Rampagers Collide With Doctor's Auto
An avty filled with joyriders en route from Dubuque collided with Dr J C Ristine's new Buick near the fair grounds. Miss Frances Ristine suffered minor injuries while two autos were badly damaged. The incident sparks debate on shielding certain city elements to curb wild behavior and protect youth. names of the occupants are omitted out of respect for the families involved.
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Dubuque
J. C. Ristine
Frances
Fair Grounds
Smith
Citzens
Bel1
Coming Institutes and Study Centers
Dear Teacher. Greetings for the new school year. Please register your certificate and note the listed institutes and study centers with dates in Bellevue Maquoketa Miles Acdriew and Maquoketa again. Attend as many as possible. contact E R Stodarn for assistance.
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Bellevue
Mequoketa
Miles
Maquoketa
Acdriew
E. R Stodparn
Miners Idle Amid Coal Market Pressure
Miners and Coa report many miners idle due to weak demand for coal. High prices raise the cost of manufactured goods, slowing sales and keeping factories closed. Only about 10 percent of coal production serves domestic demand, with a rush expected when cold weather arrives. Manufacturers hesitate to order until prices fall or other factors shift, leaving idle miners as the core of the current conditions.
Ruth Hits 4th Home Run as Yankees Tie Record
Babe Ruth belted his fourth homer against the Philadelphia Athletics, matching his world record for the New York Yankees in the fourth inning. The Yankee slugger set the mark last Sept 29 and still has 21 games remaining this season. Also note: Mr and Mrs Harold Alden of Chicago arrived Monday to visit Clyde Alden on Route 3 and Maqueketa friends.
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Philadelphia
Baby Ruth
New York Americans
Philadelphia Athletics
Yankee
Ruth
Arold Alden
Chicago
Clyde Alden
Maqueketa
Mrs J P Quinn Identifies River Body as Husband
Mrs Ellen Quinn of Davenport named the man found at the river’s foot in Rock Island as her sister’s husband Ida P Quinn and requested burial. The story says he suffered a heat prostration on July 28 while on a road job near Eldridge Virginia and vanished after July 30, last seen at home, believed to have wandered into the water.
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Ellen Quinn
East Dennison Street
Davenport
M. J. Howard
Twenty-first Avenue
Rock Island
Ida P. Quinn
San Antonio Flood Costs Reach Historic Levels
San Antonio faces its worst flood with up to 500 feared dead and as many as 2000 left homeless. A cloudburst in Olmos Valley sent waters down the San Antonio River merging with Alazan and San Pedro creeks, inundating business and residential districts. Housing losses run into millions as Mexican neighborhoods bear the heaviest toll.
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San Antonio
Texas
Tex
Olmos
Alazan
San Pedro
No Bribes Needed for Subscriptions in This Paper
The paper vows it sells no bribes to boost readership. It insists new subscribers or renewals come on merit, not schemes or bait. It notes prices at $2.00 per year within zone 1 and $2.50 outside, and rejects appeals from circulation boosters and other schemers.
Street Oiling Assessment Delinquency Notice
Delinquent street oiling assessments for 192% become due September 20th and if unpaid will be certified as taxes with a penalty. City Manager G. O. Morse issues real notice under Section 1 Chapter 242 Acts of the Thirty-ninth General Assembly.
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Thirty-ninth General Assembly
Morse
Our Carriers Pledge Quality Delivery to Subscribers
Tel Our Carriers announces a push for first class delivery with a growing private system. Readers are urged to report address changes or complaints so issues can be quickly remedied as the city family grows to about eight hundred. The publication offers teachers advice and notes appreciation for the effort.
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Sencimei
Aged Lady Dies at Home on Atexde Street
Mrs. Cook, aged about 79, died Tuesday morning at 6:30 at her home on Atexde street after a period of illness including dropsy. She leaves her husband and several grown children. Notice mentions birthday photography by Hamay Studio.
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Mes
Jnane
Cook
Atexde Street
Death Summons One of our Spens Women
Mrs. A Wil son Patterson dies at home after years of ill health. Born August 24 1867 in Elwood Indiana daughter of Thomas J and Elizabeth Wilson she married Jesse A Patterson in 1891 and leaves daughters Bunah and Gladys husband mother and three brothers John Wylie Lyman Wilson. Funeral Wednesday at two from the late home with Rev B A Lang of the Methodist church officiating and the Pope Rebecca Lodge present. Interment Mt Hope cemetery.
