Miss Helen Hall Returns Home From Institute Trip
Local news notes Miss Helen Hall returns to Wilton after attending an institute. A Burlington excursion is planned, with July tickets available. H P Schuyler of Sherman street reports the safe arrival in Council Bluffs of Mr and Mrs Al Wager, recently visiting en route to their new home where Mr Wager becomes garage manager. Wager formerly led Woodstock Illinois telephone exchange. Mrs Wager is Schuyler’s niece. Moonlight excursion and dance announced for Monday night July 3 with company providing music and a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Schuyler
Sherman ‘Street
Council Bluffs
Wmrs
al Wager
Schuyler
Wager
Telephone Exchange
Woodstock
Post Office to Close on Fourth of July
The postoffice and all public buildings will be closed on the Fourth of July. Postmaster R S McNutt issued notice that postal departments will shut for the day after 10 o clock in the morning. City carriers will make the first delivery in the business district. rural routes will not operate. Carrier windows open 1 am to 10 pm. malls received and dispatched as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. McNutt
Garriers
Prospect House on Shelter Island Heights NY Golf and yachting
Prospect House on Shelter Island Heights New York offers golf tennis yachting and bathing with a delightful climate and pure water. The brochure invites readers to send for a booklet detailing the mountain and shore scenery and amenities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheltor Island Heights
Ly. 1
N.Y
Park Avenue M E Church Vacation Plans
The Stodghill and Stod will leave Monday for a three week vacation visiting relatives in Dudley Ta Deep River and New Sharon. The church pulpit will be filled by a substitute next Sunday evening and Epworth League will lead the following week. Also notes East Will locals about local visits and gypsy camp near East Hill with a heat incident. A dental tip ad extols Bueldin's Alpha Salve for boils burns and cuts at 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Stodwhill
Rey
Mr. Stodghill
Dudley
Deep River
Fred Crow
New Sharon
Crow
Muscatino
Witc
D. Frankel
Stroud
Okla
Bueldin
East Pile
Wavercamp
Weaver Funeral Held at Letts
The funeral of John Weaver was held this morning at 10 o clock from the United Brethren church at Letts. Interment followed in Lettsville cemetery with pallbearers named. A son, Mr A J Weaver, attended from this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Weaver
United Brethern
Letts
L. B. Hix
Waterloo
UA. B
Lettsville
T. M. Brown
S. B. Snyder
D. W. Shollabarger
Joseph Fry
John Burkhart
William Hendrix
Vr. A. J. Weaver
Soothing Syrup Boon For Over St Ive Ye
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Ares
Allaya
Pune
Avery
Wii
Deaths exceed births in June census report
According to Dr. U. E. L. Husted city health officer, June births numbered ten, deaths fifteen. The disparity suggests underreporting of births while Theodora Roosevelt’s stance on race is noted as not followed in Muscatine. Names listed include Thelma Pearl Sivths and Blanca Borgstead among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodora Roosevelt
UE ‘L. Husted
Sivths
Thelma Pearl Crow
Blanca
Ber[nice Borgstead
Edwin Earl ‘Theobald
Hal Osborn Norton
Leonard Trank
Maher
Albert Jacob Reed
Elizabeth Cherhouse
Wasel Mary Broandsma
Earl Adam Piligrim
Dina Block
Paving Started on Sixth Street in Columbus Junction
Bituminous paving began this afternoon on Sixth Street between Mulberry Avenue and Sycamore Street. Foreman McLaughlin leads a gang rushing the project with gas and water appurtenances to be installed immediately. City records will track progress and enforce strict supervision. The July 1 report notes ongoing civic work and local social happenings including a businesswomen picnic and regional visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Street
Mulberry Avenue
Sycamore Street
Foraman McLaughlin
