South Muscatine Stores Observe Memorial Day Closures
South Muscatine observes Memorial Day with most factories and mills shut all day and stores closing at noon. The South Muscatine Lumber and Box Co plans full-day observance. Roach & Musser and others have not announced. A butcher shop closes due to business declines. Missionary Society event set. local residents visit relatives and recover from rain.
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South End
South Muscatine Lumber and Box Company
Roach & Musser’s
South Muscatine
Charles Means
Missionary Society
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Friends’ Church
Carrie B. Ferler
Waltham and
Philip Street
Timber Supply Dims as Last Shipment Arrives
Timber output near Hawkins Wisconsin dwindles with logs to be shipped by rail. A new raft of 1,000,000 feet arrived from Stillwater aboard the Isaac Staples indicating ongoing hardwood processing delays. South Muscatine crews expect raft deliveries every ten days as water logs become sole supply. Local notes include Davenport visitors and a Brownwood Texas transplant starting on Nebraska Street.
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South Muscatine
Hawkins
Wis
Geary Harry
Miss Pearl Knapp
Demorest Avenue
Davenport
Adam Sprott
Wesley Munn
Brownwood
Texas
Nebraska
Park Avenue
Fifth Street
E. B. Scott
Scott
Bloom
Annual Picnic Planned for Lincoln School Students
Lincoln school prepares an annual picnic to be held at Weed park likely on Friday June 8 with Miss Vetter entertaining. Teachers and children organize the event to close the school year with a day of games and music in a tradition long kept by the community.
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Lincoln School
Weed Park
Albert Ben Bennick
Hawley Avenue
Daisy Vetter
East Seventh Street
Memorial services and baccalaureate sermon in Wilton
Memorial services were held at the M E church in Wilton Iowa on Sunday with the G A R and Women's Relief Corps in attendance and a large choir. The pas tor delivered a sermon on sacrifice and the blood stained banner of Christ. A baccalaureate sermon followed at the Presbyterian church for the Wilton high school class of 1906 with Rev. G W Fool Rev. J B Bloom and Rev. N A McAuley participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Wilton High School
Wilton
G. W. Fool
J B. Bloom
N. A. McAuley
D. D
Cone
President Roosevelt to Leave for Portsmouth
President Roosevelt will depart Washington this afternoon for Portsmouth Virginia to deliver the Memorial day address before the Army and Navy Union. He travels aboard the cruiser Mayflower with Mrs Roosevelt Miss Carow and his children Ethel and Quentin.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Army and Navy Union
Mayflower
Miss Carow
Ethel
Quentin
Bert Mosely Returns Home After City Visit
Bert Mosely of Firedonia traveled aboard the Firefly yesterday afternoon for a quiet visit to the city. He spent the day exploring local streets and returned home by evening.
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Bert Mosely
Firedonia
Agrier
Grape-Nuts Bread Promises Digestion Relief
An ad text extols Grape-Nuts Food as naturally pre digested by using whole wheat and barley to develop diastase outside the body. It claims white bread causes dyspepsia and bowel issues by starch only, and asserts ten days of use improves strength and health with no chemicals.
Sixth Annual International District Institute Opens in Council Bluffs
The Iowa State Sabbath School Association and International District Institute begin June 19 in Council Bluffs with prominent leaders from Chicago, Columbus, St Louis, and Des Moines attending. The program spans June 19 to 22 with Bible studies, papers, sectional meetings, parades, and district sessions led by Rev. J. M. Gray, D. D., J. H. Engle, and Mary Foster Bryner among others.
