Fort Dodge Board Probes Rural Sentiment On Road Grading
Webster county supervisors may delay graveling bids for 30 days to study a rural petition backing hard surface roads. If sentiment favors paving the board will reject gravel bids, else proceed with grading and graveling, while a farmers survey and a countywide information committee organize meetings led by road expert Joe Long to explain legal options.
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Fort Dodge
Board of Supervisors
Alawkeye
Webster
Joe Long
Satisfying Summer Drink Promoted By Acid Phosphate
Horsford's Acid Phosphate recipe for a refreshing tonic uses a teaspoonful in cold water with sugar to taste. The advertisement touts it as beneficial. Also promotes Phelps' Glasses for head, located at 518 Jefferson.
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Horsford's
Phelps
Arbe
Jefferson
Bride for a Day Duped by Flashy Deceiver Arrest
Des Moines reports a Des Moines man posing as A A Hyde of Mentholatum fame wooed a country girl, they married after a day and a half, and he vanished. He was injured escaping police after his arrest at a Des Moines hotel. Authorities charge him with cheating by false pretenses as the wife cooperates with investigators.
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Des Moines
A. A. Hyde
Mentholatum Company
Wichita
Kan
Raymond C. Hyde
Hyde
City Hospital
Col
B. BE. Johmson
Retail Merchants Association
Fort Des Moines
Sioux City
Merchants National Bank
Fargo
N. D
Johns Hopking University
Johns Hopking
Col. Johnson
Sixth
Walnut Streets
Gol. Johnson
Traer forms unit. city to take over electric plant
Traer plans to assume the Iowa Light & Railway electric plant from Cedar Rapids with a furnished equipment value of 38800 and possession on September 2. Cedar Rapids will supply current during overhaul while the local system is integrated. Also notes local American Legion unit Kubin-Finch post formed with 113 members in honor of fallen veterans Kubin and Finch. Veteran thresher Walter Philp of Dinsdale noted for 42 seasons. lightning injures two men, Frank Morrow and Ben Uridil, who were riding when a bolt struck a nearby telephone line, sparing them serious harm.
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Tracr. Ta
Traer
Iowa Light & Railway Company
Cedar Rapids
American Servon
Kubin
Bpho
Finch
Thresherman
Walter Philp
Dinsdale
Frank Morrow
Ben Uridil
Mr. Morrow
Mr. Uridil
State to establish park near Mesquakie Indian Reservation
Tama Aug 9 The state board of conservation accepted Cherry Lake and nearby lands southwest and west of Tama as the site for a state park. The plan aims to preserve natural beauty near the Lincoln highway and Mesquakie reservation with preparations likely limited this year but a potential opening for tourism next season. J E F Harlan of the Lincoln garage carried the report after a 10 day trip in northeastern Iowa.
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Tama
Ila
State Board of Conservation
McGregor
Cherry Lake
Lincoln Highway
Mesquakie
J E. F. Harlan
Lincoln Garage
Towa
Reward for globe flight lands grant in Hoquiam
Hoquiam Washington local land grant offer awaits the aviator who circumnavigates the globe. Seattle attorney George J Hibbard promises 1 1290 acres of Gray's Harbor land as a reward if won by August 1 1920.
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Globe Flight
Hoquam
Wash
Gray’s Harbor
Globe
George J. Hibbard
Seattle
Iowa Attorneys Seek Stronger Food Profiteer Laws
Des Moines August meeting of county attorneys with Gov. Harding concludes Iowa lacks effective laws against profiteering in essential goods. Committee report says prosecutions hinge on price fixing schemes. majority believe current statutes fail to jail profit hogs. Attendees vow to use grand juries and report federal cases to Washington officials.
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Des Moines
Lawa Lawa
Harding
State House
Iowa
J EK. Burnstead
Hamilton County
J. M. CG. Hamilton
Lee County
M. J. Yoran
Delaware County
Mornling
State Dairy and Food Commission
H. M. Havner
George Cosson
Cosson
Washington
Committee of Five
State of
Department of Justice of
State of Iowa
Bar of Justice
Damages Sought Over Drowning Deaths in Dubuque Sewer
Dubuque council hears notices of claims for damages against the city in the July 9 deaths of Mrs. George Kennicker and a young girl named Ruth Brose. The total sought amounts to 22,500 dollars, with 15,000 for Mrs. Kennicker and 7,500 for the Brose parents. The notices were referred to the committee of the whole without discussion.
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Dubuque
George Kennicker
Little Ruth Brose
Kennicker
Little Brose
Bee Branch
Brose
Committee of the Whole
Council
Just What She Needed
Mrs Volta Bankson of Chillicothe Missouri writes that Chamberlain's Tablets relieved indigestion toned her liver ended backache and dizziness. She credits the product with doing her a world of good and recommends it in this testimonial advertisement.
Wedded Seven Weeks Seeks Divorce and Cash
Red Oak Texas August 9 Seven weeks married Mrs T L Miller sued for divorce and $50000 claiming her husband worth 90000 in land plus 913000 other assets He is 57 and had prior marriage She said she represented herself as 20 The court awarded her $250 attorneys fees and permanent alimony of 50 a month along with a divorce decree.
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Red Oak
T. L. Miller
Miller
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Webster County Board
Woodbury
Arerest
A. L
STATE
Mesquakie Indian Reservation
Atate
Barney
Colgan
W. T. S. Rath
Bath State
Bank
Ackley
Lookout Mountain
Colorado
Union Motor Car Co
Waterloo
Union Motor Car Company
F. O. B. Toledo
Overland-Hanson Company
East Fourth and
Franklin Streets
Essex
Peverill Motor Sales Company
Mulberry St
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