Morning Sun Notes Local News from June 1
Relatives report Chalmer Love chosen Grundy Center schools principal at a salary of $100 monthly. Social news covers visits, travel, church events, and a funeral in Monmouth. Also details births, moves, and a medical operation success in Morning Sun and Champion Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Sun
Chalmer Love
Grundy Center
Prof. Love
J. T. Holiday
Brooklyn
J. P. Nesbit
Tarkio
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
M. C. Talbot
Dysart
Landon Hall
William R. Marshall
Monmouth
Ill
Mr. Marshall
James Gregory
Marshall
Cassie Orr Marshall
Charles
West Burlington
Roy
Ogden
Utah
Bertis
Iril
Laura Wheat
Fairview
Fred C. Edwards
Minnesota
M. G. Wilson
Colfax
Eva Smith
Washington
Academy
Ladies’ Missionary and Aid Society
The
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Daniel Kilpatrick
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets Ad
Advertises Cascarets candy cathartic to cure constipation with a money back guarantee. Mentions price two cents and druggists refund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.C.C
Cotter News Highlights Local Visits and Theater Trips
Edward Thomas and family arrived from Columbus Wis to visit Wm Williams. Residents attended performances at Columbus Junction and apprise local trips to Ainsworth, Mediapolis and Fairfield. Flour and laundry soap promotions feature Roberts Griffiths and Beach’s Peosta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotter
Edward Thomas
Columbus
Wis
Wm. Williams
Mr. Thomas
Mr. Williams
Humphrey Richards
John Richards
J. J. Roberts
Columbus Junction
G. B. Stapp
R. B. Henderson
Ainsworth
Humphrey Davis
Ebbie Williams
Ed. Griffith
Woodman Lodge
J. W. Griffiths
Hiawatha
T. H. Jones
Mary Thomas
Miss Jenkins
G. H. Williams
Little Amaline
Amy Richards
Catherine Arthur
Mediapolis
John Thomas
Pilsbury’s Best
Roberts & Griffith's
Anna Roberts
Chicago
Lydia Davis
Jennie
Iowa City
D. R. Hughes
Katie Arthur
Fairfield
Jess Quigley
Carrie Bell
James Henderson
Washington
Old-time river boats listed from twenty years past bridge records
Clinton river men recall a long list of boats once seen on local waters including Silver Wave Sterling Albany Belle of La Crosse Natrona Brother Jonathan Stillwater and many others. Some were rebuilt scrapped or moved to tributaries while notable vessels like Idlewild Jennie Gilchrist and Pittsburgh have distinct fates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Herald
Clinton
L. W. Bordess
Silver Wave
Sterling
Albany
Belle of la Crosse
Natrona
Brother Jonathan
Stillwater
Dan Hine
Silas Wright
Red Wing
Golden Gate
Hiram Price
G. H. Wilson
Little Fagle
Helen Schulenburg
Tiber
Maggie Reaney
Lillie Turner
Abner
Evansville
Flying Eagle
Wlcclaire Bell
Iowa
Libbie Conger
Josephine
Bella Mac
William Osborne
James Fisk, Jr
Clyde
M. Whitmore
Emma
Keator
Arkansas
Grand Pacific
Dexter
Moline
Lady Grace
Last Chance
Diamond Jo
Winona
Kit Carson
Ben Hershey
Eclipse
General Bernard
Sidney
C. W. Cowles
Saint Paul
Mountain Belle
Idlewild
Paducah
Covington
Jennie Gilchrist
Rock Island
Pittsburgh
Dubuque
Market Summary for Crain Produce and Flour
Corn 35 cents a bushel oats feeder price 25 cents oatmeal mill pays 31? cents Wheat 5 cents plus 55 cents Bran 1.99 per cwt Shorts 1.05 to 1.10 per cwt.
