Local residents head to fairs and visits across Iowa
Agnes Thurman and Chas Funk attend Junction fairs. Hugh Scott resumes studies in Ames. Mrs. S. H. Ames travels to Fort Madison to see an ill son. Sheriff Robi McGaughey takes a business trip to Iowa City. Baptist Sunday school infant class holds picnic at Weed's Park. I. M. Price and family return to Galesburg after visiting W. B. Price. Ray Conway and Chet Bridgeman visit Columbus Junction and Muscatine fairgoers. Emma Underwood returns from Europe. Chas Haine travels to meet grandchildren from Colorado. Helen Markman returns from New York and Buffalo expo. S. G. Stein, S. P. Sawyer and daughters return from the east.
Eyrie Language School Announces Fall Openings
Eyrie Language School will open the first week in October inviting applicants in September. Courses include primary and advanced French and German, English grammar, drama, conversation, classics, art of conversation, sciences of languages, and how to judge a picture. Terms: four dollars for one language, five dollars for two languages, fifty cents per single lesson. Cora C. Weed.
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Cora C. Weed
Races and travel notes from Muscatine area crowd scenes
Local notices report various residents and visitors passing through Rock Island and nearby towns with trips to Chicago Des Moines and Des Moines. It notes preparations for the Muscatine running meet September 10 11 12 with promoter Nevens booking horses and hiring W C Robbins as starter.
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Nevens
Muscatine
Des Moines
Iowa City Fair
Tipton Fair
Journal
W. C. Robbins
Chicago
Strawberry Hill Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Misses Neva Annie Norri and Amy Brown visited Gertie and Millie Hafner. O D Myers shopped in Muscatine Tuesday. Edgingtons welcomed a baby boy. School starts September 1 with Miss Nanie O'Brien as teacher. Swopes' baby noted as a letter. Hawkins and Tanner families hosted visits. Alla Bennington visiting sister H Duffey. A show in Muscatine drew many attendees.
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Strawberry Hill
Neva
Annie Norri
Amy Brown
Gertie
Millie Hafner
O. D. Myers
Muscatine
A. Edgington
Nanie O'Brien
Swopes
George Hawkins
N. Tanner
Ben Hur Opens Illinois Theater Season in Chicago
Klaw and Erlanger present General Lew Wallace's Ben Hur at the Illinois Theater Chicago starting Monday evening September 2. Twelve carloads of scenery and equipment are now in the theater to support the large production with multiple departments accommodated onsite.
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Illinois
Messala
Wallace
Illinois Theater
Klaw & Erlanger
General Lew Wallace
Chicago
The Hygiene of Old Age and Gentle Health
An editorial promotes careful care of the elderly to avoid both overindulgence and neglect. It extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and Herb Laxative Compound as a proven aid for digestion, energy, and longevity, with sample availability and local agent details.
Cincinnati social highlights Christian Endeavor gathering
A Cincinnati social was held last evening at the First Congregational church by the Christian Endeavor society. Delegates Ella Mulford and Nellie McCaw reported on the convention with a strong musical program by Mildred Herr, Beulah Bennison, Caroline Richards, Laura Hill and others. Prominent speakers offered quotations from the city convention addressing abstinence, prohibition, youth engagement, mission giving, and faith in daily life.
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Cincinnati
First Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Ella Mulford
Nellie McCaw
Mildred Herr
Beulah Bennison
Caroline Richards
Laura Hill
Anna Shaw
Col. Bain
Wm. Shaw
Band Concert Friday Evening at Court Square
Pandiet's band presents an evening program at the court square including March Manisot and Philharmonica, plus Descriptive Fantasia and Danse Du Vaudeville. New numbers include March Philarmonica and Wonder Cornet Solo Waltz.
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Pandiet
Court Square
T. V. Short
Boettger S
F. Rhyner
Holzmann
H. Rollinson
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
A widely reputed remedy for colic cholera and diarrhoea described as safe and pleasant to take. Available for sale through all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Peoples' Pulpit column set aside for readers
A period column titled Peoples' Pulpit is set aside by the Journal for signed reader communications, inviting public commentary and letters to the editor from subscribers. The arrangement marks a dedicated space for community voices and civic discourse within the paper.
Journal Opens Forum For Reader Expressions
Though granting writers the free use of this column the Journal assumes to do nothing more than provide a medium for the expression of their ideas. This paper intends neither to approve nor disapprove of the sentiments expressed.
Purge and political reminiscence from a northern orator
The writer recalls fifty years of “boluses” to purge democracy and nerve the self with historical anecdotes. He cites 1852 New Orleans business trip, slave pens, and bloodhound imagery under Democratic rule, promising more pills and a harsh critique of the Democratic Supreme Court.
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New Orleans
Bolus
Supreme Court
Liberty
Democratic Supreme Court
Lincoln and Dix in New York Mob Crisis
A Civil War era letter recalls Lincoln’s telegram to Governor Seymour to quell New York’s riots. It claims Lincoln refused federal order for unconstitutionality, then quotes Dix ordered to “Put down the mob” and hints at postwar constitutional settlements while criticizing Democratic lethargy.
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New York
Lincoln
Seymour
W. HH. Ord
Two New Gushers in Block 38 Reported
A telegram in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes two new gushers located in Block 38, the property of the King of Co. The item highlights promising petroleum activity in the indicated tract and references the associated company’s holdings.
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King of Co
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Two New Gushers at Spindletop Hill Beaumont Texas
Beaumont Tex Aug 10 Two good gushers were brought in today making four new gushers in as many days Both were in Spindletop Hill block 38 Hogg Swayne syndicate territory The Darragh Oil company's 6 inch well was drilled by J W Sturm The Cattlemen's Oil company well was drilled by Contractors Trammer Turner Hart of Houston These are the twenty third and twenty fourth gushers in the field Further details appear on another page.
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Tex
Spindletop Hill
Block 38
Hogg-Swayne Syndicate
Darragh Oil Company
J. W. Sturm
Cattlemen’s Oil Company
Trammer, Turner & Hart
Houston
Plea Seeks Titus Amendment Over Des Moines Leader
A plea argues the Titus amendment would spare the state from a campaign this year. The article notes the amendment’s fate may hinge on a technicality tied to the Democratic state convention and the respected popular mandate.
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Des Moines
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