Local notices and ads from Sleepy-Eye area
Local brief items list people traveling to St Louis Keokuk Harper and Washington for visits business and shopping. Advertisements include Candy Kitchen ice cream Sleepy-Eye flour Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Havercamp's Drug Store and a Y W Cake Sale on the Chau Tauqua grounds. A steamer excursion and church event are announced.
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Hollister
Havercamp
Rocky Mountain
Havercamp’s Prescriation Drug Store
Desirable Iowa Farm Mortgages Offered for Investment
Investment opportunity present with mortgage notes ranging from 500 to 10000 dollars. Prospective buyers are invited to call and examine the offerings. Contact J. E. Stevenson in Room 305 Hershey Building.
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Iowa
J. E. Stevenson
Hershey Building
Household Pests Lecture At Chautauqua Grounds
Prof J P Gilbert spoke on household pests during a Chautauqua morning session. He warned the house fly as a deadly carrier of disease and offered remedies for ants fleas moths cockroaches and bed bugs. Children’s work featured gumbell drills and May Pole preparations with a basketball relay for youths.
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Chautauqua
J. P. Gilbert
Gilbert
U. S
Chautauqua Schedule Adjusts Afternoon Start Times
Platform Manager Gilbert announced the chautauqua will start afternoon musical programs at 2 p m instead of 1 30 p m while afternoon lectures stay on schedule. Next Saturday features a Maypole drill and a calisthenics exhibition led by Miss Mabel Rilling after the Kryl band concert. William Jennings Bryan earned 472 75 for a daytime lecture, with 479 00 the previous day.
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Gilbert
Chautauqua
Kryl Band
Mabel Rilling
William Jennings Bryan
Chautauqua Management
Lone Tree Social Notes Highlight Visits and Travel
Miss Beulah Riggs spends two weeks in Muscatine visiting Miss Irene Ellman. Mr and Mrs J C Loher return from Loveland Colorado where they visited Mrs Loher’s brother Mr Faulkner. Frank Loher has returned home.
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Lone Tree
Tra
Beulah Riggs
Muscatine
Irene Ellman
J .C. Loher
Loveland
Col
Pinkham Cure Testimonials From Camden and Gardiner
Readers tout Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. Mrs. W. P. Valentine of Camden reports relief from headaches back pain and weakness after use. Ins. S. A. Williams of Gardiner Maine says it cured her nerve and gynecological issues in three months.
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Camden
N.J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Lincoln Avenue
N. J
Barnum and Bailey Circus Draws Crowds in Albert Lea
In Albert Lea on Friday after a visit at the Loher Home, over two hundred tickets were sold from this station for Iowa City Friday. The Barnum and Bailey's circus was the principal attraction. Emma Underwood has returned from Cedar Rapids visit. Gertrude Mummig attends Cedar Rapids summer school. Clara Crain visits her brother in Estherville, Jan. H. L. Skolnix and children depart for Tennessee. Hannah Skilnik joins. B A Black and children visit from Louisville Ohio at the Loher home. Justus Jayne plans to visit Raymond Washington for his daughter's wedding. Earl and Roy Shibley travel Friday for Cedar Rapids to spend Sunday with aunt Mrs. Johnston. Dr. and Mrs. Brock from Grinnell packing goods and moving there. Ogilvie family moves to Salem Iowa to establish home.
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Albert Lea
Loher
Iowa City
Barnum and Bailey's Circus
Emma Underwood
Cedar Rapids
Gertrude Mummig
Clara Crain
Estherville
H. L. Skolnix
Tennessee
Hannah Skilnik
B. A. Black
Louisville
Ohio
J. C. Loher
Justus Jayne
Raymond
Wash
Margaret
Earl
Roy Shibley
Frank Johnston
Brock
Grinnell
Ogilvee
Salem
Iowa
Iowa National Guard announces key officer appointments
Col. Frank W. Bishop of Muscatine named chief of ordinance and acting chief inspector of small arms practice with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Brigadier General Lincoln also names Col. Elliot E. Lambert of Newton as brigade quartermaster with rank of major. Appointments include aides to the governor and staff corps chiefs led by Lt Col Chas. G. Saunders and Lt Col Davis S. Fairchild Jr with Col. Bishop serving as chief of ordinance and inspector of small arms.
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Frank W. Bishop
Muscatine
Fifty-Fourth
Iowa National Guard
Col
Bishop
Lincoln
Iowa Guard
Elliot E. Lambert
Newton
Logan
John C. Loper
Des Moines
Charles J. Wilson
Washington
George A. Smith
Clinton
Chas. G. Saunders
Council Bluffs
Davis S. Fairchild, Jr
Leon W. Armsworth
Car Crash Kills Mathushek Executive in Cheshire
Charles C. Buckingham of West Haven, secretary and treasurer of Mathushek Piano Manufacturing and Treat & Shepard music dealers, was killed when his car was struck from behind by a trolley car in Cheshire, fifteen miles from New Haven.
