Iowa Telephone plans 1.3 million in two-year Iowa improvements
Des Moines reports the Iowa Telephone company will spend about 1.3 million dollars on Iowa improvements over the next two years. Projects include new buildings and underground cables in Dubuque Sioux City Clinton Burlington and Keokuk plus Waterloo Ottumwa work.
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Des Moines
Iowa Telephone Company
Iowa
E. B. Smith
Dubuque
Sioux City
Clinton
Burlington
Keokuk
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Iowa Club Women Plan Sixth Biennial State Meet
Mrs Alice G Fletcher of Cedar Rapids leads the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs in arranging the May 10 to Waterloo state meeting program. The event promises top speakers including Professor Zueblin Jane Addams Lydia Avery Coonley Ward Judge Burnham William Crane Sarah Platt Decker Arthur Neville and Edward Steiner.
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Cedar Rapids
Alice G. Fletcher
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Waterloo
Zueblin
University of Chicago
Jane Addams
Hullhouse
Lydia Avery Coonley Ward
Chicago
G. W. Burnham
Vinton
William J. Crane
Public Schools
City
Sarah Platt Decker
Denver
General Federation
Arthur Courtenay Neville
Wisconsin
Edward T. Steiner
Grinnell College
Clever West Grafters Victimize Iowa City Victims
A smooth con artist posing as a traveling businessman from Boston obtained 1 to 3 dollars each from several prominent locals and a University of Iowa professor by claiming a delayed letter and needed funds. The well dressed, persuasive figure, about five feet ten with medium build, vanished after the scheme.
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Iowa City
West
State University of Iowa
Hoston
Boston
Vinci cod liver oil helps tired schoolchildren say doctors
Miss Effa Gould of Coldwater Michigan reports fatigue and illness eased after using Vinci a cod liver oil preparation. Cook and Sherman druggists praise Vinci as a non greasy concentrate for growth strength and vitality with a money back guarantee for mothers and the elderly.
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Effa Gould
Coldwater
Mich
Vinci
Cook & Sherman
Washington
Cook & Shermap
Milwaukee Road sued for $20000 in fatal crash case
In Cedar Rapids on March 29 a civil suit was filed in the superior court against the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul company seeking 20000 damages for the death of Robert M. Patterson of Hedrick. James E. Patterson administrator alleges the decedent was crushed while coupling a box car lacking an automatic coupler on August 9, 1903. The petition asserts the decedent was not negligent.
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Cedar Rapids
Superior
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Company
Robert M. Patterson
Hedrick
James E. Patterson
Chicago Alderman Credits Cough Remedy for Victory
Hon John Shenick of 2008 Peria St Chicago testifies that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy helped him during a heated campaign by easing throat inflammation after overheated campaigning. He says two doses saved his ability to speak and aided his election to the Council. The remedy is sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
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Chicago
Chamberlain
John Shenick
Peria
Council
Stewart’s
Cook & Sherman
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Work & Meek
Paul’s Lumber CO
Bragg
W. N. Bragg
Plumbing
Schneider Building
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
W. G. Waters
Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen
Waters
Des Moines Lodge No. 18
Register- Leader
Grand Lodge
Council Bluffs
Broadway M. EK
James O
Women's Club Federation
Milwaukee Road
Steck
Washington National Bank
H. F. Steck
East Side Jeweler
Bauer
Roy Y. Stichter
Flesh
Mason Transfer & Storage Co
City Feed Yard
Edmund D. Morrison
Florida
Frisco
Southern Railway
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Fla
Southeastern Limited
Saint Louis
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