The Girl From Home at Orpheum Muscatine Tonight
Jack Bessey appears in a character part in The Girl From Home at the Orpheum theatre this week with Miss Nall Red as Robin Weatherford. The company promises strong acts with Lane, Adel, and other specialties. Amateur night Friday features local participants and Saturday offers a wrestling match between Bull McChars and Eddie Dorie after the show.
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Orpheum Theatre
Jack Bessey
Howling Hank
Nall Red
Robin Weatherford
Lane & Adel
Tale Als Pince
Bull McChars
Muscatine
Eddie Dorie
Des Moines
Many Boat Clubs Open for Season Along the River
River launch clubs prepare for the power boat season with extensive improvements. Davenport adds a seawall and park, Clinton refurbishes the clubhouse with new lights and screened porch, Burlington builds new fill at the clubhouse, and Keokuk faces possible changes amid controversies over a new boathouse.
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Launch Club
Yowa Avenue
Davenport
Clinton
Burlington
Keokuk
Wneerwun
Evera
Court of Honor Meeting and Social Dance
The Court of Honor members met last evening for their regular session followed by a social time and a dance. Guests from Fairport and Fruitland lodges attended as honored guests with refreshments. Also advertising a cholera and diarrhoea remedy, urging families to keep it ready for summer weather.
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Court of Honor
Fairport
Fruitland
Chamberlain
Chansherisin
Qealers
Ady
Postmaster Walker Key Speaker at Iowa Assistant Postmasters Meet
The Iowa Assistant Postmasters convention opened in Des Moines with a four day session led by Frank W. Walles of Muscatine as well as prominent speakers including Postmaster J C Kurtz of Des Moines and President J N LaBerra of Des Moines. Walker was among the principal speakers in the afternoons session and delivered remarks on city delivery amid the gathering. The event will conclude with officer elections and committee reports.
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Jowa
Des Moines
Frank W. Walles
Muscatine
Walker
Aternoon
Flasoursa
el Melensy
City
Mr. Whisker
J. C. Kurtz
iWho
J. N. LaBerra
F. M. Williams
Ames
C. G. Keyhoe
Oilumwa
H. W. McLeod
Cedar Rapids
M. A. Shaver
Sioux City
L. E. Wilson
Eagle Grove
Progress in Construction of Kemble Reservoir Site
Construction work on the Kemble property storage reservoir at Weel Hill advances with favorable weather. By Friday wall forms to be laid, a concrete mixer on site in Boone, preliminary work finished, six of eighteen columns erected, and the tower and tank progressing toward completion within a month.
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Kemble
Weel Hill
Wade
Mrs Brown Suffered Change of Life Benefit from Lydia Pinkham
In Tola Kansas Mrs D H Brown reports two years of sickness during change of life with bloating and weight gain. After trying three doctors she took Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, improving after twelve bottles and regaining strength to do all work including washing. She endorses the remedy for other women and invites confidential letters to Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
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Tola
Kansas
Lydia B. Pinkham
D. H. Brown
Walnut St
Jola
Lydia E Pinkham
Many New Features on Steamer St Paul for Season
The steamer St Paul arrives Sunday in the tri cities with a larger dance floor able to host 1000 dancers at once. New Heburg plant lighting with 2700 tungsten burners creates a brilliant riverfront display as the boat departs. The season orchestra is led by Prof. Harry Robingon and Prof. Harold Sears of Davenport. Crew listings include Captain John Simmonas and Purser John Streckfus Jr with officers and staff named.
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St. Paul
Big City
Tri-Cities
Heburg
Harry Rob Gingon
Harold Sears
Davenport
Callioptat
Burior
John Simimona
John Streckfus,Jr
Filots
George Nichols
Bert ‘Edwards
Andy Blombstein
Arthur Stevens
Hilmer Lay
Herry Jackson
Sid Chandler
Demand Certificate For Liquor Shipment In Iowa
A Des Moines dispatch reports Iowa’s new Webb Kenyon measure requires a court clerk certificate proving the consignee is entitled to receive liquor. Rail carriers like Burlington are already refusing shipments without such certificates, citing impact on interstate commerce and enforcement of state regulation.
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Iowa
Burlington Road
Ahipmenta
Des Moines
Webb
Tes Moines
Yanterday
Webbe Kenyon
Robbing
Whien Boe
Congress
Burlington
Investment Ad Declares Safe Farm Mortgages in Iowa
An advertisement argues investors have lost money in worthless stocks and bonds and promotes Iowa farm mortgage loans as safe. It urges those with $100 or more to contact Tittoe Loan & Investment Co. at 18 Iowa Ave for investments.
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Towa
Titte Loan & Investment Co
Towa Ave
May Abandon Work as Cholera Outbreak Looms in Iowa
A Des Moines report from May details a tense session of the state animal health board and veterinary department over eradicating hog cholera in Iowa. Quarantine is deemed crucial, yet the board lacks authority over virus and serum distribution after a legislature shift. The panel faces a puzzling duty and possible reorganization of control.
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Des Moines
State Animal Health Board
Veterinary Department
Towa
Animal Health Board
Ie Législatura
State Annual Health Board
Rules Announced for Cedar Valley Track Meet May 17
Cedar Valley Athletic Association sets rules for the May 17 track and field meet. AAU rules govern events with entrants required to be members ninety days prior. One athlete per year per organization, four events per contestant, four entries per school per event, and entry blanks due three weeks before the meet.
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Cedar Valley Athletic
R. H. Starkey
1A Js
Amic
Gliddenites 10 Visit Muscatine Next Month
The 1912 Little Glidden tour will pass through Muscatine in June during a six day run covering about 1031 miles. Pathfinders led by Robinson will arrive midweek, with final plans to be set at a Des Moines meeting. The route includes Keokuk Davenport Waterloo Fort Dodge Sioux City Des Moines and Sioux City again.
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Muscatine
Party of ‘Autolste
Thin City
Keokuk
Davenport
Pathfinder
Robinson
Association
Des Moines
Dex Moines
Waterloo
Dodge
Port-Dodgé
Sioux City
Sions
Moines
Fascinating Hair for Women Product Ad
An advertisement promotes Hay's Hair Health claiming to restore grey or faded hair to a darker, natural color without dye. It promises quick results after one or two uses and guarantees satisfaction or refunds. Offers include 50 cent bottle with Harfina Soap, or larger bundles at combined prices.
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Hay
Local News Roundup From Kalona Area May 6
Miss Dona Lemley returned home to South Dakota after illness in the Sakulin home. Mr. and Mrs. Warner and E. N. M. Casy drove to Des Moines with Tenurn ad in a new automobile for Mr. Warner. Mrs. J. B. Edmonson traveled to Aur ington to visit her daughter before the Manrates move to Montezuma. Wellman defeated Kalona in a baseball game by a nine to two score with a rematch planned in about three weeks. Ray Boone of Nebraska visited relatives. Dr. Trusthauer of Keota was a business visitor in Kalona. Mr. and Mrs. George Greager went to Town City to visit at John Frank’s home. Miss Clara Sommers from Gak Dale visited her sister Mrs. A. M. O’Lanighlin. Mrs. Latman, sister-in-law of Mrs. L. M. Spider, stayed a few days to visit relatives in Riverside.
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R. V. Maurait
Weir
Monteyuma
Wellman
Kalona
Ray Boone
Nebraska
Trusthauer
Keota
Kalopa
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