Ber lin Studio adjoins Grand Corner features in city news
Our Leader mentions a photo line at Berlin Studio next to Grand Gundrum on Mulberry and Seventh streets. Davenport visits friends aboard the Firefly today. Fisher and fish markets promote fresh catch. Blanche Wing departs East Sixth for Kiethsburg for a two week visit. Thiesen's talcum powder advertised to ladies. Odd Fellows No. 5 call meeting at 8:30 for Thomas Berry funeral. United sewing circle meets at F. A. A. Hall with officer elections on agenda.
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R. Gundrum
Mulberry
Seventh Streets
Davenport
Odd Fellows No. 5
Thomas Berry
What to Do With Money When You Have a Surplus
What to do with money when you have a surplus is perplexing. Those who have tried investing in first mortgage real estate loans find them safest and most satisfactory. G M Titus offers ready for assignment loans of $100 or more at 118 Iowa Avenue and handles interest and principal collection at no charge. Call or write for details.
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G. M. Titus
Iowa Avenue
Deed Recorded in Wilton Transfers Lots to Rhoda Doran
Alvina Rogers and Chas Rogers deed six seven eight in block 16 Wilton to Rhoda Doran for 350 dollars. L. M. Ashby returns to Davenport after city business. Robert and Mrs Kirk attend wedding of Miss Rupp in Washington then return home. Yankee Hollow school hosts graduating exercises with Louise Klein Joseph Merchant and Katie Hudler graduating. Edith Lark is teacher. Prof. F M Witter finishes county school visits and plans to join a Wilton school children picnic. Our Leader.
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Court House
Alvina Rogers
Chas
Rogers
Rhoda Doran
Wilton
Robert Kirk
East Second Street
Washington
Miss Rupp
Yankee Hollow School
Louise Klein
Joseph Marchant
Katie Hudler
Edith Lark
F. M. Witter
Time Scales and Speeds From Fragments of Motion
A discussion on the second as a time unit notes 1 053 060 instants per year and shows how fast light travels about 186 miles in a fraction of a second. It cites the earth’s orbital motion around twenty miles per second and a tuning fork vibrating 170 times per second producing note A.
Interurban line proposed from Le Mars to Sioux Falls
A new projected interurban route connects Le Mars and Sioux Falls as part of expanding electric rail plans. The proposal outlines an electric line serving these communities and integrating with regional transportation efforts.
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le Mars
Sioux Falls
St Paul to St Louis Wanted Deep Waterway Link
A Milwaukee Sentinel writer urges a St Paul to St Louis deepwater channel to sustain Muscatine and other river towns dependent on lumber. The Muscatine class day at the high school featured decorations, music, and speeches.
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St. Paul
St. Louis
Muscatine
Milwaukee Sentinel
the Sentinel
Board of Trade
Mississippi River
Quincey
Ill
Lyman J. Cooley
Congress
Button Workers Meet At Union Hall Friday Evening
The Button Workers Protective union invites members to an open meeting at Union Hall 122 West Second Street over Old Schaefer Laundry third floor Friday June 12 at 8 p m.
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Button Workers’ Protective Union
Union Hall
West Second Street
Schaefer
Plain tale of beauty contests and a drug store promotion
A narrator describes a mother and her daughters as among beautiful women being won. The tale attributes their beauty to taking A. B. C. Teeth, a simple sensational claim sold for 25 cents per package at Havercamp's prescription drug store.
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Havercamp
Stand in the Sunlight and Help the Working Man
A tale of Boston preacher Phillips Brooks guiding a youth toward a noble deed. Brooks recalls how an impasse in speech once troubled him, then uses a parable about standing in moonlight versus sunlight to urge deeds that benefit others and allow workers to share in the shelter of one’s shadow.
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Boston
Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brookts
Theter
Near Enough. Maine Girl Chooses Fortune Over Love
A Maine woman refuses to marry until her lover amasses 10000 dollars. He works hard and saves 18 dollars in three months. She comments, I guess Charley, that's about near enough, after seeing his modest savings.
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Maine
Charley
Philadelphia Ledger
The Morning Bath Advised For Cold Dreads
A advised morning bath method suggests avoiding cold immersion. Stand in hot water, sponge with cold water, then dry vigorously and wear flannels. The rubbing after sponging is emphasized. the key benefit comes from the rubbing itself.
Council Bluffs firm files assignment amid debts
The Council Bluffs Paint Oil and Glass company has made an assignment with liabilities of twenty thousand dollars and assets of five thousand six hundred dollars.
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Council Bluffs Paint, Oil and Glass Company
Bridge collapse fatally injures Minden milk hauler
Robert Little a milk hauler from Minden was killed when the bridge he was crossing collapsed under his truck. Investigators work to determine cause and whether the structure was due for maintenance or repair.
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Robert Little
Minden
Land pitches in Kansas for sale near Rexford and Rexford area
Hiland P. Lockwood markets Thomas county Kansas parcels offering 160 to 480 acres with crops, alfalfa, or cultivated land. Properties include houses, windmills, tanks, barns, granaries and 1% seller share option. Prices range from 1 200 to 5 000 dollars.
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Kansas
Thomas County
Rexford
Hiland P. Lockwood
Bryant Bidg
Kansas City
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Godfray
Berlin
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Koehler’s Fish Market
Blanche Wing
East Sixth Street
Kiethsburg
Thiesen
United Sewing Circle
F. A. A. Hall
Deere
Fred Giesler
Opera House
FE. 2d
Pentzer Pharmacy
L. M. Ashby
Laura Hemenway Reynolds
Chestnut Street
Sixth Street
Linn Street
High School
The
Mississippi
Muscatine High School
David Grant
Anna B. Kern
Homer D. Jun
Lillian Kemper
Mary Elizabeth Krebs
Katie E. Mathis
Edith Raff
Jolly
Rose Bleeden
Florence Ida Ashton
Lyal Davidson
Wisconsin
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la Crosse
Progressive Association
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Toa
Sorosis
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