Three Resignations Accepted by Muscatine School Board
The Muscatine School Board accepted three resignations at its regular meeting. Mrs. B P Davis from the high school music department, Miss Etta Louise Ruser from the high school, and Miss Ethelyn Coverston, with transfers planned for several staff reassignments. The teachers committee proposed new appointments and transfers to fill vacancies and noted ongoing vacancy in Mrs. Davis's role. Proposals included science: M B Signs. English to German: Miss Katherine Mauthe. English vacancy: Miss Constance E Berry. primary shifts for Miss Wyant and Miss Althaus. Rena Berry to fill Althaus's transfer vacancy. The board also discussed reinstating Prof. O D Longstreth, voting to table. Other actions included a fire escape project for Jefferson school, insurance policy renewals, and routine bills.
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Board of
Muscatine
B. P. Davis
Department of Music
Ethelyn Coverston
Etta Louise Ruser
M. B. Signs
Olivet
Michigan
Katherine Mauthe
Etta Ruser
Constance E. Berry
Whitewater
Wis
Josephine Wyant
Harrison School
Ethel Coverston
Jessie Althaus
Rena Berry
Althaus
P. Davis
G. O. Mortridge
Fred Beach
Wm. A. Appel
Teachers’ Committee
O. D. Longstreth
Halstead
Longstreth
Sleep Presses Down on Eyes and Bedclothes Indifferent
A reflective line notes weariness as sleep weighs on the eyelids and the bed coverings lie without concern. The image conveys fatigue and quiet resignation within a domestic scene.
Labor Day Plans Topped by Muscatine Unions Meeting
Muscatine labor unions prepare for an ambitious Labor Day with athletic events band concerts dancing and night revelry. A committee will report on venue prospects and delegates will discuss federation reports and other business at tomorrow's Trades and Labor Assembly session.
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Muscatine
Trades and Labor Assembly
States Federation of Labor
Davenport
Best Cough Medicine Guaranteed Satisfaction
F C Jaquith of Inland Michigan touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best selling and most satisfying cough medicine he has ever sold and guarantees every bottle. The remedy is available at all druggists.
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Chamberlain
F.C. Jaquith
Mich
The Dog of the Red Men Discovery Myth
Columbus found Indians with logs and a line of coyotes said to be wild ancestors. A four specimen display at the National Museum shows a mounted group including four adults and a young. The text notes striking resemblance to domesticated dogs.
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America
Plains
National Museum
Pricing for Bound Book with Pictures
A shop charges 3 marks to bind a book and 5 marks with pictures. The clerk explains the higher price reflects the extra time the helper spends looking at the illustrations.
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Fliegender
Church Notices at First Church of Christ Scientist
The First Church of Christ Scientist on Corner Walnut and Sixth announces regular services Sunday at 11 am and Wednesday at 8 pm. All are cordially invited.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Walnut and
Sixth Streets
Local church schedule a busy Sabbath program
Sabbath school at 9 30 morning features children's day service. The evening sermon by the pastor precedes the high school graduating class. Y P C U meets at 6 30 p m.
Services Schedule for A. M. E. Church
The A. M. E. Church posts a full day of activities with worship at 11 am and 6 30 pm, class meeting at noon, Sunday school at 1 30 pm, and Christian Endeavor in the evening. A business meeting is planned Thursday evening June 11. Francis J Peterson is the pastor.
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Christian Endeavor
Francis J. Peterson
Trinity Sunday Services at Holy Church
Festal services mark the patron day with Sunday school at 9 30 and Te Deum Holy Communion and anthem at 10 45. Evening prayer follows at 7 30 with a litany on Friday at 7 39 led by Rector F F Beckerman.
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F. F. Beckerman
German Baptist Church Schedule and Invitation
The church lists Sunday school at 9 15 am with preaching at 10 30 am and 7 30 pm. Tuesday Bethany society meets, Thursday prayer meeting, and a cordial invitation to strangers. Pastor R A Schmidt invites the community to attend.
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German Baptist Church
Bethany Society
R. A. Schmidt
West Hill Mission and Dixon pastor schedule
Corner Third and Cedar streets hosts services led by Rev. Spencer of Dixon HI with morning worship at 10 30 and evening service at 7 30 Sunday school at 1 45 B Y P U at 6 30 prayer meeting Thursday at 7 45 West Hill mission offers Sunday school at 2 00 A cordial welcome extended to all Judson Kempton pastor.
