Local News and Advertisements Snapshot
Miss Glennada Edge of Wilton returns home after a visit with Muscatine friends. Miss Pearl Mills of Rock Island returns home aboard the Firefly after a Muscatine visit. Carrie Krug visits Chicago after staying with Muscatine friends. Titus Loan offers farm mortgage loans from $100 to $10,000. John A. Robbins represents a major fire insurance company in the city.
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Miss Pearl Mills
Rock Island
Carrie Krug
Chicago
Titus Loan & Investment Co
Iowa Ave
United States
John A. Robbins
Agen
Local residents depart for visits and returns today
Mrs A Fordham leaves for Marshalltown after a visit in the city. Mrs Henry Shafit and Robert Roach head to Iowa City for a day trip. Mrs T Denelsky returns to Des Moines after visiting Mrs J Smith. H F Jones and children travel to Barnesville for two months. Miss Sarah Bilkey goes to Cedar Rapids to visit friends. Miss Ruth Ringgenberg returns to Wilton. Miss Mary Humphreys and Miss Anna OBrien with Elizabeth Gorrey head to Chicago for a visit. Clara Poehls, now in Peoria, departs after two weeks with the Barrys. G M Titus promotes installment home purchases. Red raspberries arrive with thanks from J J Collar on Bidwell road.
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Clara Poehls
Peoria, Nl
Helen and
Frances Barry
East Eighth Street
Refreshments for the Fourth at Slaughter's Candy Store
Slaughter's Candy Store invites orders for ice cream ices cakes pies and all kinds of sandwiches for picnics and parties ahead of the Fourth.
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Slaughter's Candy Store
Mary Excursions 10 Ghy on Monday
Excursion boats J. S. Blair and Columbia plan multiple trips between the Pearl City Davenport Rock Island and Muscatine on Monday. J. S. departs Tri-Cities at 8 30 AM returns with Muscatine passengers and again to Rock Island Davenport before 3 PM. Helen Blair sails 7 AM Muscatine to Tri-Cities then 1 30 PM to Davenport Rock Island returning 11 PM. Columbia offers a family cruise Rock Island 11 AM to 7 PM then to Burlington for the M V P A regatta.
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Muscatine
Tri-Cities
Pearl City
Davenport
Rock Island
J. S
Tri-City
Columbia
Burlington
Gunness Case Recalled in Estate Suit Award
Jury awards $3 145 to administrator of Andrew Helgelein estate in La Porte Indiana in a suit against Bella Gunness estate executor. Helgelein was lured to La Porte in January 1908 and murdered after alleged advances by Mrs Gunness. The verdict covers seventeen months interest and the claimed amount obtained before the crime.
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Helgelein
Laporte
Ind
Fred M. Pitner
Andrew Helgelein
Aberdeen
S. D
Bella Gunness
la Porte
Carrie Nation in Wreck Near Independence
Carrie Nation was in a train wreck near Independence after missing her regular train to West Union and taking a Cedar Rapids special. The engine derailed at speed but Nation escaped with no serious injuries.
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Des Moines
West Union
Cedar Rapids
Nation
Independence
German American Bank Celebrates Tenth Anniversary Milestone
The German American Savings Bank of Muscatine marks ten years since opening in 1899. It reports assets of 1,432,709.02 with loans 1,085,447.30 and deposits 1,260,466.21 plus a 100,000 capital stock and substantial surplus. The June 30 1909 statement highlights growth since moving to current quarters on Second and Sycamore streets.
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Houdek
Second
Sycamore Streets
Muscatine
German American Bank’s Growth Sparks Muscatine Landmark
The German American Bank celebrates ten years of service in Muscatine and announces plans for a new first class bank and office building on a street east plot. The move reflects local growth, banking reforms, and a public push toward savings with deposits surpassing 5 million dollars citywide. A separate incident at Kieckhofer Box Co. caused a 250 thousand dollar fire loss with 150 workers narrowly escaping injury as exits flooded during the blaze.
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Houdek
Muscatine
Kieckhofer Box Co
Box Factory Fire in Milwaukee Destroys Plant
A major blaze in Milwaukee on July 1 destroyed a box factory plant. The fire caused about $250,000 in losses and left extensive damage to the facility and equipment.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Q Ban Hair Restorer and Tonic Backed by Guarantee
An interview with Hessig-Ellis Drug Company notes rising demand for Q-Ban Hair Restorer and Q-Ban Hair Tonic. The firm offers six bottles with a refund guarantee if hair color does not improve and promises growth. Free 50 cent bottle to gray haired customers. mail address required in Memphis.
