Local Notes and Classified Items in Hobart and Letts
J. J. Griffith sells the Hobart M. Cable piano exclusively. L. A. Gippel and his daughter from Letts visited the city shop. For sale good buggy and Jewett typewriter in good condition via Charles Seiler. Edward Hacker returns from three weeks on the road to the city. Hirt & Fessler offer a second hand organ at 28 dollars due to space limits. John Mahin returns from Northwestern Iowa reporting worse flood conditions than eastern Iowa.
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Hirt & Fessler’s
John Mahin
Iowa
Sioux City
Local residents travel messages with small ads and notices
Daily notices list local residents with travel plans visits and relocations including W M Boyer W Chapman Mrs L M Jamison Miss Lelia Sheffie Dollie Kane Bertha Clay and Dennis Ryan. It notes a second hand square piano for sale at 55 and job ad for button machine operator. Also mentions stone delivery for river riprap and class of 1902 meeting at Horace L Husted’s home.
Saturday Dress and Waist Bargains Offer Extra Value
Skirts cut from 5.00 to 1.00 and white waists priced 1.00 to 1.75. Sizes 32 through 40 included. Shop Saturday for best waist you ever saw for your money. Extra value and quality emphasized for the sale event.
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Batiste
Royal Worcester
Local residents make short trips and shop listings
Louis Cohn travels to Davenport on business while Chester Freers heads to Chicago for a job. Hawkeye area residents plan shopping at St. John's for pies and vegetables and visit towns like Lone Tree and Cedar Rapids. Pianos, shoes, and music lessons are advertised along with Decoration day hour notes.
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Hirt & Fester’s
Music House
F. H. Shinn
Firefly
Davenport
Memorial Day Observance Plans Outline Parade Schedule
Mayor McNutt urges business closures for Decoration Day observances. Weather forecaster predicts fair conditions tonight and tomorrow aiding a large turnout. Shelby Norman Post and allied groups will assemble at 8 am, march from Greenwood cemetery to St. Marys, then form for a 1:30 pm parade on Iowa Avenue. The program at Court Square features Pauchet's Band, prayers, readings, and Oration by Hon Irving B. Richman.
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Shelby Norman Post
G. A. R. Hall
Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood
St. Mary's Cemetery
Post Room
Iowa Avenue
Front
Second Streets
Second Street
F. W. Bishop
Stores and Homes Should Decorate for Tomorrow
H Schmidt and Son Co promotes decorating with flags festoons wreaths and plumes for tomorrow. Forty sons prepared for pig sale. Andrew Healey 76 township named in notices. Rose Siegle leaves 806 East Sixth for Brighton. Mr. and Mrs. E H Barnes return to Letts after shopping in city. Remains of Mrs. J B Betts dead in Chicago arrive Muscatine 7:53 am with funeral at Greenwood chapel 10 am.
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H. Schmidt & Son Co
Andrew Healey
Mrs. E. H. Barnes
Letts
J. B. Betts
Muscatine
Chicago
Greenwood Chapel
Free Watch and Bracelet Offer For Youths At Thiesen’s
A free watch for boys under 15 and a German silver bracelet for girls under 16 are available. Call Thiesen's drug store for a circular on how to obtain the items. The offer lasts ten days only.
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Thiesen
Three rooms for rent in prime second-floor location
Three good rooms on the second floor in a fine location on Second Street. Suitable for living or office use. For details contact Fred S. Pentzer at 122 East Second St.
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Second Street
Fred S. Pentzer
East
Second St
Knights of Pythias Meeting Notice Tonight
Attention Knights of Pythias. There will be work this evening in the rank of Knight, also business of importance, followed by refreshments. Meeting called promptly at 7:30. J. W. Millar, C. C.
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Knights of
Pythias
J. W. Millar
C. C
Selection Double Quartette Parade for Navy Dead at Court Square
Following ceremonies at Court Square the column will march to the high bridge led by school children. Flowers will be cast into the river in memory of dead navy soldiers. Afterward the Women's Relief Corps will serve refreshments in the G A R quarters.
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Second Street
Mulberry
Court Square
Pauchet
J. N. Elliott
Gal. Bitzer
Lincoln
Gettysburg
C. A. Peck
Third Street
High Bridge
Navy
Women's Relief Corps
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Reliance Loan Co
Qver Post Office
J. E. Kranz
Florist
West Second Street
Hobart M. Cable Piano
J. J. Griffith
L. A
Jewett
Charles Seiler
Edward Hacker
W. M. Boyer
East Second Street
W. Chapman
Grandview
Lelia Sheffie
Nelson Carr
Fulham Avenue
Hirt & Fesler
Pearless Pearl Button Co
Rock Island
Dollie Kane
Kalona
Bertha Clay
Mason City
Columbus Junction
West Eighth Street
Dennis Ryan
Mary
John Rice
Miss Hattie
West Liberty
John Welch
Gordie Eastman
Illinois
Wilson's Shoe Store
Horace L. Husted
City Property
Lindle & Daut
East Second St
Wilson’s Shoe Store
Sam Borger
Boston
Vely
Etna
Boston Stor
St. John’s
Louis Cohn
West Fifth Street
St. John's
Chester Freers
Chas, Guthrie
Lone Tree
Dell Swain
Walnut Street
Cedar Rapids
Townsend
J. I. Grieser
St. Mary's Church
John Stuart
L. C. Hirt
West Seventh Street
Nichols
Iowa City
F. H. Nicholson
Marblerock
Washington
Archie Sinclair
Fred BE. Norwood
George Street
Iowa Telephone Company
A. J. Thomas
Lucas _ street
Lee. B. Grabbe
Citizens’ Railway Park
H. M. Bartlett
Spruce Street
Frank Giesler
Oskaloosa
Mystic Shriners
Ben Black
M. J. Welch
M. C. Hayes & Co
Weather Man
Ness
G. A. R. Quarters
Cess
McNutt
Commander Kneese
Irving B. Richman
Rose Siegle
East Sixth Street
Brighton
the Ave. Cash Grocery
L. Angersbach
Avenue Cash Grocer
L. Corn
Wholesale and Retail Clothiers
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