Moonlight excursion and local moves headline brief items
Local notes record Mrs. R S McNutt and Mrs W W McQuesten heading to Davenport and Cranston for day visits. Miss Minnie Eshleman travels to Columbus Junction. Individuals from Davenport to Letts Ottumwa and Kirksville are noted, with social visits and business trips. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promotes health claims in items for sale. Journal arranges free Western Union want ads and half cent per word pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ain
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Western Union Telegraph Co
Western Union
Firemen's Frolic in Council Bluffs Promises Spectacle
The Iowa Firemen's State Association tournament comes to Council Bluffs June 6 to 9 1905 with over 3500 in cash prizes. Barneys Oldfield and his Green Dragon will perform in the parade and time trials, drawing thousands to see illuminated runs and hub racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Firemen’s State Association
Council Bluffs
Dla
Citizens of
Army of the Tennessee
Philippines
Covalt
Lake Manawa
Fair Grounds
Barney Oldfield
Green Dragon
Oldfield
Names Added to Muscatine Cemetery Burials List
Additional names of soldiers buried in Muscatine cemeteries are listed. The entries include George C. Winn Co A 35th Iowa Wm F Davis second lieutenant Co C 1st Iowa Inft Edward L Couch Co C 1st Iowa Inft William Hart Co C 1st Iowa Inft William Ogilvie Co C 1st Iowa Inft H Smith Tullis Co C 1st Iowa Inft William Stewart Co C 1st Iowa nft Lafayette Keckler Co A 2nd Iowa ay James H Howel Co C 16th Iowa. These names were not on the local G A R post records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
George C. Winn
Iowa
Wm. F. Davis
Edward L. Couch
William Hart
William Ogil
Masonic Grand Lodge Returns to Davenport for Fourteenth Session
Davenport hosts the Masons as the Grand Lodge meets next Tuesday marking the 14th Davenport session, the most held in any Iowa city. The piece notes Davenport’s long history with the lodge since 1859 and honors past gatherings and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Grand Lodge
Masonic Grand Lodge
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Dubuque
Masons of
Iowa
City
Funeral of Old Soldier Matthew Cochran Held in Lake Township
Funeral services for Matthew Cochran a veteran of the Civil War were held at his Lake township home with nine Shelby Norman post G A R members acting as pallbearers and escort. Interment followed at Greenwood cemetery with Rev Judson Kempton officiating.
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Matthew Cochran
Lake Township
Shelby Norman Post
Muscatine County
Greenwood Cemetery
Judson Kempton
First Baptist Church
Gustav Schmidt
M. O. Stanwood
Robert Baird
Edward Kemptner
Robert Armstrong
A. G. Tyler
Luther Woods
E. Hennicker
J. Rehmel
A Machine for Women Best Sewing Machine Advise
An ad touts the Singer sewing machine as lightest running most durable and convenient. It urges shoppers to look for the red S and provides an address at 323 East Second St Muscatine Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer
East Second St
Muscatine
Martha Huber
East 88Th St
New York
Cty
Household Ointment touted for curing skin diseases
A historical advertisement proclaims Dr. Hales Household Ointment relieves itching burning and disfiguring skin eruptions with a first application. Sold at all drug stores and from Kenyon and Thomas Adams NY.
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Hales
al Drug
Kenyon & Thomas
Adams
West Liberty daily notes and local moves May 31
West Liberty residents report visiting relatives and running errands in nearby towns. George Wilkinson visits his brother Levi in Iowa City while Houston and McCaw work for Nichols. Others travel to Lettaville Davenport and Riverside for business and games.
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West Liberty
George Wilkinson
Iowa City
Levi
S. A
Mr. Houston
Louie McCaw
Nichols
Heck
Phin. Gibson
Lettaville
Webber
Council Bluffs
Inez Houston
Ethel Potter
Davenport
Cy. Armstrong
James Nuckles
Lloyd Smith
Esther
Edwin Deemer
Des Moines
Harrison
John Wesson
Messrs
Hunter
Wright
West Branch
Riverside
Harry Hanover
Buckley
Open at City Railway Park Next Monday
Chicago promoter O. J. Fullemwider announces the opening of continuous vaudeville at Citizens' Railway Park on Monday June 5 with two first class sketch teams Mitchell and Bowning and Sully and Phillips plus moving pictures songs and other features. Saturday and Sunday matinees for children with five cent admission.
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City Railway Park
O. J. Fullemwider
Chicago
Citizens’ Railway Park
Fullemwider
Mitchell
Bowning
Sully
Phillips
Iowa Central Ry. sale offers to Minnesota Dakota points
Land agents alerted that the Iowa Central Railway will sell round trip tickets at one fare plus two dollars to certain northern Minnesota and Dakota points with return by October 31st. Lower round trip fares available daily to St. Paul and Minneapolis after June 1st. For details contact agents or A. B. Cutts G. P. & T. A. Minneapolis Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central Ry
Minnesota
Dakota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
A. B. Cutts
Minn
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Cigar
MGOS
Ill
A. G. Bestenrichner
Steamer
Columbia
R. S. McNutt
Helen Blair
Chas. Clifford
Cedar Street
Letts
M. Sauer
East Eleventh Street
W. H. Graff
West Sixth Street
iAsk
Minnie Eshleman
Lone Tree
Columbus Junction
W. W. McQuesten
Harriet
West Third Street
Cranston
S. E. Wales
East Eighth Street
Adams Station
C. D. Foster
Foster, N
T. W. Swift
East Second Street
Will Gallagher
Son Rolland, O
Washington
Elizabeth Hoffman
Isett Avenue
Grinnell
Wilmina Gladstone
Ottumwa
Kirksville
Pioneer Life Insurance of
W. Proctor
Marshalltown
Denver
E. Earl
Earl Avenue
Lion
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo, Ohio
State Association
Grand Parade
Daven
Port
Lodge of Masons
Maroons
Applegate
Moline
Muscatine Maroons
Fred Applegate
Woods
Isaacson
Peterson
Red Murray
Fesler
Patterson
George
Priester
Page
Casey
Murray
Wildhaber
Calmark
Pomige
Ee. S
Seth
Th. Vecerees
R. F
Te Deutschman, Lf
Io Cckacceos
Wertman
Sf Wildhaber
le Oes
Se Bergendahl
Feeee
Sinclair
Thane
Fae
Innin
Bergendahl
Huey
Wiesse
Sea
Ty Wess
What Is
Castoria
Muscatine Lumber and Box Co
Wilhelmina Sxow
Trens
Economic League
Portland
Cardus
L. A. Austin
N. 6Th St
Kansas City
Louise Fina
Hennessy St
New Orleans
Cardui
Home Tea Co
Jackson Electric Co
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