Iowa to Let Contracts for 98.9 Miles of Pavement in July
The Iowa highway commission will let contracts Nov. 14 for 98.931 miles of concrete pavement across Buchanan, Delaware, Butler, and other counties. Work covers No. 30 from Winthrop to the Delaware line and No. 10 from Franklin to Dumont and Allison, with several shorter forays in Mills, Pottawattamie, Page, and Wapello counties.
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Iowa
Buchanan
Delaware
Butler
Towa Highway Commission
Ames
Waterloo
Dubuque
Atlantic
Black Hawk
Buchanan County
Winthrop
Delaware County
Manchester
Buchanan County Lne
Butler County
Franklin County
Dumont
Allison
Mills County
Glenwood
Pottawattamie
Pottawattamie County
Council Bluffs
Page County
Wapello County
Ottumwa
Monror
Sarett Pleads for Happy Living Close to Nature
Lew Sarett, Northwestern University professor and national park ranger, spoke at First Congregational Church under the Business and Professional Women's Club. He urged simple living near nature, recalled poems and stories, and described how nature rekindles childhood memories, making the audience feel the value of a nature centered life.
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Lew Sarett
First Congregational Church
Business and Professional Women's Club
Ufe
Sareth
Sarett
Northwestern University
National Park Ranger
Iowa County Votes on Paving Bond Issue
Voters in Iowa county will cast ballots next Tuesday on a proposed 900000 bond to pave 50 miles of highway. Approval would connect Halt Town City and Des Moines by paved roads, completing U S No 32 to link with Johnson and Poweshick counties.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Town City
Des Moines
Johnson
Poweshick
Manslaughter Defendant Given Eight Year Term
James Bostic pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Louise Hopkins during a Gates park picnic. Judge R. W. Hasner sentenced him to eight years in Fort Madison Penitentiary and a $200 fine after Hopkins was stabbed in the neck.
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James Bostic
Louise Hopkins
R. W. Hasner
Fort Madison
Miss Hopkins
Bostic
Gates Park
W. Scott Williams
Tinois Central Western Lines
Chicago
Bostonian Doctor Finds Iowa Thriving During Iowa Visit
Dr John S Phelps medical director of the Columbian National Life Insurance company and visitor to Merle Brown’s general agency reports Iowa's business activity is strong. He notes new buildings and factories planned or under construction, more jobs, and a surprising level of prosperity contrary to eastern beliefs.
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Waterloo
Iowa
John S.phelps
Boston
Mass
Columbian National Life Insurance Company
Merle Brown
Phelps
Joint-Base A Pain Relief Note From Pope Laboratories
An old advertisement notes Joint-Base relieves pain from tortured joints and inflammation. It promotes trials and speedy results with frequent rubbing. Sold by Robert Drug Co. at 60 cents a tube and urges sending name and address for a sample from Pope Laboratories in Hallowell Maine.
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James
Robert Drug Co
Ree
Pope Laboratories
Hallowell
Maine
Doctor Phelps Courters Midwest Plant Visit
Dr Phelps spent a day visiting the John Deere Tractor company plant in Waterloo as part of a four city Midwestern tour that also includes Chicago Kansas City and St Louis. He met with four local company examiner physicians Dr F W Powers Dr Ivan Powers Dr Caryl Nelson and Dr E F Stevenson and praised outstanding local agency production second only to Chicago.
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Phelps
John Deere Tractor Company
Waterloo
Middlewest
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
General Agency
F. W. Powers
Ivan Powers
Caryl Nelson
E. F. Stevenson
How To Reduce Varicose Veins
Descriptions claim two ounces of Moone's Emerald Oil full strength can reduce swollen veins with nightly applications. The ad asserts rapid improvement toward normal, promotes its germicidal strength, and offers refunds if unsatisfied. Robert Drug Co. is cited as a seller.
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Moone
Robert Drug Co
First Woman Patent Attorney Practicing in Berlin
Berlin reports its first woman patent attorney in Germany. Fraulein Frieda Herzfeld Hoffmann, a physicist, left academia to pursue patent law, citing greater financial prospects and opportunities in Berlin.
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Berlin
Germany
Fraeulein Frieda Herzfeld-Hoffmann
First Woman Patent Attorney in Gemany Emerges from Science
A woman who once worked with Leyden jars and laboratory paraphernalia shifted from science to law and recently qualified as Germany’s first woman patent attorney.
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Gemany
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Cadillac
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
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