Iowa Retail Merchants Prepare Davenport State Convention
Iowa Retail Merchants plan a three day Davenport convention with $2000 raised to entertain delegates. Delegates will tour three cities by sightseeing cars and river trip while mornings focus on business and afternoons on pleasure. State officials James Wilson and Wright will address the banquet about navigating the pure food bill.
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Wright
Des Moines
Davenport
Iowa
Scott
Mississippi River
Hennepin Canal
Moline Lock
LeClaire Rapids
James Wilson
Washington
Uncle Sam
Graduating class selects officers at Muscatine Business College
Clarence Addleman is chosen president of the graduating class at Muscatine Business College. Other officers named include Paul Duffield secretary and Miss Anna Urdangen treasurer. Colors are maroon and white with a dark red rose as the class flower. Commencement date to be set for mid June.
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Muscatine Business College
Clarence Addleman
Robi Hoover
Ethel Trautman
Paul Duffield
Anna Urdangen
Railroads Move To Abolish Public Drinking Cups
Rock Island road officials consult with a vending company to install paraffined paper penny cups in passenger coaches. The state board of health seeks to end disease spreading water cups and will rule against public cups unless railroads cooperate. Secretary Thomas says action will be postponed to allow a coordinated plan.
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Rock Island Road
State Board of Health
Thomas
Cure of eczema with Cuticura Remedies
Charles T. Bauer of Volant Pennsylvania reports twelve years of eczema on hands arms and feet with swelling itching and peeling. After trying numerous salves doctors and even arsenic he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent and saw rapid improvement. He claims full recovery over a year ago and no further trouble.
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Charles T. Bauer
Volant
Mar
Babies Cured Of Skin Troubles By Cuticura Remedies
Suffering infants and children find relief from eczema rashes and itching through Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The complete treatment includes Cleanse with Cuticura Soap Heal with Cuticura Ointment and Purify blood with Cuticura Resolvent or pills. Sold worldwide by Potter Drug & Chem Co Beeton MA with free Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases.
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Infanta
Potter Drug & Chem. Corn
Beeton
Mass
Eminent Physician Advocates Pure Food and Water Cure
A historical ad claims health rests on what we eat and drink and promotes Melon Seed Compound to neutralize food and water impurities. It urges fresh air, avoiding draughts and frying, and credits Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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Nature
Havercamp’s
Sally Show Now At Family Theatre
The Family theatre at Third street offers a lively double daily bill headlined by Hazel and Hawkins in The Governess. Hazel and Hawkins deliver strong impersonations with humorous songs while Dave Rose’s Italian dialect act and Kramer Carroll's black and white comedy provide steady laughs and applause.
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Third Street
Dave Rose
Kramer
Carroll
Hazel
Hawkins
Miss Hazel
Dinner committee chairs named for Women's Relief Corps event
Committees for the Women s Relief Corps dinner at the Bilkey building on Saturday have been announced. It will be a progressive affair with each table decorated a different color and served distinct edibles. Chairmen include Mrs Addie Barnard at Table 1 white, Mrs Anna Winn Table 2 crown, Mrs William Stirlen Table 3 green, Mrs Benham Table 4 yellow, Mrs Millett Table 5 red, and Mrs T Becke with Mrs Chas Dunham TABLE 6 pink and white.
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Women’s Relief Corps
Bilkey
Addie Barnard
Crown
Anna Winn
Trinity Auxiliary Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
At Trinity Episcopal church the Ladies' Auxiliary elected officers for the coming year. Mrs L L Seymour was named president with Mrs Fred Miller as vice president and Mrs C H Sterneman as secretary and treasurer. Reports showed the society in excellent condition and a busy year planned. A social hour followed the business meeting with refreshments.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Trinity Episcopal Church
L. L. Seymour
Fred Miller
C. H. Sterneman
Greater Iowa club to import foreign farmers to prove acre yields
The Greater Iowa club launches a campaign to show Iowa farmers they can equal American yields on one sixth the land. E B Hill will meet Swiss Italian and Jewish groups in Chicago to urge investment in Iowa plots as foreign farms prove efficient methods and high output on small tracts.
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Greater Iowa Club
Iowa
E. B. Hill
Chicago
Towa
Hill
Muscatine Seeks $910 Meeting for Grand Army Encampment
A Muscatine committee from the Shelby Norman Post and the Commercial Club plans to bid for the 1910 Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Muscatine. Ft. Dodge hosts this year, so Muscatine will press its claim with funds and outreach to attract hundreds of visitors and coordinating auxiliary societies.
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Shelby Norman Post
The
Commercial Club
Grand Army of the Republic
Muscatine
Ft. Dodge
Grand Army
Local Social Notes and Farm News From Blue Grass
Blue Grass residents report shopping in Davenport and visits among neighbors. Farmers rush corn planting as weather remains a key factor. Pleasant Prairie Ladies Aid to be entertained by Mrs. Jim Dose. Local gatherings include visits by Schmidt Bancks Plett Bunker and Dipple families as wind and dust storms affect the area.
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Blue Grass
Henry Dipple
Wm. Bohnsack
Conrad Dipple
Davenport
Dan Grimm
William Saltan
Prairie
Jim Dose
Geo. Schmidt
Sweetland Center
O. A. Bohnsack
Minnie Bancks
Watts
Hazel Dell School
Hopkinson
Allbee Woods
Ismael Bancks
Arbor Day Observed at Hazel Dell School
Thursday’s report shows Hazel Dell school observing Arbor day by planting two red cedar trees on the grounds while Mr and Mrs J P Wunder and Owen Carpenter were noted as local business visitors in Blue Grass.
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J. P. Wunder
Blue Grass
Owen Carpenter
Hazel Dell School
Cure for weak lungs advertised by Havercamp’s Drug Store
Cura causes coughs and weak sore lungs while Dr. King’s New Discovery is advertised with prices 50c and 1.60. Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store promotes the remedy as a treatment option.
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Cura
Dr. King
Havercamp
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Caldwell Building
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Henry Jayne
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L. C. Day
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