Batterson Stores Offers Special 25 Cent White Goods Sale
Local notice describes special 30 day sale on white goods at Batterson Stores with Frank Bowman handling Babcock buggies and other buggy offerings. Also notes birth of a son to Dr. and Mrs. Guyford Leith in Wilton Iowa and travels of Mrs. C H Salisbury and daughter Ethelyn from East Second street to the western states including Colorado and Arizona.
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Batterson
Frank Bowman
Babcock
C. H. Salisbury
Ethelyn
East Second Street
Colorado
Arizon
Kansas
Birth Announcement and Memorial Day Sermon Plan
A son was born yesterday afternoon to Mr and Mrs John Lee of Seventy-Six township. The river stands 5 feet 5 inches today, down one inch from yesterday. Patriotic services are set for Sunday night at 8 in Moscow Methodist Episcopal church with Rev R C Russell of Sweetland Center delivering Lessons From Memorial Day. Special music will be provided and old veterans are invited.
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John Lee
Moscow Methodist Episcopal Church
R. C. Russell
Sweetland Center
Death of Mrs George W Hackett in Waterloo
Dr. C J Hackett learns of his sister in law Mrs George W Hackett's death in Waterloo due to tuberculosis of the kidneys after a two year illness. She leaves a husband and three children. The Hackett couple and Mr and Mrs Howard Hackett will attend the funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Waterloo home.
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C. J. Hackett
George W. Hackett
Waterloo
Hackett
Howard
Social Evening At Button Workers Association Gathered At G A R Hall
The Button Workers Association held a Thursday social at the G A R hall with about fifty members enjoying a pleasing program. A box social followed, then the group played ecards and euchre with prizes awarded to Mrs. George Lane and a booby prize to T. F. Gleason.
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Button Workers’ Association
G. A. R. Hall
George Lane
T. F. Gleason
Strawberries Brought by J. J. Leitzinger in Yakima
The Yakima Daily Republican notes record strawberries shown by J. J. Leitzinger of Washington. The berries reportedly measure five to seven inches in diameter. Leitzinger is a well known local figure.
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J. J. Leitzinger
Washington
Yakima
Rev Ensign To Lecture In Muscatine On 21st
Word from Rev. Co F Ensign Cedar Rapids state president of the Christian Endeavor society that he will lecture in Muscatine on the 21st. Presidents of local Christian Endeavor groups are summoned to gather Saturday evening at the Y M C A to finalize plans.
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Co. F. Ensign
Cedar Rapids
Christian Endeavor Society
Muscatine
M B A Members to Decorate Graves at Greenwood Chapel
Members of the M. B. A. are requested to meet at Greenwood chapel on Sunday next at 2 p.m. to decorate the graves of deceased members. E. H. King, Pres.
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Greenwood Chapel
E. H. King
The Lost Plug Hat
A New York Sun opinion notes that silk hats are often found and kept rather than returned. The author questions why finders seldom seek owners, suggesting modesty or incriminating losses as possibilities, though hats are commonly recovered in reputable places.
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New York Sun
Lodge to Hold Open Meeting and Play for Members
Twenty members of the Court of Honor lodge will perform a play titled The Spinsters Convention at Woodmen hall on June 15. The event is for lodge members and friends only, with about twenty actors most of whom belong to the lodge, and additional entertainment features to be announced later.
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Court of Honor Lodge
Woodmen Hall
Metzger Opens Squab Farm With Racing Carrier Pigeons
Edward Metzger of Canon Avenue launched a squab farm and received 150 carrier pigeons from W J Merts of Versailles Ohio. The birds are seal branded racing strains with parents that reportedly flew up to 600 miles in a day and others 100 to 400 miles daily, bringing the total on the East Hill farm to 200. Metzger plans to market the birds after completing an up to date squad farm.
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Edward Metzger
Canon Avenue
Homer
W. J. Merts
Versailles
Ohio
Metzger
West Liberty High School Class Day Program Shown
The West Liberty High School graduates presented a detailed class day program in the chautauqua tent. Highlights included selections by the chorus, recitations, vocal solos by Nellie B. Mellick and Miriam Evans, a reading of King of Bayville, a piano duet by Janet Ady and Lurline Morris, an oration by W. Scott McMahon, and class history and prophecy by the seniors.
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West Liberty
The
Bees—High School
Helen Swain
Ethel Lane
Nellie B. Mellick
King of
Cecil Aikins
Daisy Ridenour
Family Theatre Show Features Oklahoma Cowboys Reunion
An unusual moving picture program at the Family theatre runs through the week. Films depict the Oklahoma Cowboys Reunion and Ranchmen's Carnival with Texas Jack explaining each scene. John Rogers from Oklahoma also appears, performing fast roping and tying of steers on screen.
