Local items note travel visits and events in town
CG Mammett heads to Langdon N Dak on business. A baby arrives for Mr and Mrs Benjamin Shay. Mrs Emma Scott departs for Chicago for a few weeks. Miss Dot Shaff returns from a Kansas Missouri vacation. W J Sims of Newton visits son Walter. Eva Houser-Walker of Philadelphia visits with her parents. Seven degree convocation at the university next Friday. State factory inspector surveys local factories. Cy Coldren may lease the theatre during his Chicago trip. W J Welch hosts a riverside picnic. Mrs W W Tillotson visits from Colorado. Mira Lengie leaves for Chicago and Elizabethtown Ind. Ringling Brothers circus to appear Aug 24. Dr H H Quaife travels to Mason City then plans southwest relocation. Eda Louis returns from Denver and other trips. Mrs J G Hill and Miss Jesse Tuttle depart for three weeks in Chicago. Old science hall moving progresses, now midway on Jefferson street.
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CG. Mammett
Langon
N. Dak
Benjamin Shay
Emma Scott
Chicago
Dot Shaff
Kansas
Missouri
W. Sims
Newton
Jaws
Walter
Mire
Eva Houser-Walker
Philadelphia
Cy Coldren
W. J. Welch
W. W. Tillotson
Colorado
J. H. White
East College Street
Mira Lengie
Elizabethtown
Ind
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
H. H. Quaife
Mason City
Eda Louis
Denicon
Iowa
Ice Cream Sociable Planned by Ladies of the C Society
The Ladies of the C Society announce an Ice Cream Sociable next Friday evening. Proceeds support local charitable efforts and community events.
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C#Society
Poor Farm Crops Thrive Amid Harvest Rush
George Wicks county poor farm superintendent has overseen a busy week tending crops at the county farm. Visitors report flourishing fields and a prosperous look across the farm during harvest, with workers on site full time to manage the crops.
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George
Wicks
George Wicks
Seven hundred government reports received by history society
The State Historical Society collected seven hundred volumes of government reports mainly on science. E J Barker of Cresco Iowa will compete in Lewis and Clark exhibition athletics in August. A strike on Saturday night was settled after discipline with some workers discharged. E A Putman thanks Johnson county telephone operators for a trip to Coralville and a river launch. Mrs Hverekt Hesser’s child caused a gasoline spill from an unlit stove. she suffered facial burns but injuries were not serious.
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State Historical Society
E. J. Barker
Cresco
Iowa University
Dan Lene Jr
E. A. Putman
Johnson County
Corelville
Hverekt Hesser
One Dollar Saved Represents Ten Dollars Earned
A verbose promotional snippet argues frugality and small purchases. It emphasizes saving and investing a few cents in remedies to prevent larger future costs, noting a bottle of medicine can avert serious expenses. It ends with an ad line for sale by druggists.
Fragmentary agricultural receipt list with coded items
Receipts show a list of wheat and corn quantities with mixed codes such as Carlote 115 Wheat, 233 Corn, 106 gata, 80 Bang Balg, 120 Ty, and 85% Sant 8734. The fragmentary entries imply an inventory or transaction record with varied item codes.
Cholera Infantum Relief From Remedy Found Abroad
Roth of Aghewville Virginia described his infant daughter suffering cholera infantum last summer. He reports using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, gave a bottle from the store, and within five hours observed improvement. The family continued use and the child recovered before finishing half the bottle. The remedy is sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Brief notices from Belle Plaine and vicinity
Mrs G Seutingeour and Mrs Jervis Ripper of Belle Plaine visit J E Hemphill's home in the township. Sm Edey returns to the city from an extended visit with relatives in Marengo Belle Plaine and other points. A birthday celebration for Joseph Mullin at his city home. Misses Cecil Healry Home Kripuerr and Belie Hauldu visitors of Mrs Wai Philips. Possible near future half hour Sunday service between here and Coralville during the picnic season.
