Muscatine Considers River Drive Over Mad Creek
Citizens discuss using a $10,000 congress river improvement grant to create a riverside drive above Mad creek linking Weed park and an island. Col. Durham considers hydraulic dredge land creation and possible talks with locals to push a scenic driving park recalling Boston Chelsea Beach improvements.
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Muscatine
Mad Creek
Weed Park
Col
C. W. Durham
United States
Col. Durham
Congress
Iowa
Colonel Durham
Sylvester Baxter
Boston
Coney Island
Baxter
Chelsea Beach
New England
Metropolitan Park Commission
Miss Virginia Granes Praises Vegetable Compound
Miss Virginia Granes testifies after twelve years nursing in hospitals and homes she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ovarian and womb issues with complete relief after six weeks. She endorses it and urges others to try it. The ad offers $5000 if testimonial not genuine and gives Mrs Pinkham's Lynn Mass address.
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Nurses’ Association
Watertown
N.Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Elk's Race Meet Postponed By Heavy Track
Rained out at the Elk lodge fair grounds forced a postponement of today's opening races. Officials expect to run the entire program tomorrow and extend the meet through Saturday to accommodate horsemen and spectators.
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Fair Grounds
Elks
Mrs Maurer Flies Home After Wilton Visit
Mrs. Fred Maurer of Wilton spent days visiting in the city and attending Woodworth meetings and yesterday afternoon rode the Wilton train to return home.
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Fred Maurer
Wilton
City
Woodworth
WASHOUT ON THE B C R N AND MAD CREEK DAMAGE
Muscatine suffers a cloudburst causing extensive flood damage. Fifth street bridge across Mad creek is wrecked, Cedar street culvert washed out, and B C R N track sections propped after a major washout. City losses run into thousands with water flooding lowlands, fences, and buildings along Mad creek bottoms.
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Fifth Street
Mad Creek
Eighth
Ninth Street
Cedar Street
J. P. Walton
East Hill
Wilton
Rock Island Road
Western
Eight
Ninth Streets
Eleventh
Joe Kranz
Elijah Baker
Clinton Bridge and Ironworks
Contrac
Talking infant of Houston a four month prodigy dies
A Houston couple mourns a four month old infant said to speak clearly and show remarkable intelligence before dying weeks later. Doctors warned the child’s mind would outpace its body. a fierce electrical storm coincidence is noted at death while crowds had gathered to view the talking baby.
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Will Fechner
Houston
Channing
Texas
Dreary Sunday Highlights Local News in Montpelier
Rainy forenoon aids corn early ears. Rennart Bros. thresh for Loury and Foser. Metz & Co. thresh for Thos Agar Jr. Robert Nugent visits Blue Grass. George Rachow at Carpenter home in Hazel Dell. Georgia Barnes visiting Davenport relatives. Local youth plan Wilton camp meeting next Sunday. Barney Stecher transacts business in town. John Schmidt and Lena Schmidt visit Nugent home. Antone Brown passes through from Hazel Dell.
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Montpelier
Rennart Bros
Mr. Loury
Mr. Foser
Metz & Co
Thos. Agar, Jr
Robert Nugent
Blue Grass
George Rachow
Carpenter
Hazel Dell
Georgia
Scott County Candidate Chooses Congress Run
Davenport Republican William H. Wilson, a prominent Davenport lawyer, will run for Congress in the Second District. A Scott County caucus urged unification on Wilson, praising his abilities and party loyalty. In Jackson County Maquoketa Republicans back W C Gregory allies as well.
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Davenport
William H. Wilson
Scott County
Wilson
Jackson County
Maquoketa
W. C. Gregory
Clinton Congressional Convention Backing Gregory Nomination
Delegates plan to press for Gregory's nomination at the Clinton convention next week while avoiding a stampede. They intend to advocate Jackson county's claim to support.
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Clinton
Gregory
Jackson County
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USA
Great Western Dairy
Great Western Cereal CO
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Wheeler & Wilson
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B. A. Metz
Scott House
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