Camping Parties Are Now In Order
Camping parties flourish as families evacuate city life for Geneva Island and Cedar River campsites amid school holidays. Geneva Island cottages open, house parties form as outings peak this month leaving July and August hotter. John W. Moddorn credits Electric Bitters for relief from 15 years of stomach trouble, praising its impact on appetite and overall health. 60 cents at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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Cedar River
Secon
Geneva Island
John W. Moddorn
Moddersville
Mich
Havercamp’s
Coal supply bids sought by Muscatine School District
Sealed bids will be received until noon June 30 1911 by the Muscatine Independent School District to furnish coal for 1911 12 school year. About 775 tons needed. Bids must state price per ton for each coal grade delivered to school buildings. Bond may be required from winner. Board may reject any or all bids. Mail or deliver to H D Horst Secretary Room 407 German American Building Muscatine Iowa Wool and Light Committee Charles W Gray Chairman.
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Independent School District
Muscatine
Iowan
Dida
H. D. Horst
Iowa
Wuel & Iight
Chas. W. Gray
Bids Opened for Mississippi Deep Waterway Improvements
Builders' Sand and Gravel of Davenport led the seven lowest bids to construct channel improvements along the Mississippi under federal supervision. The project budget nears half a million dollars, with allotments ranging from Rock Island to Muscatine and other stretches, involving rock and brush dam materials and per cubic yard bids from 1.03 to 1.17.
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Mississippi
Rock Island
United States
Muscatine
Sand & Gravel Company
Davenport
Reed’s Landing
Alma
Albert Klrohner
Fountain City
Wis
Genoa
Lynxville
Fiat Creek
Iowa River
Iheokuk
Hannibal
Cthle- Yard
Albert D Fetter
Quincy
Albert Kirchner
McGregor
Dubuque
Cabic Yard
Kidder Rust, Swift & Co
St. Louis
Iowans Picnic in Windy City at Jackson Park
The Iowa fellowship club of Chicago natives from Town will hold a large summer picnic in Jackson Park on Saturday June 24 at 2 p.m. The event features old-time field sports, a Ames vs Iowa State baseball game, and a rally with speeches near the German building. Food and baskets will be common, with enhanced park facilities for visitors.
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Iowa
Chicago
Hawkeye Fellowship Club
Jackson Park
South Side
Jacksow Park Lake Drive
Iowa State Building
Ames College
Iowa State University
Arnica Balm Cures Burns and Scars, Stroud Wife Says
D Frankel of Stroud Oklahoma writes his wife urged doctor visits for a boy with a boll. He advised Bucklin's Arnica, Balm, which healed quickly. Quickent, a healer for burns and sprains, endorses the product. Available at Hyvercamp's Prescription Drug Store for two bits.
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D. Frankel
Stroud
Okla
Bucklin
Balve
Hyvercamp
Wonderful Cook's Book Promises Healthier Cooking for Housewives
An advertisement extols a Boston Cooking School Magazine Cook’s Book edited by Mrs Janet McRensie Hill. It promotes tested recipes to reduce cost of living, includes color illustrations, and offers a colored certificate with 25 cent K C Baking Powder via the Jaquas Myre Co Chicago Ill. Readers are urged to send their name and address.
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Janet McRensie Hill
Boston
Cooking School
Magazinine
Cook
Jaquas Myre. Co
Chicago
Lil
Not Absent or Tardy Pupils Across City Schools
The year shows 116 pupils across grade schools and high school with perfect attendance in attendance and tardiness. Washington leads with 22 pupils. Garfield Jackson Franklin follow with 16 15 and 14. High School reports 17 students with no absences or tardies.
