Railroads Win Larger Pay for Mail Haul Under Four-Year Scale
Adjustments by the post office fix four-year pay for railroads carrying third section mail. Annual rate set at 20,073,484 dollars with hefty gains across eight midwestern states. Details show 67,875 miles of track and 151 railroads handling about 2,862 tons daily, amid competition to retain thru mails at reduced rates.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Middle West
Ohio
Indidoa
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Chicago
Minneapolis
Deming and woman trailed arrest in Ottumwa hotel
Ottumwa police report Charles M. Stanton brother in law of William P F Deming manager of the Typewriter Exchange Des Moines and a woman Mae Oxborne of Des Moines were arrested at the Frazier hotel at 3 am Sunday They were arraigned in police court and waived preliminary hearing to the grand jury Bonds set at 200 Stanton followed Mrs Osborne to Ottumwa and filed disorderly room charges which were dismissed when Deming arrived with an attorney who aided in preparing evidence for the grand jury
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
Charles M. Stanton
Wiliam PF. Deming
Typewriter Exchange of
Mae Oxborne
Frazier Hotel
Deming
Mr. Stanton
Brand Jury
Stanton
Mountain Bros Pay Record Price for Iowa Farm
Mountain Bros of Illinois bought P I Wilson farm, 160 acres one mile west of Des Moines on Grand Avenue road, for 300 per acre in cash. The sale marks the highest farm land price in Polk County for farming use, possibly a state record. Wilson purchased the property nine years ago for 18000. it now values at 48000 with a ten room modern residence and extensive improvements.
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Des Moines
Bros
Illinois
P. I. Wilson
Grand ‘Avenue
Polk County
Iowa
Mountain Bros
Wilson
British Steamer Indian Monarch Abandoned at Sea
London dispatch reports captain and seventeen crewmen landed at St Helena after Indian Monarch, en route from New York to Auckland, was abandoned burning 420 miles south of St Helena on November 9.
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London
St. Helena
Lloyds
New York
Auckland
New Zealand
Noted Opera Star Tito Ruffo Toured Ancona Voyage Torpedoed
Italian baritone Tito Ruffo of the Chicago Grand Opera company was said to be aboard the Italian liner Ancona when she was torpedoed by a submarine bearing the Austrian flag en route from Naples to New York. Later reports claimed he postponed his voyage.
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Tito Ruffo
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Ancona
Naples
New York
Tito’ Ruffo
Departing Doctors Great Aid to City Departing Doctors Great Aid to City
Drs G H Hardy and Margaret Garket plan to move to Long Beach California this Saturday. They resided in Waterloo for many years aiding municipal and public work, advancing medicine, water and riverfront improvements, public health and welfare efforts, child character development, and charity organization reforms. Their long career included pioneering measures in milk and meat inspections, venereal disease reporting, cranial base line work, and social welfare organization. Convict joke closes with a judge quip.
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G. Hardy
Margaret Garket
Long Beach
Cal
Avery
Iowa
Drs. Clark
Waterloo
Europe
Associated Charities
The
Social Welfare League
Pape's Cold Compound Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast fix for colds. It claims to clear nasal passages, ease headaches and feverish symptoms, and costs 25 cents at drug stores. It warns against substitutes and recommends dosing every two hours until complete relief.
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Pape
Farmers to Build Big Modern Packing Plant
North Dakota farmers plan a large packing plant to be located in Fargo Valley City or Minot. A three man committee will choose the site with C J Lee Arthur Watson and M P Casey. The Farmers Cooperative Packing Company to be capitalized at 500000 with 25 per share. Plant to employ about 240 and be run by an experienced packer. Real estate transfers noted.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Valley City
Minot
North Dakota Society
Joe Wquiry
C. J. Lee
Arthur Watson
M. P. Casey
Lisbon
Fartiers’ Co-operative Packing Company
Superoir
Murder Plot Charged in Sioux City Scandal
Sioux City reports a death plot tied to Charles Ford a hotel keeper and politician indicted for murder and robbery. Cellmate Sam Kettilesson testifies Ford planned to dispatch John Brennan with poison whiskey and lure Robert Hull to Riverside Park to shoot him and weight the body for river disposal.
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Sioux City
Charles Ford
Sam Kei~ileson
Ford
Naglestad
Kettileson
John Brennan
Robert Hull
Riverside Park
Missouri River
Parisian Sage Hair Treatment Promises Easy Attractiveness
Ladies troubled by hair styling are urged to use Parisian Sage twice daily, sold by Wangler Bros. Co. or drug counters, to soften, fluff, and wave hair, remove dullness, dissolve dandruff, and stimulate healthy roots, applied with fingertips to the scalp. It is described as safe, inexpensive, and suitable for scalp care.
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Wangler Bros. Co
A Simple Way To Remove Dandruff
An ad-like claim promotes four ounces of quidarvon from a drugstore to dissolve dandruff. Apply at night, moisten scalp, and rub in. Overnight most dandruff vanishes and several more applications promise complete destruction of signs. Hair becomes fluffy glossy silky and soft.
Ely's Cream Gaim Fragrant Antiseptic Ad
An advertisement promises instant relief from cold in head or catarrh by applying a small amount of Ely's Cream Gaim in the nostrils. It claims to clear air passages, soothe inflamed membranes, and end congestion quickly. Relief is described as certain and immediate for stuffed-up conditions.
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Ely
Gets It Alone for Corns
An early 20th century advertisement touts GETS-IT as the world’s premier corn remover. It claims quick, painless corn loosening without blisters or bandages, and warns against imitation names. Sold by druggists nationwide or sent by I. Lawrence & Co. Chicago.
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1. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
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Reece Roe
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Rainbow's Mat
George T. McNellis
T. A. Carnes
M. E. Galloway
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Jefery E. Bishop
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Hntire
Orrine
Wangler Bros
Fourth St
F. W. Woolworth Co
GIN Usps & Shoe Workers Union
Rane
Union Stamp
Summer Street
Boston
Mass
American Federation of Labor
Crossing 4
Inter Rban RR
Waverly
Urbanside
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