Residents and visitors noted in Muscatine city diary
A string of arrivals departures and visits marked the day in Muscatine and nearby towns. Jim Westbrook and others from Lettsville Wilton West Liberty Keith and Keithsburg were seen in town. Mitchell notes and family trips weave through a busy page with a coroner on an east Wilton case.
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Jim Westbrook
Lettsville
City
Eli Elliott
Rob
Keith
West Liberty
Gruber Marble Co. Maintains Old Prices Despite Market Rise
On January 1 freight and monument work costs rose 33 1 3 percent while quarry prices climbed 15 to 25 percent. The Gruber Marble Co. stocked the best grade before the increase and will keep Gruber Monument prices unchanged for now. Location Muscatine Iowa at 4123 125 W. Front St.
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Gruber Marble Co
Gruber
Front St
the Gruber Marble Co
Muscatine Iowa
Wanted Travel Position in Large Home
Classified ad seeking an honest man or woman to travel for a large house. Salary and expenses start at 65 dollars monthly with increases. Permanent position. Send self addressed stamped envelope to Manager at 330 Canton Building, Chicago.
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Caxton Bldg
Chicago
Importance of a single farm product and moral training
E A Allbee urges focus on one leading farm product while stressing moral training through Bible teaching and Sunday schools. He argues ideals, honesty, and neighborly conduct shape farmers and their families, urging widespread Sunday school involvement every week.
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Emmerson
Tennyson
Shakespeare
E. A. Allbee
Best to Beautify Home Surroundings on Farms
A conference piece from the Farmers Institute sketches New England farmstead layouts. It notes that homelife centers on a unified line of buildings from the house to the barn with sheds, workshops, and lawns forming a tidy, cared for scene.
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Farmers’ Institute
Court House
New England
Death of Frederick Hahn in Muscatine Iowa
Frederick Hahn died at an early hour from stomach trouble after nine months of illness. Born in Saxony Germany on April 18 1827 he lived in Buffalo New York and McHenry county before settling in Butler county Iowa He moved to Muscatine last year and has been bedridden since The German United Evangelical church member funeral set for January 10 at Coster Iowa with Rev Fred Belzer officiating He is survived by his wife and seven children, most living in Muscatine.
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Mondar
Frederick Hahn
Mr. Hahn
Saxony
Germany
Buffalo
New York
McHenry County
Butler County
Iowa
Muscatine
German United Evangelical Church
Coster
Fred. Belzer
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts Cure Claim
Readers urged that Hall's Catarrh Cure cures all stages of catarrh as a constitutional treatment. The ad claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offering one hundred dollars for any failing case and urging readers to request testimonials from F. J. Henry & Co. Toledo Ohio. Druggists sell the remedy and Hall family pills are recommended.
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Hall
F. J. Cnenry & Co
Toledo
Hall Family
To be or Not to be Sociable in New York
A discussion on urban hospitality and its effects on rural visitors and residents. The piece notes New York’s large crowds temper social warmth, sometimes forcing narrower lives for country newcomers who relocate to the city or nearby areas. It cites a New Yorker seeking leisure outside town to balance engagements.
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New York
New Hampshire
Scribner's
Farmer Kills Neighbor Over Trespass Dispute
James Rutter of Posey county shot and killed Frank Spottsville on Spottsville’s farm after being ordered off. Rutter attempted to flee across the river to Kentucky but was captured and jailed at Mount Vernon.
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Evansville
Hulings Names Vaughan Surgeon General of Veterans Group
Gen Willis J. Hulings announces Lieut. Col. Victor C. Vaughan of Michigan to serve as surgeon general of the National Association of Spanish American War Veterans in Lancaster Pennsylvania.
