New Muscatine Post Office Roof To Be Slate
Federal Building in Muscatine will feature a slate roof replacing the planned tin. Postmaster R S McNutt states contractor W J McAlpine agreed to install slate on the new fourth street and Iowa avenue corner post office. The project budget has risen from the original appropriation to 120000 with upgrades to the plan including the slate roof.
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R. S. McNutt
Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
W. J. McAlpine
Fourth Street
Iowa Avenue
Muscatine
McAlpine
Disorder at Florida Republican convention endorses Taft
In St Augustine Florida yesterday disorder erupted between Foraker and Taft factions. After calm returned a Lee led faction passed resolutions endorsing Taft and delegates favorable to Taft were chosen for the national convention. The anti Taft group elected delegates and denounced attempts to influence delegates via federal patronage.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Foraker
Taft
Joseph E. Lee
Mary Sides of Theodore Roosevelt
Washington Bureau reports President Roosevelt blends social aristocracy with democratic politics and diverse circles. He mingles with Newport and New York elites at dinners yet remains steadfast in democratic principles, a combination critics say could hurt his political standing despite broad familiarity with wealthy and scholarly circles.
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Washington Bureau of Journal
Washington, D. C
J. C. Welliver
Roosevelt
New York
Meyer
Newport-New York
Ag'd Woman Katherine Ringer Dies at 95 in Junction
Katherine Ringer born April 13 1813 in Maryland died after a brief illness at 2 PM in Columbus Junction Iowa living with her daughter Mrs G D Harrison. Funeral Sunday at 2 at the Harrison home with burial in Columbus City cemetery. She outlived four daughters two in California and two in Louisa county and spent years in Wapello and California before returning to join her daughter.
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Katherine Ringer
G. D. Harrison
Columbus City
Ringer
Katherine Borning
Maryland
Iowa
Wapello
Kate Hale
Anna Olmstead
San Diego
Cal
Lou Harrison
Harrison
Junction
Jos Worthman
Farmington
Sam Harmon
John Dawson
Walter Weller
Asa
George A. Wickwire
Dawson-Weller
George Casper
Mascatine
Mr. Casper
Farr
Washington
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
R. S. Johnston
W. V. Herrick
O. C. Farmer
Iowa City
Johson
Muscatine
Frank van Horn
Cotter
Lone Tree
Jesse Roderick
Opal
New Sharon
Mr. McEwan
Centerville
Christina Newell
L. A. Reiley
A. Koos
York
Ill
G. W. Riley
Keokuk
Wm. Guthrie
Grandview
O. I. Jamison
Packwood
NYU Offers Practical Advertising Course
New York Universitys school of accounts commerce and finance announced a practical advertising course to begin Saturday. One lecture will be held each Saturday during the university term. Lecturers will be prominent advertisers and publishers of newspapers and periodicals where ads appear.
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New York University
New York
School of Accounts, Commerce and Finance
Blankets Closeout Sale Friday and Saturday
A small display of remnants in table oil cloth and 4% yd to 214 yd fabric with 15c quality. Regular 1214 and 15c values offered at 10c a yard. Only 18 pairs of 10 4 grey and tan blankets remain. Final sale Friday and Saturday or while they last at .58c.
Sims Quits Lectures to Focus on Evangelistic Work
Mrs. A. B. Sims former American whist champion turned lecturer and now evangelist, says lyceum work does not move her heart and she will devote full time to evangelistic work. She cites massive revivals in Bloomington with 8,000 to 10,000 daily crowds and about 5,000 converts, and notes engagements in Springfield Decatur and Mason City while reporting extended tours and fatigue from the recent Bloomington visit.
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A. B. Sims
America
Bloomington
Court House
Marriage License Issued to Templeman and Wilson
A marriage license has been issued to Charles L. Templeman and Miss Agnes I. Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Templeman
Agnes I. Wilson
ZEMO Advertises Quick Cure for Eczema and Pimples
An old advertisement claims ZEMO cures eczema and pimples with a clean external liquid. It states ZEMO draws germs to the surface and destroys them, leaves clear skin, and urges readers to write E. W. Rose Med. Co. in St. Louis for a sample. It notes druggists sell ZEMO and lists A. W. Morgan at 107 West Second Street as a sale point.
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ZEMO
E. W. Rose Med. Co
St. Louis
A. W. Morgan
West Second Street
Witnesses Testify in Damages Suit Over Slab Collapse
In district court Silas Johnson sues Charles Fisch for 5900 alleging injuries after walking on Fisch property when stone slabs gave way and he fell into a basement. Jurors drawn. numerous defense and plaintiff witnesses called in the ongoing trial.
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Silas Johnson
Charles Fisch
Johnson
Fisch
Take prescriptions to Bestenlehner's Drug Store
Advice urging readers to bring all prescribed medications to Bestenlehner's Drug Store for filling or renewal. No additional context or details provided.
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Bestenlehner’s Drug Store
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