East Pleasant Plain Grows With New Rock Island Cutoff
Growth of East Pleasant Plain thrives after the Rock Island cutoff from the Brighton river bridge to Perlee. J Harvey and partners run a major general store with diverse lines, while A L Crumly handles lumber and grain. Local developments include a new savings bank, cheese factory, blacksmithing, hotel, post office, and a busy stock trade led by Henry Pickard. The town’s prospects rise as merchants expand and a strong community tradesbase forms. The Gingerbread Man musical premiering at the opera house adds cultural appeal to the rapid urbanization.
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Rock Island
Brighton River
Perlee
East Pleasant Plain
Pleasant Plain
Rock Island Company
J. Harvey
Ed L. Jones
Harvey
J. R. Harvey
Frank Fuqua
H. M. Allerdice
Henry Turner
Hawkeye Insurance Company
Des Moines
New City
A. L. Crumly
Old Town
Old Pleasant Plain
East Pleasant Plain Savings Bank
Henry Pickard
H. L. McGrew
Frank Pacha
P. G. Cole
John Williams
W. L. Noe
A. Humphrey
RE. W. Bambrick
Opera House
Pastryland
Bon Bon Land
Carmeletti
Fudge
Local Band Concert and City News Notes
A schedule notes a band concert for March 6. The morning lists multiple travelers arriving or visiting the city including H. A. Pauls, W. M. Keeley, Pearl White, Mrs. D. H. Finley, and W. Cherry. Visitors from Mt. Pleasant and Des Moines are mentioned along with several locals visiting relatives. A funeral party for P. J. Carlson heads toward Moline, Illinois for burial.
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55Th H. A. Pauls
W. M. Keeley
Glenn Kirkpatrick
Near Wyman
Frank Taylor
Stanley Miller
Mt. Pleasant
Fay Bales
Keota
Everett Shearer
Ortus Adams
Ainsworth
R. L. Hughes and Son
Fairfield
Will Palmer
Des Moines
Lulu VanHlorn
Letts
Fred Neiswanger
Allen DeLong
Crawfordsville
Florence Mark
Muscatine
al Adams
P. J. Carlson
Moline, Lil
Diapepsin advertised as instant indigestion relief
An advertisement extols Diapepsin Triangules claiming rapid relief from indigestion and related symptoms. It promises five minute digestion, no sour belching, no gas or nausea, and urges keeping a 50 cent case on hand for family use.
Farm Loans Morrison Visit Prominent Locals
A city visitor, Hal Figgins of Richmond, stops in for farm loan discussions. Several locals including Miss Alice Crone, Clarke Carson of Iowa Gas and Electric, and Mrs. I. Crabb journey home after weekend visits. A Wayland group attended a Saturday banquet. Burlington guests spent Sunday with Harveys. Putman of Bloomfield returns from Chicago with new spring millinery goods.
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Hal Figgins
Richmond
Alice Crone
Ainsworth
E. J. Bicher
C. C. Wenger
Dr. E. G. Bittler
Levi Wenger
H. H. Huhime
Wayland
James Fitzgerald
Burlington
Harvey Chance
Miss Putman
Bloomfield
Martin Scranton
Chicago
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised by Carpenter
E S Lopez of Manilla New York says the salve healed many severe cuts and saved him suffering and dollars. It heals burns sores ulcers fever sores eczema and piles. 25 cents at Stewart’s Pharmacy.
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E.S. Lopez
Manilla
N. Y
Stewart's Pharmacy
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Nixon and
Zimmerman
The
New Pleasant Plain
Fine General
the Gingerbread Man
Ed Eicher
F. K. Morrison
West Chester
Morrison
Stuart & McCgreedy
South
P.O
Edwin Griffith North Side Square
Hawkeye
Mason Transfer & Storage CO
Paul
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