State Printing Board to Meet for Printing Contracts
The State Printing Board will meet Friday December 6 1940 to let contracts for printing legislative bills journals bar dockets and state house forms. Bids will be received until 10 A M on that date and opened for awards or all bids rejected. For specifications contact David K Brown Supt of Printing State House Des Moines.
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State Printing Board
Statehouse
David K. Brown
State House
Des Moines
Local Moves and Family Updates Highlight Winter Notes
Mr and Mrs Bruce Lirscom moved to a new apartment in Mrs Jessie Stewart s building and will occupy Mrs Joe McCreedy s unit who plans to leave after Christmas for California. Mrs McCreedy visits her sons in Aledo and Brighton while plans for a new dynamite plant loom nearby. Dave McCreedy reports moving into a Martinsville Virginia home where his father works as an engineer at a Dupont plant.
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Bruce Lirscom
Jessie Stewart
Joe McCreedy
R. A. Griffin
Des Moines
Lester B. Krabill
Griffin
State Department of Education
Burlington
Dave McCreedy
Martinsville
C. W. Stewart
Eva Denny
Drexel Hill
Funeral Services Held at Riverside for William Devine
Burial in Mt Olivet cemetery followed William Devine’s death after a five week hospital stay in Davenport. Devine, 57, never married, formerly of Riverside, is survived by sister Mary Hessler of Davenport and brother Dennis Devine of Pontiac Michigan.
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Riverside
Mt. Olivet
William Devine
Davenport
Muscatine
Devine
Mary Hessler
Dennis Devine
Pontiac
Michigan
C. E. Fitzsimmons
William Sims
St. Mary's Hall
Dorothy Schneider
Ottumwa
Cornelius W. Schneider
Sumner Cummings
Fort Madison
Letha Cummings
Everett Cummings
Edward Kasper
Lone Tree
Anthony Kron
R. B. Pearson
West Branch
William Kniebel
Kate Costello
Iowa City
Lucien Mougin
Beatrice Dautremont
Water service shut off south of Main Street Friday
The Municipal Water Department informs customers south of Main Street that water will be off Friday from 1:00 to 5:04 PM due to a faulty east side water main. Repairs are underway and advance notices are not always possible for unexpected breaks. customers are asked for patience while service is restored as quickly as possible.
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Main Street
Municipal Water Department
Donn's Kidney Pills Offer Quick Backache Relief
Many sufferers relieve nagging backache by addressing tired kidneys. Don's Kidney Pills claim to remove wastes from blood, ease pains, and reduce swelling. Use as directed by a druggist. trusted by millions for relief.
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Dean
E M Bridges Co Notice and Local Updates
Water consumers south of Main street are notified Friday between 1 and 5 PM about a service change. Mr and Mrs L Norton travel to Ottumwa for the funeral of Mrs Norton's uncle Charles Pool and plan to return Friday night. Hemely eggs priced 28c a dozen Friday and Saturday. Mrs Cora Logan visits her son W A Logan in town and departs for El Mira New York following a family illness.
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Mrs. L. Norton
Ottumwa
Cora Logan
W. A. Logan
Elmira
N. Y
Lyle Lantz Family Hosts Thanksgiving Duck Dinner
Lyle and Mrs. Lantz and Betty hosted a Thanksgiving duck dinner in East Highland with guests including Joe Liska Rosa Johnnie Dvorak James Johnnie Gail Murdock Esther Clifford Bobbie Kenneth and Roy Taylor. Others visited in recent days at Swailes Bopp Idle McMahon Dvorak and Steele households.
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Frank Mincer
East Highland
Lyle Lantz
Betty
Joe Liska
Rosa
Johnnie
James Dvorak
James
Gail Murdock
Esther
Clifford
Bobbie
Kenneth
Roy Taylor
J. E. Swailes
John Bopp
Bernard Idle
Mart McMahon
Elmer Pearson
Marie Swailes
Mary Dvorak
Riley Gregian
Delbert Paul
Lucille
Gail Murdocks
Henry Prymek
Ruby
Frank Prymek
Riverside
Mellie Steele
Washington
Qmer Rath
Lenore
Thanksgiving Bowling Event Honors Local Wedding Couple
A Thanksgiving bowling event at home honored the wedding of a couple from Lone Tree. Guests included the Idle and Bopp families, Rotenburgers, Kron and Margery, with the ceremony held at St. Mary's rectory at 9:30.
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Bernard Idle
Ralph Bopp
Leroy
Paul Rotenburger
Margery
Elmer
Rosella Bopp
Marie Kron
Omer
Walter Bopp
Lone Tree
St. Mary's Rectory
Kiss Your Tired Feeling Goodbye Pills Ad
An old ad explains that low blood count can occur with normal weight and strength, causing fatigue. It promotes Dr. Williams Pink Pills as a remedy to boost red blood cells and restore energy, urging readers to ask their druggist for the medicine.
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Dr. Williama Pink Pilla
Dr. Williams
100 Percent Off Coats Dresses Hats Rushed Sale
Mrs Karl Libe returns from Rochester Minnesota after four and a half weeks as a surgical patient. Benefit card party Thursday evening at the Masonic Temple in Washington Iowa. Petticoat Lane opening at Bridges. Ford V-8 sedan priced at 770 dollars. Ten percent Friday discounts on coats hats and dresses. KE M Bridges Co.
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E. M. Bridges & Co
Karl Libe
Rochester
Minn
America
Washington
Iowa
KE. M. Bridges & Co
Local births and community notices from Delta area
Mr and Mrs Clarence Kolosick of Delta welcomed a son named Clarence Dale weighing seven and a quarter pounds born Monday. The item also mentions gifts to a school milk fund, a bridge club fundraiser, and assorted local notices including coal yard ads, a turkey dinner, and travel plans of Mrs Stewart and Eva Denny to Drexel Hill Pennsylvania.
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Clarence Kolosick
Delta
Clarence Dale
Kolosick
Washington
Hall couple travels to Long Beach for winter stay
Mr and Mrs Hugh Hall plan a morning departure for Long Beach California to spend the winter at the Wilk mere Hotel apartments on Cedar Street. The ad promotes Zerox anti freeze made by Du Pont at 2.65 dollars per gallon and mentions Petticoat Lane for ladies.
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Hugh Hall
Longe Beach
Calif
Wilkmere Hotel
Cedar
Long Beach
du Pont
Sitter’s
Washington parents welcome baby daughter at 5 58 this morning
At the hospital Mrs. Seth Carris and baby daughter Linda Louise were dismissed yesterday afternoon for their home as Brighton Mr. and Mrs Orin A Wallace Jr Washington are parents of a daughter born this morning at 5 58. The baby's weight is eight pounds one ounce.
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Seth Carris
Linda Louise
Brighton
Orin A. Wal-lace, Jr
Washington
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