Local notes on visits and travel around Wilton and Davenport
Local items list residents departing for Wilton Davenport and other nearby cities, visiting relatives and friends. Several notices promote Firefly and Opera House events and advertise services from doctors and insurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Craddock
Fruitland
Adolph Romann
West Eighth Street
Rock Island
Frances Sanderss
Davenport
William Oliver
Washington Street
Titus Loan & Investment
Delayed Iowa Wedding Ends With Train Escape And Rice Shower
Miss Rose Klein and John Gauler delayed for nearly two hours at Rock Island station after the groom forgot to secure a license. The couple narrowly caught their intended train for a honeymoon, and friends greeted them with a rice shower and playful pranks as they finally wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Rose Klein
John Gauler
Rock Island
Cou
Ples
Fruitland
Muscatine
Delayed nuptials as Gauler couple wed without license
John and Mrs Gauler faced a rush to marry when the groom forgot the license. After frantic calls to County Clerk McKee and Deputy Tipton, the license was issued at 7 AM and Rev J Haefner performed the ceremony at the Logan Street home amid a hastened wedding breakfast.
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Kiein
Logan Street
J. Haefner
McKee
Tipton
Honeymoon trip begins as planned on passenger train
Dan Cupid succeeds in holding the passenger train and starting the honeymoon journey, letting past troubles fade away in an auspicious kickoff.
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Dan Cupid
Foley Kidney Pills Promised Quick Permanent Relief
A. W. Morgan promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles in middle aged and elderly people. The ad claims quick and lasting results for painful irregularities and related issues.
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A. W. Morgan
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Gordon’s Cloak & Millinery House
Muscatine’s Fashion Shop
Aay
Iful
Ity
Panama
Jeos
Gordon's Cloak & Millinery House
West Second Street
Etre
Lulu Pomroy
Wilton
Frank Bowman
Agnes Foley
Letts
H. H. Funck
T. Dowman
Bayfield
John A. Robbins
J. M.millar
Nichols
Thomas Ryan
Ottie Snyder
Anna Murphy
George Kopf
City
A. C. Jones
Columbus Junction
George Hawley
Smalley Avenue
West Liberty
Blanche Jones
Flordia Land Excursion
J. Linn Hoopes
Iowa Ave
L. Orr
Washington, Ia
Opera House
J. W. Berry
West Third Street
Halstead
Bert Will
West Fourth Street
Ruth Benkert
Ladies’ Chorus
George Sumners
What Cheer, In
Helen Bronner
Lone Tree
James Henriette
Mulberry Avenue
Nellie Whittaker
Chicago
New York
Dow
Wittich Brothers
East Second Street
Marriag
CENSE
Klein-Gau
Portran
Hunt
Schaefer
Schaefer’s Laundry Co
Chickering, Gabler
Packard
Fourth Street
Theodore Wieter
Kool
Kandy Kitchen
Panitorium
John Wendinger
Iowa Avenue
Cadle’s
F. W. Swan
2Nd Street
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