Duncan Township Sunday School Convention at Marston Church
Duncan Township Illinois holds a Sunday school convention at Marston church on June 24 with prominent speakers. Afternoon program includes devotions, papers on Sunday school teaching, temperance, and childrens Sunday, plus a 3 00 address by C W Detwiler. Evening features song service, solo, and talks on improving country Sunday schools led by Rev W C Hulse. E W Elliott presides. Miss Etta Boruff serves as secretary.
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Marston Church
M. O. Boruff
Pomeroy
Grace Burrows
Marston
Childrens
Phoebe Sheriff
C. W. Detwiler
Aledo
W. C. Hulse
Joseph Struble
Mildred Garver
E. W. Elliott
Etta Boruff
Secretary Wilson Defended For Aid In Building
In Washington the well known expression When in doubt lay it on Secretary Wilson is used to defend his aid to a building project. The remark highlights support from officials as controversy arises over the secretary's involvement and approach.
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Washington
Secre
Decoration Day Observed and Local Gatherings Noted
The annual Decoration Day event for the order was observed last Sunday afternoon with graves of deceased members visited. Twenty three marched from the halls to the cemetery. The Mosher families held their annual picnic Saturday at Lemuel Mosher’s home two miles north of town. seventy nine attended. Ralph Evans suffered a fractured left arm when a telegraph pole fell on him during unloading Monday afternoon. Mrs. C S Martin returned to Muscatine last evening. Frances Penbeck, of Muscatine, returned home Tuesday noon after visiting at the Neely Crees home and attending the League convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosher
Lemuel Mosher
Ralph Evans
C. S. Martin
Muscatine
Frances Penbeck
League
West Liberty Notes From June Social and Personal Visits
West Liberty Iowa reports a busy period with visitors from Washington Cedar Rapids Mt. Vernon and Iowa City. Social events include Epworth League activities Ladies Card Club and a progressive flinch game. Births include a boy and girl to Mr. and Mrs. George Harney. funerals for Mrs. Lambing. multiple residents travel and entertain.
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West Liberty
Charlie Polders
Ethel McElwain
Mame Rankin
Nellie Ross
Edith Bower
Julia Cavender
Washington
Ed. Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Joe Fawcett
Benny. Rathbun
H. K. Lockwood
Mt. Vernon
Rose Soukup
Iowa City
Anna Cox
George Sheldon
Charlie Regnier
Louise
Omaha
F. A. Macdonald
Lambing
Ladies’ Card Club
Robert Clark
Prairie Avenue
George Harney
Pleasant View
Bessie Pickering
Edna Whitacre
Des Moines
George Bringle
Nichols
Christian Church
John S. Ring
Dorothy Cochin
J. F. Doty
Calhoun Street
Kroutcup
Charlie McClun
Burlington
H. B. Watters
Flinch
Lizzie McDermott
Davenport
John
Jennie Ady
Maude Smith
Philadelphia
Clark Wheeler
Iowa Falls
Harold Hauer
John Kurz
North Elm Street
Eva Pingrey
Cedar Falls
Israel
Atalissa
Celia Clark
Swamproot
Clark
Rebekah
Pomeroy social notes and church event hints
Pomeroy Illinois hosts visitors from Seaton and Champaign area with local family ties noted. Rev E S Busby to speak on India at the Pom eroy church. Miss Bess Thornton and Miss Frances Caverly visit relatives. A church strawberry ice cream supper raised about 12 dollars. Chancey Epperly returns from Chicago after appendicitis operation and is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy, Ill
W. F. Spence
Seaton
Ralph Sheriff
Champaign
Fannie Cornell
Bertha, Phebe
Ethel Sheriff
E. S. Busby
India
Pomeroy Church
Bess Thornton
Millersburg
Vernon
Frances Caverly
Moline
F. W. Goddard
Chancey Epperly
Chicago
North Prairie Community Notes
North Prairie June 29 The church supper Saturday night drew a good crowd and raised eight dollars for the church. Epworth League meets next Sunday with Mr. A Greiner in charge. Mrs Mert Sullivan of Wilton visits her parents Mr and Mrs D O Keefe. Mr and Mrs C Chamberlain Jr visit the latter's parents. Glen Polock of Muscatine visits his cousin Mrs J Jugenheimer. Ladies Sewing Society meets the second Thursday in July in the church basement. Arnel Smith home for a week from Valparaiso Ind for vacation.
