Travel Deals From Washington to Midwest and West
Todd Stuart promotes low fare round trips on the Great Rock Island Route with dates across May to August. Offers include one and one third fare to several cities such as Des Moines Columbus Centerville Lincoln St Paul and more with selected trips plus sleeper service to Chicago. Agent F E Stewart urges travelers to visit for details and booking.
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Washington
Des Moines
Columbus
Ohio
Centerville
Lincoln
Neb
St. Paul
Dubuque
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Abbott
Shell Rock
Waverly
Mesars
Liten & Brooks
Industrial and Immigration Agts
Cedar Rapids
Joan G. Farmer
AGP &T.A
Local Happenings and City Movements
A stream of brief notes from the town includes residents traveling to Ainsworth and Muscatine for business, visits to Chicago and Keota, and arrivals from Richland. Emigrants passed through on the OC RI & P to Kansas, and the Rock Island depot conducts repairs as houses and a store are moved for a railroad cut off.
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Father Grothe
Harper
Muscatine
Mr. Waukeen
Kansas City
Purged storefront ad promotes vaccines and books
An odd catalog-like notice advertises purchasing The New York Times and Saturnny Review and claims vaccine stock at Stewart's Book Store and Stewart's West Side Pharmacy. It cites French laboratory products and antitoxins as part of its offerings.
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New York Times
Saturnnny Review
Stewart's
Pasteur Vaccine Co
Stewart
West Side
France
Local News Bits and New Ventures in Alneworth Town
April 30 brief notes report the burial of J A Marsh's three weeks old child, McCoy and Son planning a restaurant, and visits by W Hofsteater and County Supervisor Reynolds. Other items note illness, travel, farm activity, and spring health ads. Includes travel fares from Burlington line and land prospect information with agents listed.
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Alneworth
J. A. Marsh
McCoy & Son
Eldon
Washington
Reynolds
Cemetery Hill
Forbidden to play ball on Dicken lots in Washington
Public notice bars all persons from playing ball or trespassing on the Dicken lots in south Washington. Signed by Mrs E W Dicken.
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Dicken
South
Washington
Park seating installed by Mike Gallagher praised
Mike Gallagher placed the park seats yesterday and they have already been put to good use. On pleasant moonlight evenings they will be used by old and young alike.
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Mike Gallagher
Quo Vadis Opens Friday at Graham Seats
The theater announces the final performance of the season a Friday evening showing of Quo Vadis at the Graham Seats with tickets now on sale.
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Graham
Graham event for "Quo Vadis" screenings noted
Local theater informs patrons about a Friday evening showing of "Quo Vadis" at Graham with young men gathered near the stage entrance reporting on the event and tobacco use observed among attendees.
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Graham
Forecast for Iowa Wedding Party Returns to Ottumwa
The Misses Grace Harrow Helen Hyatt Caroline Holman Mary Holman Marion Lang Mrs. Charles Slaughter Mr. Clarence Harper Dr. Armstrong Geo. Hale and Peyton Jenny of Ottumwa who attended a wedding in Washington DC returned home this morning on passenger No. 15.
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Sunny Kansas
Deuey & Baker
R. M. Chapman
Nellie
Des Moines
E. Mather
Joe Benson
Dewey Brooking
Oskaloosa
Grace Harrow
Helen Hyatt
Caroline Holman
Mary Holman
Marion Lang
Charles Slaughter
Clarence Harper
Dr. Armstrong
Geo. Hale
Peyton Jenny
Ottumwa
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Albert
Columbia, Monarch and Imperial
Thomas
F. L. Stewart CO
HS & M
Klein Klothing Ko
Southeast Corner Square
Washington, Iowa
Todd Stuart
Detroit
Mich
Milwaukee
Chicago
Louisville
Pullman
Pac
Northwest
F. E Stewart
Great Rock Island
the Evening Journal
Orville Elder
Oppich
Beast Main
Burnham
L. B. Dagle
Ainsworth
Stanley Miller
Noble
J.J. McKeone
Keola
Ira Sproul
Wayland
M.M. Whitney
East South Street
Samuel Younkin
F. EB. Stewart
Clayton Neiswanger
Sigourney
Roadmaster Shields
Letts
R. Gallagher
Frank Brindley
Flora Godfrey
Alice McGee
Chas. Dewey
Mr. Bradley
Iowa City
Rev Holley
A. M. E. Church
Perry Asher
C. A. Overholt
Carris’ Drug Store
Brown Buggy Company
T. Lewis
Myra
West Chester
Miles Bradford
Nicola Furniture and Hardware Co
Journal Today
J. W. Scott
Brighton
Jenne Henderson
Davenport
Horace Breed
Fred Harthorn
Montana
E.i H. Daniels
Mount Pleasant
A. N. Alberson
Raymond
Edwards
Lyman Edwards
Unterkircher
Hosford
Burlington
Rock Island
Patrick
Council Biaffa
Federation of Woman's Clubs
J. B. Crooke
Crawfordsville
Bert Lauer
Horace Breed Han
W. Livingston
Teller
Lon Brindley
West Main Street
John Kupka
Emma
Riverside
Ed Grayson
Frank Lamphere
Deadwood
Journal
Perlee
Lowry
Montpelier
Allie Ford
Chal Ford
Rowland & Shields
Earth
Elgin
Waltham Watch
W. C. Nelson
Optician
North Side
Havre
Mias Ritter
Keota
G.G. Vinton
M. E. Rittenhouse
EB Brenking
Jerry Hopping
John Brinton
W. L. Derby
Kay
Temple Pharmacy
Stewart Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Columbia Pharmacy
Women and Children
New City
E W. Dicken
Dr. Kay
Friss
May
Saratoga
Vice
White Swan
J.C. Smith
Cash Grocery
eShee
Washington, D. C
Tam Evening Journal
Laeast
Dougherty Bros
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