Young Biloxi Boy Aids In Killing Record Alligator
Donald Howe of Biloxi and companions captured an eleven foot five hundred pound alligator off Carter street. Deslonde killed it with two Winchester shots after entangling the animal with a rope. the group included Alla Carter Alpha Carter Yellot Deslonde and Arthur Morrison. The tale notes the gator likely drifted from a river and had barnacles indicating weeks in salt water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Howe
Biloxi
Miss
Howe
F. M. Witter
Mississippi Sound
Carter Street
Alla Carter
Yellot Deslonde
Alpha Carter
Arthur Morrison
Edward Carter
Deslonde
South Muscatine Poultry Losses Spark Weasel War 47 Chickens Gone
Poultry raisers in South Muscatine and Muscatine Island contend weasels and minks are behind a spate of chicken disappearances. Mrs. Goos reports 24 birds lost last night, bringing seven day losses to 47, many Plymouth Rocks, prompting improvised traps. Nearby residents report assorted local incidents and visits, including Dora Ogden’s Keokuk visit and Bellevue hospital cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Muscatine
Muscatine Island
Goos
Plymouth Rocks
Prairie Grove Social Notes Saturday Visitations
Prairie Grove June 12. Mrs Nell Kirby and her little boy from near West Liberty visited her mother Mrs Helen McCann. M Markle from near West Branch and daughter and baby from Ladora called on friends. Charley Schiele and family visited relatives in Durant. H T Swart and wife went to West Liberty to see his mother. A baby girl arrived at the home of W H Barclay and wife of South Prairie. Mrs Barclay formerly Miss Myrtle Propst. Garfield Hill of West Liberty visited his sister Mrs M Black. Mrs Allen Irwin died in Iowa City hospital after surgery, leaving a husband several children and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Grove
Nell Kirby
Near West Liberty
Helen McCann
M. Markle
Near West Branch
Ladora
Charley Schiele
Durant
H. T. Swart
West Liberty
W. H. Barclay
South Prairie
Belle McElhinney
Harvey Hunt
Burlington
James Holiday
Leon
H. E. Curran
C. Kilpatrick
St. George
Utah
Presbyterian Church
Thos. Younger
Wapello
Bessie Lewin
Ord
Neb
F. Curran
A. Frazier
Carson
C Frazier
Farmington, Ill
Minnie Carter
Oakville
Iowa
Esta Guy
Arkansas City
Kan
J. A. McClurkin
Florence Hurley
Emerson
Chas. Emerson
Julia Hedges
Fairfield
Geo. Simpson
Elgie
Pearl Finds Shine in Muscatine Youth 19 Discovery
Clyde Roberts formerly of South Muscatine recent finds another pearl while shelling near Bayou City Arkansas. The gem weighed eighteen grains with pink lustre and a purple center. sold to a St Louis jewelry house for 300 dollars for a necklace centerpiece. Local logs surplus keeps mills running and rail yards busy as Rock Island and M N S lines serve as side tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Roberts
South Muscatine
Bayou City
Ark
St. Louis
South Muscatine Lumber Company
Rock Island
No. 4
Hershey Avenue
George Sites
Davenport
Carrie Curtis
Michael Spierman
Columbus Junction
Mary Sutherland
Local Folks Attend Court and Marriages in Sigourney
Miss Gladys Pfaff returns from Drake University with the news of two marriages at St Marys church. Thomas Kelly’s daughters vow marriage as E D McCoy of Waterloo weds Mary Kelly. Attendees include J C Beem and T C Legoe of What Cheer. Several locals visit, travel, or work, and the Short Horn breeders meet despite poor weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Gladys Pfaff
Des Moines
Drake University
A. W. Lynn
Harry Lynn, Jr
Hedrick
J. E. Ray
Hayesville
Joe Herrick
Webster
Earl Ogden
F. J. Bray
Grinnell
Hiss
Anna Kelly
St. Mary's Catholic
E. D. McCoy
Mary Kelly
Thomas Kelly
McCoy
Waterloo
Bray
J. C. Beem
T. C. Legoe
Z. Blaise
Ira
Nick Kline
Neaster Township
Harry Snakenberg
Iowa City
E. L. Root
Delta
Haffner Drug Company
Old Maids’ Society
Daisy Dorman Noted as Wednesday Passenger in Buffalo Report
Buffalo Iowa June 11 Miss Daisy Dorman is identified as a Wednesday passenger in a brief local note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Daisy Dorman
Why Women Suffer From Kidney Trouble and Hope in Dean's Pills
An old newspaper ad urges women to fight backache dizziness and fatigue from kidney weakness. It claims Dean's Kidney Pills restore kidney function without affecting the bowels and warns of risks like Bright's disease. It cites a local testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Bright
Doan
Muscatine Testimony on Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement
Mrs. George Hagermann of Muscatine Iowa testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved months of kidney trouble and back and limb pains after using less than three boxes. She purchased them at J J Haverkamp’s drug store and says they improved her overall condition and offers to share her experience with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hagermann
West Fourth Street
Muscatine
Dean
J. J. Havercamp
Doan
Widespread Local News and Social Notes From Montpelier Area
A collage of social events, travels, and appointments across Muscatine and Davenport towns. Highlights include a third wedding anniversary surprise for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gould, shipper Mrs. Wm. Moorhead’s Davenport steamer trip, and community meetings with the Ladies' Aid. Also reported are minor injuries to Charles Hentschel, shopping trips, visits from St. Louis, and school graduation program notes from Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Blair
