Local residents listed in city news and travels
Roy Evans of West Liberty and Mrs. Will H. Browning travel notices appear. Creston resident Will McMahon visits brother G F McMahon in town. Miss Grace Shellhorn from Fairport visits Mrs. Johnson. Miss Laura Schooley heads to Wilton for a few days. Miss Mary Klein visits her siblings in Iowa City. R C Schenk visits Downey with nephew Louis. Miss Birdie Batchelor returns to Springdale after a city visit. Rae Baldwin and Thomas McCulloch leave by Wilton train for Des Moines for state teachers meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae Baldwin
Wilton
Des Moines
State Teachers’ Association
Thos. McCulloch
Third Ward
Davenport Semaphore Demolished in Southwest Train Crash
A rear collision in Davenport damaged the semaphore station and derailed portions of trains from the southwest division and the main line. The operator escaped by leaping through a window as lumber cars and engines wreaked havoc. Trains halted until past midnight amid delays and investigation into the wreck’s cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Davenport
Christmas Gift Drive Brings Hopewell Neighbors Together
In Hopewell on December 25 a Christmas gathering drew about 100 residents despite biting wind. The Hopewell union Sunday school led by Mrs. James Beatty funded and distributed gifts to all, with Chas. Wilson directing ant tasks and Mrs. Ollie Storms supervising present handouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
Hopewell Union Sunday School
James Beatty
Christ
Local Syrup Refund Promise Guarantees
A group including N. B. Barkalow G. A. Reinicke J. J. Havercamp Nesper & Co. and J Theo Keuchma signs a covenant to refund money on Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds, with a 50 cent bottle and a 5 cent bottle offered for proof of satisfaction or refund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene’s
N. B. Barkalow
G. A. Reinicke
J. J. Havercamp
Nesper & Co
J. Theo. Keuchma
Brothers hang in February
Governor S R Van Sant of Minnesota, in Muscatine, fixed February 12 as the execution date for brothers Charles and Henry Nelson. The two were convicted of first degree murder for killing a saloon keeper at Owatonna, Minnesota, last August and their conviction was recently upheld by Minnesota's supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. van Sant
Minnesota
Muscatine
Charles
Henry Nelson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Owatonna
Minn
Nice Hair For All Through Dandruff Cure Claims
Cornelius Grew of Colfax Wash reports Newbro's Herpicide cures thick dandruff and stops hair from falling out. The product is described as softening and smoothing hair with a pleasant odor, claiming to kill the dandruff germ and promote hair growth. Sold by druggists with samples available for 10 cents. Special agents Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbro
Cornelius Grew
Colfax
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
Havercamp
Muscatine faces loss of special charter over rail assessment
Judge Preston has ruled that cities under special charter fall under code valuation rules for railroad property. If upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court, special charters may be abolished, affecting Muscatine's governance. Dubuque suits seek taxes on full-value assessments but challenge only railroad property assessment by cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Preston
Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Husted
Dubuque
State Executive Council
Loree Named President of Rock Island Railroad
L F Loree president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad has been chosen as president of the Rock Island system. Loree, born Fulton City Illinois, 49, Rutgers graduate 1877, has held key railroad posts since 1870s and was B and O president from 1901. He was chosen by Cassatt personally and recommended over Leeds as the more practical railroading man for Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Railroad
Loree
Fulton City
Rutger's College
