Rock Island Relocation Sparks Muscatine Council Debate
Muscatine city council holds a special session to address the Rock Island railroad temporary track and fill along Front street east of the depot. The body approves a resolution allowing continued work for 90 days while negotiations for a new depot proceed, with a $100 daily penalty if ground remains occupied. An ordinance granting depot and track rights to the railroad is referred to committee for next week’s report, setting construction and paving conditions and deadlines for 1905.
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Rock Island Road
Mad
Papoose
Gremmel
Front Street
Carskaddan
Chicago, Rock
Muscatine
Muscatine North & South Railroad Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Iowa Avenue
Pappoose Creek
Sycamore Street
Mulberry Street
The Pace That Fells and Digestive Claims
In six day bicycle races the pace exhausts riders and the business race follows the same pattern with winners often left weak. The ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for stomach and digestive ills enabling better nutrition and strength. A user testimonial from Yadkin College NC notes improved digestion and energy after one bottle, and a baby referenced as healthier after use. Dr. Pierce's Pellets are also cited for sick headache.
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Pierce
Doctor Pierce
C. M. Wilson
Yadkin College
Davidson Co
N.C
Floater Identified as William Kelly in Davenport River
The Davenport Leader confirms the man found in the river at the city’s edge is William Kelly. Kelly worked last summer on the steamer W. J. Young, Jr. and was last seen on Front Street before navigation closed. He reportedly drank heavily and may have fallen into the river while intoxicated or entered the boat unobserved. He left $10 with the cook, who still holds it, and he had no known friends or relatives in the city.
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Davenport
William Kelly
W. J. Young, Jr
Kelley
Front Street
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Vaxative Bromo Quinine
Advertisement notes a cold remedy labeled Vaxative Bromo Quinine with a 25 cent price. Refunds offered if ineffective. E W Grove signature appears on each box.
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E. W. Grove
Man notes difficulty in supporting an insupportable wife
A man comments that should a wife be insupportable it becomes hard to provide for her. He argues endurance is strained when a spouse refuses reasonable support and complicates domestic harmony.
Motive for Olmsted and Y M C A clash in camps
In Des Moines a reported dispute centers on Inspector-General Olmsted denouncing Y M C A tents in guard camps. The tale says Olmstead and his brother argued publicly before Governor Shaw and Adjutant General Byers, with the Y M C A side claiming the military brother was scoring off the other. The report has stirred strong reaction.
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Des Moines
Olmstead
Shaw
Byers
Western College Jubilee in Toledo marks debt relief
A Western College jubilee meeting at the United Brethren church in Toledo Iowa celebrated the lifting of the institution's indebtedness. President L Bookwalter, N F Hicks, Hon John Shambaugh, L Clark and J M Camery spoke. Winter semester work continues with a large enrollment of new students.
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Toledo
Western College
United Brethren Church
L. Bookwalter
N. F. Hicks
John Shambaugh
L. Clark
J. M. Camery
Printers Strike at Burlington Journal Demands Pay Day
Burlington Iowa January 9 The compositors of the Daily Journal went on a strike demanding a regular pay day They will probably get their demand The Daily Journal costs 10 cents per week
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Burlington
The
Daily Journal
Judge Warns of Rising Perjury In Mason City Court
Judge Smith of Mason City told the grand jury in Waverly on January 9 that perjury is a growing evil. He urged indicting guilty parties when appearances warranted and noted the instruction as a surprise but well received by local lawyers and attendees.
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Judge Smith
Mason City
Waverly
Smith
Titus in Des Moines Plans for Public Library Funding
Des Moines reports the library commission aims to receive no less than 6000 dollars from the upcoming legislature to assume the traveling library department and expand support for free public libraries across towns. Senator G. M. Titus, who drafted the enabling bill, attended the commission meeting with State Librarian Johnson Brigham serving as ex officio president.
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Des Moines
Library Commission
G. M. Titus
State Library
Johnson Brigham
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Promise Simple Catarrh Cure
Advertises Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a pleasant internal remedy for nasal, throat, and gastric catarrh. Claims tablets avoid opiates and cocaine, using antiseptics like Red Gum and Blood Root. Features endorsements from Dr. Ramsdell and Dr. Wainwright and notes suitability for children. Available for fifty cents. free booklet offered.
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Stuart
Ramsdell
Wainwright
Wttle
F. A .Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Grain dealers in Central Iowa meet on freight rate equalization
About twenty five grain firms gathered in Marshalltown to discuss freight charges and adopt a plan to secure equalization. They argued current rates hurt buyers and shippers, with higher prices on lines lacking competition. The group aims to press for rate adjustments to reduce a typical gap of 7 cents to Kansas City, about 4 or 5 cents per bushel on corn.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Kansas City
Deaths in Johnson Iowa City area prompt local obituaries
Samuel Green of North Liberty collapsed near his home while hauling ice and died. He served in Company E Twenty eighth Iowa Infantry during the war. Sylvanus Johnson, longtime Iowa City resident since 1839, built the first brick in the city and helped found local business interests.
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Iowa City
Samuel Green
North Liberty
Twenty Eighth
Iowa Infantry
Sylvanus Johnson
Johnson County
Davenport to Get Three-Stack Pig Iron Blast Furnace
Davenport Iowa January 9 Greater Davenport will host a three stack blast furnace for pig iron. Eastern capital backs the promoters and plans to raise about half the $250000 capital locally to create a new enterprise.
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Davenport
Eastern Capital
Swindle of Iowa Farmers
Independence Iowa January 9 Farmers plan to resist repayment in a $14 000 note swindle case as Chicago attorney W A Lantz of Lantz and McEllickott was served with notice by the First National Bank that the notes were revoked He stated he would await his clients action and is not expected to press further.
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Stickle
Sylvia
Iowa
Mary Mott
Boone
Pearl Wood
Independence
W. A. Lantz
Lantz & McElligott
Chicago
First National Bank
Lantz
King Granted New Trial for Fort Morgan Bribery Case
Captain Cyril W. King, U S volunteer officer and assistant quartermaster, sentenced at Mobile for accepting bribes in the Fort Morgan barracks project, was granted a new trial today by the United States circuit court of appeals in New Orleans.
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Cyril W. King
New Orleans
United States Volunteer Army
Mobile
Fort Morgan
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Lehigh Valley Trains Offer Luxurious Travel to NYC or Philly
The Lehigh Valley railroad runs luxuriously furnished trains to New York or Philadelphia with at home comfort. Dining cars are a la carte and stopover at Niagara Falls is allowed on through tickets to New York or Philadelphia.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
New York
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
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