Local News Notes and Classified Fragments
A collage of small items: Mackerel sold at five cents per piece at Linder's Delicatessen. land investments advertised by M W Stirlen. Daisy Chapman off to Bayfield for a few days. call for fresh fish and smoked sturgeon at 113 West Front. E G Spalling joins Rock Island interests. sale ad for a bargain resin with F S Pentzer. Dr T F Beveridge travels to Atalissa on business. Northern Assurance Co motto Strong as the Strongest with John A Robbins as agent. Mrs J H Kendig travels to Lone Tree for a missionary convention. Candy Kitchen touts best candies and ice cream. Mrs Caroline Schultz visits from Fairport via Firefly. sale ad for a well broke pony with new phaeton. Irving Stoddard returns to Ames to resume studies after knee injury. washing machine on garden hose demo by Thompson Bros Co. land sales by Chase Land Co. Mrs C W Wiltse and children head to Charles City to visit her mother. Hyo mei air advertised by Haverkamp’s Drug Store. Mr and Mrs Chene Summitt and daughter Alana from North English return home. Orino Lakxative Syrup promoted at A W Morgan’s. need for more rooms to host delegates to AOUW grand lodge session with contact details.
Immense Carpet Sale Offers Large Axminster Rugs and Brussels Pieces
Immense sale features numerous large and small rugs including Axminster and Brussels varieties. Sizes range from 6x9 feet to 9x12 feet with discounted prices from $2.50 to $4.98 and new styles in stock. Also advertised are carpets, matting, oil cloths, linoleum, and lace items. A large display of 100 floor rugs on the Strickler rack invites customers to shop all week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrain
Roxbury
Brussels
Axminster
House Furnishings and Linoleum Prices in New Stock
Advertisement lists prices for linoleum by square yard in various qualities and patterns, including 50 to 59 cents up to 2.50 per square yard. Also notes 4 yards wide linoleum, inlaid linoleum from American makers, new curtain stretcher with steel clamp, feather pillows with sateen covers, and Bissell standard carpet sweepers in multiple wood colors.
Best All Wool Carpets and Car Pets Offered
Advertisement notes all wool carpets priced at 65c per yard and 2 ply grain carpets at 65c yard. It promotes new car pets at 45c to 66c yard with savings, offers made on making and laying on short notice, and guarantees money back if not satisfied.
Curtain sale offers wide shade curtains and carpets
A dealer advertises shade curtains in many sizes and colors from 25c to 2.00 with fringe options and large plate glass sizes. A new line of rope party chairs and Philadelphia wool carpets are offered with deep discounts, plus ingrain carpets priced 20c to 40c per yard. The pitch invites customers to buy this week and save.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Davenport Club Aims to Form State Auto Association
Davenport Iowa May 7 The Davenport Automobile Club plans to form a state automobile association. A good roads banquet will invite county supervisors. Signs will be posted at key crossroads and talks will open with Barney Oldfield’s manager for a big August race meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Davenport Automobile Club
Barney Oldfield
Immense Lace Curtain Sale This Week
Three hundred pairs of lace curtains offered at deep discounts with wide Nottingham lace and Irish Point patterns. Prices range from 88e to 12.00 per pair, with Bom fame curtains and Brussels Net options. Free curtain poles and fixtures included with every purchase of 1.50 per pair and up. Come this week. We want your lace curtain business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish Point
Brussels
Young Ladies Form A Club At Mission
South Muscatine notes report the Epworth League anniversary observance at Musserville M E church with installation of officers led by President Ivy Ryan and choir music. Also listed are community updates and illness news including Mrs Carrie Curtis ill with typhoid fever and a busy round of local social events and relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Musserville M. E
Conant
Ivy Ryan
Rose Cate
Mulford Mission
Emma Nietzel
Mary Martin
Dorothy Slavin
Eva Stein
Young Woman's Christian Association
