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| The Sioux City Journal. June 9, 1907. |
Blue Label wasn't brewed locally, but it was widely available in Western Iowa in the early 1900's. The Native American warrior gives it a unique look. As the add says, "Order a trial case," from the Sioux Falls Brewing and Malting Co., Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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| The Evening Nonpareil.April 29, 1913. |
I really like this early Budweiser advertisement. It shows the Anheuser-Busch Plant in St. Louis, and references the local distributor - Jos. E. Rosenfeld in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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| The Daily Times. July 8, 1913. |
The show had played in Moline on July 8, then crossed
the river for a July 9 stop in Davenport. The grounds were set up on Telegraph
Road next to the baseball field, but the real action started downtown.
Thousands packed the streets for the parade. Kids climbed curbs. Men tipped hats. Women craned their necks for a better look. Leading the procession were Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill.
The parade had about everything you could imagine.
Cowboys, cowgirls, ropers, riders, old stagecoaches, soldiers, and performers
from all over the world. A cowboy band played on horseback. Mexican Rurales
rode in formation. Elephants and camels lumbered along behind them.
Native American performers were a
major draw. Iron Cloud led the procession. Reports said he had been twelve
years old at the time of Custer’s defeat at Little Big Horn in 1876. Another
man, Yellow Hand, was the son of a chief who fought there.
The Davenport
Democrat and Leader called it “a pleasing blending of the Wild
West.”
After the parade, everybody headed
for the showgrounds. The afternoon performance kicked off at 1 p.m. The evening
show opened at 8.
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| The Daily Times. July 11, 1913. |
This was a new one on me. I'm guessing it was a department store that featured clothing and shoes, but I wasn't able to find much about it online. What I like best is the picture of the building and the owner, Dave Neustadt. The store was located on the corner of Second and Main Street in Davenport.
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| The Davenport Democrat and Leader. February 5, 1911. |
Here's another great advertisement featuring early automobiles from 1911. Do you think every car they built was a convertible? or did they just look good in the ad?
Klemme Auto Company was located on Brady Street in Davenport, Iowa, and carried Buick and Oldsmobile vehicles.
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| The Daily Times. May 31, 1917. |
And you can be sure the cars were hand-crafted. They produced just fifteen cars a day. That's 450 cars a month if they worked seven days a week, or roughly 5,000 cars per year.
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| The Davenport Democrat and Leader. January 19, 1908. |
Rollerskating must have been a big thing, because they offered a Masquerade Skate every evening and Sunday afternoon.
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| Colorized image, showing the cast of The Balkan Princess |
The Balkan Princess was performed at the Burtis Opera House on March 30, 1913. The Daily Times descibed it as a "bubbling musical comedy." It was filled with sentiment and happiness and told the story of the romance between Princess Stephanie of Balavia and Grand Duke Sergius.
This advertisement for the Velie Motor Vehicle Co., Moline, Illinois, was published in The Daily Times on February 24, 1912.
If you lived in Davenport in 1905, the Oldsmobile Touring Car might have been the automobile for you. This advertisement for Mason's Carriage Works was published in The Daily Times on April 8, 1905.
