Local notices and travel by rail and ship in the city
Miss Laura L Camp improves from illness. Residents shop for poultry butter eggs hides and wool at 519 East Second St. A long list of residents travel home on the Firefly Wilton train and Helen Blair El Paso and Milwaukee Southwest Limited carry visitors to Davenport Letts Oxford West Liberty and Ottumwa. Sash and Door Co. advertises wood and ice cream from C S Sanit ary Milk Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Second St
J. Greenblatt
G. D. Wright
West Liberty
Wilton
Co. C. Bacon
Steamboat War Heats Up Between Blair and Swain
Rival river men Captain Walter A. Blair and Captain D. M. Swain threaten a pitched clash over control of trade on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. Telegrams promise $2000 bids to exit and a race to move the Columbia to oppose Swain in Peoria LaSalle, Keokuk Quincy trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Blair
Carnival City Packet Company
Davenport
D. M. Swain
Keokuk
W. A. Blair
Quincy
Blair
Columbia
Illnois
Peoria
la Salle
Swain
David Swain
Captain Blair
Capt. Blair
Silver Crescent
Crescent
LaSalle
Fred Swain
Swain Packet Company
Davenport-Burlington
Keokuk- Quincy
Davenport Company
Togrether
Captain Swain
Keokuk-Quincy
Cure Claim for Itching Piles Sparks Big Guarantee
An advertisement touts Dr. A W Chase's Ointment as a certain cure for itching bleeding and protruding piles with a money back guarantee. A Michigan City laborer Casper Walton testifies the ointment cured his painful piles after other remedies failed. Bottles cost 50 cents at dealers or from Dr A W Chase Mfg Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Chase
Casper Walton
Michigan City
Ind
A.W. Chase
Evening health improves as residents visit kin
The note sheet records various local movements with residents visiting relatives in Ottumwa Washington Des Moines and Harper. Activities include visits from Misses Besser Hunter Nora Stewart and Theresa Hildreth, trips to St Paul and Oklahoma, a land inspection trip to Garland Wyoming, and a ball game in Keota where Keota defeated a Washington contingent 4 to 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Dunshee
C. O. Kesser
Des Moines
Mary Hunter
Washington
Ethel Besser
Mt. Pleasant
Helscher
Harper
Rosa Boss
Keota
Joseph McCrabb
G. W. Stat
H. L. Page
M. T. Dayton
Mary Axthelm
Oscar
Ottumwa
Nora Stewart
West Chester
John Snider
Rubio
Naomi Stewart
George McCarty
Delta
Brown and Bennett
J. T. Nichols
B. Pratt
P. P. Shorts
James Erwin
Garland
Wyoming
Ella Arnold
Sisbourney
Willard Tufts
Otto Dede
Homer Stephens
Cedar County M W A Plans Picnic At Durant Ia
The Cedar County Log Rolling and Picnic Association hosts its tenth annual picnic in Durant on Saturday August 18 with Judge Martin J Wade as orator. Program includes reception at 9:00 am business meeting 11:00 am parade 1:00 pm welcome address by Mayor Snake 1:30 pm with H R Chapman and Wade speaking then races drills and a Strasser band performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of America
Durant
Cedar County Log Rolling and Picnic Association
Martin J. Wade
Woodmen Hall
Snake
Association
H. R. Chapman
Forester
Strasser
Bankers’ Reserves
Asthalter
Supreme
R. A. Moses
Cedar Rapin
Bro. H. S
Marshalltown Lodge
Picnic Association
Dr Hale's Household Ointment Promises Quick Skin Relief
Advertisement touts instant relief and permanent cure for itching skin with Dr Hale's Household Ointment. Claims reduce inflammation burn and eruptions and offers 25 cent price at drug stores or direct from Kenyon & Thomas Adams NY.
Trust Co Secretary Arrested in Toronto Theft Case
Clinton Wray, secretary of the Union Trust Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., was arrested in Toronto on August 7 on charges of stealing more than $125,000 of the bank’s funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trust Company
Toronto
Ont
Clinton Wray
Union Trust Co
Pittsburg
Keota Social Note Highlights Visitors and Incidents
Miss Hazel Williams returns from Des Moines with Miss Elizabeth Littler to visit relatives in Keota. Mrs. Richard Lester and children move into the Ramsey house with Mr. Lester as the new barber at Nelsons shop. A joint convention in Iowa City draws Clark Wright and A. W. Hamill for the E. P. and Mrs. Hamill with Mrs. Willard Tetts for Rathbones. An auto scare injures no one when Ralph Hamilton’s horse bolts and wrecks a buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamill
Willard Tetts
Rathbones
Iowa City
Esther Macaulay
W. J. Macaulay
Chicago
Fred Stewart
Winfield
Maggie Horsey
Cloyce
Washington
Amanda Hitchcock
Ralph Hamilton
Hamilton
H. L. Page
Sadie Longman
Boone, In
Jack Longman
Jacob Simmerman
West Chester
For sale by Jacob Fisch and Sons Thompson Bros and McQuesten and Sawyer Co
A local sale listing notes properties or items offered by Jacob Fisch and Sons along with Thompson Bros and McQuesten and Sawyer Co. The notice identifies multiple firms as sellers in a shared for sale listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Fisch & Sons
Thompson Bros
McQuesten & Sawyer Co
Bankers Reserve Excursion to Muscatine on Aug 23
