Excursions To Start After June First From Tri Cities
Week end excursions from Davenport to this city on the steamer Columbia will begin after June 1. The boat leaves the tri-cities around 3 30 and arrives about 6. Return trips start at 7 and reach Davenport about 10 45. Local residents frequent these trips and often ride to the tri cities on the return. The steamer usually arrives in time for the midnight Milwaukee train back to Davenport.
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Davenport
Columbia
Tri-Cities
Milwaukee
Local visitors greet families in Iowa Bluffs area
Iowa Bluffs residents report Thursday visits from Mrs. Hammer and children and Mrs. Ottie Devore with family. R. H. Duncan and Carl called on Mrs. H. E. Jones, while Mr. and Mrs. James Kemp of Fredonia visited with their daughter Mrs. Harry Mishler and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Bluffs
Hammer
Ottie Devore
R. H. Duncan
Carl
H. E. Jones
James Kemp
Fredonia
Harry Mishler
J. E. Reynolds
Helen
Burlington Plays Host To Regimental Camp In July
Burlington seeks the Fifty fourth Iowa encampment for July 18 to 28. Company H bids to host the event with Orchard City favored by local soldiers and regimental officers to relocate the camp there if approved by the Adjutant General Logan.
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Burlington
Iowa
Logan
Orchard City
Social Visit Recaps From Local Residents
Thursday afternoon visits at Mrs. Margaret Hetfield's noted. Fred and Mrs. Simmons spent Sunday at Mr. Housheal's in Gladwin. W. F. Marston and son Floyd visited Sunday with George Marling and family.
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Margaret Hetfield
Fred Simmons
Louisiana Governor Seeks Bank Support for New Orleans Panama Exposition
Governor J W Sanders asks Muscatine State Bank officials to back New Orleans as the Pan American World Exposition site. He argues the city’s central U S location, high regional demand, lower travel costs for 75 percent of Americans, and potential South American participation would keep vast spending in the Mississippi Valley rather than San Francisco. He cites Rep Frank P Woods as point of contact for Industrial Arts and Expositions.
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Muscatine State Bank
Jared V. Sanders
Louisiana
New Orleans
United States
New Orleans Clearing House Association
San Francisco
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Frank P. Woods
House On Industrial Arts and Expositions
J. W. Sanders
Encampment Headquarters Planned for G A R Event in Des Moines
Details emerge for the Iowa G A R encampment to be held in Des Moines in June. From June 8 to 10 veterans will parade, drill, and attend patriotic programs led by Col Alexander Rodgers and National Commander S R Van Sant.
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Alexander Rodgers
Sixth Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
United States
S. R. van Sant
Minnesota
W. R. Co
Des Moines Fire Department
M McDonald
Department of Iowa
Savery
Iowa Prisoners of War Association
Iowa Hotel
Ladies of the
Chamberlain
Memorial Day Committees Named and G A R Delegates Chosen
Col S G Hill Camp No 25 Sons of Veterans named Ralph A Thompson M W Stirlen and W S Hill as representatives to the state G A R encampment in Des Moines in June. Delegates also selected for the Memorial Day events and the Mulford Congregational church service. Decor ation day committees include decorating Presbyterian church and monument with members Thompson Armstrong Stirlen Pomeroy Richie Duprez Cook.
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Ralph A. Thompson
M. W. Stirlen
W. S. Hill
Col. S. G. Hill
Sons of Veterans
Des Moines
Mulford Congregational Church
Presbyterian Church
Charles Armstrong
W. N. Stirlen
W. B. Pomeroy
George W. Richie
Paul E. Duprez
Albert Cook
Downey Notes Busy Week of Local Residents
Downey Iowa reports a week of visitors and social events. Mrs. Tom Seaton improves after illness. Rev. J. S. Wood and Rev. D. H. Howey visit nearby towns. Mrs. Susan Gates, Louis Dress family, and others travel to Iowa City and Muscatine. The M P church Ladies Aid meets. Fr Morris has auto trouble. locals attend an eclipse and Halley’s comet viewing.
