War circuluses clash for Iowa billboards in summer circuit
Iowa becomes battleground for Forepaugh & Sells Ringling Wallace circuses as advertising war heats up. A. G. Ringling arrives with a car and posters while Wallace buys space first, leaving Ringling little to copy. Des Moines coverage notes banners flood fences and barns, signaling statewide circus bookings.
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A. G. Ringling
Forepaugh & Sells Circus
Tooworrow
Wallace Circus
Forepaugh & Sells
Wallace
Foss Burns
Iowa
Des Moines
Ringling Bros.’ Circus
Wallace Bros
Ringling
Tuberculosis Can Be Cured Circulars Sent Across Iowa
County Superintendent Witter reports a circular on tuberculosis cause and treatment issued by the Iowa board of control and distributed to every county home. The bulletin urges teachers to pass it to students and families with guidance on prevention, transmission, and treatment requirements.
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Witter
John F. Riggs
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Board of Control
Iowa
Ilinois
Iowa Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
State Board of Health
State Department of Public Instruction
Board of Control of State
Des Moines
Local Shopper Notes and Arrivals in Pearl City
Street notices list straw hats stationery and men’s button cutters at local Iowa avenue shops. Patrons from Grandview Letts Wilton Montezuma Morning Sun and Morning Sun visitors fill trains while doctors dentists and manufacturers advertise services and goods.
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Pearl City
Iowa Avenue
Iowa Township Notes and Local Arrivals
Dr Heck of West Liberty attended neighbors after a Sunday call. Mrs Geo Hutcheson visited daughter Mrs Geo Linn in Moline. John Sholtz hauled hogs to Tipton. Wm Conklin and wife visited Iowa City. Mathew Foley and wife went to Wilton to see Mrs Foley's sister near death. Eugene Smith, an old resident, was buried last Wednesday. The Larue child died at nearly three years. Homer Morten enlarging his house. Atalissa visits by Mrs J Briggle and Mrs Wm Conklin.
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Iowa Township
Dr. Heck
West Liberty
Geo. Hutcheson
Geo. Linn
Moline
John Sholtz
Tipton
Wm. Conklin
Iowa City
Mathew Foley
Wilton
Foley
Homer Morten
J. Briggle
Eugene Smith
Art Larue
Local News of Oak residents and visits
John Dyche and Hugh Boyd visited Will Boyd in Iowa City hospital Saturday. Will is progressing well. Bert McKean of Muscatine spent Sunday with his father in town. Alta Eden visited Friday to Sunday with cousin Nellie Hines.
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Oakland
John Dyche
Hugh Boyd
Iowa City
Will Boyd
Bert McKean
Muscatine
Alta Eden
Nellie Hines
Foley's Honey and Tar Warned Against Imitations
Chicago firm Foley & Co. promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a trusted throat and lung remedy. The advertisement warns of imitate products with similar names and urges asking for the genuine yellow packaged option at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
Foley's
Havercamp’s
Reliable remedy for colic or diarrhea
Chamberlain's product is promoted as a trusted, affordable cure with thousands of testimonials and physician endorsement. Dealers claim long sale history and life-saving potential when medical help is unavailable. Cost is a quarter, urging immediate purchase to avoid risk.
Foley's Kidney Cure Proves Urgent Cure for Willimantic Man
In Willimantic Connecticut Alvin H Stimpson credits Foley's Kidney Cure with a dramatic recovery from acute kidney trouble after many remedies failed. Four bottles finished his cure and he is now entirely well according to Haverkamp's Prescription Drug Store report from the New England states column.
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Foley
Alvin H. Stimpson
Willimantic
Conn
Havercamp
Columbia Steamer Delays Begin Season Run
The steamer Columbia failed to arrive last evening delaying its regular packet trip to Davenport. It secured an excursion in the Tri-Cities yesterday and will start its regular run this evening, marking the season's first packet voyage.
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Columbia
Davenport
Helen Blair
Tri-cities
Columbus Junction Notes From May District Social and Travel
Delayed report from Columbus Junction Iowa outlines attendance at union memorial services at the Presbyterian church and a list of local residents traveling to Des Moines for a field meet visiting Cedar Rapids Muscatine and surrounding areas. It notes trips to Ainsworth Cotter Pleasant Plains and Albia and references residents returning from California and a Muscatine visit by Mrs. E N Bliven and family.
