New York firm favors youth in salesmen over gray hair
An advertisement-like item describes a New York firm hiring trends, noting many gray haired and bald salesmen at a banquet. It features a mock discussion about hair restoration and promotes Q-Ban Hair Restorer and Tonic, with a Memphis drug firm offering a free 50 cent bottle and mail order details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Q-Ban
Q-Ban Hair Restorer
Havercamp
Hessig-Ellis Drug Company
Memphis
Tenn
Muscatine Dog Tax Due Notice Demands Payment
Owners of dogs in Muscatine who have not paid the 1909 dog tax must pay at the City Recorder Weis office by June 10. If unpaid, the dogs will be impounded and owners prosecuted under the city ordinance. Per order, W. J. Vannatta, Chief of Police.
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Muscatine
Weis
W. J. Vannatta
East Hill Park Club House program delights nearly 200
The Weed Park club house hosted a well received social by the Young People's Union of Park Avenue church. About two hundred attended a strong program prepared over a month featuring Louise Rittenhouse Grace Shepard and Fred George among others with songs readings and dialogues. The chorus included 16 youths.
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Weed Park Club
Young People’s Union
Park Avenue Church
Louise Rittenhouse
Mable Shepard
Fred George
Maura
Grace Shepard
Glenn Parvin
Albert Shepard
Katie Fisher
Emma Blanchard
John Franklin
Fred Stinemier
Albert Weaver
Farewell party for bride Anna Kary before Des Moines wedding
Anna Kary, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kary, left by train for Des Moines to wed William Kenzle of Muscatine this afternoon. A farewell gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Kary at 1516 East Fifth Street drew about fifty guests with a supper served at a long table. The couple plan to reside in Des Moines initially.
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Albert Kary
East Fifth Street
Miss Anna
Des Moines
William Kenzle
Muscatine
Anna
Automatic
How to Succeed as a Salesman Promises Big Pay
An advertisement touts traveling salesman careers with earnings from 82 000 to 10 000 a year plus expenses. A Rochester, New York, Bradstreet System official claims to train thousands by mail and offers a free book at 220 Cornwall Building to guide aspiring young men.
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Rochester
N. Y
Bradstreet
President
Bradstreet System
Cornwall Building
Sunny Side school term ends with basket dinner
Miss Anna Van Camp closed a very successful term of school Friday in Sunny Side Indiana. A basket dinner was enjoyed after the close of classes with teachers and students in attendance.
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Sunny Side
Anna van Camp
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted As Sure In All Stages
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills cure catarrh and constipation. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, boosts constitution, and offers one hundred dollars for any uncured case. The firms F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio backs the claims.
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Hall
F. J. Chenfy & CO
Toledo
Local Notes From Rochester Iowa District
Visits by Marsh and Eva from Scranton Pennsylvania and Sophia Miller with Howard and Eva McGillaway. Death of Eva Comstock from measles aged 3. Details of local sickness and visits including Mrs. R. B. Howe, Jack Lincoln's wheat trip to Durant, and Corn barn work by T. J. Kelly for Chas. Gillivray. Fishing on Cedar River and relatives in Marion Iowa.
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Rochester
Mr. Marsh
Eva
Scranton
C. S. Baker
Sophia Miller
Howard
Eva McGillaway
Wilton
Eva Comstock
R. B. Howe
Dr. Leith
J. C. Betzing
Ralph Morton
Tipton
Jack Lincoln
Durant
Frank Comstock
T. J. Kelly
Chas. Gillivray
Charley Angel
Chicago
Howard McCoy
T. C. Wood
Carr
Walter Nelson
Ruth
Cedar River
Delda Physter
Marion
Iowa
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promises Wound Healing Guarantee
Advert shows Bucklen’s Arnica Salve claiming to heal wounds from gun injuries or rusty nails with a guaranteed result. Store price of 25.
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Bucklen
Arnica
Havercamp
Baccalaureate and Evening Service at First Congregational
The First Congregational church presents a baccalaureate program led by Rev. W H Thomlinson of Mulford Congregational for the high school class of 1909 with sermons, anthems, solos, and organ preludes and postludes. Morning worship follows with scripture, hymns, and a sermon by the pastor, including responsive readings and a quartet.
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First Congregational Church
W. H. Thomlinson
Mulford Congregational Church
Rockwell
J. N. Elliott
D. D
Max Spicker
Freewill
Muscatine Teachers Protest Superintendent Plan On Pay Raise
A citywide petition from all grades protested Superintendent Chevalier may advocate a salary increase below teachers’ demand. Chevalier reportedly supports a $50 yearly raise for all scales, setting minimum at 350 and maximum at 600, with eighth and ninth grades at 550.
