Local News Flare of Vitagraph at Princess and A Muse U
A long list of city residents and visitors attend nightly showings at the A Muse U and Princess theatres. Patrons include Dr Migs Idbhel Turner, Mrs Hilaabath Pratt, Miss Beryl Richards, Mrs E Eichhoff, and families from West Liberty and Grandview. Events mention Nobility as top attraction and travel updates with short visits to Chicago and Kinrasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Baker
Wilton
Kinrasy
Adv
Hilaabath Pratt
Densorest Avenue
Ols
Ste Greiner
Leitys Atter
S Grandview
A. J. Greiner
J. F. Berry
Ma'ple Avenue
Conesville
Irvin Idte
Oronotone
Iowa
Titus Loan & Investment Co
Jows Avenue
Ady
Abe McIntire
Floyd McIntire
West Liberty
Grace Marehall
Frederick
Portlad
Ore
Elizabeth Greiner
Princess
aAdv
American commission groups to tour eighteen districts in France
Paris July 1. Memodors of the American commission on agricultural organization cooperation and rural credits have formed five groups to visit eighteen French districts. They will study farmer operations and note that farming is likely more developed in France than in any other country.
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Paris
France
American Commission On Agricultural Organization, Co-Operation and Rural Credits
Home Rule Charter on Cleveland Ballot Today
Citizens of Cleveland vote on a home rule charter drafted by a fifteen member commission chaired by Mayor Baker. It creates a mayor plus twenty five council seats with appointive or civil service positions for other offices. It includes initiative referendum and recall with nonpartisan ballots.
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Cleve Laid
Cleveland
Ffteen
Baker
Fight on itinerant peddlers a failure in Muscatine
Local business leaders backed an ordinance to curb itinerant pedlars and protect residents from fraud. The Muscatine city council tabled the proposal after socialist alderman Rainbow ridiculed it, blocking licenses for street vendors and banning touts, palmists, and false patent medicine samples. The plan aimed to limit street sales and safeguard housewives while supporting merchants.
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Muscatine
Movant
Pedler
Alsik
Rainbow
Socialist Party
Mensura
Iowa
Np ‘Lcense
Revival of Apprenticeship System Urged by U S Official
Dr Holmes Beckwith of the United States Bureau of Education urges reviving apprenticeship in some form. In a report from Washington he cites a German model and calls for industrial schools to supplement the system. He notes old apprenticeships wasted time yet newer forms succeed in Germany and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U, & Educational Report
Washington
D. C
United States
Holmes Beckwith
Dr. Beclewith
Germany
Wash dresses parade highlights season’s best values
A dazzling display of wash dresses showcases the season’s newest and best values for all purposes. Buyers glimpse cool, dainty silhouettes in a wide range of fabrics and prints, promising affordable style for every occasion.
New Effective Fat Reduction Method Advertised in Misread Ad
A garbled 19th or early 20th century style ad touts a fat loss method using “Jujube” lozenges, claiming rapid weight drop after eating three or four per day. It markets elimination of dieting and baths, promising universal relief from weight gain through a mysterious extract and secretions. The piece cites a Drurplets claim of growing popularity in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Training workers in shops best method yet devised
The passage asserts that no superior approach exists for training industrial workers than on the job in their own shops under the supervision of those who oversee their work. It emphasizes practical, in-situ instruction as most effective for future industrial education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tase
Five Die in Immigrant Hotel Fire in New York
Five burned to death and twenty or more seriously injured as a three story immigrant hotel at 7 Greenwich Forest burned late last night. Many lodgers were from other cities awaiting passages to Europe and packed in crowded rooms. Police investigate origin. another small fire occurred the night before.
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New York
Greenwich Forest
Sean
Europe
Bila
Wasa Duther
Fie
Qugnicion
Cedar Street 10 Be Paved Immediatly
A lithic pavement project on Cedar Street will begin this afternoon. Curbing work from Wighth Street to Fulham Avenue starts after curb making. A paving crew from Cedar Rapids arrives to work under the city engineer, aiming for rapid completion. It is not yet decided which paving section will receive bitulithic paving after Cedar Street is finished. Currently 2 guting is engaged in Keck Jervilte.
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Cedar Street
Gitig
Keck- Jervilte
Stefansson Sails for the Far North
Stefansson sails from Seattle on the Victoria to Nome Alaska to join his Arctic expedition with the whaler Karluk and the power boat Alaskan. He travels with Lt Dr Ry M Anderson James Murray and others. The Karluk and Alaskan aim for Point Barrow July 29 while preparations for the Arctic invasion proceed.
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Seattle
Wash
Julymer Stefansson
Victoria
Nome
Alaska
Allos
Karlulkk
Jim
Nomie
Arctic
Bering Sea
Point Barrow
Chautauqua Season Tickets Half Price Sale
Tickets good for the remainder of the season may be bought at Gross Leim studio or at the grounds for one half price or 4.00. Season tickets that were 2.00 are now 1.00. Mrs R M Wilson and daughter Georgianna of 122 West Third street Teft this morning for a visit in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M, Wilson
Georgianna
West Third Street
Teft
Ex-Gov Glenn Addresses West Liberty Chautauqua on Gambling War
Ex governor Robert B. Glenn of North Carolina spoke at the West Liberty chautauqua, arguing a present war against vice and gambling to be as vital as the Civil War sacrifice. He blamed innocent amusements as breeding grounds for vice, denounced betting machines, and criticized modern fashion, while a prelude concert by the Jacob Reuter company opened the session despite rain.
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Robert Glenn
North Carolina
West Liberty
Robert B. Glenn
West ‘Liberty Chautauqua Assembly
Glenn
Gettysburg
Gio
Jacob Reuter
Jacob ‘Reuter
Reuter
University of Hard Knocks
Ralai Farette
Humorist Yr Parette Delivers University of Hard Knocks Lecture
Yr Parette, a fluent humorist speaker, held the audience’s attention with a talk on hard knocks as the path to success in life. He urged selfless focus, education, and resilience to withstand evil and temptation, stating such bold life knocks fit one for better, higher stations.
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Parette
University of
Expect Fire Truck Early This Month
A donated fire truck from P. M. Musser is arriving in the city likely early this month. Delays in completion at New York have pushed back shipment, and Mayor Koehler hoped for a July 1 test. The champion base house has been remodeled to fit the heavy motor vehicle, with day and night crews to be appointed after its arrival. The article also advertises mortgage loan investments offered by Titus Loan & Investment Co. with terms up to 10,000 dollars.
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P. M. Musser
Dipyist
Metaun
Lowa
Koehler
New York
Champion
Titus Loan & Investment Co
Aly
Iowa’ Avenue
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East Sixth Street
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Aml
Frank J. Gort
Ot 'West Beventh Street
Pacific Coast
the Princeas
Beryl Richards
Mulberry Avenue
Jett Thia
Frank Kemp
Grandvlaw
E. Eichhoff
East Fifth Street
Malingath
Fnto
Town Avenue
George Franklin
Montpallor
Jessie Vanderpool
Fairport
H. C. Yates
Thornaurs
Wisconsin
Earl Schuyler
Dwain
Bennett, Ja
W. P. Schuyler
Sherman Street
Schuyler, Jr
Richland
Cobbs
Council
Oriely
Towa
E. J. Zeidler
Gotham
Seri
Ously
Old Country
Stefansson
Far
Vilays
Leysen
Cut Price Shoe Store
Muscatine State Bank
Wittich Bros
Swan
Sells Watches
East Second St
Suelen’s
West Second St
E. A. Hartman
E. Tulander
Julander
Wren
Second St
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