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Oklahoma City
J. Ellison Carroll
Mobile
Jack
John Rogers
Oklahoma
Family
Texas Jack
Steahr Funeral Held At Clinton Street Home
The funeral of Henry Steahr was held this afternoon from the family residence at 319 Clinton Street. Rev. W. H. Thomlinson of Mulford Congregational Church conducted the services. pallbearers were George Deller G Schauland Fred Kopf John Bier man Guy Fisher and George Henderson. Interment followed at Greenwood cemetery.
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Clinton Street
Henry Steahr
W. H. Thomlinson
Mulford Congregational Church
George Deller
G. Schauland
Fred Kopf
John Bierman
Guy Fisher
George Henderson
Greenwood Cemetery
Directors Seek 1.5 Million Bond for Advertising Drive
Great Western Cereal of Chicago recommends issuing 1.5 million dollars of 5 percent first mortgage 25 year bonds with a 2 percent sinking fund to finance an advertising campaign and raise mill capacity. The year ended May 30 shows 8 percent on preferred and 3.9 percent on common, net income 138 406, with mills in Iowa Illinois Ohio Minnesota and Nebraska.
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Great Western Cereal Company
Chicago
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio
Minnesota
Nebraska
Peoria
Cedar Falls
Sioux City
Minneapolis
Bondman at Grand Theatre to Close Week at Airdome
Owing to the cold weather the stock company now at the Airdome will finish its week at the Grand theatre presenting Hall Caine's The Bondman. The company has been a hit at the Airdome and the Grand audience may expect a first class production with new specialties between acts.
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Airdome
Grand Theatre
Hall Caine
the Grand
Local Notes From Grandview and Nearby Towns
In Grandview on June 3 Mesdames Arthur McGill and Willie Beckey and a young daughter visit relatives in Muscatine for an undetermined period. Rev Heaverly of Afton arrives to attend graduation exercises. Mr and Mrs Geo Vibber and daughter Marion visit Wapello. Mrs Abbott and daughter Ethel with Mrs Bud Pratt of Muscatine attend T R Wilson funeral and visit Jno Grady home before the 3 15 train. Geo Cocklin and Frank Latta travel to New London by auto.
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Grandview
Arthur McGill
Willie Beckey
Muscatine
Heaverly
Afton
Geo. Vibber
Marion
Wapello
Abbott
Ethel
Bud Pratt
T. R. Wilson
Knightly gathering announces Friday officer work
Attention is called for a full turnout Friday evening for work in the rank of Knight. Refreshments will be provided. By order C, C.
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K. P
Inquest Into Car Accident Death Held For Claus Meyn
An inquest before Coroner King investigates the May 25 accident that killed Claus Meyn at Hershey hospital. Motorman Oscar Reynolds, conductor Clarence Stevens, and witness Will Blankenburg testified that Meyn jumped from a moving car after a hurry stop signal, hitting his head on the pavement.
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King
Claus Meyn
Hershey Hospital
B. B. Eversmeyer
Meyn
Oscar Reynolds
Sheridan Street
Park Avenue
Mr. Meyn
Clarence Stevens
Stevens
Will Blankenburg
H. S. Howe
W. A. Downey
Bank for schoolboys runs by boys in Yorkville
A New York public school opens a student run bank with hours 3 to 4 pm and deposits $200 in Yorkville Savings Bank. The office boy keeps a gun in a corner as a deterrent to any would be robbers, showing the boy spirit governs the operation.
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New York
Yorkville Savings Bank
Senator Hale's Whims and a Bird on Camera
Senator Hale exits public life with his elevator routine at the capitol causing awe and a brief panic when he smiles and tips his hat. Prof Bailey of Genesee State Normal school captures a horned lark’s curious antics, repeatedly alighting on his camera before yielding a prized image.
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Hale
Congress
Capitol
Guy A. Bailey
Genesee State Normal School
Mr. Bailey
Temple Hill
Bailey
Bostonwomen push revival of old curfew law
A movement led by women clubs in Boston seeks a curfew requiring all children under 16 to be home by nine o clock under guardianship. Discovery on the street would trigger action against parents. The effort is in early agitation but aims to gain broad interest as a reform issue.
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Boston
Nine Pension Agencies Abolished In Washington Plan
The house removes eighteen regional pension agencies and sets up a single general disbursing office in Washington. The senate may restore them all, with expectations Taft will intervene to abolish half again, leaving nine sites for pension offices.
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House
Washington
Senate
Taft
Pension Mee Te Alehewewend
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Stark
George W. Lindle
Guyford Leith
Wilton
Louis Hecklinger
J. D. Fuulhiam
East Front Street
Chamberlin
Airdome Company
Land
New Cravenette Pumps
Casper’s
Store of Styles
West Second Street
Ensign
Squab Farm
Speedy
Chautau
Third Street
Steahr
Great Western Cereal CO
United Tailoring Co
Iowa Avenue
Gers
Meya
Senator Hale
the American Review
the Review of Reviews
America
Times
Albert Shaw
the Review of Reviews Company
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