Robbery at Fred Leu Jr. Store During Parade Day
Robbers entered Fred Leu Jr. store in daylight via back window during a circus parade and stole over 200. They rifled the till and cash register after entering from an alley, then disappeared with the booty. Leu, upstairs, locked the shop during the parade and suspects an insider knowledge of the layout. The note mentions a following dance two weeks later and local social events with the Gieslers hosting a card club dinner and prizes awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Leu, JR
Mr. Leu
Leu
Farewell Party for Mr Sablotzke Before Wisconsin Departure
A farewell gathering was held for Mr. Sablotzke who leaves tonight for Janesville Wisconsin. Mrs Harry Terry won first in the ladies cards and John Bloom led the gentlemen. Consolations went to Mrs John Biscom and Tony Christian. Refreshments were served. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Tony Christian Mr and Mrs William Bloom Mr and Mrs John Bloom Mrs George Bauerbach and Mr and Mrs Harry Terry among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sablotzke
Janesville
Wisconsin
Harry Terry
John Bloom
John Biscom
Tony Christian
William Bloom
George Bauerbach
Latham
Davenport boating party dazzles on Mississippi river cruise
The Davenport Times reports a Saturday afternoon boating party hosted by Mrs. Walter Wisherd of Rock Island aboard the steamer W. W. Twelve ladies joined the cruise down the Mississippi to Muscatine. After sightseeing in Muscatine the party returned to Davenport for an elegant dinner aboard the steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Davenport Times
the Times
Walter Wisherd
Rock Island
W. W
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Federation Meeting Plans Season Lecture Course
City Federation members met at the public library to discuss next season's lecture course. No action will be taken until after the chautauqua. A committee reported on rubber matting prices for Hershey hospital halls, with samples reviewed but no decision made.
Miss Alta Lewis Attends Des Moines Society Wedding
Des Moines Capital notes Miss Alta Lewis of Chicago visiting Des Moines as a cousin of Miss Miriam Keith and a brides maid at the wedding of Miss Agnes Cram and Mr. Fred Carr, with Miss Lewis formerly of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Alta Lewis
Chicago
Lewis
Miriam Keith
Forest Drive
Agnes Cram
Fred Carr
First of Series of Dances at Gold and Country Club
The first in a series of summer dances for Gold and Country club members was held at the golf house last evening. The event was enjoyed by several couples and was restricted to club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Giesler
Geneva Card Club
H. F. Giesler
S. M. Hughes
Gold and Country Club
Golf House
Why do baseball teams get peculiar nicknames
A reader asks how teams in the National and American leagues received their nicknames. The piece lists famous monikers such as Giants for New York and Indians for many clubs, cites origins from managers, uniforms, city traits, and early press usage, noting how names persisted or changed over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giants
Jim Murtie
Highlanders
New York
Boston
Milwaukee leader to hear Maennerchor in city visit
Theodore Kelbe of Milwaukee will be in the city tomorrow to hear the local Maennerchor in song. He leads the singing at a forthcoming big fest in Minneapolis and two years ago praised the local voices as among the best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Kelbe
Milwaukee
Kelbe
Minneapolis
Surprise birthday for Judge Howe at home
A group of Judge H. S. Howe’s friends surprised him last evening for his 60th birthday. He received a fine oak rocker as a memento. The gathering continued at his home with supper shared by Mr. Howe and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Howe
H. S. Howe
Howe
Mr. Hove
Highland Noble sewing society meeting at Mrs Tashner home
The Highland Noble sewing society will meet at the home of Mrs. Peter Tashner at 1207 New Hampshire Street. Members noted they were hosted yesterday by Mrs. John Heinl at 421 Pond Street and enjoyed a pleasant visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Tashner
Highland Noble Sewing Society
New Hampshire Street
John Heinl
Pond Street
Nagel Trial Set for Next Monday in Cambridge Illinois
William Nagel faces robbery with intent to assault with a deadly weapon and possible murder charges in connection with the Island B case near Muscatine. Judge Graves of Geneseo will preside in Cambridge, with Adair Pleasant and H A Weld for the defense and Rock Island County State's Attorney Scott leading the prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nagel
Cambridge
Illinois
Carl Brady
Island B
Muscatine
Graves
Geneseo
Nagel
Rock Island County Grand Jury
Rock Island County
Adair Pleasant
H. A. Weld
Scott
Sturtz
Henry County
Delineator July notes on fashion and fiction
The July Delineator features midsummer fashion illustrations and Paris fashion critique by M Edouard La Fontaine. It highlights opening chapters of The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by C N and A M Williamson, plus pieces on safe foods, painter biographies, and various short stories and housewife articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Berkeley-Loyd
Paris
M. Edouard la Fontaine
C. N
A. M. Williamson
Holland
Mary Hinman Abel
Clara F. Laughlin
Miller
Burton E. Stevenson
Zona Gale
Juex
Helen M. Winslow
Entertaining Club
Edmund Vance Cook
King’s
