Largest Funeral Ever Held in Eldon
Columbus Junction report details the El don fire that killed Mrs Lela Shaw and three children including baby. Relatives return from Eldon with accounts disputing foul play and noting a dog may have caused the blaze by upsetting a lamp. Lynn stayed with grandmother. two other children perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Jack Shaw
Eldon
William Shaw
Charlie Shaw
Christian Church
Lela Shaw
Carter
Lynn
Johnston at Washington visit and button factory groundwork
Miss Gertrude Johnston visits friends in Washington. Supt. G A Merrill traveled from Cedar Rapids in his private car to assist with site preparation for a new button factory. Lumber was hauled to the ground and work began on the factory. Mrs. R A Hutton had been visiting friends nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Gertrude Johnston
Washington
G. A. Merrill
Cedar Rapids
R. A. Hutton
Kodol Digestive Aid Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Kodol as containing all natural ferments that digest every food type. It claims a tablespoon digests 20 pounds of food and a bottle digests 40 pounds, guaranteeing relief with a dollar bottle or money back. Produced by E C DeWitt Co in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicazo
Q-Ban Hair Restorer Sold By Omaha Druggist Carload
A Omaha City drug firm buys a car load of Q-Ban Hair Restorer and Tonic. The ad touts returning color to gray hair, claims faster growth, and offers a free 50cc bottle. Refunds offered if six bottles fail. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store sells it locally. Heslig-Ellis Drug Co Memphis handles mail orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha City
Osler
Havercamp
Hessig-Ellis Drug Company
Memphis
Tenn
Local residents return home and visit nearby towns
Davenport residents arrive home Wednesday evening while others travel to Columbus Junction and Burlington. Several residents visit relatives in Clinton area and Iowa City. lectures and moving plans noted.
Illlinois City Briefs Honor Marriages and Accidental Injury
Mrs. Wm. Morehead suffered a broken collarbone when her lively horse ran over an embankment during a drive. Dr. Walker attends. Two weddings occurred last Wednesday with Emma Cannan and Clayton Brubaker and Mr. McClure and Dora Winegard uniting in marriage amid a large crowd. Other notes mention visits by C. Crabtree and Mina to Hillsdale, the Sheppards visiting Mrs. Schnell, Rev. Richardson's sermon, Hale Martin killing a groundhog, and Clara Baker's return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois City
Ill
Wm. Morehead
C. Crabtree
Mina
Hillsdale
Fef. L. Sheppard
Bernice
Hale Martin
Clara Baker
Masonic Banquet Brilliant Affair at Grand Hotel
A Muscatine Masonic banquet by DeMolay Commandery No 1 at the Grand hotel followed an exemplification of the Red Cross degree. The hall featured red cross emblems and rose centerpieces, with Paudhet's orchestra providing the music and toastmaster I S Pepper guiding speakers including J W Eells, G M Titus, and A S Lawrence addressing Masonry and its benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Fraternity of
Muscatine
Grand Hotel
DeMolay Commandery No
Paudhet
I. S. Pepper
J. W. Eells
G. M. Titus
A. S. Lawrence
Bessie Scott
F. T. Nesner
G. D. Lezotte
J. W. Rankin
C. EF. Fox
W. H. Graff
Wilton News Briefs Show voters, visitors traverse Iowa towns
Wilton Ia May 27 Arthur Scull left for Davenport to handle business. Mrs Jerry Mahoney returns home to Redfield from visiting relatives. County Treasurer A C Shifler visits family from Muscatine. Several locals attend a Muscatine Davenport ball game. Numerous residents return or depart for Davenport Durant Muscatine Moscow Rapid City Wapello and Walcott with short visits on Wednesday.
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Louise Jennings
Davenport
Charles Markee
Muscatine
John Swinlan
D. Horst
Sherrard
Harry Kaufman
Otto Marticke
Moscow
Newton Lang
Iowa City
Herman Langman
Durant
Teeple
John Feltman
Rapid City
S. Dak
Albert Paul
Walecott
Clifford Creswell
Wapello
Bert Gatton
Pat McSwicein
Lauren Henderson
J. E. Stinger
M. F. Cronin
Clarence Ejitman
Edward Metzger
Henry Bohnsack
West Liberty High Holds Tent Gradation Despite Weather
West Liberty Illinois May 27 Special The West Liberty High School held its informal graduation in a Redpath Chautauqua tent for the first time in 31 years. About eight hundred attended as the program featured a class history poems and a farce The Gentle Jury with students performing. The formal ceremony is planned for Friday night in the same tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Ila
West Liberty High School
Redpath Chautauqua
Howard Anderson
Nelly Schenck
Walter A. Fd
Debating Society
Lor Allison
Henry W. McElravy
Cavalleria Rusticana
Glee Club
Gladys G. Furniss
J. Lee Lane
Edith M. Richards
Rolan A. Warren
Della L. Eves
Jesse J. Duple
Zona S Nichols
Vera Heacock
Vinnie Wilson
Fern Miller
Gentle Jury
Heacock
Miss Sharp
Miriam_ T. Siberts
Miss Jellyson
Elizabeth Persis Sheldon
Smith
Bessie L. Freshwaters
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Ohaws
Eldgi
G.M. Titus
Iowa Avenue
Margaret and
Paul Buser
A. M. Gay
Cone
Frank Thompson
Burlington
Letha
Merle Oakes
Ida Bailey
J. K. Solomon
E. W. Murdock
Bessie Simmons
P. Armbright
H. Gee
Baby
E. R. Lacey
H. Hale
Frances
G. H. Dickey
Lillie Fuller
Dr. Huston
Crawfordsville
L. G. Browning
May
Mediapolis
Mr. Browning
S. Buffington
Mmes
J. L. Hildebrand
W. J. Barnett
W. E. Shinn
Bell Turkington
Letts
F. C. Buffington
O. C
A. K. Enyrt
P. D. Hay
Mary
J. A. Lilja
West Chester
Jennie Lilja
DE Molay Commandery
FUNC
Knights
Wilton
Fair Oaks
East Hill
West 2Nd St
Western Realty Co
Wallace & Gates
Thompson Bros. Co
GEO. W. Fisher Mulberry Garage
Siaos
Garvas
Mr. Hackett
Clayton B. Mosher
Dingley
Elsie M. Whitacre
Blake
Vinnie Wil
Fritz
Lillie Stevens
Dyer
Bessie Mosh
Small
Lena Freshwaters
Favil
Nellie G. Anderson
Jones
Ella Noring
Fort
Marian A. Cooper
Miss Skinner
Vera A
Dr. King
Just
Swans Jewelry Store
The
Muscatine Produce Co
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