Local garden tips and a pipeline of sales notes
A fragment from a local page notes bloom preservation by sand burial, visits by Miss Bee Benson to her parents, and several household and farm product ads. It lists cotton voile remnants discounted at Crail's, wash machines, a nearby 80 acre farm offered at 250 per acre with 8000 cash due March 1, and a closing out sale on dishes at Farmer's Union Store. Other items mention visits by Mrs. Joseph Triska and family, Hermoline oil, and Crail's sale of a $2.50 washable corset at 1.98.
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Farmer's Union
Noiseless centrifugal gun tested by army officials
Washington June 28 reports a new model of machine gun operated by centrifugal force and using no explosive is being secretly tested at the bureau of standards. It can fire 11 000 shots a minute with a muzzle velocity of 1 210 feet per second at 11 000 revolutions, noiselessly. The device uses a rotating half inch barrel driven by controllable shafts.
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Washington, D. C
Army
Bureau of Standards
Canning & Brown to Sell Cows July 3 at 2:30 PM
Canning & Brown will sell cows at the Washington feed yard next Saturday July 3 at 2 30 PM. Several cows and springers are listed for sale. Nearby buyers including A Canning advertise tire deals and kitchen garage upgrades. Mrs W R Jeffrey and daughter depart Minneapolis for Vancouver to visit Howard Jeffrey and tour the West.
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Canning & Brown
Washington
A. Canning
W. R. Jeffrey
Miss Jessie
Minneapolis
Vancouver
Howard Jeffrey
Local clearing sale and ads from Keota area
Receipts list prices for butter eggs and tires, plus multiple small notices. Reynolds Gibson taxi service advertises J. Skipton contact. Mannhardt Bros markets Hot Shot Batteries and discount tires. Shuster and Macon attend to business. Miss Boileau returns to Oskaloosa. Crail's clearing sale offers silk skirting and blouse prices. various residents travel or visit relatives. Fermer’s Union Store promotes threshing season dishes and closing-out sale. notes on seed convention in Milwaukee and road-ready wood delivery by Bevins Motor Co. more local social updates and small ads.
Mirror Fashion Note in Sixteenth Century Dress
A historical remark describes a fashion rule in the sixteenth century where a lady was considered fully dressed only if she wore a breast mirror. The oval mirror, about four inches in size, was an essential accessory.
Leedom Family Returns From Kalona Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Leedom and their sons Derward and Dwayne returned to Ottumwa after visiting Mrs Leedom’s parents Mr and Mrs Joe Triska of Kalona. Mrs Triska Miss Anna and Karl Triska accompanied them from Kalona and stayed part of the day. Watch Crail’s dry goods prices for protection.
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Derward
Dwayne
Ottumwa
Mms. Leedom
Joe Triska
Kalona
Triska
Anna
Karl Triska
Volunteer Slum Army appeals for clothing and aid
The Volunteer Slum Army requests clothing furniture and aid to care for the needy city residents. Activities include jail hospital street and house to house work mission work visiting the sick and church work. Major and Mrs Sneath lead at 101% N Marion Ave phone 417 Green. ki-Sept,28
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Sneath
Marion Ave
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FOX
James A. BE
Rex Ingram
Maxwell Barger
Miss Bee Benson
Mrs
BE. M. Benson
Crail's
Effie Dawson
Maude Simerman
Burlington
Geo. W. Stewart
D. M. Bridges of
Muscatine
Edna, Ruth
Laura Bridges
Dempsey Land Co
North Side Square
Farmer's Union Store
Joseph Triska
Miss Anna
Carl
Gasoline Alley
Bevins Motor Co
R. B. Alberson
Des Moines
J. J. Kellogg
Warner Brothers
South Side
Corker
Rhea Warren
Brighton
Earl Simpson
Patterson
Colfax
Iowa
Ross A. Whitacre
Jessie E. Dodd
Roy Edward Morgan
Rena Bedwell
Mannhardt
Estress Morton
Mina of
Lockridge
Alfred Johnson
Kelly
Springfield
Federal
Goodrich
Goodyear
Ray Page
Tilden
Sigourney
F. P. Ranall
Maude
Caryl] DePugh
T. W. Randall
Crawfordsville
P. Sh. Huber
Reynolds & Gibson
Skipton
Dime
Fox & Dewey
Columbia
Mannhardt Bros
Albert Bollers
Keokuk
Charles Hahn
Riverside
J. N. Shuster
Richland
D. F. Macon
Mra. R. J. Barnes
Rothschild Ready To Wear
New York
Crail
Florence Boileau
Oskaloosa
Clara Woodburn
Cedar Rapids
L. F Woodburn
Crail’s
O. E. Bell
Dyron Kurtz
Kurtz
Madge Reynolds
C. E. Bell
Jim Duffy
Chandler
Lorene Lundin
Emma Bennett
Boyd Foster
O. G. Sappington
Bruns Seed Store
Milwaukee
American Seed Trade Association
France
Japan
Canada
Holland
Italy
W. Brookhart & Son
Frank Edworthy
Wayland
C. C. Schantz
Rhea Duncan
Harry T Morey
Vitagradpp
Aaron Prine
Coddington
Secret Service
Prine
Cornell
Partment of Justice
T. Morey
Nick Carter
THE
Silent Avenger
John Shields & Sons
South
Harry D. Smith
Washington, Towa
Lytle Bros
Graham Theatre
Gus Leedom
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