Social events fill evening with crokinole and gatherings
Ralph Harris hosts a small party at 411 East Sixth Street. Bruce F. Jackson’s crokinole party at Third and Chestnut draws about 40 guests. Night Hawk Club holds its first annual cinch party and oyster supper for about twenty couples at Roy Bebb’s home. B class at 115 Chestnut street, hosted by Miss Anna Kern and Mayor and Mrs. Schmidt, plans a musical and literary program with music games and refreshments.
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Ralph Harris
East Sixth Street
Bruce F. Jackson
Third
Chestnut Streets
Night Hawk Club
Roy Bebb
East Second Street
Fred Kupp
John Venner
William Hess
Clyde Barnard
Adolph Pierson
Anna Kern
Barney Schmidt
Chestnut Street
Committee Meets On YMCA Building Plans
A committee appointed a week ago met at YMCA rooms at 1 30 pm to discuss canvass details for raising funds. Sub-committee reported plans for active canvassing and progress. The group believes the new building will proceed and funding will follow the appeal.
Man Causes Disturbance After Drinking In Muscatine
A well known Muscatine man reportedly drank heavily Friday night and created a general disturbance at his home by scolding his nephew, threatening his wife, and waving a shotgun during the dispute. He claimed the gun was for hunting. He was taken before authorities this morning.
Sentence Suspended After Promise of Good Behavior
The defendant was sentenced to jail but the term was suspended on condition of good behavior and payment of costs.
Poultry Show Draws Large Crowds in Muscatine
The Armory poultry exhibition in Muscatine city and county continues to attract many visitors with a fine display of fancy birds. Over 400 attended Thursday and even more Friday as judging by F H Shelbarger from West Liberty proceeds weighing color and shell patterns. A pig weight guessing contest earns ten cents per guess with the prize to the closest weight, the show closes Saturday morning with admission for children at 5 cents before noon. Dr E H King lends two unusual coon cats adding curiosity to the display.
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Armory
Muscatine
West Liberty
F. H. Shellabarger
E. H. King
Illinois Central Offers Home Seekers and Land Investors Folder
The Illinois Central Railroad promotes a new folder for home seekers and investors. It highlights opportunities in Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana with monthly excursions on the first and third Tuesdays at one fare plus $2.00. For a free copy, write J. F. Merry Assistant General Passenger Agent at Dubuque Iowa.
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Ilinois Central
Banus
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississipi
Louisiana
Illinois Central
Dubuque
Iowa
J. F. Merry
Rass
Homeseekers 3
Homeseekers
Mississippi
Cost to fire 16 inch rifle shot soars to 827 dollars
The article notes a rise in the price of firing the largest gun from a few dollars to 827 dollars per shot. It points out the amount could cover a private’s wages for five years in the regular army, highlighting the significant cost increase.
Dairymen Convention Endorses Grout Bill and Dairy Work
Freeport Illinois January 10 The Illinois Dairymen association concluded its convention with resolutions backing the Grout Oleomargarine bill urging state lawmakers to pass it praising the state food commission for dairy improvements and seeking a Supreme Court ruling on the anti color law while supporting dairy cattle breeders and stressing attention to the cheese industry.
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Freeport, Hil
Illinois Dairymen’s Association
State Food Commission
State Supreme Court
Former South Carolina Governor Faces Four Months for Larceny
Franklin J. Moses, once governor of South Carolina, admitted his picture in the rogue's gallery and long familiarity with opium dens in New York, but asked the court for mercy as he was sentenced in Boston to four months' imprisonment for stealing an overcoat.
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Boston
Mass
New York
Frankin J. Moses
South Carolina
Heerd's Exzema Butter Sold at Local Drug Stores
Heerd's Exzema Butter is marketed as a wonderful healer and can be purchased at Dougherty's Geiss' and Graham's drug stores.
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Heerd
Dougherty’s
Geiss
Graham's
Steel Combine in Germany Forms to Unite Industry
Berlin January 10. The Frankfurter Zeitung reports that leading German steel manufacturers are forming a nationwide organization to include all steel branches. It also notes German firms have secured orders via London for 25 000 tons of spiegeleisen for American accounts.
