Knights Templar Conclave Draws 18,000 to Denver
Denver hosts the 32nd annual Knights Templar conclave with 18 000 knights arriving by special trains and a parade schedule. St Bernard commandery Chicago and Croston commandery Burlington Iowa lead arrivals as 219 coaches of trains descend on Union Depot. Public events include receptions at Commandery headquarters Broadway theatre and Elfed Temple, a grand reception for officers, a grand ball at the stadium with 9 000 tickets, a horse show, and an illuminated automobile parade. Loula Long of Kansas City and judges Al Crane and K C Christie named for the show.
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Denver
Colo
Knights Templar
Colorado Commanderies
St. Bernard ‘Commandery
Chicago
Croston Commandery
Burlington
Iowa
Union Depot
Conclave
Templars
Commandery
Broadway Theatre
Colorado Commandery No. 1
Elfedel Temple
Knighta i
Great Stadium
Misa Loula Long
Kansas City
al Crane
K. C. Christie
Plans for Muscatine Fall Festival to be discussed
The Muscatine Commercial Club will meet this evening to decide plans for the annual Fall Festival. Officers seek suggestions on entertainment while featuring the previously popular farm exhibit. Proposals for weeklong amusements will be considered and committees likely formed to outline the event.
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Muscatine Commercial Club
New Furniture Store Planned on East Second Street
Harry Glatstein and Sons announce a two story white glazed brick furniture and rug shop at 421 East Second Street. The building will feature a double display window on the first floor and a plate glass front on the second story. The old structure will be wrecked and construction pushed rapidly to completion.
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Harry Glatstein and Sons
East Second Street
Glatstein
Second Street
Sheriff Foils Pursuers in Canaddy Lynching Plot
In Carruthersville Missouri on August 11 a mob of several hundred farmers sought to lynch a black man who assaulted Mrs Ollie Johnson at Canaddy. Sheriff Stubblefield and deputies intervened, placing the prisoner in a car and outrunning a fleet of pursuers across Pomiscott county.
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Carruthersville
Ollie Johnson
Canaddy
Here
Stubblefield
Pomiscott County
KRESKO PROMOTES CURES FOR RINGWORM AND SKIN AILMENTS
Advert says ringworm sufferers can get two permanent rapid cures using KRESKO. Claims fast relief when applying KRESKO and washing with KRESKO Soap. Includes trial sizes 250, large jar 60c, family size $1.00. Free samples from Kresko Laboratories Dept 82 4150 Fourth Ave New York Sol y Ady.
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Kreseko
Kresko
Kresko Laboratories
Dept
Fourth Ave
A. W. Morgan
New York
Sol Y Ady
Race Committee Session Sets Keokuk Regatta Plans
The final Mississippi Valley Power Boats Association race committee session was at the Hanley cottage on Geneva Island. Admiral Joseph Kelso and H. Van Patten conferred with C. P. Hanley on regatta details, expressing confidence in a record valley meet. About seventy have signed for passage on the chartered steamer Red Wing from St. Paul to Keokuk, with eight Muscatine residents also slated to travel. In speed boat news, Chicago papers report Adam Weckler’s 210 foot hydroplane The Barnacle sank in 16 feet of water during Friday night winds but was raised and to be used in practice again this week.
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Mississippi Valley Power Boats Association
Keokuk
Hanley
Geneva Island
Joseph Kelso
Bellevue
Iowa
2. H. van Patten
Davenport
C. P. Hanley
Admiral Kelso
Red Wing
St. Paul
Muscatine
Chicago
Theolink
Adam Weckler
Receiving Exhibits For Country Fairs
County Superintendent Be Bradley classifies exhibits presented by students for Wilton and West Liberty fairs. Exhibits show studied effort under Bradley supervision. Wilton entries close Wednesday at 10 am. Rural exams at county building Friday and Saturday for eighth grade certificates to enter high school.
