Davenport to get cellulose plant from corn stalks
National Fiber and Cellulose Company plans Davenport as a site for a depitting plant using corn stalks to produce cellulose. Local capitalists would fund 45 percent of a Davenport facility with royalties of one dollar per ton, while the parent company provides machinery and processes. The venture aims to expand paper and box board production and claims high profits amid forest depletion.
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Fiber ‘and Cellulose Company
Davenport
National Fiber and Cellulose Company
Iowa
Compa
George R. Sherwood
Chicago
Brick Prices Set To Tie With Beef Costs
Brick yards around Rock Island Buffalo and LeClaire have contracted to sell their entire season output. Officials predict a building boom as brick prices approach the cost of beef, signaling a rare construction year for local brick men.
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Tri-Cities
Rock Island
Buffalo
Lelaire
Tar Syrup Refunding Guarantee At Battles Pharmacy
The Battles Pharmacy offers refunds on Green's Warranted Byrup of Tar for coughs and colds with a 60 cent bottle money back and a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfactory. H. Sandstrom guarantees refunds if the product fails to cure. A concert and dance open at Central Park on Saturday night May 10.
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Battles Pharmacy
H. Sandstrom
Central Park
Modern decorators balance colors for graceful harmony in rooms
The column explains avoiding single tint excess by using contrasting colors with an intermediate shade like citrine to harmonize violet and yellow or olive to balance orange and blue. It notes proper proportion matters, gives sample ratios of yellow citrine and violet, and mentions adjusting walls to ceiling color to restore graceful lines and even hints at health value in color theory.
Fruits at Evans Bros Langbehn Building on Fifteenth
Oranges bananas strawberries and pine apples plus bulk olives offered by Evans Bros at the Langbehn building on Fifteenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans Bros
Langbehn
Fifteenth Street
Evans Bros Langbehn Building
Proposition Turned Down by Operators in Anthracite Dispute
Scranton Pa May 9 After adjournment of the committee at 1230 President Mitchell said replies to the proposition to submit the question of contention between the operators and the anthracite coal miners to impartial arbitration had been received from four companies refusing to join. The executive committee weighs chances of success or failure in case of a strike. A decisive vote was to be taken this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Mitchell
President Rovervelt Signs Oleomargarine Bill into Law
Washington reports that on May 9 President Rovervelt signed the oleomargarine bill as passed by Congress, making the measure a law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Journal
Rovervelt
Congress
Britain may join American federation says Carnegie interview
In London Carnegie predicts Britain could someday become part of an American federation while markets show British tenders to receive 170 million dollars. Other notes mention Henry Brothers paying claims after the Webb Meyer collapse, anxious street traders over coal, and industry moves in box board and paper interests.
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Carnegie
London
Britain
American Federation
Business
Henry Brothers
Webb-Meyer
J. A. Roberts
Traders’ Paper Company of
Lockport, N. Y
New United Box Board and Paper Company
American Strong Board
Evans Bros Market Offers Fresh Vegetables and Dairy
White beans green beans cucumbers asparagus new potatoes beets and radishes are offered at Evans Bros Lang Behn building Fifteenth Street during summer months The Tri City Bottled Milk and Butter Company advertises clarified pasteurized milk and cream with sweetness and cleanliness insured without chemicals Phone 1241 Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans Bros
Langbehn
Fifteenth Street
Tri-City
Three new states admitted two by two
Washington May 9 Special to the Journal. The house passed the bill admitting Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma into the union without a division. Also President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Eugene F Ware of Kansas for commissioner of pensions to succeed H Clay Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
E. F. Ware
French Cruiser Returns with Eruption Survivors
From Forte De France Martinique the cruiser commander reports returning from St. Pierre with about 30 survivors of the volcano eruption. Nearly the entire population of 25 000 perished in lava and most harbor shipping was destroyed as crater Senfiere eruption continues.
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Paris
France
Forte de France
Martinique
Pierre
Danish West Indies
River men doubt big money in raft towing on river
Local river men say there is little money in hauling logs and rafts though Capt Winans delivered a raft to St Louis owners after a tough voyage below Burlington. The Lizale Gardner raft nears downstream passage, hampered mainly by strong winds and a grounding at Alma Wa bashi before release.
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Capt Winans
St Louis
Burlington
Winans
Lizale Gardner
Gardner
Alma
Wabashi
Merchants Ban Outdoor Ads in Reading Pa
The Mercantile Association of Reading, representing 200 leading merchants, pledges to boycott all advertising outside newspaper columns. It cites decades of rising solicitations for hotel registers desks clocks keyboards charts programs tickets cookbooks moving pictures enunciators curtain ads oil paintings and pamphlets.
