Gun accident fatal at Maplehurst calls end to repair demo
William Richardson, fatally injured by an accidental discharge while repairing a shotgun on the Singmaster ranch near Keota, died yesterday. He had been demonstrating that the gun could not discharge at half cock. Richardson, a former English cavalry deserter, worked as a blacksmith for the Singmasters.
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Keota
William Richardson
Maplehurst
Singmaster Ranch
Richardson
Singmaster
England
Keota College Students Home for Christmas Holidays
Keota Iowa sees students Ray Hulse Harry Helscher Lloyd Kennell Owen Crawford Glen Wright Edith Dayton Paul Neal Myrtle Edgington Porter Johnson and others return from Iowa City Des Moines Mt. Vernon Cedar Falls and Chicago as Christmas events unfold. Community concerts and cantatas planned including The Shadow of Santa Claus and a Presbyterian Christmas program with an elaborate tree.
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Keota
Ray Hulse
Harry Helscher
Lloyd Kennell
Owen Crawford
Iowa City
Glen Wright
Des Moines
Edith Dayton
Paul Neal
Mt. Vernon
Myrtle Edgington
Porter Johnson
Cedar Falls
Agnes Brown
Jessup
Miss Brown
Christian Bible School
Santa Claus
Little Boy Blue
Little Red Ridinghood
Old Mother Goose
Bo-Peep
Presbyterian Sunday School
Methodist Sunday School
A. E. Adams
West Chester
Belle Martin
Hopkington
Alfred Martin
John Carris
Perry
Iowa
Nellie Stevenson
Washington
Lawrence Fitzgerald
Bloomfield
C. Stoffer
Abe Bennett
Babe Mitchell
Chicago
C. O. Keiser
A. W. Hamill
Sarah Kelley
Denver
Cal
Nelle Clarke
Williamsburg
Sarah Warner
Wick
Harles Meyers
John Berend
Walker
Social notes from Orono and surrounding area
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bowlby visited Muscatine business friends Saturday. Mrs. A. J. Brockway remains seriously ill at Bellevue hospital in Muscatine. Mrs. Charles Wagner, child ren, and Miss Sue Shields visit Mrs. Will Brandon’s family before heading to Texas to settle there. D. C. McKee returned from two weeks in the southwest and admired Indian Territory. Local couples attended Elmer Black and Bertha Foster’s wedding near Letts. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krider and daughter shopped in Muscatine. Frank Tarpy of Burlington visited relatives here over the weekend. Mrs. L. M. Cecil and Dollie Cecil were in Columbus Junction. Roy Abbott came from Cedar Falls for Christmas. Isaac and Warren Abbott have the measles but improve.
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Mints
Grace Sionaker
Wilton
Cope
Muscatine
W. L. Cope
Ed. Ruff
Pittsburg
Kate Ruff
Elizabeth Holzhauer
Nellie Reynolds
Nichols
Thos. Killion
Gertrude Moynahan
Wilton College
Olga Smith
Herman Jipp
Arminta Blunk
Davenport
J. P. Ryan
Margaret Dwyer
Frank Blanchard
James Archer
James
Newton
Orono
Bowlby
A. J. Brockway
Bellevue Hospital
Charles Wagner
Sue Shields
Will Brandon
Texas
D. C. McKee
Southwest
Indian Territory
Barton Cecil
Elmer Black
Bertha Foster
Letts
Henry Krider
Eva
Frank Tarpy
Burlington
L. M. Cecil
Dollie
Daily Chicago Markets and Prices Summary
Chicago markets report from December 24 shows wheat futures with May values around 104% to 106% and December near 97% to 98%. Corn bids range from 53% to 58% with May and December activity and oats around 46% to 53%. Livestock including cattle, hogs, and sheep quoted with steady to lower trends. beef, pork, and lard pricing listed alongside local produce, dairy, and poultry markets.
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Chicago
Timothy
Muscatine Produce Co
Christmas shoppers push for elastic currency ideas
In Waterloo the Times-Tribune notes that every body on Christmas shopping bent sees the necessity for a more elastic currency.
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Waterloo
Cemetery Ordinance Governing Muscatine Cemeteries
A comprehensive cemetery ordinance authorizes city purchase or condemnation of land for burial grounds, establishes survey plats and deed procedures, grants city control, fixes perpetual care funds, sets sexton duties and burial fees, and outlines rules for lots, monuments, and maintenance with annual council oversight and specific gate hours. Passed December 20 1907.
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City of Muscatine
State of
Iowa
County Recorder
Muscatine
Rae
Burito
City Recorder
Board of Health
Cfi
Mageatine
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W. M. Richardson
W. Darris
John Dice
Ipton
Arks
Dice
Andrs. H. W. Dice
St. Louis
Lena Netzger
Fred Nietzger
Pawnee City
Neb
Will Claussen
P. Freyermuth
Kate Daut
J. K. Harris
West Liberty
E. F. Schall
Peter Rodgers
Wiss Mildred
Sevastopol
Tillie
Geo Morning
Will Ays
Rs. Mints
Ily
Hesselgeskerme
Oth
California
Chage
Muscatines
Los Angeles
San Francisco
el Paso
Colorado
W. S. Underdonk
Rock Island Lines
Frank Fish
Canada
S. E. Reisman
Embroidery Club
Mary Snider
J. W. Coffman
Estelle Fish
M of
Adla Richardson
Nelle Clark
Harper
Glass Orchestra
Hedrick
Freemont
Blakesburg
Waverly
Isaac Schreckengast
Keosauqua
Anna Schreikengast
L. A
Miner & Co
Chicago Board of Trade
H. J. Frenzel
Chicago Produce Market
C. Springs
New York
Muscatine Markets
Malaga
Concord
Basin
J. Asthalter
Attoch
Snwew
Gustav Weis
Xmas Shoes
Leysen
Ching
Home Tea CO
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