Manufacturing showing increase in Hawkeye state
Des Moines reports new manufacturing firms launching across Iowa towns. The Pyramid Portland Cement plant near Des Moines will soon start up for large output. Sioux City opens a brick plant with 60,000 bricks daily, employing 225. Grundy Center Creamery yields 1,000 pounds butter daily and pays farmers up to 10,000 monthly. Ottumwa hosts H G Johnson piano factory making a small grand.
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Des Moines
Iowa
the Times
Pyramid Portland Cement Company
Valley Junction
Sioux City
Sioux City Brick & Tile Co
D. P. Mahoney
Grundy Center Register
Grundy Center Creamery Company
New York City
Ottumwa
H. G. Johnson
Middlewest
Paper novelties plant opens in Council Bluffs
A paper novelties factory starts in Council Bluffs with 10 or 42 employees and potential to grow, producing many novelties from paper. Adjacent areas include Ottumwa and Bellevue where only H G Johnson Piano Manufacturing exists west of the Mississippi.
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Ritory
Ottumwa
Cmsilar
Bississippi
H. G. Joehnson Piano Manufacturing Company
Bellevue
Council + Bluffs
Cedar Rapids Veteran Traveler Dies on Minn. Vacation
George S. Rugh a 67 year old Cedar Rapids resident with 40 years in the city died of heart trouble during a fishing trip to Outing Minnesota. He worked with Wallace Smith Saddlery Milwaukee and was active in the Iowa Retail Harness association and Masons. He left Friday with Judge Atherton B. Clark and died shortly before arriving at Outing. The body will be brought home for burial. He is survived by a family.
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Cedar Rapids
George S. Rugh
Minn
Wallace Smith Saddlery Company
Milwaukee
Rugh
Iowa Retail Harness Association
Masons and Elka
Atherton B. Clark
Outng
Mackeral Schools Gather on the Pualtie River
In early spring large schools of mackeral arrive along the Pualtie, drawing local fishers and signaling a thriving seasonal nearshore migration.
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Mackeral
Castoria Public Notice Claim
Fletcher's Castoria promotes relief for babies and children from constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea. It claims to regulate stomach and bowels aid food assimilation and provide natural sleep without opiates. The advertisement notes a genuine product bears a signature.
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Fletcher
Illinois Central to Be Electrified
In a transatlantic cruise report from New York, Charles Markham president of Hatness Central and Samuel Felton president of the Chicago Great Western announce improved railroad sentiment. Markham expects a fair cotton crop and steady wheat prices, noting a six month 1923 dividend tally exceeding $1,000,000.
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New York
Publc
Charles
Markham
Hatness Central
Samuel M. Felton
Chicago Great Western
Mr. Markham
Electrification plans for suburb by 1926 and total system aims
The document notes expected suburb electrification completion by 1926 and full system electrification in progress. It estimates total cost between 50 million and 60 million dollars. David Hammann of Bineck Lee Valley, Pa, owns a stove boasting 160 years of service with a door cast bearing A. B. Long Lewistan patent.
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David Hammann
Bineck Lee Valley
A. B. Long
Lewistan
Nashua Physician Hosts Annual Camp Gathering
Nashua Iowa July 16 Dr J Mc Donnell entertained a circle of physicians who meet yearly at his camp south of the city Friday evening Guests swam and dined at 7 pm followed by cards and smoking Present were Dr O Keefe Marble Rock Dr Call Greene Dr Yennerick Rockford Dr Rohlf West Waverly Dr Wick Taylor and Stuart Nashua and E P Fester Nashua.
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Nashua
J. McDonnell
O'Keefe
Marble Rock
Call
Greene
Yennerick
Rockford
Rohlf
West
Waverly
Wick
Taylor
Passing Laws National Habit in U S Legislatures
Des Moines July 16 A National Industrial council group based in New York attacks the flood of state and federal laws. It cites that 12 000 new laws were enacted across 43 states with Iowa lawmakers introducing 1 607 bills last year.
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Des Moines
New York City
National Industrial Council
Iowa
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Indiana
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Endiema
Michigan Ave
Chicago, Illimois
M. D'S
State Department of Printing
California
Minnesota
Tennessee
Maison Mees
S. Safe SS
Munsingwear
Munsing Mills
Athletic Union
Munsingwear Union
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