Directions to Joliet from Davenport in 1920s United States
A Detroit Automobile Club card from the 1920s shows a detailed Davenport to Joliet route with mile markers between towns. The card notes 148.1 miles versus a modern map’s 140 miles and evokes a Ford or similar touring car journey with side curtains through towns like Moline Silvis Geneseo Ottawa Joliet, using U.S. 32 and various streets to reach Joliet.
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Davenport
Joliet
Ill
Illinois
Iowa City
Maxwell
Iowa
Main
2Nd Streets
2Nd Street
U.S
Mississippi River
Fort Armstrong Avenue
Rock Island
24Th Street
7Th Avenue
23Rd Street
4Th Avenue
17Th Avenue
Rock River
Canal
Geneseo
Atkinson
Engagement announcements and club notices from Washington area
Mrs. Paul Hammen announces the engagement of her daughter Diana to Sp-4 Ralph E. Cox of Katona. Diana is a College of Nursing student at the University of Iowa. Ralph is an Iowa alum serving at Ft. Hood after returning from Vietnam. Wedding date not set. Also details on local club activities including Good Will Club, Nurses Association, Hairdressers and Cosmetologists meet, Fortnightly Club Handcraft, Jaycee Ettes, White Way Club, and World War I Auxiliary events with dates, attendees, and plans for bake sales and charity items.
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Paul Hammen
Washington
Diana
Ralph E. Cox
Everett M. Cox
Katona
Miss Hammen
College of Nursing
University of Iowa
Cox
Army
Ft. Hood
Texas
Vietnam
Area Ten reviews new federal Career Opportunities Program
Iowa Area Ten leaders from seven counties met at Cedar Rapids to plan COP rollout. The Joint County System will receive 219450 for year one, aiming to place participants on career ladders from para professionals to teachers, counselors, or media staff with Kirkwood Community College collaboration.
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Iowa
Area Ten
Joint County School System
Cedar Rapids
Joint
COP
University of Iowa
Kirkwood Community .College
Community Service Agency
Kirkwood Community
Des Moines
Common Market crisis threatens European unity and reform
Brussels reports say France and West Germany devaluations and tax measures shake the Common Market's farm price system. Executives warn the EEC risks shrinking to a mere customs union without a broad policy overhaul and a new treaty for the 1970s.
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Brussels
UPI
France
West Germany
Paris
Bonn
Common Market
European Commission
European Court
Market
Commission
Curtis family visits en route to Rock Island
Local notice recounts visits by many families including the Coon, White, McCall, and Howsare groups through Iowa on a weekend itinerary to Rock Island. Activities include wiener roasts, picnics at Coralville Reservoir, birthday observances, and a WSCS dinner ahead of the Iowa Michigan State Homecoming game. Larry Curtis family moves to Quad Cities. Deanna to Walcott schools.
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Vivian Wells
Crawfordsville
Lloyd Coon and
Terry
Carlton White
Lee McCall
Bud Havenstein
Danny Martin
Edith Weidner
Charles Keller
Rodney
Washington
Martin
Weidner
Charles Wells
Mike
Ronald Schmitz
Scott
West Union
WSCS
Iowa
Michigan State
Alva Wessel
Bob Wessel
Richard
Cathy
Jerry
Timmy
Unionville
Charles Curtis
Larry
Quad Cities
Rock Island Arsenal
Lake Canadya Mobile Court
Davenport
Deanna
Walcott
Lisa
Shari Hubbs
Larry Hubbs
West Grove
John Hubbs
Danny
Nick Achen
Achen
Stella Sheridan
Lawler
WWE Club
Lloyd Coon
Harold Williams
White
Wayne Davis
Sgt Harbison on leave from Panama visit Richland
In Richland on October 6 Thursday, Mrs. Calla Harbison hosted her grandson Sgt Jerry Harbison on leave from the Panama Canal Zone. He will be discharged after about 80 more days of U. S. Army service. He was joined by his parents Mr and Mrs Carl Harbison of Brighton. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Bruce Thomas of Cadillac, Mich, and Mr and Mrs J D Hadley of Portland, Ore. Open house marked Rev Arthold Latham and family’s Silver wedding anniversary at Greenleaf Friends Academy. Tammy Pfeifer, 5, entered Jefferson County Hospital for medical treatment. Dennis Bond, Pekin senior, fractured a collar bone during a Harmony football game. Adrian recovering from a broken collar bone. Carrie Dickinson hosts Poinsettia Club. Janet Nordyke elected Woolson L T L president. Dr T R Wolf’s office closed Oct 9 for Osteopathic Convention in NYC. The Tuckett family from Whittier, Calif visiting relatives after six months in Europe. Robert Curtis and children visiting from Mason City. plans to visit Des Moines and Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Hollywood: Robert Webber to play federal agent in film The Great White Hope with James Earl Jones.