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Hessig- Ellis Drug Company
Havercamp’s
Hessig-Ellis Drug Company
Memphis
Stuart Lecture Charms West Liberty Crowd
Dr George R Stuart spoke on Lopsided Folks at West Liberty Iowa, arguing a balance of business social and religious life along with physical mental and sentimental harmony. The event featured Louis Lipski Royal Hungarian Orchestra with notable violin solos by Mrs Lipski.
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West Liberty
George R. Stuart
Louis Lipski Royal Hungarian Orchestra
Louis Lipski
Local Docket of Visits and Departures in Wilton Area
Wilton residents and visitors report a flurry of short trips and homecomings on Wednesday and Thursday. John Osmers left for Durant for brief business, while Miss Grace Long and Miss Myrtle Price headed to Independence for a few days with relatives before returning to Eldon. Dr. A. R. Leith came home after a stay in the area, and Henry Smith of Moscow paid a Wednesday call. Mrs. L. R. Dunker returned from Muscatine, and F. C. Wickes conducted business there. Mrs. D. Blesse arrived from Davenport to visit at Mrs. Charles Rogers’s home. Louis McCaw and Belle Edge visited relatives in West Liberty and Muscatine respectively, with Miss Dorothy Sullivan also returning home after visits elsewhere.
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Muscatine
Mert
Leila Stevens
Davenport
Arvilla
Gladys Atwill
Stockton
Perry Baker
Adeline McSwiggin
H. H. Johnson
West Liberty
Will Murphy
Lena
Bertha Miller
Emil Hiden
J. L. Wright
Jean Kentner
Simon Hinkhouse
Clara McSwiggin
Rock Island
George Holzhauer
J. E. Smith
Katherine and
Ruth Hagerty
Burlington
Elizabeth Hagerty
St. Paul
Minn
Ruth Ringgenberg
Perry Duncan
W. G. Griffith
Fred Timm
C. H. Parker
Wilton
John Osmers
Durant
Grace Long
Myrtle Price
Laura Grings
Independence
Eldon
A. R. Leith
Henry Smith
Moscow
L. R. Dunker
F. C. Wickes
D. Blesse
Charles Rogers
Louis McCaw
Belle Edge
Clarinda Thede
George Sherberger
Dorothy Sullivan
Abdullah Hamid’s cash check to aid army corps
A Salonki dispatch reports former Sultan Abdul Hamid handed authorities a five million dollar check intended for the needs of the second and third army corps. In Constantinople promoters are confirmed jailed as Armenian papers publish the Fedakiar secret society statement naming Kurdish sheiks Kemmel and others.
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London
Salonki
Abdul Hamid
Constantinople
Abdullah Kiazim
Fedakaiaran
Kemmel
Coal Co Incorporation in Trenton Amid Land Plan
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Coal company filed articles of incorporation in Trenton New Jersey. Authorized capital stock is 6 800 000 dollars. The firm reveals a plan to control coal lands of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad and to operate the mines rather than lease or ship coal to tidewater following a Supreme Court ruling.
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway
Trenton
N. J
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
United States Supreme Court
Tidewater
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Iowa
G. M. Titus
G.R. Titus
J.P. Schomberg
Sir Thcy
West Second Street
Bell Phone
Miss. V
J.E. Kranz
Ottie Snyder
Bestenlehner
A. B. Clapp
Hershey
Kate Smedley
East Second Street
A. Fordham
Marshalltown
Henry Shafit
Cedar Street
Robert Roach
Iowa City
First Mortgage
Iowa Farm Loans
H. F. Jones
Juanita d Otto
Barnesville
Sarah Bilkey
Iowa Avenue
Mary Humphreys
Anna O’brien
Maiden Lane
Elizabeth Gorrey
Newell Avenue
J. J. Collar
Bidwell Road
Collar
Wittich Bros
Schaefer
Schaefer’s
J. S. and
Helen Blair
Gunness Case
Carrie Nation
BANK
Sale of Oxfords
En’s and
Boys’ Oxford
Stuart
Chautauqua
Abdi
Adana
Abdul
Sunshine Shampooing Shop
J. D
Mucha, Mfg
Muscatine, Ia
East Front Street
Mora Light Four
Smakey Auto and Marine Co
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