Miss Eva Fisher Celebrates Fifteenth Birthday
Miss Eva Fisher observed her fifteenth birthday with a home gathering at 10 Sampson Street. About twenty guests, both girls and boys, enjoyed lawn amusements and dainty refreshments as part of the surprise celebration. Muscatine residents Mr. and Mrs. Lang Mrs. Cherry and Mrs. MacGrew joined other locals in a trip to the Wilton Fair today and will return this evening. The Ladies Aid Society of the German church plans a Friday meeting in church parlors with a postponed miscellaneous shower to follow next week.
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Mary Balser
Bayfield
Ladies’ Ald Society
German Baptist Church
Hionor
Rebecca Houseman
Joseph Gibbs
C. E. Naylor
Clear Lake
Eva Fisher
Ilova Fisher
Sampson Street
George J. Lang
Thomas Cherry
Mollie MacGrew
Muscatine
Wilton Fair
Ladies
Ald Society
Pine Creek
Julius Welch
Fred
Fairport
Douglas
Blue Grass
Roy Reeves
Wilbert
Ernest Reeves
Schlutz
Davenport
Tra Reeves
August Kemper
Son Alpert
New Era
Virell Cooper
Chas. Fix
Frank Feastal
Arlie
Virg! Frve
Tix
Edward Kemper
Kansas City
Royer Signed by Monmouth Club Pitcher to Face Tribesmen
Jack Royer, released by Musky manager Boyle after a poor showing in a Kewanee double bill, has been signed by the Monmouth club and may appear on the mound against the local tribesmen tomorrow. The note also mentions Vienna engravers and the thriving trade in fine bookplates by leading artists.
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Jack Royer
Boyle
Musky Crew
Kewanee
Monmouth
Muscatine Council to Meet Late This Week
A special session of the Muscatine city council is likely late this week to address urgent items including the tax levy resolution and the selection of a paying inspector. The council will also push for timely action on a new hay market site while awaiting a special committee report and required information on applicants.
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Muscatine
Fire Engineers to Meet in New York Convention
In early September nearly 1,200 fire department chiefs, commissioners and officials from around the world will attend the forty-first convention of the International Association of Fire Engineers in New York. The event will showcase extensive fire apparatus exhibits and prevention equipment with a $25,000 entertainment fund raised for visitors.
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New York
International Association of Fire Engineers
Philadelphia women injured in English auto spill
Prominent Philadelphia residents Miss Margaret Eaton and Miss Anna Eaton, along with William T. Anderson and Mrs. Anderson, were hurt in a motor car accident near Lynton Devonshire. The car skidded on a hill, crashed through a wall, and fell fifty feet into a valley, but trees and shrubs broke the fall.
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Quaker City
Lynton
Devonshire
Eng
Aus
Margaret Eaton
Philadelphia
William T. Anderson
Anderson
Anna Eaton
Elliott
Boynton
Ita
Magnate is dead William Locke dies Philadelphia club president
William H. Locke, president of the Philadelphia National League Baseball Club, died this afternoon at Ventnor, New Jersey a suburb of Atlantic City. The death ends a long line of leadership for the club and marks the loss of a prominent magnate in Philadelphia sports circles.
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William Locke
Phila
Delphia Club
Philadelphia
Bundy
Southampton
N. Y
Aus
Meadow Club
J. S. Strachan
California
T. C. Bundy
A. S. Daveney
Boston
C. J. Griffin
G. F. Touchard
New York
F. C. Inman
County farmers to receive farm topic bulletins by mail
County Crop Advisor Kirkpatrick plans to mail selected Journal articles on farm topics to farmers who submit their names. The initial bulletin this week covers hog cholera treatment, with future issues trimmed for reference use.
Strikers Admit Defeat At Duluth Docks
Duluth police protection was withdrawn from the Duluth Missabe and Northern docks as special police step by step were removed. Industrial Workers of the World members reluctantly concede defeat amid the withdrawal.
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Duluth, Minn
Duluth
Missabe
Northern
Industrial Workers of the World
Farmer Prays Thieves Work Granary Looted Near Wyeville
Edward Churchill, a Wisconsin farmer not given to churchgoing, attended a church service as his wife urged. While he worshiped, thieves looted his barn, stealing his entire stock of corn and oats. The incident occurred near Wyeville on August 14.
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Wyeville
Wis
Edward Churchill
Churchill
Diamonds Stolen From Yacht Off Poquonnock Yacht Club
A Buffalo man reports thieves stole diamonds and jewelry worth 2000 dollars from the yacht Saracen anchored near the Poquonnock Yacht club off Bridgeport Connecticut. The complaint was filed with Bridgeport police today by Frank Mott of Buffalo.
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Buffalo
Bridgeport
Conn
Poquonnock Yacht Club
Mott
War and Comfort Echo From War's Aftermath
A terse reflection on war’s lingering toll. The excerpt juxtaposes shell freshness with comfort, recalling memories of conflict and its aftereffects through stark imagery and a noted quotation by Will Leyington.
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Will Leyington
Slow Work and Popularity in Ancient Spain
A fragment notes that poverty is not disgrace but struggles to gain popularity, then cites the ancient Spanish university Salamanca founded in 1240 as the oldest Spanish university.
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Ancient
Salamanca
War on speeders continues in Muscatine police actions
Muscatine police officers wage ongoing battle against speeders. Frank Bowman was fined five dollars plus costs for traffic violations. J. H. Grimm faces charges in an information filed before Judge Rowan with a speed regulation violation. hearing set for Friday. Complaints arise of drivers trespassing on closed streets. prosecutions are threatened but evidence remains elusive.
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Muscatine
Frank Bowman
J. H. Grimmig
Rowan
Explorers Cross Greenland Inland Ice Traverse
Danish scientist expedition led by Captain Koch crossed Greenland from east to west via the inland ice. The party began in June 1912, traveling with prominent researchers, marking a historic polar crossing for Denmark.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
lGaptain Koch
Greenland
Captain Koch
Phrase from Inquirer hints at marriage and alimony issues
A fragmented line suggests concerns over a wife’s support after marriage and the role of lawyers, noted in a Cincinnati publication. The message emphasizes economic distress and the legal complexities surrounding early marriage.
Local Masonic and DeMolay Lodges Monthly Notices
Iowa Lodge No 2 A F and R regular meeting first Tuesday evening each month. C C Braunwan J 8 L Johnson Secretary. Washington Chapter No 4 R M Stated convocation second Friday monthly. Fred Herman H P Carl Mueller Treasurer. Webb Council Royal and Select Masons Stated assembly second Friday monthly in Masonic Hall 125 E 2nd St A E Othmer T I Mi 8 TG. Joh gon Recorder. DeMolay Commandery No 1 K Regular conclave third Wednesday monthly. A E B Othmer E C W Graff Recorder.
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Iowa
C. C Braunwan
L. Johnson
Washington
R. M
Fred Herman
H. P
Carl Mueller
Webb Council of Royal and Select Ma
Masonic Hall
St A
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