Holidays for Rural Carriers Six Day Off Per Year
Postmaster General Cortelyou orders rural free delivery routes suspended on New Year s Day Washington s Birthday Memorial and Decoration days Independence Day Labor Day and Thanksgiving Day with six holidays annually. The change ends nearly all holiday mail delivery, and is noted as welcome by carriers and patrons. Also a Des Moines note reports Maj Byers diary serials in The National Tribune with strong reader interest and offers from other publishers.
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George B. Cortelyou
Washington
Office of the Postmajer General
Washington, D. C
No More Remission of Petty Fines in Hamilton County
Webster City July 10. County Attorney Blake announces that justices of the peace in Hamilton county will stop remitting fines for petty offenses. The code does not authorize remissions. only the governor has pardon power to remit fines.
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Webster City
Hamilton County
Blake
Iowa
Brandt Defends Sleep Talk in Breach Suit
Simon Brandt a wealthy bachelor faces a breach of promise suit by Miss Kathrine Crippen. He claims he cannot recall proposing marriage, while Crippen argues he declared love on a parlor settee and that she accepted, only for him to remonstrate later. She seeks $25,000 and asserts nervous injury from the alleged breach.
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Cherokee
Iowa
Simon Brandt
Katherine Crippen
Miss Crippen
Brandt
Child Not Expected to Live but Cured by Remedy
Ruth Dewey of Agnewville Virginia was gravely ill with cholera infantum last summer. Her father E N Dewey says they feared she would not survive another hour but after using Chamberlain s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy she improved in five hours and nearly recovered after half a bottle. Sold at Stewart s Pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
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Chamberlain
Ruth
E. N. Dewey
Agnewville
Stewart's
Cook & Sherman
Summers delegate Hat tie Hill dies in Denver hotel
Miss Hat tie Hill of Summers Iowa a delegate to the Epworth League convention died in a Denver hotel on Friday afternoon after returning from a mountain excursion.
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Denver
Colo
Hattie Hill
Epworth League
Summers
Iowa
Temperance agitator to sue over suspected arrest conspiracy
Rev. H. Abrams announces damage suits against Buchanan county over a minister’s arrest for carrying concealed weapons. Abrams alleges conspiracy and false arrest and claims saloon sympathizers stole the minister’s horse and buggy and threw it in the river.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Rev. H. Abrams
Buchanan County
Abrams
Bank Statement Shows Decreases Across Major Figures
New York figures for the week show loans down 4.105 million, deposits down 7.756 million, reserve down 5.634 million, surplus down 5.701 million, and United States deposits down 3.804 million, reflecting a broad contraction in key banking metrics.
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New York
Chautauqua Tickets On Sale At City Banks
Chautauqua tickets are now on sale with season tickets priced at 1.75 dollars and children's season tickets at 1 dollar. A 25 cent discount applies to tickets sold before August 1, and residents are urged to purchase promptly at local banks.
Hair Work Switches and Hair Cleaning Services
Mrs. Jas. Warnock advertises hair work switches made from combings and cut hair and offers cleaning of switches. She invites all old customers and new ones to visit at 6438 S. Ave. C.
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Jas. Warnock
Ave. C
Why Do Americans Succeed and Lead the World
The passage extols American independence as the source of national strength and self-reliance. It argues that Americans think and govern themselves, and credits that freedom for prosperity and happiness. It then links this ethos to consumer trust in Lion Coffee as a leading, pure package coffee enjoyed in millions of homes.
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Lion Coffee
Patents Issued to Iowa Residents by R. W. Bishop
Iowa residents receive patent notices listing several new patents with inventors in Newton Des Moines Davenport Allerton Iowa City Winfield Melbourne and Keokuk. The 4th instant issue covers Animal-holder Nutlock Car-trucks Corn harvester Steam-cooker Extensible display-rack Wrench Syringe Tilting truck Adjustable protector for vehicle seats and other items. Chas Mount named new assistant at W Roberts Furnishing Co. Bert Dixon resigns to study in Iowa City.
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R. W. Bishop
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Robert Thompson
Newton
Eli Packer
Des Moines
W. P. Bettendorf
Davenport
Corn Harvester
Palladay
Allerton
T. Williams
C. K. Hurd
Iowa City
C. A. Paisley
Winfield
Ella M. Gray
C.S. McGowan
A. F. Piper
Melbourne
L. H. Pearson
A. D. Morehouse
H. E. Ellington
Keokuk
J. H. Matthews
Chas. Mount
The
W. Roberts Furnishing Co
Bert Dixon
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Bragg
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Schneider Building
Fast Side
Roy Y. Stichter
California
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Future
P. M. Gent
Hamilton County Co
Major Byers
Patent Report
Mason
Transfer & Storage Co
Steck
H. F. Steck
the Jeweler
Washington National Bank
Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
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Knoxville
L. Stone
Gen's Pass
Agt
Louisville, Ky
Florida
Frisco
Southern Railway
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Fla
Southeastern
Saint Louis
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