Iowa Shoe Dealers Meet in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts a gathering of Iowas shoe dealers who organized the Iowa Retail Shoe Dealers Association. J K Bleaell presided with committees formed on credentials and by laws as delegates convened at the Savery Hotel for the convention opening.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Metall Shoe Dealers
Savery Hotel
J K Bleaell
Bee Moines
Hetailth Shoe Dealers Feeocration
Dawe
G. P Fluke
Osceola
Frank Wilson
Washington
Samuel Welch
Fort Dodge
M Sargent
Council Hiutfe
Harry Jacobson
F. M. Nebe
Atlantc
A. Hagberg
Ottumwa
Woodruff
Mason City
Mile Slade
Boone
Mervin Simons
Shenandoah
Phi Young
Marshalltown
J. W Clendenin
J. W Clendenin Oskaloosa
HL Walker
Maines
C. Larson
the Savery
J. K. Elwell
George FD Tlury
Grant Club
FC Cowley
Burrow, Jones & Dyer Sloe Company
St Louis
California Drowgist Advertises Foley Honey and Tar
A Pasadena drug firm promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as an efficient expectorant. The letter from C H Ward Drug Co, signed by C J Parsons, touts its safety for children and lack of nausea. Sold by all druggists in a yellow package.
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California
Pasadena
Cab
Folegound Co
Moley
C H. Ward Drug Co
C. J. Parsons
Sec’'y and
Treas
Foley's
Ali Druggists
Civil Service Exams Open For Field Clerk Post
Local Civil Service Secretary Harry Heli announces a civil service exam for a field clerk in the United States interior services with salaries listed and eligibility age of 18. Applicants should contact Secretary Harry Bell or J. M Shoemaker, Secretary Eighth Civil Service District, St Paul Minn. Application form 304 will be forwarded. Also a summer remedy ad for Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is noted available at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Civil Service
Harry Heli
Mary Std
Ite Fumiation Service
United States
Harry Bell
Bell
J. M Shoemaker
Eighth Civil Service District
St. Paul. Minn
Chamberlain
Lemmon
Meritol Chocolate Granules Aid Digestion and Liver Health
An advertisement from Lemmon's Pharmacy promoting Meritol Chocolate Granules as a remedy for stomach and liver disorders. It claims the product improves digestion and morale, positioning it as an exclusive offering.
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Meritol
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Couple’s Missouri marriage declared illegal after license confusion
A Topeka couple, Carlota Conklin and Odo, a Japanese merchant, found their newly performed marriage invalid due to Missouri law forbidding mixed race marriages. The St Joseph license clerk notified them, directing an Omaha ceremony, leaving the couple stranded and seeking legal remedies.
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Bluffa
Raple
Uch
Carlotta Conklin
Kan Iicho i
Odo
Omaha
Hardesty
St Jieth
Will Not Pass Plate at First Christian Church Cedar Rapids
The Rev. Mr White will not beg for funds. Members of the First Christian church will contribute a cent in collections next year. After four days of hustling, pledges cover salary, with regular paydays and no church collection needed. Savings allow timely obligations and discounts.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
First Christian Church
White
Standard of
Cat with a Rail Road Hobby Finds Ride on Engines
In Centerville Iowa a cat named Pussy observed by road crews joined freight trains. The animal climbed under cars and sat on bumpers, escaping removal as crews feared for the car’s safety. It now travels on engines and baggage cars and has even ridden as far as Rea Oak on the Burlington line.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Keokuk and Western
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Isterville
Centerville
Conrail
Rea Oak
Burlington
Autoists Found Beneath Wreck Near Clinton
Two motorists traveling from Chicago to Des Moines were found unconscious beneath their overturned car nine miles from Clinton after it jumped a bridge during the Little Glidden tour. The names were not learned.
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DR. Davenport
Iowa
Chicago
Des Moines
Clinton
Sixteen annual Cedar Rapids postmasters convention opens
The sixteenth annual convention of the Cedar Rapids district postmasters of the third and fourth classes opened yesterday with a large attendance and will continue tonight. President Chas H Reed of Powden presided. Topics include Sunday Mail discussed by Postmaster Woe Haskell of Cedar Rapids. Postmasters from twelve counties attend.
