Special Iowa train planned for G A R encampment
Definite transportation arrangements for the forty seventh national encampment in Chattanooga Tenn are received. A Iowa special train will depart Chicago seven PM September 15 and arrive Chattanooga noon September 16. Excursion rate 27.02 from Des Moines with lower rates from other areas. Muscatine W R C members and other locals plan to attend.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
J. W. Wilcott
Iowa
Chicago Central Station
Saratoga Hotel
Chicago
Rock Island
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Lnes
Des Moines
Women’s Relief Corps
Sarah A. Fox
Flarmann Schmidt
Shelby Norman
Shelby Norman Post, and Mr. and Mrs. Phil. J. Murphy
Governor Ralston Begins First Vacation at 56
Indianapolis August 6 Governor Samuel Ralston started today his first vacation at age 56. He will spend two weeks in Massachusetts at the homestead of Thomas Taggart a national Democratic committeeman from Indiana. The governor has always been busy since childhood with farm work and later law practice leaving no time for vacations.
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Ralston
Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel Ralston
Massachusetts
Eurminer
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Decree Granted in Brown Divorce Suit in District Court
Matilda Brown awarded absolute divorce from Frank Brown with custody to a sister of the plaintiff residing at Letts Indiana. Brown confined in county jail awaiting grand jury action after arrest for alleged assault on his wife. Temporary alimony of 30 dollars per month granted in Minnie Kollman versus Charles E Kollman case. defendant enjoined from premises. Court adjourned for recess, next session likely August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Brown
Frank Brown
L. J. Horan
Letts
Brown
Horan
Minnie Kollman
Charles EH. Kollman
Nicola Sentenced Ten Days For Street Fight
Chancey Nicola was sentenced to ten days in jail by Police Judge Rowan after pleading guilty to assault and battery. Witnesses say he brutalized his adversary who attempted to avoid the affray.
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Chancey Nicola
Rowan
Nicola
Honduras Accepts Wilson Peace Plan As 26th Nation
Washington noted Honduras has accepted President Wilson's peace plan per American Consul White in Tegucigalpa. In market news, live stock prices show wholesale hogs lower with choice light at 8.40 and choice heavy at 8.45 per hundredweight. heavy packing hogs around 8.00.
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Honduras
Washington, D. C
White
Tegucipa
State Department
Wilson
Bry
Capitol grounds case tests state debt limits in Des Moines
Des Moines August 6. Attorneys for John Rowley challenge a state capitol grounds improvement law arguing it creates an annual tax and debt for a single object. The case centers on whether the measure constitutes a state debt despite its aim to fund capitol grounds enlargement and improvement.
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Des Moines
Capitol Grounds
J.C. Calhoun
J. H. Applegate
District Court
John Rowley
Calhoun
J.C. Mitchell
William McNett
McNett
C. Parker
Parker, Parrish & Miller
Robert Sloan
George Cosson
Henry Sampson
Start Construction of RAL Extension
Work has begun on a new rail extension in Northwest Amustaine with track laying on Wbight street from Town Avenue to Pine street and paving planned this summer. The city handles the track installation while the railway company crews operate elsewhere. extension toward Iowa avenue from Third street to start within two weeks and Kecklerville area work will wrap up soon.
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Amuscatine
Wbighth Street
Town Avenue
Pine Street
Iowa Avenue
Third Street
Railway Company
Kecklerville
Impport
Parisian Sage promises dandruff relief and glossy hair
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a safe scalp and hair cleanser. It claims to stop itchy scalp and hair loss, promote growth, and add shine, with a fifty cent bottle available at druggists. Sold with a money back guarantee and featuring the "Girl with the Auburn Hair" on the package.
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Havercamp
Mass Meeting Called to Combat Hog Cholera in Scott County
Davenport Iowa Aug 6 The Scott County crop improvement association calls a mass meeting for farmers to confront hog cholera spreading among swine in up river counties. County Crop Advisor Bliss reports many new cases and ongoing concerns over inadequate preventive methods requiring cooperative action.
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Davenport
Scott County Crop Improvement Association
Up River
Bliss
Farmera
Finger torn and multiple injuries at local works
Arthur Erkson of 1168 Lucas street, Roach & Musser Sash factory, loses part of his left third finger after dinner and is treated by Dr J L Klein. John Herwig of 403 Grandview avenue sprains his right knee after a misstep, treated by Dr E B Fullam. Walter Cinser of Hotel Grand falls beneath a slowly moving Wilton train, suffering a gash on his right elbow treated by Dr J D Fulleam.