Baptist Monthly Meeting Cancelled By Weather
The Baptist monthly business meeting was moved from the park to the church parlors due to bad weather. A planned picnic supper was not served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Monthly Meeting
The
Baptist
W R C Industrial Picnic Planned at Weed Park
Members of the W R C Industrial will hold a picnic tomorrow afternoon at Weed park. The ladies meet at the switch and ride the 2 o'clock car. All are asked to bring lunch and stay for supper, to which husbands are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. C. Industrial
Weed Park
St Matthias Industrial Plans Friday Called Meeting
Members of St Matthias Industrial will hold a called meeting at the rectory Friday afternoon at 2 30 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Matthias Industrial
Col Hare Circle Meets Tomorrow in G A R Hall
Members of Col Hare Circle Ladies G A R plan their regular meeting at the hall tomorrow at 2 30 p m. A good attendance is requested and all members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Hare
Arrest of a Suspicious Character on Eighth Street
Officer Reesink picked up a suspicious looking character on Eighth Street this afternoon and took him to the police station. The man, apparently drunk, bore all the ear marks of a pick pocket and was a stranger in the city, so he was kept in safe keeping during circus day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reesink
Eighth Street
Mrs Emma Kauffman Held for Trial in Servant’s Death
Mrs Emma Kauffman wife of a wealthy brewer was held for trial on the charge she caused the death of her servant Agnes Poirers. A hostile crowd outside the courtroom cried lynch her as the proceedings ended in Sioux Falls South Dakota on June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Kaufman
Sioux Falls
S. D
Emma Kauffman
Agnes Poirers
A J Barger Marks Twenty Five Years as Express Messenger
A J Barger, express messenger on the Muscatine and Montezuma run of the C R L P railroad, celebrated his 25th anniversary with the U S Express company. He began June 18, 1881, and has lost less than four months since then, seventeen years as messenger. He endured one head-on collision and two ditch landings and remains active in the service for more years to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Barger
Muscatine
Montezuma
U. S. Express Company
Morocco yields to French demands over Tangier murder
Tangier June 20 Moroccan government says it yields to French demands for indemnity after the murder of a French citizen. The incident prompted a French squadron to be dispatched to Tangier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Rock Island Railways Poster Reproduced Shows 1856–57 Plans
A reproduced 1856 poster notes fall arrangements for 1856 and 1857 on the Rock Island line. It boasts a ten and a half hour trip to Iowa City and a mammoth bridge enabling cross river transit with fewer delays. Daily stages to western Iowa towns and land offers near the overland route are described alongside a modern eight hour Chicago to Des Moines schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Iowa City
Ilinois
Iowa
Mississippi River
Chicago
Des Moines
Local notes from Muscatine and nearby towns
Local items include visits from L Dickerson of Letts and S L Burks near Cone, arrivals from Wilton by Mr. and Mrs. Cal Fulton, dentist H Rupp at 128 West Second, and a marriage license issued to Julius Oakweiler and Ada Doran. Also mentions of Beep ple’s Button Co and Holmes and Manrose printers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius C. Oakweiler
Ada I. Doran
The Red Book Magazine July Highlights
The July issue features Mencken’s Fourth of July tale The King and Tommy Cripps, Osborne’s The Wicked Waste at Wilkinson's about a mill girl facing strife, MacCulloch’s Trimming an Infant, a Western humorous piece The Jilting of Mr Driscoll by Herbert Quick, and a canoe girl cover illustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Book
Henry Louis Mencken
Tommy Cripps
Littl Tommy
Tommy
William Hamilton Osborne
Wilkinson
Campbell MacCulloch
Far West
Mr. Driscoll
Herbert Quick
Pilgrim for July: treasures of a patriotic issue
The July Pilgrim for July opens its fourteenth volume with an illustrated vacation retreat for our President chosen by Mrs. Roosevelt in Virginia. It features "Two Famous Monasteries" about Chartreuse, "Outdoor Life for Women and Children," a vanished Cathay corner, and a Carr cover honoring the Fourth. It also includes excerpts from Charles Summer and Tomlinson, plus "Homemade Fireworks for the Girls" and a patriotic boys’ tale "Cuba Libre."
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Roosevelt
Virginia
Cathay
Carr
Charles Summer
Everett T. Tomlinson
Frank H. Sweet
Golden Jubilee of Republican Party Celebrated in Philadelphia
The fiftieth anniversary of the Republican Party as a national organization is marked by a unique celebration in Philadelphia. The piece lauds the party’s birth and its place in the nation's history, highlighting the milestone in a commemorative tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Philadelphia
Sudden Shower Halts Parade Crowd Then Reunites Lost Girl
A sudden downpour during the Forepaugh and Sells circus parade scatters crowds around town, driving shoppers and spectators into stores and courthouses. A five-year-old girl lost her mother is found and reunited with relatives after sheltering with Rev. E. C. Brooks. The ball game is postponed but players await a possible late start if rain stops.
