Local society notes and visits fill Davenport pages
Madam Betts here all this week for new silver spoon patterns at Swan's. Mrs. W. A. Blakeney visits with Mrs. Vic Mull then heads to Washington IA for friends before returning to Denver CO. Miss Kate Winnemore returns from St Louis with grandmother Mrs. A Schmeltzer. Mrs. M F Jackson and Miss Eva Johnson visit Davenport from Muscatine at Miss Lizzie Ryan's home. Miss Lillian Bridgeford, former Davenport teacher, passes through en route to Jefferson for a visit and will teach in Des Moines next year. An ice cream social is planned by the Bankers' Pioneer association at Maccabee hall with Prof Burroughs impersonator. Admis sion 25c. Snaps in sheet music sold at Hirt & Fesler's. A B C Family Tea advertised as pleasant medicine at Havercamp's Drug Store.
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Bankers’ Pioneer Association
Maccabee Hall
Burroughs
Lic
Lillian Bridgeford
Des Moines
Jefferson
Wilton Fair and Sheet Music Sale Adverts
An extended notice details a sheet music sale at Hirt & Fesler's on Sept 3 4 and 5 and promotes the Wilton fair and races on Sept 8 9 10 with reduced rates. It lists many popular tunes and notes local residents traveling, shopping, or attending events and the Firefly steamer service to Washington for business and visits.
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Great Wilton
No Music xchanged Pianist to play for you
A pianist will perform for listeners at the venue after a schedule change. The change delays previously planned music events and shifts the program to a solo piano recital. Organizers urge attendees to arrive early for seating and program details.
Hirt & Fesler announce three day sheet music sale
Louis Bodeker of Wapello was in Muscatine on business. Hirt & Fesler announce a big sheet music sale beginning Thursday and lasting three days. Mrs. J. W. McKee from Iowa avenue attended the Columbus Junction fair starting today. Mrs. Amalie S. Gobble at 103 West Seventh street offers lessons and voice testing on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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Hirt & Fesler
Louis Bodeker
Wapello
J. W. McKee
Iowa Avenue
Columbus Junction
Amalie S. Gobble
West Seventh Street
Grand Display Fall Goods at The Boston Store
The Boston Store announces a complete stock of new fall goods including carpets rugs curtains hosiery underwear table linens towels napkins ready to wear suits walking skirts jackets cloaks and more all new stock ready for customers. You are invited to call.
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Boston
Finest Velvet Carpets Sale Ad
A newspaper ad touts velvet carpets at 89 cents per yard with savings of 5 to 10 dollars on each purchase. It promotes new all wool carpets at 39 to 55 cents per yard, large room rugs from 3 to 35 dollars, and claims 25 years in the business with quick installation.
Great Sale Dress Goods In Muscatine
One hundred pieces of new dress goods on sale all wool dress goods in colors at 25c 29c 35c 39c and up per yard. Black wool goods for skirts and shirts at 36c 49c 58c 68c 83c 98c up to 1.98. Call or send for samples to see the best value.
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Muscatine
Local merchants tout big bargains and school supplies
The Dillaway Crockery Co announces major chinaware sales at below factory cost. Wilson's Shoe Store offers a free school tablet, pencil and ruler with every pair of school shoes through September 12. Bond's department store promotes a mammoth china stock and special discounts. Blanchard Packing Co slashes lard to 4c per pound. Dr J L Pentzer urges mothers to have children’s eyes examined before school starts.
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Dillaway Crockery Company
Wilson's
Wilson
M. N. Bond
Bond
Blanchard Packing Company
Muscatine
J. L. Pentzer
Special weekly sale on linens and towels
The ad lists air nice cotton blankets, large 50 cents size, various prices for towels, toweling, linen, and Turkish towels. It promotes heavy Russia crash linen, silk and gingham items, steel rod umbrellas, Paragon frames, and wide silk ribbons in assorted yard and width measurements.
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Russia
Ready Made Suits Offer Wide Selection in Gall Colors
A new line of ready to wear tailor made suits is displayed in black and gall colors with prices ranging from 10.00 to 85.00. The collection includes long jacket Louis XIV jacket blouse jacket and Norfolk jacket with over 75 suits at low prices.