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Eixteenth
Cedar Rapids
Chas. H. Reed
Powden
Haskell
Cedar Rapids District
Interurban stock sale advances toward road building
In Iowa City on June 21, the Iowa City Davenport interurban railway stock sale totals 41900 dollars within a 12 mile radius near West Branch and Springdale. The sum surpasses thirty thousand dollars but leaves under thirty thousand needed to fund the road. The stretch from Iowa City to Davenport had been allotted one hundred thousand dollars.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Secret Iowa Teachers College Wedding Revealed
Miss Bess Huston of Allerton Iowa and Lloyd W Barnes Cedar Falls were secretly married at Rockwell City on May 18 1911. The union was concealed until the groom moved his life insurance policy to name his wife as beneficiary and then confessed to the marriage.
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Cedar Falla
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Bess Huston
Allerton
Lloyd W. Barnes
Dr. W. Barnes
Cedar Falls
Rockwell City
Local man found in Manila after eleven years missing
Theodore Kloser located in Manila Philippine Islands running a livery stable after eleven years disappearance. He enlisted in the army and served in the Philippines, sending a letter home showing he is alive with $30,000 saved. His mother Mrs. Elizabeth Kloster learns of his return.
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West Union
Theodore Kloser
Manilla
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Elizabeth Kloster
Concrete Pipe Plant Expands in Belle Plaine
American Concrete Pipe and Tile Company doubles plant capacity in Belle Plaine Iowa to supply reinforced cement culverts for six divisions of the Northwestern Railway. Located beside the Minnesota headquarter line, the project runs for a year to complete.
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Kelle Plaine
Themerican Concrete Pipe and Tile Company
Thehingo & Northwestern Railway Company
North- Western Railway Company
Northwestern Railway
Helle Plaine
Rabbits Find Buried Loot Stolen in Dimboola
Two young farmers rabbit hunting near Dimboola Vic Australia uncovered a trove of jewelry and valuables stolen from a local store. A rabbit sheltered in a fallen log revealing the loot hidden inside the tree during the rescue effort.
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Dimboola
Vic
Aus
Foley Kidney Pills Ad for Kidney and Bladder Relief
Quick and permanent results claimed for kidney and bladder troubles and irregularities. For sale by all druggists.
His Last Request and Refused Hemp Rope Spares Jail
Two men hanged for horse stealing. first knot failed, man fell into river and swam to shore. The second man warned to tie the rope tight as he cannot swim. Also an ad noting no internal medicine helps rheumatism and recommending Chamberlain's Liniment sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Lemmon
Texas Weekend Weather Mix Ups Stir Snow and Summer
Texas ranges from snow to heat as a train stalls amid winter conditions while readers in Houston enjoy strawberry shortcake and cream. Wanderers from the frozen north report odd meals at five a throw and yard eggs at fifteen a dozen in a playful postcard tone.
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Texas
Houston
Houston Post
Meritol Digestive Tonic Promoted as Universal Remedy
Lemiman's Pharmacy advertises Meritol Digestive Tonic as a standard remedy for indigestion dyspepsia constipation bilious attacks and impure blood. The druggist claims it relieves unsteady nerves sick headaches gas on the stomach and heart pains and asserts a guarantee from the American Drug & Press Association directors.
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American Drug & Press Asociation
Lemiman’s Pharmacy
American aid fuels Victoria beet sugar drive
Victoria hires an American to advance beet sugar production and awards a $130,000 contract to an American company for an electric plant at a newly founded township near the state coal mine.
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Victoria
State
New Lighthouse Proposed on Guernsey Coast with Fog Siren
A proposed lighthouse on Guernsey, Channel Islands, would be coastal and include a powerful fog siren and acetylene light. Keepers would be stationed at an electrical plant on the shore more than a mile away.
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Guernsty
Channel Islands
Never loses a day Miss Hatch ends ninety terms of school
Mason City reports Miss Mary I. Hatch of Sumner has completed her ninety ninth term of school and now her ninety terms without a day lost to illness. She plans a visit to California after hosting her sister and hints she may retire after her hundredth term.
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California
College Education Helpful
A dialogue on the value of a college education discusses its impact on a young man's prospects. The speaker argues that college helped his son Bill gain attention from major league managers, implying education aided recognition and opportunities in professional sports.
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Bill
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Scientific Alerica
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New York
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Lemmon's
Moines
Bers
Oriez&speer
Tere Joly Sony
Gutivs
McElhinney Drug Co
Missouri
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CHE Hch
Neeldent
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Nasbys
Phillipines
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Sorduergy
Hatch of
Sumner
Scrofula S. S
S. Nature
S.S.S
Monarch
Windsor
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