Nichols News Highlights and Graduation Plans 1908
High wind caused minor damage locally. Nichols High School graduation set for May 22, 1908 at the opera house, featuring William A. Heath with orange and black colors and cream rose as the class flower. Commencement address by C. P. Cosgrove, music by Misses Doran Ripley Nash and Mae O Harrow, baccalaureate sermon by Rev. J. C. Brown May 17 at the Methodist church. Faculty retained for next year. Mrs. Swickard underwent a serious operation in Iowa City.
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Nichols High School
Opera House
William A. Heath
South Muscatine Starts Dredge Boat On Slough Project
Construction moves forward for a new dredge boat to aid Drainage District No 3 improvements on Muscatine Slough. A barge will be built near the Milwaukee bridge and used to transport the dredging machine to the site as material arrives.
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Muscatine Slough
Milwaukee Bridge
Sheppard Smalley
William Goetzman
Goetzman
Slough
Extended Mississippi cruise by Muscatine fishermen begins southward trek
Dan Borden and Ray Colberg depart Muscatine in a new launch to test south bed sites along the lower Mississippi and Tennessee tributaries. The trip blends shelling research with leisure as fishing season opens after a state waters ban was lifted amid favorable weather. South Muscatine locals note Gertrude Berger’s return from Joliet and the Frehlichs’ travels to Cincinnati for a relatives visit.
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Muscatine
Dan Borden
Ray Colberg
South
Mississippi
Tennessee
South Muscatine
Gertrude Berger
Joilet
Ill
August Frehlich
Wapello
Cincinnati
Ohio
ZEMO Claimed to Cure Skin Ailments
An advertisement claims ZEMO provides a quick permanent cure for eczema and pimples using a cleansing liquid. It states the product draws germs to the surface and destroys them leaving clear skin. It lists E. W. Rose Med. Co. of St. Louis and A. W. Morgan at 107 West Second Street as sellers and invites readers to request a sample.
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ZEMO
E. W. Rose Med. Co
St. Louis
A. W. Morgan
West Second Street
Community groups plan children's day and memorial events
Officers and teachers of the Christian Sunday school met Mrs. F. H. Schmitt to appoint committees for children's day. Music program and flower committees were formed. A memorial day planning meeting was held at the opera house. The Epworth League to mark the Methodist order anniversary next Sunday. Rebekah lodge to host convention June 17. Mr. and Mrs. Rice of Geneseo and daughter Mrs. Shinn visiting with Mrs. Roe and R. S. Rice.
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Christian Sunday School
F. H. Schmitt
Misses Hendrix
Mae Hesser
Mesdames_ Roe
Rice
Metcalf
Ryan
Albright
Craton
Schmitt
Mollie Hintz
W. R. Schmitt
Albert Lindee
Maud Hesser
Leona Hintz
Susie Swickard
Opera House
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian Church
Rebekah Lodge
Geneseo, Lll
Shinn
Roe
R. S. Rice
Cyclone Strikes Millersburg. Town Damaged Heavily
In East Buffalo on May 15 Mr. and Mrs. A R Bull and Mrs. O J Bull are on the sick list. Ben Streets, working for Clarence Rinlalt, went to Joy Illinois to aid a sick brother. J Bull bought a fine Norman stock horse weighing 2040 pounds. Neighbors reported a cyclone passing Millersburg with widespread destruction. Estimated Millersburg damage ranges forty to fifty thousand dollars.
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East Buffalo
A. R. Bull
O. J. Bull
Ben Streets
Clarence Rinlalt
Joy
J. Bull
Millersburg
Roach & Musser Sash and Door Plant Adds Cement Floor
A cement floor has been laid in Warehouse No. 2 at the Roach and Musser Sash and Door plant, greatly aiding stock handling. The west warehouse improvements are complete, the plant runs at full force, orders are increasing, and a ten hour day plus earlier office start are now in effect.
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Roach & Musser
First Public Demonstration of Flynn Health Lectures At Union
Prof W Earl Flynn presents the final public talk in a health crusade at the First Methodist church tonight with a men’s session in the Sunday school room and a women’s lecture by Miss Bosworth in the auditorium. Flynn’s talk on The He Man aims to shock but educate, while women receive physical culture instruction upstairs.
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W. Earl Flynn
First Methodist
Flynn
First Congregational Church
Mr. Flynn
Prohibitionists of Missouri Nominate Full Ticket
Joplin Missouri May 15 prohibitionists nominate a full ticket headed by W P Farris of Clinton for governor with other statewide candidates.
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Prohibitionists of
Missouri
Joplin
W. P. Farris
Clinton
Inspection Trip Down Mississippi to New Boston
Col. Durham of Rock Island and his son joined by friends, left Muscatine on the steamer Henry Bosse for an inspection voyage down the Mississippi to New Boston. They viewed a large U S government dredge contract progress and planned to return home this evening.
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George Lorthey
Sweetland Center
Muscatine
Scott Brown
Demorest Avenue
Frank Phillips
Placke
Earl Avenue
Kinsley
Oregon Street
Stella Reinley
Letts
Harry Gailey
Near Fruitland
George Mackley
Davenport
Howard Bosworth
Grandview
Glen Reagen
Charles Fipp
Winterset
William Cooper
Latham Street
James Dennis
Columbus Junction
Eshleman
Henry Heimbuckle
Phillip Street
Col. Durham
Rock Island
New Boston
U. S. Engineer’s
Henry Bosse
Mississippi
U. S
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MacColm Dry Goods Co
Methodist Church
Thomas Nugent
South End
Edith Trask
Saginaw City
Mich
Ida Selder
Philip Street
Lizzie Stoker
Ngsford
Oswego
Kingsford’s
Kingsford
T. Kingsford & Son
Oswego, N. Y
National Starch Co
Successors
New Family Theatre
East Third Street
Leslie and
Annitona
Treat
Namea Japs
Moving Pictures
Prof. Flynn
D. Jaynes
D. Jayne
Home Savings Bank
Geo. Bitman
Lone Avenue
J. E. Stevenson
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