Local Notes and Happenings Around Davenport
Numerous city residents travel by steamer Firefly Helen Blair and El Paso to Davenport Davenport trips include Miss Beatrice Edmiston Miss Mable Warner and Carl Thurman. Special meeting urged for Excelsior Hose Co. Monday to arrange Council Bluffs trip. ladies auxiliary of Company C to meet Wednesday.
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Excelsior Hose Co
Council Bluffs
Carl Thurman
Davenport
Helen Blair
Mable Warner
East Eighth Street
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Company C
Armory
Coming Back
On a southern street a dusky belle meets a white haired ex slave. She calls him Aunt Dilsey and asks where he is going. He replies with a flat defiance, saying he has been where he is going and will not go again.
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Dilsey
Hugh Jameson to Leave Ottumwa for Muscatine Y M C A
Hugh Jameson of Ottumwa will resign as physical director of the Ottumwa Y M C A to become general secretary in Muscatine. A farewell supper is planned at 6 30 p.m. Wednesday May 17 at the Ottumwa association building with notices required by Tuesday night. W H Debenham will arrive July 20 to replace Jameson’s role as assistant to B A Barlow. Debenham, a Morning Side College alumnus, earned a four year commercial course and three year college program, held college Y M C A posts, and led in athletics and football. he is endorsed by former employers and professors.
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Hugh Jameson
Ottumwa
Muscatine
Ottumwa Association
Ottumwa Courier
Mr. Jameson
Association
Jameson
B. A. Barow
Muscatine Association
Barlow
W. H. Debenham
Morning Side College
Sioux City
George W. Hall
B. A. Barlow
Debenham
Athletic Association of the College
College
A. Bruce Minear
College Y. M. C. A
State Meet Near and Local Sports Notes Flyer
Information reached the city about the Iowa state high school field meet to be held in Iowa City on May 19. Principal R M Arey and others at Muscatine mail the invitation with a three day program and open rail rate. Burial plans for Mrs Bargabos, a longtime Muscatine resident, are set in the local city.
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Iowa State High School
Iowa City
R. M. Arey
G. E. MacLean
The
State University
Muscatine
A. G. Smith
Old Capitol
Triangle Club
Clinton and
Washington Streets
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ladies’ Sewing Circle
John Cornwall
Ray Oyler
Oklahoma
Wm. Smith
Mae
Boulder
Colorado
W. C. Clifford
Iowa
Episcopals Meet Conference of This Diocese in Sioux City
Rev. F. F. Beckerman leaves Muscatine this evening at 9 45 for Sioux City to attend the fifty third annual diocese of Iowa convention. Bishop Morrison of Davenport will preside. Sunday school meetings follow with talks on curriculum methods and teacher training led by ministers and Prof. George Edward Marshall.
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F. F. Beckerman
Episcopal Church
Sioux City
Iowa
T. N. Morrison
Davenport
Diocese of Town
Diocese of Town of the Episcopal Church
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
BE. H. Rudd
W. P. James
George Edward Marshall
C. H. Shutt
W. T. Jackson
H. W. Starr
Commission
Iowa Commission
H. A. Wilson
Charles Lewis Biggs
Wade May Take Hand in Amana Society Dissolution
County Attorney Wallace of Iowa county asserts the Amana society faces dissolution by county courts and predicts Judge Wade will push a special act through the next session to preserve the communist community as a corporation. He notes the charter and state laws expose the society to dissolution and that Wade would seek to keep it alive if dissolved.
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Amana Society
Wallace
Iowa County
Iowa
Wade
Amana
Judge Wade
General Assembly
Real Estate Transfers Filed In County Recorder
Transcriptions by G M Titus list transfers today in the county recorder office. J A Evans and wife to Alfred Marolf for 2100 dollars cover part of the northwest quarter of section 18, township 77, range 3 west. John Stocksleger transfers northwest quarter of section 32 and southwest quarter of section 39 in township 77, to Walter O Hatten, in the St Paul Milwaukee fourth.