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Berlin
Germany
Frankfurter Zeitung
Empire
London
Mexico
Illinois Central
American Tourist Revselation
Chicago
Dixie Flyer
RID
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Nashville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Florida
Chicago and
Mother of James boys III ill with pneumonia
Kansas City news reports Zerelda Samuels mother of Frank and Jesse James is seriously ill with pneumonia at her home in Kearney Missouri. Frank James touring with a theater company performing Across the Desert has been sent for.
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Kansas City
Zerelda Samuels
Frank
Jesse James
Kearney
Frank James
Desert
Farmer Loses 2000 After Bad Deed Loan
Canton Wisconsin January 10. George W Ford a farmer loses 2000 loaned to a man posing as William G Schaffer who held a bogus deed to eighty acres of land belonging to Peter S Timmons of Fulton county.
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Illinois
Canton
George W. Ford
William G. Schaffer
Peter S. Timmons
Fulton County
Woman Worries to Death in Legal Distress
laporte ind jan 10 the disgrace attending the arrest and trial of Emma Borth aged 23 of Wanatah la porte county for taking money from a woman at Hammond so preyed on the young woman's mind that she died the coroner verdict was death from excessive mental strain
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Laporte, Ind
Emma Borth
Wanatah
Laporte County
Hammond
Local News Notes From Letts And City Visitors
Several Letts residents, Zack Idle and Wm. Wilson, visited the city on business while Cedar Rapids travelers Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Harris also called. Poultry show attendee Daniel Neff and shooters including Berry and Moore joined yesterday’s Letts field event. A jail sentence was imposed on Ed McDonald for intoxication after appearing before Judge Rowan. John C. Wilson learned of cousin James Turkington’s death in Winfield with funeral plans set for tomorrow, plus a city council spell drill by Co. C next Monday evening.
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John ¢. Wilson
James Turkington
Winfield
M. FE
Mr. Wilson
Premiums Scheme Prompts Muscatine Warning
Reports describe a circulating offer from the North American Weekly promising weekly issues for 89 weeks at 10 cents each. Subscribers are told premiums will follow but many say they never receive them, with some noting pressure to renew for higher value items. The article notes about 1000 dollars taken from Muscatine and lists a large rewards clause for proving breach.
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Muscatine
North American Weekly
Lakeside Bldg
Clark St
Chicago
Fine Barns Prolific in Mascatine County
Has Fine Farm reports prosperous times in Mascatine County with new improvements. A. F. Sissel builds a 36 by 44 foot barn with basement in Pine Creek, costing about 1500 dollars. He also operates a modern wood saw, turning logs into stove wood with a nine horsepower gasoline engine and a 26 inch circular saw.
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Mascatine County
A. F. Sissel
Pine Creek
The Indian and the Northwest book release
A new illustrated book bound in cloth presents 115 pages of historical data on Northwest settlement with engravings of Black Hawk Sitting Bull Red Cloud and other chiefs plus ten colored map plates. It details Custer's battleground and early pioneer history and suggests it as a library staple. Price 50 cents mailed from W B Kniskern 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago.
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Great Northwest
Black Hawk
Sitting Bull
Red Cloud
Custer
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Rise in Negro population exceeds slave era numbers
The article argues that contrary to claims of decline the colored population has grown over the decade by 17.8 percent. It notes the group now numbers more than twice what existed during slavery and makes up nearly one eighth of the total population.
Excursion Tickets On Sale On Burlington Route
On the first and third Tuesdays of October November and December excursion tickets go on sale to all points on the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway north of Abbott Shell Rock and Waverly Iowa. Tickets carry a 21 day limit. Similar round trip excursions available to other states and territories from all BRN stations. Ino G. Farmer AG P and T A B BRN Ry Cedar Rapids Iowa 102 1230.
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Ino. G. Farmer. AG. P&t. A. B
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Seventh and
John Markman
Cemetery Road
C. H. Stebbins
Wapello
H. M. Bartlett
Atty At Law
P. O
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Samuel Croxen
Muscatine County
N. Rosenberger
Iowa Ave
Atty
Molor Barber College
White House
Muscatine Business College
Hamilton
Mulberry Street
Muscetine Business College
E. O. Burnside
East Second St
Reliance Loan Co
H. H. Arnold
West 2d St
Hoice
Palo Alto
Iowa Counties
Brown
First National Bank
Muscatine, Iowa
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