PATH FUNERAL MONDAY FOR MRS FATH IN DAVENPORT
The remains of Mrs. Roy Fath who died in Davenport last evening will be brought to this city Monday morning at 6 30 o clock. Funeral services will be conducted at St Marys church at 9 o clock by Father Leonard and interment will take place at St Marys cemetery. Amateurs Arrange Games Pirates vs Moguls at South End Park tomorrow at 3 o'clock. Muscatine Independents travel to Washington July 3 to face Pat Leverich July 4 games. Pirates and McKenns meet at South by park July 4. A M U team to Riverside on the Fourth. Champion Hose Hook and Ladder Co regular meeting postponed to July 5 at 8 o clock. Jia Brown President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Fath
Davenport
St. Mary’s Church
Father. Leonard
St. Mary's Cemetery
Pirates
South End Park
Ab. Gould
McGee
Richardson
Suman
Woods
Gmne
Muscatine Independents
jJourney
Washington
Pat Leverich
Mckenns
South By Park
A-M-U
Riverside
Champonis
Champion-Hose, Hook and Ladder ‘Co
Jia. Brown
More Motor Boats Leave Barraces For Dubuque Regatta
Last of motor boats bound for Dubuque left today while others from Burlington Quincy passed en route to the regatta city. The Teaser of Burlington visited the port briefly, H J Schippert of Burlington in the Jessie stopped after a short stay. The Highball owned by C H Saunders sailed shortly after 2 pm with Mr Saunders family aboard. Commodore Bishops Spray departed early this morning carrying Jerome Bishop and Frank Fisher. The Chet Fred Hopkins, and Niagara III of the Scharmer Brothers left as others began the journey north today. The Smalley Brothers Viking EE McClung Columbia and Hudson Brothers Water Witch plan to leave tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mustitine
Dubuque
Burlington
Quincy
Hare
Teaser
H. J. Schippert
Bulington
Jessie
HL. Saundros
Sandyes
Sage and Sulphur Cures Danuruff
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur hair remedy claims to remove dandruff strengthen hair and restore natural color. The ad touts its harmless formula and new life for dull hair with daily increasing sales and a fifty cent bottle price sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Team Runs Away on East Fifth Street
A team belonging to Frank B D Bamford of Sweetland township ran away this morning around 10 o clock on East Fifth Street. The horses turned the corner at Fifth and Sycamore, then ran west on Sycamore. They struck the E C Stocker home on Hast Fifth and Sycamore, a tree limb was broken. After a short distance the team broke from the wagon and one horse was injured. wagon not badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank BD. Bamford
Sweetland Township
East Fifth Street
Wifth
Sycamore Streets
E. C. Stocker
Hast Fifth
Sycamore
Smiths Steel Report Made Public In Taft Era Probe
Washington July 1 The long awaited report from the bureau of corporations on United States Steel Corporation submitted to President Taft was released last night. Signed by Werbert Knox Smith the document is narrative and notes that restraint of competition was a prime aim of the original organization. It states capital at 1 402 000 000 with tangible property of 682 000 000 and that reinvested earnings reduced water in the company. The report credits the steel firm with 75 percent of lake ore holdings and highlights its monopolistic position through ore and transportation control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Corporations
United States Steel Corporation
Taft
Werbert Knox Smith
Steal Corporation
Steal Corpotation
Ora
Military of U. S. Adopts Divisional Basis
Washington July 1 The U S military establishment returns to a divisional basis to align peace organization with wartime structure. The country is divided into eastern central and western regions centered at New York Chicago and San Francisco. Seven departments and three independent posts are spread among the divisions, reducing from nine to seven by dissolving Colorado and Dakota departments.
