Davenport and C N W Railways Schedule Effective June 10 1900
The Davenport Rock Island and Northwestern Railway announces a short line linking Tri Cities Clinton and points via C N W Ry effective June 10 1900. Various departures and arrivals listed between Davenport Iowa and Clinton Madison Chicago Rockford Burlington Sterling Omaha and Susan areas with daily and exceptional trips. L F Berry General Passenger Agent signs the notice.
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Tri-Cities
Chicag
Clinton
Davenport
Iowa
Platting
Dime Iago
Omaha
Neb
Nver
Colo
Chicago
Belvidere
Rockford
Madison
Wis
Sioux Oy
Muscatine North and South Railroad Time Table June 17
time table showing trains from Muscatine to Round House Ernitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Jet with No 3 No 1 No 2 No 4 services. Trains run daily except Sunday. Connections to B C R N and Iowa Central routes to Burlington and other points.
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Ly. Ly
Muscatine
Round House
Ernitland
Grandview
Wapello
Elrick Jet
Burlington
Iowa Central
Peremptory Removal of Lincoln Park Board Member
Chicago August 8 Lloyd J Smith was removed from the Lincoln park board by Governor Tanner for alleged fraudulent grain shipments. The governor recounted a January conversation in which Smith claimed innocence and illness while asserting the warehouse issues occurred during his absence and admitted possible misrepresentation.
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Chicago
Lloyd J. Smith
Lincoln Park Board
Tanner
Smith
Lloyd Smith
Great Northern Hotel
Sketch of Tommy Wilson Draws Muscatine Interest
A sixteen year old lad in Muscatine is the talk of the town for his talent as a sketch artist. He has never taken a drawing lesson and produces remarkable portraits and scenes, signaling a promising artistic gift.
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Tommy Wilson
Tommy Wilson the boy who learns from Muscatine sketches
Muscatine has produced talent that aspires to high places in the world. Tommy Wilson, the boy who learns, is famed for his sketch book admired by schoolchildren and parents visiting schools. He sends many sketches to friends, keeping his collection small. Cut No. 1 shows two off hand sketches for the Journal.
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Muscatine
Tommy Wilson
Tom
Journal
Young Artist Tom Wilson Gains Noted Talent From Public Schools
A profile of Tom Wilson, educated entirely in city public schools and now a high school pupil, highlights his natural drawing ability. The piece notes his rapid progress without professional instruction and cites works such as Baby Stew art and The Disturbed Meal, plus an original clown sketch.
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Tom Wilson
Tom
Young Artist Tom Shows Early Drawing Talent Abroad and at Home
A 16 year old on Third Street recalls his youth spent in Ireland and England, where his first sketches emerged. He has no formal art training beyond nature and practice, with a Thomas cat as his trade mark appearing in most drawings. He began drawing on his first day of life and expects to draw for a living.
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Third Street
Ireland
England
Tom
Thomas
St. Paul
David Planty
Baby Planty
William Murphy
Cardus
Muscatine Artist Tom Muscatine Signs and Caricatures
The article praises Tom Muscatine for originality in drawings and caricatures of friends and acquaintances. It notes his skill in humorous signs used on windows around the city and anticipates a bright career that Muscatine city will follow with interest.
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Ience
Tom
Contented Few Seek Less Than Others Blessed by Providence
A concise reflection notes that some people feel blessed by Providence when they are content with less than what others possess. The quote implies satisfaction rather than envy drives happiness. It contrasts abundance with inner peace and moral restraint.
Sinful Couple Arrested in Racine Elope Case
In Springfield Illinois on August 8 Alder man J Linck of Racine Wisconsin and Mrs Lena Wyman were arrested after Linck’s mother charged him with insanity and revealed the couple had fled Racine a month earlier. Linck is 26, ten years younger than Mrs Wyman.
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Springfield
Liss
Alderman J. Linck
Racine
Wis
Lena Wyman
Linck
City limits on power of courts over telephone licenses
In a Minnesota Supreme Court decision the Northwestern Telephone Exchange wins a ruling that city licenses to operate are contractual and cannot be canceled arbitrarily. The court also says police power cannot justify underground wiring orders without cause, marking a long city council dispute as resolved.
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St. Paul
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Minneapolis
Supreme Court
Americans Arrested in German Tea Garden Disturbance
Eight American students from the University of Munich were seized in Loewen for causing trouble and rough handling a waiter who was left seriously injured. The U S embassy has not intervened yet.
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Berlin
University of Munich
Loewen
United States
Roosevelt to Speak in Chicago on Labor Day
Governor Theodore Roosevelt Republican vice presidential candidate accepts invitation to deliver a non political address in Chicago Labor Day Sept 3 at the Building Trades council. In Hugo Colorado Frederick Merrick arrested in Elbert county and brought to Hugo on suspicion of Union Pacific train robbery. a posse pursues another man thought to be Merrick partner.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Building Trades Council
Hugo, Colo
Aug. S
Frederick Merrick
Elbert County
Hugo
Union Pacific
Merrick
Bessemer Association Plans Furnace Shutdown Sept 1
Cleveland reports the Bessemer association will close its furnaces in Cleveland and other locations on Sept 1 to restrict production.
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Cleveland
Bessemer Association
Footing with a Revolver Turns Fatal in Michigan
In Wolverine Michigan an individual footing with a revolver at Burt Lake accidentally shot himself. The ball passed through the abdomen in a tragic domestic accident.
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Mich
Burtlake
Robert
Sales
Electric lineman killed by shock in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Iowa reports George Dugdale, an electric lineman, was instantly killed Monday evening while fixing a fuse. The same day in Kroonstad President Steyn was reported seriously ill.
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Mount Pleasant
George Dugdale
Steyn
IL Kroonstad
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