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G. M. Titus
Iowa Avenue
The
County Recorder
J. A. Evans
Alfred Marolf
John Stocksleger
Walter O. Hatten
St. P. M
Seventeenth Century Customs Described In Homes
The article outlines seventeenth century English housing rules with north and east facing rooms and a central passage. It notes the master and wife at stairs, daughters and maids on one side, men on the other, and hierarchy by location. It also mentions Miss Florence Schwertfeger traveling to Rock Island for a day with friends arriving home on the evening boat.
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Louis Bernhardt
East Second Street
Davenport
Helen Blair
Florence Schwertfeger
East Fifth Street
Rock Island
Des Moines Catholics Favor New Diocese Headed Here
Rt. Rev. James Davis auxiliary bishop of Davenport expressed approval of establishing a Catholic see in Des Moines with Rev. M. Flavin as bishop. Davis spoke after confirmation services at St Ambrose Church where 305 were confirmed. Archbishop Keane reportedly favors the plan amid long-standing gossip and diocesan growth concerns.
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James Davis
Davenport
Muscatine
Des Moines
M. Flavin
St. Ambrose
Davis
St. Ambrose Church
Flavin
Iowa
Henry Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Keane
Dubuque
Davenport Prelate Signals Rome Trip and Iowa Return
The Very Rev. M. Flavin of St. Ambrose will be named and depart for Rome on June 3. Bishop Davis says he plans to visit Des Moines after returning from Rome and may base his headquarters in Davenport for several weeks while visiting surrounding parishes. He adds that Bishop Cosgrove is in very poor health.
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F. J. Leonard
St. Matthias Church
Davenport
Rome
Davis
Des Moines
Cosgrove
Sheb
B. Jacobsmeier
Iowa City
East Side Park
Wellman
Riverside
H. F. Pugh
St. Mary's School
Williams
Episcopal Church of
M. KE
Fred Kneisel
Philip
Lown
Downey Community News Highlights And Local Events
Storm fears eased with no loss of life. Christian Endeavor social nets funds. Multiple residents visit relatives in Downey and nearby towns. Upcoming events include a cemetery fund social, a May 19 social with a menu, and a south side ball game Wellman vs Riverside. Dentists, residents traveling, and school activities noted.
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Downey
Christian Endeavor Society
H. K. Gates
Chas. Walley
G. E. Gates
Sara Gates
H. E
Riverside Social News Highlights
Riverside Iowa notes visit of Mrs Phil inet Keusler from Hannibal Missouri to see her father N Akey and sisters Effie and Gerrie. also John Fener returns from a Chicago business trip. update on Mrs M E’s younger daughter.
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Riverside
Philinet Keusler
Hannibal
N. Akey
Effie
Gerrie
John Fener
Chicago
M. E
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Dad Dolsen
Dan Brown
West Second Street
Daven
Hattie Rice
West Third Street
Verne Arnold
Eighth and
Orange Streets
Beatrice Edmiston
West Fourth Street
Sidney
St. Louis
Frances Jasper
Moline
Caroline Metzger
Pearl City
J. N. Elliott
First Presbyterian Church
Lake Winona
Ind
S. A. Ewing
Blanch Ewing
Wapello
Nellie O'Toole
Oak Street
F. Morrison
Sweetland Center
el Paso
M. E. Pastors’ Board
Levi Lambert
Eliza, Lil
J. Cox
Los Angeles
California
Walter Kautz
East Third Street
Encauire
Fifth and
Lombard Streets
East Sixth Street
N. Rosenberger
Hoopes
C. R. Pratt
Enquire Journal
the Money Saving Store
Siegel & Isaacson
Nevius
John Bargabos
This
City
Minnesota
Iowa Field
Grinnell
University Armory
Doiscaren—trath of
Liberal Arts
Greenwood
Monticello
Will van Gent
Bargabos
Tri- Cities
High School Athletic Association
Wild Cat's den
Episcopals
Morrow
Beckerman
State
Ference
Ing
Europe
Waar
Toben, Malone & Co
Ogilvie Bros
Journal
Muscatine Journal
Muscatine Daily Journal
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