Graduation Exercises Brighten Columbus Junction Night
At Columbus Junction high school the commencement was held Thursday and Friday at the opera house. The packed audience watched 16 graduates deliver orations and songs, with class colors and motto. speakers included Charles Burns, Jessie Church, Calista Carpenter, Clark Huston, Grace Butler, and others. The program featured orchestra selections, solos, and addresses on themes from freedom and youth to perseverance and the home.
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Columbus Junction High School
Opera House
Charles Burns
Jessie Church
Calista Carpenter
Clark Huston
Grace Butler
Charles McWiIliams
Edna Welton
May Keirns
Fred Hayes
Maud Edwards
Louella Jones
Morley Clark
Gertrude Johnson
Alvin Duncan
Charles Zion
Vernon Overholt
Langenbere
F. W. Adams
Richard Bahns
Rubinstein
Addresss and Orations at Alumni Banquet Highlight Script
Miss Alivia Duncan spoke on the American Revolution with vivid notes on hardship and colonist bravery. Mrs. W F Hall sang He Was a Prince and earned an encore. Charles Zion urged Knowledge Is Power while Miss Vernon Overholt discussed Benedict Arnold to strong applause. Diplomas were presented by G D Thomas as the orchestra played. Alumni banquet set for Monday evening June 3.
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Alivia Duncan
W. F. Hall
Charles Zion
Vernon Overholt
Benedict Arnold
Annual Encampment to Be Held in Dubuque
The twenty seventh annual encampment of the Department of Iowa G A R will convene in Dubuque June 4 to 6 with related W R C and Sons of Veterans meetings. Headquarters at Hotel Julian rate 2 to 3 50 daily. W R C at Stout auditorium Wed Thu. Delegations from Muscatine Davenport and others travel by train early Monday morning.
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Department of Iowa
Dubuque
Woman's Relief Corps
G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans
Muscatine W
Julian
G. A. R. Circle
E. B. Lewis
George Wiles
Francia Denham
Muscatine
Davenport
Muscatine Markets and Prices Snapshot
Corn 40 to 43 cents. oats feeders 25 to 26 cents. oat meal 25 cents. rye 40. barley 4?c. wheat 55 to 60. Hay Timothy 11 to 12. Illinois hay bottom 1.00 to 5.00. hay railed 12 to 13. Hides 5 cents. potatoes 40 cents per bushel. apples 1.10 to 1.50 per bushel. Butter 18 to 20, creamery 17. eggs 16. live stock hogs 5.25 to 5.30. cattle 3.00 to 3.50. calves 4.50 to 5.00. sheep 5.00 to 4.00. lamb 3 cents per lb. chickens mixed. Flour 1.10 to 1.20 per 48 lb sack. corn meal per sack 12 to 12?. sugar 5.95 per 100 lbs. Coffee Rio green 15 to 20. roasted 25. butter prime 20 to 22 1/4. eggs 10. chickens dressed 12. old dressed 10. lard 12 1/4. sweet potatoes 25 per peck. cabbage head. onions 60 per peck. bananas 1.15 to 1.50. cranberries 10 per quart. fish prices various per lb. coal hard 8.25 to 8.50. soft 3.25 to 4.00. oranges 20 cents per half dozen. lemons 26 to 30. strawberries 15 cents a box. radishes 5 cents per bunch. rhubarb 1 cent per bunch.
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Illinois
One Fourth Die Before Age Seven World Population
A historic statistic notes that one fourth of all people die before age seven and one half perish before age seventeen, highlighting the high childhood mortality of past eras.
Impossible is a Word Found Only in Foolish Dictionary
A concise quote attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte declares that impossibility is a term reserved for fools, implying persistence and bold action are necessary to overcome challenges. The remark frames a philosophy of determination and grit.
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Napoleon
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Tiger Lily
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F. N. Wilcox
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Chas. McWilliams
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