Travel and social notes from Wilton area county
Names, movements, and local transit: Wilbert Demorest and many others travel between Wilton Davenport Iowa City and surrounding towns. Morning passengers include Judge Brannan Ed Bowmar and others. Local business notes include Floyd Smith stoves and John Arzt improving under care. Social visits list Mrs. M Koutz Letts and Mrs Tilevein Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Bowmar
Davenport
Cr. H. McGrew
Grandview
John Arzt
Judge Rowan
Des Moines
W. W. Whitmore
Fred Schmidt Jeft
Peoria
Victim of Liquor Brings Death By Own Hand
Peter Van Doehren a 40 year old man with a history of drink abused his wife and was released from jail recently. He was found hanged in the woodshed at 706 East Seventh Street after leaving a German note to Mary. The coroner ruled death by self act and the case notes a long pattern of abuse and premeditation for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter van Doehren
East Seventh Street
Peter Mohnsen
van Doehren
Constable Woods
King
Wilton
Mary
J. G. Dermidy
Martin Gabler
John St. Leger
Mary Mohnsen
Hans Mohnsen
Walnut Street
Peter
van Doehreg
New Diamond Jo steamer Dubuque challenged as rebuilt Pittsburg
Isaac P. Lusk, general agent of the Diamond Jo line, objects to labeling the Dubuque as the Pittsburg. He notes the Dubuque is a brand new boat with a larger capacity and only some machinery from the Pittsburg. A booklet by the Diamond Jo is in preparation to promote its passenger trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lusk
Pittsburg
Quincy Herald
Isaac P. Lusk
Herald
Burlington
Dubuque
J. P. Lusk
P. A
St. Louis Globe Democrat
I. P. Lusk
Mrs Drury Dies At Home After Illness
The many friends of Mrs. Drury mourn her death at her residence Sunday morning. A well known city figure, she leaves a large family and many acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Harber
Trenton
T. B. Harber
New Lutheran Church Building Plans Progress
Grace English Lutheran organization advances plans for a new church with approvals pending. Pastor Rev. J. L. Murphy expresses cautious optimism but notes local subscriptions lag behind expectations while modern phased completion remains possible if funds are not fully secured before construction starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace English Lutheran
J. L. Murphy
West Liberty Social Roundup Reports Illnesses and Visits
Mrs Lot Parker remains very ill in West Liberty. Visitors include Arthur Huliet and son Dale from Milan Illinois and Miss Alice Mead from Davenport. The Hise House site is determined. School term ends. teachers depart for Cedar Rapids Morning Sun Iowa City. Alumni meeting draws about seventy five with welcome by Robert Brook and Rae McCaw. music and refreshments noted as first class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lot Parker
Arthur Huliet
Dale
Milan
Ill
W. B. Jayne
J. Porter
Iowa City
Myrtle
Carrie Meridith
Cedar Rapid
Henry Beeson
Davenport
Father Cresses
Alice Mead
West Liberty
Edith Logan
Smith Center
Kansas
Willace- Mahon
Thomas Pownell
Fred Hardy
Centerdale
G. W. B. Wright
Will Scott
Baby
A. E. Scott
Grundy Center
Grinnell
Hise
Miss Phelps
Craig
Frank Mitchell
Luse
V. R. Lane
W. H. Shipman
Charles
Robert Brook
Rae McCaw
Emma Luse
Mabel Hogue
Miss Lane
Mandolin Club
Craddocks to Kick Off Journey to St. Louis Wednesday
Mr and Mrs Arthur Craddock will start for St Louis Wednesday morning from Quincy in a family travel note. The article records their planned departure and destination with limited specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Craddock
St. Louis
Quincy
Sunday school canvass totals for city religion reach 11 500
A city wide Sunday school canvass reports 11 500 of 15 000 population studied with 4 500 church members and 3 400 attending Sunday school. About 1 000 Catholics estimated. 4 500 non members and 2 065 never attend Sunday school among wards. Bibles average two and a half per home. 600 plus attenders and 2 221 Bibles reported across wards.
