Loop Opens as Downtown Cars Run Around New Route
Local traction officials report the completed downtown loop is in use today with cars operating over the new route from Third Street to Second Street. Passengers crowded corners as the first runs demonstrated the extended service, with schedules maintained and riders expressing approval once accustomed to the change. The Second Street switch will stay during winter, with full double tracking to follow in spring. Davenport & Mura interurban cars plan to begin regular service soon, with the first car circling the loop next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hackaway
Chmonson
Third Street
Muthersy
Iowa Avenue
Downs
Muncatine
Thirel
Lowe Avenue
Chestnut
Secord
Ubi Pacrona
Pitasca
W. D. Schuster
Baloon Lad Works
Schuyler
Davenport &Muaroti
Ttig
fInty the Uly
Christmas Dance Held by Kaiser Co at Armory
Kaiser Company in the South End held its twelfth annual Christmas ball at the Armory in the evening. A large turnout attended the event, regarded as another successful and enjoyable affair by the Kaiser company over the last twelve years. Excellent music was provided by Gremmely and his seven piece orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalyat Trose Company
South End
Armory
Kaiser
Gremmely
Town Unite In Tripoli Ruins Found From Airship
Two Italian officers report discovering Sabutte, a thriving Rome colony, after spotting the ruined city from an airship over Tripoli. Photographs show extensive ruins, with twenty columns standing, as restoration plans begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nomaos
Tripol
Rome
Dac
Tripoli
Sabutte
Oncas
Local Guests Entertain During Holidays in Tort League
Miss May fla Samutle of Tort Lcott Kansas visits at brother C. H. Samuely family for holidays. Walker J. King of Bonners For ty Idaho visits parents Mr and Mrs L. C. King in Lake township for three weeks. Miss Lett Altbaus of Geneseo Illinois returns home after Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Adam Althaus on Cherry street. Mr and Mrs A J Crow who spent the past year at Bonker's Ferry arrive in Mune withs and stay at the Atthaus home on Cherry street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Fla Samutle
Tort Lcott
Kansas
C. H. Samuely
Walker J. King
Bonners Forty
Idaho
L. C. King
Lake Township
Lett Altbaus
Geneseo
Adam Althaus
Cherry Street
Mra
A. J. Crow
Bonker's Ferry, In
Heve
Munewiths
Atthaus
Ola OrXs
Lee Asheigh
Cedar Street
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Cal
Mildred Rutner
Des Moines
Jpent
Competitive Runs Arranged For Monday In River Road
Don McClure of Oskaloosa plans a daylight trip along the Great White Way from Davenport to Des Moines Monday at 7 p.m. The River to River Road promoters say rival Peter Petersen of Davenport will depart simultaneously to meet him near Muscatine and Des Moines. The promoter notes the river-to-river trip can be completed in under ten hours with good road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don McClure
Oskaloosa
McClure
Davenport
Pete Petéraen
Weaturn Bou Jary
Popetovtford Petersens
Atre
Pola
Muscatine
Ariva
Ay Des Moinas
Christmas Program at Kalorama School
Kalorama school patrons attended a Christmas program featuring pupils and teachers in songs, recitations, tableaux, and dialogues. Performances included Naomi Brown, Pearl Goddard, Harold Wiggers, and Carol Garrard among others with numbers like Muss Welcome, Xmas Over the Land, O Santa Claus, and A Ghost In the Wit een.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalorama
Muss
Naomi Brown
Pearl Goddard
Vern Hossey
Vernon Schmitt
Charlymith
Harold Schmytt
Edith Mentinis
Carl Pretz
Helen Price
Ajlee Goddard
Vendu Tolleen
Iavor Dilehert
Moter Googe
Sllaah Nleut
Harald Wiggers
Harold Setrmitz
Annual Christmas Variety of Reunions Graces Local Society
Society notes celebrate family reunions and Yuletide festivities as Magazines young people return home from colleges. The Christmas ball by Bhusentine Launch Club, plans for New Year events, and numerous home gatherings feature dancing, exchanges of gifts, and visits from out of town relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cmily
Youny
Wilbo
Bhusentine Launch Club
Blind boy receives miracle sight on Christmas in Chicago
In Chicago two boys, Olson Cantianer and Giga Olson, gain their first sight after years of blindness. The tale recalls a mother’s face and a life changed by a single miraculous moment, as Santa Claus grants a prized gift to a child with a hopeful future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biu
Chicago
Uae
Giga
Olson Cantiaren
Christiniy
Beatty
Jay
Santa Claus
Miller Arrested Over 25000 Bogus Drafts Case
Dec 26 Bonver Col Today Miller, claiming to wage the fortune of a German landowner, spent most of 25000 in bogus drafts carried on a New York trust carrier. He bought automobiles, furniture, real estate and other high priced items before detection. Trust companies alerted banks that drafts were worthless. He was jailed after arrest yesterday while negotiating a Colorado ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nonver
Bad Parner
Bonver
Miller
Morchunts
Ratte
New York
Bighrest
Colorado
JOURNAL WANT ADS Four rooms over Hincs Hat Score
Classified want ad item listing four rooms over Hinc s Hat score suggests a small living space for rent or sale. The terse line lacks full details but indicates a real estate offering linked to a local business or property name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinc
Literary Nods and Moral Lessons From a School Scene
A classroom story recalls a lesson about Samuel and a mischevious girl’s answer about a stolen watch. The tale, excerpted from Waller Tones’s The Barbershop Sport, surveys unauthorised boyish bravado and small town behavior as observed in a Magazine tale about young men and Sunday chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waller
Tanual'y Red Book
Exhibit Car Arrives Early Morning in City
The agricultural exhibit car of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Road toured through middlewear and arrived from Davenport, now on the siding opposite the Rock Island depot. Open to public inspection from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with displays from the five states Dakota, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and related products. Three men BE, A Boyd, Th Blair, and A D Jones supervise the car which travels along the new C M and St P extension to a Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound road. The car will stay two more days, drawing large crowds to this educational display.
