Locusts Arrive as Seventeen Year Cicadas Roam Iowa
Reports in Muscatine county say cicadas emerge in large numbers with W S Fultz noting they will be out by tomorrow night. The insects, not true locusts but cicadas, feed underground as larvae, then emerge to lay eggs. They are not migratory. harm is minor to forest trees, slight to fruit trees. Eggs hatch in six to seven weeks, larvae return underground for a 17 year cycle. Brood No. 5 now appears, covering eastern Iowa, southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois with prior broods dating back to 1715 in history.
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Muscatine County
W. S. Fultz
Hersif
United States
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Annual Election of Fire Chief and Assistants
Louis Kautz was re elected fire chief at the Muscatine city hall annual election last night with 87 informal votes and 101 formal votes. First assistant William Deutschman and second assistant Charles Hagerman won after ballots, with Deutschman receiving 77 formal votes and Hagerman 64. Nominations require council ratification with about 150 firefighters in attendance.
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Louis Kautz
William Deutschuian
Charles Hagerman
Ed. Hagerman
Fred Walton
William Priester
Dick Bitzer
William Deutschman
Gal. Bitzer
Kautz
Jack Smith
Hagerman
Commencement at Conesville High School
The Conesville high school class of 1906 completed its studies with exercises at Grace Reformed church. Students delivered orations on topics from Roman Games to perseverance, a choral finale, and the board president awarded graduation certificates as Rev. Black offered benediction. Principal Abel praised the class and teachers for their efforts.
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Conesville High School
Grace Reformed Church
Mae Smith
Boggs
Grace E. Gunderson
Margaret L. Bliser
Roy W. Jean
Roy
Jessie M. Smith
Lucretia A. Hannan
Lara E. McCullough
Grace G. Stickney
Byron L. McKee
Geneva E. Miller
Miss Geneva
John Boggs
Black
Abel
How Germ Diseases Start in the Body
An 19th or early 20th century health note claims disease germs enter via air and contaminated food. It links weak stomachs to fermentation and illness, promoting Mio-na tablets as a cure and digestive aid sold by J. J. Havercamp in Muscatine with a guarantee.
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J. J. Havercamp
Muscatine
West Liberty Musings Bring Local Movements and Visits
West Liberty IA June 6 Raymond Fenstermaker leaves for Ames to attend commencement. Dc E Mosher goes to Davenport while Everett Phelps visits Springdale. Mrs. Joe Wiley travels to Muscatine and Mrs. Carl Templeman to Lone Tree for a convention. Dow to speak on tithing at Methodist church Wednesday. Thomas Longbottom improves after erysipelas. George Pratt of Walnut DL visits his sons in town.
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West Liberty
Raymond Fenstermaker
Ames
E. Mosher
Davenport
Everett Phelps
Springdale
Joe Wiley
Muscatine
Carl Templeman
Lone Tree
Hiram Thomas
Pennsylvania
Weat Liberty
Isa Slannon
Nichols
Iowa City
Clint Fisher
Ohio
Otto Marsteller
Onard
Dow
Methodist
Missionary Society
Thomas Longbottom
George Pratt
Walnut
George
Charlie
City Marshal Orders Trash Disposal Warning
A city marshal warns residents to stop throwing grass brush paper and rubbish into gutters alleys or streets under threat of arrest and prosecution to the full extent of the law.
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R. O. McGaughey
President Roosevelt’s Royal Gorge Visit Engraving
The Journal presents a handsome engraving courtesy of L K Hooper showing the presidential party at the Royal Gorge bridge site on the Colorado River. Captured during Roosevelt’s six weeks west outing, the engraving preserves the President’s likeness and highlights the scenic Denver & Rio Grande route.
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L. K. Hooper
Denver & Rio Grande
Journal
Royal Gorge
Colorado River
Roosevelt
Sewing Machine Bargains at Singer Stores
Real bargains on sewing machines at Singer Stores with manufacturers backing. The Singer Company is permanent and responsible with representatives always ready to care for Singer machines. Look for the red S at 323 East Second St. Muscatine Ia.
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Singer
Singer Company
East Second St
Muscatine
Crisis of Girlhood Lydia 2B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Miss Emma Cole asserts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her life and made her well. She questions how many young girls have been sacrificed during adolescence and how many irregularities or displacements have caused years of suffering.
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Emma Cole
Lydia
Pinkham
Miss Emma Cole Endorses Pinkham Vegetable Compound
A Tennessee girl testifies that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her health during the transition from girlhood to womanhood. She credits the remedy with alleviating pain, dizziness, and nervousness and urges mothers to seek its guidance for daughters in the same period.