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Arthur Erkson
Lucas Street
Roach & Musser Sash & Door Factory
J. L. Klein
Knea
John Herwig
The
Home Tea Company
Grandview Avenue
E. B. Fullam
Hag
Walter Cinser
Hotel Grand
Wilton
J. D. Fulleam
Peace treaty ends Balkan strife in Bucharest
In Bucharest on August 6 delegates from Servia Greece Montenegro Roumania and Bulgaria concluded a peace treaty ending ongoing Balkan strife. The agreement was reached after talks among the five nations seeking stability and reconciliation in the region.
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Bucharest
Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Roumania
Bulgaria
General Dodge Faces a Serious Operation
Council Bluffs Aug. 6 General Grenville M. Dodge suffers from a disease in the prostrate gland and faces an operation said to be one of the most difficult and dangerous known to surgery. Surgeons are reportedly in doubt as no decision has been reached from Rochester. Two relatives who were bear hunting in Colorado joined the party and rushed to Rochester.
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Council Bluffs
Grenville M. Dodge
Rochester
Colorado
Glenwood Springs
Ready for Wedding Youth Shoots Self in Pittsburgh
Frank Welter a Pittsburgh barber prepared for his wedding and arranged details for 9 oclock. He shot himself multiple times in the breast and head, but survived a flesh wound and declined hospital aid. Doctors believe he will recover, though no reason was given.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Welter
Hangs Himself in Cemetery In Dow City
Dow City Iowa August 6 M H Blading 76, cemetery sexton, hanged himself to a tree in the local cemetery last night. His body was found today. Reason for the act is not known. After dinner, he bought a rope and returned to the cemetery where he killed Dimgelt.
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Dow City
M. H. Blading
Dimgelt
China too poor to fund Panama Exposition exhibit
Peking reports financial failure to fully finance the Chinese exhibit at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The finance minister seeks a $600,000 appropriation, facing opposition from many parliament members and chambers of commerce due to losses from the recent rebellion.
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Peking
China
San Francisco
Justice Discards Muscatine Victories In Dispute
President Justice of the Central Association ruled two Muscatine wins over Kewanee last month invalid. Local officials and Muscatine officials contest the decision, expecting a board review at the January annual meeting. Ottumwa and Muscatine standings shift while Davenport and Kewanee are involved in the lingering dispute.
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M. E. Justice
Central Association
Frank Boyle
J. 8. Sterneman
Local Baseball Association
Muscatine
Kewanee
Justice
League
Muscatine Club
Harry Ohkland
Muskies
Boyle
Muscatina
Muskiey
Ottumwa
W. LL
Sterneman
Flagman Found Dead At His Post Of Duty
Davenport Iowa August 6 Special William Edwards a Rock Island flagman at Second and Davie streets was found dead in his chair after trains passed by colleagues initially thought he was sleeping. Heart failure likely caused his death this afternoon. Edwards, once an engine driver on the Rock Island, was injured in a wreck years ago and afterward served as a backout flagman. He was well known to veteran Southwest branch rail workers.
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Davenport
William Edwards
Rock Island
Second
Davie
Edwarda
Columbus Chautauqua Opens With Roney Boys Program
Columbus Junction Iowa Aug 6 special opening day for the twelfth Columbus chautauqua under President R J Reaney and Rev I B Schreckengast. Edward Amherst Ott lectured on The Haunted House while the Roney Boys performed a prelude concert. Children’s activities, art classes, and moving pictures to follow. Over one hundred tents are already filled with campers and orders for more tents coming in.
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Columbus Junction
R. J. Reaney
Columbus Chautauqua
Reaney
I. B. Schreckengast
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Chantangua
Roney Boys
Edward Amherst Ott
Florence Curtis
Ethel Sprague
Alfen M. Brown
Sterling College
Sterling
Kan
D. B. Fowler Improving After Accident
D B Fowler of Muscatine quarter on F street and employed by South Muscatine Lumber and Box company is reported to be recovering after four fingers were severed by an automatic machine last Thursday.
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D. B. Fowler
South
Harts Succeeds Col Cosby as Superintendent
Major W W Harts of the corps of engineers U S has been selected for superintendent of public buildings and grounds in Washington DC to succeed Col Cosby in the position announced on August 6. The appointment elevates Harts to oversee national government facilities and related maintenance duties in the capital.
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Washington, D. C
W.W. Harts
Corps of Engineers
U.S
Cosby Named Military Attache at Paris
Colonel Spencer S Cosby appointed as military attache to Paris replacing his prior post as superintendent of grounds and military aide to the president. It is unclear if the current act will continue.
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Spencer S. Cosby
Parle
Cosby
Cyclists Plan Ride to Keokuk Soon
A Y M C A delegation will ride to Keokuk on bicycles this month to witness the Mississippi Valley Power Boat association regatta, according to preliminary arrangements by officials. The trip will be directed by R. D. Marquis, membership secretary, and leaves the association building on Saturday, August 23.
