Pittsburgh 4 to 1. American League results include Chicago 6 Detroit 4 and Boston versus Washington with no game due to wet grounds. American Association reports St Paul 4 Louisville 2 and Milwaukee 5 Indianapolis 1 with Minneapolis 4 Columbus 3 and Kansas City Viz.
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Perch
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicas
New York
Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Ivecapeees Tves
American Association
St. Paul
Louisville
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Columbus
Kansas City
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Hair Color
Grandmother used Sage Tea and Sulphur to darken faded hair. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound, available at drug stores, claims to restore natural color by morning with repeated use. The preparation is for cosmetic use only and not a medical cure.
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Wyeth
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