Board of Education Holds Special Meeting Elects Teachers
The Board of Education met in a special session at the high school to elect teachers for the coming year and to discuss salaries. Carrie E. Merschon and Mary E. Swift were named special music and drawing supervisors at $600 each, with further staff appointments and 10 month salaries approved.
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Board of Education
Z. W. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Apple
Hunt
Busch
Beach
MacKenzie
Fulham
William C. A. Busch
Carrie E. Mershon
Mary E. Swift
Washington
Fulrham
Jefferson School
Jackson School
Franklin School
Garfield
Harrison School
Hamilton School
Mae McDermott
Jessie A. Braunworth
Lincoln School
Chevalier
E. W. Stanton
Ames College
W. F. Chevalier
R. M. Arey
Leona E. Howe
Jefferson
Thomas McCulloch
Jackson
Eastern Iowa Interurban Seeks Muscatine Franchise
The Eastern Iowa Interurban presented a franchise request to Muscatine City Council to enter the city via Front street riverfront and use streets for car routes. The measure was carried over to the next meeting with discussion on terminal facilities and right of way. Reed of Cedar Rapids spoke for investors and outlined routes, costs, and damages, noting pay-as-you-go terms and possible entry via Mad Creek bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Front
Eastern
Iowa
Reed
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
West Liberty
Mad Creek Bottom
Muscatine Western
Mystic cure for rheumatism offered at 75 cents
Historic advertisement claims a mystic remedy cures rheumatism and neur algia in 1 to 3 days. It asserts instant relief and removal of the cause after the first dose, with cures promised within days. Sold at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store for 75 cents and $1.
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Havercamp
Oat Straw Width Affects Yield and Plant Stand
An oat crop with 20 inch straw tends to yield better than one with 45 inch straw. Oats exceeding 30 inches in height struggle to stay upright and resist lodging.
Evansville man reports kidney cure after Foley's medicine
Up to Die, B Spiegel of Evansville Indiana says five years of kidney and bladder trouble left him weak and unable to work. After three doctors failed, Foley's Kidney Cure eased pain with one bottle and cured him after a second. Havercama's Prescription Drug Store.
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B. Spiegel
Virginia St
Evansville
Ind
Foley
Havercama
A. H. Thurnes
Mgr
Wills Creek Coal Co
Buffalo
W. Carter
Ashboro
N.C
Juniors Host Reception at Wacker Home for Class of 1905
Juniors of W. H. S. held a reception for the class of 1905 at Arthur Wacker’s home in Wilton. Decor featured class colors purple and old gold with carnations and greenery. A program included a toast by Frank Agnew and performances by Mary Ruff, Irolene Port, Arthur Wacker, Edna Smith and Alexander Atwill.
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Wilton
Arthur Wacker
Agnes Wickes
Ruth Riggenberg
Alice Chalker
Pearl Landon
Olga Smith
Vera Mason
Vera Miller
Gertrude Illingsworth
Mary Jacobs
Michael Cronin
Elbern Knott
Clarence Klein
Louis Miller
Bessie Nicolaus
Edna Smith
Anna Murphy
Irolene Port
Edith Wacker
Mary Ruff
Belle Edge
Frank Agnew
Leonard Agnew
Charles Kaufman
Charles Nienaber
Orren McCoy
Alexander Atwill
Edward
Interurban Railway Plans Discussed by Davenport Visitors
Davenport visitor Mr Smith and local Mr Maurer with Leslie Whitmer and Arthur Wacker discussed an interurban railway from Davenport to Wilton with branches to Tipton Cedar Rapids and possibly Muscatine A committee was named to gauge public sentiment A pavilion dance at Gruemmer farm south of town Friday May 26 will feature Thomas orchestra of Muscatine Mrs Rachel Bell traveled to Muscatine for business and social calls Other residents and visitors combed Muscatine Durant and Davenport for business and social engagements.
