Hard Roads Button Sold To Support Iowa Paving
The Greater Iowa association distributes a gold plate hard roads button showing a hawk head over a map. Priced at one dollar, proceeds fund a statewide paving effort including 2000 miles of trans state highways and county gravel roads. Officials plan county meetings to explain the proposal.
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Clinton
Greater Iowa Association
Real Hard Roads Boosters of
Iowa
Yowal
Greater Jawa Association
Hiziwarsa
Phin
City in Brief: Local Happenings and Travel
Eyestrain ceases headaches with new glasses by Buchanan. The grand jury adjourned until next Monday. A. H. Coward went to Kansas City on business. C. K. Kingster left for Bedford Virginia to attend to business interests. County officials attended the Cedar Falls fair yesterday. License to wed issued at Fort Dodge for Harold Fernandez and Maude Brown. Rippberger of Ackley visiting Cedar Valley. Nursery stock dealer McCullough submitted a red raspberry stem. Judge Mullan officiated at the marriage of August Rover and Dora Habermann in Wa. Paul Davis Dry Goods clerks enjoyed a farewell party for Miss Blanche Simpson and Miss Maude Large as they move to California.
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A. H. Coward
Kansas City
C. K. Kingster
Bedford
Fort Dodge
Harold Fernandez
San Diego
Cal
Maude Brown
Waterloo
Wim
Rippberger
Ackley
Inlaw
Eugene Eagle
Ankeny Street
Cedar Valley Fair
FE. A. McCullough
C. W. Mullan
August Rover
Dora Habermann
Paul Davis Dry Goods Company
Majestic Theatre
Blanche Simpson
Maude Large
California
Iowa Grapes Named Best in United States Claims
A Iowa State College expert estimates 606 acres near Council Bluffs yield superior grapes with higher basket prices than any U S region. The Council Bluffs Grape Growers Association reports 38.8 cents per basket for twelve years. Nearby Montrose also has grape growers, while experiments by the extension department and New Providence group note early oat varieties yield 20 percent more per acre and lodge less, with clover stands affected by harvest timing.
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Iowa
Council Bluffs
United States
Prot Te Maney
Iowa State College
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Council Blutts Grape Gryers’ Association
Maney
Tobeileve
Montrose
Oa Grape Growers’ Association
Ilinois
Sioux City
Extension Department
Lawa State College
Community Ins. Travetment Association of
New Providence
Local Notes From Nashua Daily Life and Misfortunes
Nashua items report Mrs Wallis ill the editor’s wife as sister Dr Irene Smedley absent from Sioux City for a physician’s visit. Davidsons family washing injury to a child in a wringer. Mrs Lichty suffered paralysis, Mrs Baker has cancer in the other breast. Store changes and petty theft noted along with medical and travel misfortunes in town and nearby areas.
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Nashua
Wallis
Irene Smedley
C. E. Davidson
Sarah Mickok
Dell Lichty
Waterloo
Republilc
Gene Leam
Leaman
Oklahoma
John Shaw
Tucker Republic
John Wicks
Waverly
A. QO. Adams
Orlo Baker
Rochester
Community Notes from Mt Auburn Cedar Rapids Area
Local diary items include Arch St Clair visiting Cedar Rapids with John Rice and family, Mrs Brown returning from Ge day Rapids after weeks with her son, Homer Trimble heading to Mt Vernon for college, Mrs Herbert Pigle and Mike Pigle visiting John Coats family, Leland and Jessie Markie traveling to Linn City, Harry Call’s return from New Orleans, Chas Herd and Will Brown visiting Cedar Rapids, and a Dixie Jubilee Singers appearance at the Christian church on Saturday September 25.
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Harry Call
New Orleans
Chas. Herd
Will Brown
Cedar Rapids
Dixie
Visitors and Local Movements In Readlyn
Mrs. Vogel and daughter from Los Angeles visited Readlyn late week. Hy Moeller J Rieke J Oltrogge and Ortmann traveled to Chicago Friday night and returned Monday. Mrs Kinney of Oelwein visited relatives here. Merseh family attended fair in Cedar Falls. Mr Ortman and son Ray spent Sunday at Mawaker. August Dieckmann and Otto Warnake spent Sunday at Arcdate. W Koch family moving from Aredele to rooms over Dieckman store awaiting new home completion.
Woman Held Insane Fights Freedom in Conspiracy Case
A petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed for Mrs. Cora Maddox of Chicago claiming she is confined at a sanitarium since August 7 without due process in a conspiracy to strip her of property. The suit targets Dr Sanger Brown, superintendent, and seeks inquiry into her sanity with Judge Kersten set to hear return on Saturday morning. Fostered by attorney Robert Cantwell for Royal Reed, the case hints at hidden backers amid wealth and ties to Governor Willis of Ohio.
