Michael Ford Dies Suddenly
Cedar Rapids July 7 Michael Ford president of Ford Paying Co dropped dead at his home 1900 Linden Drive at 146 p m He is survived by his widow Elizabeth Emma and a son Lao M superintendent for the Ford Paying company Born in Iowa City July 6 1868 he worked as a barber and later entered paving and contracting with firms Ford later led independent ventures In May 1880 he married Elizabeth Menz and his Cedar Rapids home at 1900 Linden Drive is noted among the citys finest This obituary notes his involvement in local commerce paving brick plants and multiple business ventures
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Cedar Rapids
Michael Ford
Ford Paying Company
Linden Drive
Elizabeth Emma
Lao M
Mr. Ford
Iowa City
Larry
Mary Barry Ford
Ireland
R. C. Delahunt
Ford
J. J. Snouffer
Bryant, Ford & McLaughlin Contrattinge Co
Theatre Heir Ford noted for architecture in Iowa city
The article recalls Ford's ties to major theatres in Waterloo Mason City and Vinton and notes his death last evening prompting Palace manager C L McQuira to be informed. It lists multiple candidates and figures in Iowa politics including Justice Ben J Salinger Justice Silay Weaver and Hubert Utterback as possible Supreme Court contenders. The Democratic party plans a Sioux City judicial convention with date undecided while the state convention date is also pending.
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Ford
Waterloo
Theatre
Feld
Palace A
Strand Theatres
Palace
Bijou
Mason City
Palace Theatre
Vinton
C. L. McQuira
The
Irow
MS Pleasant
Ralph P. Howail
Jona Ch
W. J. Springer
New Hampton
J. J. Clark
E. G. Albert
Jefferson
Thomas Arthur
Logan
F. Faville
Fort Dodge
J. H. Applegate
Guthrie
Center
Lawrence eGraff
Des Moines
High Court
Ben J. Salinger
Carroll
Silay M. Weaver
Iowa Falls
Hubert Utterback
Polk County
Supreme Court
Utterback
Meredith
Clab Town
Sioux City
Des Moines Race For High Court Nominees Begins
Des Moines July 7 delegates to the Republican state judicial convention in Cedar Rapids on July 27 start campaigning. District conventions select district court judges this week as interest in supreme court nominees grows among lawyers. Final judgment rests with voters at the November election with three seats to fill. The listed candidates include W. G. With-
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapida
Supreme Court Bench
Supreme Court
Lst
State Judicial Convention
Rock Island Crop Report Optimistic Tone
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway issued a crop report with optimism for Iowa producers. Oats are fair and headed but short across the state. Corn shows normal growth with favorable weather signaling a good year. Clover harvest has begun in eastern towns but yields are hit by drought. Spring and winter wheat and barley data continue.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Iowa
Northern Iowa crops show gains and labor shortages
In north western Iowa beet crops are twice last year with high condition, while general fruit yields especially cherries are described as excellent. A labor shortage exists for weeding and thinning beets as the season progresses.
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Iowa
Rehearing Denied in Sugar Hoarding Case
Ban Francisco court refuses rehearing for Halett Meld Hullett of Pasadena who was fined $6,000 and given five months in jail for hoarding sugar during World War I. Paris Texas: Irving and Merman Arthur, two Black men, slain landlord and son, burned after attack. Middletown Ohio: Gov Cox delivers first public address after nomination. El Paso: Francisco Villa signs armistice and bars further attacks on trains and garrisons.
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Ban Francisco
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Hy Hulett
Marritt
Pasadena
Cal
Minionaire
Paris
Texas
Irving
Merman Arthur
Jroat
Middletown
Gov. Cox
el Paso
Francisco Villa
Danderine Promises Hair Revival and Dandruff Removal
An advertisement touts Danderine as stopping hair loss and eliminating dandruff. It claims a few cents buys the product and after use hair shows new life with brightness color and thickness.
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Paner Shoe Co
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L. EH. Glaza Tin Shop
EA Fendersons Dow
Pen Nien
Beadatekgoains
T. and
Columbia Grafonoa
Kimball Player
Kimball
J. & C. Fisher
Oakland
Schiller
Geo. Steck
Hamilton
Baldwin Make
A. B. Cameriti
Whitney
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Melville, Clark, Poole, Pease and Conover
E. M. Henderson & Son
East Fifth St
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