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G Seutingeour
Jervis Ripper
Belle Plaine
J. EK. Hemphill
Township
Sm. Edey
Marengo
Joseph Muliin
Cecil Healry
Kripuerr
Belie Hauldu
Fraternal Bankers Plan State Picnic in Cedar Rapids
Miss M. Novik Dr. Woltman and B. B. Peck report the joint Fraternal Bankers picnic with Cedar Rapids becomes a state affair. Beaver Park Cedar Rapids will host on August 24 with large turnout expected from Marshaltown Muscatine and other towns. A state picnic association of the order will form at the event.
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M. Novik
Dr. Woltman
B. B. Peck
Cedar Rapids
Beaver Park
Marshaltown
Muscatine
Dooley to Move Blacksmith Shop After Property Sale
T W Dooley, who operates a blacksmith shop at the corner of Dubsagne and College, seeks a new location after Mr. Pickering sells the property. John Grady owns the corner and plans a large building on the site.
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T. W. Dosley
Dubsagne
College
Ordinance fixes Brown Street sidewalk edge in Iowa City
City ordinance establishes the inner edge of the sidewalk on the north side of Brown street from Linn to Gilbert at six feet from the lot line. Passed July 21 1905. Attest: F H Dondore City Clerk. Published July 26 1905.
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Brown Street
Linn
Gilbert Streets
Iowa City
Iowa
Linn Street
Gilbert Street
Geo. W. Ball
F. H. Dondore
Farm notes and community visitors in Tiffie area
Weather-friendly week aids small grain and hay harvests as families stay busy. A fatal accident near Iowa City claims Mrs Craig, wife of Ed Craig, prompting funeral services led by Rev Ruthleye. The couple planned to build a home near Tiffie for their later years.
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Joba
Herman
Bertha
Lille
James Hogan
Routhfeye
Ruthleye
Helrie
Earl Custer
Sharon Township
Bessie Summerhars
Sioux City
Iowa
Prof
Gardner
Jewell City
S. Allen
Tiffie
Rev
Ruthlege
Williambsurg
John Watson
Newton
Tere
Craig
EB Caroll
Alex Grace
Nany
Elizabeth Carrol
Ralph Dunlap
Iowa City
Hita Gilliland Brown
Northwestern
Charles
Jr. D. Colony
Ed. Craig
Tifa
Sigsbee Leads U S Fleet Transporting Remains Home
The squadron of Rear Admiral Sigsbee escorts the body of an officer from France to Annapolis after a transfer at the naval camp. The escort, including Admiral Bryans and Davis, sails to Cape Henry then to Old Point Comfort while Evans' squadron advances. The ceremony includes a psalm reading by Chaplain Clark and reverent salutes.
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Arcdemy Grounds
Clark
Academy
Admiral Sigsbee
France
Pranklyn
Orth
Orth Aikimt¢eet Miler
Rey
Bryans
Davis
Sigsbee
Cape Henry
Annapolis
Evans
Old Point Consfort
Fred
British Admiralty Extends Sympathy For Bennington Disaster
The British admiralty cabled deep sympathy to the U S Navy over the Bennington accident and ordered a wreath for the funeral from the British navy via the San Diego consulate. A rumor in Atlanta ties ex chief engineer John I Wallace to a presidential bid for Seaboard Air Line railroad. In Little Rock the Arkansas Democrat plant suffered a fire destroying the newspaper and job printing, with losses reported at about 125000. Kansas City reports arrests of ten loon men for alleged violations of the Ty
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Washington
United States Navy
Bennington
San Diego
John F. Wallace
Atlanta
John I. Wallace
Panama Canal
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Democrat
Lona
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National Biscuit Company
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J. E. Switzer
D. A. Reese
Heath Estate
Albert Sickler
Gilbert
G. I. Falk
Johnson Count Savings Bank
J A. Champion
University
Paved Street
P. A. Korab
Iowa City State Bank
Bankers Reserve Pienig Betyetu
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Dooley
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