Citizens Railway Park opens with grand fireworks display
Muscatine witnesses a large opening night at Citizens Railway Park with concerts and dancing. About 5 000 people attend as fireworks illuminate the sky from a knoll south of the park. The city ferries visitors by rail with no accidents reported and plans to extend the loop to handle crowds.
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Fiske
Railway Park
E. E. Davidson
Miller Terry
Art Chandoin
Muscatine
Bidwell Road
Park Place
Pickle Works
Pauchet
Mulberry Street
Grand Opera House
Opera House
Iowa Central Offers Weekend Excursion to Clear Lake
Until September 30 the Iowa Central railway sells special low rate excursion tickets to Clear Lake every Saturday with return Monday. Aimed at busy men seeking short inexpensive outings, tickets are available from local agents.
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Iowa Central Railway
Clear Lake
Boston Ideal Opera Company Opens Week with Fra Diavolo
The Boston Ideal Opera Company of 30 performers arrived aboard the Helen Blair and will launch a one week season tonight presenting Fra Diavolo. The cast features Sylvain Langwois as Fra Diavolo, Otto Jaencon as Lord Allcash, Frank Walters as Lorenzo, Ed Andrews as Beppo, Ralph Riggs as Giacomo, Will Burgess as Matteo, Susie Riggs as Roberto, Effie George as Francisco, Irene Palmer as Lady Alleash, and Marie Laurens as Zerlina supported by carbineers, innkeepers and brigands. Tomorrow night Planquette’s The Bells of Cornville follows, then Wednesday Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl.
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Boston Ideal Opera Co
Helen Blair
Auber
Fra Diavolo
Marquis
Sylvian Langwois
Lord Allcash
Otto Jaencon
Lorenzo
Acuta Arbi
Frank Walters
Diavolo
Beppo
Ed. Andrews
Giacomo
Ralph Riggs
Matteo
Will Burgess
Roberto
Susie Riggs
Francisco
Effie George
Hendrick
Robinson
Simmes Zerlina
Marie Laurens
Lightning strikes West Liberty dwelling but causes little damage
In West Liberty Iowa on Saturday afternoon a chimney near the brick yard was struck by lightning during a storm but damage was minimal. Nearby, Rev. W. O. Heddy from Wichita visited family, R. C. Wagner and kin visited What Cheer, and others attended Chautauqua at Columbus Junction.
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Edward the VII
J. W. Fuller
W. O. Heddy
Wichita
Kansas
Chicago
Sue Watson
Third
R. C. Wagner
What Cheer
R. H. McCampbell
Rev. Geo. Furniss
W. C. Addleman
G. T. Pratt
Chautauqua
Columbus Junction
Lois McFadden
Lou Hauer
Colorado
C. A. Bancroft
Zenas
Ashton, Ill
Guy
Charlie
Mary
Edna Secrist
Downey
Annual Elks Grand Lodge Meeting in Salt Lake City
Iowa Central offers round trip tickets to Salt Lake City for the Elks Grand Lodge gathering August 12 to 14. Fare less than one full fare with stop-overs allowed both directions west of Denver and Cheyenne. Tickets on sale August 7 to 10, return by September 30. Details from local Iowa Central agents.
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Salt Lake City
Iowa Central
Salt Lake
Denver
Cheyenne
Conversion of Dick Lane Highlights Muscatine Mission Night
In Muscatine a drug and crime reformer Dick Lane, once a professional criminal and morphine user, spoke at a Presbyterian service held indoors due to damp ground. Lane described seven years of reform since a Chicago Rescue Mission conversion and urged outreach, while the Muscatine choir and local ministers supported the event.
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Court Square
Dick Lane
Muscatine
Jesus Christ
E. F. Gobble
Einhausen
Nellie Robertson
M. P. Goff
George W. Porter
Gobble
L. B. Hix
J. N. Elliott
Paul
Timothy
Rev. Elliott
Lane
United States
Chicago
Central Station
H. H. Kohlsatt
Melvin E. Stone
Luther Laffin Mills
Jackson Penitentiary
Gospel Mission Work In Muscatine Aims To Aid The Poor
Residents in Muscatine organize a gospel mission to aid the poor with food shelter and employment. Leaders William Long and A L Miller plan open air meetings and seek funds for a hall and an employment bureau to place men in mills and reduce police station contact.
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Muscatine
William Long
Bismarck Street
South Muscatine
A. L. Miller
West Fifth Street
Salvation Army
Volunteer Army
Girl's Body Said to Be Turning to Marble
In Michigan near Bay City a 16 year old girl Miss Dorothy Stiles is dying from a mysterious affliction that slowly turns parts of her body to marble. Doctors say death will come within months and reject a chemical theory proposed by her father.
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Bus
Ohio
Bay City
Mich
Stiles House
Chautauqua Program Progresses Amid Rain in Columbus Junction
Chautauqua events continued despite heavy afternoon rain with Rev L B Wickersham and Gen Gordon addressing large crowds at Columbus Junction on Saturday. Sunday's lineup featured Dr Geo Hindley and jubilee singing, while the town mourned the death of Old Tom the beloved horse, who died after a long day of touring and a final overburdened trip.
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Columbus Junction
Chautauqua Assembly
L. B. Wickersham
Old Tom
William Link
Cone
Chautauqua
Letts
S. B. Paxton
Tom
Gates Planning to Unite Major Western Railways
New York reports from inside sources that John W. Gates seeks a merger of Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Northwestern Missouri Pacific Wabash Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Rock Island and Pacific with Frisco and Eastern Illinois and Georgia Central if he can unite Moore Brothers and Goulds. He aims to end the Diamond Match feud to enable large western and southwestern railway consolidations and has drawn closer to George Gould.
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Gates
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Pacific
Wabash
New York
John W. Gates
Moore Brothers
Goulds
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Northwestern
Missouri Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Rock Island & Pacific
Frisco System
Georgia Central
Wall Street
Mr. Gates
Gould
George Gould
Lightning Strikes Butler House. All Escape Injury
Ottumwa Iowa August 11 lightning produced a queer freak at Captain Peter Roberts home in Butler County. The bolt struck the chimney and surged into the living room exploding though everyone slept nearby. The interior was wrecked with torn partitions, windows, and doors but all six occupants escaped unharmed.
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Ottumwa
Peter Roberts
Butler
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