May Throw Is Hat In The Ring For Mayor Race
An intense political tilt centers on Lore Alford as pressure builds to lure him into the mayoral contest. Local leaders praise his merits while others urge former mayor P. J. Martin and John R. Rector to run, though Thompson remains the sole declared candidate. Community groups discuss petitions, temperance stance, and the odds of a saloonless city as election seven weeks away.
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Lore Alford
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
P. J. Martin
John R. Rector
R. C. Thompson
Business Men's Temperance Association
Thompson
Linden Local Notes and Family Health Updates
Linden residents report varied health and travel updates. Ford traveled to Janesville on business. Grandma Masteller and Grandma Cook have illness. Evelyn May and Nellie Lane face health and school disruptions. Rev. Earl Baker visited Epworth. Mrs. Gillpatrick and the Crumrines family note recovery from recent illnesses.
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Sicknens
Hugh Crumrine
Grandma Cook
Tango Special to the Mardi Gras on a Moving Ballroom
In Chicago 257 society leaders were invited to ride a special train to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. The jumbo Illinois Central car will be a ballroom on wheels, with a waxed floor and tapestry sides, followed by a library car. The event, dubbed Tango Special, departs Chicago February 21 with secrecy over the passenger list.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Illinois Cenjira
Lrailroad
Plantista Union Made 6¢ Cigar Ad
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS recorded in Waterloo list several transfers. Margaret Sullivan and others sell Lot 7 and part Lot 8, James Sullivan’s addition to WP. Ewing for $1. Waterloo Chautauqua Institute sells Lot 11, block 17, division A Cedar River park to Arthur L. Ferguson for $225. Mary Mahnke sells Lot 8, Calumet addition to Fred Mahnke for $1. Sippy sells Lot 3, Calumet addition to Fred Mahnke for $1. Hummel sells Lots 243 and 244, 1st addition Galloway to Galloway Investment Co. for $1.
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Margaret Lucy Sullivan
WP. Ewing
James Sullivan
Waterloo
Waterloo Chautauqua & Bible Institute
Arthur L. Ferguson
Cedar River Park
Mary Mahnke
Fred Mahnke
Calumet
Ralph B. Sippy
J. F. Hummel
Galloway Investment Co
Galloway
Swift's Sure Specific claimed cure for catarrh
Advert says Bright Eyes and Clear Nose remedies cure catarrh by inoculating blood with Swift's Sure Specific. It claims the product cleanses mucous surfaces, purifies blood, relieves headache and nasal symptoms within an hour, and urges readers to obtain SS. S. from a druggist, warning against substitutes.
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Swift
Atlanta
Evening Courier Want Page Offers Daily Personal News
Readers of the Evening Courier are urged to spend five to ten minutes nightly on the Want page. The small advertisements provide a steady stream of news and notices that appeal to personal interests and daily needs.
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Evening Courier
Littl
Rural School Examinations Second Test Dates Set
The second rural eighth grade exam will be on May 7 and 8, with February 19 and 20 as the first test. Eligible pupils must be enrolled six weeks, classified as eighth grade, and reported by teachers twenty days before testing. Credit possible for up to three major failures in February if overall 75 percent+. Examinations prepared by a three-county committee, with the schedule including reading grammar history spelling physiology civics geography music on separate halves of two days.
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Aed
La Grippe Cough Relief Promised by Foley’s Honey and Tar
La grippe leaves victims prostrate with persistent coughing and weakened stamina. Foley's Honey and Tar is praised for its quick action against severe grippe coughs. F G Prevo of Bedford Indiana reports a full recovery to normal weight after using the remedy. sold by all druggists everywhere.
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Foley
F. G. Prevo
Bedford
Ind
la Grippe
Three Jailed For Selling Pharmacy Exam Questions
Des Moines Feb 7 charges of conspiracy to commit a public offense were filed in police court over theft of state pharmacy exam questions and their sale to ten students for 300 dollars. Thompson Randolph Packman Standolph and others face arrest and further investigation to identify additional involved parties.
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Des Moines
State Pharmacy Commission
H. W. Byers
Henderson
W. K Thompson
The
Daily News
Charles Standolph
State
J. Packman
J .McKay
Savery
Charles Randulph
Twenty-eighth Street
State Printer's Office
Savery Hotel
Randolph
iThompson
Thompson
State Printing Office
Packman
The First Cough Medicine
L C Hames of Marbury Alabama praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as one of the best for coughs and whooping cough. He says his children have used it and it works like a charm. For sale by all dealers.
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L. C. Hames
Marbury
Ala
Better Tone in Business World
New York February 7 Bradatreets today notes optimism spreading across industry especially iron and steel with improving prices tempered by unseasonable weather. The report highlights Hirnde with burger distributora expansion and signs of gradual improvement versus last year while Hoyers lead in lending markets and weekly wheat exports reach 3,779,908 bushels against 3,859,752 last year.
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New York
Bradatreet’s
Hirnde
Hoyers
Call of the Woods draws Waterloo crowds despite storm
Amusements note that AL Gorrell performs The Call of the Woods at Waterloo Theatre amid a severe storm. The four act play is new to Waterloo audiences, well acted, with a strong cast. It will run tonight as the final attraction in Waterloo.
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Waterloo Theatre
AL Gorrell
Waterloo
Audienes
Gorrell
Mr. Gorrell
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