Business Men's Club to Boost Maquoketa Community
A call to form a democratic Business Men's Club in Maquoketa to unite local business people and boosters from city and countryside. The group aims to organize, elect officers, and mobilize volunteers to advance community welfare, with participation open to farmers and professionals alike. Mrs. C. P. Romer visited Coder Rains Thursday for a Sunday with her son Hart Romer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Romer
Coder Raiids Thoraday
Harts Romer
Double Wedding at Reformed Church Parsonage
Miss Mabel G Scott and Walter H Horstmann wed in a double ceremony with Miss Liliza Horstmann and Louis P Wulf. Rev D F Boomershine officiated. The couple plan to settle on the groom’s father farm six miles south of Lost Nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horstmann
Scott -Wulf
Mabel Gertrude Scott
Walter Herman
D. F. Boomershine
Liiliza
Louis P. Wulf
Silas
Amelia Scott
Augustus
Algene Horstmann
Sears
Reformed Church
Louis Paul’ Wulf
Lillian Dorothy Horstmann
F Bommershine
Walter Horstmann
Mabel Seat
Augustus. Horstmann
Alvene
Ul Late Wal
Scorching fire razes Dubuque coal and wood plant
Dubuque opened Fire Prevention Week with a spectacular blaze that destroyed the T. J. Mulgrew Cofice coal and wood plant covering three city blocks. The firm carried $80,000 insurance. Three boat houses and four boats were lost, seven buildings burned. Fire started in a hay barn containing seven carloads of hay. origin unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
T. J. Mulgrew
Local Notes on Visiting Friends and Family
Bom and sirs, John Rannals of Fulton announce the arrival of a baby boy on Sunday October 3. Mrs. Myr Muswell of Cherokee visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Barnes traveled by auto to Independence. Mrs. Henry Becker of Sioux City a guest at the M.S. Round home. Miss Viola Glahn visiting Goose Lake relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Meredith and two sons of Cedar Rapids were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Wants. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Bricker to spend winter with daughter Mrs. Chas. Peterson on Route 4. Mr. and Mrs. ELT. Clark visited George Rathhan’s in Sabulas and attended the Rebekah Lodge. Mrs. G. W. Burroughs of New York City a guest at George Reitmeyer’s. Burroughs is niece of Mr. Reitmeyer and en route to Texas and Oklahoma.
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Myr Muswell
Dirs
Tom Barnes
Independence
Henry Becker
Sioux City
M.S. Round Home
Chas
Peterson
Elt. Clark
George Rathhan
Sabulas
Rebekah Loder
G. W. Burroughs
New York
George H-Reitmeyer
Burroughs
Reitmeyer
Texas
Oklahoma
Popular Young Couple Unite Their Lives Wednesday
A wedding in Maquoketa united Miss Hazel Morse and Ed Kirchoff in a ring ceremony by Rev. Orty G. Morgan. The bride, a 1917 graduate, and Kirchoff, proprietor of the Maquoketa Ice Company, were toasted by friends as they prepared to honeymoon in Colorado and the West before settling in a new West Platt Street bungalow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kirchoff
Ice Company
G. O. Morse
Hazel Morse
Ed Birchoff
Or Ty G. Morgan
Kirchoff
Seein Service
Maquoketa Ire Company
Colorado
West Platt
Sentinel
Kirchot
Daily Jottings Priday Milling Frost and Local News
Milling frost last night. Mrs Lyman Buchner hosted bridge. G P Hansen and Rex Davenport visitors. Dee Hansen moving into Otto Street home. Saturday featured a fair day with Helen Kui hosting nine friends for her seventh birthday. Several local visits to Clinton, Dubuque, and Oxford Junction noted. Sunday gatherings at country home with multiple families. 14th wedding anniversary celebrated. Monday included Armenian Home Relief Society meeting and a farewell for Mrs Sleigh. Tuesday mostly fair weather with social visits to notable locals. Wednesday reports continued local social activity and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Holm
Center Jumeé
Matt Snoddy
Addie Walker
Joseph Woods
Clinton
GE. Tilton
Famiy
WA. Schroeder
Dubugue
Hugh Lovelees
Federal Bakers
Henry Baglock
Son Cloyd
Ernest Chamberlain
Mona
June
Bliss’ Chamberlain
Ed Wing
Mame
Archy
Wing
Henry Schimenn
Chas
FL Martin
Delmar
Chas Kaler
Oxford Junction
Toronto
J.B. ‘Anderson
F.O ‘Young
George Schick
Davenport
Hurst
Hurstville
Birs
Dick Nims
Joe Ripple
George Hamilton
Elwood
George Cook
Glen Round
MLS
Round
Armenian and Home Relief Society
Ethel Anderson
Opal Blatchley
W. S. Goodenow
Jacob Klute
Fire at depot damages freight house in Oxford
Last Saturday afternoon the fire siren summoned the Oxford fire company to the depot where the freight house roof was burning. Crews controlled the blaze though wind hindered progress and the roof was largely destroyed. Chief Fratchey led an effective response, while the railroad company’s prompt aid likely saved substantial value. crews were already repairing the building and planning for the depot project.
