Opportunity for Muscatine seeks manufacturing interest list
County Clerk Richman reports a Bureau of Labor Statistics request for Muscatine data on firms since 1904. He must list all establishments with five or more employees, wholesale and retail businesses, and industries desired for the locality with inducements offered by city or citizens. The Commercial Club will act to gather and forward the information.
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Richman
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Muscatine
Commercial Club
Statistics Bureau
Gilbert to make North Dakota his permanent home
Wm. H. Gilbert, staying a month with family, plans North Dakota residence. He has headquartered in Bismarck the past year and represents a large national nursery company.
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Wm. H. Gilbert
North Dakota
Mr. Gilbert
Bismarck
Dinner Set at A M E Church for Pastor at Conference
A six o'clock dinner is planned at the A M E church on Tuesday August 21 to raise funds for the pastor so he can attend conference. The event supports the pastor’s travel and attendance at the conference.
Grand to Open September 4 at Muscatine
Grand Opera House owner Mr. Salisbury returns to set opening plans for September 4 with The Little Outcast as the opening melodrama. The season will feature top road productions, stars Arthur Dunn and Walker Whiteside, and many musical comedies with new scenic enhancements.
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Salisbury
Grand Opera House
Muscatine
Chamberlin-Kindt Company
Arthur Dunn
Walker Whiteside
Reunion of Buzzard family gathers relatives near Columbus Junction
A large gathering at the Jacob Rowe home east of town marked a reunion of Mrs. Rowe’s siblings, including Rev. Wesley Buzzard and other relatives from Missouri Nebraska Iowa and Illinois. George Brenan injured when run over by a freight train in Washington yards is noted as a brother of Mrs. George Casper. Sunday ice cream and cake served by the United Presbyterian Missionary society in the Free land building room. J. D. Darrow and Mrs. Emily Darrow visited Muscatine. Lola and Rose Duncan drove Karl?>
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Columbus Junction
Jacob Rowe
Rowe
Miss Buzzard
Joseph Buzzard
Columbus City
Wesley Buzzard
Missouri
Wash Buzzard
Nebraska
Adam Schwinley
Iowa City
Ella Carpenter
Ilinois
William Buzzard
George Brenan
Washington Yards
George Casper
United Presbyterian Missionary Society
Sprague Bros
Freeland
J. D. Darrow
Emily Darrow
Lola
Rose Duncan
Nona Albright
Burlington
Fred Huff
Noah Letts
Letts
H. M. Letts
New Mexico
J. C. Kendrick
Conesville
Vance McKee
Colorado
MacHale
Wapelle
Mollie
Rema Church
Muscatine
James Kendrick
Bertha Kelley
T. Lee Duncan
Wapello
Mary Lewis
Chicago
Jacob Foster
Jagerquist
Annetta Wilcox
Margaret Basley
S. M. Helmick
Wyman
Social notes of local residents and visitors
People from Winfield Letts Muscatine Washington and other towns were traveling visiting relatives and attending events. The report lists departures arrivals and short mentions of schooling funerals and mission society activities along with a few hometown trips to Muscatine Palo Alto and New Mexico.
Transfer Deed Filed For Lot in Muscatine Property
Christina G. Exo transfers lot 3 in the sixteenth division of outlet 29 in the subdivision of part of the northeast quarter of section 3 township 76 north range 2 west of the 5th P M Muscatine court city. Consideration 2000.00.
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G. M. Titus
Christina G. Exo
Joseph Nyenhuis
Outlet
Muscatine
Thousands Needed to Harvest Crops in Minnesota and Dakotas
Advertises mass harvest labor in Minnesota and the Dakotas with low rail rates from Iowa Central Railway. Tickets sold daily August 1 31 1906. Wages from 1.75 to 3.00 dollars per day with board included. Address A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn for details.
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Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa Central Railway
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Postmasters Warn Patrons on Mail Receiving Others
The Post Office Department instructs postmasters nationwide to remind patrons of the federal law against taking mail not addressed to them. Readers must inspect mail before leaving and return misdelivered items instantly. withholding mail can incur fines up to 200 dollars.
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Post Office Department
Inverted Lights Debut by Frank Ashcraft
Frank Ashcraft introduces the latest improved inverted lights at 225 Iowa Avenue, highlighting new design and potential efficiency gains for local applications.
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Frank Ashcraft
Iowa Avenue
May Buy Lumber Abroad Warns Forestry Official
M. M. Hale of Washington, a special representative of the U S Department of Forestry, told the National Coopers association in Chicago that the United States risks buying lumber from foreign countries unless Americans preserve and cultivate forests. He cited ten year declines in merchantable timber and urged a Washington backed program to protect forest resources.
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Chicago
Ill
United States
M. M. Hale
Washington
Department of Forestry of
National Coopers’ Association
Auditorium Hotel
Forestry Department
Hale
Forests Sacrificed for Cereals Prompt 1907 St. Louis Meeting
The document notes depletion of forests to renew timber stocks and reports that remaining timber land was sacrificed for cereal and farm product cultivation. The convention adjourned to meet in St. Louis in March 1907.
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St. Louis
Company C practice march payment notice at Cook Musser bank
Captain Norton announced payments for Company C members who marched to Davenport on July 16. The men were told to present at Cook Musser & Co. bank today to receive their wages.
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Company C
Davenport
Norton
Cook, Musser & Co. Bank
Gunthers beat Nationals in five innings at the fairgrounds
Barzer's Gunthers defeated the Nationals 6 to 4 in a fast five inning game at the fairgrounds last evening. Morgatwirl pitched for the Gunthers and kept hits scattered. Neibert started for the Nationals on the mound.
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Barzer
Gunthers
Nationals
Fairgrounds
Morga
Neibert
Holmes and Manrose Printers Location
Holmes and Manrose operate as printers on the second floor above Fisch and Son's hardware store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes & Manrose
Fisch & Son
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Scenic Productions
Sale
Leysen’s Millinery
Barnards
East Second St
Barnard
H. F. Barnard CO
Winfield
B. C. Cranor
Gloria
Benjamin
Willis Hawley
Bertha Hawley
Mrs
Pickett
Emma Cunningham
Harriet Picket
W. P. Paugh
K. C. Latta
Isabelle
Paton
D. W. Overholt
Will H. Tucker
Palo Alto
Cal
Leland Stanford University
E. B. Tucker
Cedar Rapids
Justin Lamberson
Nora Springs
A. S. Thompson
Shellabarger
Des Moines
Frank Jewett
A. Schmoker
Ladies’ Missionary Society of the
United Presbyterian Church
Ed. Griswold
Matie
Nell Edmondson
Leona
Mary
Warren
P. R, Axtell
Hotel Grand
Department of Forestry
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