Instrumental Supervisors of Towah 5 Meet in Iowa
High school instrumental supervisors from across Iowa gathered at East High School in Des Moines to organize the Iowa High School Instrumental Supervisors Association. Sponsors include G. T. Bennett Ralph Pronk Maj. Frederick Doetzel and Arthur Zehetner. Close to 100 instructors attended with aims to grow to 200+. Plans include forming a state high school orchestra and the 1927 28 instrumental music contests.
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Iowa
East High School
G. T. Bennett
East High
Ralph Pronk
West High
Frederick Doetzel
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Zehetner
Dubuque
Aes
Balloon Chase Planned at Black Hawk Coffee
Black Hawk Coffee and Spice Co to launch a nine foot gas balloon from its Sycamore street roof at noon Saturday in a balloon chase for a cash prize. The 250 cubic foot balloon has been shown during Cattle Congress week for four years and was recovered near Washburn two years ago after it broke free.
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Black Hawk Coffee & Spice Co
Sycamore Street
Blackstone Coffee
Washburn
Manchester to Buy Equipment for City Well
Manchester Iowa city council set Monday evening October 17 as the bid opening date for the new well equipment for the second city well drilled by Bert Scharff of Oelwein. An order is expected for a pump capable of supplying the city’s full needs from the new well, reducing reliance on other sources.
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Manchester
Bert Scharff
Oelwein
Water mains to extend from Union Street to new well site
An order for additional water mains will be placed this week to extend from Union Street north on Union Avenue to the site of the new well. Chlorine added to the current water supply is being monitored for safety.
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Union Street
Union Avenue
Veteran Merchant of Independence observes 49th wedding anniversary
The forty-ninth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Barnett was observed at their Independence home with a few close friends and their son J. T. Barnett, who is 86 years old, continues daily duty at the dry goods store he has run for five decades.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
John Barnett
J. T
Barnett
Pussyfoot Johnson to Speak in Manchester Church
Manchester Iowa September 30 special Pussyfoot Johnson internationally known temperance lecturer will give an address in the Congregational Church on Wednesday evening October 5. The event is under the auspices of the World League Against Alcoholism and the county temperance forces.
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Manchester
Pussyfoot
Johnson
Congregational Church
World League Against Alcoholism
Temperance
Women Using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mrs Annie Kwinski of Milwaukee reports weakness eased after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Mattie Adams of Brewton Alabama says a friend’s recommendation made her feel like a different woman. Many women past fifty credit the remedy for better health and an active life.
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Annie Kwinski
1St Avenue
Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mattie Adams
Downing Street
Brewton
Ala
Lydia B. Pinkham
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