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Lancaster
Willis J. Hulings
The
National Association
Victor C. Vaughan
Michigan
Association
Pittsburgh Tin Plate Plants to Resume Operations Today
Pittsburgh January 8. The Pittsburgh and Kensington tin plate plants closed about six weeks ago by the American Tin Plate company will resume operations today, restoring employment for about 1,000 men.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Pittsburgh
Kensington
American Tin Plate Company
Increase Granted Expected as Mills Promise Higher Wages
Stafford Springs Conn Jan 8 officials at Warren woolen mills said a ten percent rise demanded by sixty striking weavers would be granted and that the strikers would likely resume work today.
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Stafford Springs
Conn
Warren Woolen Mills
Receiver Named for Globe National Bank Failure
Washington Jan 8 Comptroller Dawes will appoint Daniel Wing temporary receiver of the failed Globe National Bank and name a permanent receiver to manage its affairs, following the bank’s failure.
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Washington
Dawes
Daniel
Globe National Bank
Senate Week to Feature Speechmaking on Philippine War
Washington January week will center on speeches in the senate. Senator Pettigrew will push for information on the Philippine war and Senator Bev eridge will address the same topic. Discussions of the financial bill are expected, with opposition replies to Aldrich shaping the debate. In the house the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, likely to pass, faces potential clashes over war conduct. The Gage deposit report and Roberts case hearings are also on the agenda, with outputs due late week.
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Washington
Senate
Pettigrew
Morgan
South
Aldrich
Beveridge
Hobart
Army
Philippines
Gage
House
Roberts
Railway Trust Plans Split United States Into Zones
New York reports a plan to divide the United States into zones with bankers and railway magnates managing regional lines to form a large coordinated trust. W K Vanderbilt spearheads the idea with others shaping the trunk line system. Collis P Huntington, E H Harriman, the Goulds and Porters, James J Hill, J P Morgan, and the Belmonts named to zones and lines including Union Pacific, Rock Island, Missouri Pacific, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Louisville & Nashville.
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New York
United States
W. K. Vanderbilt
Southern Pacific
Collis P. Huntington
E. H. Harriman
Central Western
Union Pacific
Goulds
H. H. Porter
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Northwest
James J. Hill
J. P. Morgan
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Belmonts
Louisville & Nashville
Bowen Nominated for Iowa House Speaker in Hot Caucus
Des Moines IA January 8 The Republican caucus nominated Dr D H Bowen of Alamakee county for speaker with 43 votes to 38 for W L Eaton of Mitchell county The outcome is seen as a boost for Senator Gear's reelection prospects as some Gear supporters backed Eaton to honor prior pledges in the senatorial contest The caucus suggests Gear nears 50 votes in the house and at least 25 in the senate for a strong joint ballot majority
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Des Moines
Republican House Caucus
D. H. Bowen
Alamakee County
House
W. L. Eaton
Mitchell County
Cummins Wing
Iowa
Gear
United States Senate
Mr. Eaton
Senate
Montpelier Tin Plate Mill Closes with 200 Jobs Lost
Hartford City Indiana reports the Montpelier tin plate mill of 200 workers closed last Saturday and is not expected to reopen. The tin plate trust plans to move the machinery to Elwood or Anderson to consolidate with other company plants. Montpelier residents contributed a $27,000 bonus for the plant and injunction actions are considered.
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Hartford City
Ind
Montpelier
Fatal shock as man touches live wire in Galveston
Charles Fouche Hayes, a lithographer for the Grand Opera House, was killed instantly in Galveston when he touched an insulated live wire while tacking advertising banners to a wooden awning. Eleven hundred volts surged through his body as the insulation failed, a deadly accident on January 8.
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Galveston
Tex
Charles Fouche Hayes
Hayes
Grand Opera House
Dr John G Fee Not Dead Despite Earlier Reports
Richmond Kentucky January 8 reports last week claiming abolitionist founder of Berea College Rev John G Fee was dead were incorrect. Dr Fee is recovering and Berea received many floral tributes from well wishers.
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Richmond, Ky
John G. Fee
Berea College
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