LeClaire Home Becomes Historic Shrine in Davenport
The Antoine LeClaire house overlooking the Mississippi River is purchased by the Rock Island railroad and gifted to a local D A R chapter to preserve as a Midwest landmark. Once a depot site and residence, it honors LeClaire, his Indian heritage, and ties to treaty history with Keokuk.
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Mississippi River
Antoine LeClaire
Rock Island Railroad
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Middlewest
Mississippi & Missouri Railroad
Rock Island
Antoine LeClair
Iowa
Middleoula
LeClaire
United States
Illinois
Keokuk
General Scott
Indiana
Red Man
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George Davenport
Fort Armstrong
Peter Sarpy
Missouri
Julien Dubuque
Antoine le Claire
Mississippi
University of Iowa Birthday Marked by Vision for Growth
Iowa City February 25 The University of Iowa founded in 1847 celebrated its seventy eighth birthday with classes suspended as thousands attended Foundation Day exercises. President Jessup, confined by scarlet fever, sent a message represented by Prof Bohumil Shimek. The campus now numbers thousands of students and more than 500 instructors, with plans for expansion to become the greatest midwest university.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Jessup
Bohumil Shimek
Univer
C. 5S. Weller
Bad Luck and the Devil Pursued Him
A past era advertisement narrates a man’s string of misfortunes from 1905 on, including broken bones and illness, then credits Mayr's Wondertint Remedy with relief after years of sickness. Claims it removes catarrhal mucus and reduces inflammation across stomach, liver, and intestinal ailments. One dose offered with money back.
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Mayr
Buchanan Co Girl Dies Sudden on Errand to School
Independence Iowa February 25 Miss Loris M Meythaler 12 daughter of Mr and Mrs C G T Meythaler died Tuesday morning near her home while leaving for school She and two other girls sought water at a farm house when she stumbled and fell The coroner ruled natural causes heart leakage had troubled her for years Survivors include her parents three sisters and two brothers Services will be conducted Thursday at 1 39 o clock at the family home Rev R J Smith will officiate Interment at Oak Grove cemetery
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Independence
Loris M. Meythaler
CG. T. Meythaler
Gertrude Jiand
Mervin
Harold W
Mildred L
Norma L
R. J. Smith
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Oak Grove
Polar Bears Winter on Iowa Farm for First Time
Des Moines reports Fred Buchanan of Robbins Brothers' circus brought a pair of polar bears to a farm near Grainger for the winter, a first in Iowa history. The bears, white and tame, were captured near the Mackenzie River in northern Canada, but attempts to teach them tricks have failed. Aged Cripple Ends Life in Maquoketa. Charles Crane, 74, crippled, hanged himself in his basement after prolonged illness, having prepared a coffin a year earlier.
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Des Moines
Fred Buchanan
Robbins Brothers’ Circus
Towa
Buchanan
Grainger
MacKenzie River Country
Canada
Alaska Boundary Line
Maquoketa
Charles Crane
Crane
Civil War Veteran Captain Henry F. Sill Dies in Jesup
Captain Henry F. Sill, a Civil War veteran born 1836 in Livingstone County New York, died at his daughter’s home in Jesup after weeks of illness. He served as first lieutenant then captain of Company C Twenty seventh Iowa Infantry, married Augusta Laton in 1867, she preceded him, and he is survived by several children. He will be buried at Littleton Cemetery after services Thursday.
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Henry F. Sill
Littleton Cemetery
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Livingstone County
N. Y
Buchanan County
Fairbank Township
New York State
Co. C
Iowa
Augusta Laton
G A R Gives Gettysburg Gavel to Mount Ayr Legion
Mount Ayr Iowa February 25 F B Soles commander of the G A R post presented the American Legion with a gavel carrying a Gettysburg war history. The head embeds a leaden bullet from a Union soldier and part of a tree that grew on the battlefield.
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Mount Ayr
F. B. Soles
G. A. R. Post
American Legion
Gettysburg
California Fig Syrup for Children Ad
A vintage ad urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to fretful feverish or constipated children. It promises gentle relief without cramps or narcotics and notes directions for all ages printed on the bottle. Mothers are warned to ask for the genuine product to avoid imitations.
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Styleplus
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