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Chicago
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Devenport
Rock Island
Dakotas
Idaho
Montana
Washington
A. Boyd
Th. Blair
A. D. Jones
Enr
Chicago, Milwaeukee
Wilton Highs To Host Columbus Junction In Hoops Clash
Wilton Iowa and Columbus Junction meet in a high school basketball game at Wilton School Hall after Christmas. Local residents, including Mrs Wright and family, visit Des Moines and Muscatine relatives while numerous town churches held Christmas programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Luton
Columbus Junction High School
Walter Marolf
Muscating
M. F. Cronin
Afusentine
Thomas Smith
Moscow
Isaac Petia
Verlans Santis
Glen Miller
Davens Park
Frank Kulns
Iowa
Z. W
Hay Cousin
Rock Island
Leonard Smith
John Sherman
Spatt
Mary]eth
Wid
Albert Brugman
Davenport
Peter Rininsland
Lelia Keltey
G. R. Gatton
Indianola
George Eltman
Mra
Lauren Henderson
T. Vanada
Thlenda
Muscatine
George Nicolaus
Fred Frieden
Kate Daut
Tipton
Hutchinson Rites Held At Local Baptist Church
Funeral services for Doluk Hutchinson, Muscatine business leader, were held at the First Baptist church in Ute with Dr. Wilcox of Des Moines and Rev. R. V. Meigs in charge. Hutchinson, who died in Los Angeles last week, was lauded as a trusted citizen and longtime education official, with hundreds of mourners attending and many school personnel present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doluk
Hutchinson
B. Wilcox
Des Moines
Baptist Church
R. V. Meigs
Dr. Wilcox
Mulberry Avenue
Pallwearers
D. Moret
A. W. Hine
Charles Reesink
Edward C. Link
Henry W. Franklin
William Hendricks
J. D. Fulham
Norton
W. Hahn
G. E. Graytn
Meigs
Wilcox
Matehinson
Rte
Hitchinson
Agdoa
Jesus
Tony Hfe
al Servier
Whitehinson
Barbershop Awning Remark Recounts Timeworn Street Speech
A fragment notes Chacley's barbershop awning and a remark about a girl who thinks highly of herself. The line hints at social attitudes as residents pass along the street, reflecting a moment of local speech and judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chacley
Hersell
Hutchinson Sunday School Leader Remembered In Church Memorial
A church memorial recalls Brother Hutchinson a long serving Sunday school superintendent. Tributes praise his faith and leadership while urging a new church building with a Hutchinson Sunday School Hall to honor his life. The note hopes for continued service by successors and comfort for his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Christ
Aleat Brother Hutchinson
Jesus
Brother Hutchinson
Brother Butchinson
Wei
Huchinson
First Baptist Sharch
W. Hutchinson
All Who
Himi
Deak
Hutchinson
God the Lord
The Saturnalia Feast Among Romans
The samiatia festival honored Satura beginning December 17. Romans relaxed rules, slaves gained liberty of speech and action, work paused, houses and temples adorned, greetings exchanged, and gifts sent during the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Didwitter
Steamships Run By the Sun
An early 20th century promotional piece extols sun ray therapies and X-ray like devices for chronic diseases. It touts Dr. Pierce's Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo and claims violet rays and concentrated sunlight cure ailments from neuralgia to rheumatism. It describes equipment, methods, and a patient-preference for correspondence treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
In- Nalids
Boal
de RV
Eres Wa Genuine Homie
Tecomica
Meno
Union
Ehom
Jeter
Tavards’ Rotel and Surgical Institute
Butta
N.Y
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Kaiser Co
Oskaloosa’ Man
Atonz Great Waste Way
Wile Petersen
Himer Collainn
Elmer Ulack
William Pratts
Welch
Nichols
Lome
Ton
Waital Frony
Witliam King
Frank
Raber Black
Kirchner
Frances
Aise
Des Shoines
Hal Norton
Poila
Rober Williams
Sivley
Misag
E. Otntthis
Ghicaro
Emma Gray
Benjamin Neentulst
Oa Finder and Christman
West Gishth Street
Skatw
W. F. Boller
S Mall
B. G. Hoopes
West Fifth Street
John, Bowman
West Scand Street
Orrang
Abs. Ghorge van Byosky
Davenpar
George Shidden
Pleasant Country Horus
Bloomington Township
Journal
Samuel
Jesson
Hushad
Bil
Leacer
Milwaukee
Davenpore
R. V. Melga
Funeral Services
Alaigs
Brother Hutchinson Fftean
Tia
Mittehinson
Jesus Christ
Universa
Church
Watehin Zon Wal
Hutchingen
Leysen
Cut Price Shoe Store
Pender
David Bogard
M. Kautz Baking Co
The
Sun
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