Five Iowa counties push for state road bond plan
Southern Iowa counties including Mahaska Monroe Appanoose and Jefferson moved toward bond backed road projects. Votes planned in April would authorize long gravel and paving schemes totaling over five million dollars. Des Moines Washington Keokuk and other counties weighed local bonds as part of a broader push for a statewide 85 million bond plan to complete thousands of miles of primary roads.
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Ottumway
Iowa
Towa
Mahaska
Monroe
Appanoose
Jefferson
Des Moines
Mississippi River
Lucas County
Henry County
Washington County
Johnson County
Henry
Wellini
State High- Waiye Commission
Board of Supervisors
Wand Ypads
Davis County
Keokuk
Reakik County
van Buren
Ottumwa
Goo Roads
Des Alaines
Wapello
Cornca
Mildred Utley Wins First in Declam Test
The Delaware County declamatory contest held at Dundee on a Friday evening attracted a large crowd. Mildred Utley of Manchester won first prize and a silver trophy for her dramatic reading “I Am the Gleam.” Second place went to Thomas Edgar of Hopkinton with “A Quiet Afternoon” winning a pennant. Minnie Nimmo of Greeley took third with “A Pleasant Time on the Beach.”
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Manchester
Delaware County
Dundee
Wirst
Siiver
Mildrey Utley
Mitnchester
Anii & Pennant
Thomas Edgar
Hopkinton
Humorius
Minnie Nimmo
Greeley
Scratches of Pen Promotes Charity Across Cities
Charles Wager, known as the man with the big heart, ran a street corner stand on Fourth Street distributing literature and charity items. He has given away nearly all his proceeds to causes in many cities, meeting figures like Schwartz Kopensky, palace guard captain in Petrograd, who recounted a tale from Nicholas era.
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Schwartz Kopensky
Petrograd
Nicholas
Wager
Kopensky
Kenashit
Kenosha
Pioneer Joseph Fackle of Reinbeck Dies After Stroke
Heinbeck March 29. The death of Joseph Fackle pioneer settler of Reinbeck occurred Sunday afternoon at his home from a stroke of apoplexy. Born in Vienna August 25, 1847 he came to America in 1849, lived in Chicago, moved to Freeport then Reinbeck. He married there. four children survive Mamie Willer Slessor Reinbeck Efarsrett Krajewski from Washington and Frank. Funeral plans await arrival of daughter from Washington.
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Heinbeck
Joseph Fackie
Fackle
Vienna
Austria
America
Chicago
Wreaport
I. C. OF
Lodge of
Freeport
Efars Rett Krajewski
Frances Maehrlein buried in Reinbeck Iowa today
Mrs Frances Elizabeth Maehrlein wife of Job Maehrlein died at her Reinbeck home Saturday afternoon March 27 of Brights disease She was born January 9 1860 in Norwich Connecticut moved to a Reinbeck farm in 1877 married John Maehrlein on March 15 1885 and the couple settled on a farm near Reinbeck in 1899 They leave husband two children Mary Smith Charles City IA and John Jr Waterloo one grandchild Harry Smith four brothers John Cumming Parsons Kan James Cumming Estherville Robert Cumming Corona California and William Cumming Waterloo Funeral services were held today at 2 pm and burial followed in Reinbeck cemetery
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Reinbeck
Frances Elizabeth Maehrlein
Job Maehrlein
Bright
Norwich
Conn
William Cumming
John Maehriein
Mary Smith
Charles City
John
Waterloo
Harry Smith
Cumming
Parsons
Kan James Cumming
Estherville
Robert Cumming
Corona
Qalif
Reinbeck Cemetery
Prayer Declared The Greatest Force In Church
Rev C. H. Snashall preached at Walnut Street Baptist on prayer as the churchs strongest power. He urged forming small prayer groups and defined true prayer as surrender of the self to Gods will, stressing obedience and prayer in Jesus name to bring results.
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Snashall
H. Snashall
Imem
Becs
Walnut Street
Snashali
Mr. Snashall
Bray
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Liver Aid and Dye-Free Glow
A vintage health ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable liver remedy. It claims they purge bile, relieve constipation, brighten skin, and restore buoyancy with olive oil color, noting they are safer than calomel and sold widely for 10 or 30 cents per box.
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Edward
Edwards
Prayer and repentance in daily life and intercession
Fragmentary sermon voice emphasizes real restitution and clean living. It argues forgiveness is required to obtain forgiveness oneself and calls for sacrificial intercession for others as essential to worship. It cites Paul and warns that formal prayer without power undermines true prayer.
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Eamot
Paul
Rome
Stop Itching Skin Treats Skin Irritations Effectively
One safe, dependable treatment relieves itching and cleanses the skin. Zemmo supposedly banishes eczema ringworm pimples and similar troubles after the first application. It promises soft smooth healthy skin and is sold in small and large bottles for about $1.00.
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ZemMo
Woolworth Building Height Sparked by Lydia Pinkham Ad
An old advertisement claims Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped many women in daily life. It parades the Woolworth Building height to tout the product, noting the structure's 792 feet tall stature in New York City and suggesting wide reach from Lynn to Cleveland.
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Woolworth
New York City
United States
Pinkiam
Lynn
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia i Pinkham
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Mildred Utley
Vicks
Joseph Fackle
Frances Maehrlety
Rein Brok
California
Murry
Walnut Street Baptist
Silves
Woolworth Tower
Carl Bickley
Leavitt and Johnson
van Raalte
Waterins
Asi
Mats
Alada Wikh
Bee Malone
Pat
Astrakhan
Kalburnie
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