Wheat yields and church notes mark Nichols area report
July report from Nichola notes Father Nolan memorial service at St Marys, M. Doran and M. Defended harvests with 110 acres of wheat averaging over 30 bushels. Local pastors, townspeople, and plans for a new meat market and central church relocation are mentioned alongside rain and crop concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Elder
S. M. Nichols
Rock Island
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Robert Nolan
M. Lethe Riffey
Colima Junction
Grandview News Roundup Aids Local Threshing and Wells
Miss Nora Thaton visits at Mrs. Wm Schwaidtzer while local farmers report trouble with shallow wells in dry weather. A new threshing outfit arrives for McDaniel and Berk as a township Sunday school convention is planned on the campus. Mrs Ewing offers cooking lessons through N K Fairbank Chicago and Harper's Bazar subscription offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Nora Thaton
Letts
Wm Schwaidtzer
Grantview
Acadimg
N. R. Letts Amd
Joe Pazimons
Muscatine
Jacob Schuster
Muscatine Tuestar
W. A. Gray
Jacob Mertin
Frank Swan
LL. Lieberknecht
Chicago
Merkrt
Gresham
San Jetta
Leva Reereth
Vmercentine
McConel
Treweries
Ety Thestay
T. Onto
Seste Spitznogie
Tooteshorn
Ling
T. T. Tharp
McDaniel & Berk
Jake Stingle
Colorado
N. K. Fairbank Company
N. K. Fairbank Ccompany
Dearborn Street
Emy Reater
Exuva P. Ewing
Leasons & Coupon
Harper's Bazar
Mra. Ewing
Sie
N. K. Fairhenk Company
Temperance Meeting Highlights Alcohol Costs and Crime
A large anti saloon league meeting in Muscatine featured Hon L S Coffin of Ft Dodge delivering a sermon on liquor tied to pauperism crime and insanity. He cited Massachusetts and New York reports claiming high shares of prisoners insane and paupers linked to drink and urged local taxpayers to weigh the economic cost of the saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Square
Anti-Saloon League
L. 8. Coffin
Ft. Dodge
Criminal Court
Iowa
Massachusetts
A Waiter and His Tips
A Philadelphia Record excerpt recounts a waiter's earnings from tips, noting a weekly range up to 50 dollars and occasional large gratuities. He details tipping patterns by patrons, the control of the head waiter, and the memory of the hall porter who handles checks and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri
Coures
Philadelphia Record
Delightful Breezes at Clear Lake Resort
At Clear Lake in northern Iowa the summer resort along the Iowa Central line offers great fishing sailing and bathing with very low rates for single travelers or groups of five or more. Inquiries should be made with ticket agents or George S Rally G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
Iowa
Marshalltown
Pension List of Monte Carlo Reveals Lost Fortunes
The Ledger Monthly notes a Monte Carlo pension list of gamblers who lost fortunes at the tables and receive daily sums from $1 to $8. It cites a tall Scotchman who lost $1.25 million at roulette and now gets about $8 daily, kept by the bank to prevent ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Carlo
Pete Blanc
Promenade Des Angiais
Nice
Roulette
Ledger Monthly
Queer Epitaph Sparks Debate at Leigh Churchyard
A tombstone inscription in Leigh England includes the line A virtuous woman is worth 5s to her husband. Space prevented a crown from being carved, the stonecutter argued a crown equals. An odd note claims a refund if the purchase fails and samples are offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh
England
Rector
Niles
J. J. Wavercamn
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ATUL
M. F. Nolan
Doran
Fred Olin
Ottumwa
N. D. Whitehead
Clarence
Robert Jobmenn
Morning Sun
Nichols
West van University
H. F. Puech
Lone Tree
H.C. Millice
May Heser
Freter
J. P. Meeker
R. M. Estes
Iowa City
Christian Church
Bart Elder
Council Bluffs
Rev. Hemninger
Elkhart
Ind
M. P
Metcatf & Brown
Bulldine
Noten
Cortorgists
A. Coward
Weev
Sera
Seg
Mr. Wtee
Witeow
Ena
Ram Day Yi
T. Ao
Mrs. Trent
Bien
Stein’s Furniture Emporium
S. G. Et
P. Stein
West Second Street
Muscatine, Iowa
Mus. Lumber & Box Co
East Second Street
Nervita Medical Co
Clinton and
Jackson Sts
Illinois
McBride & Cone
Osteopath
M.A. Barr
West Third Street
Niagara Falls
Muskota
Kawartha Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Rapids
Thousand Islands
White Mountains
Atlantic
Grand Trunk Railway
Clark Street
Vention
McDanie
J. C. Allen, D. M. Bridges, J. W
Fraze Amd
Henry Phompson
L.s.coffin
Liquor
New York
Reform School
Mt. Pleasant
Sas Ae Kee
Independence
Ade
Aa Cain
Clarindas
Muscatine Electric
Grand Opera House
Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
Louisville
Fransville
Louis
Nashville
Memphis
Birmingham
Mobile
New Orleans
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida
C. L. Stone
Louisville, Ky
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