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Y.M. CG. A
Keokuk
Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association
R. D. Marquis
Local youth escapes serious injuries after wagon accident
Columbus Junction Iowa, Aug 6 Special Benjamin Cronor of Columbus Junction escaped serious harm when a delivery wagon overturned trapping him beneath it and dragging him several yards. The horse avoided further danger as the wagon settled, Cronor sustained only scratches and bruises with no expected internal injuries.
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Columbus Junction
Benjamin Cronor
Cronor
Excavation Begins for New Excelsior Hose House
Work started yesterday on the Excelsior Hose House with dirt removal at the Cherry street site between Third and Fourth streets. The contract for the fire station erection was awarded to Antone Bersch.
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Excelsior
Cherry Street
Third
Fourth
Antone Bersch
Hall to marry Parisian ward in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Aug 6. As a sequel to immigration action against Charles Victor Hall the millionaire oil operator, Hall and Parisian Marie Rita Seutans plan to wed before revealing their whereabouts. Government probes have traced Seutans residence since the divorce suit against Mrs Hall.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Charles Victor Wall
Marie Rita Seutans
Hall
Miss
Miss Seutans
Miss Beutans
Extra streetcars to run tonight for Weed Park event
Planning attendance at the Kiwanis band concert and dance at Weed Park leads the local traction company to run extra cars. Superintendent Schuyler announces loop service between 7:20 and 8:00 PM and after the park festivities end. The move is to ease arrangements and crowd flow tonight.
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Weed Park
Schuyler
Homestead Lodge Society Meeting At Cosgrove Home
Fourteen members of the Homestead lodge met at Mr and Mrs Joseph Cosgrove on McArthur Street for a rega l session Tuesday evening One candidate was ballot ed upon The meeting closed with refreshments The next meeting will be in September on the first Tuesday at the hall A number of Br ier Lodge Industrial members left this morning on the Helen Blair for Dave mort and the tri cities for a day trip
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T Homestead Lodge
Joseph Cosgrove
McArthur Street
Har
Brier Lodge Industrial
Helen Blair
Davemort
Tri-Cities
Contributions Under Fire in Sulzer Campaign Hearing
New York August 6. Legislative committee probes contributions to Governor Sulzer's campaign. Hearings resume away from Albany raising interest over possible testimonies from Tammany Hall leader Charles F. Grah and Governor Sulzer. Officials from Mutual Life Insurance and Union Trust subpoenaed relating to Lou A. Saresky bank account.
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Sulzer
New York
Frawley Legislatie
Albany
Charles F. Grarph
Tammany Hall
Nesses
Mutu Life Insurance Company
Finer's Loan and Trust Company
Lou A. Saresky
Confcienti
Unclaimed Mail at Muscatine Post Office August 1913
List of remaining letters for week ending August 1913 includes nomes such as A. N. Black J. Cohen Adam Deaher J. Dillo Henry Eckhart James Erwin Ch Wiggs N B Gardner Charles W Jobson Earl Jones and others. Also names of ladies Miss Florence Bag nall Mrs Nettie Coffey Mrs Owen Mrs Lon Davenport Miss Ma Fahy Mary Haney Miss Alber Kely Mrs Lewis and several others. Party callers are asked to say advertised per RS McNutt P.
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Muscatine
Iowa
A. N. Black
A. Bern J. Cohen
Adam Deaher
J. Dillo
Henry Eckhart
James Erwin
Ch. Wiggs
N. B. Gardner
Chas
W! Jobson
Earl Jones
Wim. King
Jo ‘Lee
Bartel Mark
Frank Milshone
Joe O’ Brien
W. Phillips
Willie Podenski
Smith
Robert Wisno
Franklin N. Wood
Lst
Florence Bagnall
Owen
Lon Davenport
Ma. Fahy
Mary Haney
Alber Kely
Lewis
Charles Im. Lard
A. Montgomery
Patterson
Fred Stellar
Grace Terry
Rose Winkler
Caboose Destroyed In Train Collision Near Columbus Junction
North bound freight train No 86 on the Burlingr branch of the Rock Island crashed into a caboose on a second freight known as the Hump at 1130. The caboose was destroyed and piled wood. No one was injured in the accident. A birth is reported for Mr. and Mrs. Shen, Mark, of 30344 East Second Street.
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Caboose
Columbus Junction
Burlingr
Rock Island
Mre.shen , Mark
East Second Street
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Zeca
Jowans
Bryan
W. H. Hoffman Company
C.cadle
Gen. Dodge
Mary Lumpe
Flagman
Columbus
Harts
Col. Cosby
B. C
Detthof Hardware Company
Say Hall
Ward
H. Stubenwoll
Allison
Dr. King
Constitution
Rire
Journal's
WANT
Brucatine
Tit Loan & Investment Co
Geo
W. Reuling
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