Inland Waterway Convention Opens In Memphis Oct Four
Next week a river convention in Memphis will open October 4 at 10 AM in the Auditorium and end October 5. The president and governors plan to attend a banquet that evening with delegates present. A relay relay race map will show the route from Keokuk to Memphis as steamboats decorate towns and motor clubs escort along the river. The Illinois Valley Yacht club completed a relay message from Chicago to President Roosevelt in St Louis, leaving Chicago October 1 and arriving October 2, running 404 miles in about 26 hours.
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Memphis
Keokuk
Mississippi
Alton
Ilinois
Mussel Fishers Spark New Illinois Industry
An industrial rush grows as four men discover productive freshwater clam beds along the Illinois River at Henry. Pearls found daily bring values from five to three hundred dollars each, with the field projected to last six years. Boat rigs use gas pipes as bars to harvest clams from the water.
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Indiana
Illinois
Wabash River
Wabash
Ilinois
Henry
Wiith
Oattery Atrourc
Muscatine
Hunter
Mecca
Iinals River
Beardstown
Lia Grange
Schedule of boats distance to run time and boat names
Leaving Chicago at 12 01 a m Oct 1 arriving at St Louis 45 a m Oct 2 Rough Rider Com Weise Chicago Rough Rider Com Weise Chicago Irondequoit E H Heilbron Henry Adds 1 Rolly Truitt Chillicothe Meteor W Wilde Peoria Mac McFarland Havana Kitty Sparks II C F Sparks Alton
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Chicago
St. Louis
Rough Rider
Weise
Irondequoit
H Heilbron
Henry
Rolly Truitt
Chillicothe
Meteor
Wilde
Peoria
Mac
McFarland
Havana
Kitty Sparks
F Sparks
Waterway convention enlists many towns for Memphis gathering
The Inland Deep Waterway convention will assemble in Memphis next week under the banner Great Lakes to the Gulf. President Roosevelt will travel from Canton to Keokuk and St. Louis, meeting governors and 2600 delegates as the Mississippi river plan to deepen inland navigation unfolds.
Print paper prices and stock trends amid supply concerns
The article notes print paper stock costs rising from 2.67 to 3.15 per hundred and carload purchases as low as 140 per hundred pounds, with spruce pulp costs climbing from 3 per cord to 16.25 per cord. It discusses substitutes, potential uses of corn stalks, and fears of a print trust consolidating control.
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International Vapor Trust
Clam Fishing Life Improves Through Steady Year Round Work
The article notes that clam fishing in the present season is hard because shells do not open easily, but stresses that work is available year round, offering better living opportunities.
Health work and state tree vote in Illinois
The article notes high Panamanian canal wages lure skilled workers while malaria and fevers deter many. Electric Bitters is promoted as a remedy against malaria and blood issues, with a druggist endorsement. It also covers Rochelle Illinois school voters urged to decide the Illinois State Tree, with Mrs. James C. Fesler coordinating, due by December 15, 1907. Additionally Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is advertised for wounds burns and sores with druggist endorsement.
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Panama Canal
A. J. Ironmonger
Iskheedle
James C. Fesler
Rochelle
Rochelle Public Schools
Illinois
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ilinois
C. C.joiner
Sec
Bucklen’s
Arnica
Grandpa Christian Haase Reaches 60, Noted for Community Roots
The article honors Grandpa Christian Haase on his 60th birthday, recounting his arrival from Germany, settlement in Washburn, and long life as a healthy, respected citizen. It notes his son JT Haase, now a representative, and remarks on his growth from slough grass town to a prospering village with strong neighborhood ties.
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Christian Haase
JT. Haase
Germany
Washburn
Hera Fils
General Assembly
Vassiburt Léevdér
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Illinois Clamand
Pearl Fisheries
Joliet
1&M
Ottawa
Peru
Minois River
Meredosia
Minois
St Louis
Valluery
Great Lakes
Gulf
Roosevelt
Canton
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
H. A. Buchtel
Colorado
G. E. Chamberlain
Oregon
J. K. Toole
Montana
B B. Brooks
Wyoming
John
Bydha-Vevernory
Otkar Poate
Auditorium
Tamrety
C. Halbleih
Pup
Civil Service
McIlhenney
Louisiana
Washington
Congress
Schipper & Block
Schipper & Brock
M Schipper
Bled
Gomel
Gome
China
Peoria Ga
Woo
Lek
Canal Zone
Mlinors
Springfield
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Chicago & Alton
State Fair Grounds
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