Maud Booth Speaks at Sigourney Chautauqua Session
Maud Ballington Booth delivered her talk Lights and Shadows of Prison Life before a crowded Sigourney chautauqua tent. The county oratorical contest awarded Paul Neal of Keota a gold medal and Olive Windett of What Cheer a silver medal. The Dunbars performed, and Sunday featured church services and a Christ resurrection address by Prof. Wilcox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Maud Ballington Booth
Dunbars
Martinsburg High School
Marie Abbott
Olive Windett
Webster
Roy Snakenberk
Kepta
Paul Neal
Keota
Chautauqua
C. N. Pace
M. E. Church
W. C. Wilcox
Christ
Hattie M. Mitchell
J. M. Mitchell
Irvin Ogden
Appendix Kept Busy by Dr King’s Pills Ad
An old time advertisement promotes Dr. King’s New Life Pills at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store. The copy touts relief from constipation and keeps the reader’s attention with bold claims and a 25 cent price point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Havercamp’s
Local Notes From Oakland and Surroundings
Mrs. Craver of Chicago visited friend Mrs. Dyche. J. E. Solomon of Otturrwa called on the ill mother. Mrs. Willie Dyche is in danger. D. L. Lee travels to Muscatine on business. Nels Johnson and family spent Sunday in Johnson county. Roy Williamson and wife visited Lone Tree. Chas. Dyche and Cotter relatives visited here. Frank Selders carved a load of melons last Saturday at Cone.
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Oakland
Deed Transfer Recorded in Muscatine Real Estate Sale
Levi J. Hainet ax transfers the lot 9 block 73 in Muscatine to E. C. Peto for 1300 dollars as filed with the county recorder and transcribed by G. M. Titus.
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County Recorder
Journal
G. M. Titus
Levi J. Hainet
E. C. Peto
City of Muscatine
Milk licenses issued to protect the public in Muscatine
Only four milk sellers have licenses in Muscatine though all milk vendors must obtain them at no cost from the city clerk. The license requires dairy and premises inspection to ensure sanitary conditions. The ordinance covers all milk sellers not just dairies, and a crackdown may curb unlicensed milk wagons soon.
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Muscatine
Wapello Social Roundup Continues With Visitors Arriving
In Wapello era, visitors from Chicago Cedar Rapids Burlington Morning Sun and Missouri called on locals. Key figures include Emma Harper Marie Kugler Otto Grotewohl and families. A local baseball score 4 to 1 favored the Japs and Dr Seydell and nurse Julia Bischoff are noted among many visits and travels.
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Wapello
Emma Harper
Chicago
Ill
Burlington
Marie Kugler
J. A. Bigger
Cedar Rapids
F. M. Elliot
Morning Sun
Otto Grotewohl
Timmons
Wm. Munshower
Winfield
Cooney
Missouri
Fred Heins
S. J. K. Seydell
Iowa City
Frank Tustison
Vinnie Winters
Anna Cooney
Nellie Heins
Julia Bischoff
Elizabeth Archibald
Ida Ingham
Charlotte
George
Hampton
W. S. Grimes
Ingham
Texas
H. O. Weaver
Herman Otto
St. Paul
J. F. Wilhelmi
West Liberty News Briefs From Iowa Lively Visits
West Liberty Iowa reports several local movements. Cynthia Hartman arrived from Davenport to visit relatives. Nettie Knapp and her son traveled to Solon to visit Henry Lane. Mildred Luse left for Washington to see friends. Mrs. Fahey came from Town City to visit the Burger family. Mr. and Mrs. McDermott and Miss Cuniff visited a sister in Graham. Miss Rowland’s plans continue after a visit.
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Edna Miller
Iowa City
Joseph Coppack
Centerdale
Zed Ellyson
North Columbus Street
Lydia Euley
Julia
West Branch
Hannah Kerr
Washington
Marian Kelley
del Merridith
Sherman Gregg
Crowly
Otis Gregg
Iowa Falls
George W. Gause
Walter Mosher
Brownville
Texas
Old Mexico
Lillie Clem
South Bend
Ind
Bert Chase
Clay Libby
Valley Junction
M. Blakeslee
Center Hill
West Liberty
Cynthia Hartman
Davenport
Nettie Knapp
Solon
Henry Lane
Martha Hartapee
Mildred Luse
Thomas Fahey
Town City
Wm. Burger
East Fourth Street
John McDermott
Sarah Cuniff
Graham, Ia
Anna Rowland
Chamberlain’s Colic Remedy Ad for Diarrhea
A vintage style advertisement touts a colic and diarrhea remedy marketed as reliable for families. It claims long sales history, numerous testimonials, physician endorsements, life-saving potential, and a low price of a quarter, urging immediate purchase.
