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The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 56

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Des Moines, Iowa
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56
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Iowa Falls---City of Bridges Ten Spans Cross Streams There AS SEEN FASHIONS LATEST IN BLACK SUEDE AND BROWN ALLIGATOR is INIUIID DIAMOND IINOI For its size Iowa Falls, 82 miles north of Des Moines, is one of the most bridged cities in the country. The Hardin county community has 10 structures (4 more than cross the Danube at Budapest) spanning the Iowa river or its tributaries inside the city limits. They range from small foot-bridges to heavy railroad structures, as shown. in these camera studies by Staff Photographer George Yates. The only one not shown here is a viaduct over Rock Run.

rJ fiS $(L395 HEELS PLUS 35e r- TAX AND POSTAGE Styled to grace every hand 75 4 itrfuUed 9 mm Among your jeweler' selection of diamond rings, you'll find one which will grace your hand as if it were custom made for you and Tru-Blu rings have the extra advantage of an all-coverage insurance policy. Buy With Confidant- Wtar With Sacttrify WRITE DIAMOND SYKDICATI 31 N. STATI CHICAGO 2 for addrttt of yovr dtaltt A High Arched Foot-Bridge spans Rock Run, connecting Jones park and the east end of Washington ave. Many residents call this the most artistic of all the bridges. ami 5 0 0 Jf (ft otne mm i jj JPJ A.l.B.

Grads Employed In Good Positions Foster Memorial Bridge crosses Elk Run. It was built in 1923 as a memorial to Dr. J. H. Foster, a pioneer physician, and his wife.

Oak Street Bridge, built in 1927 for U. S. Highway 65, is the longest single-span arch bridge within the state. A It? Tour reol Icother tambltr wjM be bock of your favorite store, batter thon ot toon oi fin i aofherj era oooin ovoifob'e for civilian uit. Roomy zipptr comportments long-wtoring Itothtrs Impeccably styltd Modestly prictd T7V i "jmmmmmmtmfmm i t-ny qo noon Miss Erma Jo Slavik of Diagonal and Rowena Walker of Jamaica, both graduates of their High School Class of '43, are employed in good positions in Des Moines as follows: Miss Slavik.

secretary in the offices of General Casualty Company of Wisconsin: and Miss Walker, secretary in the law offices of Switzer, Jackson Clark. They took the A.l.B. Executive Secretarial Course. The demand for A.l.B. graduates is enormous and there is a good position awaiting every graduate.

You, too, can qualify for one of these positions. Next class starts October 30. Write for information today and learn it the American way. Address, American Institute of Business. Des Moines, UllDin WW.J54$t.M.T No Producing for U.S.

Armjr Pull the Trigger on Lazy "Innards" You Can Get Quick Relief From Tired Eyes MAKE THIS SIMPLE TEST TODAY 4 Washington Avenue Bridge, erected in 1934, carries Highway 20 traffic and gives an excellent view of the limestone bluffs. This photograph shows River Street bridge in distance and beyond that the Ralston-Purina mills. The River Street span, built in 1922, is the fourth at its locrtion. Iowa Falls' first bridge was an 1872 River Street structure. Newest Bridge is this Illinois Central span, 383 feet long, just completed this fall.

It replaces a steel one built nearly-50 years ago. Beyond is the Rock Island railroad bridge. ITIS OVUWOHKIDT Jutt put two drop of Murine in each eye. Right away you fed it atait to cleanie and aoothe your eyes. You get UICK MllIM Murine' 7 (cientifieally' blended ingredient quickly relieve the dtaromi fort of tired, burning eye.

Safe, gentle Murine help thousands let it help you, too. WHEN CONSTIPATION makes you feel punk the dickens, brings on stomach upset, sour taste, gassy discomfort, take Dr. Caldwell's famous medicine to quickly pull the trigger on lazy and help you feel bright and chipper again. DR. CALDWELL'S is the wonderful senna laxative contained in good old Syrup Pepsin to make it so easy to take.

MANY DOCTORS use pepsin preparations in prescriptions to make the medicine more palatable and agreeable to take. So be sure your laxative is contained in Syrup Pepsin. INSIST ON DR. CALDWELL'S the favorite of millions for 50 years, and feel that wholesome relief from constipation. Even finicky children love it.

CAUTION: Use only as directed. DR. CALDWELL'S SENNA LAXATIVE cexuiNuiN QVTtTTP PFPCTtf rot i.vcc Your l-7 SOOTHES REFRESHES Are you nervous? Do you squint? Do von have he) 8 7 Co heatlachet? araw aja w4a ft See Dr. ItaMr Tchtt, Opt. Rejrt Jwlrt 317 Sevan).

Zn 1 3 COKPLETE FRONT EK3 BODY AKD PARTS SERVICE PAUL MANNING CHEVROLET Wildcat Glen Bridge was built in 1933 of native stone salvaged from the Pratt house, an old landmark on the banks of Rock Run. In the early days, Rock Run separated the settlements of Rocksylvania and Iowa Falls. Rocksylvania is now east Iowa Falls. A Suspension Foot-Bridge, near which large flocks of pigeons make their home, connects the Iowa Baptist Assembly grounds with that section of Iowa Falls north and east of the river. DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER OCT.

29, 1944 PAGE 2.

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