Local Notes and Social Briefs from Davenport Area
Mrs Van Carson spent the weekend in Davenport with her husband. Chas Martin Jr attended the club heaters convention at Ames. Swigart left Wednesday for Birmingham on business, after a Chicago trip. Clyde Dmeauley of Spokane is visiting friends here. Numerous residents send summer plans and family visits to Davenport and nearby towns.
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van Carson
Davenport
Chas
Martin, Jr
Ames
Swigart
Birmingham
Ala
Chicago
Clyde
Dmeauley
Spokane
Wash
Old Me
Mans End
Max Ray
Lucile Shaw
Frances McLaughlin
Otter Creek
Bris Charles Miller
Eme- Tine
Lee Hamilton
E. Gladys, Tompkins
Battle Creek Mich
BsBowman
Hos
J. W Ellis
Ghas. Seda
Local Notices and Advertisements Mixed in Fragmented Page
Fragmentary notices report Mrs. Sarah Husband departing for Ontario and sister Mrs. A Laux planning a July Chicago visit for three weeks. Lost Nation orders ten thousand gallons of oil to aid street cleaning. Hoiston residents Mr and Mrs A M Whitmore to Calif for relocation after few days at Harrison home. Found tonic for hair sold widely at Staack Luckiesh dimy store promising non greasy cures and luxuriant hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Husband
Ontario
Ganda
A. Laux
Chicago
Lost Nation
A. M. Whitmore
Hoiston
Bargain for Quick Sale: five room Vermont street property
Advertisement describes a three section property on Vermont streets with five rooms downstairs and four upstairs, complete with hardwood and water, gas and electric ready, cement basement, laundry, furnace and gas heater. Includes a 22 by 24 barn, two poultry houses, cisterns, and five adjoining rural acres. Entire premises listed for $6,500 or less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Robinson
Elva Sarah Bem Mowatt y Ashes Funeral Notice
Saturday evening June twenty first, 1919, Elva Sarah Bem Mowatt died after a three week illness of erysipelas at age 10 years 9 months and 73 days. Survived by parents four brothers three sisters a grandmother and many relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at the Massillon church and burial followed in the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mowry
Elva Sarah
Vernon
Siyvan
Bester
Roy
Goldy
Florence
Blanche
Marie Alahn
Wheatland
Foick
Elva
Savious
Sigmed Burdetta
Barnhart
Lyle Hamdorf
Dortha Case
Hazel Ham U
Esther Schroeder
Esther Bicknese
Letna Schredder
Erwin, Bickiese
Norma
Bicknesa
Dannie Eae
Marvin Deke
Harry “Hasidori
Ily Celebration and Soldiers Homecoming Observed
Businesses close all day for the celebration and soldiers homecoming. Patrons are asked to hold their cream until the following day. Hansen Produce Co. F D Eastman Geo Cooper Tr Davis Suthers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansen Produce Co
F. D. Eastman
Geo. Cooper
Davis & Suthers
Construction Underway On Iowa Electric Smokestack Project
The Iowa Electric Co plans to start erecting a 50 foot concrete smokestack soon after the contract is set and materials arrive. Mrs Addie Woodard has returned and will be home after visiting Cedar Falls with her sister Miss Gladys Batsh, staying briefly with her sisters Mrs Arch Hamley and Mrs Fred Schwett ier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Electric Co
Addie Woodard
Cedar Falls
Gladys Batsh
Arch Hamley
Fred Schwettier
The Eyes of the World Adaptation in Mequoketa
Harold Bell Wright, resident of Redlands California, spoke of The Eyes of the World selling nearly 2,000,000 copies. The Glume company plans an elaborate film adaptation, to debut at Mequoketa's New Orpheum Theatre on July 1 and 2, with Wright noting the story draws on people he observed as a former church pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bell Wright
Redlands
Cal
Glume
Mequoketa
Orpheum T Theatre
Cnight
Wright
Redlands as a Vessel of Social Critique in Wright’s Tale
The author indicts society with a broad brush, targeting Redlands as a representative community. The critique reads as a generalized commentary on social wrongs applicable to any similar town, with Redlands used as a pseudonymous stand-in for the setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redlands
Redands
Sie
Wright
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Onpheva
Louise Glaum
Bessie Love
Weald
Henry B. Walthall
Eleanor Field
Caillaux Case
All-Star
Supra Sen
Eon Times
Irene
O'Connell
Welton
Claude Uehner
Rockford
Richard ‘Powers
Huiter
Harst
Waterlea
Mort Dunlap
R. G. Hicks
Des’ Moines
Hicks
Maquoketa
Florence and
Irene Delson
Moline
Chas. Bailey
Anna Pierott
Bellevue
Springbrook
Dubuque
Edith
Ruth_ Shepherd
Minneapolis
Frank
Toma Becker
Harry Geisler
Lafayette
Ind
George’ Becker
Faura Mole
Myrtle Blakely
WR “Thomas
John Odgers
Clara
A Witkwige
Madison, WI
Lester
Glark
Ghester
Lows
Besslark
Chisholm
Berlin
Tressa, McEldowny
Chloe Bailey
Greenville
Levi Keck
J. Keegan
Mesdames Geo. Wendell
L. L. Black
Lulu Hinman
Joseph Shannon
Aberdeen, SD
G. C. Ellis
Carl Witzke
Geisler and Clothing, Co
Thigu
Linn
Black Hawk
Scott
Sioux
Buchanan
Palo Alto
Scott County
Palo Alto Couny
Story County
Butterworth
Boot Shop
Lane Furniture Co
McAllister. Stores. CO. Maquoreta
Just
Able Lace
White Sea Island
Oxfords
Turn Agles
Louis Cheeeles
Papate Baby
Putterworth
MEL Waggoner
Maqcoketa, Iowa
B.D. Banks
Archie Banks
Delmar
Passengerelie
Bittwell
Fletcher
Castor
Drosseau Bros
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