Locals and Visitors At Moscow Carnival and Nearby Towns
Miss Edna Desmond returns from Davenport visit. Ernest Ritter and family from Mark Tree Ark are guests at John Hirschman. Vernon Lear visits relatives and attends Muscatine carnival. Mrs J Christesen and daughters Ethel and Margaret visit Davenport. Grandpa Whitmore comes for Hattie Whitmore's baby. Myrtle Slater Wilton visitor. Residents plan West Liberty fair. George Lincoln hauls melons to Tipton. George Cromer and C Smith visit Muscatine. Fred Geese repairs on Sherman Lang’s house.
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Moscow
Edna Desmond
Davenport
Ernest Ritter
Mark Tree
Ark
John Hirschman
Vernon Lear
Muscatine
J. Christesen
Ethel
Margaret
John Arzt
George Snider
Chas. Henderson
Grandpa Whitmore
Ilinois
Hattie Whitmore
Rock Island
Myrtle Slater
West Liberty
Fred Geese
Sherman Lang
George Lincoln
Tipton
George Cromer
C. Smith
Morning Sun social notes and church events bloom
Mrs. Al Teuscher and children visit from Burlington. Rev J Gilmore preaches at Reformed Presbyterian. Guy Swan and Miss Ida Paisley plan a Burlington visit. Prof W H Bell ill in Chicago after South Carolina trip. Community invites for Nesbit reception and Tressie Frazier engagement to Jas A Whithaus.
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Morning Sun
al. Teuscher
Burlington
A. P. Hensleith
J. Gilmore
York
New York
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Guy Swan
Ida Paisley
W. H. Bell
South Carolina
Chicago
McCloud Wellson
Gladys
Mediapolis
A. P. Church
Adams
Utica
Ohio
J. S. McGaw
J. J. Huston
Connersville
John P. Nesbit
United Presbyterian Church
Henry Wallace
Wallace Farmer
Des Moines
Wm. Butler
Monslay
Eva Stormant
Winfield
al. Reid
J. P. Nesbit
Frank Orchard
Leslie
Trenton
Missouri
A. Orchard
Rose Thompson
Quincey
Nellie Holland
Cedar Rapids
Tressie Frazier
Jas. A. Whithaus
Shiloh Church Activities and Local Visits
Mrs Peter Freyermuth and daughter Florence left for St Louis after visiting relatives. Epworth league met, Stephen Hoskins returned home from Chicago after six weeks, and several locals visited Muscatine. The Fisher camp meeting ended Sunday evening and other visits were noted among Shiloh residents.
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Shiloh
Peter Freyermuth
Florence
St. Louis
Epworth League
Minnie Denton
Stephen Hoskins
Chicago
Myrtle Greiner
Ellen Hanley
Muscatine
Margaret Hoskins
Laura Junkin
P. B. Lake
North English
H. J. Freyermuth
Mildred
Davenport
Fisher's Grove
Hiram Cromer
John
David Haifleigh
Chas. Shepherd
Chas. Fisher
Weirhauser
Wisconsin
Two Ball Clubs Victorious As New York Mourns
In thick moisture at the American League park the White Sox beat the New York Highlanders 4 to 1, dampening pennant hopes. The Cubs blanked the Giants 3 to 0 in Chicago, with a tense finish as McGraw’s team loaded the bases late but failed to score.
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New York
Sox
Highlanders
Chicago
Dougherty
Giants
Cubs
New York Giants
West Side
McGraw
Pfiester
New Yorks
Baseball Results From Yesterday Across Leagues
National League scores include New York 3 Pittsburgh 2 and Brooklyn 1 Cincinnati 2 Boston 2. American League games Chicago 4 New York 1 St Louis 7 Philadelphia 1 Detroit 6 Boston 4, Washington Cleveland postponed by rain. Minor leagues list Toledo 6 St Paul 0 and other results across Kansas City Minneapolis Milwaukee and more with a Dubuque vs Decatur draw and Davenport 4 Springfield 3. Western and Iowa leagues note Des Moines 12 Pueblo 8 Omaha 2 Denver 1 Lincoln 10 Sioux City 1 Marshalltown 10 Burlington 2.