Emergence of a Swarm of Insects After Seventeen Years
The text describes two broods appearing together in 1868 and again in 1997 across southern Illinois Missouri and other southern states. Larvae spend seventeen years underground then emerge at dusk climbing shrubs and trees. They shed coverings spread wings dry then live briefly in sunshine before predators and old age end their six week lifespans.
Hair Brush Dandruff Link Warns to Prevent Baldness
Prof. Anna of Hamburg cites dandruff as contagious and says sharing a hair brush spreads it. She recommends Newbrm s Herpicide as an antiseptic that kills dandruff germs and prevents contagion. Sold by druggists. samples available via mail from The Herpicide Co. Detroit Mech. Also at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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Anna
Hamburg
Germany
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mech
Havercamp
Flag Day program set for Wapello May 14, 1995
Wapello Iowa schedules Flag Day events with a 2 PM program at the court house park featuring the Wapello band, high school quartet, recitations by Homer Darrow and Vernon Wiederrecht, an address by Congressman John F. Lacey, and a soldier march. County soldiers and civic groups urged to attend, with a 1:15 PM gathering at the G A R hall.
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Wapello
Court House Park
Wapello Band
M. E. Reusch
Helen and
Lola Wiederrecht
W. H. Cooper
Homer Darrow
Columbus Junction
Haze! Winder
Wapello High School
Charles Briggs
Vernon Wiederrecht
John F. Lacey
Oskaloosa
J. W. McCullough
G. A. R. Hall
Court House
G. W. Hayden
Oscar Hale
W. C. Saunders
Mildred Tharp
Creston
Minnie Ernsting
Oakville
C. A. Brown
Willetta Jamison
Oakville Telephone Company
Chas. Coleman
Keithsburg
Strikes at Their Root with Electric Bitters
Claim that many dangerous diseases begin in impure blood and that Electric Bitters purify the blood and cure or no pay. Advertisement notes price 50c and location Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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Havercamp
Union Meeting and Local Obituary in Keota
A Keota union church meeting at United Presbyterian draws Rev. James A. James from Prairie Alabama and remarks on negro education in the south. The Methodist church reports a missionary gathering led by Mrs. Dow of Garner Iowa with donations near fifty nine dollars. Henry Sheets is found dead near his home from possible apoplexy. funeral held June 5. Mrs. Mary F. Pardun's funeral followed from the Methodist.
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United Presbyterian Church
Keota
James A. James
Prairie
Alabama
Black Belt
James
South
J. R. Hanley
Methodist Church
C. T. Wells
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sarah Bamford
Oner Dow
Garner
Dow
W. A. Stevens
Henry Sheets
Tallyland
Brice
Sheets
Mary F. Pardun
Keota Community News Highlights and Distress
Epistle notes from Keota feature a Sunday service by Rev. J. R. Hanley with many attendees. A late afternoon ice cream gathering ends with horse accident injuring Hammond Mound. Headed to Lone Tree for Epworth League convention, Rev. Hanley and Roy Warrington participate. Quarantine for diphtheria hits Claude Statler. locals welcome visitors from Chicago and Groton. Homer Stephens departs for Akron jeweler post. others attend events and travel between Keota, Scotland, and Cedar Falls.
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Mound
Wilard Teets
J. R. Hanley
Roy Warrington
Roy Turnipseed
Muscatine District
Epworth League
Lone Tree
Hanley
Warrington
Turnipseed
Keota
Claude Statler
Will Keiser
Groton
S. Dakota
Jennie
Edith Smock
Chicago
Scotland
Homer Stephens
Akron
Ohio
Homer
Charles Yeager
Cedar Falls
Lara Hogue
Valley
Lizzie Dutcher
Extra
Andrew Campbell
Ella McLaughlin
Riverside
The
Methodist Church
Catherine Batterson
J. L. MeLa
Elks Prepare for Muscatine Anniversary Events
About 100 Davenport Elks will travel to Muscatine next Monday to aid in the celebration held under the down river lodge. A featured event is a ball game between Davenport and Muscatine teams as part of the day’s program.
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Davenport
Carlisle Center man testifies to Foley's Kidney Cure
G B Burhans of Carlisle Center New York writes after four years that Foley's Kidney Cure cured his severe kidney trouble. He says two bottles stopped the brick dust sediment and pain and all symptoms disappeared with no recurrence. He recommends the remedy to others with kidney or bladder issues. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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G. B. Burhans
Carlisle Center
N. Y
Foley
Havercamp
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