Local notes and sales at the Money Saving Store
Mrs. Denkham returns to Durant after cityshopping. Mrs. Clark visits from Lone Tree, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell leave for Iowa City after visiting Davenport. Ada Carson and Joseph Jacobs depart for Wilton for short visits. First mortgage loans for sale by Titus Loan & Investment Co. Mens and ladies waists and oxfords advertised with Saturday prices. Dr Halstead listed with health issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
Titus Loan & Investment Co
Pay Our Fee When I Cured 124 W. 3rd St
A brief item notes a payment due at 124 West Third Street. The fragmentary report references settling a fee and a cure related to the address, without additional context or names.
Local residents travel and daily life highlights
Dr Norton visits Davenport on business then returns home aboard the Firefly. Mrs Rynearson leaves Park Avenue for Keswick Indiana to visit relatives. Charles Fifer returns from Davenport on the Firefly after business. Mrs Whitmer travels to Nichols after visiting in the city. Mrs Rippey returns home to Columbus Junction aboard the Firefly. Mr and Mrs Brown depart for Melpine to visit relatives. Mrs Hendrix travels home to West Liberty after shopping. Mr and Mrs Hayes depart Davenport after visiting in the city. Miss Laura Schroeder returns to Bayfield for a school picnic and vacation in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Little
Davenport
F. E. Rynearson
Park Avenue
Keswick
Charles Fifer
H. J. Hendrix
West Liberty
Daniel Hayes
City
Laura Schroeder
Bayfield
Miss Schroeder
Special Service at U B Church Observes Children's Day
Children at United Brethren Church prepare a Sunday program for observance of Children's Day. The service includes songs recitations exercises and an address by the pastor with multiple named participants and a collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. B. Church
United Brethren Church
J. C.H. Light
Genevieve Prichard
Edith Klepper
Charles Prichard
Ruth Lewis
Margaret Timm
Pearl May Shoppa
Verna Eberling
Miss Johnson
Miss Keath
Kenneth Hager
Alumni Reception Praises School Spirit and Growth
The Muscatine Alumni Association hosted the 1911 graduating class reception at the high school with 135 in attendance. Speakers urged booster efforts, while Glenn True urged larger enrollment and a strengthened curriculum, including a three year German and four year science plan. Alumni mingled, performances entertained, and officers for next year were elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
L. E. Brown
J. H. St. John
Alumni Association
Elmer Bloom
St. John
Gail Thompson
Ida Appel
Alice
Ascher
Amy Hoopes
May
Appel
Fannie Foster
Tom
Maude Ellis-Starr
Emma L. Mahin
Harold Pantel
Mildred Stirlen
Samuel Sinnett
Glenn E. True
True
United States
Joan Merrits Driver
Columbus Junction
More Rooms Needed for G A R Visitors in Muscatine
Secretary E A Ogilvie of the Muscatine Commercial Club says the city must add about 300 rooms to accommodate an expected 3000 visitors for the state G A R convention. He urges open homes and lists contact for hosting. A reception committee headed by seven Muscatine men, with about 40 workers, is organizing activities for guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Ogilvie
Muscatine
Pearl City
Mr. Ogilvie
H. F. Lange
R. T. Othmer
W. S. Hill
E. F. Richman
B. E. Lilly
J. L. McColm
H. M. Dean
Chinese student shoots teacher in Orono Maine
Miss Christine Shaw, a young high school teacher in Orono, was shot in the head after a dance at the town hall. T. S. Linn, a Chinese government student at the University of Maine, age 30 and in his junior year, was arrested for the shooting after four rounds were fired. Police say Linn was despondent over his rejected suit and had been infatuated with Shaw. Her recovery is likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Christine Shaw
Orono High School
T. S. Linn
University of Maine
Linn
Miss Shaw
De Broqueville to Form Belgian Cabinet
M de Broqueville, minister of railroads posts and telegraphs, accepted the commission to form a new cabinet succeeding the Schollaert ministry which resigned yesterday over troubles surrounding the ministerial school bill in parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. de Broqueville
Brussels
Schollaert
Clinton Bear Heads to Davenport for Brief Business Trip
Clinton Bear of West Sixth Street left at noon for Davenport on a short business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Bear
West Sixth Street
Davenport
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leysen
Dren
Oxfords
Velvet
W. L. Douglas
Famous Men Shoes
Frederick Denkham
Durant
Halstead
Joseph Jacobs
East Eighth Street
Wilton
E. 2Nd St
Max Siegel
John Clark
Lone Tree
William Cassidy
Iowa City
Snyder
Ada Carson
2Nd St
J. J. Russell
Ethe
Gibraltes
Anson
Paul Steinmetz
Frank Anson
Iowa
W. 3Rd St
Chicago Medical Institute
Davenport, Iowa
Dr. Norton
W. 2Nd St
Luke Whitmer
Nichols
Mrs. C. Brown
West Ninth Street
Melpine
Tara & Leysen
Muscatine, Iowa
West 2Nd St
Merchan
McColm’s
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