Rally Day Planned for Rock Island County Sunday Schools
A Rock Island County Sunday School association rally will be held June 22 in Long View park Rock Island. Visitors from Muscatine will ride trains for the event featuring a trolley trip through Rock Island and Muscatine, a park picnic, military bands, fife and drum corps, addresses and races. The parade is canceled this year with a trolley ride substituted. Mayor Schriver will welcome, Rev. Leroy Coffman will give the principal address, and C. E. Gilman oversees athletic contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island County
Illinois
Muscatine
Rock Island
Rock Island County Sunday School Association
Long View Park
Harry M. Schriver
Leroy Coffman
Davenport
C. E. Gilman
Spencer Methodist School
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It says internal treatment acts on blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease foundation and build up the patient, with a one hundred dollar pledge for any failure. It includes testimonials, mail address in Toledo, and notes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Elks Picnic Planned at Cone Lake Jubilee Day
Muscatine Elks prepare a full day of events at Cone Lake with a fish fry, lunch and dinner, aviation meet, water polo, ball game, quoits, grazing time, and a gathering to board the train back to Pearl City. Attendees include local and visiting Elks. train will not stop at Culver station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cone Lake
Birdmen of Order
Pearl City
Culver Station
Columbia Excursion Plans From Muscatine to Keithsburg
Harry Bernstein, agent for Captain Blair line, announces the Columbia will run round trips from Muscatine to Keithsburg on July 4 and 5. Keithsburg officials plan a big celebration and expect a strong turnout for the excursion and events. The St Paul arrived on its downstream trip 24 hours late, with a full cargo and passengers, but damaged a boat landing platform during docking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bernstein
Captain
Blair Line
Columbia
Muscatine
Keithsburg
St. Paul
Union Button Workers Reject Automatic Force Proposition
A shop meeting of the Union Button Workers at the Automatic plant rejected a local company proposal. The exact terms were unclear but the plan to consider individual reintegration if workers applied was not accepted, and the measure failed by a heavy vote.
Local Notes From Crawfordsville Iowa June Illnesses and Visits
Rev J C Currie leaves for Kansas after word of his mother’s serious illness. Miss Mina McCleary returns from New Concord Ohio. Jessie Carter Florence McCleary attend Teachers Normal Institute in Washington. Jeanette Wooley Nina Moorehead and Frank and John Wooley at Cedar Falls summer school. Hill McCleary visits Washington then heads to Clayton for summer work. Arthur Witting’s funeral held at Noble. Bessie Grimm of Illinois visits en route to Colorado. Myrtle Carter visits Washington. Harvey Barnes visit in Washington. Rev A B Hightshoe attends Mount Pleasant University commencement. his son graduates.
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Crawfordsville
Iowa
J. C. Currie
Kansas
Mina McCleary
New Concern
Ohio
Jessie Carter
Florence McCleary
Teachers’ Normal Institute
Washington
Jeanette Wooley
Nina Moorehead
Frank Wright
John Wooley
Cedar Falls
Hill McCleary
Clayton, Co
Arthur Witting
Noble
Witting
Bessie Grimm
Colorado
Myrtle Carter
Harvey Barnes
A. B. Hightshoe
Mount Pleasant University
Cuticura Remedies Relieve Chronic Skin Disease Says Patient
A Waterbury Vermont man tells how Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cleared years of psoriasis after failing with salves and tonics. He praises the treatment as economical and free of relapse, noting a 1909 date and Potter Drug & Chem Corp as distributor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Downing
Waterbury, Vt
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sote Props
Boston
Iowa Drugists Regret Paris Green Sale Law
Iowa druggists protest a new insecticide law allowing nearly any store to sell paris green. They blame themselves for passing the measure and mock the lack of opposition while Des Moines reports the regulation is now in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Moore
State Pharmacy Commission
Des Moines
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve Reputed Quick Burns Cure
In Stroud Oklahoma D Frankel recalls his wife’s irritation over a boil and his advice to apply Bucklin’s Arnica Salve. The salve allegedly cured the boil quickly and is promoted as a remedy for burns scalds cuts corns bruises sprains swellings with a 25 cent price at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Frankel
Stroud
Okla
Bucklin
Havercamp’s
Property values in county reach 23 million dollars
County Auditor A. S. Lawrence reports a total real estate value of 23,466,296 dollars and farm land totaling 14,596,342 dollars. City of Muscatine property totals 7,009,580 dollars with West Liberty 932,000 and Wilton 466,295, plus 1,515,252 dollars in corporation stock and 110,248 dollars in soldiers exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Lawrence
Secretary of State
City of
Muscatine
West Liberty
Bloomington
Fulton
Goshen
Pike
Seventy-Six
Sweetland
Wilton
Wapsie
David Wilhelm Dies in Denver Brother of S P Wilhelm
Word reached relatives that David Wilhelm, brother of S P Wilhelm of this city, died in Denver early this month. A former resident, he left for Denver over 50 years ago and remained there. The remains were interred in Colorado.