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Richland
Calla Harbison
Jerry Harbison
Panama Canal Zone
U. S Infantry
Carl Harbison
Brighton
Bruce Thomas
Cadillac
Mich
Luella Little
J. D. Hadley
Portland
Ore
John Hadley
Arthold Latham
Richland-Woolson Friends
Caldwell
Idaho
Greenleaf Friends Academy
Latham
Tammy Pfeifer
Jefferson County Hospital
Robert Pfeifer
Robert Curtis
Mason City
Elizabeth Curtis
Curtis
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G. W. Manassier
South Avenue C
Detroit Automobile Club
American Automobile Association
Annawan
Mineral
Sheffield
Wyanet
Courthouse
Princeton
Main Street
Post Office
Peru Street
U. S
Spring Valley
Peoria Street
Peru
4Th Street
5Th Street
LA Salle
Union Street
la Salle Avenue
Ottawa
Columbus Avenue
Superior Street
Marsellis
Thru
Morris
Channahon
McDonough Street
Chicago Street
Cass Avenue
Miss Smith
Washington High School
Burlington Beauty Academy
Marcia’s Beauty Salon
Riverside
Mr. Dautremont
Highland Community High School
Dick’s Repair
Good Will Club
Ruth Berger
Golia Miller
Nurses Association
Washington County Registered Nurses Association
Goplerud
Connie Bauer
Carla Carter
Mabel Dunbar
National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association
College of Cosmetology
Doris Hesser
Art McCulla
Santa Monica
Calif
Redken
Stanley Fishburn
Esther White
Kermit Haugan
VW Rotary
Jaycee Ettes
Garth Rustan
Miles Kreiger
Roger Stout
Tom Horak
Washington County
J. C. Penney
White Way Club
Keith Stewart
Jimmy McCullough
Margaret Smith
Crawford
L. P. Statler
George Canott
Marshalltown
Claude McCoy
Milton Birka
Ezra R. Smith
Marcia Ruth
Larry Joseph Dautremont
Clement Dautremont
Dautremont
Osincup Drug Store
Novostny's
Studio
Livingston, Day, Kehoe
Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Louis J. Kehoe
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
Attorne
West Washington
Sea Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
Maplewood Manor
Keota
Thie
Pardee
Ldg
North Iowa
Melvin Schneider
Des Moines Cop
of Mern Baroque
Oneida
Oneida Lia
Elogan
East Side
Sgt
Harbison
Panama
Otto Pfeifer
Dennis Bond
Pekin Community High School
Harmony
Adrian
Carrie Dickinson
Poinsettia Club
Janet Nordyke
Woolson L. T. L
Frank Lock
T. R. Wolf
New York City
Kay
Billy
Guy Tuckett
Whittier
Kathryn Jones
Europe
Camp Mobile
Tuckett
Los Angeles College
Webber
Hollywood
Robert Webber
James Earl Jones
Nichols
Vovestors Mutual, Inc
Robert S. Ersted
Thermogas
Tures
Noma
Washington, la
Mel Kent
Mapco
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