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D. Bradley
Wilton
West Liberty
Bradley
Fulliam Bond Dies at Home in Pennsylvania
Fulliam Bond aged 18, son of Rev. I. F. Bond of South Bethlehem Methodist Church, died at his Bethlehem home after a brief illness. He had been healthy two weeks earlier, underwent surgery for obstructed intestines, and died less than 36 hours later. Buried beside his mother at Milestown, near Philadelphia.
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Fulliam Bond
I. F. Bond
South Bethlehem
Bond
Bethlehem
Young Bond
Elizabeth Fulliam
Sultana Bartlett
E. B. Fulliam
Mrs Caroline Cotter Dies in Davenport at 87
Davenport Aug 11 Mrs Caroline Cotter aged 87 died yesterday morning at Mercy hospital. Survived by daughter Mrs Margaret Ryan of Muscatine. Funeral services held this morning at St Anthonys church. Interment at Columbus Junction. The Misses Emma and Sarah Barry of Chicago are guests at the Frank Anson home this week.
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Davenport
Caroline Cotter
Mercy Hospital
Margaret Ryan
Muscatine
St. Anthonys Church
Columbus Junction
Emma
Sarah Barry
Chicago
Frank Anson
Park Ave Ladies Aid Cake Sale Proceeds Reported
A large cake sale was held Saturday at the Standard Grocery on East Second Street by the Park Avenue Methodist Church Ladies Aid. Many varieties of home baking, cottage cheese, and jelly were sold with net proceeds over fifteen dollars. A planned summer sale is hinted. John Negus of 607 Park Avenue cut his right first finger badly in a farm implement accident Saturday afternoon. Dr. W Norton treated him and he rests easily. East Fill locals note Mrs. J W Bodkins’s return from Bellevue Hospital and local residents J W Lewie family and William Krider share community updates and a birth announcement of a son on Sunday morning.
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Park Avenue
M. Church
John Negus
Negua
Norton
East Fill
J. W. Bodkins
Bele‘vue Hospital
Tom
Orchard Avenue
J. W. Lewie
East Tifth Street
Muscatine
William Krider
Adams
Vegetable Medicines Dominate the Healing Arts
The article notes three medicine classes by use and praises the vegetable kingdom, citing over 700 varieties known by pharmacists. It highlights Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts and her vegetable Compound for women’s illnesses as a landmark success affecting hundreds of thousands of American women.
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Dom
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Masa
Adv
Fred Holly to rejoin Ottumwa Tuesday
Fred Holly, the quick outfielder who started with Muskrers then moved to Ottumwa of the Central Association, will rejoin the Ottumwa club Tuesday. He was injured June 1 at Cedar Rapids while with the Champions and has played for Centerville, Indiana, since. It is believed outfielder Reinhart will be released to make room for Holly.
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Fred Holly
Muskles
Ottumwa
Holly
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Centerville
Reinhart
Ned Egan
Man Struck by Wrench on Eckhardt Farm
Martin Hanson was accidentally hit in the head with a wrench while threshing at the Eckhardt farm on Saturday afternoon. He was rendered unconscious for some time and suffered a large head wound. Dr. A J Oliver attended him.
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Martin Hanson
Eckhardt
A. J. Oliver
John Roby undergoes delicate eye surgery at hospital
John Roby of 106 Grandview Avenue underwent a delicate operation this morning. Dr. E B Fulham removed his blind right eye to prevent further harm to the left eye. He is resting as comfortably as can be expected.
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John Roby
Grandview Avenue
EB. Fulham
Mr. Roby
Castro's Relatives Taken in Caracas Capture
Caracas reports General Torres Castro, kin of former President Cipriano Castro, seized by government forces led by Generals Corcegas Sayago and Bustamente. Several of his officers who fled to the Macuro mountains after July 28 defeats were also captured as fighting persists in Tachira state.
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Caracas
Torres Castro
Cipriano Castro
Corcegas
Sayago
Bustamente
Macuro
Castro
Tachira
Floods in Bengal Claim Hundreds of Lives
Calcutta reports from Bengal indicate floods caused by heavy rains have resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives and extensive financial damage. Local authorities and relief agencies mobilize as rescuers search affected towns and villages.
