Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . 58. Rollicking Times at Wapsie Shindigs. We had fine social dances at Turner hall, Metropolitan hall, LeClaire hall, Lahr-manns hall, Library hall, Kuehls hall, andMoores hall. In summertime the dancintook place in the open, at Schuetzen park,Bornemanns garden, Hinchers garden,Washington garden, Pariser garden, PeteJacobsens, and out at Charlie Borcherdts,Pete Wieses, Maysville, Donahue, Walcott,Durant, Green Tree, LeClaire, the Fivemilehouse, and all the leadin whistlin and bobsled parties was popular then, not hav

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Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . 58. Rollicking Times at Wapsie Shindigs. We had fine social dances at Turner hall, Metropolitan hall, LeClaire hall, Lahr-manns hall, Library hall, Kuehls hall, andMoores hall. In summertime the dancintook place in the open, at Schuetzen park,Bornemanns garden, Hinchers garden,Washington garden, Pariser garden, PeteJacobsens, and out at Charlie Borcherdts,Pete Wieses, Maysville, Donahue, Walcott,Durant, Green Tree, LeClaire, the Fivemilehouse, and all the leadin whistlin and bobsled parties was popular then, not havinflivvers nor interurbans to carry folks to goose raffles, duckdances, and corncrib hoedowns. The caller at the old time dances had more guts thana second lieutenant, the arrangements committee, and floormanagers, and what he spilled was right outa the Cameron was high cockalorum, and when he rasped theopenin strains of a quadrille on the second fid, and shouted,Salute yer partners! everybody knew that the old mastermechanic was on the job. Henry

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