Excursion Steamer Sunshine Sinks Posing Ferry Risk
A crowd of 175 Union stockyards workers aboard the Sunshine sank at Broad Ripple Indiana yesterday afternoon injuring four people and risking many more. Divers will search the river bottom for missing details as onlookers surged toward a canoeist and caused the fly wheel chain to snap and the paddle wheels to stop.
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Indiana Lake
Indianapolis
Ind
Union Stockyards
Sunshine
Broad Ripple
Mayor McNutt Urged to Send Council to Burlington Meeting
City officials received a plea from F G Pierce secretary of the League of Iowa Municipalities urging Muscatine to send its entire council to the eighth annual meeting in Burlington September 13 and 14. The letter promises a valuable program and stronger municipal service through attendance. Mayor McNutt also drew an invitation to the American League of Municipalities convention in Toledo August 23 to 25.
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R. S. McNutt
Iowa League of Municipalities
Burlington
Marshalltown
Muscatine
Iowa
League of Iowa
League
F. G. Pierce
Secy. L. I
Newbbro's Herpicide Promoted As Hair Health Solution
Growing popularity claims the product cleans the scalp of dandruff, destroys the dandruff germ, prevents recurrence, stops falling hair, and guards against baldness. Sold by leading druggists with 10 cents requested for sample to The Herpicide Co. Detroit Michigan. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store listed as special agents.
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Newbbro
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
Havercamp
Brother Visiting From California Returns to Illinois
Mrs. Sarah Underwood of Muscatine area hosts her brother Benjamin Morrison who has lived in California for 44 years. They last met during the Civil War era. Morrison served in the 29th Iowa, then returned to California for a fruit business. He plans to settle near her again.
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Sarah Underwood
Muscatine
Benjamin Morrison
California
Morrison
Oquawka
Iowa
Entertaining an Enemy With a Salve Ad
An old advertisement promotes Buck len’s Amica Salve to cure a chronic wound or sore, priced at 25 cents and guaranteed, from Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
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Bucklen
Havercamp
Destructive Corn Beetle Threatens Second Crop
Farmers in the low lands face loss as a small bug bores inside corn stalks, already ruining the second crop after the first was wiped out by high water. Replanting had shown promise until the insect began its damage.
Sigourney Folks Visit What Cheer to See Pawnee Bill
Sigourney reports several residents attended the What Cheer show last Saturday to see Pawnee Bill. H S McVicker returned from Valparaiso Indiana where he worked in a summer school. T M Dickey of West Lancaster township made a business call Saturday. Charles Reed of Webster transacted business locally Saturday. William A Bartz and family of Oskaloosa visited from Friday to Monday to see relatives. Willie, once from Sigourney, now with U S Express Co in Oskaloosa, is an agent there. Editors Needham and Etter plan to print a daily paper during the upcoming session.
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Sigourney
H. S. McVicker
Valparaiso
Indiana
T. M. Dickey
West Lancaster Township
Charles Reed
Webster
William A. Bartz
Oskaloosa
Willie
U. S. Express Co
Needham and
Etter
Chautauqua
Daily News-Review
M. R. Atwood
Logan and Turbett Furniture
Ellis
Boone
State Normal
Bertha Stiles
Cedar Falls
W. L. Etter
Herman Schipfer
Mexico
Rev. Palmer
Samuel Parkhill
Siloam Springs
Ark
Ozarks
Master Cotton Etter
Gravette
J. P. Martin
E. Brown
Boone, Iowa
J. S. Pennell
W. H. Owen
Wm. Greer
St. Paul, Minn
Wm. Richardson
Ralph Minteer
South River
D. W. Hamilton
Gerty Keller
Lincoln
Nebraska
Clara Crosby
Will
J. R. McVicker
Ray Williams
Oliver
J. W. Lesan
A. Gibson
McVicker
Rufus
Gibson
Philippine Islands
West Point
John F. Lacey
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Abbie Burns
Rock Island
C. H. White
Chautauqua News Debuts And Local Gatherings Noted
The Daily News-Review plans an evening edition with local and important news. Community notes list residents visiting Chautauqua and relatives across Iowa and nearby states, along with new ventures like a general store planned by Ellis of Boone, and a dressmaking school organized by W. H. Owen.
