Local notices and visits fill Sleepy Eye scene
Local residents travel to nearby towns for visits with friends. Mrs. Rachel Reddick heads to Arden for a few days while E. Close goes to Deep River. Miss Jennie McDougall leaves for Columbus Junction and Miss Emma Lemkau visits Nichols. Excursion to Barnum & Bailey's circus offered with a set itinerary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Reddick
Arden
E. Close
Deep River
Jennie McDougall
Newell Avenue
Columbus Junction
Emma Lemkau
Evans Street
Nichols
Barnum & Bailey’s Circus
J. S
Muscatine
Fairport
Davenport
South Muscatine Seeks 200 Child Workers This Summer
South Muscatine and River Road Farms need two hundred children to work in onion fields and berry picking. Heinz and Island growers report labor shortages as harvest nears. Muscatine shows ample employment despite farming needs. Church services move earlier to accommodate Chautauqua attendance. A 22 foot launch for Fred Banning was completed at Muscatine Motor Works with hull by George Fengler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinz Company
Muscatine
Musserville
Chautauqua
Fred Banning
Muscatine Motor Works
George Fengler
Peculiar Accident Leaves Miller with Dislocated Ribs
John Miller of Clinton street suffered two rib dislocations after his buggy horse rear raised and pulled him against the saddle. He rode home for Dr. F L Appel to treat the injury. Other items note births, visits, and recoveries from illness in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miller
Clinton Street
F. L. Appel
Parisian Sage Hair Tonic Promise and Perils
An old promotional essay touts Parisian Sage as a quick-acting hair rejuvenator for thinning hair and dandruff. It claims two-week guarantees, two-day scalp relief, and a pleasant scent, with a 50 cent price, while stating it won’t help bald heads. The ad urges trying Havercamp's offer with a risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp
Dr Williams Pink Pills touted as anemia cure
An article explains anemia as a result of weak blood and describes symptoms such as paleness shortness of breath and heart palpitations. It credits Dr Williams Pink Pills as a powerful blood builder with testimonial from F L Prickett of Hartford and offers a free booklet and sale details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
F. L. Prickett
Asylum Street
Hartford
Conn
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Thievery Reported in South Muscatine
Multiple thefts shake South Muscatine as police vow action. Miller home broken into by two youths. two dollars stolen. William Goetzman’s boat livery skiff rented then stolen en route to Horseshoe Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Muscatine
William Goetzman
Merrimac Street
Horseshoe Island
Goetzman
William Miller
South End
Social visits and community gathering at Rochester park
Rochester residents hosted guests from Moline and Cedar Rapids over the weekend. Ice cream and cake events at Chas McGillivray’s raised about 15 dollars while families from Atalissa Farmington Cedar Rapids and Moline attended and were hosted by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Reuben Just
Tri-City Sun
Moline
Ill
Chas
South Bethel
Rochester Park
Walter Nelson
Ruth
I. C. Wood
Carr
John Betzing
Geo. Weiman
Blanche Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Earnest Betzing
Atalissa
Just
Fourth Annual As Sembly Opens at Muscatine Chautauqua
The fourth annual assembly opens with lectures by Prof. Gilbert on Bees and Ants and a nature program for 50 children led by Miss Mabel Rilling. Miss Rilling plans events and a July drill as thousands visit over ten days. Special train and streetcar service arranged, with a public phone booth and a lost-and-found at headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers’ Association
Chautauqua
Mabel Rilling
Adrian
Mich
Col
G. A. Gearhart
Muscatine
Miss Rilling
Gilbert
Citizens’ Railway & Light Company
Mulberry Avenue
Park Place
Wilton
Musecatine Assembly
Rock Island
Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy Hemorrhagic Tumor Testimony
In South Bend Indiana Mrs May Fry credits Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound with removing a four year cyst tumor. Doctors warned surgery but she recovered and will recommend the remedy. The ad urges women with pains inflammation and related conditions to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
May Fry
Lindley
Tobacco War Looms Over 1909 Kentucky Crop Pool
Lexington July 23 The conference between the Kentucky Burley Tobacco Society and the American Society of Equity broke up at 1 30 this morning. Failure to unite paves the way for a war between the two bodies over pooling the 1909 tobacco crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Kentucky Burley Tobacco Society
American Society of Equity
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Kero
Corn Products Refining Company
New York
Candy Kitchen
H. L. Husted
Ella van Fossen
W. M. Baker
Woodlawn Avenue
Cresbard, S. D
Hollister
Theodore Splitzberger
Havercamp’s
Prescription Drug Store
Charles Jones
Edgar Nash
E. H. King
Mitch Cow
Frank Bowman
Edna Grout
East Third Street
Sally
Miranda Jane
Gate-Post
Rocky Mountain
Albert Baird
Gladwin
Henry Atwood
Henry Holtz
Danville, Ill
W. R. DeWitt
Fredonia
M. F. Doherty
Florence Franklin
Washington
River Road Farms
Clinton
Street
A. F. Kemp
Fruitland
Clarence Fowler
Fannie Townsend
Gertrude Crowley
Montrose
Charles Bauerman
Cas
Cade
Edwin Westcott
Letts
Henry Thomas
Helen Norris
Columbus City
Citizens Railway&Light Co
Wees Ewes
Northern Michigan
Elegant Lake Steamships
Manitou
Missouri
Illinois
Chicago
Mackinac Island
Michigan
Lake Superior
Pentwater
Leland Ludington
Northport
Manistee
Traverse City
Frankfort
Charlevoix St
Gien Haven
Pet
ED. Pinaud
New York City
Miller
Lawless
Burley Society
Equity Organization
East Second St
Ruthenberg Clothing CO
Family Theatre
C. F. Blanke
C. F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Co
St. Louis
Tareeho Coffee
C. E. Blanketea and Coffee
U.S.A
Laa
MecQuesten & Sawyer Co
Cable’s New Jewelry Store
West Second Street
Thompson Bros. Co
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