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Columbus Junction
Union Memorial
Presbyterian Church
Hugh and
Jesse Newell
Thos. Newell
Concord Township
Des Moines
Jay Robertson
Vet Noland
Herbert Gee
Iowa Falls
Edgar Gee
E. S. Curtis
Grant Munger
Cedar Rapids
Munger
California
Ruby Rippey
Vinton
Iowa
M. N. Rippey
Elsie Stapp
Cotter
Lee Colton
Haskins
J. M. Delzell
Ainsworth
E. N. Bliven
Oliver Manly
Muscatine
A. P. Ogier
Columbia
Chas. Woodruff
Pleasant Plains
J. W. Hubbard
E. P. Shellabarger
Erwin J. Orr
Albia
Orr Family Visit and Local Notes at Columbus City
Parents Mr and Mrs W W Orr plan to handle business matters while Mrs Orr and son Ralph visit sister Mrs Gerry Stapp and family near Cotter. Paul Armbright leader of the Wapello band traveled to Cotter Saturday. J R Duncan came for his brother S H Duncan's illness and funeral then went home to Omaha. Frank Johnston of West Liberty visits relatives at Columbus City. Flora Shhabillion recovering from appendicitis. The Mize hotel sold Saturday for $1030.
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W. W. Orr
Orr
Ralph
Gerry Stapp
Cotter
Paul Armbright
J. R. Duncan
S. H. Duncan
Omaha
Frank Johnston
West Liberty
Columbus City
Flora Shhabillion
Giant Conspiracy of Illness Foiled by New Discovery
A humorous notice touts a massive conspiracy of coughs and colds aimed at you. It promises relief with King's New Discovery priced at 50 cents and a dollar, as Havercamp's Prescription Drug endorsement hints at a cure.
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King
Havercamp
Stockton Social Notes From May Gatherings
Stockton Iowa May 29. Mr and Mrs Jno Dittmer visited at Martius Meinerts. Misses Rachel and Margaret Megee spent weekend with Davenport parents. Ford Blank family visited Darent relatives. Geo Dittmer and family called at Mrs Frick Walcott. Ihms shopped in Walcott. Carson Krueger visited daughter Mrs Ford Blank. Emma Boldt and Emma Kramer visited Geo Dittmer. Brogskman visiting Grinnell relatives. Seibke couple shopped Walcott.
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Stockton
Jno. Dittmer
Martius Meinerts
Rachel
Margaret Megee
Davenport
Ford Blank
Darent
Geo. Dittmer
Jamily
Frick
Walcott
Wm. Ihms
Carson Krueger
Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley Route Promoted
New York and Philadelphia travelers can reach destinations more pleasantly by the Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley double track route via Niagara Falls. Descriptive literature offered free by Geo W Vaux A G P T A Grand Trunk Railway System 135 Adams St Chicago.
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Grand Trunk
Lehigh Valley
Niagara Falls
Geo. W. Vaux
Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams St
Chicago
Homeseekers Excursions Limited to North Midwest and Beyond
Iowa Central offers weekly Tuesday round trip excursion tickets to Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Canadian northwest, with additional first and third Tuesday routes to the south and west. Fare is one fare plus $2.00, with liberal limits and stopovers. Contact A. B. Cutts P. T. A. Minneapolis for rates and details.
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Iowa Central
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canadian Northwest
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
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James S. Kirk & Co
State Department
OF Education
Pillsbury
VITOS
Story of
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Wittich Bros
Ideal Printery
Thormann Mfg. Co
Mulberry Streets
G. D. Walter
Grandview
B. L. Young
Letts
Wm. Walker
BE. Ryan of
Nichols
B. H. DeCamp
Fruitland
Maude Concannon
Montezuma
F. L. Huey
Eldon
Morrison
Clara Daut
J. B. Schenck
Downey
R. S. McNatt
East Second Street
Third and Mulberry
Fred Hines
Riverside
Melita
C. T. Gremmel
C. E. Stonms
J. Lukenbach
Adams
Emma Auss
C. & S. Sanitary Milk Company
Corner Cedar
Third
White Swan
J. O.ic
Havana
Thomas McDaniels
Adela Woolverton
Osage
H. Rupp
West Second Street
Bodman’s Grocery
Fred Scheamer
W. L. Longstreth
F. Bowman
Mrs. Wm. Zimmerman
Lone Tree
Mulberry
Thormann
D. G. Gates
H. E. Curran
H. B. Morgan
Knoxville
A. Schmidt
Ayer
Muscatine Lumber and Box Co
Chamberlain
New England States
New York
Philadelphia
P. W. Francis
Henry Jayne
Vice Press
THE
Shel
Herm Gremmel
Butler Building
Second St
WM. Bokenk
Journal
Bradfild Regulator
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