Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Parade Captivates Muscatine
Muscatine drew large crowds as the Miller Brothers Arlington 101 Ranch show paraded through town. About 400 performers including Indians cowboys and cowgirls in buckskins joined floats and band wagons in a vivid Western pageant. The parade featured an Indian camp float and a coach named Rocky Mountain Hank, drawing praise as a Buffalo Bill style spectacle with varied street scenes and attire.
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Muscatine
Miller Brothers
Arlington 101
Hast Hill
Mexico
Plains
Redskins
Rocky Mountain
Hank
Daniel Boone
Birth of an eight pound son to Mr and Mrs Campbell
East Ninth street announces the birth of an eight pound son on Wednesday evening. Titus Loan and Investment Co. promotes their conservative loan policy and claims no investor has lost any principal or interest in thirty five years. Ady.
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Charles Campbell
East Ninth Street
Joan
Train wreck injures Iowa and California passengers near Leetonia
The eastern express from Chicago to New York on the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago route was wrecked near Leetonia Ohio near the Pennsylvania line. Injured include Dr H L Stewart Chariton Iowa with neck injury and Mrs Sophia Sheck Los Angeles California with bruises.
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Leetonia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
Woman seeks divorce over alleged cruelty and penury
Ida Smith sues Henry Smith of Pike township for absolute divorce claiming cruelty and poverty. She says they lived in a harsh farm life, milked thirteen cows daily, and slept on a hard floor after her husband refused to buy a bed. Petitions note farm assets about 8,750 dollars and 6,500 dollars in stock and tools, plus 3,300 dollars in Nichols Savings. Sheriff to garnishee funds. alimony sought 1000 dollars temporary and 12000 dollars permanent.
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Ida Smith
Henry Smith
Pike Township
Vanatta
Nichols
Nichols Savings Bank
Starkey Leaves Local Physical Director Post
R. H. Starkey, physical director of the local YMCA, departed for Waugan Wisconsin yesterday to take on new duties as physical director for the association there. J. Farwell of Dubuque, Iowa, his successor, is expected to arrive here late next week.
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R. H. Starkey
Waugan
Wis
J. ©. Farwell
Duquque
Removal Of Majestic Oak At Weed Park Sparks Damages Claim
Fred Bridgman says the famed oak at the Weed park entrance, felled by order of the Muscatine city council after a heated a council debate, damaged his property. He seeks $60 in damages for destroyed fruit trees, shrubbery, and fences. The council referred the matter to the street and alley committee with the city engineer and attorney.
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Weed Park
Muscatine
Fred Bridgman
Bridgman Place
Ford Company
East Hill
Vienna laundress Clara Melcher detained in Los Angeles
Clara Melcher the Viennese laundress who accused Prince Stanislaus Sulkowski of Austria of inducing her to come to the United States for immoral purposes was taken into custody today by immigration officials in Los Angeles. Captain Charles T. Connell said she was arrested on a warrant from Washington charging her with coming to this country for immoral purposes. it was not yet clear if she would be deported or held as a witness for a federal grand jury inquiry scheduled at her charge.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mra
Clara
Melcher
Stanislaus Sulkowski
Austria
Py Immigration ‘Officials
Charles’ T. Connell
Mmigration Service
Washington
Connell Cwan
Charepa
Alass
Prince Sulkowski Weds Marie Freese Then Leaves Vancouver
Prince Sulkowski and his bride, Miss Marie Laulse Freese of Los Angeles, were married in this city recently. The couple departed for the Orient from Vancouver last week.
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Prince Sulkowski
Marie Laulse Freese
Los Angeles
Prince
Vancouver
Orient
Two More Launches Pass Down Stream
The Glena of Rock Island a 30foot launch carrying a party of three moved down the river toward Oquawka Illinois after a brief stop. A larger launch with two aboard resupplied and set off for Kenosha shortly after. The Borka a 50foot cruiser bound for a regatta had been at the local wharf for two days and left for the Dam City after hoisting anchor this morning.
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Glena
Rock Island
Oquawka
Kenore
Joliet
Borka
Dam
Man Killed by Horse Kick in Sperry Home
A man in Sperry was killed yesterday at noon when a pony or horse kicked him in the head as he tried to move the animal. The skull fractured and death was nearly instantaneous. Physicians reported the man was past surgery.
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Sperry
Historic railroad and steel names in a clipped ledger
A fragmentary OCR shows a list of railroads and companies, including New York Central, Norfolk & Western, Pennsylvania, Rock Island Co and Union Pacific, alongside United States Steel and Western Union references. The text resembles a market or stock ledger fragment with scattered company names and partial figures.
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New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania
Rock Island Co
Ee Rock Island Co
Southern Pacific
Z Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United States
United States Steel Prd
Wabash
Western Union
New York Stock List Update From Market Ledger
The ledger lists closing figures for major stocks including Amalgamated Copper at 73, American Beet Sugar at 26, American Cotton Oil at 44, American Smelting at 87, American Sugar Refining at 109 below par, AT&T at 18, Anaconda Mining at 95, Atlantic Coast Line at 121, Baltimore & Ohio at 96, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Canadian Pacific, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago & North Western, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Colorado Fuel & Iron at 31, Colorado & Southern at 28, Denver & Rio Grande at 208, General Electric, Great Northern at 5, Interborough-Metropolitan at par, International Harvester, Louisville & Nashville, Missouri Pacific, Missouri-Kansas-Texas at 22, Lehigh Valley at 25, and Lincoln. The list appears as a fragmented stock table with many entries and incomplete figures.
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American Smelting & Refining
American Sugar
American Tel & Telcys
Anaconda Mining Ca
Pee Awe Wees FE Atchigon Oy
Seeree
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Shesapeake
Ohio
Chicago
North, Western
Shicago
Mil
St. Paul
Solorado Fuel
Iran
Solorado & Southern
Ser Ress
Jenver
Rio Grande
Jeneral Electric
Treat Northern
Iinots Central
interborough-Met
Pfd
International Harvester Loulaville & Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Missouri Kansas & Texas
Lehigh Valley
Mulhall story confirmed by Miles in senate hearing
Herbert E. Miles of Racine Wisconsin testified to the senate lobby committee that acting for the tariff commission association he hired former Representative James E Watson at 250 dollars a week to push tariff board legislation in 1909 He confirmed Mulhall's claim that the first 500 paid Watson who was not yet a member of Congress. Miles denied the No Association of Manufacturers sought to influence elections.
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Washington, D. C
Herbert E. Miles
Tional
Miles
No- Association of Manufacturers
Death of Herman H. Riepe in Burlington incident
Local report notes the death of Herman H. Riepe in Burlington following a horse’s kick. The brief item identifies Riepe as a well known citizen and records the August date of the incident with sparse details.
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Burlington
Ric Riepe
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Thous
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Bostonians
B.schmidt
Chestnut St
Harry. Kern
Mark and Son
Adv
Hleary Smith
Starkey
Ular
Andy
R. lowa.Ave
Vienna
Apollo Price & Teeple Players
Ellwood Crown Combinol
Concord
Needham
Steinway
Apollos
Kingsbury, Walnut
J & C Fischer
Hirt & Fesler Piano Co
Hershey
Bldg
Iowa
New York Stock List
Mulhall
Herman H. Riepe
Stutip
Fuller & Hiller Hardware CO
Monte Cristo
Geo. W. Reuling
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