Local court and visiting residents report in Muscatine
Sheriff Frank Benham was a business caller in Wilton yesterday. Numerous visitors including Miss Annia Burkett of Andalusia and Miss Pearl Maysenholder of Letts called in Muscatine and departed last evening. Local residents travel to Burlington Chicago and Cedar Rapids for visits and business, with many returning home today after short stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Benham
Wilton
Richard Deran
Peter Reisch
Letts
Annia Burkett
Andalusia
Muscatine
Anna Campbell
Des Moines
William Harris
Cedar Rapids
J. R. Griffith
West Liberty
Della Lackey
Thomas Brown
A. W. Mattern
Davennport
Vera Miller
Cleda Bennett
James Bennett
Affternoon
Frances Peabeck
Cedar Falls
Falls From Wagon Breaks Collarbones
Ed Douglas, a farm hand from the Island, suffered a broken collarbone and head injuries after horses spooked a heavy wagon on Hershey avenue. He fell onto the pavement and was taken to a nearby store, then to the city for medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Douglas
Hershey Avenue
Douglas
Automatic block system expansion links Chicago to Geneseo and Davenport
The block system will be completed soon from Chicago to Geneseo and then to Davenport, with Muscatine as the terminal for automatic blocks. Crews plan to extend the system along the Missouri division after connections to Chicago are finished. Gravel trains move daily to Rock Island project sites as work progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lil
Muscatine
Davenport
Geneseo
Here
Missouri
Improvements Made In South End Schools This Summer
Summer repairs transform South Muscatine and Garfield schools. Franklin school rooms cleaned and updated. old blackboards replaced. seating rearranged for higher enrollment. Local youths swim at Muscatine Slough with a makeshift springboard and trapeze. Mrs Genevieve Rankin of Downey Iowa returns home after visiting relatives. Miss Ella Vetter returns from Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Diamond
Cincinnati
Ohio
South Muscatine
Franklin School
Garfields School
Muscatine
South End
Genevieve Rankin
Downey
Ella Vetter
Iowa City
Keota notes include visits, travel, and local events
Keota residents and visitors fill the week with church services, family visits, and travels. Rev J R Payne from Presha South Dakota preached in Keota, while many locals and guests plan trips to Clinton, Washington, Burlington, Chicago, and New York. The Holiness tent meeting ends, a play debuts, and the W C T U district convention convenes with speakers from Richland and New Sharon.
Riverside Social Notes From Riverside Iowa
Riverside Iowa dispatch outlines local visits births travels and social calls. Notables include H G Lyman from Grinnell visiting the Holyokes and a newborn son for Mr and Mrs Joe Mellecker born July 10. Other items mention visitors from Omaha Iowa City and Lincoln and trips to Cedar Rapids Ladora and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
H. G. Lymann
Grinnell
T.S. Holyoke
Joe Mellecker
Geo. Hart
Omaha
M. T. Kern
Louie
Cedar Rapids
R. Younkin
Mary
Ladora
D. M. Graff
Mary Younkin
Iowa City
Gracie Meeks
Lizzie Mace
Earmest Meeks
Lexington
Lexington Visitors Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. C. Carr
Alice
Grandma Mouser
Mrs. Banks Mouser
Pilotsburg
Ed. Flynn
Frank Knotkeh
Geo. Maresh
Chicago
Ada Forbes Visits Oakland Friends in Port Allen
Port Allen July 31 Ada Forbes of Oakland visiting friends in the area Do Bangs and wife stay at Joe Guthrie home near Lone Tree Mrs Alex McCullough and Miss Lara pick 80 quarts of blackberries in local hedges
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Allen
Ada Forbes
Oakland
Do. W. Bangs
Joe Guthrie
Lone Tree
Alex McCullough
Lara
McKillip Mary E Steckman Obituary
