City business ads list local groceries and drug stores
The Journal lists agencies around the city for readers convenience. East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 224 street South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon street W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J H Fuller Grocery and Wm Van Zs Grocery.
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East Hill
Hurlbut Grocery
East 224
South Muscatine
Toborg Bros
Oregon Street
W. C. A. Busch’s
Hershey Avenue
Kecklerville
Chayka’s
West Hill
J. H. Fuller
Wm. van Zs
Towa-Private Branch Exchange Numbers 26 and 27
Publisher Throop outlines how to reach staff via private branch numbers 1 through 8 and department lines. For business office inquiries, call numbers 26 or 27. Mississippi Valley No. 5.
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Towa
F. D. Throop
H. FE. Dreter
Adv
Mgr
Mississippi Valley
Money and ads shape modern political campaigns
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes Connecticut’s gubernatorial race shows a candidate spent 17000 to defeat rivals. It argues primaries in eastern states raise campaign costs and that poor candidates struggle. It laments voters favor highly advertised figures over reputations in modern elections.
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Cedar Rapids
Connecticut
Governors meet in Louisville amid calls for stimulation
Woodrow Wilson told Kentucky governors in Louisville that they came for stimulation. he warned that Kentucky has changed in a decade and urged progress beyond past norms. The remarks followed earlier discussions about Cook and the North Pole expedition.
President approves Lafe Young appointment
The president approves Lafe Young for a post. Taft praises Young as a competent man and expects broad legislative support when choosing Senator Young's successor.
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Victor Index
Lafe Young
Taft
Senator Young
Tipton Adventires: Prohibition Efforts Near Iowa City
A strong organization in Iowa City seeks a law from the next legislature to ban intoxicating liquor sales within five miles of the state university. Proponents argue thousands won’t send their children to the university because Iowa City is a saloon town, and Iowa City ought to be dry.
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Tipton Adventires
Iowa City
State University
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Optimus on tainted money in churches and colleges
The article argues that avoidant talk about tainted money from churches and colleges in Cedar Rapids stems from a fear that many structures would close without such funding. It suggests leaders stay silent to protect institutions.
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Cedar Rapids
Mrs Harriett Evans Heads Iowa Suffrage Group
Des Moines will host Mrs Harriett Evans newly elected president of the Iowa Suffrage association to advise the legislature during the coming winter session.
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Davenport
Harriett Evans
Iowa Suffrage Association
Des Moines
Senator Young Astonished Over Cummins Progressive Preference
Senator Young appears surprised that Cummins favors a genuine progressive over an emergency insurgent nicknamed Colonel Young.
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Marshalltown
Young
Cummins
Colonel Young
Sunday Attacks Waterloo as Slow to Respond
Keokuk Gate City notes Billy Sunday told Waterloo residents they are slow as an old flint lock musket whose gun took five minutes to go off after the trigger. He warned that Waterloo presented itself as the state’s most wide awake and progressive city.
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Keokuk Gate City
Billy Sunday
Waterloo
Peary Declines Comment on Cook North Pole Confession
Iowa City Citizen reports Commander Peary's refusal to comment on Dr. Cook's confession of failure to reach the north pole. Peary offered no statement when pressed about the matter.
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Iowa City
Peary
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Orthwein recalls curling lore at St Moritz dinner
William J. Orthwein, famed Swiss curler, shared tales at a dinner before departing for St Moritz. He recounted Dougal MacDonald and Donald MacDougal in a famous match with a bold final throw, ending in a plunge through ice and a grave-side joke.
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William J. Orthwein
St. Moritz
Mr. Orthwein
Switzerland
Kulm
Dougal MacDonald
Donald MacDougal
Philadelphia Bulletin
Old Joshua Bolton Seeks Leave to Visit Aunt in Virginia
In an Atlanta family a long serving elder named Joshua Bolton asks for a few days off to travel to Virginia to visit his aunt. The aunt is said to be about 110, living with her grandmother, and the story highlights age assumptions common in Southern society as described in Harper's Weekly.
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Atlanta
Joshua Bolton
Virginna
Yassir
Joshua
Virginia
Harper's Weekly
Dr C and the peaches a Victorian banquet tale
A clerical club tale recounts Dr C reading on total abstinence while a wife serves supper. He refuses more peaches but asks for gravy instead, misusing a culinary moment to illustrate restraint. The anecdote ends with polite refusals and gentle humor.
