Busy day trips and town news in Muscatine area
Wednesday notes movers and visits across Cedar County cities. Residents travel to Wilton Ottumwa and Paton for business and weddings while local events include a Pan Handle railroad remark, church work at Advent and a high school picnic plan. Community life shows health, schooling, and social events through daily travel and gatherings.
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Panhandle
Virginia
Ohio River
Stucbereville
Burlington
Eva Lee
Oren Lee
Allie Lowe
Dollie George
Keota
Iowa
Henry Lupton
Hill
Miss Cotler
Fanny George
Maud Wagner
Baily Murray
Estle
Svette Johnston
Henry Cochran
John Lupton
Lulu Dickey
Muscatine
Cedar Bethel
Ina Lupton
Elsie Waltman
Sam Littrell
S. L. Johnston
Floyd
R. M. Lee
Nellie
A Career Full of Honor Captain Davidson’s Rise in Iowa Militia
The articles recount Captain Joseph T. Davidson of Muscatine, a longtime Iowa military leader, noted for service in the Ninth Regiment, Fifty-first Iowa Volunteers in the Philippines, and later in the Eleventh Cavalry. They praise his leadership, bravery, unselfishness, and enduring respect among officers and men.
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Muscatine
Joseph T. Davidson
United States Volunteer Army
Iowa National Guard
Volunteer Army
Iowa
Philippines
Fifty-first
Iowa Infantry Volunteers
Joseph Nt. Markey
Red Oak
Davidson
Miller
Columpi
Clark
Congress
Iowa Volunteers
Stars and Stripes
Iowa Wesleyan University
Custer
Old Ninth Regiment
Des Moines
Fifty-first Iowa Volunteers
Eighth Army Corps
Funston
Eleventh Cavalry
W C T U Convention in Oshkosh Draws Delegates
About 150 to 200 delegates of the Womans Christian Temperance Union gathered in Oshkosh Wisconsin for their annual convention. The Oshkosh W C T U prepared to entertain the visitors in a pleasant manner.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Womans Christian Temperance Union
Oshkosh W. C. T. U
Roosevelt Reviews Regiment in Brooklyn Tonight
Governor Roosevelt is expected to review the 13th Regiment at its Armory in Brooklyn. A dinner will be hosted for him by regiment officers at the Union League Club prior to the review.
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Brooklyn
Roosevelt
Union League Club
Obituary of Samuel W. Stewart Pioneer of Wilton Iowa
Samuel Wilson Stewart born December 16 1816 in Bond County Illinois died May 12 1900 in Wilton Iowa aged 83 years 4 months and 26 days. He married Huldah Reynolds in 1837 and moved through Moscow Muscatine Linn and Jones counties before settling in Wilton for 38 years. He loved books had strong memory and plain speech and was praised for honesty loyalty and pioneer spirit shaping Iowa’s early days.
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Samuel W. Stewart
Wilton
Wilton Advocate Review
W. E. Clark
Samuel Wilson Stewart
Bond ‘County
Iowa
Huldah M. Reynolds
Putnam County
Iowa Territory
Moscow
Muscatine
Linn
Jones Counties
Stewart
Moscow Church
Advocate Review
Abraham Lincoln
St Louis street car strikes flare in wage dispute joins labor unrest
John Priester visits Muscatine and reports St Louis crowds clash with street car workers over wages and long hours. Strikers threaten to disable wires and burn cars. Police, loyal to rules, face mass sympathy withdrawals after decades of service.
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John Priester
St. Louis
South Muscatine
Musserville
Weed Park
East Hill
Rehmel
Musser
E. P. Allis
Milwaukee
Wis
Sauer
West Fifth Street
W. C. Strong
Sash and Door Co
Kleinfelder Hotel
Flora Manlove
Rebecca Shoemaker
Wellman
Town
Chas. Ruthenberg
Wapello
Musserville M. E. League
Wm. Hoefer
Odel
Demorest Avenue
Hopewell weather and local visits noted in brief
The Diamond to steamer Quincy passed up Monday while the Mountain Belle and a consort went by Sunday. Rain has fallen enough to ease concerns for a while. Local residents Mrs. Thompson and daughter, Wm Placke Jr and Fred Simons, plus Carrie and Emma Gerisher and guests, were seen about town. A reader asks for Beggs German Salve claiming piles relief and cure, offered by merchants.
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Diamond
Quincy
Wm. Thompson
Letts
Wm. Placke, Jr
Fred. Simons
Mr. Placke
Wm. Placke
Hood's Sarsaparilla Proclaimed Best Spring Medicine
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal spring remedy. It claims to cure eruptions and skin diseases, scrofula, eczema, salt rheum, dyspepsia, weak blood, nervous troubles, and fatigue, asserting it purifies blood and strengthens nerves.
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Iood
Hood
Constipation and its Far Reaching Effects
The article links constipation to pale jaundiced skin, pimples and headaches. It explains the liver and bowels maintain health, kidneys and bowels as outlets for refuse, and warns that dry hard stools can distend the rectum and weaken blood vessels.
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Nature
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Joe Kranz
J. E. Kranz
Florist
North Cedar St. Tel
C. H. Armstrong
Front Street
HK. M. Bartlett
Horan & Devitt
P. O
Ben. Beach, Jr
Emil Kranz
Ottumwa
William H. Wahk
Ella Lang
Barney Bississi
J. Elliott
West Liberty
Coldren
Jack the Hugger
Lily H. Baird
Eldon
Louise Whitstock
Kansas City
Edna Smalley
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Helen Dodge
Washington
J. W. Rhodes
The
Electric Railway Company
Hershey
Fred. Dant
Rathbone
Illinois
John McMasters
Eskridge, Kan
R. E. Ray
J. A. Gilpin
Barney Miller
Advent Church
Mrs. Noble
Eliza, Ill
John Eliason
William Kaiser
John Richards
W. S. Hill
Scott Blackwell
W. L. Roach
Marshalltown
Henry Earl
George Stoker
John Butler
Ashton & Butler
Canon City
Colorado
Second Street
R. J. Cherry
Hattie Berkshire
Mason City
Gruhn
Rochester Seminary
New York
German Baptist Church
J. D. Fulham
Charlie
B. E. Lilly
Iowa Avenue
Fourth Street
W. W. Webster
Eckels
Muscatine Citizen
51St
San Roque
Quinga
Quinga River
Pulilan West
Calumpit
San Tomas
San Fernando
J. T. Davidson
W. C. T. U. Convention
Rosevelt Reviews Regiment
S. W. Stewart
Hopewell
H. D. Lane
Gravitt. Ark
Dr. A.V. Banes
Dr. A. V. Bannes
H. J. Crawford
Optican
J.M. Scott
Wilton, Iowa
Boyd Corn Planters
Champion Binders
C. S. Hain
Ohio
Binder Twine
L D Williams
Thorp Bros
Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
Philadephia
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