Memorial Day Reflections on the Old Soldiers in Blue
On Memorial Day 1910 Americans honor the Civil War veterans who served to preserve the Union. The article notes millions served, tens of thousands died or were maimed, and pension rolls grew as survivors aged. It calls for continued gratitude, decoration of graves, and a renewed commitment to patriotism.
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Arlington Heights
Union
United States
United States of America
Lincoln
Volunteer Army of the Union
Grand Army
Washington
America
Decoration Day business hours across town show widespread closures
On Decoration Day most businesses will close or operate only half day with banks and offices shut all day. Dry goods stores close. clothing stores open until noon. drug stores open all day. groceries and meat markets close. Temperance measures extend from 9:30 pm tonight to 5 am Tuesday with repeats on July 4 and Labor Day. Foley's Honey and Tar remains the trusted remedy, with Wangler Bros. and H. W. Taggart as dealers.
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Court House
City Hall
Decoration Day Post Office Hours Change
On Decoration day there will be one delivery across the city and carrier windows will be closed. The general delivery windows in the federal building and at station A open from 10 to 11 in the morning. A brief notice reflects holiday operations and altered service windows.
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Federal Building
Station A
Special Officers for Picture Shows Proposed to Ease Traffic
Chief of Police Dinneen urged cooperation between the department and nickel theatre proprietors to curb Saturday night congestion. He proposed mayor sworn in extra officers in front of each theatre, with theatres paying wages. Foley Hidney Pills advertised as antiseptic tonic and restorative. Refuse substitutes. Wangier Bros. and TW. W. Taggart.
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Dinneen
Foley Hidney
Wangier Bros
TW. W. Taggart
Community Notes From Marble Rock May Visit Highlights
Miss Gale Cropper of Waterloo visits grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Wal ster and relatives. Mr Barker of Marshall Minnesota attends cousin’s home. Families travel to Greene Rockford and Rockford visitors greet friends. School closes for summer teachers and students rejoice. Mrs James Barr visits Town City son Claude recovering from diphtheria. Entre Nous club hosts at Mrs Oakes. Valley Farm drama staged at the opera house with a full house.
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Marble Rock
Gale Cropper
Waterloo
Elizabeth Walster
Barker
Marshall, Minn
H. Ramsey
Shepardson
B. J. Oakes
George W. Gates
Greene
Hazel Blake
Rockford
Asa Wood
James Barr
Town City
Claude
Ralph Wilson
Maureen
Ray Lamb
Miss Gallinveaux
Jesup social notes include guests from Dubuque
In Jesup on Thursday afternoon May 21 Miss Elizabeth Trumbauer hosted Miss Doris Haskins and Miss Francis Tinen. Miss Francis Tinen of Dubuque was a guest of Miss Elizabeth Trumbauer during the Independence Day event week.
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Jesup
Elizabeth Trumbauer
Doris Haskins
Francis Tinen
Independence
Dubuque Fa
Elizabeth Traum
Local social notes and plans from Jesup area
Mrs George Hardwick visits Chicago relatives while Mrs Clark of Royal Lake visits Mrs Buckmaster. Miss Bessie Hohl’s engagement invites mingle with Anna Hansen and Mrs Charles Sheridan hosting Rebekah lodge. Pythian Sisters choose Mrs Linnie Kraft as Des Moines delegate. W R C selects Mrs Sheridan for Des Moines convention. Jesup school closes Friday. Mrs George Sheridan travels to Jesup for ill relative. Mrs M A Marsh travels to Hudson with her mother.
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Waterloo
Jesup
M. A
M. A. Marsh
Hudson Tueasday
Linden Items Religious service at 4 tomorrow
Rev M G Munn will preach at the chapel at 4 oclock tomorrow. Mr and Mrs Jacob Geist went to Ames last week to visit Mrs Geist sister. Mr Geist returned the fore part of the week but his wife remained longer. George Waite is in poor health and not gaining strength. He can sit up only part of the time. M Bandfield George Tulp and A Hunt, all in the same block, are painting their residences this week.