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Dr. C
Harper’s Magazine
Dinner Honors Attendees In West Liberty
West Liberty Ia Dec 3 Mrs Anna Smith hosted a six oclock dinner Thursday for Mrs Liberty and daughter Miss Winifred plus Miss Mont.
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West Liberty
Anna Smith
Liberty
Winifred
Mont
Reminiscences Recall A Dog Fight And Local Progress
A Muscatine reminiscence quotes a vivid canine duel by the State bank lasting about two hours between a yellow and a gray dog. The clipping also laments Muscatine’s lack of progress and calls for telephone service with support from prominent local business leaders.
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State Bank
Oldest Inhabitants of Winnebago Visit City
Forty years ago a group described as the Winnebago family’s oldest inhabitants appeared on the streets. Twenty members left La Crosse two weeks earlier and head south to fish and hunt for the winter, planning to return north next spring. They travel in canoes and skiffs and are said to be calling on residents to beg.
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LaCrosse
Muscatine Laments Western Towns With Phone Exchanges
Thirty years ago a Muscatine writer notes the embarrassment of a small western town enjoying telephone exchange benefits while Muscatine lags behind. The column reflects local pride and frustration over connectivity.
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Muscatine
Apples Decorate Freight Train In Missouri Shipment
Ten thousand barrels of apples shipped from Missouri arrived by freight train yesterday. The three cars bore banners and apple designs, with the engine heavily decorated, creating a mouth watering display.
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Missouri
Opportunity to acquire John Stoddard lectures for Muscatine libraries
Ten years ago Muscatine residents were offered a rare chance to obtain the complete lectures of John Stoddard. Messrs. F. S. Waterman and A. D. Billinghurst arrived to canvass for the work and have visited many citizens in recent days. A representative had previously been in town.
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Muscatine
John Stoddard
Messrs
F. S. Waterman
A. D. Billinghurst
Local notices and social rounds fill Wilton scene
The column lists visits and travels of residents including Elmer Evans, the Andersons, and the Hises. Friends attend events in Iowa City and Atalissa while others plan trips to Burlington, Davenport, and Marietta. The piece notes society meetings at M E church and Christian Church, and previews a melodrama adaptation of Ishmael with Miss Hayward.
Ishmael stage adaptation by Grace Hayward at Grand theatre
Mrs E D E N Southworth's novels like Ishmael and Self-Raised inspire a new stage version by Grace Hayward. The play titled Ishmael will be presented at the Grand theatre on Monday. Hayward, famed for St Elmo and Graustark, has shortened the work for the production.
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E. D. E. N. Southworth
Ishmael
Grace Hayward
St. Elmo
Wardrobe Highlights In Uncle Tom Revival At Grand Theatre
The Grand theatre showcases Al. W. Martin’s revival of Uncle Tom’s Cabin with a famed Lawyer Marks costume. The tall white plug hat swallow-tail coat and vest, worn nightly, were donated by Granby of Vergennes and once belonged to his father, Judge Granby, a leading Vermont lawyer. The production runs with Sunday matinee and evening shows next week.
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Old Man
Lawyer Marks
Marks
al. W. Martin
Grand Theatre
Granby
Vergennes
Judge Granby
Martin
Uncle Tom
Cast Aside at Grand Theatre Delivers Modern Drama
The Grand presents Cast Aside this Saturday with matinee and night shows. Based on Chas K Harris ballad inspired work by L B Parker the drama unfolds in New Yorks Wall Street office of J Burton Downs Co. Tom Shanley head decamps for Grand Rapids but spends Sunday in Benton Harbor where he meets Mary Miller whose cool manners thwart his advances.
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Grand Theatre
L. B. Parker
Chas. K. Harris
J. Burton
Bowel troubles blamed for health woes advertises CASCARETS
The notice claims many men go broke in health due to sluggish bowels and a poisoned system. It promotes CASCARETS as a cure and relief, urging readers to try the product at 10 a box for a week’s treatment. It touts the medicine as the biggest seller, with a million boxes sold monthly.
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Cascarets
Downings and a Web of Betrayal in a Turbulent Affair
In New York, Tom confronts Downs over desertion as Mrs. Downs contends with a flirtation with a young Englishman. A heated clash ends when Mary Miller arrives, exposing Downs' schemes. The wife protects the victim and sets her up in a millinery business.
