City Federation Drives Child Labor Law Reform
The Muscatine City Federation of Women’s Clubs led a campaign to gather factory statistics on children under fourteen and push Iowa lawmakers to enact compulsory education and ban child labor. Local leaders cite cases of youths in mills and cannery schemes trying to evade the law, while defending the new act’s protections and urging enforcement against evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Women's Clubs
Ames Weed
Iowa State Labor Union
M. P. Peck
Bishop Morrison
Davenport
Cora
Chicago
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Society Notes Highlight Porch Parties And River Outing
Mrs. Fred B. Munroe and Mrs. F. O. Block hosted a porch party at 119 West Fifth Street with refreshments. Bennison dry goods clerks enjoyed a city railway park picnic and pleasant evening. Miss Elsie Hubacher held an informal Cedar Street party with games and refreshments. A late evening wagonette trip to Frank Nesterbusch’s farm near Redwood included dancing and moonlit return. The Aequatic club’s river party aboard the steam launch Mignon from Whitemore's landing to Fairport featured supper, four musicians, and moonlit river scenery, ending around 9:30 with one of the season’s finest trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Munroe
F. O. Block
West Fifth Street
Bennison Dry Good Company
City Railway Park
Elsie Hubacher
Cedar Street
Frank Nesterbusch
Redwood
Minnie Brimm
John Calahan
The
Aequatic Club
Whitemore’s Landing
Fairport
Reduced Rates for Harvest Laborers
Prospective enormous crop in Minnesota and the Dakotas prompts Iowa Central Railway to offer special one way tickets at very low rates. Applications and liberal return arrangements available through railway agents to secure immediate labor deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa Central Railway
Trout Drowns Fisher in Kenka Lake Incident
Lucien P. Waener of Penn Yan was pulled from his boat and drowned by a monster lake trout in Kenka Lake near Rochester on August 5. Authorities reported the tragedy as Waener fought the fish after a sudden entanglement with the wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Lucien P. Waener
Penn Yan
Kenka Lake
Muscatine County Shooters Shine at Cumberland Gun Club Meet
Muscatine county men led the Davenport Cumberland Gun Club tournament with first and second places across multiple events. Names include Lou Foley Charles McBride Ben Black T Nichols B R Purvis Adam Von Dresky and others as they claim top and runner up spots in shoots ranging from fifteen to twenty targets. The delegation dominated contests up to last night and drew national competitors to the west-of-Mississippi event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McBride
B. M. Warner
Lou Foley
Adam von Dresky
Ben Black
T. Nichols
B. R. Purvis
Muscatine County
Davenport
Cumberland
Muscatine
Chautauqua Opens as Columbus Junction Welcomes Guests
Columbus Junction August 5. The ten day Chautauqua assembly begins with tents up and crowds settling in for camp life. Local residents travel and arrive from Muscatine Fairfield Oakland West Branch and Iowa City to attend. Eighteen local girls tent together at the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Will Reaney
Muscatine
Will
Esther McCan
Cairo
Oklahoma
Washington
John LeCornu
Bertha Gobble
Fairfield
Roy Dunham
M. M. Welton
Essia Morse
Oakland
Elm Grove School
D. Clark
South Omaha
Sam Acheson
Clark
Eva McConnell
Eastern Iowa Normal School
Eldredge
W. H. Colton
Vanella
J. J. Duncan
Sylvia
Iowa City
Joe Blair
Duncan
Mrs. Blair
Mabel
Vina Dykes
I. M. Lane
Iowa
Lou Dallmeyer
Concord
Chautauqua
Respected Sweetland Farmer John Bersch Critical
John Bersch, an elderly and esteemed farmer from Sweetland township, is reported in very critical condition due to illness with little hope for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bersch
Sweetland Township
Liquozone Pitches Germ Killing Power and Public Proof
A promotional claim asserts paying 100000 for Liquozone US rights and testing for two years. It states Liquozone is liquid oxygen that kills germs without harming tissues, used by top doctors and hospitals, with a list of diseases claimed cured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauli
Liquorone
Liquozone
The First Bottle Free Liquozone Offer
A promotional offer states that a first full size Liquozone bottle will be sent at no cost after returning a coupon. The ad claims Liquozone is not a medicine but oxygen and emphasizes its availability from druggists in two sizes priced at five tenths and one dollar per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Edward's Nail
Chicago
Louisville
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Louisville & Nashville
Grain and Livestock Prices and Tax Ruling on Milwaukee Line
Wholesale prices cover grains, hay, vegetables, fruit and live stock with figures for oats, wheat, corn meal, butter, eggs and fish. A federal restraining order on tax certifying unfinished Muscatine Rutledge line was refused. Milwaukee line must pay taxes like operational lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Rio
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Muscatine
Louisa
Washington
Jefferson
Wapello
Temple Declares Candidacy for Speaker in Iowa House
Formal announcement places M. L. Temple of Osceola against Dallas’s George W. Clarke for speaker. The move splits Muscatine Republicans along old factional lines as Clarke faces internal pressure from Cummins supporters and Temple’s leadership against the governor’s allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Temple
Osceola
Muscatine
George W. Clarke
Dallas
Temple
Clarke
Cummins
Iowa
Special Summer Excursion Rates to the West
Iowa Central announces summer excursion rates valid June 1 to September 30, 1908 from Elrick Junction to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Ogden and to Deadwood Lead City Hot Springs and Custer with return. Diverse routes and stopovers offered. For folders or rates contact any Iowa Central agent or A B Cutts G F P T A Minneapolis MN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central Railway
Elrick Junction
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Colo
Glenwood Springs
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Utah
Deadwood
Lead City
Hot Springs
Custer
Iowa Central
A. B. Cutts
G. FP
T. A
Minneapolis, Minn
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City Federation of Women’s Clubs Ar
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University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Ind
United States
Lright
Liquid Ozone Co
K. Kinzie St
Street and
Pumber
Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store
Milwaukee
Charles B. Hires Co
Malvera, Pa
Butz’s Fair
W. 2d St
D.C. Berntheiser
China
Acknor
Fall Second Street
C L. Stone
R. R
Louisville, KY
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Florida
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