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David Wilhelm
S. P. Wilhelm
Denver
Colorado
Seven City Public Schools Graduates Enter High School
Jackson school leads with eighteen graduates entering high school this fall, while Jefferson has ten and McKinley and Franklin three each. In total fifty four pupils across seven city schools will advance to High school when the September semester begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Jefferson
McKinley
Franklin
Washington
Mary Thompson
Leona Ellman
Winifred Bplliott
Gertrude Schner
Florence Schner
Frank Grau
Carl Liebbe
Albert Bliven
Jake Cohn
Adele Field
Esther Fisher
Mae Fry
Elsie Glick
Abie Golstein
Eli Lowenthal
Maud Miller
Harold Nietzel
Pearl Strong
Morton Barnard
Laura Bilkey
Helen Bond
Hazel Brandau
Fred Eichenauer
Harry Fryberger
Arthur Hamilton
Raymond Grimm
Ralph Howell
Fred Jans
Emma Jasper
Esther Klopp
Ernest Martin
Gloster Richardson
Sherwood Samuels
John Wickey
Ralph Wickey
Fred Winn
Albina Massey
Alvina Damman
Clara Teichmiller
Garfield
Abner Hahn
Austin Hoopes
Clarence Carpenter
Helen Schriner
Inez Hunter
Lincoln
Bernice Hurlbut
Ona Meyers
Oris Shepard
Edith Wilson
Lela Fe
Pure Ice Cream Instruction Travels Iowa
A state run traveling school of instruction for ice cream makers has begun in Des Moines. P W Crowley of the Iowa State College will tour the state teaching better and healthier ice cream. Violators selling unwholesome ice cream face prosecution. Muscatine arrival date not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
P. W. Crowley
State Agricultural College
Ames
Barney
Crowley
Iowa
Muscatine
Commercial club committee picnic at Volger cottage
After a strenuous encampment the advertising committee of the Commercial club held a day of recreation at the Volger cottage on the Cedar river. Guests joined the outing with fishing and a ball game in which President Giesler’s team won 22 to 11 against Twirler Schaefer’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Volger Cottage
Cedar River
Giesler
Twirler Schaefer
Evangelical Children's Day Planned in White Prairie
White Prairie Iowa June 17 The Evangelical church schedules Children's Day exercises for Sunday morning June 25. Frank Duffie and family visited John Maurer on Sunday. Walter and Miss Allie Maurer traveled Saturday to Iowa City to spend Sunday with Edward Maurer.
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White Prairie
The
Evangelical Church
Frank Duffie
John Maurer
Local Folks and Visits Fill Weekend Roundup
Homecomings and Sunday visits mark the weekend in the Iowa City area. Mrs. Jake Lenker and Miss Lilly Walter visited Miss Lela Lenker in hospital. John Maurer spent Saturday in Davenport. Robert Maurer loaded baled hay at Wilton Monday. White Prairie Grange unloaded salt at Wilton. George Klein Sr and Jr families visited Ed Marolf. farmers delivered wood to C F Barkley West Liberty at 16 cents per pound. Mrs John E Marolf listed as sick. William Grunder organized cement feeding floor work for Henry Maurer. Mrs Elizabeth Kaufman owns an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Jake Lenker
Lilly Walter
Lela Lenker
Miss Lenker
John Maurer
Davenport
Robert Maurer
Wilton
White Prairie Grange
George Klein, Sr
Ed. Marclf
George Klein, Jr
Yankee Hollow
William Grunder
Henry Maurer
Elizabeth Kaufman
Notice to Contractors for Muscatine Culvert Bid
Sealed proposals are invited by the City Recorder of Muscatine Iowa for a 6 by 6 by 40 foot concrete box culvert with wing walks on Cedar street north of Parham street. Bids due June 29 1911. Plans at City Engineer’s office. Bond $500. Council may reject any bid. June 16 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recorder
Muscatine
Iowa
Cedar Street
Parham Street
C. H. Young
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Streckfus Steamboat Line
HellAs
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Minn
W. G. Brock Co
Kool
Kandy Kitchen
Rock Island Sunday School
First Trust& Savings Bank
Ocarskaddan
G. Sten
R. K. Smith
B. C. Benham
Ass.t. Cashier
Entertainment Committee
Waukee
Rexford
New York Life Bldg
Kansas City
Foley
A. W. Morgan
Mus
Catine
Paris Green
Coun
Jackson School
Ber
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
McQuesten & Sawyer Co
Keen Kutter
Citizens’ Railway & Light Co
Horlick
Chickering, Gabler
Packard
West Fourth Street
Theodore Wieter
Hammond's
Geo. Kranz & Son
Iowa Ave
U. S. Express
Gorey Bros
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