Anniversary Kings Daughters Meet at Mrs. Thompson
The Kings Daughters held their anniversary at the home of Mrs. Carver Thompson with about 100 members. Thirteen new members joined, and a program featured Miss Pauline Swisher and others. The group outlined plans for rest rooms sewing school night school and a hospital visiting committee.
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Kings Daughters
Carver Thompson
Organization of the Kings Daughters
Feikner
the Rings Daughters
S. A. Swisher
Pauline Swisher
Als. A. J. Burge
Louw Morrison
Edith Hyans
William Weber
W. D. Cannon
Sr. Alrs
M. Hobby
AL. BH. Taylor
Jessie D. Kenron
F. H. Naylor
A. J. Burge
Myra Troth
Mise Jessie McLaughlin
Elizabeth Davis
Eva al. Dunham
Fiora Mingus
Markets and Quotations From F A Prince Broker Aid
Quotations from F A Prince broker aid a commission merchant member of the Chicago board of trade. Private wire direct to Chicago provides stock grain and provisions markets. Telephone 233 and vet the markets from 1144 Washington street Iowa City.
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F. A. Prince
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Washington Street
Iowa City
B.H. Prince
Chicago Live Stock Yard Receipts and Prices April 3
Receipts today include hogs 22 000, cattle 2 000, sheep 3 000 with 15 000 expected. Prices ranged for mixed and butchers 7 05 to 7 50, good to choice heavy 7 40 to 7 55, rough heavy 7 15 to 7 35, light 6 85 to 7 30. Cattle steady. sheep 3 75 to 7 00, lambs 5 00 to 7 85. beeves 3 80 to 5 60. cows and heifers 1 50 to 4 80. stockers and feeders 3 00 to 4 65. Texans 3 90 to 4 60.
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Union Stock Yards
Levee Breach Floods Angola Plantation Near Baton Rouge
Report of a private levee failure near Angola Louisiana flooding the plantation area along the Mississippi opposite Red River mouth. No loss of life but heavy state losses expected as back levees may be cut to ease escape routes for floodwaters. Labor from Texas and Pacific trains mobilize to shore up the breach.
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New Orleans
Arate
Baton Rouge
Angola
Mississippi
Hymelia
Texas & Pacific
Scone
Ernest
The
River Commission
Fortunes in Pork Market Teach Traders Caution
A youth with vast hopes and social sway learned a hard lesson in December pork. He followed a packer’s bullish view, held 2,500 barrels to the end, and watched the market turn against him. The packer asked what to do with the pork, and the lesson was clear.
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Tlan
Thiey
Packer
Centary
Vampire Superstitions in Europe Spread From Violent Deaths
The Chicago Tribune notes European lore that vampires arose from those who died violently or as crises reports and that the living could become victims at night. Beliefs claimed vampires shape shift, prey on men and women, and were strongest after sunset. Garlic and crucifixes supposedly repel them. Burial rites involved staking through the heart and turning the bed.
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Darime Anl
Chicago Tribune
Narrow Escape Case Shows Hair Evidence Fail
A hatchet with blond hair tied to it was used to press murder charges in a rural town. Hair proved non human after microscopic testing, revealing the weapon had killed a dog and been discarded under a bed. The accused was acquitted as a result.
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Uoder
Jie
Life in the Northwest: unity and struggle in changing counties
Ray Stannard Baker notes the Northwest faces migration and county changes, forcing communities to unite through cooperative efforts despite local rivalries and unfamiliar challenges as they adapt to new county life.
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Ian
Hari
Ray Stannard Baker
Comiury
Fragmentary Quote Reflects Family Worries
A garbled excerpt shows a father telling a child not to worry, while a parent named Chitiga Theeord Terald is cited. The post reads like a historical dialogue with unclear context and several typographical errors.
Night Watchman Guards Post in Night Rumpus
A garbled London Fun excerpt shows a sentry challenging an approaching figure at night. The officer of the day responds with questions while misheard phrases hint at confusion on duty.
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Pince
Rosendey
Trishnai
Tie
Aras
London
Central Test of Value in a Woman’s Mind
A reflective piece questions whether a woman should cut the price of a new gown in half to evoke envy of thrift or double it to display wealth, pondering affordability and social perception in fashion.
The Racky Man A Daughter About to Wed
A fragmented note describes a daughter of Jones near marriage. It hints at lines about crosses and tosses shaping men into wiser beings. Originality is stated as fresh eyes.
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Manu
Mne
Jones
Franklin
Iligeinsun
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Genessing
America
New York World
Rhodes
Chares
Flannagan Bros
Shoe
Clinton St
New York
College
Chicago Grain and Provision Market
St. Low's
Olos
Reed
12 & Co
Zack Graham
Bush AG
East Bank
Greenville
Miss
Moo
Idte
Atchison Globe
Stremaonn
Wee
A. M. Greer
Iowa City Electric Light Company
Reno
Real Estate Exchange
C. M. Reno
Iowa Ave
L. L. Kenyon
OWA
W. A. Willis
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