East Hill Improvements At Weed Park Progress Quietly
Weed Park receives steady improvements as a large cement pedestal for mounting two cannons is planned. The cistern base is nearing completion and officials expect to finish before week’s end. Local residents and visitors are noted as attending the Lichman funeral in Fairport and others travel for meetings and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weed’s Park
Park Club
Weed's Park
Boston
Oldenburg
Wilton
William Butcher
Washington Street
Park Avenue
Rudolph Blasing
Millersburg
East Hill
Minnie Drum
William Oeter
Lillian Rounds
Fairport
W. B. Pomeroy
Minneapolis
Howard Colgan
No. 4
Oklahoma
Huber
Viola, Tr
J. E. Pomeroy
Lichman
Were There Two Samuel Garbers in Iowa Case
Samuel Garber of Oto Iowa faced arrest on charges of filing false pension affidavits after authorities questioned whether he was the same Samuel Garber who served in the Union army and died in a Keokuk hospital. The investigation traces a 1862 Wilton Junction enlistment and a burial there, while a second man named Samuel Garber in the same locality claims a pension with letters from old comrades.
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Sioux City Journal
Keokuk
Wilton
Samuel Garber
Oto
Garber
Sioux City
United States
Woodbury County
J. A. Tracey
Albert Wakefield
Wilton Junction
Muscatine County
Washington
Y M C A Forms Business Men's Club Plan
The Y M C A board plans creating a business men’s club this year to boost membership. A basement barber shop space will become a private locker area with keys and spring lock for club members, offering privacy and comfort. The July to August membership shows gains across Seniors Juniors and Sustaining members.
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Association
Infamy at the Milwaukee Avenue Bank Crash
Judge Gibbons declares Waage had no right to confess judgment for the bank's Eide claim. Hering, the cashier tied to scandals, faces jail as a life of vice unfolds. Anna Nelson Curtis recalls his gambling, while a childhood romance with Frank Kowalski links to the bank failure and Kowalski’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbons
Waage
Eide
Newman
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
H. W. Hering
Wimchs
Hering
Cook County
Jekyll-Hyde
Anna G. Nelson Curtis
Potomac Avenue
Stensland Bank
Frank Kowalski
Anthony Kulchinski
Front Street
Milwaukee Avenue
Huncehy
Bryan and party depart Paris for Madrid
William J. Bryan and his delegation left Paris today en route to Madrid. The trip follows Bryan's arrival in France and precedes planned talks in Spain as part of his international tour.
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W. J. Bryan
Party
France
Madrid
Paris
William J. Bryan
Wilton Notes Travel and Local Visits in August
Wilton, Iowa residents record a busy period of visits and departures. Mrs. N A McAulay and daughter Nellie returned from Central City Nebraska, several Davenport and Muscatine visitors are noted, and cemetery grounds purchasing discussed at a special Wilton Cemetery association meeting.
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Summerville
Ohio
Wilton Cemetery Association
Union Bank
Grace Bunker
Davenport
S. J. Bunker
Elizabeth Kaufman
Will
J. T. Downer
Arden
S. C. Warren
Ruth
Kansas City
H. B. Johnson
Will Lang
Louise Maurer
Kate Backer
Fred Maurer
Chicago
Paducah, Ky
H. B. Strong
Mary Whitmer
George
West Liberty
O. W. Schiele
Durant
Geo. J. Nicolaus
E. Friedericksen
Muscatine
H. A. Ficken
Ida Wildasin
Frank Martin
Amelia Wildasin
Will Claussen
Plitt
Freyermuth
Florence
Tipton
John Lanely
Clara
Freda
Alma Reese
Dorothea Sulivan
Anna Budzin
Emma
Herman Jipp
H. B. Ayres
M. Nangle
J. C. Dreibelbees
C. D. Kiser
Sabetha
Kan
Chicago Market Report Open High Low Wheat Corn and Oats
Furnished by H. J. Frenzel mem office Block with Chicago dates August 15 details showing Open High Low and Close values for Wheat Corn and Oats across Sept Dec May contracts. Also reports pork lard ribs and received today counts for Wheat Corn Oats with regional price quotes and grade numbers.
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H. J. Frenzel
Chicago
Chicago live stock and dairy market roundup
Chicago August 15. Cattle receipts 17 000 steady to 10c higher with beeves 3.90 to 6.75, cows and heifers 1.15 to 5.25, stockers 2.30 to 4.40, Texans 3.75 to 4.60. Hogs receipts 22 000 slow, mixed butchers 5.70 to 6.22, good heavy 5.80 to 6.15, light 5.55 to 6.25, bulk 5.90 to 6.15. Sheep receipts 18 000 steady, lambs 4.60 to 7.85. Butter firm 17 to 22c creameries, 16 to 19c dairies. Eggs 14 to 16c.
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Chicago
Chiistzo
Figigts Seesseancis
Fromoles Osa Etek
SAGOR
Ds Cate
Chicago Poultry Market Report
Chicago market update shows poultry steady on August 15 with turkeys at 12 cents, chickens 11 cents, springs 17 percent lower.
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Chicago
New York Poultry Market Report Mixed Prices
New York market report shows alive poultry firm with fowls at 13 to 14 cents, turkeys at 13 cents, dressed birds steady with fowls 13% to 16 cents and turkeys 11 to 13 cents. Aug date noted with slight fluctuations in live and dressed poultry values.
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New York
New York Butter and Egg Market Note
New York August 15 butter and eggs remained firm and unchanged with stable prices.
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New York
Peoria Produce Market Corn Prices on Aug 15
Peoria Ohio market circular notes corn No 3 at 50 1 2 cents per dozen? (OCR reads 50%¢c) per unit. Market price listing for corn at Peoria Produce Market dated August 15.
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Peoria
Market Prices and Livestock Quote Summary
The record lists commodity and livestock prices from corn and oats to wheat and popcorn, with retail and market rates. It includes vegetables, eggs, meats, fats, fish, fuel, and hogs, plus representative sales figures from Chicago markets and assorted price ranges for cattle, hogs, lambs, and mutton.
Markets in Brief Steer Trade Mixed Amid Tight Supplies
Yesterday's market notes show steady tone for steer trade with small receipts from western ranges and limited demand. Fat cattle scarce, medium and plain natives slow. cows hold Monday's gains with small supply. canners and cutters slow. bulls steady. Good calves firm early, then softening later.
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WEED
Samuel Garbers
Iowa
Y.M.C. A
Transact
Paul O. Stensland
Pir
Kowalski
E. P. Day
East Second Street
Bryan
Spain
J. H. Waldron
Gibson
Collier’s
Gibson Art
Park
Muscatine Markets
Money Back Sale
the Money Saving Store
Siegel & Isaacson
W. F. Miksch
South End Grocer
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