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North Prairie
Epworth League
A. Greiner
Mert Sullivan
Wilton
D. O'Keefe
C. Chamberlain, Jr
Glen Polock
Muscatine
Oakland Ills Weekend Social and School Moment
In Oakland on June 20 John Dyche and wife visited their son Chas at Cotter. Willie Hines and ten friends enjoyed a Cedar River picnic. Baker school closed last Wednesday with a well received program followed by ice cream and straw berries. M R McKean and Jesse Solomon were at Columbus Junction Saturday. Nellie Hines spent Sunday in Shoo Fly.
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Oakland
Ill
John Dyche
Chas
Cotter
Willie Hines
Wapello
Cedar River
Baker School
M. R. McKean
Jesse Solomon
Columbus Junction
Nellie Hines
Shoo Fly
Electric Bitters Promoted for All Digestive Ailments
All Are United proclaims Electric Bitters as the sole remedy for stomach liver and kidney diseases. The ad claims universal efficacy with a 50 cent price guarantee and directs readers to Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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Havercamp
Wapello Daily Roundup of Local Wanderers and Obituaries
Leonard Shipman and Frank Ives left for Wisconsin to view land for potential purchase and will be gone about ten days. Mrs. Edgar Shipman and son Walter Edgar, plus Walter Gauss visited from St. Paul. Bert Christie returned from Iowa City after dentistry studies. Infant of Rev. J. P. Hebner funeral held. extended visits from St. Paul and Atalissa relatives. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs plan memorial services. District Deputy Matron to visit June 26. Eastern Star memorial at Masonic hall. Charles Green funeral at Presbyterian church with interment in Wapello cemetery. Dan Sneider returns from Iowa City with son post TB operation. H. O. Weaver visits Burlington. Mrs. Herman Otto hosts gathering for visiting women from St. Paul and Atalissa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Leonard Shipman
Frank T. Ives
Wisconsin
Edgar Shipman
Walter Edgar
Walter Gauss
St. Paul
Bert Christie
Iowa City
J. P. Hebner
J. F. Wilhelmi
Richard Otto
S. H. Archibald
Ruth
Atalissa
Aner
Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs
F. M. Graff
Muscatine
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Charles Green
Presbbyterian
Green
Dan Sneider
H. O. Weaver
Burlington
Herman Otto
Foster Ills Social Notes Form Busy Weekend
Foster Illinois local tidbits list social visits and travels. Pearl Watson leaves for De Kalb for summer school. Wilson Downey family Emma Anderson visit D. A. Kleist home. James Reynolds from Rock Island visits Frank Reynolds family. Nola Gillette Della Bowser visit Byron Drury near Sweetland Center. Meyers entertain guests after Children Day at German M. E. church. Lela Shipley returns to Rock Island after visiting Bella Reynolds. E E Reynolds visits from Rock Island. Rev J R Spiller travels to Lena with Mrs Spiller and sons Holden Horace to join relatives.
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Sweetland Center
H. C. Meyers
M. E. Church
Cora Daut
Bessie Daut
Alice Gillett
Belle Reynolds
Lela Shipley
Kate Watson
Bessie Workman
Agnes Gillette
Pearl Bowser
Walter Daut
Albert Workman
Chris
Wilson defended by Iowa congressman over department buildings
Washington notes praise for Secretary Wilson amid criticism of department building plans. Judge Smith of Iowa defends Wilson’s integrity and training, praising his long service to farmers and stockraisers, and contends the construction act was flawed. The debate ends with the amendment withdrawn.
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Sullivan
Massachusetts
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Mississippi
Missouri River
James Wilson
U. S. Grant
Congress of the United States
Dill
Mount Macgregor
Judge Smith
Dr King's New Life Pills Ad at Havercamp's Drug Store
An old advertising note proclaims Dr King's New Life Pills as the cure for minor ailments with a claim that even slight bowel issues cause sickness. The ad notes the price at 25 cents and credits Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as the selling outlet.