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Washington
U. S
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Colorado
Dakota
Four Children Reach Home After ImmigrationDelay
Immigration officials detained four children Paula 16 and her siblings at Detroit for lacking papers. They traveled 2400 miles from St Joseph New Brunswick to Davenport via Mrs Starrs care. Oldest child Paula earned a diploma in business and a spelling medal at Sacred Heart Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Pala
Oswald
Katherine
Josephine
Herbert
Starr
New Brunswick
Detroit
Paula
Academy of Sacred Heart
St. Joseph
University of St. Joseph
Additon
Wilton Social Notes Bunch Visits Iowa City and Davenport
Mrs J J Shall and others visited Iowa City to see Ida Nicolaus and Mrs Fred Woodhouse in hospital there. Albert Marolf was a Davenport business visitor. A list of locals, including Miss Stella Kellar and Mrs John Rouse, made short trips and calls around Wilton and Muscatine, with several returning home Friday evening. Walter Scull and Lewis Looney are also noted in the wrap of weekend activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
J. J. Shall
Marguerite Nicolaus
Fred R. Woodhouse
Clarinds Thede
Karl Woodhouse
Iowa City
Ida Nicolaus
Albert Marolf
Davenport
Wilhite
Maacaline
Stella Kellar
Moscow
John Rouse
Genevive Vickey
Muscatine
Fred Latchaw
Evengin
T. J. Bowers
BE. Leverleh
Rock Island
WF. A. Townsend
Muncatine
Chas
Curtiss
J. A. Nicawarner
Elizabeth Cronin
Grace Friederichsen
Vesta Wilkerson
Lizzie Wacker
Muscentine
Teachers' Institute
Walter Scull
Lewis Looney
Sunday school class outing at Weed Park
Mrs A J Nordig led a Sunday school class at United Brethren church on Weed Park Friday afternoon and evening. Thirty two people including spouses and families enjoyed a bountiful supper on a long veranda table. A double surprise marked the day for the John Nicholay family on Schilier street when son Harry returned early from a four month visit in Orange City Iowa. They hosted the Young People Society of the First Reformed church for a welcome evening with gummen music and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Nicholay
Schilier Street
Harry
Orange City
Young People's Society of the First Reformed Church
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Swan's
Helen Hall
Herome
Institute
Prospect House
W. 2Nd St
Edward Stodghita
M. E. Obureh
Lomorrow
East Hill
Soldier Boys
Treasury
Ommm
Federal Treasury
Husted
WH. G. Smith
John M. Dalbor
Wiliam J. Cons
Harry Coyner
Andrew Joseph Frazier
Maggie Freaman
Refrugo Palx Mn
Rebecca Ousley
Jennie Stra Jack
Susan Gedex
Margaret WW. Clark
Mildred Bernies Barry
Julius Oberhouse
Kenneth Madden
Robert Henry Scannell
Columbus Junction
Town
MckKee's Pasture
Jennie Robertson
M. Ia Lane
Lewis Baird
John Layton
B. H. Shearer
Ida Grove
Gretchen Kiotz
Des Moines
Crsfitth
Harl Orris
Cone
P. Prott
Lonie
M. A. Hank
Wills Shaver
Wichita
Kansas
Barraces
Danuruff
Frank
Bamford
Sweetland
SMITH
Military OF
Duritan
Harry Leu
Thorougly
Ren
Kuhnen Cigar Co
Reve
Herman P. Greif
Holy Cross German Lutheran Church
Behrens
Paul
Hey
West Ninth Street
Seattle
Wash
Admiral Sampson
Gardner I, Williams
D. C
Oakland
Cal
J. J. Strauss
Philadelphia
Spokane
Sampson
Gardner &F. Williams
Strauss
John Roach
Charlies Lehner
Iowa L
William Jungjohann
Elsie Narvis
Will M. Narvis
West Fourth Street
Carl Jungjohann
Sturtevant Street
Agnes
Louis Behrens
Wm.Garrett,Oph
Ben Hook
Milas Lizvie
Muse Catine
Town City
John Brennan
Counk
Cal Heat
Journal Way
Stee
Grosshein’s
Jancy
Caeaa Oy
Bond
Iowa Avenue
Elmhurs
Mensendieck
Lake Court
Elmhurst School
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