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New Haven
Conn
Charles C. Buckingham
West Haven
Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Company
Treat & Shepard
Cheshire
Serigus Accident Narrowly Averted In Street Car Collision
W. E. Ashton flour and feed dealer on East Second street was thrown from his wagon when a street car struck its front wheel at Spring street between Sixth and Seventh. Ashton clung to the reins and was dragged about 10 feet before the horses were stopped. he suffered only slight bruises.
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Spring Street
Sixth
Seventh Street
W. E. Ashton
East Second Street
Mr. Ashton
Ashton
Socialist Talk Hits Street Corner Amid Delays
Walter B. Dillon of Chicago faced several interruptions before delivering a socialist talk at the corner of Second and Sycamore streets Saturday evening. Marshal Vannatta ordered the crowd to move, a band and Salvation Army procession followed, then a street sweeper cleared the way. Dillon finally spoke to a large attentive audience at the fifth attempt. Miss Lula Kemper of Wapello visits John Sy Wassink’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Carlson and family of Davenport moved here last week to run Miss Emma Brandt’s farm. Ed. Cross visited Mike Missel’s home Wednesday evening.
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Walter B. Dillon
Chicago
Sycamore and
Second Street
Marshal Vannatta
Zeidler Dry
Salvation Army
Dillon
Socialist Party
Lula Kemper
Wapello
John Sy Wassink
Local notices from New Era residents and church event
Mr and Mrs A C Brandt with children from Muscatine spent Sunday at their country home here. Mr and Mrs Fred Crow and their young daughter moved to a nearby farm formerly owned by Louis Sickman. Mr and Mrs Junge and daughter Meta visited Henry Fitchner's home. A Luther League was organized at the Lutheran church with Will Sauer as president Miss Frieda Kretschmar as secretary and Roy Reeves as treasurer. Next meeting set for Thursday evening August 12. Fred Freberg of Creston visited.
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New Era
A. C. Brandt
Muscatine
Fred Crow
Here
Louis Sickman
Junge
Meta
Davenport
Henry Fitchner
Luther League
Lutheran Church
Will Sauer
Frieda Kretschmar
Roy Reeves
Fred Freberg
Creston
Scientist’s Root Juice hailed as health breakthrough
A renowned scientist spent twenty years researching a remedy said to heal and tone blood organs, improve appetite, prevent stomach and bowel fermentation, and aid recovery after illness. The person touts Root Juice as a universal tonic sold at Morgan's drug for one dollar a bottle or three for two dollars and fifty cents.
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Morgan's Drug Store
Wilton Daily Gossip Notes Local Movements
Dr. A F Abbott and Charles Van Epps left for West Liberty to attend to business. Misses Helen and Mary Shirk returned to Muscatine. George Wagner visited relatives in Redwood Town. Maude Barden and children head to West Liberty to settle there. Bertha Jacobsen returned to Davenport after a three week visit. Edward Mockmore, Adam and Herman Thurston visited Davenport. Atwill, Merkeley, Phipps, and Mannasmith returned from Atalissa. Rowses from Okolona spent a week with M M Cope in Wilton. Piggott, a Davenport visitor, and Carl Foster who visited Muscatine returned home. Mrs P A Schmidt went to Iowa City for a couple days. Mrs L R Dunker attended Muscatine chautauqua. Mrs Patrick Fiehaly returned after a funeral in Downey. John Leverich and family visited from West Liberty. Frank Kiser returned from Muscatine after visiting friends. Fred Miller and wife visited Davenport.
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Wilton
A. F.abbott
Charles van Epps
West Liberty
Helen
Mary Shirk
Muscatine
George Wagner
Redwood
Maude Barden
Bertha Jacobsen
Davenport
C. H. Jacobsen
Edward Mockmore
Adam
Herman Thurston
Richard Atwill
Bert Merkeley
D. I. Phipps
George Mannasmith
Atalissa
James Rowe
Okolona
Miss
M. M. Cope
W. J. Piggott
Carl Foster
Nichols
P. A. Schmidt
Iowa City
L. R. Dunker
Patrick Fiehaly
Downey
John Leverich
S. H. Wise
Frank Kiser
Fred Miller
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Keokuk
Gertrude Eisler
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Mitch Cow
Frank Bowman
Charles Smith
E. J. Worley
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H. L. Husted
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Fred J. Mark
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Castoria
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Family Theatre
Muscatine Lumber & Box Co
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Sion
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Paudhet
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United Imagine
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