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Downey
Tom Seaton
J. S. Wood
West Liberty
Susan Gates
Iowa City
Morgan
Muscatine
Louis Dress
D. H. Howey
Osceola
M. P
Paul Weber
St. Louis
N. D. Eyler
Lew Jenkinson
William Jenkinson
Walter Hollaway
Kate Hormel
Madaline
Figgle
Sarah Gates
Charles Secrist
Guy Summers
Baby
M. P. Church
Stephen Low
Fr. Morris
How He Cured His Skin Disease
A man recounts years of eczema, failed treatments, and eventual cure using S S S blood purifier. The ad explains eczema and other skin diseases stem from impurities in the blood and claims S S S removes the cause, offering a free book from The Swift Specific Co Atlanta GA.
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Mr. Norfolk
S.S.S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Memorial Day Grave Decoration Detail List Names
Fred W. Miller, David Honts and Emerson Bowman honored with grave decorators for Memorial Day. The list includes Herbert G. Thompson Wm Eberling John Bishop Fred Lewis David Holliday Arthur Madden M W Stirlen C E Chase Dan F Borgstadt Ev Brandenburg Andrew Long Harry Biles Joseph Biles Robt Schenck Jr Charles Jacobs Geo Winn Emmet Huffman and Earl DeCamp.
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Fred W. Miller
David Honts
Emerson Bowman
Herbert G. Thompson
Wm. Eberling
John Bishop
Fred Lewis
David Holliday
Arthur Madden
M. W. Stirlen
C. E. Chase
Dan F. Borgstadt
Ev. Brandenburg
Andrew Long
Harry Biles
Joseph Biles
Robt. Schenck, Jr
Charles Jacobs
Geo. Winn
Emmet Huffman
Earl DeCamp
Letts News Highlights Local Visits and Upcoming Alumni Banquet
Letts and area residents share a busy week with school events and family visits. Mrs. Mary Shellabarger and others attended a last day of school picnic near Columbus Junction. The Letts High School Alumni plan their annual banquet at Woodman hall with Lydia Pool as speaker on June 5. Funeral services for O. H. P. Linn were led by F and A M at the cemetery, with many Letts residents present.
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Letts
Mary Shellabarger
Robi. Elliot
L. A. Gipple
Dr. Summers
Columbus Junction
Elm Grove
Winifred Shellabarger
F. B. Idle
South Dakota
Edward Fanning
Kate
Mary
Idaho
Michael Cody
Idaho Springs
Iowa City
Omaha
E. S. Rabe
West Liberty
J. H. Letts
Wm. Hendrix
Elmer Furnas
A. M
O. H. P. Linn
Columbus City
Wapello
Frank Gresham
Walter Hendrix
Pittsburg
Hyomei Croup Remedy Praised By Washington Father
A Washington, DC father raves about Hyomei as a cure for child croup after using a midnight trip to an all night drug store. He says his four year old son breathed easier in five minutes and slept soundly in fifteen, urging others to try the remedy. The full home outfit costs one dollar and is sold by Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store, with instructions for curing catarrh coughs and sore throat.
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Hyomei
Jos. E. Clark
6Th St. S. E
Washington, D. C
Havercamp
New Life Pills touted as painless purifiers at Havercamp's
The ad promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as painless abdominal purifiers priced at 25 cents, sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Havercamp
Local visitors share news of hometown folks
Lincoln Barnett returns from Trenton to visit family while Ada Letts visits Davenport.
Old Clifton Social Roundup Mixed Visits
May 25 entry notes Mrs J K Solomon and brother from Oklahoma visiting Mrs Earl Aig. Several locals spend Sundays with friends at Kinmouth Knott Stevens and others. L B Lancaster returns from Davenport with little eye improvement.
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Old Clifton
J. K. Solomon
Oklahoma
Earl Oraig
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