Children's Day Exercises Highlight Wapello News
Wapello notes include a bachelor drive to Columbus Junction, church services for Class of 1901, and upcoming Children's Day programs at Christian and Presbyterian churches. Local visits feature John T. Beamer in town, and several residents travel to Muscatine and Burlington for business or recreation. The June 14 old settlers gathering planning continues as the county board meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Grimes
H. B. Davison
Muscatine
Lee Cody
Len Childs
M. J. Deihl
Patterson
Methodist Church
Christian Church
Presbyterian Church
L. P. Wells
S. A. J. Hospital
Iowa City
A. J. Scheucker
Columbus Junction
Our City
Burlington System Reaches Traffic Pact With Milwaukee
The Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern announces a traffic arrangement with the Milwaukee by which the Burlington line may enter the Twin Cities area, impacting Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Milwaukee
Rail link plans affect Faribault line progress
News notes that Milwaukee must approve a traffic arrangement for the B C R N to delay finishing the remaining link from Albert Lea to Faribault. Construction completion is expected within ten days, and Cedar Rapids would resume Chicago St Paul service within twenty five days if the Milwaukee deal succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faribault
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Albert Lea
Cedar Rapids
Chicago-St. Paul
Crop Bulletin Reports Dry Early Summer Across Iowa
Des Moines June 4 The past week brought near normal average temperatures in western Iowa and 1 to 6 degrees below normal in the east. Nights were unusually cool and days clear with cool easterly winds. Light scattered showers occurred but most of the state had no rainfall. Continued dry weather harms corn, oats, wheat, barley, pastures and gardens. Replanting in the southeast due to worm damage. Copious showers and warmth would improve the outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Change In Railroad Office At Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction notes a series of local happenings as the railroad office changes hands with FE H Brown becoming night clerk. Miss Elia Barnes visits from Hebron Indiana, Silas Thorley plans to relocate, and property transactions include A J Willett’s purchase of the Thorley homestead. Community events include school year closings, church outreach, and an old settlers meeting set for June 14 at Wapello.
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Hebron
Ind
Wallace
Silas Thorley
Thorley
Columbus City
A. J. Willett
Guy Kutler
Chicago
Arnold Bahr
Davenport
Henry Netbert
John McEwan
Peoria
Orin
Estherville
Frank Davis
Atlona
Weltons
J. L. Collins
Cathrine Cotter
Geo. Duncan
Maryville
Tenn
Clyde Duncan
Burlington
Willie Tucker
E. B. Tucker
Des Moines
Puck’s
Willie
Reformed Church
St. Paul
Wapello
Fouse
O. A. Garret
Mediapolis
Geo. Jones
Woods Place
Garrett Place
Reeden Edmondson
Tone
Carrie
G. W. Deedder
Washington
Milwaukee
Leo Letts
H. M. Letts
Attorney A J Gillis Visits Mt Pleasant Friends
A. J. Gillis of Walla Walla Washington stayed with his sister Mrs. O J Jamison last week. He toured with friends and relatives in Mt Pleasant as part of a wider Atlantic journey with his party.
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Ternoon
Atlantic
A. J. Gillis
Walla Walla, Wash
O. J. Jamison
Mt. Pleasant
Lecture Series on English Bible History Tonight
Mr. Fowler continues the lecture series with a talk on how the Bible reached readers in vernacular English. The syllabus covers early versions, manuscript and printed Bibles, and key translations from Caedmon to the King James and beyond. The free lecture starts at 7 45 tonight.
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Caedmon
Aksheim
Bede
St. Cuthbert
Me Royal
Wrelff
Wiliam Tyndale
Orchestra Reorganized Forms Pearl City Mandolin Club
The Thomas orchestra and mandolin club in Muscatine has been reorganized into ten musicians. Thomas leads as director and solo mandolin. The newly named Pearl City mandolin club expects to perform in socials and be one of eastern Iowa’s best mandolin ensembles.
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the Thomas Orchestra and Mandolin Club
Muscatine
Thomas
Mandolin Club
Mandolin Clab
A. J. Thomas
R. Boydston
Edward Tappe
William Tiecke
F. Cramer
Guy Alexander
George Pilgrim
Pearl City
Iowa
Fresh At Night Through Proper Food Grape Nuts Benefit
A Media Kansas school teacher credits Grape-Nuts Food with reversing weight loss, fatigue, and nervousness. After five months of use she reports twelve pound gain, improved appetite, steadier nerves, and better sleep. Her eyesight also improved with vitality, and she requests no name printing. Pastern Cereal Co. is cited.
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Kan
Pastum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Handsome window display at Havercamp pharmacy
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is showcased in a large window at Havercamp's pharmacy. The display features 48 jumbo yellow packages and 544 bottles, with the label praising the digestive benefits of the remedy. Background includes Japanese wallpaper and red pillars, highlighting broad national advertising and rising demand.
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Havercamp
Caldwell
Guaranteed Salary Opportunities in New Haven Paired With Travel and Local Work
Men and women of good address are invited to represent us with a guaranteed $900 yearly salary plus commissions and expenses. Positions include traveling agents and local work, with rapid advancement in an established house. Apply now to Stafford Press at 23 Church St New Haven Conn for a lasting, pleasant, permanent role.
Market Report Sees Veggies and Poultry Shifts In Prices
Oats rise to 27 28 cents while hogs sell at 5 35 to 5 45. Old potatoes inch up as new potatoes gain traction. Butter and eggs drop. turnips rise. onions stay premium. Cranberries vanish. most young chickens sold. only remaining fowl are Noahs ark stock.
Muscatine Markets This Week Prices Mixed Across Commodities
Corn markets range 40 to 43 cents with oats at 27 to 28 cents and oat meal at 27 cents. Rye and barley both show 40 cent quotes while wheat sits around 55 to 60 cents. Hay Timothy 11 to 12 dollars and Illinois Hay Bottom hay at 5 dollars with occasional 12 dollars for raised hay. Hides, potatoes at 50 to 60 cents, fresh eggs ten cents, butter about 14 to 20 cents, creamery butter 11 to 17 cents. Ward milk 9 to 10 cents. Livestock shows hogs 5.35 to 5.45, cattle butcher stock 3 to 3.50, calves 4.50 to 5.00.
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Powltry
Local Market Prices for Livestock and Provisions
Readable price list shows sheep, lambs, and various fowl with per hundred weight or per pound figures. Also lists flour sacks, corn meal, sugars, coffee, butter, eggs, lard, potatoes, turnips, cabbage, onions, bananas, beets, cranberries, fish, fuel, oranges, lemons, strawberries, and vegetables with unit prices and ranges. Prices indicate unsteady markets and wide variance across items.
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Louisa
Journal
Waukee
Crop Bulletin
Dillaways
Lively Point
Miss
Elia Barnes
J. A. Barnes
Thomas Aggregation
Mull’s Grape Tonic
Mull
Havercamp’s Pharmacy
Stafford Press
Church St. New Haven, Conn
Muscatine, Ia
Muscatine Markets
Graham
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