Pennsylvania Road
Regular Army
Mexican National Railroad
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Indianapolis
Cleveland and
Pittsburg
Cassatt
Leeds
Rock Island
Kidney remedy boast from Dr Hobbs and Sam ule
An early 1900s advertisement touts a cure all for kidney ills by Dr Hobbs with Sam ule free. It promotes Remedyk Remedy Co of Chicago and claims swift relief and universal effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
Add. Wing Remedy Co
Chicago
Christmas Program Sparks Joy At Local Chapel
A large orderly crowd gathered at the chapel for a Christmas program Tuesday evening. The event featured choruses, recitations, duets, and a Santa Claus visit with package distribution, including notable performances by Lydia Kemper Frida Kretschmar Elsie Dodge Clarabell Nagel and Miss Harriet Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hail the Redeemer
Lydia Kemper
Little Lord Jesus
Mable
Myrtle Saur
Weinacht
Frida Kretschmar
Elsie Dodge
Santa Claus
Clarabell Nagle
Christmas visits bring joy as Santa greets eager children
Santa leapt from the crowd, delivering laughter and gifts while Mrs. Claus shared in a merry scene. Pastor Bloomquist closed the event with a reflective talk on lasting impressions and the benefits of the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Bloomquist
Timely Topic Tar Remedy At Haver Camp’s Drug Store
A note touts Tar as the season’s best throat and lung medicine. It claims fast cure and prevention of serious colds and coughs and promotes its availability at Haver camp’s Prescription Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp’s
Chicago to New York Pennsylvania Limited Express
The Pennsylvania Limited departs Chicago at 6 p.m. and reaches New York City for dinner the next day. The train uses Pullman library smoking sleeping dining and observation cars and travels nonstop Chicago to New York in twenty three hours. Reservations through C. L. Kimbell A G Agt No 2 Sherman street Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania Limited
New York City
Pullman Library
C. L. Kimball
A. G. P. Agt
Sherman Street
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Attorneys AT Law
Jayne & Hoffman
H. Jayne. W. Hoffman
Iowa Avenue
W. F. Brannan
Corner Third
Walnut Streets
Carskaddan
T. R. Fitzgerald
Hershey State Bank
Iowa Avenue and
Second Street
G. M. Titus
Titus & Jackson
Scott Richman
F. Richman
Richman & Richman
West Second Street
P. Ingham
Attorney
E. 2d Street
W. B. Thompson & Sons
East Second Street
Thos .Brown
Roy C. Brown
Brown & Brown
Illinois
First National Bank
H. D. Horst
Olds Block
Louise Eversmeyer
D. P. Miller
ANR
East Fifth Street
Cook, Musser & Co.'s Bank
West Third Street
H. M. Dean
H. J. Dean
J. W. Morgan
Jacob Fisch & Sons
Henry F. Lange
H. E. Wiley’s
Banking House
Cook, Musser & CO
State Bank and Trust CO
P. M. Musger
Ed. C. Cook
S. B. Cook
G. G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
S. M. Hughes
S.G. Stein
D. V Jackson
J. R. Reuling
Chas. Page
J. Carskaddan
F. P. Sawyer
Muscatine Savings Bank
S. G. Stein
F. Giesenhaus
F .Giesenhaus
E. P. Day
W. E. Battey
Ose
Ician Examination Free
West Second Strest
Max Giesler
Parrot Food
Bird Seed
Bird Biscuits
McBride & Cope’s
LOCAL
J. £. Mull
Geneva Little
Will Wabnitz
Letts
Bert Fulton
Elmer McGowan
Atalissa
Lulu Nauman
West Liberty
Roy Evans
Chas. K. Wiley
Colorado Springs
H. E. Wiley
Foley
Will H. Browning
Burlington
Will McMahon
Creston
G. F. McMahon
Pine Street
Grace Shellhorn
Fairport
Mrs. Johnson
East Hill
Laura Schooley
East Fourth Street
Mary Klein
Iowa City
J. L. Klein
Lena Klein
R. C. Schenk
East Ninth Street
Downey
Louis Schenk
Lindle & Daut
East Second St
Wellbach
Thompson Bros
Daven
Muscatine County
Iowa Association of County Supervisors
Gov
van Sant
L. F. Loree
The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
tan _ EVENING WISCONSIN CO
Pulwaumhee
Falcon
Shannon & Mott Company
Shannon Mott Company
C. B
H. F. Bodman
Co. Otto & Sons
E. Kiepper
M. W. Wheeler
Geo. W. Reuling
Emerson
C. T. Gremmel
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