Foley’s Honey and Tar Promises Cure Against Consumption
Wartime era advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe, certain remedy for coughs and colds claimed to prevent consumption the “white plague.” It urges avoiding unknown preparations and notes Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store sells the product.
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Foley
Havercamp
Iowa Central Ry to Sell Summer Round Trip Tickets
The Iowa Central Railway announces daily summer sales of round trip tickets at one fare plus two dollars to select northern Minnesota and Dakota points with a return limit of October 31. Low round trips to St Paul and Minneapolis start daily after June 1. For details contact agents or A. Mina.
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Iowa Central Ry
Minnesota
Dakota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
A. Mina
Ringlings Advertising Car Announces Muscatine Stop
Ringlings advertising car in Muscatine on Tuesday August 29 signals arrival of Ringling Bros. world famous circus. Frank Estes reports 85 car show moving from Niagara Falls to Adrian Mich with stops for animal care and a Rock Island appearance the day after. The act features The Field of the Cloth of Gold with 1,200 performers and 2,500 costume designs, plus a three mile monster street parade and electric canvas tent debut.
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Muscatine Yards
Muscatine Junior
Ringling Bros
Rock Island
Frank Estes
Munroe Street
Chicago
Muscatine
Oskaloosa
Niagara Falls
Adrian
Mich
Detroit
Chatham
Ontario
Dr King's New Life Pills Ad From Store Card
A concise tobacco era style advertisement promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy for serious bowel trouble. The ad notes a price of 25 cents and credits Hav ercamp s Prescription Drug Store as the seller.
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Dr. King
Havercamp
Electric firing method hailed as mine safety breakthrough
William D. Dunsmore of Oskaloosa, former Muscatine boy linked to the Smedlys of Maple Ave, patents a new electric charge firing method. Des Moines Daily News notes United Mine Workers say electric firing at Lost Creek and Ruxton mines proves safer, with night work and no fuse shots, potentially revolutionizing dangerous mine work.
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William D. Dunsmore
Oskaloosa
Muscatine
Lost Creek
Oskaloosa Telephone Company
Ruxton
John P. White
John Reese
Gasoline launch makes South Muscatine stop after leaky hull
A Cedar Rapids owned gasoline launch on a trip down the Cedar and Mississippi rivers stopped in South Muscatine last night with a badly leaking hull. The three men faced dangerous riding, dodging sand bars and pumping out water as they planned to continue to St Paul and Clinton before returning home. Local notes report a good Musserville Friends meeting and several South Muscatine residents visiting or traveling, alongside updates on river conditions, locally shipped logs, and property moves.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Columbus Junction
Iowa River
New Boston
Mississippi River
South Muscatine
St. Paul
Clinton
I. W. Carter
Musserville Friends
Springdale
Carrie Curtis
Carter
Curtis
Musser
Davenport
Julius Seay
Seay
Sarah Lomax
Sycamore Street
A. G
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Anna Held
J && B Moos
Chicago, NL
Anson Clothing Company
Iowa Avenue
Iowa Plumbing and Heating Co
Frank Ashcraft
Swan’s Jewelry Store
Ogilvie Bros
Wheeler
Council
McNutt
City Council
League of Iowa Municipalities
Bur
Lington
Newbro
Lane
Ringlings
Muscatine Man
Hirt & Fesler
Chase Mfg. CO
Newburgh, N. Y
South Mus
Catine
Frank Bestenlehner
Algona
A. G. Bestenlehner
Hershey Avenue
James Q. Beatty
Fruitland
Onesimus Stoker
Oregon Street
Frank Fowler
Letts
Isaac Staples
Kaiser Mill
South End
Kaiser Saw Mill
Isaac Staples and Consort
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