Four Iowa road projects to be brick paved
Suott county supervisors award over 1.4 million dollars for four brick paved roads Davisport Durant and Princeton area. Central Engineering Co. Davenport wins two contracts for grading and paving plus McCarthy Improvement Co. Davenport for Harrison street and Davenport Princeton routes. Bids from three firms for road paving. tile contracts split between Martin & Sons LeClaire and Fuller Son Muscatine. Start about May 15 finish by Navy 15.
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Davenport
Board of Supervors
Levott County
Central Engineering Co
Davenport-Durant
Davenport-Gambril
McCarthy Improvement Co
Harrison Street
Davenport-Princeton
McCarthy Co
Henry W. Horst Co
Rock Island
W.ef, Martin & Sons
LeClaire
George B. Fuller & Son
Muscatine
Martin
Fuller
Ite
Rick
Navy
Durant
Gambril
Princeton
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound touted in testimonial
Mrs Anna Jouzstux of Chicago reports severe side pains confining her to bed until Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound helped her resume work. The advertisement touts the remedy as a safe female health tonic made from native roots.
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Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna Jouzstux
41St St
Lydia E. Winkham
E. Pinkham
Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Breath Relief Ad
An old advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a calomel substitute for bad breath. It claims the vegetable compound with olive oil gently stimulates bowels and liver, purifying the system and clearing blood. Dosage suggested is one or two tablets daily for a week with noted effects. Prices cited are 10 cents and 25 cents a box.
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C. C. Petrain
Moline
Ralph Wurat
Eric
Mia
New York
E. Shepherd
Fcranton
Goo. K
Les Co
Omaha
Web
Wangler Bros
Lusitania sinking diary pages reveal German commander Schweiger
Photographic extracts from a war diary chronicling the May 7 1915 Lusitania disaster identify Kapitaniieutenant Schweiger as directing the fateful torpedo. The exhibit notes only one torpedo was used and the second explosion originated inside the liner. Schweiger died at sea in 1917 after serving aboard U 88.
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Lusitania
International News Service
Schweiger
International
The
Kapitaniieutenanto Schweiger
Man Dies After Being Buried Ten Feet Deep
Sioux City report says C. C. Kollman aged 49 died before rescue when buried alive under 10 feet of earth in a sewer excavation in front of his home. Rescue officials and workers labored for 32 minutes before the body was recovered as his wife and family gathered for a reunion. An advertisement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is noted in the story.
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Hys
Kollman
Chris
Sioux City
C. C. Kollman
Hill —. Avenue
A. m
Chamberlain
Wood's Manager Invades Iowa for Electoral Votes
Jamea J. McGraw of Oskaloosa, vice chairman of the Leonard Wood campaign committee, arrived in Des Moines to inaugurate the Wood movement in Iowa. Rumor says John MacVicar may become a principal Wood manager here as Wood followers aim to win part of Iowa’s delegation to the national convention. Accidents happen every day with autos. Get a policy from Wyant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jamea J. McGraw
Oskaloosa
Leonard Wood
Iowa
John MacVicar
New Hampton Couple Secretly Wed in Chicago
Miss Ada Lake and Joseph J. Goss of New Hampton quietly married in Chicago on March 15 1919 at the home of Rev Thrall. They kept the union secret for over a year while resuming daily life and will live at the bride’s mother's home for now.
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New Hampton
Joseph
Goss
Ada Lake
Joseph J. Goss
Chicago
Affi
Gating
Mr. Thrall
M. E
Fredericksburg
Coupon Ad for Foley Remedies Mail-Order Trial Pack
A bold advertisement urges readers to cut out the slip, mail it to Foley & Co. in Chicago with name and address to receive a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and croup, Foley Kidney Pills for pain, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and headaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
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Suott County
Altho
Shate Highway Commission
Federal Road Aid
Shallenberger
Waterloo
Baesel-Lamson
Mrs. Johnston
Sweiger
Abstract Veritane
Admiralitor & Narine
Ohsiegutagebuch
Leerc
Meike
Mottin
Kriegsarchiv der Marine
Osttanva
Kapitanlettnant
Sithany
Tustin
Gelasen
Coniger Boote
Soefrder Sl
Seite
Bae Sehif
Daris
Golsmezen
Hon
Elven
Schweigers
Wood
Wyant
Prince Bldg
BAR Association OF
Black Hawk County
O. B. Courtright
George W. Wood
Courtright and Wood
H. E. Moss
Davenport, Ia
America
Waterloo Theatre
American Legion
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Michigan Ave
Chicago, Ill
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