Davenport
Frank Gould
E. Clark
Elmass
St. Louis
Capt. Clark
Ladies’ Aid Society
H. Dorman
LeRoy Kautz
Thed. Neumeister
Charles Hentschel
Muscatine
Montpelier
J. C. Teufel
Buffalo
Hentschel
Montpelier Township
Stella Myer
Palaoe
J. Peck
Rock Island
Tom Cullen
Wm. Moorhead
Buffalo Public Schools
Turner Hall
Laura Appel
Celesta Westendorf
Charlie Wasapi
Helen Zeiher
Daisy
Edmund Waddington
Tolie Scherrer
Elif
Clarence Vogelbach
Clarence Rauch
Lore
Springe
Barbara Freitchie
Margie Fiedler
Roy Kautz
Norma Kautz
W. D. Wells
Valelictory
Archie Palaoe
Morning Sun society notes travelers and visits
Morning Sun item lists departures arrivals and visits across towns. Miss May Robb travels to Blanchard Iowa while Mr and Mrs Honeyman and aunt Strickler return to Emerson. Mrs Cox from Oklahoma visits her mother Mrs Guy. Nellie Owens heads to Muscatine. Fern Armstrong returns to Mt Pleasant. Rev S E Greer preaches in Tabor Kansas. Lulu Cameron returns from Keokuk. Mrs Hays and Miss Elliott come home from Kansas after a sister's death. Martha Cannon visits relatives in Wyman. Kirk Armstrong plans a summer with relatives in Blanchard. J John Owens leaves for St Paul and beyond. D Kilpatricks prepare to relocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Robb
Blanchard
Honeyman
Strickler
Emerson
Iowa
Cox
Oklahoma
Guy
Nellie Owens
R. Owens
Muscatine
Fern Armstrong
Hazel Pierce
Mt. Pleasant
S. E. Greer
Tabor
Kan
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Lulu Cameron
Keokuk
Rachel Hays
Miss Mar. Elliott
Kansas
Martha Cannon
Wyman
Kirk Armstrong
Levening
J. John Owens
St. Paul
D. Kilpatricks
Riverside Obituaries and Local Moves Mentioned
Riverside notes list deaths of Lizzie Madden and Edith Eason and mention burials at St Marys and Richmond Catholic cemetery. Several residents and visitors, including Mrs Hannah Emmons and pairs like E K Annis and wife, are recorded in town and at nearby homes and travel to Haskins Columbus Junction.
Stockton Students Leave for Summer Colleges
Miss Filora Bohnsack finished her spring term at Crab-Apple and left for Wilton to attend college this summer. Miss Mabel L. Hague closed No. 4 school and went home to Lone Tree. Mrs. Bollman and son Bennie of Durant visit Mrs. Adolph Blank. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Cooper and daughter Effie of Blue Grass visited Mrs. Belle Bohnsack. Miss Clara Riessen of Davenport visits with her parents J. C. Riessen and J. Struve, Sr., of Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Filora Bohnsack
Crab-Apple
Wilton
Mabel L. Hague
No. 4
Lone Tree
Bollman
Bennie
Durant
Adolph Blank
Perry Cooper
Effie
Blue Grass
Belle Bohnsack
Clara Riessen
Davenport
J. C. Riessen
J. Struve, Sr
Pleasant Ways for Summer Days
Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley offers a double track route from Chicago to New York via Niagara Falls. A Grand Trunk Central Vermont Boston and Maine path connects Chicago to Boston with the Grand Trunk system reaching Montreal Quebec and Portland. Chicago to Montreal double track. Inquiries for special low round trip fares and literature directed to Geo W Vaux 135 Adams St Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Trunk
Lehigh Valley
Chicago
New York
Niagara Falls
Central Vermont
Boston & Maine
Boston
Grand Trunk Railway
Montreal
Quebec
Portland
Adams St
Allan Line Announces New Steamers and Weekly Montreal Sailings
Allan Line promotes weekly Montreal sailings via the St Lawrence River. New steamers Victorian and Virginian triple screw turbines and Tunisian Corsican Ionian twin screws. routes include Liverpool Glasgow London Havre New York. Rates begin at 40 dollars cabin, 60 dollars second class and up. Offices: Allan & Company 174 Jackson Blvd Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Glasgow
London
Havre
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Seioon
Allan & Company
Jackson Boul
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Keith
Preston
Keith Shoe Co
Brockton, Mass
W. Cherry
Neidig’s Book Store
East Second Street
Hare’s Hall
Star Theatre
West Second St
Motion Pictures
EP. Day
Icc
Journal
Lad
Supt. F
M. Witter
South End
Weasel
Robert Goos
Pond Street
James Wilson
Dora Ogden
George Brown
Phillip Street
A. C. Martin
Fruitland
George Hayes
Hoopes
Jesse Sites
Bellevue Hospital
George Ringerman
Near Letts
Sarah Figg
Valu
Able Gem
South
St. Louis Jewelery House
Arkansas
Clark Holmes
Keota
E. M. Jacobs
A. M. Neal
Winfield
Joe Higgins
Dave Winegarden
Keswick
Frida
Ed. Brannan
Northeast
Will Miller
Lon Carry
van Buren Township
Charles Updegraff
Frank White
Edward Thies
State University
E. E. Phelps
Clinton
The
Masons
O. Middaugh
Stratford
Isis
Michigan
Jackson Birds
Doan’s. Kidney
Foster-Milpurn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Tiffin
Riverside
Father Jacobsmeir
O. Saville
Chas. Carr
Wellman
E. K. Annis
Haskins
Edith Eason
Peter Schillig
Richmond
Colorado
Hannah Emmons
R. Younkin
John Death
Allan Line Ocean Steamships
Chas. H. Gobble
Travelers
Ins. Co
Margaret L. Woods
Chicago Record- Herald
Harpers Harpers Harpers Magazine
Bazar Weekly
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