West Republican on bones under White House and campaign books
Washington Bureau reports and Harold J Mahin summarizing Republican unity and campaign momentum. A sensational tale of bones under the White House is debunked as likely the remains of a calf from an old meat oven. Navy expansion, campaign texts, uniform color notes, and a record 16 inch gun test follow.
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Harold J. Mahin
Washington, D. C
Henderson
Iowa
Atlantic City
West
McKinley
Roosevelt
Philippines
House
Cuba
Republican Party
White House
Executive Mansion
Sandy Hook
General Flagler
Special Excursion to Oskaloosa for National Guard Camp
The M N S railway will run a Sunday excursion from Muscatine to Oskaloosa on Aug 10 departing 6 30 a m and returning 8 p m. Round trip fare is 1 50. Enjoy military camp attractions and a regimental band concert. Tickets via local agents. A L Lindner general agent.
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National Guard
Oskaloosa
M. N. & S. Railway
Muscatine
A. L. Lindner
Sporting paper promotes The Sportsman subscription offer
A note from The Sportsman of St Louis showcases its sports focus including trapshooting baseball and coursing along with a premium offer for new subscribers. The 500 page disaster volume on Caribbean eruptions from Martinique to Pompeii is bundled for one year with The Sportsman for $2, trial 13 weeks for 25 cents.
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Sportsman
St Louis
We Indies
Martinique
Pompeii
Experiments in feeding hogs at Ames Iowa report gains
The Iowa state college field trial fed five hog groups with varying rations of corn meal and supplements. Results show higher protein and ash diets improved fattening, with five parts corn to one part Swift's digester tankage yielding over 34 percent greater net profits than corn alone.
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Republican Party
Ames
Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa Experiment Station
College Farm
Swift
Armour
Darling
MAKE ALL WE NEED All its Buttons-Muscatine the Seat of the Industry
The fresh water shell pearl button industry grew rapidly from 1891 to 1900, led by mussel shells from the Mississippi and boosted Iowa and Illinois. U.S. imports rose to a peak in 1895, then fluctuated. 1900 output valued over a million dollars with fresh water buttons at 27 cents per gross and ocean buttons at 48 cents. J. F. Boepple, once of Muscatine, started the U.S. industry in 1891. shell prices swung wildly from 50-60 cents per 100 pounds to 18-20 dollars per ton in 1898.
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Mississippi
Iowa
Illinois
Oversea
United States
Jussen
Hurst
Austria-Hungary
J. F. Boepple
Davenport
Panama
Congratulatory Letters From Long-Time Journal Friends
A. P. Wright of Kansas City and readers from Pipestone Minnesota and West Liberty Iowa send thanks for the Jubilee issue. The letters reflect decades of subscription, Civil War era ties, temperance views, and memories of Bloomington and early Iowa settlement.
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A. P. Wright
Montpelier
Kansas City
Blackhawk's Purchase
Iowa
Montpelier Township
Pipestone
Minn
Journal
L. Legler
Bloomington
Robbers Get Large Sum From Burlington Train Heist
Chicago reports that about one hundred packages of greenbacks each worth 1 400 dollars were taken by bandits who robbed the Burlington train Tuesday night in a ravine near Savanna Illinois. Adams Express Company faces a loss around 109600 as railroad men suspect inside information aided the robbery.
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Savanna
Chicago
Burlington
Ill
Adams Express Company
Cummins Reviews Iowa National Guard in Oskaloosa
Gov A B Cummins visited Oskaloosa to review the Fiftieth Regiment Iowa National Guard encamped in the city. He spoke to teachers at the county normal during the day as 8000 spectators watched the parade. A military reception followed the review.
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Oskaloosa
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Iowa National Guard
County Normal
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Joe Cannon
Mason
The
Navy Department
Congress
Department
Edward VII
Queen Alexandra
West Liberty
Isaac Lathrop
Silas
Water Street
Morris Bamford
Sweetland
Mary Lathrop Purvis
Cummins
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