Ready for camp Company D to depart for Camp Dougherty
The Fifty Fourth Regiment encamps at Camp Dougherty near Muscatine from the Mth to the 1th with Company D leaving Monday morning on the Firefly at 12 20. Company D will muster about four good men for the trip, led by Captain Harvey with Lieutenants Hinsgworth and Miller attending. Commisary and quartermaster appointments are made for the camp. They plan to return Saturday evening September 1 arriving in Washington at 6 o'clock.
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Camp
Dougherty
Muscatine
John HB. Dougherty
Iowa
Albia
Oskaloosa
St. Louis
Co. D
Harvey
Hal Hinsgworth
Miller
Fl. H. Coughlan
Albert Capps
cMeer
Db. C Hayes
Center
Monument Unveiling for Revolutionary Soldier Charles Shepard
Mt Pleasant residents plan to unveil a monument on the 17th honoring Charles Shepard born 1763 who served in the Revolutionary War. An Iowa Legislature appropriation of 500 dollars funded the monument though Shepard’s burial site on the old Shepherd farm remains reportedly undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Charles Shepard
Henry County
Iowa
Mr. Pleasant
Mr. Shepherd
Old Shepherd Farm
Banquet Planned for Lab House Opening
The Commercial Club entertainment committee discusses a public banquet to celebrate the lab house and gymnasium opening. They aim for a tasteful event to boost club social life, though the new building may not be ready before November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Counterfeit Coins Sighted Across Iowa Cities
Spurious coin has gained general circulation in eastern and central Iowa with silver dollars being the easiest to detect as bogus. Quarters and halves are also common, suggesting a gang of counterfeiters pushing out bad currency through multiple channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Fearful Odds Against Him Soldier's Relief From Ills
Versailles Ohio veteran J J Havens bedridden and destitute after kidney disease. He found relief with Electric Bitters and now proclaims progress toward recovery. Stewart Drug guarantees the 50 cent remedy. Miller brothers announce Wednesday cider at Winter's farm four miles southwest of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Havens
Versailles
Stewart
Miller Brothers
Amateur detective appeals for aid in Shueyville threats
A quirky letter to Cedar Rapids oMeeors from an self styled investigator claims a "Pack of Fanatics" near Shueyville and Western Time. He cites poison scares and moonshiner society, asks for a private address to meet, warns his life could be endangered, and notes fourteen years in the field before seeking help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Kollovsky
Shueyville
Western
Mattheny
The King Cobra Said To Be The Most Dangerous Snake
A Mc Clure's summary explains the king cobra as the premier venomous snake of India. It contrasts cobra venom with viperoid poisons, notes its stealthy attack and extended strike, and cites venom composition and survival chances. The article adds that naturalists regard the cobra as the most dangerous due to size and venom yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
West Indies
Venezuela
Calanas
McClure
Hotel Inside the Grounds at the World’s Fair Site
A two story fire-proof hotel named Napoleon Bonaparte is planned for the World’s Fair grounds between Clayton road and South avenue. Built by Cook hotel and excursion company, it aims to accommodate 7000 guests with a broad piazza for a birdseye view. Memberships at 15.00 cover six days board and lodging plus fair admissions and medical attendance, with cars to the city for five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon Bonaparte
Clayton Road
South Avenue
Cook Hotel and Excursion Company
William Mode Cook
Waller Iown
M. Hi
Vance
Dr. Norton, Jr
That Boy's Magazine Presents Eighteen Stories for Boys
From cover to cover this issue lists eighteen stories of exceptional interest for every kind of boy. Features include That Bye about a sacrificing sister, Trapping a Wild Goose teaching kindness to animals, and The Horses of the Roosevelts with pictures of the president’s hunters and Archie Roosevelt’s pony Algonquin. Published by Sprague Publishing Company Detroit priced at $1 a year with sample copies ten cents. For sale by T. B Vogt Columbia Pharmacy.
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Walden Fawcett
Roosevelts
Archie Roosevelt
United States
Lone Island
Rama
Broning
Gabrielle E. Jackson
Sprague Publishing Company
Detroit
Mich
T. B Vogt
Columbia Pharmacy
Life Law and Health in a Gentle Treatment
An era advertisement claims life follows strict law and misuse causes constipation headaches or liver trouble. Dr Kings New Life Pills re adjust the system gently and thoroughly for 25 cents at Stewart's Drug Store.
Heavy Rain Finally Drenches Area
The total rainfall yesterday reached 2.90 inches with steady rain. Ground conditions improved though not essential for crops as cisterns overflowed and sewers were well flushed.
Public Sale Near Washington on Lexington Road Sept 16 1908
A public sale at 10 a m on Wednesday September 16 1908 lists horses and mules sheep calves cattle and farm machinery. Items include gelding four years old mare nine years old two yearlings ten yearlings heifers steers spring calves shoats sheep lambs ewes Case engine separator Reeves stacker equipment several buggies wagons hay oats binder plows saws tools and a portable forge. Terms: 12 month credit on sums over five dollars with approved note cash under five dollars or six percent discount for cash. Gary O Laughlin Reeves Auc W-2b
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Case
Reeves
Ottawa D
Gary O’ Laughlin
Auc
Exclusive Beacon coal sale by John Shields & Son
Beacon coal marketed as furnace grade coarse fuel with no clinkers. Limited time exclusive sale offered by 68 l m John Shields & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon
John Shields & Son
Lyman Twins Bring New Musical Comedy At The Races
The Lyman brothers and their large company present at Graham Thursday evening September 17 a new musical comedy titled At the Races. The 15 performer cast is claimed to be the best and largest this season. Seat sales open next Monday with prices of 25c, 50c, and 75c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Twins
Graham
Lyman Bros
Round Trip Tickets On Sale First and Third Tuesdays
One way rate with two dollars additional for round trip tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays of every month with return limit of twenty one days from date of sale. See ticket agents of Iowa Central for rates or address A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central
A.B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Unusually Cheap Rates for Homeseekers Excursion Tickets
On September 15 the Rock Island offers round trip Homeseekers Excursion tickets to the southwest and specific Texas and Oklahoma towns at low fares from major midwest points including Chicago Des Moines and St Louis. Tickets returnable until October 7 with additional east of Missouri river routes and Mexico options. For details contact agent H. W. Russel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Frisco
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Fort Worth
Graham
Quanah
San Angelo
Vernon
Trouston
Brownwood
Galveston
Brady
Tejas
Chicago
Eoria
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Council Bluffs
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Missouri River
Mexico
H. W. Russel., Agt
The Proper Treatment for a Sprained Ankle
A short medical note advises prompt use of Chamberlain's Pain Balm after an ankle sprain. It claims many patients recover in less than a week, sometimes three days, avoiding prolonged crutches. Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman sell the balm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
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Gotton Grash
Gorner
Postoffice
Meere
Kaye & Lytle Telephone
East Side Square
Colenso
Dave Keltner
Steck
Edgerton
China
Selves
H. F. Steck’s
West Side Jeweler
Washington Illuminating CO
Camp Dougherty
Fifty- Fourth Regiment
Charles Shepherd
Jamaica
J. B. Lemmon
Prop
Inter-parliamentary Union For International Arbitration
Viemva
Homeseekers
Biige
Hepa Ae
E. C. Carris
Washington
Almyat
York
Mhingtorn, Iowa
Ean Irani Anim P
C. Solbric & CO
Opera House
Iowa Land Co
Crail’s
H. Knight
Washington National Bank
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