World’s pulling record claimed for horses at Wapello
A team owned by H. H. Cutkamp of Columbus City allegedly pulled 3,400 pounds at the Louisa county fair, surpassing prior world and US records. Attendance was about 5,000 to 6,000. The piece also notes a ball game win by Oakville over Mediapolis 5 to 3 and other race results from the fair.
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Wapello
Louisa County Fair
H. H Cutkamp
Columbus City
United States
Cutkamp
Meerry “Wells
Ici
Ed Patch
Guy Graham
H. E. Cover
Mediapolis
Oakville
Yarmouth
Mrs Fuller Seeks Divorce Amid Alleged Abuse
Mrs Florence E Fuller filed for divorce from John J Fuller alleging years of mistreatment. She cites repeated beating and cursing, separation since June, and seeks custody of daughter Marian 17 plus alimony of 150 a month. Attorney C R Stafford represents her.
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Florence E. Fuller
John J. Fuller
East Eighth Street
Marian
C. R. Stafford
Attorney General of Illinois Speaks at Annual Outing
Rock Island Illinois August 28. Attorney General Oscar E Carlstrom of Illinois delivered the main address at the sixtieth Rock Island County Old Settlers association picnic held at Watch Tower park. More than 150 attended. Rev. A Campbell Bailey gave the invocation and mayor Walter Rosenfield welcomed guests.
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Rock Island
Ill
Oscar E Carlstrom
Illinois
Aledo
John W. Bailey
Old Settlers’ Association
Carlstrom
Charles W. Hadley
Wheaton
J J. Barbour
Chicago
George Stroehle
H. P. Bruner
John Shaahan
James Simpson
William Sirner
Ceph Evans
John Sholm
Flames Damage Richard Plant in Swift Fire
A fire at the C. E. Richard & Sons packing plant north of Washington street caused about 1500 dollars in damage. Firemen used two hose lines and 40 gallons of chemical to extinguish the blaze in the smoke house where 1500 pounds of meat were curing. Night watchman James Riles discovered the fire and alarms led to rapid response aided by nearby hydrants, which reduced hose length needs.
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C. E. Richard & Sons
Washington Street
James Riles
Riles
J. J. Brown
Muscatine Fire Department
Elmus D. Richard
Miss Batchelor to Give Talk Tonight
The Rev. Miss Inez Batchelor of the First Friends' church will speak to girls and young women at the Musserville Methodist Episcopal church hall tonight. A prayer service was held last night led by Mrs. W. H. Randleman. All women and girls over 10 are invited.
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Inez Batchelor
First Friends’ Church
Musserville Methodist Episcopal Church
W. H. Randleman
Radio Equipment From America Reaches Spain
American radio apparatus is being used in Spain introducing Western broadcasting technology to Spanish stations. The move reflects growing USA influence in European communications and could affect local programming and technical standards.
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Spain
Record-breaking liquor raid destroys bootleg plant
Sheriff Ed Sander and deputies cleared a Muscatine county still site in The Willows forest after cutting through dense horse weed growth. They found three large stills and over 500 gallons of mash, then destroyed the plant and burned the mash and sugar. no arrests were made due to lack of ownership evidence.
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Muscatine
the Willows
Ed Sander
Sam Dye
Earl Johnson
Rock Island Railway
Muscatine Slough
Debate Winner to Represent District at Annual Meeting
The winner in the Peace debate at the First Friends' church this evening at 8 o'clock will represent the district’s quarterly meeting at the Iowa annual gathering.
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Friends
Iowa
Yearly meeting in Oskaloosa open to district high schoolers
Millard Mills of the local church announces a yearly gathering in Oskaloosa from August 31 to September 7 under the Springdale quarterly meeting of Friends. Open to all district high school students, it has four entries from other churches, is free to attend, and public access is offered. Also noted are plans for an international fair in Saloniki to connect Greek firms with global buyers and a London auto show in October.
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Oskaloosa
Millard Mills
Springdale
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Outkamp
Louisa County
Cuba
London
Attorney General of
Red Paint Store
Kuafeenbach Print Shop
Muscatine, Iowa
Richard
Blaze
Packing Company
Miss Batchelor
Geo
Washington Cafe
East Second Street
James M. Lynch
International Typographical Union
First National Bank
First Trust & Savings Bank of
Saloniki
Columbus
Robert L. Roach
G. K
M.colms & Company
Ascatines Big Department
Muscatine Clearing House Association
Clearing House Association
American Savings Bank
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