Democratic Convention Deliberates Delegations and Chair Choice
The convention approved a long report detailing state and congressional delegations with alternates and judicial delegates. Debate over electing a new county central committee chair caused a heated clash, ultimately postponing the selection until the county committee meeting in fall and adjourning sine die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On
State Convention
E. Duncan
Pike
Joe G. van Lent
Muscatine
E. M. Warner
I. S.pepper
S. van Zant
Lake
Adam Wigim
Leonard Slapkohl
Fulton
J. Asthalter
J. J. Engel
H. M. Bartlett
J. F. Devitt
Ralph M. Thompson
M. W. Stapleton
John J. Ryan
I. S. Pepper
County Central Committee
Pulliam
Dr. Fulham
Fans Meet to Decide on Muscatine Ball Team
City fans convene to settle whether Muscatine will field a team. After a recent split with Stanley Skinner of Moline and a near break up of the Independents a group of prominent supporters intervened. Money has been pledged and Eis Fesler Murray and Millar are recalled for tomorrow's game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Stanley Skinner
Moline
Independents
Eis
Fesler
Murray
Millar
No Park Meeting Called Off For Tomorrow
There will be no mass meeting at the Citizens' Railway park tomorrow due to recent high attendance. The gathering is dispensed for this week and will resume as usual next Sunday afternoon.
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Citizens’ Railway Park
Garfield School Interior Repaired and New Steel Ceilings Added
South Muscatine residents will return to a renovated Garfield school this fall with most rooms repaired and new steel ceilings being installed by Thompson Brothers. A cement walk surrounds the building and a raft of logs and lumber is expected to arrive Sunday for local work. The article also lists local visits and moves among residents in the South Muscatine area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Thompson Brothers
South ‘Muscatine
South Muscatine
Grace Newell
Wapello
South End
Edward Owens
Bishop
Congreve
Andalusia
Thurman Owens
Oakville
Harris Brady
Keosauqua
Oregon Street
Henry Macx
Sampson Street
Garfield School
Lady Boston
Charles Owens
Washington
Bert Smith
Grandview
Prudence King
Joseph Missel
Missouri
William Carpenter
Topeka
Kan
Aaron Zook
Nebraska Street
Henry County
J. Smith
Columbus Junction
J. M. Paisley
Sempron Street
Harry Renday
Blue Grass
Old Veteran Dies After Long Illness
Dell Ellinwood of this city received word of his grandfather C. H. Lee's death at noon today. A 70 year old traveling salesman for Clinton Paper, Lee had been in declining health for two years and passed away with Mr. and Mrs. Tort Ellinwood at his bedside. The funeral is planned for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell Ellinwood
C. H. Lee
Clinton Paper Company
Tort Ellinwood
Amateur Contest at Fair Grounds Tomorrow Morning
Amateur games are few but the featured event is at the fair grounds park at 9 oclock. The Clerks meet the Button Cutters in a city game of the day. The Button Cutters are newly formed from top button factory players. The Clerks seek their first win and plan to defeat them. Afterward the Clerks travel to Ardon to face the local team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Grounds
Leght
Fair Grounds Park
Heuds
Ardon
Phoebe Livermore Struck by Lightning in Cedar Rapids
Phoebe Livermore aged 18 was killed by lightning at Palot at noon while working at a wash tub in Cedar Rapids Iowa on July 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Livermore
Cedar Rapids
Palot
Excursion Plan Unites Two Riverboats for One Night Ride
Local boat agents announce a unique excursion on the Columbia and Helen Blair. Passengers will ride the Columbia downriver to meet the Helen Blair, transfer aboard, and return to Muscatine about 11 PM with music and dancing. The novelty includes watching boat maneuvering to dock. The Helen Blair will delay to 5 PM Monday for Ringling's circus in Davenport.