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Third
Cedar Streets
Rev. Spencer
Dixon
West Hill Mission
Judson Kempton
Musserville Friends Church Schedule and Pastor
Regular Sabbath school at 11 am at the church on Wisconsin street and Benham avenue. Preaching at 10 am. Children's meeting at 4 pm. Evening service at 7 30 pm. Mid week prayer and praise service Wednesday at 7 30 pm. Miss Abbie J. Lake is the pastor.
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Musserville Friends Church
Wisconsin Street
Benham Avenue
Abbie J. Lake
Sunday church service schedule and cordal invitation
Sunday school at 9:15 a.m. led by Wm. M. Stark superintendent. Class meeting at 11:15 a.m. led by J. E. Hoopes. Preaching at 7:30 p.m. by Pastor W. L. Clapp with theme Christ at the Well of Jacob. Cordial invitation to all.
Park Avenue M. E. Church Service Schedule
Sunday school at 10 with John Duncan as superintendent. Epworth League at 6 30 pm. Worship at 11 am and 7 30 pm with morning theme The Heart of Jesus and evening theme The Voice of the Past. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 45 pm. James B. Neal is the pastor.
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Park Avenue M. E
John Duncan
Epworth League
Heart
Jesus
James B. Neal
Preacher Announces Sunday Services at Local Church
Corner of Sycamore and Fifth streets lists schedule for tomorrow including 10 a.m. preaching and 11:15 a.m. Sunday school. The evening temperance program by the U P S C E begins at 7 p.m. with pastor remarks. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30. Pastor J. Fry extends a cordial welcome.
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Sycamore
Fifth Streets
J. Fry
Presbyterian church service at J. N. Elliott parish
The Presbyterian Church at the corner of Iowa Avenue and 4th Street invites worshipers for morning services at 10 30. Pastor J N Elliott will preach on the subject God is Spirit. Sunday.
Sickness and savings erode by illness and medicine
A testimonial urges Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets to cure stomach and related organ diseases that drain workers' wages. The speaker, Wm. Connolly of Lorain Ohio, says prior doctors failed but the combined remedy restored health after ten years of stomach trouble and digestive distress.
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Pierce
Wm. Connolly
Walnut Street
Lorain
Ohio
Forgetful Father in Law Refuses Courtesy Over Money
A Washington Star item recounts Mr Cumrox lamenting a quarrel with his son in law Count Friends. He admits not removing his hat and addressing him by his title when presenting a check, a minor etiquette lapse triggering tension.
Better half meaning clarified by father on reading
A father explains to his son the phrase better half, noting it refers to the wife and that she means exactly what she says, as quoted in the Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia Press
Missing morning train grieves residents after service ends
Chicago residents express longing for an removed accommodation train. They say they miss it more than ever and adjust routines around its absence. Local voices note daily impact and seek alternatives.
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Chicago News
Fort Dodge Military Band Receives Official Status
The Fort Dodge Military band has been named the official musical organization of the Fifty-sixth Iowa regiment, marking formal recognition for the unit.
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Fort Dodge
Porter Mort Rosshaus Receives $22000 Estate Share
Mort Rosshaus, a porter at a Dubuque hotel, has received $22000 as his portion of a relative's estate who died in New York.
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Mort Rosshaus
Dubuque
New York
Community Events at Local School and Church
At 2 p.m. a school session led by Dr. J. T. Martin, superintendent, with classes for children and adults. A Y. P. S. C. E. meeting at 6:30 p.m. led by Dr. E. H. King. A union service at 7:30 p.m. in the United Brethren church where Dr. Beatty preaches the baccalaureate sermon for the high school graduating class. Strangers invited to all services.
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J. T. Martin
E. H King
United Brethren Church
Beatty
Grace English Lutheran Church Service Schedule
Grace English Lutheran on Iowa avenue and Sixth street lists Rev. J. L. Murphy as pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. with services at 10:30 a.m. followed by holy communion postponed from last Sunday due to bad weather. Evening service at 7:45 p.m. Ladies society meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. The church extends a cordial invitation.
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Grace English Lutheran
Iowa Avenue
Sixth Street
J. L. Murphy
Ladies Society
Reverend Henry Diercks to Lead Sunday Services
Corner Fourth and Cedar streets hosts a full schedule with Sunday school at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 39 a.m. led by Rev. Henry Diercks of Osceola Nebraska and Rev. Henry Muenster of Council Bluffs Iowa. Children’s day exercises at 2 15 p.m. in the chapel with a 7 p.m. class meeting led by Henry Mark. All are welcome.
