Funeral for Harvey Warner Draws Large Local Attendance
Hundreds attended the funeral at 407 East Eighth Street with fraternal orders AOUW and Grand Army of the Republic in full force. Dr C L Stafford led an array of speakers and a women’s quartet provided hymns as the procession to the cemetery unfolded. The firing squad and taps marked the grave, and tributes praised Warner as a faithful public servant and loyal citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Warner
East Eighth Street
Grand Army of the Republic
C. L. Stafford
Methodist Church
Charles Hoeffin
F. J. Brandt
Fitch Swan
May Shoemaker
Mr. Warner
Benj. Lilly
Chas. F. Cadle
N. M. Brown
H. B. Watters
Ed. Henniker
Jerry Carl
A. J. Barger
G. H. Wiles
S. L
Ray Brown
Co. C
Saloon Fight Trial Opens in Justice Eversmeyer Court
The Town against George Volger for assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury proceeded in F W Evers Meyer court as witnesses James and George Pattersern from near Cone testified. Prosecution and defense teams were listed and the Schmidt case was postponed due to travel delays from Cedar River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Eversmeyer
Justice Court
F. W. Evers Meyer
Second Street
State of Town
George Volger
Mr. Volger
John F. Devitt
FE. M. Warner
John W. McKee
Clymer A. Coldren
James
George Pattersern
Cone
Volger
Timmie” Schmidt
Court of
H. S. Howe
Patterson Brothers
Cedar River
Oklahoma gains Chickasha after survey approval
Advices from Washington report the Interior Department approved the Johnson and Kidder survey of the ninety eighth meridian placing it four and a fraction miles east of the current boundary between Oklahoma and the Chickasaw nation. This grants Oklahoma the City of Chickasha, a key commercial and railroad hub in that region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Washington
Territorial
Interior Department
Johnson & Kidder
Oklahoma
Chickasaw Nation
Indian Territory
Chickasha
Efforts to End Coal Strike Hinted by Public Alliance
Willesbarre Pa Aug 25 A committee from the Public Alliance calls on resident Mitchell of Miners to urge an end to the coal strike. The item notes ongoing dispute and community pressure to resume work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5 City
Senators Quay
Penrose
Atlantic City
President Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Senator Quay
Public Alliance
Willesbarre
Man from Muscatine claims Des Moines YMC A false arrest
Bert Schreurs of Muscatine, son of G W Schreurs of Schreurs Button Co, was detained by Des Moines Y M C A officers after arriving Friday. He says he will sue the city for false arrest and the Y M C A for damages, claiming his valise containing over 5000 dollars in jewelry was thrown from a second story window. He alleges a patent scheme for a mussel shell poker chip and asserts police lacked a warrant and a place to sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Register
Leader
Des Moines
Bert Schreurs
G. W. Schreurs
Schreurs
Lynch
Open House and School Opening for Muscatine High School
Principal R M Arey invites prospective entrants and examinees to visit the High school office Friday and Saturday with available morning and afternoon hours. Muscatine principals meet Friday at 4 pm, teachers convene Saturday at 4 pm in the High school assembly room. City teachers urged to attend. Schools likely open Tuesday September 2 unless postponed for new buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Arey
Muscatine
Maennerchor Attends Davenport Jubilee Turners Event
A large Maennerchor delegation traveled to Davenport for the Turners golden jubilee celebration. Most rode the steamer Helen Blair, while some took a special train. The Muscatine group includes 24 active singers and about 30 associates. Despite some missing the parade, the trip was deemed successful with thousands of visitors and many singing societies in attendance. Muscatine residents returned home late last night and a fine band met the delegation at the boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maennerchor
Davenport
Turners
Helen Blair
Muscatine Organization
Muscatine
Henry Heinz
Death of Old Bull Omaha Chief at Coly Agency
Guthrie Oklahoma August 25 Old Bull an Omaha Indian chief and survivor of the Little Big Horn battle in 1876 is dead at the Arapahoe Indian agency at Coly Oklahoma He served in the regular army until retirement due to age and was noted for his participation in Custer era warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie, Ok
Old Bull
Custer
Arapahoe Indian Agency
Coly
Little Big Horn
Clapp Brothers Visit In Wichita Before Trip to New York
Marc and Robert Clapp of Wichita Kansas are visiting P M Musser. They plan to travel to New York to meet their mother who is due to land around Sept. 2 after a three months abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc
