The Little Homestead shines at Grand Opera House
Muscatine audience enjoys The Little Homestead from W B Patton's son. Macauley delivers a refined performance as the injured husband, with Emilie Lessing as Lillian Bernard and J McOwen as Courtney Dale also praised. Scenic production earns high marks for stage effects and overall presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Patton
Grand Opera House
Mr. Macauley
Macauley
Nsband
Muscatine
Emilie Lessing
Lillian Bernand
J. McOwen
Courtney Dale
Frank Whitcomb
Edward Westfield
Roma Parker
Jas. A. Felty
Wm. Milliken
Virginia Bannister
R. Lee Har
William Macauley
Roy Carroll
Pape's Diuretic Promises Quick Kidney Relief
An old advertisement claims Pape's Diuretic cures kidney and urinary problems promptly. It describes relief from backache, rheumatic pain, and bladder issues after a few doses, touts a fifty-cent treatment, and endorses Pape, Thompson & Pape of Cincinnati as a trustworthy firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Pape, Thompson & Pape
Cincinnati
R. V. Piere
Local notices and social calls fill town pages
Freelance chatter records numerous one line visits and errands across West Chester, Richland, Donnellson and Keota. Local bakery items lure patrons while people travel to Havre Burlington Sigourney and Davenport for business or entertainment.
Death of Mrs J H Miller After brief illness
Mrs J H Miller died at her southwest Washington home around 2 o clock this morning from peritonitis after nine days of illness. Born November 20 1869 at Daytonville she was survived by her husband two sons and three daughters and five siblings. Funeral plans await her son Harry’s arrival from California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Miller
Washington
Mrs. Miller
Daytonville
County
Aquilla J. Lindsay
Louisa (Shepherd) Lindsay
Harry
Palo Alto
Calif
Olive
Bert
Maud
Naomi
Frank Lindsay
Wellman
Jennie Reddick
Dunlap
Iowa
Hettie Lindsay
Miller Home
Charles
Will Lindsay
California
Rubber Kid Sampson Defeats Grinnell’s Kid Young in Three Falls
Fred Sampson nicknamed The Rubber Kid defeated Kid Young of Grinnell in a hard fought bout at the Airdome Saturday night. Sampson won the first fall in twenty seven minutes, Young took the second in seven, and Sampson claimed the third in twenty one. Young challenged a rematch accepted for about two weeks. Preliminaries featured Lawrence Waters vs Jack Brown and Mort Chance vs Charley Welch with Waters and Chance taking their falls. Sampson refereed the preliminaries and Wendell Knauss officiated the main event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson
Young
Wade
Lawrence Waters
Jack Brown
Waters
Mort Chance
Charley Welch
Chance
Welch
Wendell Knauss
Magnet and Aurora programs feature declamation and debates
The Magnet program lists Irene Simpson and Laura Darbyshire among declamation and essay entries with several other acts. The Aurora program includes Karl Eldridge and Anna Wilson with a question box and piano solo. Both programs convene in the chapel and will run the fall term plan. Officers will be elected after the session by both literary societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Simpson
Laura Darbyshire
Stella Meek
Hill McCleary
Ralph Johnson
Manford Wilcox
Vesa Rickey
Aurora
Karl Eldridge
Anna Wilson
Martha Porter
Ethel Larson
Lois Rinner
Jesse Busby
J. M. Wilson Visits Brighton for Vienna Bakery Sale Orders
J. M. Wilson travels to Brighton to place phone orders for sale of Vienna bakery items at No. 78.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Devils
Angels
J. M. Wilson
Brighton
What's in a Name in Ulysses by Mr Phillips
Amusing aside from a matin performance in America shows two young girls predicting humor from the play’s name. Maude questions the girls’ confidence, and the other replies that the title alone betrays the comedy to come.
Fire burns Reverend Jacobsmeier in Riverside incident
Reverend Jacobsmeier of Riverside sustained severe steam burns when a valve burst near steam pipes at Reverend Walsh’s home. Hands and arms were burned but doctors expect no serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Jacobsmeier
Riverside
Re Walsh
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J. A. Work & Co
Havana
Lemmon
Frey
Rothschild's
Charlies Hiennan
West Chester
P. Maxwell
Havre
Fred Jordon
Burlington
S.G. Woods
Ed Deeds
Sigourney
John Skipton
Richland
Charles Brown
Kalona
Agnes Beard
Monmouth, Ill
A. Kleber
A. Lang
Donnellson
Keota
John Kirkpatrick
Davenport
John Zaring
Will Jurging
Pleasant Plain
Wilson Heating Company
Fred Neiswanger
Winfield
R. S. Leedy
Town
Fairfield
Co. C. Nutting
Democrat
Journal
Rothschild
Adla Richardson
J. L. Cahail
Coppock
Nutting
Iowa City
Journal and Democrat
Howard Hopping
Walter Gard
E. R Burt
Shannon, Ills
W. P. Moothart
A. J. Smith
Mr. Smith
O. G. Sturgeon
F.C. Andrews
Winnie Keller
Henry Keller
William Kiesey
C. H. Wolf
Harper
C. J. Wolf
David Kiesey
Oquawka, NL
Abe Bennett
West
Albert Kuhn
Lizzie Ives
Seattle
John Malin
Wyman
Fred Jackson
Grace Williams
Allerton
A. H. Stevens
Prof. Nutting
Etta Richardson
Mt. Pleasant
Hollister
Eva Denny
Des Moines
State Library Association
Madrigal
Methodist Episcopal Church
Costa Rica
M. K
W. O. Fisher
J. M. Lytle
L. D. Robinson
R. L. Coulter
Indianola
Synod of Iowa
United Presbyterian Church
Edmund Dr. Morrison
Hollister’s
Lenmon’s
Ada Bailey
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Winifred Bailey
C. H. Davis
Wayland
C. W. Schlatter
E. C. Carris
J. Palmer
Palmer
Marengo
Iowa County
Oneagh
Aise
M. E. Sunday School
E. Madrigal
Central America
M. E
Ut. Pp
Miss Jericho
Graham Opera House
Harry Choate
Graham
Hia
Mes
J. J. Meller
Iness
Fred Sampson
The
Rubber Kid
Kid Young
Grinnell
Thern Towa
Airdome
Amages
Jones Dairy Farm
Groce
Jacobsmeier
Pierce
Sol Rich
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