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Calcutta
Bengal
Local ads and notices from August town listings
A collection of local notices including visits to Nichols Grandview and Wapello. ads for music rolls and upright pianos from Hirt & Fesler. a birth to Grover Krousa in Fruitland. a serious condition at Bellevue hospital for Mrs. Albert Othmer. a coat and suit giveaway contest by B. E. Lilly. and plans for a vacation tour with Dr A J Weaver and family visiting Rochester Minnesota Mayo brothers.
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B. E. Lilly Coat and Suit Department
Hirt & Fesler, Hershey
Hirt & Fesler
Hershey
A. J. Weaver
Wounded Negro Held by Iowa City Police
A burly colored man, sought after an assault on Officer Turner, was taken into custody by Iowa City police. Chief Hoff man and Patrolman Turner left Muscatine to identify the suspect. The man, wounded in the leg, was tied to the Muscatine case and may be returned there if identified.
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Turner
Iowan City
Fred W. Hoffman
Muscatine
Rock Island
Iowa City
Offenders Appear in Court and a Couple Announces Marriage
Three visitors faced judges this morning with charges of intoxication and lewdness. Clarence Schlebting and John Thompson pleaded guilty and received a 10 day suspended sentence, while Richard Holman drew a six day jail term. Bertha Campbell and Albert Stanger, arrested for lewdness, were married by Judge J. O. Coster after being found co inhabiting a West Second Street building. the groom’s mother had arranged the arrest.
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Clarence Schlebting
John Thompson
Coster
Richard Holman
Rowan
Bertha Campbell
Albert Stanger
J.’ O. "Coster
West Second Street
Charles City Militia Accidents Injure Child in Parade
During a Star Spangled Banner rendition, a plank car cartridge wad struck Captain Sanders’s young daughter in Charles City Iowa. One finger sliced open, taken to Rochester Minnesota for treatment. eye injury feared for Nieman. Miss Alice Mockmore returns to Fairport after visit with Miss Ella Reber.
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Charles City
52Nd Regiment
Annual Ladies of the Maccabees Outing at Weed Park
Society notes detail the Ladies of the Maccabees annual outing with Ella Mark coordinating Alabama and Southern states from Birmingham. A picnic supper at 6 30 p m follows a lunch basket tradition, with expectations of large attendance weather permitting. The report also mentions other local society events, guests, and club activities including Christian Endeavor at the United Brethren church and various family gatherings.
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Ladies of the Maccabees
Weed, Park
Ella Mark
Alabama
Mississippi
Order
Birmingham
Ala
The
Christian Endeavor Society
United Brethren Church
E. R. McCorkle
West Lipstreet
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NEW Furniture
Sheriff
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A. G. Cayot
Hine
Hine Bros
J. W. Rankin
Valley Association
Pennsylvania
Park Ave
Ladies Aid
Mundt
F. K. Stroup
Pletcher Avenue
Wapello
Catherine Stieglitz
Dale Street
Nicholy
E. B. Allen
West Fifth Street
Grandview
Grover Krousa
Fruitland
Lucy Odell
Evans Street
Nichols
Albert Othmer
East Ninth Street
Bellevue Hospital
W. Timmerman
Lone Tree
H. Husen
Calgorgtreat
Titus Loan & Spvsynent Co
Iowa Avenue
Owa City
Alice
Mockmore
Ella Reber
Geneva
Admiral Joseph Kelso
B. H. van Patten
J. Cary Tebow
Sacramento
Cal
Kansas
E Kxneese
Mulberry Avenue
Drew Davidson
Arthur Winslow
Gene ‘Island
Forward Society
Grman Congregational Church
Adam Beckstein
North ¢ Dar Street
David Herwig
Julius Werwig
New Hampton
lEighth Street
Town Lodge
Per W. M
Wilson
Snyder
Ruthenberg Clothing Co
East Second
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