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Dr. King
Havercamp
Springdale Social Notes Detail Local Visits and Travels
Mrs. E Sexsmith and Mrs. Joseph Fawcett of West Liberty visit Springdale friends. Carr ie Smith Cynthia Ball Ida Barns visit Springdale. Ida Thiel of Downey visits W S Maxson family. Negus reunion attended in West Branch. Herbert Phelps finds summer work in Iowa City. Prof L T Hill of Morning Sun visits. J J Hodgson and Elma Leonard visit West Liberty. I J Hamiel of Tipton and Slocum of Winburn visit Springdale. Many attend picnic at Todd's Park. Chicago visitors Mr and Mrs Thomas Roberts tour area. Local residents transact business in Cedar Rapids Iowa City North Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springdale
E. Sexsmith
Joseph Fawcett
West Liberty
Carrie Smith
Cynthia Ball
West Branch
Ida Barns
What Cheer
George A. Phelps
Ida Thiel
Downey
W. S. Maxson
Herbert Phelps
Iowa City
L. T. Hill
Morning Sun
Iowa
J. J. Hodgson
Elma Leonard
Irwin Aiking
I. J. Hamiel
Tipton
Slocum
Winborn
W. B. Ellyson
J. W. Eves
Lawyer Mathers
Clarence
Maria Zwickey
Carl
Edward Morrison
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Mather
Cornell College
Fay Oxley
Buchannon
Anna Tucker
Cedar Valley
Edward Negus
Thomas Roberts
Chicago, Ill
Bert Gill
Ruby Lewis
Fern Westfall
Lake Small
Edna Fawcett
Frank Pearson
Minnie Pearson
A. N. Hemmingway
Brother Olie
Todd's Park
Cedar River
Mr. Young
Muscatine
Todd
Alice Gruwell
Wm. Gruwell
North Liberty
Fritchman
Murscatine
Lindley Heald
Fairport Ridge Birth Announcement
Fairport Ridge June 20 Mr and Mrs Theodore Gettert announce the birth of their son Voughn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairport Ridge
Theodore Gettert
Son Voughn
Local Social News And Visits From Nearby Towns
Sunday visits and calls span Muscatine and surrounding towns. Families such as Kemp er Beatty Feastal Hunn Brase and Welsch share greetings, funerals, and dances with residents including Kemper, John Brase, and Brossart.
Great Business Openings In South Dakota Townsites
New towns are being opened along the Minneapolis and St. Louis extension into central South Dakota. The notice invites investors with excellent business opportunities and directs inquiries to Thomas A. Way, Townsite Agent, Watertown, South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis & St. Louis
South Dakota
Thomas A. Way
Watertown
S. Dak
White Collar Line Steamers Schedule 1906
The leaflet lists White Collar Line services from Muscatine to Rock Island Davenport New Boston Keithsburg Oquawka and Burlington for April 20 to October 15 1906. It details sailing days times and moonlight excursions aboard the Helen Blair and Columbia with round trips to Davenport on Sundays for 50 cents and notes seasonal schedule changes and agent contact.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Helen Blair
Columbia
New Boston
Keithsburg
Oquawka
Burlington
Muscatine
Alore
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Sec’y Wilson
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Tary Wilson
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Gillette Sales Company
Times Bldg
Times Sq
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Home Savings Bank Free
Richman & Richman
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J. E. Stevenson
Prilta
PATI
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Washington Journal Bureau
Frank J. Stillman
Congress
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National Biscuit Company
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Mackinac Island
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Buffalo
Duluth
Jos. Berolzheim
G. P. A. Manitou Steamship Co
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John Kemper
Edith
Esther
Elmer
Henry Kemper
C. K. Beatty
Lulu
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Greely
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Adam Broessart
Grace Hunn
John Brase
Jaulius Welsch, Jr
Pine Mills
Frank Fewstal
Verna Gatton
Fairport
Will Hoffmann
Pantel
Fred Wunderlich
Adam
Alex Brossart
Magee’s
Escanaba
Green Bay Ports
Muskegon
Grand Haven
Retu
Milwaukee
R.C. Davis
G.P.A. Docks
Michigan Ave
White Collar Line Steamers
W. G. Block CO
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