Local Social and Travel Notes Feature regional visits
Mrs. Will Chase of Prairie City visits her mother Mrs. Elsa Parsons in this city. Miss Myra Lyon plans a Chicago trip with Miss Etta Thompson during a grand opera session. Mrs. John Sueppel travels to Saint Joseph Missouri due to her mother’s illness. Samuel Morrison leaves for Fort Worth Texas for a vacation. The Ryerson bridge span nears completion and work accelerates. Miss Jessie Overholt returns from Cedar Rapids after a short visit. Henry Lindsley injured in Rock the Island yards at West Liberty shows signs of recovery.
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Will Chase
Prairie City
Elsa Parsons
Myra Lyon
Chicago
Etta Thompson
John Sueppel
Saint Joseph
Missouri
Samuel Morrison
Fort Worth
Texas
Ryerson Bridge
Jessie Overholt
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City Pushes for Stone Bridge Over Ralston Creek
A 25 member Iowa City committee petitions Johnson County to fund a stone bridge the full width of Iowa avenue to enable paving and boulevard plans. A. F. Swisher chairs the group, with Professor Macbride and Peter A. Dey urging a durable arch bridge. City Engineer Magowan to provide cost estimates for board action.
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Iowa City
Ralston Creek
Iowa Avenue
A. F. Swisher
Court House
Board of Supervisors
Sail
Swisher
Johnson County
Macbride
Iowa
Peter A. Dey
Dey
George W. Ball
Magowan
Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertised Cure
Cavendish resident S Le Quinn faced chronic constipation until Dr King’s New Life Pills were advertised as a remedy. The claim states the pills arrested his trouble and cured him completely. Available for 25 cents at local Ding Stores run by W E Shrader and J H Whelstone.
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S. le Quinn
Cavendish
Dr. King
W. E. Shrader
J. H. Whelstone
Governor Cummins Addresses State University Assembly
Governor A B Cummins spoke to a packed liberal arts hall at the State University praising Iowa youth and forecasting greater funding for education. Regents Carroll Wright and others followed with hopeful remarks on facilities including a gymnasium and museum, while emphasizing limits of money.
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A. B. Cummins
The
State University
Board of Regents
Liberal Arts
MacLean
Cummins
Pennsylvania
University of the World
Iowa
Gunsaulus
Carroll Wright
Wright
Local notes and social items from a Midwest town
A compilation of household notices, visits and small town events. Items include Mrs Delia Perry promoting a home business, Harry Bumgardner’s horse and buggy, church programs, Mrs George Weider hosting a Ladies Club, residents visiting relatives, road work by Peter Dingleberry and Schuyler Shriner, Sunday school officers elected, and a Rocky Mountain Tea tonic advertisement.
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Haster
FL W. Thompson
North Hill
George Weider
van Bumgardner
Bruce Thompson
Plato
Welds
Bumgardner
Peter Dingleberry
Schuyler Shriner
Enease
Calista Pratt
Harry Weider
Guy Enease
Tace Enease
District Convention Y. P. Co West Branch Iowa Apr 17 19
Rock Island System agents within 100 miles will sell tickets to West Branch at open rate of fare and one third for the round trip. Call nearest ticket agent for full information. 4-19
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Rock Island
West Branch
Kupka Against Kupka Trial Folds in Divorce Case
In district court for two days the Kupka divorce case consumes judge attention. Mr. Kupka denies cruelty claims and offers to provide a home while Mrs. Kupka seeks alimony and contends she worked in fields with hired men. A Fry will contest and probate case follow next Monday morning alleging the will invalid due to a later-born child and disputing shares for the decedent's offspring.
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Kupka
Electricians Convene in Davenport for First Iowa State Meeting
The first annual Iowa State Electrical convention gathered in Davenport at the Masonic temple with leaders from across the state. George S. Carson spoke on maintenance of central stations by water power, with sessions on street lighting data, wiring cost forms, and steam power operations. Evening programs included a Rock Island arsenal trip and a W. D. Ryan lecture on modern filtration.
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Iowa State Electrical Convention
Davenport
Masonic Temple
George S. Carson
W. S. Porter
Eldora
J. S. Bellamy
Knoxville
Isaac B. Smith
Cedar Rapids
H. T. Fiske
Muscatine
George
Carson
Iowa City
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island
Moline
Moline Power Company
W. D. Ryan
New York
Early vegetables appear in midwest markets this season
Local grocers report a surge of imported produce with lettuce rhubarb cabbage and more available earlier than in small cities. Strawberries have appeared and vendors emphasize supply to patrons despite distant origins. Sugar Week at the Tea Store offers 22 lbs sugar for $1 with $1 other goods. Regal 130 Washington St. 4-6-8.
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Middle West
Regal
Washington Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rags
Henry Lindsley
Rock the Island Yards
West Liberty
Ralston Creek Bridge
Committee of Citizens
Stone Bridge
Judge Babb
Joe Allen
Shirley Gilliland
Evans and
Abernethy
ROYAL
Delia Perry
State St
OASIS
Harry Bumgardner
M. A. Brown
Charles Pechons
Edward Casey
C. F. Robinson
Cedar County
Bessie Yohnston
West Bratch
Rocky Mountain
W. W. Morrison
Electricians Convention
Oklahoma
Isaac B. Lee
Wr. Paxton
Earl Custer
Roe D. So
Kriz
Lewis’ Drug Store
S. E. Danner
Euy
Samuel S. Wright
Tipton
Pit Delta Phi
Alan‘hood
Nis
Flannagan Bros
Clinton St
Graf Bros
Tre
Graf’s
City Mineral Springs
Robinson
Gollege
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