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Columbia
Helen Blair
Muscatine
Davenport
Ringling
Tri- Cities
Sidney
St. Paul
Diamond Jo
Columbus Junction Church Services and Local Travel Notes
The column lists Sunday schedules for Presbyterian and Methodist churches in Columbus Junction with Rev. J. C. Kendrick and Rev. J. W. Pool preaching, along with union services at the Methodist church. It notes various residents and travelers visiting or returning from nearby towns, chautauqua activities, and preparations for the regional grounds with tents arriving for events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Presbyterian Church
J. C. Kendrick
Columbus City
J. W. Pool
Ladora
Methodist Church
Cedar Bethel
J. R. Vance
I. W. Reed
Litchfield
Conn
J. C. Bell
California
W. Crisman
Colfax
Ainsworth
A. D. Acheson
Mr. Sawyer
Burlington
Chautauqua
Mary
Bessie
Nellie Moore
Sybel Shabillion
Fred Moore
Cedar Falls
Slyde Duncan
J. R. Duncan
Omaha
Neb
Harry Robertson
Chicago
E. T. Foster
George Siverly
Conesville
Lone Tree
Alex McCullough
Muscatine
Gladys Davis
Trenton
Nellie Pierce
Reliable remedy everyone should stock at home
A timeless health note urges every household to keep a dependable medicine on hand. Promotes a product claimed to offer sixty years of cures and states it is sold by all druggists.
Old Reliables and Park Avenue Rattlers Meet Tomorrow
East Hill fans expect a strong turnout for the first meeting of Old Reliables under Adam Eis and Park Avenue Rattlers under H Oberhaus at Weed Park. The teams, composed of top local players, attract heavy betting and local interest in the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weed Park
Old Reliables
Park Avenue Rattlers
Adam Eis
Rattlers
Oberhaus
H. Oberhaus
Ave. Rattlers
Domme
D. Cousin
L. Ostrander
W. Berry
E. Oberhaus
Oberhaus BP
J. Blaha
A. Mens
Jesse cc
Bsenecas
G. Guenz S
Bear Conesee
J. Slattery
Schmidt J. D. Rockafellow
L. G. Clark
Horses Wanted at Bowman's Barn in Muscatine Iowa
Sayre and Hunter advertise in Muscatine Iowa at Bowman's Barn for Saturday August 4 1906 to buy marketable horses no three year olds large rugged and small shapely horses and good drivers. They will also buy mules and offer big prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowman's
Muscatine
Iowa
Snall
Sayre & Hunter
Mrs Sarah Clarke Dies in England at 100
Death notice from Grasham family of West Second Street reports Mrs Sarah Clarke aged 100, long resident of Grimaldby and Little Carlton. She died June 12 in England. funeral held June 15 with clergy Rev T Wood and Rev W B Gascoigne. Baptism entry shows birth 29 June 1806.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Grasham
West Second Street
England
Mr. Grasham
Wapello
Sarah Clarke
Little Carlton
T. Wood
Grimaldby
W. B. Gascoigne
Tealby
Stern & Son Des Moines Millinery Promotion
Des Moines July 28 letter from M Stern & Son wholesale milliners announces expansion of market reach to Des Moines retail dealers. They promote Sterns hats and The House of Quality plant, invite inspection, promise Fall millinery modes and weekly Sunday Jetters to Courier readers, and seek cooperation from department stores and milliners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Stern & Son
Des Moines
Keokuk
Sterns
Stern
House of Quality
Mies
Capitol
New York
Paris
Courier
A Fine Musical Program by Paudiet’s Band at St Mary’s
Paudiet’s Band will perform a concert at St Mary’s church grounds on Monday evening as part of the festival organized by the ladies of St Mary’s. The program includes English marches, overtures and selections from operas plus vocal solos and a duet with pieces by Neel, Balfe, Sorrentino, Gounod, Bauer, Jerome and Dalby.
