West Liberty Fair Opens With Notable Exhibits And Attendance
West Liberty Iowa August 21 special the Union District fair opens with larger attendance than yesterday. Floral Hall displays by Jont Maxson and Mrs C E Pickering show quality textiles and art. Domestic manufacture and fine arts booths attract crowds as agricultural halls fill with tomatoes fruit and birds. The stock show features high quality cattle sheep hogs and speed horses. Children’s day draws orphans from Davenport, bands, and a cake walk amid rides and merry go rounds as organizers hope for good weather and continued crowds.
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West Liberty
Iowa
West Liberty Hose
Laplander
Union District Agricultural Society
Floral Hall
Jont Maxson
Albert Whitlire
C. E. Pickering
S of Mesdames Phillips
Chesebro
Ditmars, Randall & Co
T. P. Mitchell & Co
F. A. Evans
Hugh Boyd
Downey
Davenport
Captain Reading
Gass
A Girl's Pluck Helps Study Despite Ill Health
A Lanark Ontario student Miss Annie Avery credits Grape Nuts with reversing illness and improving study ability. She describes severe headaches and dyspepsia worsened by confinement, then notes weight gain of 30 pounds and better health leading to completing in one year the work usually spread over two.
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Annie Avery
Lanark
Ont
Regular Muscatine council meets on bridge repair and street extension
The regular August meeting of Muscatine's city council will be held tonight. Main items include repairing the Fifth Street washout bridge and reviewing Iowa Avenue extension to the Iowa City road. Bids for a 24 inch sewer on Oak Street from Second to Fifth will be opened, with a $200 certified check required.
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Muscatine
Fifth Street
Iowa Avenue
Iowa City Road
Oak Street
Second
Orange Street
Woodlawn
Peasely
Convention recount shows Scott County backing Wilson
Delegates from Scott County aligned with Hoffman's nomination at the Clinton Muscatine convention. Scott tallied 2652 votes for Wilson, marked by large red cards signaling each call of his name. Clinton crowds fed and cheered as ballots swung between candidates amid travel delays and windy, disrupted rails.
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Scott County
Clinton
Muscatine
Hoffman
Roach Attends Magcatine County Convention
W. L. Roach traveled from Washington to join the Magcatine County convention after a westward business trip. He emphasized the county’s desire to have him present and made a special effort to attend.
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W. L. Roach
Washington
West
Magcatine County
Convention crowds swell at Revere house lobby
Convention headquarters were at the Revere house and the lobby resembled a hotel lobby at a state convention. Such a crowd had probably never before attended a convention in this district.
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Revere House
Muscatine Group Arrives in Clinton With Gregory Delegation
A Muscatine crowd reached Clinton on Wednesday morning to be met by the Gregory delegation marching with a band down the street toward the Revere house.
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Clinton
Gregory
Revere House
Recess Motion Sparks Delegate Scramble at Muscatine
An afternoon recess, moved by G. M. Titus of Muscatine, drew wary glances between delegations before the vote. After approval, leaders charged the floor in a brisk scramble for position, making for an engaging scene.
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G. M. Titus
Muscatine
Hoffman club guests arrive in Muscatine with brooms
Muscatine members of the Hoffman club arrived after three this morning still bearing brooms secured before leaving Clinton. The plan to distinguish members on arrival failed due to missed train connections at Davenport leaving only a small delegation at the Muscatine station.
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Muscatine
Hoffman Club
Clinton
Davenport
Paudhet Band Delights Muscatine Crowd at Depot Scene
The Paudhet band and many Muscatine residents gathered at the depot at 11:30 last evening to greet the candidate and the delegation, though few appeared at that early hour amid the evening.
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Paudhet
Muscatine Delegation Delayed by Convention Session
The Muscatine group missed their train and traveled to Davenport on a special train. The Wilton plug was used after the convention opened. Murphy of Scott read the credentials report and noted W. L. Roach was omitted from the Muscatine delegation, prompting a correction from Henry Jayne and applause as Murphy explained John Mahin’s long prominence in Iowa politics.
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Committee On Permanent Organization
J. M. Kemble
Muscatine
Iowa
Johns County
Scott County
Scott
Davenport
Murphy
W. L. Roach
Henry Jayne
John Mahin
Brother Roach
Baseball scores and standings across leagues prompt midweek matchups
American League leaders show Philadelphia at 55 41 and Cedar Rapids at 55 40 as top teams. Wednesday results include Chicago over Washington 10 0 and Philadelphia over Chicago 4 2 in the National League, with several blowouts in the Three League standings and schedule for today across Chicago Washington Cleveland Boston St Louis Detroit Philadelphia New York Pittsburg Brooklyn Cincinnati.
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Pet
Philadelphia
Banne We
Cuace Winwiecuds
Ae & Ae A
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TUR -Sccvexwes Ees
W. Ee
Cscs Eben Ves
Cedar Rapids
Terre Haute
Davordote
Cccess Caciacns
Rock Island
Bloomington
Chicago
Washington
Cleveland
Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Davenport
Evansville
Rockford
Decatur
Tecatur
National League Today
New York
Pittsburg
Dr Rucker's Big Tent Show Draws Full House
A large crowd attended Dr Rucker's pavilion theatre last night enjoying high class vaudeville and comedy. The company is strong and audiences praised the performance, with repeat attendance noted as the run continues all week at the city lot corner Third and Sycamore streets.
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Dr. Rucker
One-Day Courtship Ends in Nashua Marriage
Ralph B. Hibbert of Grand Rapids Michigan and Miss Ida M. Farrow of St John New Brunswick were married in Nashua after a one day courtship. They met in St John two years earlier, and after a brief street encounter in Nashua the couple obtained a marriage license from City Clerk Bowler and wed. Hibbert is 21 and Farrow 19.
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Nashua
N. H
Ralph B. Hibbert
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ida M. Farrow
St. John
N. B
Hibbert
Farrow
Bowler
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W. W. Anderson
Poland
China
City Hall
E. 2d
Leibbrand, Ryan & CO
Percales
Shetland
Per Skein
McCall’s
McCall’s Magazine
Wilson
George Metzger
Milwaukee
Iowa County
Normandy
J. M. Beck
Sports
Thomas Brown
Choice Western Lands
First National
James Cotter
Epworth
Missouri Farms
Mexico
Missouri
Fred S. Pentzer
R. L and P. Road
N. W
R& NM
St. Paul
H. H. Arnold Land Co
BE. Second Street
Muscatine, Iowa
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