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Mercantile Association of
Reading
New York Tax Law Denied Constitutional by Judge Earle
Illinois GOP at state convention endorses A J Hopkins for US senator nominates Fred Isusse for treasurer Chris Manet for supreme court clerk Alfred Hayliss for superintendent of public instruction. C C Duffy defeats Wrambel for clerk of the appellate court 229 to 135. Paul Leicester Ford shot and killed by his brother Malcolm W Ford who then dies by his own hand after a money quarrel. Judge Tuthill at Laporte fines a drinker 100 and orders 30 days in jail plus disfranchisement for three years. Federation of Women’s Clubs elects officers in Los Angeles amid lively incidents. Hunt Hutchins brokers suspend with liabilities about 110000. Senator Carmack blamed U S officers in the Philippines. Dolliver rebukes him. Secretary Shaw amends baggage inspection regulations. Arbitrators rule against Salvador in the Iruzna dispute. House leaders push to defeat omnibus statehood with amendments while courting insurgent Republicans. Judge Seaman rules federal courts lack jurisdiction in stockholder Wilkins’ traction case. J D Rinks feller visit to University of Chicago signals patronage moves and forthcoming announcements. Western Unitarians finish conference with banquet. New $1 million watch company forms in South Bend to oppose the combine. Pennsylvania train to New York reduced to 17 hours. Federation of Labor plans mass protests over Union Traction layoffs. Dozens of teachers to be dropped by city board. Government bill looms against former officials. For de fence, Horacio Vasquez heads provisional government of San Domingo. Prince Henry of Prussia visits Cork exhibition. General Chaffee reports Mindanao natives seek peace. Morgan ship combine talks proceed.
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Earle
New York
J Hopkins
United States
Fred Isusse
Chris Manet
Supreme Court
Alfred Hayliss
Pulaw
C Duffy
Paul Leicester Ford
Malcolm W . Ford
Tuthill
Laporte
Jal
Federation of Women's Clubs
Los Angles
Hunt & Hutchins Brokers of
Louisville
Seaman Ruils
W Lkins
Traction «Ononies
J D Rinks Feller
University of Chicago
Western Unitarians
New Million Dollar Watch Company
Combine
South Bend Ind
Pennsylvania
Federation of Labor
Union Traction Company
Board of Education
Fordeign
Horacio Vasquez
San Domingo
Prince Henry of
Prusala
Cork
General Chaffee
Mindanao
Morgan Ship
Ransom Appointed Officer of the Day for State Encampment
Capt J Ranson of Rock Island receives notice from Assistant Adjutant General assigning him as officer of the day. He will wear a uniform, direct the guard, and manage theatre seating during the Illinois Grand Army state encampment. Jo Murphy of Coal Valley named officer of the guard. details to be announced at John Buford Post meeting next Saturday.
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J Ranson
Rock Island
Illinois Department
Grand Army
Jo Murphy
Coal Valley
Capt Rawson
John Buford Post
Rocky Mountain Aea and F W Uhrus Influence Claims
A brief note describes a mysterious force said to influence the human system enhancing willpower stamina and charm of the mind, attributed to Rocky Mountain Aea and F W Uhrus.
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Rocky Mountain
Oranges Bananas Strawberries Sale Langbehn Building
Fruit items listed include oranges bananas and strawberries associated with the Langbehn building on Fifteenth Avenue. Pine Bros language appears in the fragment, suggesting a store or vendor reference. The readable portion lacks a clear event or date.
Seventh Ward Improvement League to elect officers
The Seventh ward branch will hold its annual meeting and election of officers this Thursday evening at the Lutheran chapel on Fifth avenue and Twenty sixth street. All residents are urged to attend and support plans to make the Seventh ward the banner ward of the city.
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Seventh Ward
The
Improvement League
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Cucumber and Potato Cure Advertised for Coughs
An old advertisement touts cucumbers agsparigus new potatoes and Baby's Pineapple Honey as a remedy for children's coughs. It guarantees no morphine opium or other harmful drug and prices the product at 25c.
Patent Office Cuts Patent Fees In Washington
Rumner Swift and Co reduce prices for patent services at the US Patent Office in Washington. Inventors seeking to save money and secure quality work should apply while the discounted rates last.
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Rumner Swift & Co
US Patent Office
Washington TD
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Cail
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Garvin
Sam Hildreth
Worth
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Senate
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Ironqull
Kan
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Pensions
H Clay Evans
News of the World
Carmack
Tennessee
Philippines
Dolliver
Shaw Isxus
Salvador
House
W. J. Ransom
Fourth Avenue
Moline, NL
Fidelity Loan Company
Mitchell & de Bi'k
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
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South Carolina
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Virgina
Warren J Lynch
Cincinnati
Ohio
W P Depph
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Peoria
Merchants’ Restaurant
Irwin Kerr
Mullane
Mulilan
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