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M. G. Munn
Jacob Geist
Ames
Shell Rock events note births, visits, and graduations
Shell Rock reports a baby birth, returns from North Dakota, illness updates, lodge gatherings, a funeral procession, visits to Minnesota, strawberry harvest, a June field meet, a high school graduation class of three, a class play at the opera house, and a junior party at the Renning home.
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Shell Rock
Ernest
John Brammen
North Dakota
JE. Jewell
K. of P. Lodge
Waverly Lodge
Theodore Filkins
Cedar Falls
Charles Gibson
Ella Prenty
Ilinois
Ivan Prenty
Henry Meyer
Euseba Bowen
Addie Hickman
Harry Hickman
Opera House
F. Renning
Rockefeller could not beat Chamberlain's remedy claim
The passage asserts John D. Rockefeller could not spend his entire income to outdo Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea dysentery or bowel complaints. It claims impossible and that everyone who has used it agrees. It notes the product is sold by all druggists.
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John D. Rockefeller
Chamberlain
Tripoli News Highlights Local Movements and Obituaries
John Aunemuel ler and family settled in a new home while John Schnurstein moved to the Hunemueller property. Henry Spear and family occupy the Schnurstein purchase. Levi Nolting dies at 44, with funeral at St. Peter's. sister Mrs Hl Arns arrives from Waverly. Funeral held Friday. many attend the Denver conference and local church events.
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Tripoli
May
John Aunemueller
John Schnurstein
Hunemueller
Tlenry Spear
Schnurstein
Herman Warner
Waterloo
Henry Luth
Arlington Heights
Levi Notting
St. Peter’s Church
Hl. Arns
Waverly
Mr. Nolting
Denver
E. H. Ladsage
North English
Ed Hankner
Rank Kimball
Jeanette Gander
Michigan
The
Mercantile
Tripoli High School
Congregational Church
Rohif
Cary Hifert
Jr. Mueller
Chicago
Chambers
Near Waverly
5B. Kremer
Henry Bang
Edna Shaffer
Fairbank
Charles Piegers
Dr. Jungblut
Thompson
Medical Association
Des Moines
Eva Leege
L. W. Fettkether
Emma Preston
Heine
Bremer
Miss Preston
Lulu Heine
Minnie Mueller
Fredericksburg
Henry Haase
Haase
Kieinau
W. H. Nordort
Kleinau
Levi Nolting
Nuesh
Keokuk
Waterloo Township Election Notice June 7 at Fourth Street
Waterloo township election set for June 7 at J A Youngs building 319 West 4th St polling from 9 a m to 8 p m By order of Township Trustees The Joseph Schiel Hardware store 214 Fourth Street car will be closed on Devotion Day.
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Waterloo Township
City
J. A. Young
West 4Th St. Paus
Joseph Schiel
Fourth Street
Allison May 25 union memorial service in Congregational Church
A union memorial service is planned for next Sunday morning at the Congregational church. Various local residents, visitors, and relatives are noted in town, including Eva Bissen and her son Gregg from Adams Minnesota visiting M. Weires, and the wedding of Mabel Hites to Jack Herr of Chicago last Monday evening with a wedding trip to the west.
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Eva Bissen
Gregg Bissen
Adams
Minn
M. Weires
Dubuque
St. Francis
LaGrange
Allison
Cora, Conn
Marion
Mildred
W. J. Hunt
Sarah Mead
W. R Stanley
Shell Rock
Mis
D. J. O'Neil
Roberta
Waverly
John Gresslin
W. FR. Ray
T. A. Kliebenstein
Waterloo
O. M. Wood
Farmers’ Elevator
Frank Kinbald
Lizzie Houston
Clarksville
A. Davis
W. A. Smith
Jack Herr
Chicago
West
Julia Ward Howe Dies At 91 In Boston
Julia Ward Howe reached ninety one yesterday in Boston. A private family celebration was held at her Beacon Street home with her children grandchildren and great grandchildren present, while the annual New England Women's clubs breakfast was not held.
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Boston
Julia Ward Howe
New England Women’s Clubs
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