Golden wedding celebrated by Mr and Mrs James Walton
Wilton June 4. At their rural Cedar county home Mr and Mrs James Walton celebrated their golden wedding anniversary surrounded by children grandchildren and many friends He has lived in Cedar county 72 years and on the home farm 35 He was born in 1840 in Ohio and is the county s oldest settler The couple have 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild About 290 relatives and friends attended with guests from Des Moines Davenport and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
James Walton
Cedar County
Sugar Creek Township
Carlie M. Walton
Laura Hanna
J. Park Walton
Addie Barclay
Vernon C. Walton
Albert B. Walton
David Walton
Polk
Geo. Walton
George Walton
Gage
Okla
Mosher
Smith
Des Moines
C. C. Miller
Eagleville
N. A. McAuley
D. D
Lyons
Hendricks
Skinner
Council Bluffs
Roberts
Clay
Davenport
Longtime Iowa couple share fifty years of marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Walton mark fifty years together in Sugar Creek township after meeting in Tipton. Born in 1830 and 1836 respectively, they settled at their Muscatine county homestead in 1854 and 1858 and raised seven children, six surviving to maturity as their lifelong partnership is celebrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Walton
Jackson County
Ohio
Iowa
David W. Walton
Muscatine County
Fleming House
Tipton
Wm. Long
Bucklen Arnica Salve Promoted At Havercamp's Store
A brief advertises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a remedy for wounds sores burns and injuries. The product is sold for 25c at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store, positioned after a violent incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Havercamp
Muscatine Firemen Head to Lyons Parade
Over 200 Muscatine firemen left at 5:37 AM to join Lyons celebrations and parade. Muscatine is given the place of honor and will be the guests of honor throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Rock Island
Lyons
Lyons Fire Department
System of beauty culture praised for health and home use
The system of beauty culture is credited with remarkable beauty in many women across major cities. It claims extreme efficacy as a beautifier and health benefits based on dermal hygiene. It can be learned at home and yields immediate and permanent results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XIV
Beauty preparations praised by American society women
The article extols new beauty cremes introduced to American women. It notes these treatments were long known and used by top beauty culturists masseurs dermatologists and specialists. It claims thousands of actresses singers and socialites in major cities are impressed by the results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Addressing Local Railroad Interests and Wage Cooperation
President B L Winchell of the Rock Island lines urges fuller cooperation between railroad owners and payroll workers. He argues profit margins require higher rates or lower wages, noting protests and logistics concerns while illustrating with a shoe shipment example from Boston to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Winchell
Rock Island
Boston
Chicago
Unique drill at Washington School closes term
A large crowd watched a two part program by Washington school third graders led by Miss Alpha Wabnitz. The Sunbonnet Girls and the Overall Boys presented songs recitations and drills in costume for the term’s end with many pupils performing solo parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Wabnitz
Washington School
West Third Street
Ice Cream Social Planned at Weed Park Clubhouse
The Tri M club of Park Avenue M E church will host an ice cream social at Weed Park clubhouse on Wednesday evening June 10. A good program will be arranged and all members and friends are invited to attend. Ladies Aid Society to meet once a month during hot summer months with refreshments provided and next meeting announced later. East Hill locals note travels of M J Kennelly and Andrew Nemeth as they visit relatives before returning home. Mrs Elmer Weterhauser of Wilton visits local family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weed Park Club
Tri-M. Club
Park Avenue M. E
Ladies’ Aid
Ladies’ Aid Society
East Hill
M. J. Kennelly
Eldon
Hot Springs
Ark
Rock Island Lines
Andrew Nemeth
Mt. Madison
Elmer Weterhauser
Wilton
Song The Squirrel and Good Times Play Together
Lawrence Allen leads Sunbonnet Girls and Overall Boys in a whimsical pageant featuring songs Goodbye and Good Times with cheerful duet and group performances. The segment highlights light vocal harmony and period style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Squirrel
Lawrence Allen
Sunbonnet Girls
Kidney remedy cures kidney disease claims
Mrs. S. L. Bowen of Wayne West Virginia says a Foley's Kidney Remedy dollar bottle and part of a second cured her kidney disease completely after she could not get out of bed or stand straight. A. W. Morgan, Druggist, endorses the remedy as a wonder where others fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Bowen
Wayne, W. Va
Foley
A. W. Morgan
Infant Death Dropped in Laurel Hill Family Home
Mr and Mrs John Mobr mourn the death of their infant son at their home in Laurel Hill on Saturday. The item also lists local visits and social notes including visits by B L Norton and son Griffith near Durant and various residents from Wilton Muscatine and Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Hill
John Mobr
B. L. Norton
Griffith
Durant
Edward Sheetz
Roy
Muscatine
Otto Harder
Tim Russell
Wilton
Rudolph Arp
A. C. Shifler
T. W. Stoops
West Liberty
Birdie McKilligan
Davenport
Henry Angerer
Grandma Brugman
Ella Te Strake
Yankee
Lincoln school's final day ends term and reports due
The Lincoln school term ends today with students receiving report cards tomorrow and no classes. Pupils will gather at the building to collect cards, then be dismissed for summer. many will work or vacation with parents. An annual outing at Weed park drew all pupils and parents for games and a noon picnic. Hast Hill notes report visits from Davenport and Columbus City residents. a new birth is announced for Mr. and Mrs. J. Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Weed Park
Hast Hill
John Hassett
Davenport
Ida Berry
E. L. Paschal
Columbus City
W. D. Avery
Park Avenue
Electric Bitters Promised Cure for Malaria Biliousness
To dissolve the union of stomach, liver and kidney troubles and cure biliousness and malaria take Electric Bitters guaranteed. 50c Havercamp's Prescription Drug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp
Maennerchor Set for Saengerfest Attendance in La Crosse
The Maennerchor holds its regular meeting this evening to compile expected attendees for this summer's Saengerfest in La Crosse Wisconsin. A rehearsal in Muscatine is scheduled for June 18 to practice music for the big event, with a large turnout anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maennerchor
la Crosse
Wis
Muscatine
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le Maire
Creme Beatrice
Price
le Maire Company
Sole Distributors
Muscatine, Iowa
Winchell
Wabnitz
Sunbonnet Land
Bernice Grafe
Alma Rehmel
Thelma _ Knight
Lila Townsley
Vera Freyermuth
Manilla Nyenhuis
Lila Lowry
Florence Hughes
Clara Brown
Dorothy Tyler
Martha Althaus
Dorothy Chamberlain
Margaret Griffith
Overall Land
Overall Boys’ Brigade
George Moore
Charles Kuhn
Edward Mucha
Willie O’brien
Theodore McKee
Bird Thoughts
Gerald Randall
the Woodpecker—School
Our Ponies
Leslie Tomlin
Squirrel—illet Kempton
Columbia
East Hill News
Rift 3
Weed
Hollow
Ford Bunge
Sam McClung
Peter Bouland
John Calassen
Ella
Anna Mohr
John
Henry Bouland
Paul Johnson
Vera Cummings
Harold Feltman
Feltman
Andrew Cockshoot
Moscow
Mert
Home Tea Co
Wittich Bros
East Second Street
John T. Boland
2Nd St
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