Local Grocery Price List From Early 20th Century
The listing shows varied prices for staples and produce including corn meal per sack 20 to 25 cents, bran 1.00, turkeys live 12 to 14 cents per lb, sugar 5.20 to 5.25 per 100 lb sack, coffee Rio varieties, butter up to 30 cents, lard 1 cent, bacon 15 to 20 cents, ham 15 to 17 1/2 cents, cheese 1.74 to 2 cents per lb, potatoes 15 cents per peck, cabbage 1 cent per head, strawberries 12 1/4 to 15 cents per quart, onions and citrus prices, apples 30 to 5 cents per peck, lemons 2 to 6 cents per dozen, bananas 2.00 to 2.25 per bunch, oranges 20 to 40 cents per dozen, cranberries 12 1/2 to 15 cents per quart, figs 10 to 20 per pound, fish prices include catfish 11 1/2 cents, carp 6 cents, bass 15 cents, salmon 1? cents, perch 8 cents, pickerel 10 cents per pound, croppies 10 cents, lake trout 10 cents, and swamp fish prices.
Southern lands investments promotion warns of value
An advertisement touts southern lands as underpriced with high returns and favorable climate. It claims the South is not a new country, markets and shipping are first class, and invites readers to request free Circular Nos. 1 to 10 about lands in Kentucky West Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana near the Illinois Central railroad for homeseekers and investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Kentucky
West
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Illinois Central Railroad
J. F. Merry
Dubuque Iowa
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Bridget
Peosta
JAS. Beach & Sons, Mfrs
Dubuque, Iowa
Citizens’ Railway & Light Company
Wapello
West Liberty
Mon
Tezuma
Millersburg
Coun
Mary J. Graham
General Assembly of
Lottie Allen
Julia Sharkland
Mt. Pleasant
Norma Courts
Pearl Duryea
Ft. Madison
Richard Elliott
Robert
Kansas City
L. T. Hill
West Branch
0. G. Wayman
M. E. Parsonage
Fred Selzer
Illinois
Champion Hill
Clara Devore
Annie Sulvay
James Federlin
Will Devore
Hi. B. Kline
Waterloo
Brit Stucker
Earl Woods
Cedar County
Morlf
Annie Whitehead
Davenport
Charley Morlf
Carl Woods
Leonard Lamb
Atalissa
Ed. Opping
Louis Federlin
Kate Hearst
Moscow
Ethel Miller
Andy
Mary McFadden
Wm. Wiese
Wm. Barkalow
Mrs. B
Fowce Perry
Muscafine
Hy Devore
Clare
Jerry Devore
Herman Wiese
Lillie
Emma Wiese
Zelina
Eva Morlf
Clarence Cromer
Pearl City
West Second Street
Joe T.osgrove
River News
Crain
Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store
E. Second St
Muscatine, la
Graham
Attorneys AT Law
Louise Eversmeyer
Iowa Avenue
Muscatine
W. F. Brannan
J. Fisch & Sons
Clymer A. Coldren
J. W. McKee Coldren
M’kee
Attorneys
East Second Street
J. Carskaddean
D. Burk Carskaddan & Burk
T. R. Fitzgerald
Hershey State Bank
Second Street
G. M. Titus
Titus & Jackson
Jayne & Hoffman
HB. Jayne
W. Hoffman
P. Ingham
Attorney AT Law
Thos. Brown
Roy C. Brown
Brown & Brown
Ilinois
First National Bank
Cook, Masser & Co
West Third Street
ORS
H. M. Dean
H. J. Dean
D. P. Miller
Fast Fifth Street
Calla
Frances Carney M’kean
Cedar Street
Cook, Musser & CO
State Bank and Trust Co. Banking and Exchange
Second St
Muscatine, Ia
P. W. Francis
Henry Jayne
L. G. Burnett
Sara Hershey Eddy
Mira Hershey
G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
S. M. Hughes
S. G. Stein
J. R. Reuling
Chas. Page
J. Carskaddan
F. P. Sawyer
Muscatine Savings Bank
Chas
Page
Southern Lands
Sterling Remedy CO
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