Distant visitors brief Muscatine social notes
Miss Bertha from Tipton plans a Sunday visit to Mr. and Mrs. John Dice. Mrs. Frenzel and Mrs. H. W. Wildasin plus Mrs. L. C. Kiser traveled to Davenport yesterday. Pearl Minor and Mrs. Ed Gabriel with son Kenyon arrived from Muscatine and stayed with Geo. Bannick. Rev. M. P. Kirkpatrick returned from Osage. Luke Noll of Spencer visited friends yesterday.
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Bertha
Tipton
John Dice
Frenzel
Muscatine
H. W. Wildasin
L. C. Kiser
Davenport
Pearl Minor
Ed. Gabriel and
Kenyon
Flandreau
South Dakota
Elephants Rampant in Forests of Central Africa
An old hunter details thriving elephant populations between Victoria and Albert lakes. He describes forest destruction from massive elephant activity, noting widespread tree felling, uprooted trunks hurled across land, and large areas left denuded as if a carnival of destruction.
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Africa
Victoria and Albert Lakes
Freight carried on lake routes last season
A large volume moved along lake routes totaling 1,277 miles of service for a revenue of one dollar.
Transplanting Celery Plants for Strong Roots
Celery plants should be transplanted two or three times before final planting out. This process ensures strong well rooted plants and prepares them for successful ultimate establishment in the garden.
Butter and beef yield equal weight with different values
A pound of butter and a pound of beef require the same amount of food. The butter sells for 0 cents while the beef sells for 5 cents, highlighting a disparity in value despite identical weights.
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Ames
Mary E. Whicher
Laura E. Osborne
Elynore Lowden
Katherine Mauthe
Florence A. Chase
Mabel Hoffman
Ethel Jaynes
Andds
Josephine Wyant
Washington School
Esther Finger
Florence Barclay
Belle Connor
Mary T. Platt
Catherine E. Mathis
Anna FE. Kincaid
Alpha Wabnitz
Rue Berry
Bertha Hoover
Frances R. Stillwagon
Emma Howe
Sophia Hagerman
Nellie Downer
Helen Brigham
Ina Stirlen
Anna B. Lewis
May Leyda
Lucy Connor
Nana Foley
Bessie Robertson
Anna McDougall
Fhva Johnson
Anna M. Jepson
Fannie C. Hadley
Jetta C. Hart
Bessie Murphy
Nellie Herwig
Harriett B. Kemptner
Sarilla TeWinkle
Fannie McDaniel
Alice Mulford
Minnie J. Headley
Anne R. Kennedy
Sue Erb
Josephine Freymuth
Gertrude Howe
Julia E. Fuller
Mayme Othmer
Minnie Brown
Anna B. Kern
Jennie Ewing
McKinley School
Louisa A. Franklin
Helen Coe
Lulu Ogilvie
Mary Ryan
Mary McDougall
Laura B. Stinson
Frances Brown
Ada Hoover
Margaret Leffler
Ida M. Brown
Emma E. Manlove
Rena Berry
Jessie Althaus
Edith Raff
Eastern Iowa Interurban Railway
Council
Held
Musser
Citizens’ Railway and Light Co
Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store
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China
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Australia
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Arechar
Maurer, Leslie Whitmer and
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David Ayres
Prof. Pye
Garvin
L. G. Focht
Jessie Schultz
Bertha Reik
Burlington
Minnie Kleith
Leonard Friedericksen
J. T. Coleman
J. B. Downer
D. F. Dwyer
H. E. Nicolaus
A. R. Leith
B. C. Ludlow
Businss
Friers
Gertrude Tilingsworth
Durant
C. Bacon
F. W. Casterline
Columbia Batteries
Jackson Electric Co
Bradfield Regulator Cs
Atlanta
Lion Coffee
Grocers Ever
Where N Spice Coo
Toledo
Ohio
Fato Che Instatine Savings Bank
Oliver Typewriter
Oliver
Oliver Typewriter Co
Avenport
Chas. H. Leu
Carskaddamr & Burk
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