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Newspaper
Telegraph Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1910
Page
13
A misc column from Dubuque recounts humorous vignettes and local sketches. Items include a wax figure gag at Union Electric Co window, a dynamite pill tale, a hotel registration prank, and light verse on tomorrows and fashion. Local quips and society humor mix with short anecdotes and Windollets.
The excerpt mentions trained workers for John Houston, a bleak winter coat display with a sale price, and women disliking pay-as-you-enter cars due to conductors' questions. It also references Lola possibly appearing at the Bijou in Dubuque, suggesting a varied set of local notes and cultural mentions on an April outline.
Beetown News notes Andy Welsh sale drew a large crowd, with all items selling well. The item hints at local travel patterns and cautions readers about early treatment for colds, promoting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a preventive measure.
Notice to property owners under city ordinance that a special assessment will be levied for sidewalk renaming work performed by city carpenters in August October November December 1999. Council meeting February 3 1910 will decide the assessment on all affected lots and parcels. owners may appear and show cause why the levy should not be imposed.
Dubuque city records list individual property assessments from October to December 1910 including brick and lumber costs on lots in several sub divisions. Total assessments amount to 15 dollars 25 cents. Also mentions Winchell Smith at work on Get Rich Quick Wallingford adaptation and Clayton White vaudeville act, plus Francis Wilson rights purchase for The Bachelors Baby to be staged in London by the Duke of York company.
H. Denman Thompson, longtime star of his own play The Homestead, will begin a vaudeville engagement in New York on an announced date. The actor is known for touring with the piece and will bring a new act to the theater season.
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