Incendiary origin urged in Bijou fire probe
Fire Chief Curry insists the Bijou theatre blaze near West Second Street was not accidental and believes incendiaries started the fire. He notes no wiring faults and suggests oil on stage fueled the flames. Insurance covers most losses including Sterneman and Gramman properties. Davenport Realty building fully insured. Captain George E Ball named small arms inspector for Iowa National Guard. HQ in Des Moines.
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Frank Curry
West Second
Journal
Curry
United States ‘Express Company
Bijou
Burlington
Elmer Schillig
S Theatre
Rose Fayle
Ist
Sterneman Concern
Gramman
Schuefer
Davenport Realty Company
George E. Ball
Sixteenth Cavalry
Des Moines
Washington
Iowa National Guard
Shellabarger Heads OWA Branch In Poultry Group
West Liberty judge F H Shellabarger named president of the Town Branch American Poultry Association after presiding at Muscatine County show. Rev Webster Hikes of Trinity Episcopal Church takes place on the executive committee. election results list numerous Des Moines Cedar Rapids and other area officials and executive posts.
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F. Itt
Shellabarger
West Liberty
Muscatine
N.B. Abby
Des Moines
L. G. Werts
Sioux City
D. A. Hartman
Winterset
J. Wi. Schralber
Bibley
Carl Dare
J.opceola
A. J. Smith
Cedar Rapids
K. 0. Maw- Tey
Hedrick
Dantel Anderson
Lamani
J. T. Shearer
F, i. Monllaw
E. J. Moaland
Jowell
J.J. Eliott
Moor
Place of Holding Meeting Across Multiple Cities
A garbled OCR listing various cities and dates shows Cedar Rapids Sioux City Des Moines Osceola and other locales. Entries include January 12 418 and dates in December 1912 and January 1918. The fragment suggests a meeting notice or schedule with multiple locations.
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Cedar
River road association names leaders and plans field secretary
J Lare Young of Des Moines was elected president at Colfax Iowa for the American River road association meeting. The group plans to hire Robert N Carson of Iowa City as field secretary to survey the route and drum up town support while pressing the National Highway commission to designate the river road as the ocean to ocean highway route. Claude Stiles of Malissa departed after a day’s work in the vicinity with freight trains.
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Jawa
Dynamite Mystery Easily Solved in Town
Police say dynamite used on Fourth Street and Mulberry Avenue was harmless if sticks were bent away from the cans. Mrs. Bert Franklin, 144 Mulberry Avenue, told Chief Hoff man the dynamite was for fishing in a lake near Clingis. Franklin and family traveled from Hopkins Park to Muscatine. The case ends with authorities satisfied. no danger remains.
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Fourth Street
Mulberry Avenue
Hoffman
Bert Franklin
Clingis
Franklin
Hopkins Park
Polilee
Muscatine
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B. &. Lilly
Muscatine, Jowa
Kayser
Lord & Taylor
New York
Wsod
Macondiaries
Igin
Firo
Iowa Guard
The
Owa
Iowa
American Poultry Association
Hawkeye
C. J. Heston
Whiting
W. J. Hoebel
Blairstown
Mert Rahn
Clarinda
Just
Fuller &Hiller Hardware
J, 4
Bartemeler
Ass'n
Lare Young
Robert. Carnson
Claude Stiles
Afalissa
Frigntis
Woman
Chief of Police
Volger
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