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Fourth
Cedar Streets
Henry Diercks
Osceola
Neb
South Muscatine
Henry Mark
Henry Muenster
Council Bluffs
Iowa
First Methodist Episcopal Church Service Details
The First Methodist Episcopal Church at Third Street and Iowa Avenue, led by Pastor C. L. Stafford, offers morning preaching at 10:30 a.m. with no evening service due to union services at United Brethren Church at 7:30 p.m. Sunday school at 1:30 p.m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.m. and a general class at 9:30 a.m. Cordial invitation to all services.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
Third Street
Iowa Avenue
C. L. Stafford
United Brethren Church
Epworth League
First Congregational Church Sunday School Schedule
No service today at First Congregational Church. Sunday school sessions are held at 1 30 p m with regular instruction and activities for children and adults.
That Throbbing Headache Relief Claim
Advertisement claims Dr. King’s New Life Pills cure headaches by building up health and purifying blood. It promises quick relief for sick and nervous headaches at 25 cents with a money back guarantee not cured. Sold by Haverkamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
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Dr. King
Havercamp
Sultan’s court scenes hushed as blood-price talks fail
In Tunis the bey witnessed a life market as a father offered to pay for blood according to the Koran after his son killed a rival in love. The killer faced the gallows two steps from execution, but the price could not rise beyond 24 pounds. The bargain collapsed and the man was hanged.
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Tunis
Cemetery shares maintain market presence on Edinburgh Stock Exchange
The London Financial News notes cemetery shares remain a notable market feature in Scotland. They are actively traded on the Edinburgh Stock Exchange as the canny Scot views grave sites as a lasting security that may outlive other investments.
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Scotland
Edinburgh Stock Exchange
London Financial News
Advertising fuels business and national commerce
The Rochester Herald notes advertising as essential to success for businessmen and cites the United States as the leading industrial and commercial proposition abroad, with an annual advertising outlay of 250 million pounds.
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Rochester Herald
Two Polander on Nubbin Ridge Sows Flour Scandal
Two years after a Polander on Nubbin ridge swallowed grain of wheat a scene emerges when he coughed up a fifty pound sack of flour and 100 pounds of bran last week. The Hartford Day Spring declares truth is mighty and will prevail.
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Nubbin Ridge
Hartford
Clever country banter echoes in Chicago Record-Herald
A Tennessee man notes a formidable boss while a Georgia man praises the creature as right smart, captured in a humorous exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Tennessee
Georgia
Chicago Record-Herald
A Bad Start Delivers a Wry Line from a Weary Young Man
An amused Baltimore American quote captures a weary young man who jokes about his path to wealth. He says he was meant to be a millionaire but began with a challenge where transfers aren’t given. The remark mixes humor with a self-deprecating tone.
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Baltimore American
Browns and Browns Take Staking Bet in Quiet Exchange
In Detroit, Mrs Brown challenges a social wager while Mr Brown counters with a $10 stake for the other party’s share, revealing a casual domestic finance moment reported in the Detroit Free Press.
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Brown
Detroit Free Press
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted for Emergencies
A remote family keeps Bucklen’s Arnica Salve on hand for burns cuts wounds and ulcers in accidents. Sold for 52 cents at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store as a trusted earth’s best remedy.
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Bucklen
Havercamp
Pastor Resigns Wyoming Church to Accept Stanwood Call
Rev. S. M. McConnell has resigned the pastorate at the United Presbytery church in Wyoming and will accept a call to Stanwood.
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S. M. McConnell
United Presbytery Church
Wyoming
Stanwood
Milwaukee Road Offers Gravel for Lohrville Street
The Milwaukee railroad offered the town of Lohrville fifty cars of gravel to gravel the street from the depot to the town.
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The
Milwaukee Rairroad
Lohrville
Jesup Forms Fire Department Under New Water System
Jesup completes new water works and selects a fire chief as a strong city fire company organizes, signaling improved municipal safety and readiness.
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Jesup
Hurd and Anderson Take Over Cedar Falls Gazette
A. L. Anderson of Albia Iowa assumes control of half interest recently purchased in the Cedar Falls Gazette. The firm will operate as Hurd and Anderson.
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A. L. Anderson
Albia
Cedar Falls Gazette
Hurd & Anderson
Southern lands offer strong value for homeseekers and investors
Such investments are not speculative. The South is not a new country. Market and shipping facilities are adequate and first class. The climate is mild and favorable. Despite these advantages southern lands sell well below real value, promising large returns at present prices. Free circulars Nos 1 to 10 about lands in Kentucky, West Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana near the Illinois Central railroad are available from J. F. Merry, Ass't Gen'l Pass's Agent L. C. R. R., Dubuque Iowa.
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Kentucky
West Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Illinois Central Railroad
J. F. Merry
L Pass
Dubuque
Iowa
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