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A. Wil Sone Patterson
Mrs. Patterson
Elwood
Thomas J
Elizabeth Wilson
Jesse A. Patterson
Misses Bunah
Gladys
John
Wylie
Lyman Wilson
B. A. Lang
Methodist Church
Pope Rebbecca
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Obituary of Andrew L Holst aged 80 in Delmar
Andrew Ludwegsen Holst born February 5 1841 in Tonder Denmark lived a devout Danish Lutheran life. He married Anna Lund May 11 1867 and had six children, four sons and two daughters. He immigrated to America in 1890 settling in Delmar Junction, later living with daughter near Nashville Indiana. He died September 4 after a period of illness, aged 80 years 3 days. Funeral services held September 11 at Delmar Presbyterian Church with burial in Delmar cemetery. Burial and moral offerings noted as befitting the departed.
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Andrew Ludwegsen Holst
Tonder
Schleswig-Denmark
Lutherart Church
Anna Marie Lund
Denmark
Johann
Arcadia
Matthew
Delmer
Johannes
Maquoketa
Que
Christine Fredericson
Magdalene Scott
Nashville
America
Delmar Junction
Paul Scott
Roym
D. F. Boomershine
Delmar Presbyterian Church
Delmar
Miss Ellis Starts Liberal Arts Studies at Cornell College
A correction notes Miss Marie Ellis was mistaken for leaving for Coe College. She departed for Mount Vernon Monday to enter Cornell College and pursue Liberal Arts Oratory Music and French. Miss Holds Sothers returned Monday from a three week visit at St Paul with her niece Mrs G W Griffith.
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Camel
Marie Ellis
Coe College
Miss Ellis
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
The giant vault door arrives for American Savings park
A fifteen ton steel door arrived on a special car for the new American Savings bank vault. The vault features triple reinforced concrete walls and dual steel reinforcement, with the door to be set through a north window as construction advances. Doors and safety features are highlighted as contractors and bank officials praise progress on the project and promise further revealing details.
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American Savings Park
American Savings Bank
Main
Platt
Frank Hamel
Dabequé
Zwack
Ebeling
Inventor Demonstrates Pepper Blinding Device for Banks
John A Wright, a pioneer merchant, shows at city hall a practical defense against daylight robbery. The system uses a compressed air tank and a cayenne pepper solution to shower a blinding cloud along a front lobby pipe. Demonstrations use Foster's earth to avoid harm. Iowa crop reports note frost-free status as of September 1.
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John A. Wright
Greer
Wright
Filmdom Scandal Sparked by Fatal Hotel Brawl
Reporting on a two day drunken brawl in a fashionable San Francisco St Francis hotel suite ends with the death of Virgin Rapye. Fatty Arbuckle is jailed on related charges while a minor offender is held with him. The piece critiques Hollywood excess and public consumption of scandal.
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St. Francis Hotel
San Francisco
Virgin Rapye
Fatty Arbuckle
Wanderer
Church
Maxwright's Lens Focusing Station Open For Free Auto Tests
Maxwright has installed a practical lens focusing station in his garage at Pleasant and Olive streets inviting all who wish to have their auto Tenace tested free of charge. A 42 inch focus line at 75 feet marks correct distance and a certificate is given once properly focused. Frequent focusing is advised as lamp alignment shifts with vibration. Drop in and see how Max does it.
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Maxwright
Pleasant
Olive Streets
Br. Wright
Max
City Directory Project For Maquoketa Herald
Will Compile City Directory by A. Goiner soon after resignation as secretary of Hand Fischer Lubbery. Book will list county and city officials lodges clubs and officers with meeting dates. Containing names of residents over sixteen occupations and residences. Aimed as a useful home reference fairly priced. Includes a humorous skid about motor speed restrictions in town.
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Af. A. Goiner
Fischer Lubbery
Basily
Maquoketa
Oldest Iowa Attorney Honors Friendly Visit
Iowa’s oldest practicing attorney, Hon. William Graham of Dubuque, recalls his early Sentinel column contributions and the heated politics of the era. Mrs. Graham joined the Iowa bar sixty five years ago and has practiced without interruption for 54 years, a remarkable record. He has attended nearly every district court term in Dubuque and Jackson counties, and the visit was cherished.
