Lorimor Des Moines babies win state prize at fair
Catherine A Reinig of Lorimer Des Moines earns the silver cup as the state’s most perfect baby girl with a 98.4 score, edging Thomas D Throckmorton of Des Moines 98.3. Throckmorton, age 1 year 11 months, also wins sweepstakes boy. both praised by Governor Clarke and Dr Woods Hutchinson at the Des Moines fair.
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Des Moines
Catharine A. Renniz
Fred W. Reinig
Lorimer
Fair Grounds
Thomas D. Throckmorton
Des’ Moines
Catherine
Evelyn Leld
T. B. Th
Clarke
Cameron
Stace Fairy Board
Reinig
Throckmorton
Thornburg
Woods Hutchinson
Iowa
South
Penn College Receives 160 Acre Farm Gift
At the annual Town meeting of Friends, Mrs Laura J Jones announced a gift of a 160 acre farm near Indianola to the Penn College endowment fund. The college board launched a drive for 100000 dollars to expand the endowment and support other needs.
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Penn College
Jskaloosa
Yearly Town Meeting of Friends
Indianola
Laura J. Jones
Burglars Loot Keokuk Stores Steal Practical Jokes Gun
Four Keokuk shops were hit by two burglars who took $26 in small change knives razors and two salt cages. A post office substation was located in the Duncan Behell Furniture store but no merchandise was touched. One burglar left a humorous clue a loaded revolver rigged to trigger on the door with the shells stolen and the blank cartridge left behind.
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Keokuk
Smith Wardware Company
Howard L. Connatte
Curr Grocer
Duncan Behell Furniture Company
Ig Loentad
Smith Wardware. Company
Homecoming celebration eyed in Waterloo parade plan
Des Moines Register note describes a Waterloo homecoming event with a parade featuring a prairie schooner drawn by four oxen. George W. Hanna, born 1850 on Oak Ridge, plans to attend the reunion and may lead the effort with Judge Charles W. Mulan to train the oxen. Hanna, brother of Consul General Philip C. Hanna, recalls a Waterloo upbringing and a family reunion with Edith Colton.
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Waterloo
George
Charlie
Mr. Hanna
Philip C. Hanna
Mexican Revolutionary Territory
Edith Colton
Illinois Day at Independence Draws Big Plans
Independence Sept 4 Special Big arrangements underway for Illinois Day next Tuesday Senator Kenyon to speak. He will be brought by rail from Waterloo leaving 10 16 a m. A reception committee of about forty prominent businessmen will meet him and escort to the fairgrounds for a sumptuous dinner and program including the address. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Independence
Illinois
Kenyon
Rauie
Waterloo
Plense Grounds
State Fair Attendance Falls Below Record
Des Moines report on the sixty first state fair closing at 6 pm records total attendance of 247,751 for 1915, down from 273,073 in 1914. The board met to settle affairs with a stated default not exceeding 6,000 dollars and reported autos day attendance of 17,245 versus 21,978 last year.
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Des Moines
A. R. Corey
The
Fair Association
State Fair Board
London Dentes Peach Move Rumors
In London on September 3 rumors of peace were deemed unfounded by high official circles. No government step or authoritative statement supports the claim, underscoring a strict position against any peace overture.
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London Dentes
London
Benton County Fair A Success At Vinton
Nears and notes from Vinton report the Benton County Agricultural Society concluding one of its most successful fairs. Attendance peaked at about 7,400 on Thursday, with strong overall exhibits and fast racing. An accident injured Mrs. Stars visor during a race. The fair supported a healthy treasury, and frosts threaten local corn.
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Vinton
Kento
Dn Urban
van Horne
Urbana
Treasury
Trier
Hugh Mossman
Robert
Trene Burns
William Sprote
Kensington
Tilford Academy
State College For the
F. ¢. St. Clair
J. Doug, Morgan Stacks
Fire Company
Newspaper Man Stands Or
Wentworth of the St James News writes of a severe cough that settled his lungs. He feared pneumonia but Foley’s Honey and Tar cured his cough and lung symptoms. Thousands of hay fever and asthma sufferers praise this soothing remedy sold by all druggists.
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Wentworth
St. James
Foley
Public humiliation for National Guard private in Arkansas
Newport Arkansas September 2 three hours public humiliation handcuffed to a telephone pole on Main Street after a court martial found Private Hubert Watson of the Arkansas National Guard guilty of holding up and robbing a black man while on patrol last night in the flood devastated Nood area. Montague so the Jimson girl eloped with young Parkins question.
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Newport
Ark
Main Street
Hubert Watson
Arkansas National Guard
Deafness Cure Claim From Catarrh Cure Ad
An 19th century advertisement promises to cure deafness by removing a blocked ear tube using Hall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts nine of ten deafness cases stem from catarrh and offers a reward for any cure not achieved by the product. Includes request to send for free circulars and mentions a Toledo, Ohio address and a lax product pitch.
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Dragetst
Teska Hall
Rush Work on New Buildings in Goa and NL Area
RUSH WORK ON NEW BUILDINGS IN GOA AND NL AREA. Plans for multiple new structures are moving fast. A Cedar Valley freight depot on Lefay Elle Street near Utiex and a four story Overland garage at the corner of Pourth and Franklin streets are under rapid construction. The Black Hawk Brit Co building on Water Street between Wirth and Sixth is set for award soon, with completion targeted this year. Fruit company offices, designed by William Pediford, are out for bids, a 70 by 120 foot structure with fireproof options under consideration. Overland line work has begun with substantial crews, while the W. G. C. and N. is developing adjoining property into freight yards and a new interurban connection on the line to Waverly division.
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Cedar Valley Freivght
Lefayelle Street
Utiex
Overland
Pourth
Franklin Streets
Black Hawk Brit Uo
Water Street
Wirth and
Sixth Streets
The
Fruit Company
Wiliam Pediford
Pis
Slough
Waverly
New Depot Project Near Lafayette Park
Work trains haul dirt from the hill to the slough as earth removal reshapes the area near Parker street. The unfinished ground at Lafayette park will become valuable property. The depot’s estimated cost is about $56,000 with completion aimed for November 1. Most readers follow the Evening Courier and Reporter.
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Parker Street
Lafayette Park
Skin Trouble All Over Body
Frederick Saal describes severe widespread skin eruption that itched and burned, keeping him awake at night. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment per directions, his skin healed with no disfiguring scars. Ad promotes Cuticura products and gives a free sample offer with a 32 page Skin Book on request.
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Fulton St
Chicago
Signon
Frederick Saal
Cuticura
Dept. T
Bowtom
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Yhimas Throckmorion
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Illinois Day
Lear
Emily Holt
Benton County
Nears
Soldleile
Tome
Montague
Jimson Gtrt
Parkins
Melissa
Judge
Graphinola
C. J. Millers
Pruet | Company Building
Goa
Willing Slough
Evening Courier and Reporter
Joder’s
J. A. Joder Druggist
W. 4Th St
Cedar Falls Union
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Corat
Young Coal Co
West Third Street
T-A
Ross ‘Taxi
Killdeer
Dunn County
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Burrows-Boecher Company
Pioneer Bldg
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Deferson
H. P
Lannau
F. O. E. Detroit
Studebaker
America
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Finth Street
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