Robert Clapp
Wichita
Kansas
P. M. Musser
New York
Mother
Muscatine City Wins Key Tax Sale Challenge
Judge W F Bran nan ruled in Muscatine city versus Muscatine county to set aside a tax sale certificate issued to J M Kemble after water works plant taxes. The ruling sustains the citys motion to strike several sections in the amendment and knocks out the substituted answer and counted claim, seen as a city victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Brannan
City of
Muscatine
Muscatine County
J. M. Kemble
Old Settlers to Meet in Muscatine at Park Reunion
The Old Settlers Society of Muscatine county will hold its annual reunion at Street Railway Park on Saturday September 6 commencing at 11 o clock morning. Bring lunch and enjoy good coffee. literary exercises begin at 2 o clock in the afternoon. E F Richman president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Settlers Society of
Muscatine
Citizens Railway Park
Old Settlers’ Society of
Muscatine County
Iowa Campaign to Be Pushed
Des Moines Aug 25 Beginning this week active work will start at the republican state headquarters and the campaign will be pushed from now on. The county chairmen and committeemen lists are being completed and poll books mailed. The state poll will begin soon after the democratic convention and will be thorough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Miss Margaret Jayne to Appear in City Recital
Miss Margaret Jayne, a Columbian school of oratory graduate, will present a recital at the Baptist church Friday night. She has taught elocution at Michigan Seminary in Kalamazoo with satisfactory results and has been elected for the coming year. Mrs May Morgridce will assist Miss Jayne in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jayne
Baptist Church
Columbian School of Oratory
Chicago
Kalamazoo
Mich
Michigan Seminary
May Morgridce
Jayne
The Brain Robber Doctor and the Stolen Will?
Two weeks after a deadly explosion in Dr. Wainright’s office, a dangerous tale unfolds. A physician studied brains and used an electric machine to alter minds, first testing on animals, then attempting to mind control Lawyer Skinner by transferring benevolence through a giant brain. The plan faltered as the doctor’s work remains shrouded in mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skinner
Cruter
Parson Whitely
Presbyterians
Mr. Wesley
Methodists
Ensign
Episcopalians
Mr. Strang
Campbellites
Dr. Dipley
Baptists
Sandstorms Across Deserts and Valleys Describe Whirls and Heat
The article explains sandstorms and dust whirls in hot arid regions. It notes their sizes from a rod to several rods in diameter and heights from twenty to a thousand feet, with some forming compounds. It highlights occurrences in India, the Sahara and Arabia, and the United States, including Magdalena valley New Mexico where a 600 foot high column travels toward Magdalena village, sometimes bursting with winds and dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Sahara
Arabia
United States
Magdalena Valley
Socorro
New Mexico
Magdalena
Nothing Doing in Town as Cats and Kids Vanish
A terse, period-era dialogue hints at quiet town unease. A character asserts no cats or sissy kids have appeared for three weeks, underscoring an eerie, mundane suspense in the scene. The exchange evokes a western or frontier setting with sparse social tension.
Doctor breaks brains and preachers in a wild Donnybrook tale
A chaotic tale follows a doctor who experiments on multiple brains and then incites a brawl among religious leaders. The fight escalates, chairs fly, a jar shatters the brain, and the room ends with a nurse arriving with gruel as two observers recount the chaos.
Arcturus Parallax Sparks Vast Stellar Scale
A Gentleman's Magazine note discusses Arcturus with a parallax near one sixth of a second of arc, implying a distance about 12 million AU. If placed where the Sun is, Arcturus would shine as magnitude 4.94 to the naked eye, about 6,000 times brighter than the Sun at that distance, with a diameter about 79 Suns and a mass near 500,000 Suns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcturus
Elkin
Gentleman’s Magazine
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Hinkel & Flannery
Judge Brannan
Railway Park
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Mike
Bodias
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Wook
A. Welk
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Fifth and Mulberry Streets
Lee
Maud S
W. F. Miksch
South Muscatine
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Donnybrook
Geo. W. Dillaway
Cail
H. M. Bartlett
P. O
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