Mary E Steckman McKillip daughter of the late Adam J Steckman of Andalusia was born in Rock Island County Illinois on September 5 1867 and died July 28 1907 at her sister Mrs John Howard’s home in Drury township after a long illness from tuberculosis She is survived by two sons Albert and Charlie and three sisters Roxie Brossa Sarah Brossa and Rosa Howard Funeral services were held on Tuesday July 39 at 10 o clock with L B Moore officiating Pallbearers were William McGreer William Martin L A Walker Nick Lewis Harve Howard and Edward Crabtree
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Charlie
This Place
Roxie Brossa
Carbon Cliff
Ill
Sarah Brossa
Keithsburg
Rosa Howard
Drury
Methodist Church
L. B. Moore
William McGreer
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Linus
Craw
Bay State
Crawford
E. Burnham
State St
Washington St. P’s
West
Mary Metzger
Lillie Murdock
Fairfield
A. B. Clapp
George Moore
John Ballard
Burlington
R. T. Tipton
Mr. and
Mirs. E. M. Warmer
Miss Mabel
Warner Auto
Margaret McKibben
Tobias Herman
F. H. Kincaid
William McKierman
Ft. Madison
Ella Feree
Grace Feree
Carl Koontz
Nauvoo
Morie Becker
Columbia
Katherine Wiley
Tillie Jaeger
Mrs. H. Hanson
Canada Lands
F. S. Pentzer
May LaGrille
Atalissa
Henry Froehner
William Reay
Thormann
Thormann Mfg Co
Susie Stein
Cincinnnati, Ohio
Lena Glick
Scott County
D. D. McDougall
Peoria
Inl
MeeKee
Chestnut Street
Texas
J. B. Reay
Ethel
Edward Coswick
Claude Miller
Wapello
Mr. Miller
Frank Crow
Rock River
Crow
George Kennell
Ed. Phillips
Illinois
Howard Carr
Blue Grass
William Appel
Bankers’ Reserves
Herman Calloway
Columbus Junction
Charles Lockwood
Bankers’ State
Wilby Buckles
Anna Currey
Frederick Townsend
Henry Coss
Eliza
Joseph Webster
Cranston
Conrad Stelzner
Fort Madison
George and
Ray Tiltett
Keota
Randleman
Bleeker Street
Grandview Avenue
Lyda Brandt
Eva Town
Springdale
Elfers
Bert Brumiey
George Hollingsworth
Muscatine Island
Howard Nichols
Oklahoma
Charley Weymer
Fruitland
Sampson Street
Runyon Wright
South Muscatine News
McQuesten & Sawyer CO
Charlevoix
Harbor Springs
Ackinac Island
Detroit
Buffalo
Duluth
Stoenc Tne
Frankfort
Petoskey
Charlevoiz
Northport
Traverse City
Bay Points
Ludington
Manistee
Berolzheim
Manitou Steamship Co
Churca
Northern Michigan Trans. Co
Rock Island
Webster
Chas. Graham
Miller Cowles
Illinois City
C. Perkins
Franklin
Garfield School
J. R. Payne
Presha
South Dakota
Wilton Junction
J. F. Robertson
Payne
Enid Clark
Clinton
Samuel Porter
Jamie Welsch
James van Winkle
Mary Skinner
Washington
C. Teuscher
New London
Ormia Dusenbery
W. L
Homer
Edith Dayton
Hends
Kittie Harris
Williamsburg
Jack O’brien
Rebecca Wolf
E. S. Fry
Eva Dittman
New York
Paul Dittman
J. Willard de Yoe
Delta
de Yoe
T. A. Jones
Wyman
Eva
O. D. Brown
Sigourney
O. D
O. B. Jones
Billa Brollier
Richland
A. B. Jones
George Paul
Master Maurice
Messrs
W. M
Harry Metzger
W. L. Dusenbery
Dave Leuscher
John Hastie
The
Baptist Church
United Presbyterian
West Chester
Laura Dupius
A. Hochstedtler
Emma Malcom
William Fitzwilliams
Mable Spicer
Springfield
E. N. Eaton
Joe Masters
Sue H. Lytle
James Glover
Master Laird
Tillie Levien
Aubrey Messerschmitt
Red Oak
Albert Kuhn
J. Jackson
Valquardsen
Christine Reese
Linn Grove
Maude Wilson
Matthew Crawford
Nannie
Wright County
Jonathan Duncan
S. S. Wright
Florence
E. R. Lowe
Cora
H. L. Lowe
Harley Lowe
St. Joe
Slown
Ida B. Wise
Wise
J. C. Brooks
R. A. Kent
Jessie Williams
S. E. Terrell
Fanny Brown
Oskaloosa
Gurley
New Sharon
E. E. Neal
Ada Kirkpatrick
A. W. Chase
T. B. Roberts
Marshall St
Syracuse
N. Y
A. W Chase
Dr. A. V. Chase
Julie Florence Wals
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. F. Walsh
36Th St
New York City
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Philip Stein
GEO
M. Wells
Gillette Sales Company
21 Times
First Trust
Muscatine, Iowa
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