Livery Stable Rates Rise as Feed Costs climb
Muscatine liverymen raise monthly boarding prices due to higher feed costs with the first of the month as Davenport and Cedar Rapids also report increases. Managers Ot tie Snyder Frank Bowman and Whittaker explain no profit under old rates and note feed and labor costs. The fever epidemic remains absent but hot weather limits horse rentals.
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Muscatine
Ottie Snyder
Snyder
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Frank Bowman
Wing Dams Highlight Mississippi River Improvement Efforts
Major Townsend, in charge of Mississippi river works, visits Burlington to discuss wing dams as a solution to landing destruction and river traffic issues. He supports wing dams as key to future river navigation and plans to assist Burlington.
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Burlington
Major Townsend
Mississippi
Townsend
United States Army
Mississippi River
United States
Colonel McKenzie
Harbor improvements mapped to fix reef problems
A local effort to improve the harbor outlines wing dam plans. Major Townsend cites fund shortages delaying work but eyes next year for more dams to eliminate reefs before the levee. Once dredging finishes at Ft Madison the dredge will move here to clear the reef before steamboat warehouses where Captain Kelley operates.
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Major Townsend
Ft. Madison
Townsend
Kelley
R J and P Rents Engines Pass Through Muscatine
Two engines owned by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway hauled an extra freight westward through Muscatine this afternoon. Rumors spread about railroad sales and new lines, but officials say the Rock Island system only needs more power after opening its Texas line and is renting engines from several lines including C E I R and R C N. Passenger service on the southwestern division now travels to Trenton Missouri.
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Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway
Muscatine
Rock Island
C. & E. I. Railway
Texas
Eldon
Trenton
Pleasant millwork mood returns to Muscatine mills
South Muscatine mill hands resume labor with renewed zeal after a spell of heat. A laborer in a lumber yard described the work as most pleasant on cool days and said the cool spell motivates workers to make up time lost during the extreme heat.
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South Muscatine
Journal
John Kaiser Receives Fine Iron Fountain for North Mulberry Lawn
John Kaiser has received a handsome new iron fountain to be set immediately on his North Mulberry street lawn. The fountain is described as one of the very best made and will be a great ornament to the yard.
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John Kaiser
North Mulberry Street
Milwaukee Road seeks alley for city cut off through
Washington reports the city is ready to grant the Milwaukee road use of an alley for the right of way through part of the city. Each day brings corroborative evidence of the company’s plan to build the cut off.
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Washington
Milwaukee Road
Local News Notes On Trips And Work Crews
The Isaac Staples arrived with a raft for Kaiser's mill. Ben Bartel, recently in Chicago with the Record-Herald, is visiting in town. Ev Brandenburg left from Davenport on the Firefly to join Stearn Paint in Colorado Springs for several weeks. Milwaukee linemen finished about 2,000 stakes at Stein's lumber yard for the right of way and work today on the eight mile station with the bluff cut.
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Ben Bartel
Chicago
The
Record-Herald
Ev. Brandenburg
Davenport
Stearn Paint Company
Colorado Springs
Milwaukee
Stein
Round Trip Rates to New York Announced
Round trip tickets at favorable rates will be on sale to New York via the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway. Call on agents for particulars or address Inc G Farmer AGF U T B CR N Ry Cedar Rapids fa 718920.
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New York
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Northern Ry
Inc. G. Farmer, Agf
U. T
Excursion Tickets Sold to Clinton by Diamond Jo Line
The Diamond Jo Line announces tickets to Clinton and return for 1.25 on account of the Spiriritualists convention. Sale starts today and runs to August 25. Tickets valid through August 31. For meals and berth details contact W. G. Block, agent, Diamond Jo Line, Muscatine, Iowa.
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Clinton
Diamond Jo Line
W. G. Block
Muscating
Iowa
Flossie and the Playful Cat
A little girl named Flossie loses her temper and screams while her cat Bob endures the noise. The mother glances for a punishment, but Bob intervenes by playfully gentle discipline, eventually provoking laughter from both Flossie and her mother.
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Flossie
Bob
Brave dog saves kitten then keeps it as companion
An Englishman drowns a stray kitten in a stream to dispose of it, but his dog repeatedly rescues the animal. After three attempts the dog swims the kitten to safety, returns home with it, and the pair become inseparable companions sharing a bed.
Royal visit brightens patient in Sydney hospital
During a secret visit to Sydney, the Duchess of Cornwall and York spoke with a boy who had broken his leg after falling from a fence while trying to glimpse the duchess. Once revealed, the child glowed with joy as she sat by his bedside, defusing any hurt with personal attention.
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Sydney
Australia
Cornwall
York
Waterfront Strike Stall Persists in San Francisco
San Francisco August 1 The water front strike remains unsettled as strikers propose terms that could end the dispute while employers refuse to allow coercion of non union workers into joining the union.