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Chicago
Cora I. Maddox
East Sixtyfourth Street
Kenthwartz Sant Larhint
Sanger Brown
Vnsitation
Maiddox
Atettorney
Robert Cantwell
Royal Reed
Maddox
More
Kersten
Reed
E. P. Willis
Doyle Avenue
Baby chameleon found indoors two months after first disappearance
A two inch female chameleon, once owned by Mrs. M. J. O’Keefe of 48 Mulberry Street, was found crawling up a screen door inside their home two months after the original pet vanished. The creature, lively and unusually able, suggests a late hatching. experts note its color changing ability and insect-eating habits while the family recalls the earlier disappearance.
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O'Keefe
Mulberry Street
Ifelen O'Neefe
Jung
Clarksville Woman Effie Kocher Dies at St Francis
Mrs. Effie Kocher of Clarksville died at St Francis hospital at 11:30 today after treatment for a brain tumor. She was a widow with a son, 19, and several brothers and sisters. Remains were moved to O Keefe Towne parlors for shipment to her Clarksville home. A niece, Mrs. Marte Young, lives north of Waterloo on Logan Avenue road.
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Effie Kocher
Clarksville
St. Francis Hospital
O'Keefa & Towne
Kocher
Marte | Young
Waterloo
Logan Avenue Road
Revoke license of insurance company in California
San Francisco September 23 notice served on the Commonwealth Bonding and Casualty Insurance Company of Arizona that its California license to do business has been revoked by state insurance commissioner J B Phelps. The firm held bonds for freeway work including 750000. Earlier Fort Worth custom notice warned of impairment but was adjusted before the latest action.
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San Francisco
Common Wealth Bonding & Casualty Tisurance Company of
Arigona
California
J. B. Phelps
Nonte
Fort Worth
Tex
Liccense
Special Conclave of Ascalon Commandery No 25 K T
Ascalon Commandery No 25 K T holds a special conclave on Friday September 24 at 3 30 PM and 6 30 PM for work on the order of the Temple and Knight of Matta. Full form with duties rehearsal and dinner at 6 30.
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Ascalon Commandery
No. 25
K. T
Order of the Temple
Knight of
Matta
Germans Lost 250000 Men at Vilna in Recent Operations
Petrograd reports German losses of about 250000 men as withdrawal from Vilna area nears completion. Russian authorities note the position once threatened a larger force, with the withdrawal described as virtually completed. Des Moines reports Welker Given resigning as Town Industrial Commission secretary effective September 30 to seek rest from eye strain with a southern stay in October.
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Petrograd
London
Positon
Vilna
Des Moines
Druggist J F Davey Sentenced for Bootlegging in Sioux City
Sioux City druggist J F Davey, convicted for bootlegging for a second time, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary by Judge Anderson in the district court.
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Sioux City
J. F. Davey
Anderson
Bank Clearings for Waterloo Week of Sept 23 191%
Bank clearings for Waterloo by Black Hawk Co Abstract Co show weekly totals and daily figures from Friday through Thursday. The week’s total reaches 1 676214.94 with comparisons to 1914 and 1913 and notes on realty transfers deeds mortgages and pledged instruments.
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Waterloo
Lhead
Agu A Tepe
Burton predicts higher interest after war
Denver article notes Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio says European war will push up American interest rates. Also reports the death of Herbert John Willard, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Willard of 317 Tenth Street East. Funeral arrangements set for today at Fairview Cemetery.
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Denver
Colo
United States
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Investment Bankers’ Association of America
Herbert John
Wm. J. Willard
Tenth Street East
Fairview
Wanted Ads Offer Rooms and Jobs in Local Entry
A mix of want ads lists rooms for rent in modern furnished or unfurnished apartments with light housekeeping, and requests for a buyer for a 120 acre Buchanan county farm. Other items include dry cleaning services, a Ford car for sale, house and child care needs, and general work opportunities around Independence and nearby areas.
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Palace Cleaners & Pressers
Buchanan County
Independence
Wyandotte
Fowler Street
West Side
P. O. Linx
Wonui Won Ae
Wonun
Care Courier
Sulea—Ford
Bisst
People’s
Kent
Commercial St
Walnut Street
Schultz
South Street
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Farly Oats
MT. Auburn
Klaswwmnan Oof
Willis of
Mideden
Amcs
Wellville
Comfort
Given
Industrial Commission
Yhar
Wan
Burton
Jackson and
ALLEN
THARP
Fuller Auto CO
West Fifth Street
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Great Western
Waterloo West Side
Waterloo, East
Ride
Saxdy
Oali
J. Cleary
C. A. E. Perei
G. W. Depot
6Th and Sycamore
Z. O. Pe A
Hierlon
Amt
Herrick Refrigerator
Waterloo, Iowa
Ivery
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