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Iowa State Sabbath School Association
International District Institutes
Council Bluffs
Iowa
James M. Gray
D. D
Chicago
Joseph Clark
Columbus
Ohio
J. H. Engle
Abilene
Kan
Mary Foster Bryner
Peoria
H. S. Condit
Storm Lake
Frank P. Hayes
St. Louis
Frank Oliver
Onawa
Robert Englehart
Sac City
D. B. Towner
O. O. Smith
A. F. N. Hambleton
Oskaloosa
Ds B. Towner
Eva Marshall Shantz
American Y. P. C. T. U
J. B. Jackson
Greenfield
W. G. Hohanshelt
G. H. Cotton
F. L. Hoffman
Lena Yeator
Eva Shantz
C. S. Medbury
Des Moines
J. F. Har
Wm. Murchie
Red Oak
T. B. Short
Fairfield
Lucy Leavitt
Waterloo
Grace Wood
Traer
Ellena Yeater
Banner Counties
C. J. Kephart
H. H. Thoren
LeMars
W. 0. Allen
Tabor
Thess
James Gray
Residents and Visitors Chronicle Columbus Junction Notes
May 29 column records Erving Orr resigning as rural mail carrier on route 5 and plans to move with family to western Iowa. Others visit, travel, and return, including Miss Nellie Williams and Mrs. Chas Harper from Prescott, Arizona. Families from Colum bus Junction and nearby towns are mentioned with brief movements and visits.
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Columbus Junction
Erving Orr
Sam
Columbus City
N. Oakes
Fay Oakes
H. D
G. W
Frank
Iowa City
John Richards
Howard Richards
Cotter
Supt
M. C. Crouch
de Witt
James Kelly
Wapello
W. B. Hill
Pueblo
Colo
West Liberty
E. W. Kelley
John Miller
Illinois
Marie Carr
el Paso
Texas
Joe Utt
Wm. Sink
Hild Edwards
Delta
Iowa
Nellie Williams
New Uniforms For Mechanics' Band Debut Tomorrow
The Mechanics' band will appear in new white duck uniforms of the latest military pattern for the Memorial day parade. Summer Shamit, band manager, has signed a contract to provide music for the Independence Day celebration in Illinois City and is arranging additional summer gigs as the band rehearses under Mr. Shainit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summer Shamit
Iinois City
Shainit
Pleasant social notes from local residents
Many residents enjoy visits with relatives and friends across towns. Mrs. Ellen Knowled returns from Chicago with reports of kin in the Windy City while Mr. and Mrs. Trimble of Fredonia visit their daughter Mrs. E. W. Kelly. Other travelers include Mrs. Hal Duncan and Mrs. F. H. Johnston touring Des Moines, and George Dill visiting his mother. Thirty tickets were sold for an Ames excursion via Des Moines.
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George Hanft
Ellen Knowled
Guy Krider
Harry and
Leon
Chicago
Jos. Trimble
Fredonia
E. W. Kelly
Kidder
E. L. Paschal
Wapello
Hal Duncan
F. H. Johnston
Des Moines
W. J. Marsden
George Remley
Iowa City
H. M. Letts
George Dill
Mary Dill
L. G. Woodruff
M. H. Summers
Harry
Letts
Ames
Burlington
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Mount Rose
Cc. A. Godfrey
Miss Cate
Adam Hartman
Andrew G. Bestenlehner
Algona
Connor
John Seitz
Kemper Avenue
Oregon Street
South Muscatine Lumber CO
East Hill
Miss Vetter
Zedeker
Hershey Hospital
Thompson Boney
Buffalo Prairie
Henry Dolan
Basil
Rock Island
Joseph Butcher
Wilton News
Thos. Raynor
Geo. Hammiel
Marengo
T. Becke
Fred Jones
Baby
J. H. Rowe
C. W. Derby
Snyder
Eldon
Wm. Ross
O. E. S. No. 365
Masonic Hall
Nobby
Star Clothing CO
Hirt
Fesler
Memorial Services
Methodist Church
Ruthenberg Clothing Company
Chas. Ruthenberg
Chas. F. Schroeder
Fred Ruthenberg
Washington
District Institute
Vene
Stephen Phelps
Bellevue
Neb
Ill
A. P. George
W. R. Manning
M. F. Bryner
H. A. Shaw
Garden Grove
T. B. Sweet
Topeka
H. M. Steidley
Lincoln
S. W. Cole
Detroit
Mich
J. H. Enzle
S. B. Nichols
Michigan
A. B. Storms
State Agricultural College
Mwa
Seiler Bros
Cey
Muscatine Watch
Swan’s Jewelry Store
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