Children’s Day program entertains crowd at Sunday school
Moscow residents enjoyed a well prepared Children’s Day program across the river with good singing and orderly conduct. Mrs L Healy mourns the death of her daughter Lydie in Denver, funeral held in Wilton. Christian Wahl and wife plan to Des Moines for Otto’s wedding then Tacoma trip. Local notes report births, visits, and upcoming M E church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Healy
Lydie
Denver
Colorado
Wilton
Healy Homestead
Healy Cemtery
J. A. Hahn
Christian Wahl
Des Moines
F. Leimkuehler
Schafnit
M. E
John Robertson
Fred Miller
Barney Miller
Russel Gatton
Humboldt County
Iowa
Why Della Fox Broke Down
Friends of actress Della Fox blame a catarrh cure she used in St. Louis two years ago. A druggist warned it could kill her in two years. She insisted on the remedy, sniffed a large dose, and reportedly became addicted to cocaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Della Fox
St. Louis
Nat Roth
Miss Fox
Titus and Jackson Sell Corner Broadway Residence
Titus and Jackson have sold lot 6 block 49 the residence at the corner of Broadway and Third street once owned by Mrs Will Dillaway to Rev J L Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titus & Jackson
J. L. Murphy
Broadway
Third Street
Will Dillaway
Heroic Davenport Student Rescues Girl From River
Charles Harold Wilson of Davenport, a Harvard sophomore, leaped into Riverside River when a 12 year old girl lost balance and fell in. He caught her as she surfaced and swam ashore exhausted after the 30 yard pull. He refused a photo and declined publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Harold Wilson
W. H. Wilson
Davenport
Harvard College
Riverside
Mass
Mrs Parker of Iowa Grinnell Dies at 72
Well known in Muscatine circles Mrs Parker wife of Professor L F Parker of Grinnell Iowa died in the fore part of last week at Grinnell. Funeral services were held Sunday at the First Congregational church Grinnell. She had been a prominent worker in Iowa in educational and Christian fields. Professor Parker resigned last year and was a popular oldest faculty member and is reported very low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Parker
L. F. Parker
Iowa Grinnell
Grinnell
Iowa
First Congregational Church
Profesor Parker
Death of Estella May Buck in Lake town township
Miss Estella May Buck, born 1870 in Muscatine county, died Saturday at 11 p m at her home in Lake town township after a four year illness. She leaves a father, mother, a brother and a sister. Funeral from the house Tuesday at 2 p m to St John’s cemetery for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss May Buck
Estella May Buck
Lake Township
Miss Buck
Muscatine County
St. John’s Cemetery
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J. E.kranz
Florist
North Cedar St
Tel
C. H. Armstrong
Steet
H. M. Bartlett
Horan & Devitt
P. O
Wilbert Demorest
Judge Brannan
M. W. Wheeler's
M. Koutz
Walcot
Ed. Day
A. J. Hulbert
Sam Bailey
Huttig
Horace H. Herr
Clare Morford
Lone Tree
Byron Drury
Ferdinand, Ill
Ed. Niver
Chicago
Isac McElroy
Joseph Morrison
Letts
Attorney Horan
Major Bishop
Washington
Fred Mavis and Son
Mrs. A. Kemble
California
West
Henry G. Brunson
Mt. Pleasant Asylum
Sheriff McGaughey
Mrs. DeBruin
Topela, Ia
The
Medical Institute
Will Hoffman
Lanham
Floyd & Smith
West Leberty
Frank
A. W. Morgan
Wapello
Harry Hess
Henry Till
Eddie Roach
E. F. Schall
Frank Jackson
Ottumwa
Harris Bloom
Eva Skolnik
Alford
John Mahin
Henry Price
Jackson, Ohio
Cedar Street
Horace Huston
Mazie Lane
Harriet Hunt
Iowa College
Harry Cunningham
William Kennedy
Worchester
Josiah Hanes
Cora Richardson
Eva Hanes
Charles Coleman
Bowman's
Helen Achter
St. Katherine’s Academy
Cordelia Egan
Sioux City
Hotel Grand
Engineer Crockett
George Duffy
Eldon
Howard de Ver Hackett
Waterloo High School
Eben Barnett
Mt. Pleasant
Rock Island
Frack
Deutschman
Cedar Rapids
Beyer & Wright
Marshall Milling Co
Carl
John Mosen
Harry Anderson
Marshel Balluff
Agin
Hilda Busch
Ralph C. Rayburn
Weed Park
Helen Dodge
Europe
Shelby Norman Post
Band
NEW Lutheran Church
Ing
S. S
Degacktts
Moscow
Charlies Wilson
J.M. Scott
Wilton, Iowa
Boyd Corn Planters
Champion
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