Ready Made Skirts at Boston Store
Ready to wear skirts offered in short and long lengths, silk options, all sizes and colors with prices ranging from 1.56 to 8.50. The Boston Store invites customers to shop for fashionable skirts and promises satisfaction.
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Boston
Lace Curtain Sale Offers Wide Price Range
Lace curtains in 56 to 60 inch widths and 3 to 30 yards long are offered at prices from $1.00 to $5.00 per pair. Madras silk chintz tapestry and rope panels are advertised at low prices with many patterns and sizes available.
Mocon Cereal Coffee Promises Mind Boosting Drink
An advertisement extols Mocon Cereal Coffee as a brain aiding beverage. It claims the drink sharpens thinking, sustains alertness, and nourishes the nerves like roast beef, with a pleasant flavor and aroma. It markets Mocon as The Food Drink and Man's Best Drink for constant use.
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Gladstone
Boxmakers Meet to Decide on Labor Day Turnout
The Boxmakers are asked to assemble at the Socialist hall on Mulberry Street this evening to decide whether to turn out for Labor Day.
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Socialist Hall
Mulberry Street
W C T U District Convention at Cedar Falls
The district convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held in Cedar Falls on August 25 and 26.
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Cedar Falls
Ottumwa Seeks Shoe Factory to Employ 400 Men
Ottumwa officials are pursuing a new shoe factory project in the city that would create about 400 jobs. The effort focuses on identifying a suitable site and attracting the plant to enhance local employment and industry.
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Ottumwa
Nickel Plate Line Praised for Comfort and Dining Service
The Nickel Plate road and its eastern connections are hailed as a top Chicago to New York route. It operates three daily through first class trains with modern amenities and a popular dining car service offering meals on the American Club Plan, with prices from 35 cents to $1.00. Colored porters assist passengers, especially mothers traveling with children, and no excess fares are charged.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
West Shore
Boston & Maine
Chicago
New York
Boston
Nickel Plate Road Passenger Service Details
The Nickel Plate Road operates trains to and from Chicago. All passenger trains use the La Salle Street Station, the city’s sole passenger station on the Elevated Loop. The City Ticket Office is located at 111 Adams Street in Chicago.
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Nickel Plate Road
la Salle St
Chicago
City Ticket Office
Adams St
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2Nd St
Reliance Loan Co
Jeb Kranz
West Second Street
Madam Betts
Swan's
W. A. Blakeney
Vic. Mull
Washington
Denver
Colo
Kate Winnemore
St. Louis
A. Schmeltzer
A. B.C
Havercamp’s
Hirt & Fesler’s
M. F. Jackson
Eva Johnson
Davenport
Lizzie Ryan
Walling Court
P. J. Bound
Sioux Falls
S. D
Hiawatha
Arizona
Casey Corner
Two Ste P
Lindy
University of Iowa
Mascagni
Nyle
Sue
Madelaine
Misery Hall
Mary
Wilton
E. E. W. Schaffer
Lone Tree
E. E. Lilly's
Dry Good Store
Bart Huffman
East Fourth Street
Vernon Tyler
Ilinois City
Philip Schweitzer
Bismarck Street
Kate Ament
East Second Street
Emma and
Rosina Wheatright
H. O. Langly
East Seventh Street
Helen Jackson
Linn Street
George M. Titus
Colorado
M Havercamp
Bessie Hoerr
Viola Marx
Burlington
Maud Brisbine
Lula Nell
Mlinois City
Rock Island
Teachers’ Institute
Harry Harrier
East Front Street
Sidney
Robt. Wilson
Ella
Letts
John Wilson
Fred Hacker
West Third Street
J. S. McKee
Brigge
St. Paul
Wm. Fishburn
George Shields
Bloomington Township
John Will
Lake Township
John Radcliff
R Fesle & Hirt
Yene
Muscatine, Iowa
R. A. Holmes
Journal Building
Wilson Shoe Store
Ist
Dr. Pentzer
Bogard’s
W. En
E. Second ST
Boxmakers
Longley
Derby
Anson Clothing Co
A Haviland
China
Libbey
Bradley & Hubbard Center
Dillaway
Tiemcke’s Drug Store
Mulberry St
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