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Paudiet
St.Mary's Festival
St. Mary's Church
Neel
Fashionplate
Balfe
Prince of Ee
Eea Onan Ee Suders
Macbeth
Roberts
Willow Grove
Sorrentino
Gounod
Faust
Heaven
Bauer
St. Mary’s School
Local Notes Fill Page With Travel and Goods Offers
Various items include used Studebaker wagons and bargains, sweets and cigars offered for sale, and social notices. The S. S. S. club meets with Miss Daisy Pantel on Mulberry Street while residents travel to Grandview, Wilton, St Paul, or Davenport via Firefly and El Paso. The Sidney carries a large freight cargo upstream with berths filling before Clinton destination.
Geltz Divorce Petition Filed in District Court
Mary Geltz filed for divorce from husband Valentine Geltz in district court today. The petition seeks the dissolution of marriage and relief as requested by the petitioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court Today
Mary Geltz
Valentine Geltz
Prices Grab Bag on Oak Bath Tub Seats and Racks
Local ad lists oak bath tub seats at 25 cents a pair and nickel plated 18 inch towel racks for 25 cents each. Cosmo lights are offered as a full set for 50 cents. Advertisement appears under F. Ashcraft at 227 Iowa Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ashcraft
Lowa Avenue
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Edgars
Muscatine Independents
C. H. Gobble
L.J. Horan
E. A. Abbee
J. P. Fanning
Rudolph Knaack
E. R. Sherfey
John G. Klein
Geo. Sherberger
W. S. Baker
Frank Reuss
W. M. Riggs
J. G. van Lent
Joseph Gibbs
E. B. Fulliam
I.S. Pepper
W., H. Graff
Wm. Hughes
Frank Rickhofer
J. J. Brown
Fred S. Pentzer
F. W. Eichoff
M. P. Goff
Daniel Grimm
J. S. Hitchcock
Otto Bohnsack
Barney Schmidt
John Teichmiller
J. D. Fulliam
Clay Kneese
Henry Nichols
John Verink
E. E. Wolfe
Lawrence Foley
Kaisers Expect
River Bulletin
Red Wing
Eww Ee
Reed’s Landing
Seree Eee
Dubuque
Ze Claire Te
Gers
M. M. Cuthamp
F. M
Madelin
Denver
Colorado
D. N. Johnson
Washington County
C. E. Leslie
Jennings
George Liverly
Iowa City
Webster City
Harriet Pickett
W. P. Paugh
Jacob Foster
Della Hill
Will Moffitt
Roy Sheldon
St. Louis
J. L. Overholt
Lottie
Florence Letts
Anna Milhern
Nettie Blair
Kansas City
Wyatt Sprague
Monmouth
Rev
Bryan
Wakefield
East Hill News
Tomor
Old Reliables and
Park Avenue
Tlers
Other
Clara Dubois
del Dubois
East Ninth Street
East Hill
Alfred Elliot
Marston
Ill
Joseph Fisher
Harry Crow
Near Summit
Joseph Bales
Buffalo Prairie
Henry Blessing
Montpelier
Joseph Butcher
Viola Houston
West Liberty
Gertrude Briggs
Sherman Street
May Rogers
Bert Allman
Ed. Meuntz
Hattie Oliver
Illinois
Gertrude Cavanaugh
Herman Bierman
Herman Bierman, Jr
Grasham
P. S
Studebaker
Bowman
America
C. T. Gremmel
M’f'r
W. H. Russel
C. & S. Sanitary Milk Company
Corner Cedar
Third
Frank McCartney
Wilton
Elsie Hubacher
S. L. Guthrie
M. Nelson
C. Leach
Fairport
O. G. Edwards
F. Foster
Fruitland
Bert Hershey
Sarah Ping
Wm. Browning
Frank Stewart
Fred Giesler
el Paso
May Thompson
Alice Lindsay
Culver Street
Clinton
Wagner & Bennison
Proprietors
Postal Telegraph Office
Will Walton
Keithsburg
John Fry
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