A Simple Safeguard for Mothers
Mrs. D. Gilkeson of Youngstown Ohio shares how Foley's Honey and Tar eased her daughter's severe cold and coughing after a single bottle cleared throat and lung inflammation. She keeps a bottle at home and warns against substitutes. A. W. Morgan, druggist, endorses the product.
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D. Gilkeson
Ingles Ave
Youngstown
Ohio
Foley
A. W. Morgan
Letts Reading Room Elects Officers and Hosts Bazaar
The Letts reading-room group elected six-month officers led by President Mrs. Hattie Shelbarg er. Vice President Mrs. Ava Weaver. Secretary Miss Gladys Weaver. Treasurer Mrs. Nellie Hildebrand. Nettie Hawkins was named to supervise Thursday and Saturday service. A bazaar is planned Saturday. Mary DeCamp celebrated an eightieth birthday with a surprise lunch and visit from friends. Multiple local residents and relatives were mentioned visiting or traveling to nearby towns and states. The new pastor Rev. Barker will move into the M E parsonage as services resume next Sunday.
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Mary DeCamp
Philip
Fruitland
Letts
S. B. Furnas
Henry Hendrix
Belle Brown
Mexico
Day
Muscatine
Zetta Shellabarger
Emma Ellis
Watertown
Letts Record
M. C. Wright
Wapel
Minneapolis, Minn
William Wilson
Rev. Barker
M. E. Parsonage
M. N. Rippey
Martha
Columbus Junction
T. S. Meeker
Andrew Milhone
Shenandoah
Milhone
Frank Thornton
Digestion and Assimilation Claims Strength via Tablets
It asserts that strength comes from digestion and assimilation not intake. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets invigorate the stomach and liver to function naturally. For sale by all dealers.
Local Notes and Moves in Columbus Junction Area
Fred Baker gave a lecture on The Lucky No at the high school building. J W Garner and wife left for New Freedom Pennsylvania after the death of Garner's father Joe Fender Jr. Aledo Illinois visitors Joe Fender Jr. family arrival. Ira Hendrickson of Windom Minnesota visits his parents near Gladwin, first in six years. Jay Robertson resigns as Grand View Schools principal to take a new position.
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Columbus Junction
Fred Baker
J. W. Garner
New Freedom
Joe Fender, Jr
Aledo
Ill
William Dean
Ira Hendrickson
Windom
Minn
A. Hendrickson
Gladwin
Jay Robertson
Grandview Schools
Residents visit in H. M. Letts home and local moves
Mail route No. 1 from Columbus Junction sees Mrs. M. Gould of Wapello visit at the H. M. Letts home. Mrs. Albert Davis remains in Iowa City hospital but improving toward a return home. W. A. Knott sold the Joe Reynolds property to Mr. Lampher for 3650, to be occupied by J. D. Waterman. Mrs. Spurrier, en route to Mt. Ayer, spent Thursday night with her cousin Mrs. O. M. Cavin.
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Columbus Junction
M. Gould
Wapello
H. M. Letts
Albert Davis
Iowa City
W. A. Knott
Joe Reynolds
Lampher
J. D. Waterman
Spurrier
New Fraternal Aid Officers Selected
Bloomington Council No 175 Fraternal Aid Association elected new officers and held a social hour with refreshments. Installations are set for the first Friday evening in January. Officers include President E C Maxson and Vice President Mrs Oliver Dunn among others with Doctors Api Heidel and Crow serving as Medical Examiners.
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Bloomington
Fraternal Aid Association
E. C. Maxson
Oliver Dunn
George Scholten
Charles Miller
Ella G. Hays
John Herwig
William Hall
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H. V. Kerr
Babe
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Marietta
Iown
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Wilton
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J. D. Hogan
Willis
Downey
H. V. Mudge
Rock Island Railroad
Omaha
Charlotte Dorf
Henrietta
Amelia Martin
Anna Russell
Nettie Ruess
Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Myrta Swain
Prairie Street
C. W. E. M. Society of the Christian Church
Bertha Stokes
Artie Gates
Taylor
Christian Woman's Board of Missions
Christian Church
Tishmael
Claudia
Miss Hayward
Dr. Pierce
Grand Opera House
Theodore Roosevelt
Wagner's Book Store
Tri-City Loan CO
New
Brady St
VELIE
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East Second St
Sun
Wm. Kibble
Cotton
Bloodhounds
Wyeth
Wyeth Chemical Company
Cortlandt St
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