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W. F. Chevalier
Prof. Chevalier
Chevalier
Board of Education
Iowa
Muscatine
Z. W. Hutchinson
Laurel Hill Community Notes and Visits
Laurel Hill residents participated in a busy week with visits to Muscatine and Durant. County Superintendent M F Cronin toured local schools while Mrs J M Scott from West Branch stayed at the Frank Cummings home. Memorial exercises were held in Wilton and Christ Augerer planned a trip to Pipe Stone Minnesota with hopes of a claim, as Yankee Hollow hosted an ice cream social hindered by bad weather.
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Laurel Hill
Christ Fick
Muscatine
John Thede
Baby
Wilton
Durant
M. F. Cronin
J. M. Scott
West Branch
Frank Cummings
Christ Augerer
Pipe Stone
Minnesota
Yankee Hollow
Teething Diarrhea Helps with Safe Remedy
Teething children often have diarrhoea which can be controlled by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Give the prescribed dose after each stool and then castor oil to cleanse the system. Safe and sure.
Elm Grove Farm Notes and Local Happenings
Elm Grove reports many farmers planting corn despite wireworms. Walter Simmons and Jim Teel hauled hogs for Bat Hetfield. Mrs. Frank Duncan and Wilma visited Columbus Junction after a stay with the Fox family. Mrs. Herman Hahn and children from Cotter visited the Taylors. Charley Connor sold his north of Gladwin farm to a Cambridge Illinois buyer. Posses-
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Elm Grove
Walter Simmons
Jim Teel
Bat Hetfield
Frank Duncan
Wilma
Columbus Junction
Orlando Taylor
Charley Connor
Gladwin
Cambridge, Ill
Posses
Community Notes From Blue Grass June Meeting Plans
Mrs. Adam Dipp and children visited the Leslie Wagmer home on Sunday. Ladies' Aid at Mrs. Baker's met with plans to gather at Mrs. Imael Bancks’s rural home. Corn planting is done. farmers hope for good weather to remove weeds. A pink dinner will close the school year with a program by Pell school pupils on June 11. invitations extended to all.
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Blue Grass
Adam Dipp
Leslie Wagmer
Imael Bancks
J.C. Watts
J. Z. Wtts
Vee
American Telephone Company
Hopkinson
Pell School
Elm Grove News Recap of Community Visits and Events
Reports note families contemplating settlement near town and local social visits. Bennie Hetfield and Frank Knight dined with Jim Reynolds. Mrs Callie Stingley visited Nora Fox. Rev Lincoln Hughes lectured at Elm Grove church. Olive Yancey and Ruth Berry visited Pigman family. Gus Teel from Galesburg toured with Jim and Linn Fox. Miss Bessie Simmons called on Harrison Duncan. Cora Summerville shopped at Columbus Junction. Long from Crawfordsville shelling corn for Jess Duncan. Elm church to hold preaching Sunday evening.
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Sion
Bennie Hetfield
Frank Knight
Jim Reynolds
Callie Stingley
Nora Fox
Lincoln Hughes
Washington
Elm Grove
Charley Yancey
Olive
Ruth Berry
Davenport
John Pigman
Yancy
Ruth
Gus. Teel
Galesburg
Ill
Jim
Linn Fox
David Weaver
Cora Summerville
Columbus Junction
Long
Crawfordsville
Jess Duncan
Elm Church
Bids Sought for Building Removal by Local Bank Firm
Bids will be received until noon June 12 for the removal of a building. Specifications available at the bank. Each bidder must state wrecking time. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. Cook. Musser & Co. State Bank.
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Cook. Musser & Co
Stete Bank
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GEO. W. Fisher Mulberry Garage
East Hill
Park Club House
East Hill News
Anna Kary
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North District
The
Methodist Church
Park Avenue
High Prairie and Spangler’s Chapel
W. J. Phelps
Ora Carroll
Friends Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Fast Hill
Lee Barry
Smalley Avenue
Nichols
William Barry
Laurel Street
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Brugman
George Doran
Pleasant Prairie
Mary Rodgers
Ed. Prien
James Doran
F. Gray
Paul Jesse
Nell Shaughnessy
L. Flannery
Tom
Christ. Angerer
Frank
Franklin, Pre
Iowa Ave
SSUE
Congrega
Thomlinson
the Order of Services
Rosewig
Marsh
Tor
Yuigalae
Huitig
Huttig Mfg. CO
Muscatine, Ia
Hoosier
Hoosier Cabinet Co
Ballerson Stores
Wagner Bros
East Second Street
Bessie Simmons
Harrison Duncan’s
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