Iowa lodge No 2 to confer Master Mason degree May 8
Iowa lodge No 2 will meet Wednesday evening May 8 to confer the Master Mason degree. Brethren are notified and visiting brethren will be made welcome. Per order, W. M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
W. M
Grape-Nuts Food Praised By Newport Girl
A Newport girl claims Grape-Nuts steers her health and studies, noting a 100 in arithmetic after using the food while in school. She says a three week lapse hurt her health, then recovery with renewed weight gain and improved brain and nerve function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Excursion by Iowa Central Train This May Weekend
The notice advertises a five dollar round trip excursion on Saturday May 18 from Muscatine Fruitland Grand View Wapello to Elrick with through connections to Minneapolis and St Paul. Tickets on sale May 18 good for return until May 21. sleeper car and double berth options priced. Attractions include Minnetonka Harriet Como White Bear Minnehaha Falls Fort Snelling plus Minnesota state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central
Muscatine
Fruitland
Grandview
Wapello
Elrick
Iowa Central Railway
Minneapolis
St. Paul
American Association
Minnetonka
Harriet
Como
White Bear
Minnehaha Falls
Fort Snelling
East Hill Water Mains Expanded This Summer
East Hill residents will see a one mile pipe order issued to extend water mains during the coming summer. The project focuses on Park Avenue and Lucas Street, boosting service from East Second Street and increasing local property values. Ladies' Aid Society of Park Avenue M E Church plans Thursday sewing meeting at Mrs. Ross Hurlbut’s Halstead Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Curtis
Musserville Friends’ Church
East Fifth Street
Board of Waterworks Trustees
T. R. Fitzgerald
East Hill
Park Avenue
Kneese
East Second Street
Lucas Street
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Ross Hurlbut
Halstead Street
Foley's Kidney Cure Proves Effective Says Willimantic Man
The piece cites Alvin H. Stimpson of Willimantic Connecticut who nearly gave up after failed remedies but credits Foley's Kidney Cure with a full recovery after four bottles. A. W. Morgan of 107 West Second Street endorses the testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Alvin H. Stimpson
Willimantic
Conn
A. W. Morgan
West Second Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. E. Kranz
Cwa Avenue
Linder’s Delicatessen
M. W. Stirlen
Daisy Chapman
Bayfield
West Front St
E. G
Spalling
Rock Island
F. S. Pentzer
T. F. Beveridge
Atalissa
The
Northern Assurance Co
John A. Robbins
J. H. Kendig
Lone Tree
Woman's Missionary Convention
Candy Kitchen
Caroline Schultz
Fairport
Frank Bowman
Irving Stoddard
Ames
Thompson Bros. Co
Southern and Western Lands
Gale
Chase Land Co
Havercamp
Grand Lodge
SS. L. Johnson
Great Sale
Smith
Wilton
Royal Axminster
Royal Body Brussels
Bissell
Philadelphia Wool Carpets
Davenport Auto Club
Boston
South Muscatine
Musserville M.E
Mission
Emma Manlove
A Alice Yeager
Amy Hoopes
Buelah Settlemire
Clyde Randleman
Laura James
Albert Snavely
James King
J. B. Weakley
Philip Street
Letts
Sam Sites
Morning Sun
Mrs. Sites
Oregon Street
May Jones
Cuba
Ed. Anson
Friends’ Quarterly
Jones
Chicago
William Diercks
Delfred
A. Justman
Denver
Col
George Knapp
Nanois
Louis Shellady
Stewart Road
Oklahoma
South End
Herman Thomas
Gladwin
John Butler
Demorest Avenue
John Millhouse
White
Sarah Figg
Sampson Street
Nellie Ryan
John White
New Boston
Pearl Narvin
Keota
Dan Alderman
Martin Lord
Eliza
Musserville
Henry Miller
Iowa City
W. Emmons
William Mather
Springdale
Friends’ Quarterly Meeting
Joseph Story
Near Atalissa
Merrimac Street
Rev
Diercks
Desota
Herman Switzer
Clinton
A. F
A. M
David Bogard
I. Merel & Son
Ideal Jewelry Store
Mamma
Merve
Wellville
Minneapolis and
M. N. & S. Railway
G. B. Birch
A.B. Cutts
Minneapolis, Minn
Ned
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Park Ave
Nue M. E. Church
Kansas
J. B. Downer
Washington Street
Fowler
Grandview Avenue
Dan Duncan
John Schmitt
Craddock
Muscatine Island
McGill
Madison Street
Richardson
Park Place
Jerry Plum
Baker
Sherman Street
New England States
Henderson Drug Co
F. W. Swan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!