School openings near as Garfield and Franklin prepare
The South End readies for September 4 start as Garfield and Franklin schools reopen after extensive repairs. Franklin gains kalsomined rooms and repainted interiors while Garfield sees new cement walkways and steel ceilings added. Local residents and staff head to schools with improvements highlighted by board of education actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Garfield and Franklin
South End
Franklin School
Garfield
Franklin
Homeseekers Excursions by Iowa Central Rail
The Iowa Central will sell round trip excursion tickets every Tuesday to Minnesota Wisconsin the Dakotas Manitoba Saskatchewan and the Canadian northwest. On the first and third Tuesdays each month to points in the south southeast west and southwest. Rate one fare plus 2.90 with liberal limits and stop over privileges. For rates call on agents or address A. B. Cutts GP and TA Minneapolis Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canadian Northwest
A. B. Cutts
Gp&ta
Minneapolis
Minn
Labor Day Celebrations Planned in Muscatine
Final preparations for a grand Labor Day celebration on September 3 in Muscatine and surrounding towns include a morning street parade with record pride in prizes over 159 dollars and expected record floats. An afternoon program at the fair grounds features a race meet, firemen’s tournament, ladder climbs, and basketball contests. Local unions, merchants, farmers, and lodges prepare floats as prizes range from 5 to 15 dollars with various categories and driving rigs drawing many entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Trades and Labor Assembly
Haymarket
Excelsior
Seventh Street
Roach & Musser
Kaiser, Hershey
Tynographical Union
Nichols Fire Threatens Town in Iowa
A midnight blaze in Nichols Iowa narrowly confined to the Smith Brothers blacksmith shop and the scale office. Firefighters saved nearby Stafford hotel Peter Hall store and Briggs barber shop, with losses estimated in the low hundreds and some contents destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hall
Briggs
Little Girl Breaks Arm in Woodshed Fall
Florence Fulmer five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Fulmer living at 1919 Iowa Avenue fell from a woodshed where she and friends were climbing and broke two bones in her right wrist. Dr E B Fulham treated and reduced the fracture. she was reported doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Lockwood
Wapello
Lockwood
Sophie Wahl
Grandview Avenue
Charles Graham
Davenport
Henry Groth
Eliza
Wallace Street
Latham
Moline
Andrew Cracker
George Webb
South End
Henry Dunker
Tri-Cities
Sarah Binz
Gladwin
Ellen
Mabel Womachel
Nebraska Street
Oliver Fish
Alto Trader
Conesville
Nellie Rice
Toma Roan
Deer Creek
Ill
Daniel Womachel
Jerry McGee
Hoopes & Son
Green Street
Fred Butler
Rockford
Florence Fulmer
Ed. Fulmer
Iowa Avenue
E. B. Fulham
Attorney Devitt Heads to American Bar Convention
Attorney J. F. Devitt leaves tonight for St. Paul Minnesota to attend the annual meeting of the American Bar Association. He plans to return home toward the end of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Devitt
American Bar Convention
St. Paul, Minn
American Bar Association
Thief Steals Cigars From Local Shop. Jail Escape Reported
A local thief smashed a window to steal about $15.09 in cigars from Jack Asthalter's shop Saturday night with no clues. Atlantic Iowa inmate Edward Javis, who escaped from county jail, crawled through a corridor and escaped via a window. Hopewell club faced ball trouble in South End after a lad took their ball. L W Searight paid $3.50 in costs after the matter was referred to Justice Howe's police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Asthalter
Edward Javis
Atlantic
Hopewell Baseball
South End
L. W. Searight
Wapello Notes Busy Week Of Local People And Events
Wapello reports include Ross Deihl on vacation from the Chicago C B and Q office, Bailey Murray heading to Des Moines to work as gate keeper at the state fair grounds, and Rev Schweiring leading services. J A Bigger injured at the newspaper press, schools prepared for September opening, and died horses blamed on heat. Eastern Star and Methodist Aid plans announced. district court opens with Hon W S Withrow presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Ross Deihl
Chicago
Henry Wiggs
Cedar Rapids
Bailey Murray
Castro
Des Moines
Schweiring
Burlington District
German M. E. Church
Court House Park
J. A. Bigger
Wapello Tribune
Henry IL. Brown
Muscatine and
Nichols
Kalona
Iowa
Will Thompson
Columbus City
G. C. Kallenbarger
Chares Bete
Merritt Deih
Charles McLaughlin
P. G. Weiderrecht
Jefferson Township
John
Wapello Bridge
M. E. Hoag
Kate Kremer
R. L. Reiley
W. S. Grimes
C. P. Woodruff
Charles Wallace
Ben Thomas
Chet Will
Howard Kelly
West Liberty
H. O. Weaver
Sand Run
Muscatine Slough
Wapelle
Methodist Aid Society
R. I. Butler
James Banks
Butler
Eastern Star
District Court
W. S. Withrow
Mt. Pleasant
Mahdi Wagons Offered By J H Mundt Manufacturer
The ad invites buyers to visit the Mundt wagon factory at 414 East Third Street to see materials and workmanship. It promises the wagons are the best with low prices for the value offered and urges customers to compare figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahdi
Thousands of Men Wanted to Harvest Crops Across Midwest
Advertises large labor demand for harvest in Minnesota and the Dakotas with low rail rates from Iowa Central Railway. Tickets on sale daily August 1 1906 to August 31 1906. Wages from 1.75 to 3.00 dollars per day including board, with full details via A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa Central Railway
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
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Mutual Life Insurance Company
America
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Legislative Committee
Rock of Gibraltar
United States
the Mutual LifeInsurance Company
P. W. Francis
Henry Jayne
Vice Press L
G. Burnett
Cashier
W.G. Block Company
South Muscatine
the Athlophoros Co
New Haven
Conn
Carrie Curtis
Musserville
Joseph Womachel
Muscatine Lumber and Box Co
East Second Street
Thormann Laws
Thormann Mfg. Co
Cor
3Rd & Mulberry Sts
Labor Day Committee
ST. Paul
the Police News
J. #H. MUNDT
East Third Street
Wioetter
Regulator
Atlanta, Ga
Mulberry Street
Phaeton
C. H. Spaethe
Second Street
N. Rosenberger
5 Mile Drive
E. C. Stiles
Musecatine
G. M. Titus
Town Avenue
Boone
Boone Steam Dye Works
Keeter Street
Boone, Ia
J. W. Potter
Brunsick-Garlie Crlisader Co
Marshalltown
H. M. Bartlett
P. O
Columbus
Ohio
Clinton
J. G. Gunzenhauser
J. H. Kendis
E. Baker
Lawn Avenue
Eighth Street
A. A. Keath
Thos. Hayes
Corner Fifth and
Chestnut
W. Seventh Street
Chestnut Street
John Wolfrum
Third Street
J. Greenblatt
Marion Knight
Park Avenue
H. J. Heinz & Co
Care Journal
Wood Lawn Avenue
H. J. Heinz Co
Bey
Jos. Bilkey
Pickle Farm
H. J. Heinz & Coa
Moler Barber College
Kemble Hotel
J. Greenblat
E. Second Street
Muscatine Produce Co
Front Street
Guléner
Confectioner
Dad Dolsen
Dad
Miscellav Educ
Virtlore
Awry
Cw Nages
Morocco
Mra. J. R. Longstreth
Sherman Street
Denver
Spokane
Pacific Coast
Iowest
Buld Transfer Co
Minnespolis
Muscatine Produce Company
Eas
L. Linn Hoopes
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