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San Francisco
Charming Summer Resorts Reach West and Midwest Lakes
The lake country of Northern Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan's Upper Peninsula along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line offers hundreds of summer resorts. Notable names include Fox Lake Clavan Lake Lake Geneva Lauderdale Lakes Waukesha Oconomowoc Palmyra The Dells Elkhart Lake Madison Minocqua Star Lake Frontenac White Bear Minnetonka Marquette Spirit Lake Okoboji Big Stone Lake and more.
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Ilnois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Fwinsula
Michigan
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Minnetonka
Marquette
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
Big Stone Lake
Clear Lake Resort Promises Low Rates for Tourists
Continuous summer appeal at Clear Lake in northern Iowa reached via the Iowa Central route. Great fishing sailing and bathing offered with extremely low rates for single travelers or groups of five or more. Inquiries to ticket agents or Geo S. Batty G P and T A Marshaltown Ia.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Geo. S
Shooting to Bring Rain Near Lincoln Neb
Four miles northeast of Lincoln tonight twenty four mortars on a twenty acre tract are fired at minute iater vals in a bid to induce rain. Promoter and manager W F Wright, former deputy state food commissioner, advocates the special vibration theory and plans to continue the barrage until rain falls or powder runs out. The sky remains clear.
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Lincoln
Neb
W. F. Wright
Wright
Grand Trunk Route Offers Pan-American Exposition Stopover
The Grand Trunk Railway System allows a ten day stopover at Niagara Falls or Buffalo for ticket holders to eastern destinations to visit the Pan-American exposition. Full information available from city passenger and ticket agent at 249 Clark Street, Chicago.
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Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Clark Street
Chicago
Lehigh Valley Route Offers Vestibuled Limited Trains
The Lehigh Valley line provides vestibuled limited trains from Buffalo to New York and via Niagara Falls to Philadelphia and Chicago, with dining car service a la carte and stop-overs allowed at Buffalo on through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Buffalo
Chicago
West
Niagara Falls
New York
Philadelphia
Little Charlie’s Surprise Doll Bed Cut from Blankets
An amusing scene as a mother discovers Charlie, with a gleam of mischief, has cut blankets and a counterpane to fit Bessie’s doll bed. He proudly shows the improvised bedding for Bowie and his sister Bessie’s dolly, delight shining in his eyes.
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Little Bessie
Dolly
Bessie
Charlie
Bowie
Charlotte W. Thurston
Pearl City Outing Club marks Chas. Rensink birthday cruise
The Pearl City Outing Club celebrated Chas. Rensink's twenty fourth birthday with a launch to Hog Island yesterday afternoon. The group enjoyed a long picnic and a bountiful supper. Helpers included Misses Lillian Rensink Laura Kell Clara Kell Iva Harrison of St. Joe and Messrs John Eade Fred Martin Mrs Cone Mr A C Koffman, chaperone Mrs Hoffman.
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Chas. Rensink
Pearl City
A Boy Drafts His Thanksgiving Dinner Bill
An eight year old writes a humorous dinner bill of fare for Thanksgiving. He lists courses with pies and desserts including pumpkin pie lemon pie and cranberries and ends with a final dessert pie. The playful menu includes terkey instead of turkey and a sequence of sweet treats.
One Fare to Cedar Rapids and Return for Convention
One fare round trip tickets sold from all Iowa stations for the Republican state convention in Cedar Rapids on August 7. Call on agents for rates and sale dates. Jno G Farmer A G P TAR Cc RB N Ry Cedar Rapids IA.
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Cedar Rapids
N. R.y
Iowa
Jno. G. Farmer, A. G. P
TAR
Cc. RB
Codae Rapids
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Whittaker
Isaac Staples
Kaiser's Mill
N. Ry
Diamond Jo
Flossie and
Rob
Duchess
Stein’s Furniture Emporium
S. G. Et
P. Stein
West Second Street
Muscatine, Iowa
Mus. Lumber & Box Co
East Second Street
Nebraska
Grand Trunk Railway System
Colura
Oak Street
J. C. Coster
J. P. Freeman
Sik
Patterson Block
E. S. Batterson
M. Havercamp. Sitt
Inquire Journal
Frank Ashcraft
Hershey Lumber Co
Stkiv
J. W. Journal
George Frey
West 7Th Street
Scott
J. K Scott
J. K
Care Journal
J. W Rees
Kemble Hotel
Remmington
P. O
Lucas Street
Woodlawn Avenue
E. Sth
Keokuk Lake
Cedar Street
Thos. Brown
Olds Building
Black Hawk Tower
Ticeach
8Th Street
Sycamore
West 3Rd Street
East 8Th Street
Third Street
H. H. Arnold
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