Local News Fire Insurance and Travel Notices
Fire insurance advice from John A. Robbing and Roy Dunkor as they travel from Fulham Avenue to Riverside visiting friends. Joseph Bilkey heads to Iowa City for business. Mrs. C A Liger visits Atalissa then returns. Horace L. Husted offers eye ear nose throat care with glasses. Hunter Button factory employees return to work after dispute resolution led by F M Moody. George Clark stops in What Cheer en route home from Chicago visit. Miss Clyote Wylie departs for Buffalo home after Court of Honor. Mrs. William Brown and daughters head to Summit to visit relatives. Smoke the Muscatine cigar. Mrs. Harold Phillips visits West Liberty then returns home. Fred Nesper attends a dance there. Ralph Tarr back from Davenport after business. Miss Wthel Grool departs for Chicago to visit relatives. Mrs. F M Kurriger leaves country for Chicago for several weeks. Pearl Luthye returns from Wilton after visiting in the city. Miss Sado Bonn returns to Montezuma from Rock Island. Mrs A Cannon stops in the city en route to Montezuma after Rock Island visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Robbing
Roy Dunkor
Fulham Avenue
Riverside
Joseph Bilkey
Iowa City
Horace L. Husted
G.A. Bank
Hunter Button Factory
F. M. Moody
Wthel Grool
Hershey Avenue
Chicago
FM. Kurriger
Hunter But
Pearl Luthye
Wilton
A. W. Scott
Sad O Bonn
Montezuma
Iowa
Rock Island
Suppers at St Marys Hall and local travel notes
Notices report supper plans at St Marys Hall with 25 cent tickets. Travelers include Jacob Coffee heading to Chicago for several weeks, W. S. Underdonk to Davenport on business, B. G. Carson to Rock Island for the day, and Oltie Snyder with S. G. Bronner to Moline by Firefly for business. Migs Mary McGaughey leaves for Moline to enter city hospital as a nursing student. Mrs W S Vanatta and Mrs J F Randleman depart for a thirty day tour visiting New York Boston and Chicago with relatives along the Eastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Coffee
Chicago
Underdonk
Davenport
Rock Island
Oltie Snyder
G. Bronner
Moline
Migs
Mary McGaughey
Shexman
Hunter Button Factory
Im.moody
W. 5S. Vanatta
Blooming
Mia. J. Fy _Randleman
Rani
Grandview
Avenue
New York
Boston
Eccentric Belleville Benefactor William Schaefer Dies
William Schaefer, 50, Belleville Illinois, died yesterday after years of giving away money to schoolchildren. In ten years he reportedly donated about $20,000 and was famed for distributing nickels and dimes at school events. A conservatorship was recently appointed by relatives to prevent further gifts. He was also known for helping tramps who sought his aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle
Belleville
William Schaefer
Friendless and homeless dying in small town
Albert Davis a 35 year old scissors grinder with no family or home was found collapsed after a lung hemorrhage from tuberculosis. He was taken to Muscatine county farm in West Liberty Iowa after being found by Miss Artie Gates while sharpening scissors. He remained in critical condition with no known contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Albert Davis
Muscatine County
Davis
A. H.gates
A. H.gates, Ele
Artie Gates
Gates
D. B
Kimball
R. J. Wiley
Music Provides For Encampment by Ladies and Bands
The Ladies' Chorus will appear at Camp fires with soloists Nellie Robertson Conrad and Amalia Schmidt Gobble. The Pandler band and Des Moines drum corps join the Grand Army encampment in Muscatine for three days of music ending with a three night concert at the Grand opera house. Martial music and marching drums recall Shiloh Gettysburg and Vicksburg as visitors gather for union remembrance. Commander Herman Schmidt Sr. heads the music committee and notes the event will be a highlight of the evening programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Pandler
Grand Opera House
Des Moines
Laws Division
National
Herman Schmidt
Committee On Music
Nellie Robertson Conrad
Amalia Schmidt Gobble
Davenport
Folex Kidney Remedy Endorsed for Chronic Kidney Trouble
A. W. Morgan endorses FOLEX'S KIDNEY REMEDY for chronic kidney and bladder issues. The remedy is said to regulate action, heal, strengthen, and brace the organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folex
A. W. Morgan
St Mary's Annual Supper and Social
St Mary's hosts its annual supper and social this evening with a crowd expected. A festival and band concert are planned in the school hall if weather turns unfavorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's
Coal Sale Ad Highlights Winter Fuel Shortage
A vintage ad urges repleishing coal supplies during winter. It promotes best grades of house coal at low market prices, emphasizing clean, well screened fuel with full weight, suitable for stoves, ranges and furnaces.
Davenport Man Drowns in Mississippi River
Davenport Iowa June report details two self inflicted deaths. Henry Schwed, 63, a blacksmith in Eldridge, ia, hanged himself in his shop after weeks of poor health. A Davenport man, 60, Ja Kurtenacher, reportedly drowned in the Mississippi river last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
John Kurtenacher
Eldridge
Henry Schwed
Sons of Veterans Arranging State Convention in Muscatine
Preparations are under way for the Sons of Veterans state convention in Muscatine next week, held with the Grand Army encampment. About eighty out of town delegates are expected, with sessions at the K of P hall and lodging at the Commercial hotel. A banquet is planned Wednesday evening from six to eight, and the grand commander is expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sons of Veterans
Muscatine
Grand Army
K. of P. Hall
Commercial Hotel
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Oye
C. A. Liger
Atalissa
Atallasa
George Clark
Etty
What Cheer
Clyote Wylie
Buffalo
William Brown
May
Ruth
Lucas Street
Summit
Harold Phillips
Fred Nesper
Ralph Tarr
A. Cannon
Rock In Land
UNION
Wilson’s
Trage
Mark
Department For Best Values
E. J. Zeidler
St. Mary’s Hall
Washington
H. P
Chamberlain
Isalo
Paudint
Fires
Beeard
South Muscatine Fuel Company
Ziti
Gordon’s Cloak and Millinery House
Gordon’s Cloak & Millinery House
Muscatine’s Fashion Shop
West Second Street
Court OF Honor
Museatine Lodge
Smith
Ot A Laggo
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Fruitland
Frank Bailey
D.W. Hanks
H. J. Bardale
Studebaker and
Babcock
R Bownan
Hidridge
THE
Sons OF Veterans
Wittich Brothers
East Second Street
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