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Iowa
William Graham
Dubuque
Graham
Sentinel
York Supreme Court
Jackson
High School Notes Sweat for Success and New Athletes
Maquoketa High reports 324 students this year up from 281 last year. An Athletic Association sells $1 memberships for all football games at Maquoketa to raise funds for equipment. About 22 boys practice for football with a Reds vs Whites scrimmage set for Friday at 4:00 p.m. The Normal Training Club elected officers and planned a reception for twenty new members.
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Septem High School
Maquoketa
Maquoketa Bride Weds Clinton Man in City Church
Miss Opal Conery eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Conery wed Edward Swartz son of Mr and Res Kirk Landis on Monday at 1 30 by Rev E A Lang at the Methodist parsonage. They left for Clinton for their future home where Mr Swartz is employed by Curtis Manufacturing Co. Mrs Swartz has many friends here who extend best wishes.
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Maquoketa Gil
Clinton
Opal Conery
Ben Conery
Edward Swartz
Res. Kirk Landis
E. A. Lang
Methodist
Swart
Curtis Manufacturing Co
Mrs. Swartz
Nimrods Await Friday Duck Season Opens
The community hunters prepare for the duck season as game officials report ample migratory birds. Nimrods Nasty Bunn Bunny Hicks and John Blessing are expected to test the statements of the authorities once the season begins Friday.
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Bunn
Bunny Hicks
John Blessing
Rebehat Lodge to Attend Funeral on Edna Street
Members of Rebehat Lodge are requested to meet at the lodge room Wednesday afternoon at 1 50 to attend the funeral of Mrs J Patterson, which will be held at her home on Edna Street at six o'clock.
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Rebehat Lodge
J. 4 Patterson
Edna Street
Notice to Taxpayers September 2nd Fast Day Reminder
Notice to taxpayers announces September 2 as a fast day for payment of the second installment of tax without penalty. The county treasurer directs attention to this deadline and related procedural details. Mrs Berths Patters of Chicago is visiting Sag_socket.
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Mra
Wires
Chicago
Saqsokets
Farm Bureau President Sees It Too Late
President Howard of the American Farm Bureau Federation argues the 1919 Versailles peace treaty vote failure caused recent agricultural woes. He asserts those who blocked ratification hindered peace and contends farmers would be better off if peace had ended the war earlier, criticizing Lodge and treaty opponents.
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Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ody
Mr. Howerd
Jf America
Mr. Howard
Stormy Sunday crash injures local driver near Spragueville
Lester Pauli, returning from Maquokere, struck a flock of sheep driven near the Union Center church during a windstorm. Two sheep were killed, his Ford damaged, windscreen shattered, and Pauli suffered only minor injuries while G A Pankow aided at the scene.
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Lester Pauli
Spragueville
Maquokere
Union Center
Pauli
G. A. Pankow
Spra~gueville Bank
Pas
On the Job Again Pass Doran of the Doran Motor Co
A local business man, Doran, again boosted the town by installing a public drinking fountain in front of his business. The gesture highlights his progressive spirit and interest in the city and community. The piece envisions wider participation by business people and citizens to improve and expand opportunities in the city.
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Pass Doran
Doran Motor
Supplementary booster in Anamosa Journal praised
Edier Cash printed an eight page booster in the Anamosa Journal featuring photos of principal buildings and many local businesses. The piece celebrates prosperity and progress in the city.
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Anamosa Journal
Edier Cash
Prinipal
Speviat Peato
Charley
Unclear Names Prompt Week License List
A garbled OCR list appears to show license items this week with numerous unreadable names and fragments including Arther B Bits Luelis M Tedhien Weber Miss Braners Ev Fdwant Swarte Tistin Misa Oat Conery Maguoketa and others.
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Arther B
Bits
Luelis M
Tedhien
Ko Weber
Larterte
Miss Braners Ev Fdwant Swarte Tistin
Misa Oat Conery
Maguoketa
Iret
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J. P. Quinn
Hamiay Studio
Andrew L. Holst
Coca Merchant
Frank S. Pinney
Ageicuilt Oral Statistician
Towa
Nimrods
Sts
Wogns
County
Treasuert
Farm Bureau
Mamage Licenses
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