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Court House
Sixth Street
E. C. Brooks
Republican Anniversary Issue of Leslie's Weekly
The June 17 to 19 gathering of Republicans nationwide is celebrated in Leslie's Weekly as a semi centennial tribute. The issue features illustrations of the G O P elephant, leaders of the party, delegates to the first convention, and old convention scenes with inaugurations and Lincoln portraits.
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Leslie’s Weekly
Abraham Lincoln
The Sun Still Has Vast Untapped Future Energy
The piece cites Kelvin Newcomb and Ball arguing the sun’s activity may last up to 10 million years and beyond, with three-fourths of energy still available. It contrasts this with waning-sun predictions and suggests renewed hope for scientific progress and human development as Earth’s evolution remains in its infancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelvin Newcomb
Ball
T. J. J. Lee
Kansas City debutante returns home after Wilton visit
Miss Hattie Haussler of Kansas City returns home aboard the El Paso at noon after spending several days in Wilton visiting relatives.
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George Moore
Davis
Wilton
The
City
Hattie Haussler
Kansas City
el Paso
Masonic Society Cards For Iowa Lodges
Society notes list monthly meeting times for Iowa Masonic bodies including Masonic Lodge No. 2 A F and A M Washington Chapter No. 4 RB A Webb Council Royal and Select Masters and De Molay Commandery No 1 with officers L Johnson W M and secretary and others.
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Iowa
A. F
A. M. Resnier
A. W. Scott
W. M. L. Johnson
Washington
RB. A
W. H. McCoy
L. Johnson
Webb Council of Royal and Select Masters
Stein
Music Hall
G. D. Lesotte
M. L. Johnson
Er.de Molay Commandery
Tregular
A. D. Lezotte
Ragly Lodge AUW Meeting Notice
The Ancient Order of United Workmen lodge meets Thursdays at 4 PM in the AUW hall on Second Street. Brethren in good standing are invited to attend. J. W. Robinson, M W H. 8. Howe, Recorder. FE. H. Dolsen, Financier.
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Muscatine Castle
Fisch’s Hall
Ragly
O. U. W. Hall
Second Street
J. W. Robinson
Howe
FE. H. Dolsen
Knights OF Pythias
Wyoming Lodge No. 76
K. of P
K. FP
Lows Avenue
L Nemptnuer, Co
L. Bihimeter
K. of R
Woodbine Camp NO
Royal Neighbors OF America
Kate Dunker
Emma Hoefflin
Maggie Klindolph
Court OF Honor
Muscatine Court
Woodman Hall
H.G. Schoenig
J. C. Coster
Pearl City Lodge meeting notices
Pearl City Lodge No. 45 announces regular meetings on the first and third Thursday evenings each month at Fisch Hall East Second Street. Sam Phillips serves as President and Louise Maisenbach as Secretary.
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Shelby Norman
East Second Street
M. O. Stanwood
Gus. Schmidt
L. G PB
Pearl City Lodge
Fisch Hall
Sam Phillips
Louise Maisenbach
Argus Lodge No. 17
Maccabee Hall
Town Avenue
S. V. Chenoweth
A. C. Hopkinson
Major John
Grand Army OF the Republic
G. A. R. Hall
Miriam Pfeiffer
Cora Barger
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Eee Et Uv
Memphis
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Eevee
Mississippi
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Rock Island Railroad Company
L. Dickerson
Letts
Machine _ girls
Enquire Boepple’s Button Co
S. L. Burks
Near
Cone
Cal Fulton
H. Rupp
West Second Street
Brodman’s Grocery
Texas
Sterlin
Henry Lemkau
Woodlawn Avenue
Geo. Woodhouse
Jacob Fisch & Sons
Enquire Beepple’s Button Co
Juige Jackson
Grossheim
Ed. Jones
Fruitland
Henry Nicolaus
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Lee Mishler
Columbus Junction
Holmes & Manrose
Fisch & Son
Is Soon Reunited With Them
Journal
Illinois Central
Vicksburg
Cuba
Hammond
South
Ss. G. Hatch
C. C. McCarty
E. O. Burnside
Cranston
O. E. Townsley
Herford Bull
J. D. Stuart
Society
Fante Reimeke
Wmrs
August Othmer
Lee
Fraternal Bankers Reserve
Mrecabee Hall
Wm. Appel
J.B. Vanetta
Charlies Lockwood
Fagle Lodge Bell
James Morris
Elma Scott
Muscatne Homestead No
J. M. L. Payne
M. P. Goff
W. 2Nd St
M. B. A. Rend City Lodge
Maddera Brotherhood of America
B. H. King
Chas. Ryan
Fraternal Aid
Bloomington
Ei Ee A
Shammo
East Second St
W. D. Bowlby
E. P. Day
O. O. F. Muscatine Lodge
Miriam Lodge
Prairie Encampment
M. W
A. Muscatine Camp
Woodmen of America
Woodmenhall
Olds’ Block
F. A. Streitler
V. c J. A. Leyda
COOK
First National Bank
G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
M. Hughes
J R. Reuling
W. FE. Bliven
J. Carskaddan
F. P. Sawyer
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