The Bankers Reserve plans a big excursion from Marshalltown to Muscatine on Thursday August 23 for the second annual picnic. Train leaves Marshalltown at 5:00 am with stops en route and arrives Muscatine at 11:30 am. return departs Muscatine at 11:00 pm. The program includes parades, races, dances, speeches, a band concert, and boat ride, with prizes and free watermelon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers Reserve
Bankers Reserves
Marshalltown
Muscatine
Elrick Junction
Annual Seashore Excursion to Atlantic City and Return
Seashore excursion from Peoria to Atlantic City and return via Lake Erie and Western railroad on Aug 23 1906. Round trip rate 19.50 dollars with return validity through Sept 6 1906 and stopovers at Philadelphia Niagara Falls Cleve Summit. Tickets honored on C B line steamers Buffalo to Cleveland. Address E B Leppert 325 Main St Peoria IL for tickets and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Cape May
N. J
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Peoria
Niagara Falls
Clen Summit
Cleveland
E. B. Leppert
Main St
Lil
Pine Creek Socials Highlight Weekend Visits
Pine Creek Aug. 8. Mr. and Mrs. Max Kretschmar visited Mrs. Kretschmar in Pine Mills Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C Brace and family from Muscatine spent Sunday at the Nagel home. Mr. and Mrs. John Sieh Jr. and daughter of Montpelier stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fix. Ed Kemper and wife welcomed a baby boy. Mike Missel did business in Buffalo Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Creek
Max Kretschmar
Kretschmar
Pine Mills
C. Brace
Muscatine
Nagel
John Sieh, Jr
Montpelier
Chas. Fix
Ed. Kemper
Mike Missel
Buffalo
Deeds Filed Transferring Property in Wilton Area
Transfers show R H Schroeder et al to John Claussen for part of lot 3 block 45 Butterfield addition Wilton for 3800 dollars. Mattie E Randall to Hans Mohsen for part of lot 4 section 32 77 N R 1 W for 1 dollar. Harmina Hurlout to Julius Guerndt Sr triangular ground at Junction of Second Street and Smatley Avenue for 1025 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Recorder
G. M. Titus
R. H. Schroeder
John Claussen
Butterfield
Wilton
Mattie E. Randall
Hans Mohnsen
N. R
Harmina Hurlout
Julius Guerndt
Second Street
Smatley Avenue
Rail Fare For G A R Encampment To Minneapolis
The Rock Island Railroad sets a six dollar and sixty five cent round trip from Muscatine to St Paul for the G A R encampment in Minneapolis. Sale on August 11 12 and 13 with return by August 31 and optional 50 cent extension to September 30. Train leaves Muscatine at 9 25 p m arrives St Paul 8 a m next day. Connection at Wilton to official special arriving Minneapolis 6 40 p m. Contact Rock Island agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Muscatine
Wilton
Rock Island
Arrival of N Little from Lincoln Nebraska
N Little arrived on No. 3 this morning from Lincoln Nebraska where he had a brief business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Little
Lincoln
Neb
Special Niagara Falls Excursion Via Big Four Route
Special annual excursion from Peoria Ill to Niagara Falls N Y on August 16 1906 via Big Four Route. Round trip $8 50 with twelve day return limit and Westfield stopovers for Chautauqua Lake side trips. Tickets honored on C and B line steamers between Cleveland and Buffalo and side trips to Toronto Thousand Islands Montreal. Through first class coaches sleepers depart 12 no on standard and tour ist trains. For details contact Big Four agent or H R Daly Peoria Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Westfield
Chautauqua Lake
C. & B. Line
Cleveland
Buffalo
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Montreal
Big Four
H. R. Daly
Main Street
Peoria, Ill
George Wheeler Arrives on North and South for City Day
George Wheeler arrived on the North and South this morning to spend the day in the city, planning to attend events and meet local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wheeler
North & South
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Calumet
Laura L. Camp
M. C. Ryan
J. H. Kessell
East Fifth Street
P. W. Westbrook
Columbus Junction
Helen Bates
Letts
O. C. Philips of
Fairport
Holmes & Manrose
Fisch & Son
E. A. Philips
Fruitland
Ada Roland
Oxford
G. W. Buchanan and Son
Helen Blair
Sweet Mary
America
C. T. Gremmel
M’s’r
Austin Weir
Viola Woods
Idea Printery
Iowa Avenue
C. W. Preston
T. F. Beveridge
Genevieve Hine
Ft. Dodge
Mae Nolte
Harold Barnard
Oskaloosa
H. K. Lockwood
C. H. Thornhill
E. N. Mickey of
Dr. McNutt
Alice Spillane
Iowa
P. C. Carroll
Mamie Edling
Carson
Roach & Musser Sash & Door Co
C. & S. Sanitary Milk Company
Corner Cedar
Third
Geo. Koepf
Burlington
T. Bersch
O. Huffman
el Paso
Dr. Rupp
Oppo, Journal
J. B. Bergquist
H. M. Shepard
Crowley, la
Coe
Fok
The
Muscatine Savings Bank
Manitou
Frank °Fort
Petoskey
Harbor Springs
Meckinac Island
Detroit
Duluth
Berolzheim
G. P. A. Manitou Steamship Co
Illinois River
Weeks
Capt. Blair and
Cedar County
Mar
Shalltown
Dillon
Pickering
Gilman
Newburg
Grinnell
Scarsboro
Moore
New Sharon
Lacey
Vm Neve Es
Bex
What Is
Castoria
the Old Reliable
Stein Furniture Co
West Second St
Mira Hershey Lumber Co
International American Conference
Rio de Janeiro
International American Conference At
N. Y
New York Central Lines
F.a.neidig
Alkano
Alkano Remedy Co
Chas.h, Gobble, Mgr
Kautz’s Bakery
McQuesten, Sawyer Co
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