Local News From Maquoketa Area Social Roundup
A flurry of Maquoketa and nearby notes recount visits and shop calls by residents such as Mrs. Peter Heath, Mr. and Mrs. John Clark, Levi Bickford, Jefferson Edwards, and Charles Crowley. Families travel westward, host gatherings, and attend dances as residents share meals and casual calls on a busy Tuesday to Saturday period.
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H. Gale
Lyman B. Buchner
Alaquoketa
Peter Heath
John Clark
Rezin Streets
Levi Bickford
Jefferson Edwards
Maquoketa
James Crowley
Cedar Rapids
Charles Crowley
Bernard
Cord Dilmore
Giughter Daris
Maquokets
Maurice Garrows
M. J. Newnan
Garryowen
B. F. Green
Frank
Manuoketa
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Maquoketa Resident
Maquoketa resident Mrs. John Nietzel says she suffered back pains and nervous headaches before using Doan's Kidney Pills. She reports relief after the first day and lasting cure, urging others to try the same remedy. Foster Milburn Co. promotes Doan's Kidney Pills at 60 cents.
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Maquoketa
Dean
John Nitzel
Dearborn St. Maquoketa
Ver
Tael
Doan
Local Social Notes and Bridge Repair Update
Mrs Catherine Clark visited the past week at her son Wm Clark's home. Richard Johnson returned to Peoria after an extended visit here. Pat Noonen and Ned Noonan passed through en route to Maquoketa. Levi Bickford and son Jake visited Brant Hate's home. John Stickley visited Jess Nague near Maquoketa. The Sinkey Bros. are fixing a new floor on the North Fork bridge near Crabb Mills. A travel note from W H Ireland recounts cholera morbus in 1888 and a remedy anecdote with a hotel porter tip.
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George Kendall Jo
John Stickley
Joshua Seeby
Estella
Victor
Maquoketa
Jefferson , Edwards
C0. Tate
M. Noonan
B.F. Green
George Mesh
Bir
Johnny Point
Dis
Brant Inte
Hate
Levi Bickford
Ernest
James Shannahan
Will
Tune Edwards
Elmer Edwards
Wor
McCutcheon
iMaquoketa
D. Jess Nague
Sinkey Bros
North Fork
Crabb Mills
Geralding-Barrett
Merry Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Barget
Walter Grace
Chicago
Charles Crowley
Alberta Melved
Dui Meloy
Willie
Dubuque
John O'Conny
Patrick
Mia
Bernard for Sale and Local Famili Furlough Notes
A jumble of names and motions shows residents of Maquoketa and nearby towns visiting relatives in Chicago Cedar Rapids and Davenport. Reports mention Bernard for sale, acreages, and numerous family visits including O Connor Noonan Crowley Lynch and Williams with frequent cross town and cross state travel.
Lost Nation Notices and Social Happenings Update
A string of small social items from Lost Nation and nearby. Visitors include Mrs Chas Schoali and Miss Rose Schultz, with Florence Goddard of Ames and Miss Jurgensen of Denner in Milton Edleman home. A Zeta Graft shower at Florence Edleman’s, about a dozen guests. Miss Babel Yost visits Brown's in Davenport. Anna and Edna Moir return to Elkton SD. Rose Schultz visits Wyoming. Dora Hank returns to Elkton. Mount of Jessup, Ir. visits Gertrude Scanlan. Mr and Mrs W L Bell and Mr and Mrs Lew Ruttenbed leave for Wisconsin by Buick Six. Joe Seffert home hosts Hoffman and son visit. Maquoketa area news includes Union Church lawn gathering with games and gifts. Winifred Miller stays with Wm Smith. Elizabeth Clapp accompanies her home to Aly Dan y SK.
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Chas. Schoali
Rose Schultz
Anita Sohof
Babel Yost
Brown's Business College
Davensport
Anna
Edna Moir
Elkton
Wyoming
Fred Myatt
Dora Hank
Mond
Simon Gish
Seyfert
Geo Hales
Maquoketa Sutu
Seeil Wa Union Church
Winifred Miler
Wm. Smith
AL ‘Dany
Elizabeth Clapp
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claim
An old advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh case Hall's Catarrh Medicine allegedly cures by cleansing the blood and healing mucous surfaces. The copy asserts quick personal improvement after short use and lists Toledo Ohio as the contact location with lists of druggists selling the product.
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Fall
Hall
E & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Local notes from Bellevee Leader and Maquoketa events
Mrs M M C Fanuski returned to her home at Mz nugketa Friday morning caring for Mrs 3 F Kelso. Mrs Rose Baker of Maquokets takes her place. Mr and Mrs Joseph Sturm rejoice over a new prison added to their Springbrook home Sunday morning. Mrs FLX Weinschenk hosted Maquoketa guests at Montfest Thursday including Ex Senator Kendall wife and son El bert Mes Asa Ueel and daughter Ed na and life son Otto Mes Tt Glaser. Maquoketa Wedies report improvement on the stricture south of the Decker hotel. John Wherry notes a new modern oil station and a trial room on each side, with a second wing planned for the hotel.
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Bellevee
MM. C. Fanuski
F. Kelso
Mznugketa
Rose Baker
Maquokets
Joseph Sturm
Springbrook
Flx. Weinschenk
Maquoketa
MISSING LE IS FOUND Wy couleo?
New York professor I L Garner returns from French Congo with four tons of specimens for the Smithsonian Institute. He describes a cross between a gorilla and a chimpanzee that he claims is highly intelligent enough to talk to natives. He spent over two years in the Congo seeking to learn the language of the apes. He reports a region infested with large primates and recounts interactions with native guides and a fatal incident involving a male ape.
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New York
I. L. Garner
Nate Uralist
Smithsoniau
Washington
French Congo
Siwaithsogian Institution
Congo
Treacherous voyage tactics spark searched tanker tale
A damaged fragment describes a perilous mission aboard the Regal arrow tanker stalled near San Francisco. The crew followed evasive maneuvers and faced surprise at a back gate as their expedition searched for elusive targets amid unclear orders.
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Pittshur Twain
San Francisco
Nestalerdam
Unites
Fragmented OCR News Item About a Family Scene
A garbled passage describes a family moment with mentions of a son and relatives. The text is unclear but hints at a dramatic or unusual event surrounding a person named Baker and references a local setting. Context remains ambiguous due to damaged OCR.
Big Winner of 1318 to Race Again
A garbled account mentions Finyd Willar and a race return after a money dispute with Monte micing mackie. References to Kinowi Meyres and WHE Links hint at locations and a planned drive or event but details are unclear.
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Finyd Willar
Fee Monte
Mackie
Las Meyres
Differens Cm
Especis
Wilart
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