Wilton High School Graduation Honors 1907
Wilton's twenty ninth annual commencement at M E church honors thirteen graduates. Orations by Mary Estella Mourney Olga Port Vera Sherberger Alpha McLain Grace Woodhouse Helen Pool Paul Collier and Sylvester Kiser highlight themes of individuality perseverance and civic virtue as music and declamations accompany the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Bloom
Mary Estella Mooney
Miss Mooney
Sylvester Kiser
Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell
England
Olga Port
Arden
Sam
America
Vera Pearl Sherberger
Alpha McLain
Goldsmith
Patience
China
Miss McLain
Grace Woodhouse
Holland
Galveston
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Helen Pool
Berth
Roosevelt
Paul Collier
Rengo Fat Cure Ad Tops Grocery Page: Obesity Claim
A Detroit based medical sales pitch touts Rengo as a fat reducing cure with health benefits and no weakness. It lists $1 per box pricing, mail trials, and Muscatine druggist endorsement, urging readers to try the product at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rengo
Rengo Co
Detroit
Mich
A. W. Morgan
Local notes on visitors and errands around town
Addison Hopson of Fruitland and Miss Bessie Johnson returned to the area after visits. George Becke of Sterling arrives for a weeks stay. Mrs. R. B. Hillman of Washington and Mrs. Alfred Small of Columbus Junction shop in town. Several residents attend Wilton graduation exercises and return home. Local ads promote buggy prices, screens, halibut and sturgeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Hillman
Washington
Alfred Small
Columbus Junction
Nervous Exhaustion Ad Marketing Dr Miles Nervine
A testimonial claims Dr Miles Nervine relieves nervous exhaustion headaches and bodily weakness. Marie Harris of Piqua Ontario recounts improved energy and reduced doctor visits after using Nervine and Nervine Liver Pills. The ad notes Nervine is sold by druggists with a money back guarantee from Miles Medical Co of Elkhart Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles’ Nervine
Dr. Miles
Marie Harris
College St
Piqua
Onto
Miles
West Liberty Obituary and Local Social Note roundup
Funeral of Mrs. Eli L. Wells in West Liberty conducted by Rev. Furniss and Rev. Hanley with burial at Oakridge cemetery. Community notices cover visitors, travel, graduations, alumni meeting, and a June 2 Woodmen of America decorative service at the hall for observed deceased neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Iowa
Eli L. Wells
Clay Street
George Furniss
Presbyterian Church
J. R. Hanley
M. E. Church
Jont. Maxson
Eli Elliott
Harmond Myers
Thomas
Sam Mitchell
Chas. Gibson
Oakridge Cemetery
Mary Patterson
Wapello
Irwin Atkins
Clarksville
Mesdames Wild Briggle
Ed. White
Wilton
Fiehly
Lou Figle
Downey
Sarah Coffman
Columbus Street
West Branch
California
David Smith
Third Street
W. H. Shipman
Davenport
H. W. Lewis
Denver
Colo
J. W. MecEllavy
Chicago
J. J. Hodgson
Springdale
East Fourth Street
Charlie Vore
Nellie
West Liberty High School
Howard Rockafellow
Muscatine
Thos. Gray
Rock Island
Ill
Elias Sanders
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Marion
Inlaw
Childs
Sarah Jane Jenkinson
Liberty Camp Modern Woodmen of America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilton Ugh
Stephenson
Field
Edison
Anna Murphy
Jean Valjean
Victor Hugo
Nellie Henderson
Earl Whitmer
Commonwealth
Elsie Kiser
Earth
W. A. Pye
N. A. McAulay
Renge
G. M. Titus
Addison Hopson
Fruitland
Frank Bowman
Thomas McIntyre
Abe
George Becke
Sterling
Bessie Johnson
Northwest
Dr. Clappere
J. O. Mucha
Clara
Riverside
Mary Dwyer
J. A. Sutton
New Salem, Ill
Lillie Garner
Nancy
Minnie Klein
Wilton High School
G. W. Sherberger
Samuel Huntsberger
Joseph Schrader
Wellman, Ia
Wilson Toyne
West Seventh Street
Gertrude Block
Jennie Rider
George Harris
Letts
Martha Thompson
West Front St
Caleb Berry
Woodlawn Avenue
Sophia Angerer
Edward McSwiggin
Candy Kitchen
Florence Appel
Laura Junkin
Havercamp’s
Louis Othmer
Miss Mabel
Burlington
L. L. Lane
West Second Street
C. L. Dreter
Kansas City
Panama
Maitie McDaniel
Mollie
Alice Small
A. J. Weaver
West Sixth Street
Ayer
I.C.A Co
Lowell, Mass
Wasentine
W. A. Morgan Druggist
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
Standard OL. Company (Incorporated
B. A
Metz
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