Council argues filling stations may stop Cecil's
The city council accuses Dr. J D Cecil of misrepresenting plans to erect a gasoline filling station at Second and Commercial and votes to revoke his permit unless a nearby house is torn down The house is deemed a fire hazard and a housing violation while Cecil contests the claim and asks delays until station completion Standard Oil seeks a Fourth and Washington station and Nichol's Park road and Columbia street project faces remonstrance petition Curb pump permission granted to Jacob Reinstein at Seventh and Commercial
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J. D. Cecil
Dr. Cecil
James Robinson
Cecil
D. B. Toenjes
Standard
Fourth
Washington Streets
Standard Oil Company
A. E. Nichols
Park Road
Columbia Street
Jacob Reinstein
Seventh
Commercial Streets
Barber Ends Life With Small Rifle
Des Moines May 24 Edwin S Mitchell a barber 46 and nephew of town founder Thomas Mitchell committed suicide with a .22 caliber rifle in a Mitchellville garage. His body was found in a truck seat Ill health and despondency were cited as factors in the act. An inquest was ordered byacting coroner Sheriff Park A Findley.
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Des Moines
Sherif Park
A. Findley
Edwin S. Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
Mitchellville
Mitchell
All-Day Fete May 26 Ends Cedar Heights School Year
Cedar Heights public schools will close with an all day fete on Thursday May 26 with all grades and the community joining a 6 p.m. picnic dinner. The day features sports and games for boys and girls, a hall game between boys and their dads, and a county ciphering team win noted by Supt A G Blank.
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Cedar Heights
Cedar Heighty
A. G. Blank
State Teachers College
Waterloo Rotary Club
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Ad Ends Fifty Years Here
An advertising blurb touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a physician recommended remedy for excess stomach acid and gas. It highlights that the product neutralizes acid more effectively than bicarbonate solutions and promotes a sweet stomach, with bottles priced at 25¢ and 50¢ available at drugstores. The Milk of Magnesia trade mark is registered to The Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company since 1875.
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Phillips
U. S&s
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company
Charles H. Phillips
Kindergarten to ninth grade junior high plan described
The article outlines a school system with kindergarten through ninth grade, adopting a junior high school plan for grades seven to nine. Kindergarten classes are supervised by student teachers from Iowa State Teachers College for six months of the year.
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Iowa State Teachers College
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Eppes Preetone
Ciomach Phillips’ Milk of
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G. C. Kennedy
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Franklin Streets
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Mullan Ave
Webster Streets
Bluff Street
Home Ice Cream CO
Edelsons Waterloo
Cash Department Store
Redeem
Glacier Park
Burlington
Colorado
Yellowstone
Rocky Mountain National
Estes) Park
Rocky Mountain
Adter
Ay Waucra
National Park Line
Golorado Springs
Basington Travel Bureau
Dept. C-6
C. J. Rohhwitz
Farnam Street
Omaha
Nebr
Glacier National Park
Mark
Seaveenameueens
Encorted T Tours
Tip
Simmons
Brussels
Cretonne
Porch Cretonne
Fee Chamber
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