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Fratchey
H. Gale Bochner
Maquoke’ Jts
Couple Weds at M. E. Parsonage in Clarte
Clar ente A. Irwin of Andrew and Thelma Davison of Maquoketa united in marriage Thursday afternoon October 11 at 4 o'clock by Rev. A. Leng. The wedding drew many friends and the Sentinel joins in heartfelt congratulations.
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M. E. Parsonage
A. Leng
Clarente A. Irwin
Andrew 2Nd
Mixs Thelma
M. Davison
Maquokets
Sentinel
Appendicitis Operation on Lown at City Memorial Hospital
Tuesday evening a successful appendectomy was performed on Lown at City Memorial Hospital by Dr R A Lott with assistants Dr F W Johnson and Dr O H Frank. Patient is rallying well after surgery. Episcopal notes list St Mark's Church services on Sunday October 10 with Holy Communion at 9 AM and 10 45 AM, Sunday School at noon. Miss Josephine McGinn of Detmar visited the Barr von Schmidt home recently.
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LHS
Lown
City Memorial Hospital
R .A. Lott
F. W. Johnson
O. H. Frank
St .Mark’s Episcopal Church
Josephine McGinn
Detmar
Barr von Schradst
Prominent Grand Mound Man Killed Crossing Rail
Gebel Griebel, a leading Grand Mound businessman with Griebel and Son, was instantly killed Tuesday noon while crossing a railroad track west of town in his car. The incident occurred as a westbound freight passed No. 20 eastbound, and local workers rendered aid before the body was brought to Grand Mound. Griebel, about 50 years old, and his family are well known in business and social circles, and news of his death followed a recent Davenport wedding in the family with many expressions of regret.
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Grand Mound
Gebel
Uy Hess
Griebel and Son
O’brien
Griebel
Calamus Section
Davenport
House of Joy
Tes
Bellevue Township Rejects Voting Machines
Bellevue township will not use voting machines in the coming election preferring the old Australian ballot system. The city will use the township machine due to limited machines and the guidance of Dre Morgan. Local church activities and community notices follow with Sunday school and service times, a club meeting, and Sabula community planning.
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Bellevue Township
Board of Supervisors
Bellevue
Bellevue City
Clubgoers, visitors fill Davenport social diary
Mrs Estus Morse hosts the U R Club this afternoon. Mrs Hugh Barnes hosts at 0 U R. Mrs Walter Orden and Mrs J Ogden visit Lost Nation with others. Frank Johnson and A C Roberts travel to Fulton for business. Miss Mystic Blakely hosts the F G L Club. The 57 Vanities plan a Courtyard Club dinner tonight. George Teskey and son visit the Wen Wilson home. Wm Watters visits Davenport for business.
