Roads Districts Plan Aims To Uniform Iowa Roads
Iowa move creates state levy of one mill and county levies to fund road districts. Four districts would share costs with 40 percent paid by property owners, 80 percent by county road tax, 30 percent by state fund. If counties delay, their state tax shares go to active counties. Also reports on Craig county uniform book policy and a four-decade Chamberlains cough remedy ad.
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Tes Moines
House Highways Committee
Inowa
Fritz Norris
Marshalltown
House
Senate
Dorrance Place Visits Chicago For Easter Week
Dorrance M Place travels to Chicago to visit his brother and many friends He intends to stay through Sunday and attend the Easter music repetition at Grace Episcopal church The journey highlights social ties and churchgoing during the holiday season
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Dorrance M. Place
Chicago
Grace Episcopal Church
Garden Prizes Offer for Best Gardens and Garden Stories
The Evening Courier announces cash prizes for gardening prose and for the best 1913 Waterloo area garden. Prizes include 5 82 and 1 dollars for top garden articles and 5.00 2.00 and 1.00 for the home garden contest. Entries require 1200 square feet garden with ten vegetable varieties. March 1 letter deadline. May 1 entry close. subsequent garden visits June 1 July 15 and August 25. No Evening Courier employee may enter.
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Evening Courier
Waterloo
Suburbs
Bennett's Gens Ay City Library and Next County Meeting
Books by Enoch Arnold Bennett are available at the public library, including Anna of the Five Towns and Matador of the Five Towns. The Cedar Valley Odd Fellows held a two session winter meeting with 300 attendees, degree work, talks by Mrs. Kent and Mrs. Butcher, and a planned outdoor picnic for the next gathering. An advertisement promotes Cham berlain's Tablets as a stomach remedy with a testimonial from P. H. Beck of Wakelee, Mich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Arnold Bennett
Anna
the Five Towns
Dendry
Hilda
Five Towns
United States
America
Cedar Valley Odd Fellows Association
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Mrs. Kent
Muscatine
W. A. Merriam
Des Moines
Rebekah
Cedar Falls
Butcher
Odd Fellows Temple
Musical Service at First M. E. Church
A special musical service at First M. E. Church Sunday evening at 7 30 features Rev. W F Spry and organist Prof. Ralph Mason Hix. They present Christus a twelve scene program from Otto Malling’s life of Christ read aloud between scenes. The sequence covers Christ birth Bethlehem Jerusalem and resurrection with scenes such as Gethsemane Golgotha and Easter morning.
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M. E
W. F. Spry
Ralph Mason Hix
Christus
Otto Malling
Spry
Christ
Bethlehem
Egypt
Jairus
Jerusalem
Gethsemane
Golgotha
Linden News Roundup March Birthday and Local Updates
Fred Pierce returned home from Cummings where he installed a gas machine. Marlene Ganske celebrated her third birthday with twelve friends at 150 Dearborn avenue. Mrs. Frank Williams has been ill at 122 Colorado street. Carl Bachtell plans a move to 2153 Lafayette street. Kilpatrick’s daughter at 221 Indiana street faces surgery at St. Francis hospital. J Francis Small, Steel Casting rep, visited Linden from Waterloo, meeting uncle I. Chapman and cousins WHI and Frank Chapman. Mrs. O A Zuehlke requires hospital care, and Henry Call’s health remains a concern.
Daylight closing bill stymied by senate committee vote
In Des Moines March 29 the senate committee on suppression of intemperance reported favorably on a bill to end saloons in Iowa City where the state university sits, but with a provision allowing existing permits to run to expiration. The committee deadlocked six to six on the daylight closing measure, leaving it in committee. Senator Arthur Savage proposed a sitting committee to manage all bills not on the calendar, limiting reports to one bill at a time for swift action.
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Mintet
Arthur Savage
Adair County
Senate
Varios
Advertised Letters List and Postmaster Report
A long list shows names of advertised letters to be claimed and a note that Postmaster Mrs. M. Hicker and Mrs. L. Alford have returned from Hot Springs Arkansas after spending several winter months. The names include numerous Mrs and Miss entries, with many surnames and several business entities noted toward the end.
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Craig Bill
Amos Roach
By Hettinger
Fat Holmes
Arra
Boogern
Nerty Holmes
Roach
Fat" Holmes
Hettingers
ODD Fellows and Rebekahs
Enoch Bennett
P. H. Beck
Wakelee, Mich
FIRST
Linden
Mary Walker
Ruth Graves
Madaline Hutchinson
Walnut Street Boys' Orchestra
Walnut St. Baptist Church
Bill
Owa City
WW. Ashburager
David Bailey
R. E. Burta
Brehhah
Merry Bennett
Anna Bernd
Mayme Bersechen
Eva Bunyan
J. P. Burg
Carolina Burns
Bernice Casebeer
J. EK. Chopper
Grace Cole
Anna Conars
Faith A. Cook
Chas, Cranston
Emaline Devies
Nell Flalpin
M. G. Wamilton
Mary Hartman
Josephine Weald
Helton
A. (. Wendergon
Emma Hoffman
Thessa Hoffman
B. Jumbert
Grace Hannell
Frank Hunter
J. C. Tyen
May Jolley
Volborg Liebe
Powell
James Powers
Kouigs Rieck
Robert Roach
Ft. Rogers
Harvey Rudder
G. W. Schellenger
Iftarry Sewell
C. M. Schutts
Fred Binion
Mark A. Spodner
P. 1
Stephenson John M. Stowell
Geo. PY. Simiers
Ke. J. Swroney
Clifford Taylor
Humphrey Walter
Warner Gain Co
J. Worsham
Tom Yharinna
Migs Buht Phumble
Tosten
Baptist Berzle
Samat N. Bourdalks
Internat
Arm & Home Bureau
Adel’ Keans
Win Law
Liberty Cow
Mitkher
Geo. Roberts
Woor
Jesus Do
Chas. M. Sheldon
First Congregational Church
Perry Bond
Burlington
Burlington Monthly
Omaha
Denver
Spokane
Portland
Puget Sound
Kansas City
Mississippi
Missouri
Burlington Passenger Trans
Burlington” Service
L. W. Wakeley
Farnam St
Neb
Waterloo Paint and Glass CO
Tepferson Steht
Ivery
R. P
J.C. Hutzell
West Nain St
Fort Wayne
Ind
Post Office
Shree
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