Night School at Camp Interurban Project Highlighted
Night schools will be conducted at National Guard camps in Des Moines from July 6 to August for instruction in report writing and correspondence. An adjutant general officer will oversee the program, with no inspections other than regimental orders. Also noted is temporary muster for pay and camp strength limits. W. B. Be of Milton, a future PhD, will join the Smithsonian Institute in Naples for zoological research before teaching zoology in South Dakota.
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Des Moines
National Guard
Adjutant General's Department
Adjutant General
Inspector General's Department
Inspector General’s Department
Thrift
Medical Department
Iowa City
Iowa
W. B. Be
Milton
State University
Naples
Italy
Smithsonian Institute
South Dakota Agricultural College
Bay of Naples
Bell
Interurban Road to connect Keosauqua Fairfield eyed
Fairfield Iowa June 13 The proposed Keosauqua to Fairfield interurban line may extend to Keokuk on the south and to Packwood Jefferson county or Washington on the north A 35 member Keosauqua delegation will attend a meeting in Fairfield on an undecided date A new pew hotel is strongly discussed by Fairfield businessmen to be built on West Broadway near the planned post office site, promising improved hotel facilities.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Keosauqua
Keokuk
Packwood
Jefferson County
Washington
Keosagua
West Broadway
Mississippi River recedes as Alexandria flood toll rises
Keokuk reports the Mississippi River dropping below the Is foot mark while the Des Moines River falls after a record crest. Levees broke in three areas flooding Alexandria Missouri with the river stretching ten miles wide from Warsaw Illinois to Missouri bluffs. Hundreds of acres of crops inundated. A farmer named Smallwood drowned near Alexandria with seven others missing.
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Keokuk
Mississippi
Des Moines
Alexandria
Warsaw
Population decline noted in state census results
Des Moines reports twelve counties fully counted with a net population loss of 6352, about 500 per county. If statewide trend continues, a 50000 drop is possible, though larger counties are expected to show significant gains when they report.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Census Bureau
Theodere Max Streu Claimant to Servia Throne Linked to Thorpe
Theodere Max Streu, an Iowa man who claims the throne of Servia, formerly lived in Delaware county and served for years as station agent of the Chicago Great Western at Thorpe. Streu was regarded as a queer individual by local friends in Manchester Iowa.
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Manchester
Iowa
Theodore Max Streu
Servia
Delaware County
Chicago Great Western
Thorpe
Streu
Jones county board adjourns after five day session
Anamosa June 13 The Jones county board of supervisors adjourned after a five day session failing to renew last year’s bounty on woodchucks. Since July first two thousand two hundred fifty dollars paid for ground hog scalps and the county rids over eleven thousand pests. A change directs county supplies be purchased by the county auditor rather than individual officers.
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Anamosa
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Fortieth Wedding Anniversary Ends in Arrest
Des Moines June 13. William and Rebecca Brafford an aged couple celebrating their fortieth anniversary on Fourth Street were seen in jovial mood as they walked arm in arm. They attracted attention before being arrested near Court avenue and jailed on a charge of drunkenness.
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Des Moines
William
Rebecca Brafford
Fourth Street
Court Avenue
Monona Harrison drainage ditch contract awarded in Iowa
Contracts for the Monona Harrison drainage ditch in Iowa were awarded Saturday. The project costs $400,000 and will reclaim 76,000 acres, making it the largest of its kind in the state.
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Onawa
Monona-Harrison
Iowa
Large med school class to receive diplomas at Iowa University
Iowa City June 13 unusually large class will receive diplomas from the college of medicine of Iowa University. Total sixty three seniors have passed final exams entitling them to a degree. State board exam not yet counted. Most residents are from Iowa. only four students from other states.
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Iowa City
Iowa
College of Medicine
Iowa University
State Board
Pennsylvania Special Breaks World Rail Speed Record
In Crestline to Fort Wayne run, the Pennsylvania special shattered global railway speed marks. Near Elida, Ohio, three miles covered in 1284¢ seconds equating to 127.3 miles per hour was recorded yesterday morning.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Allworld
Pennsylvania
Crestline
Elida
Ohio
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts Deafness Remedy Claim
Local ad text promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube. It offers one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh deafness cured by the product and notes distribution through Toledo based F J Cheney Co and druggists. Also mentions J W Holland, Milton native, graduating at Evanston Theological Seminary and serving Muscatine briefly this summer.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
J. W. Holland
E. C. Holland
Milton
Theological Seminary
Evanston
Muscatine
J. W. Potter
Electric Bitters cures kidney disease for Cherokee man
C. F. Collier of Cherokee Iowa credits Electric Bitters with curing a severe kidney disease. He says his kidneys were so weak he needed a cushion to sit and suffered backache headache and low mood before the tonic restored his health. He recommends the remedy to others with weak kidneys liver or stomach.
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C. F. Collier
Cherokee
Iowa
J. H. Stewart
Sprice Cc
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W.N. Bracc
Schneider
Fast Side
Roy Y. Stichter
California
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Geo. C. Chambers
Equitable Bidg
Grand Canyon
Vicinity
Lowers
Transfer & Storage Co
Uggin
Steck
Washington National Bank
Signer
H. F. Steck’s
East Side
Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
Louisville
Knoxville
L. Stone
Gen
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Louisville, Ky
Florida
Frisco
Southern Railway
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Fla
Southeastern Limited
Saint-Louis
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