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Estus Morse
Hugh Barnes
U. R
Walter Orden
J. Ogden
John Suthers
Jittie A
Darvenport
Mystic Blakely
Stans
Courtryt
George of
Sabula Club marks first anniversary in Jackson County
Sabula Community Club, the county’s sole organization of its kind, plans a Monday celebration on October 18 to mark one year of community progress. Notable efforts include housing sheds for teams, improved street lighting, repurposing abandoned fish ponds into a depot area park, and other small projects. A work program for next year will be approved at the annual meeting.
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Atmeritant
Blatchtey
Henry Atzen
Jerry Widel
Frank Jimes
Martellé
Sabuia
Sabula Community Club
Oecasion
Jackson County
Grady gets ten year sentence for forgery case
Roy W Grady age 38 was tried in Davenport district court on forgery charges after cashing a 70 dollar check drawn on Rockford bank bearing a forged signature. He received an indeterminate term not to exceed ten years in Fort Madison state prison, with clemency requests tied to matrimonial troubles and moonshine whiskey.
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Roy Grady
Roy W. Grady
Davenport
Fort Madison
R. G. Popham
Grady
American and Commercial Savings Bank
Rockford
G. C. Hayes
Tyo
Maruiel
Besson
Pesce
Felix Dias
No Hog Gilera in Iowa Des Moines Towa
Dr. Peter Malcom of the State Veterinarian department says hog cholera is nearly eradicated in Towa with few cases among Towa hogs deemed inevitable. He notes Towa last year raised a seventh of U S hogs and normally provides a twelfth. Hogs vaccinated to immunize are often not cared for immediately after vaccination, leading to cholera reports.
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Gilera
Iowa
Des Moines
Towa
Peter Malcom
State
Malcom
United States
Norma Talmadge in The Women Gives at the Orpheum
Norma Talmadge stars in The Women Gives at the New Orpheum Theatre today and tomorrow. The story follows a young woman who finds giving comes naturally and shows how virtue saves another from ruin, with natural, true-to-life characters and an engaging plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Talmadge
Wowman
New Orpheum Theatre
Library Notes and Local Events Report from Des Moines
The thirtieth annual meeting of the lews Library association is set for Des Moines on October 12 with addresses, round tables, book discussions, library problems, and legislation. Hotel Savery named as headquarters. Also listed are social and local notices including dances at Noonans Hall, a visit by Mrs. Anna Busch, business trips by Dr. A. B. Bowen to Chicago, and updates on Mrs. Harry Teisler’s health.
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Lews Library Association
Des Moines
Te Iy
Hotel Savery
Noonans Hall
North Garryowen
Heary
A. B. Bowen
Chicago
Anna Busch
Sabula
H. F. Niepert
McAllister
Chicapa
Harry Teisler
Troney
Muscatine
A. J. House
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Lowa
Rotary Club
Business Men's Club
Business Men’s Club
Oportani
Tong
Maquoketa Ap
Maauoketa
Trentite
Bom
Johm Rannals
Fulton
Oxford
Dre Morgan
Hne
Sian
Jesus
Filgrim Fathers
de Morgan
Wee Efferding
Rensingtys Club
Baldwin
Wilt Fields
Sabula Club
Ed Arzen
Krfs
Carolina Balm
G. L Hahn
DeWitt
Sam Luckey
Bis. Harer Luckey
Frank Eastman
G& Young
Will. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Silas Barkley
Cassin
Slorey Hospital
Walter Bout
Warrensharo
James Ralstint
Wil Johnson
Hazel
Eyeleson
Young
Joss-in- Davenport
Rock Teland
And
McIntyre
Ernestine
McIntire
Eastern Town’ Veterinary Association
Hia. Josher
L. A. Marks
Rebt. MacClellar
8. Bronskson
Cedar Falls
Addie Woodarg
Onslow
Maquos
JL. H. Daudel
Thte Son
Colorado Springs
Sait
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Mars Goodman
Conrad Nigg
Ho AL Youngs
Niggs
Katherine Sweeney
Ed Smith
Sweeney
Orpheum
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