Old Time Pilot Seventy Four Celebrated River Career
Captain J W Campbell of Fort Madison turns eighty three and is hailed as a pioneer river pilot and shipbuilder. He built many upper Mississippi steamers and commanded vessels from Hindoo to Rock Island, retiring in 1871 after twenty seven years at sea. He preserved autographs of notable captains for the Iowa History Society and remains active in current events. Also noted is the sale of the steamer Eloise to Carnival Packet company, consolidating Davenport Quincy trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Campbell
Fort Madison
Captain Campbell
Watets
Upper
Mississippi
Iowa
Montrose
Lee County
Keokuk
Campbell
Rock Island
Henry Clay
City Belle
Kate Cassell
Flora
Fannie Harris
Jennie Whipple
Keithsburg
Rock
Mis
Hisery Society of
Iowa City
Eliza J.ts
St. Louis
America
Maky
Moses Capbell
Eloise
The
Packet Company
Carnival Packet
Carnival
Phrase Fragments Echo Old World Parodies
A cryptic dialog fragment features a sage philosopher remarking there is nothing new under the sun, a hint of impending wedlock, and a judge referencing a baby in a terse, theatrical exchange.
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Philos
Perennial Attention Tests After Honeymoon
An adage notes that a husband who maintains the same level of attention after marriage as in the courtship phase demonstrates ongoing love or risk of being bluffed by his wife.
Woman learns hair keeps husband from catching cold
A fragment notes a woman clings to an old hair in a baby’s watch chain locket as a curious belief. The tale hints at domestic superstition and fleeting affection without providing factual events or named figures.
News of nearby villages and towns
Mrs Ed Holden returns from Mason City while Ab Bergman check business in Dakota and many locals visit kin at Harper's Ferry Dubuque Prairie du Chien Ossian Rochester La Crosse and Marshalltown Resident notes include posts at OES I O O F and G A R halls church social plans and M W A activity. repairs on sewers and wall upgrading progress. remains of Mrs Wm Morgan moved to National IA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Holden
Mason City
Ab. Bergman
Dakota
Tom O'Rourke
Harper's Ferry
Geo. Washburn
Springfield
Frank Hatch
Colorado
Frank Dourback
Prairie du Chien
Ruth Sleiter
Dubuque
Bangor Social News Roundup Reflects Local Activities
George Schumacher made a business trip to La Crosse on Tuesday. Mrs. V. Stevens is convalescing after illness. A. B. Newton wed Miss Julia Haller of Charles City Iowa on October 17. Mrs. Ed Barker and baby visited from Sparta. Rev. Rader and family plan to move to Prairie du Chien to lead the German Lutheran church. Mrs. Gilbertson and daughter Lucile visited the Bosshard family in Tomah before returning. Mrs. S. E. Sweet visits Augusta. Lloyd Richardson of Fairview Montana to Miss Maude Joliff of Fairview on October 15. Roy McAmber and Edna Quackenbush of Sparta guests at W. H. Preston home. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Roberts of Mankato Minnesota have returned home after a week here. Mrs. F. P. Roberts and daughter visited La Crosse Tuesday. Mrs. Clyde Lawson traveled to La Crosse Tuesday. Presbyterian church women plan a dinner on election day in Meyer's hall. Chas. J. Johnson’s elocution class from Sparta will entertain at the Baptist church on Friday October 30. Ella Stintze visited relatives in La Crosse over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Barker
Baby
Sparta
G. A. Stintze
Rader
Prairie du Chien
German Lutheran Church
Gilbert Gilbertson
Daugh
Lucile
Wm. Bosshard
Tomah
Bangor
S. E. Sweet
Culpitt
Augusta
Lloyd Richardson
Fairview
Mont
Maude Joliff
Lloyd
Roy McAmber
Edna Quackenbush
W. H. Preston
R. T. Roberts
The
Baptist Church
Ella Stintze
la Crosse
Westminster Presbyterian Church Bazaar Thursday Night
The ladies of Westminster Presbyterian church plan a bazaar in the church parlors on Thursday night. One of the funniest things in this world is a man hater.
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The
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Plainclothes Officer Traps Whisky With Shoes
A Savannah style police story recounts a plain clothes officer in Atlanta who, after taunting by papers, asks a suspicious old man for whisky. The man offers a deal and carries a shoe box all evening, only to discover the box hidden with a quart bottle of corn whisky when he returns to the station.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Decatur Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Continental
Bons Wofk UE
TreBoys
Tsontinental
Henry N. Boehm
Ment
Badger State
Columbia
Helen Blair
Silver Crescent
Davenport
Burlington
Quincy
Carnival Packet Company
Harry Lauder
New York
Mr. Lauder
New York Tribune
Mcgregor, Iowa
D. G. Benjamin
G. A. Francis
Tourist Club
Ethel Day
Loraine Day
J. M. Morse
Elkader
C. W. Bean
Lulu Cathout
Luana
Glen
Mary Freese
M. Klein
Austin, Minn
Harry Kaiser
Milt Boyle
J. J. McCollough
Decorahn
Will Keen
Colmar
Gerich
C. L. Buck
Des Moines
OES
I. O. O. F. Hall
Western Union
Bentley
Waukon
Relief Corps
Isaac McCalla
Dakota, Ill
Sarah Zeigler
Minnie Lundt
Postville
G. A. Cox
Geo. McLauhan
Rochester
Minn
Robert Drips
Bobby
Oklahoma
Julius Sweet and
Nice
Gertie McMullin
Guy Linder
Will Snewles
Marshalltown
Louis Leichhardt
Denver
Parnel
Heberlein
Eva Currey
W. S. Stone
Montana
Robert Quigley
Rebekah Assembly
Becker
Mike Reiley
Geo. Knapp
Jake Phillips
Chris Magordan
Kennedy’s
M. W. A. Carmhps
Old Hickory
Sherwood
Bangor, Wis
George Schumacher
V. Stevens
A. B. Newton
Julia Haller
Charles City
la Crosse Theatre
Darky
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