Reindeer Skull Found in Muscatine Aged 80 000 Years
The skull and jaw of an ancient reindeer were unearthed on John Neibert’s Oak street property in Muscatine. Professor F. M. Witter estimates the animal lived 60 000 to 80 000 years ago and identifies the bones as Cervidae from a Loess deposit.
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Muscatine
John Neibert
Oak Street
F. M. Witter
Mr. Neibert
Witter
Iowa Academy of Sciences
Mississippi River
Iowa
The Denver Express at Grand Opera House Delights Audiences
Holden Brothers present The Denver Express a scenic production about western life at the Grand Opera House. The audience appreciated the show and would have been larger with better weather. The story follows the challenges facing a western figure.
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Holden Brothers
Denver Express
Grand Opera House
Cured of Morphine and Liquor Habits Claims
Advertises a guaranteed, payment-on-success treatment for morphine, cocaine, laudanum and liquor habits. Promises 3 to 5 days for liquor cures and 6 to 10 days for narcotics with no pain or hypodermics. Claims world’s only permanent cure, confidential correspondence, testimonials, and a Kansas City sanitarium run by Dr. F Warren Lanoix.
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West
F. Warren Lanoix
Lanoix Medical Company
Forest Avenue
Kansas City, Mo
Rich copper mine on farm leads to peril and romance
The experienced family guards a rich copper mine found on their farm while Bilson Payne, later Lord Tynemouth, plots to seize it. He repeatedly endangers Poppy, the farmer’s daughter, but the showdown ends with justice and Poppy triumphing over her reckless lover Deadwood Dick.
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Bilson Payne
Tynemouth
Poppy
Deadwood Dick
The Ant and Germs Behind Hair Loss
Spring brings the ant’s busy storage of sustenance for winter and parallels unseen scalp germs that burrow into hair roots. If not killed, dandruff forms and baldness can follow. Newbro's Herpicide claims to kill the germs and is sold by druggists with samples available via The Herpicide Co. Detroit Michigan.
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Newbro
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
Havercamp’s
Worman
Fahey Robbed at Gunpoint in Seattle
T P Fahey of Muscatine was held up near his home in Seattle by a well dressed robber who demanded money and relieved him of 1.95 dollars after a revolver was pressed to his back. Detective Charles Corning investigated the case.
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T. P. Fahey
Muscatine
Seattle
Washington
Fahey
Charles Corning
Wants Separate Maintenance in Scott County District Court
Alice Carter petitions for $25 monthly separate maintenance from William Carter. Married in Muscatine on July 22, 1903, she alleges cruel and inhuman treatment endangering her life, with five children from a prior marriage and the oldest said to encourage abuse. Her health prevents working, and she claims he intends to dispose of property and desert her. Attorney: George W. Scott.
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Alice Carter
Scott County District Court
William Carter
Muscatine
George W. Scott
Negroes to Meet in Des Moines for A M E Conference
The Iowa conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church will convene in Des Moines September 23 to 27 with Bishop Grant presiding and several hundred ministers expected. Des Moines hosts elaborate entertainment and a new circuit plan for the local church with minimal membership, while the pastor Rev. Petersen hints at changes and a possible non self supporting status before the conference concludes.
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African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bishop Grant Presiding
Des Moines
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Petersen
Doan's Kidney Pills Earn Endorsements in Muscatine
Local testimonials praise Doan's Kidney Pills with John Hands of Iowa City vouching for relief after years of kidney troubles. Muscatine buyers report dramatic improvements and invite others to HCaverkamp's Drug Store for the remedy priced at 50 cents per box. FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY is sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Muscatine
John Hands
Dubuque Street
Iowa City
Doan
Hands
Havercamp's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dean's
Huttig Company Sued Over Husband’s Death
Mary Jacoby sues Huttig Manufacturing in district court seeking 19,900 damages claiming her husband died after being overcome by escaping steam on January 30, 1903 while in charge of the engine and boiler room. She alleges a defective safety valve and excessive labor duties caused the fatal accident.
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Mary Jacoby
Huttig Manufacturing Company
St Paul Not Joining St Louis Trade This Season
Local managers of the Diamond to ware house deny reports the steamer St Paul would enter the St Paul St Louis trade this season. Manager W G Block says the rumor, traced to Moline, is erroneous and the Quincy remains out of the route.
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St. Paul
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Iowa Avenue
Muscatise
W. F. Brannan
J. Fiech & Sons
J. Carskaddan
W.W. D. Burk
Carskaddan & Burk
LAW
West Second Street
T. R. Fitzgerald
Hershey State Bank
Iowa Avenue and
Second Street
G. M. Titus
Titus & Jackson
Scott Richman
J. F. Richman
Richman & Richman
al Hofman
Jayne & Hoffman
Ofice
P. Ingham
Attorney AT Law
E. 2d Street
J. R. Nisly
East Ninth Street
W. B. Thompson & Sons
East Second Street
Thos. Brown
Roy C. Brown
Brown & Brown
Ilinois
Neptary
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D. P. Miller
Fast Second Street
East Fifth Street
Cook, Musser & Co.'s Bank
West Third Street
H. M. Dean
H. J. Dean
Henry F. Lange
Dougherty’s Drug Store
Cook, Musser & C. State Bank and Trust Co. Banking and Exchange
Second St
Muscatine, Ia
S. G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
S. M. Hughes
J. R. Reuling
Chas. Page
F. P. Sawyer
Muscatine Savings Bank
Dering
Holden's Brothers
The
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Golden Medical
Huttig Company
Guaity
Sinace
Scee
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Eegrtace
Round Oak
P. BD
Dowagiac
Muscatine, la
Jacob Pisch & Sons, Agts
Switzer Electric Supply Co
East Sel Street
M. P. Goff
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Citizens’ Railway
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