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Hamilton
Ernest Whisler
Mn. Vany
Washington
Garfield
Jackson
Franklin
Jefferson
Lincoln
McKinley
T. W.B. Everhart
Capitola Faulhaber
Weber Steinmetz
Arthur Strong
Geo, Cone
Christine Lemkau
Gertrude Davidson
Gertrude Gerten
Kach
Brma’ Goldsbury
Clodine Breller
Lulu Thompson
Maude ‘Howell
Hazel
Standbury
Ray Downer
Ernest Liebbe
Alfred Uerman
Margarite Slinkel
Pearl Satterthwaite
Robert Barr
Edith Barnard
Clyde Gray
Eizabeth Lane
Pautl Strong
Paul Batterthwaite
Harold Batchelor
Wilma Klaisa
Robert Bowen
Bart Timm
Howard Anderson
Harold Gerndt
Walter
Implement Sale Unprecedented With Rain and Condition
Unprecedented sale of farming and agricultural implements seen in Hawkeye state as 1911 crops loom. Local dealers report strong demand for cultivators threshing machines and hay tools, with prospects of bumper crop and rain to boost yields in the next sixty days. Both manufacturers and farmers anticipate a banner year but dread continued dryness that could dampen prospects.
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Hawkeye
Bealiers
Bern
Premature Firing Ban Emphasized in Muscatine
Muscatine residents are urged to refrain from celebrating the national holiday before midnight July 31. Police Chief Hoffman warns of prosecutions for discharging firearms or noise makers before the Fourth as complaints mount. Officers will arrest anyone found using firecrackers on streets or tracks to prevent accidents and fires in dry conditions.
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Muscatine
Sof
America
Hoffman
Keokuk club declines option on pitcher Smith
Keokuk announced by manager Frank Belt that the club will not exercise the option on pitcher Smith of Terre Haute. The decision came as part of team plans for the season highlighting Belt’s staffing choices.
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Keokuk
Mith
Kéokuk
Smith
Terre Haute
Frank Belt
Cure for Eczema: Cuticura Remedies End Nine-Year Suffering
Patient recounts prolonged agony from itching and bleeding eczema, cured by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent after trying doctors. Nine years later, no recurrence. Letter from Mrs Albertson Battle Creek Mich dated Oct 16 1900 endorses the treatment and urges others to consider it.
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Ablertson
Inn Road
Battle Creek
Mich
State Music Teachers of Iowa plan Davenport convention
Final arrangements set for the Music Teachers of Iowa state convention in Davenport late this month with Muscatine instructors and pupils attending. The schedule includes artist concerts, roundtables on piano voice harmony organ strings and public school music, pupil recital, trolley trip to Schuetzen park, and evening orchestral program. All High School concerts are free to the public. boat trip free to association members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Chicago
New York
John Poettl
Davenport
A. Rodell
New York City
Alvii Co
The
Music Teachers of Iowa
Ednesday
Schuetzen Park
Narrow escape as street car strikes Davenport car
Albert F. Dawson of Davenport former congressional representative and bank president narrowly escaped serious injury when his auto collided with a street car on Second Street near the National Bank. He was driving west toward the opposite curb as two bicycle riders approached. to avoid them he steered onto the tracks and had to stop abruptly. Both vehicles sustained minor damage to the fenders.
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Albert F. Dawson
Davenport
Davenport Times
Yeester
Second Street
Ret National Bank
Dawson
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Tno
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Vank
First. Trust & Savings. Bank
Oarskad Dan
Builders’ Sand & Gravel Company
Windy City
Lowship Club
Ite
Euehhart
Washington School
Florence Kendig
Cyre Dale
Bertha Walter
Edna Guster
Albert Schwab
Chas
Brave
Dellio . Whitmore
Prate Vil
Gladys G
Whitmore
Frieda Herwig
May Tetrick
Bernice Hoefflin
George Synnesink
Ditiona Gales
Cuticura
Cuticura Sorentha
Potie Bev
Brady St
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G.&pstein Furniture CO
Rei
Hone
J. O'Keefe
Modern Plumbing & Heating Company
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Luce
St. Paul
Misalasippi
Bervies
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W. G. Block Co
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F. A. Neidig
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