For Sale and Personal Notices From The Fair
Muscatine visits and local happenings spread across page seven. Names include S W Brookhart, Roy Hill, Jean Huysmans, B Gardner, Helen Cowden, G H Swieger, Clem Eagle, A Randall, Olive Murmaro, Mary Lamb, Genevieve Madden, Daisy Quinn, Kathryn Smith and many more. Activities range from travel to Morning Sun and Des Moines, theatre notices for Cal Stewart and The American Theatre, sales at The Fair, household items, and social visits in Monmouth and Brighton.
Donkey Cart Ride Turns Upset Family Memory
A summer seaside memory recalls five siblings paying a dime each for donkey rides. When the narrator whipped the donkey to speed ahead, Neddy bolted, throwing the children from the cart into a sand heap. No injuries occurred, but the narrator faced scolding and a ban on future rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neddy
Incendiary Fire In Four Story Tenement
A fire at 1336 South Sangamon Street caused multiple deaths and injuries as police and firemen rescued seven families. Investigators report conclusive evidence of incendiary origin with starts in three separate locations.
Doctors 10 Meet at Fort Madison
About five hundred physicians and surgeons from Iowa Illinois and Missouri are expected to attend the nineteenth annual tri state medical society meeting in Fort Madison. The address on medicine will be by Thomas G Atkinson of St Louis and the surgery address by Dr George W Crile of Mereland. Officers include President Dr Walter A Kennedy and Vice Presidents Dr Gershom H Hill Dr C C Morris and Dr John B Murphy with Secretary Alfred S Burdick and Treasurer Emory Lanphear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Physicians and Surgeons
Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri
Tri-State Medical Society
Thos. G. Atkinson
St. Louis
Geo. W. Crile
Mereland
Walter A. Kennedy
Gershom H. Hill
Des Moines
C. C. Morris
John B. Murphy
Chicago
Alfreds. Burdick
Emory Lanphear
Bank deposits rise in Iowa banks give strong state outlook
Deposits in 1,003 Iowa banks rose by 5.97 million from September 1910 to August 1911, with May to August gains of 931 thousand. Overdrafts climbed 234 thousand while undivided profits fell 1.05 million due to July dividend payments. Number of banks up seven, deposits up nearly three million, signaling public faith in state banks. Chief Clerk Ellis, Chief Inspector Roberts, and State Auditor Bleakly praise the results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion
State Banking de
State Banking Department
Ellis
Roberts
Kitchen shower honors Mr Glenn Schwartz and fiancée
About 50 neighbors gathered at J B Green home northwest of town Friday evening for a kitchen shower for Glenn Schwartz and his bride to be Lulu Duvall who is to marry Sept 27. Guests made words from the name Schwartz, enjoyed music by Mary Sutherland and a book page craft, with gifts of kitchen articles and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 8. Green
Glenn Schwartz
Lulu Duvall
Schwartz
F. B
B. F. Brown
Mary Sutherland
J. S. Green
Chris Schwartz
Ruth Phillips
Fern Palmer
Bessie
Ethel Steinmetz
Power of One Word in History
A concise reflection on how a single word can shape a person’s destiny for good or ill, illustrating the weight of language in human events. The piece emphasizes the profound impact of even small utterances across lives and eras.
Fortnightly Current Events Meet Next Monday Evening
The current events department will convene next Monday evening at 7 30 with Mrs. John McCall. The regular meeting of the Home Steaders is set for tomorrow evening at the usual time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Harper
M. J. Gentzler
Memphis
E. H. Willey
Bessie’ Sawyer
Fairview
Kan
Rock Island
H. von Bernath
East Second Street
John McCall
Italian centenarians exceed six hundred long-lived residents
A recent census in Italy confirms more than 600 individuals aged over a century. Researchers note the persistence of longevity among older Italians with regional variations and rising life expectancy shaping social and health considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Merital Tonic Digestive Promoted by Lemmon's Pharmacy
A Washington retailer urges readers to try Merital Tonic Digestive as a powerful general tonic. Advertisers claim it strengthens the body, tones nerves and digestion, and is made by renowned chemists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lemmon
Cleaning Patent Leather with Oil and Warm Water
Instructions describe cleaning patent leather using a sponge and warm water, warming the leather gently, then applying sweet or olive oil with or without turpentine. Oil applied with a sponge, rubbed in while warm, followed by edge blacking with a brush and caution not to apply to the leather itself.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Col. S. W. Brookhart
Muscatine
the Fair
Roy Hill
Peoria
Mrs
G. W. Hill
Jean Huysmans
Post Office
B. Gardner
Morning Sun
Havana
Helen Cowden
Oskaloosa
State Christian Endeavor Convention
W. M. Strawhorn
W. D. Shearer
G. H. Swieger
Waterloo
Fox & Dewey
Clem Eagle
The
American Theatre
Fred H. Wood
Wood
Rome
Cal Stewart
Graham
Stewart
Cook & Sherman
A. Randall
Princeton
Frank Randall
North Avenue B
Olive Murmaro
Pitchel McCreedy
West Chester
Mary Lamb
New Lexington
Jane McCreedy
Will MccCreedy
MecCreedy
Genevieve Madden
Brighton
L. D. Hanlon
Daisy Quinn
Haskins
Verdi
James Quinn
John Davis
E. G. Fox
Will Clark
Roy Burham
Alex Clark
Cleo Jones
H. A. Phelps
Minneapolis, Minn
CC. H. Keck
I. S. Beal
Monmouth
I. K. Beal
Clarence Proudfit
Trenton
Lois Maxwell
Crawfordsville
C. W. Busby
Burlington
R. F. McFarlane
George H. Paul
Mary and
Grace Hunter
Sam Baird
Ainsworth
EK. L. Edmondson
Milton Jones
Gladwin
Kathryn Smith
Josephine Smith
Kansas City
C. H. Perez
Champaign
University of Ilinois
Asa Jones
Eliotl
B. I. Jones
Cora Porter
Fairfield
H. D. Bly
Panama Canal Zone
Glenn Laffer
Perry Richardson
Henry Glick
August Glick
W. A. Shannon
Davenport
Star
Bing
Martha Porter
C. A. McCollum
Mendota
J. A. Porter
Wyman
City
Clark Ford
Miss Minnie
Canal Dover
Ohio
J. C. Ford
S. D. Stewart
Elmer Burham
Helen
Jennie Barber
Superior
Wis
Barber
B. H. Godfrey
Steck’s
Arthur Wead
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Wead
Isabella Stevenson
B. F. Korf
William Kreger
Keota
Harry Ragan
State University At
Iowa City
Anna Quinn
Watkins
Irene Aller
William Vincent
R. L. Cherry
S. A. Walker
J. . Walker
Ina Crone
Wilma Smith
Lura Hogue
Daddy
Jack
Evelyn
Ottumwa
the News
Grant Hampton
Prop
BOR
Toulon
France
Liberta
Ammuni
ILIES
Evening Journal
Sangamon Street
Doctors
Fort Madison
Towa
Iulinois
Matthewsie
Madison Street
America
Des Moines, Ta
Steck’s Jewelry Store
Mc Society
Etna Dawson
Maude Roberts
Gertrude Smith
Kate Stichter
Bertha Smith
Anna Dawson
Ella Warren
Mills
Royal Market
R. Stuart & Sons
Mutual
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