Local Sale Ads Highlight Pianos and Buggies
Local notices advertise used upright pianos, piano rolls, and buggies at introductory sale prices with monthly payments. Shoppers visit Hershey Building outlets run by Hirt and Fesler and Wirt and Fesler, with several residents stopping in from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mundt’s
Hirt & Fesler, Hershey
Hirt & Fesler
Hershey
Isabelle
O'Daniels
Fourth Street
Burlington
Henry Manthey
Carlton
Joseph Manthey
Roselawn Avenue
Davenport
Wirt & Fesler
Not Guilty Plea Entered In Muscatine Resisting Officer Case
Orrien Hayes, the man wounded fleeing an officer in Iowa City, was brought back to Muscatine and appeared before Police Judge Rowen, pleading Not Guilty to resisting an officer. Hearing continued to August 20, while Hayes remains jailed. police are not releasing further details of the incident. Also notes promotion for Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach and liver troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrien Hayes
Charles Turner Lasteak
Town
Muscatine
Rowan
Iowa City
Pepper Urged to Advocate War In Mexico Letters
Washington August 12 Representative Pepper has received letters from Iowa men in Mexico urging him to press President Wilson for a hard line in Mexico. The letters describe American losses and fear of Mexican disrespect for Americans, with mentions of Huerta, intervention, and Roosevelt’s possible return to power. The piece notes limited war sentiment among Congress and border state politicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington,d. C
Pepper
Iowa
Mexico
Wilson
I. Mathewson
Muscatine
Joe CG
W. Robinson
Clinton
Harrell & Robinson
Mexico City
Congress
Mathewson
Roosevelt
Reception at Keota honors Canyon City guest and Mary Sweet
Keota Iowa August 13 two hundred guests were entertained by Mrs J W Harding and Mrs A W Hamil at a home for the weekend in honor of Mrs C O Kelsor of Canyon City Texas and Miss Mary Sweet of Mt Pleasant. The spacious rooms and porches were decorated with potted plants and cut flowers in a yellow and green scheme. Frappe was served by three young women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
J. W.W. Harding
A. W. Hamil
C. O. Kelser
Canyon City
Texas
Mary Sweet
Mt. Pleasant
Vic trola Program Brightens Library Woman's Outing
Women beneath a bower of greenery in the library enjoy a pleasing Vic trola program. Dainty refreshments were served during the affair.
German Captain Arrested on Espionage Charge
Stettin Germany Aug 12 Captain Stein of the third field artillery regiment was arrested on espionage charges after fleeing a suspected trap during maneuvers. The case recalls Austria’s Colonel Redl who sold military secrets and killed himself while under arrest, prompting major mobilization changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stettin
Germany
Stein
Third Regiment of Field Artillery
Alfred Redl
Austria
Third Field Artillery
Hammerstein
Redl
Ita
Excursion Season on the Mississippi Near Peak With One Last Moor Moonlight Ride
The Mississippi river excursion season is winding down though one final moonlight trip is planned for August 28 by the Moose Lodge on the palatial steamer Sidney. Boat companies may run several late summer outings from Muscatine but demand has cooled since early summer as August arrives. River packets are at the height of activity with large steamers packed with tourists and expectations of a longer, successful season this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MissMasippi
Moose Lodge
Sidney
Muscatine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Apollo
Ellwood
Price & Teeple
Apollos
Steinway
Neeham
Kingsbury
Schaaf & Co
Fischer
Concord
Weber
Burdett Pianio
Hirt & Fesler Ptanocompany
Muscatine, Iowa
St. Matthias Hill
C. Snyder
J. C. Loehr
Lone Tree
John Boustead
Miss Louise
What Cheer
N. J. Coleman
Dillinan, Ia
T. Allen
E. Eighth Street
Hirt & Tesler
Mabel Palmer
Katona
Rockford, Ill
Itatona
Society
Brand Cinthes
David Bogard
House OF Better Merchandise
W. 2d St
Tatlor
Turner
H. L. “Husted
Chamberlain
Jall
Ady
Peppers
Faae Mathewson
Pisordera
Kalem
Mary
James K. Hackett
Grand Rapids
Limpert
Arts and Crafts
Macey
Thor
Flying Merkel
Bond Bros. Sporting Goods
Walnut St
East
J. M. Krower, Prop
Colonial
Ilson’s
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