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Chicago
New York
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn Ee
Louis Ewe
Boston
Wwe
Dubuque
Springfield Ee Ee
Rock Island Tree Ee Ee Eee
Bloomington Backdeveaees
Davenport
Eee Eee
Decatur
Eee Ewes Eee Wees
American Association
Pet
Columbus Wollen
Milwaukee
Toledo Ee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Een New Wenn
Louisville
St Paul Er
Indianapolis
Pet Des Moines
Omaha
Denver
Lincoln
Sioux City
Pueblo
Iowa League
Pet Ewer
Purlington
Soo
Fort Dodge
Oskaloosa Ween Wee
Marshalltown
Keokuk
Clinton Eee
St. Louis
Detroit
Washington Cleveland
Toledo
St. Paul
Columbus
Des Moines
National League
Brooklyn
American League
Cleveland
Washington
Railway Timetable in Effect June 3 1906
Timetable lists trains going fast to Davenport Chicago and Chicago area with numbers 12 50 30 364 363 4 74 other local freight. Southwest services include Kansas City Denver California Limited Washington Oskaloosa and Ft Worth Dallas routes with corresponding departure and arrival times.
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Davenport
Chicago
Scone Shoe Kate
Kansas City
Denver
California
Washington, Oskaloosa
Ft. Worth
Dallas
Paily
Wilton Trains Leave and Arrive at Muscatine Daily
Wilton branch trains run daily except Sunday. Schedule shows No. 368 at 6:25 am leaving and No. 367 at 12:30 pm arriving. Also No. 262 at 3:20 pm and No. 361 at 5:50 pm. Trains depart Wilton for Muscatine and return to Wilton.
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Muscatine
Wilton
Passenger No. 102 Arrival and Freight Schedule
Passenger No 102 arrives at 10pm and freight arrives at 4 00pm while passenger No 101 leaves at 8 05am and freight departs at 8 30am All taris daily except Sunday W S Underdonk Agent
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Soonse Theo No
Ai Ac
Taris
W. S. Underdonk
Electric Bitters touted for constipation and biliousness
An advertisement claims tremendous power over constipation and biliousness through marvelous cures with Electric Bitters. The product is priced at 50 cents and sold at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store with a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp
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America
Iisbury
VITOS
Pillsbury
Pillsbury’s
Coe Ae Aptman
Threshermen
W.G. Block Company
Wittich Bros
Kal
Welsbach
Jackson Electric Supply Co
Stein's
Sigourney Chautauqua
Jake Wine
James Hughes
B. G. Baxter
W. S. McLean, Jr
Margaret Sherlock
Updegraff Millinery
Keokuk County
Mamie Fischer
Belle Plaine
William Veitch
Ottumwa
B. C. Minteer
W. H. Richardson
Maggie Berringer
John Kennel
Butler
Edith Shanafelt
Oskaloosa
Herbert Stephenson
Fremont
George Kleinschmidt
Institute
Ray Hoyt
George Richmond
Sam Hurst
H. P. Newton
T. L. Goeldner
D. C. Hoyt
O. H. Turner
Neb
Philip Palmer
Presbyterian Church
Mary Seaton
Drake University
Gus. Kracht
Will Dupens
James Pennell
Weingarten Bros
Mak
Broadway
Muscatine Lumber and Box Co
Chamberlain
Dittsburg
Peoria
Springfield
E. H. King
M. D
2Nd St
4Th Street
L. Reppert
First National Bank
Ave
Iowa
Fast Fifth Street
Attorneys AT Law
Thos. Brown
Illinois
Henry Jayne
Wm. Hoffman
Arthur Hoffman
R. Jayne
Jayne & Hoffman
Towa Avenue
Journal Office
H. D. Horst
West Second Street
Carskaddan
Burk & Pepper
J. Carskaddan
W. Dpd
Burk
Pepper
Telephone
J. Monscatine
Titus & Jackson
Iowa Ave
P. Ingham
Attorney AT Law
F. 2Nd Street
Rock Island System
Wilton Trains
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway
Gaccavacedse Vey
Ries
Muscatine Western
Muscatine North & South RY
South Botn O
Round House
Hahn's Switch
Lreewavee
Fruitland Eneeae
Grandview
Ar Tiriek Junction
Hahn’ S
Fruitland
Flrick Junction
Fruiti
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