Motor Boating Sparks Growth in Davenport Tri Cities
Joe Carmichael notes rapid rise of motor boating in Davenport Rock Island and Moline, with river improvements and canal prospects gaining public backing. The Davenport Boat Club and allied groups drive renewed willingness to advance river power, while craft numbers in Davenport have more than tripled in the past year and attract widespread local interest.
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Joe Carmichael
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Tri-Cities
Davenport Boat Club
Davenport boat club helps riverfront restoration project
A few months old Davenport Boat Club allies with local groups to revitalize the Riverside area. The levee has been cleaned, docks built, a channel dredged, and a temporary clubhouse erected on city land. Members and guards organize boats and maintain a pleasant riverfront for boatmen and visitors near the Rock River and Hennepin canal.
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Davenport Boat Club
Boat Club
Tri-Cities
Rock River
Hennepin Canal
Mississippi
Rock Island
River boating boom draws Davenport crowds to the Mississippi
The article notes motor boating as a growing pastime in Davenport and nearby tri cities. Machinists and workers build boats at home or in shops, and families join Sunday cruises from the club. Local capitalists plan a water power canal above the government bridge as part of river development along the lower rapids.
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Rockisiana Arsenal
Wapsie
le Cuiabre
Davenport Boat Club
Davenport
Government Bridge
Carmichael
Davenport Times
Lee Syndicate
Tri-Cities
The
Times
Syndicate
Mississippi
Great Natural Highway
Land sale offer in Southern Oregon for farms and lots
The Country of today presents 300000 acres in Southern Oregon offered cheaply to applicants before sold out. Each buyer gets a farm and a Lakeview lot with sizes from 10 to 1000 acres. Farms and lots priced at 200 dollars total, payable ten dollars monthly. Soil praised as fertile and rich in agricultural wealth. Agents wanted, Iowa phone 314-Y.
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Oregon
Lakeview
Rules Governing the Regatta Issued by Muscatine Group
The Mississippi Valley Power Boat association releases regatta rules for Muscatine launches. Rules cover measurement, start procedures, penalties, novelty race conditions, and official powers. The Muscatine Launch club governs race conduct with named officers, plus a carnival program and rain-or-shine races.
New York to Poughkeepsie Motorboat Race Tomorrow
A motorboat race from New York to Poughkeepsie will be held tomorrow under the Yacht Racing Association of New York Bay. Six classes compete A through F with a cup awarded to each class winner. Race committee chairman is F L Auble of East Orange New Jersey.
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New York
Poughkeepsie
Yacht Racing Association of
New York Bay
F. L. Auble
North Eighth Street
East Orange
N. J
Pleasant Ways for Summer Days on Grand Trunk Routes
Double track railroad connections from Chicago to New York via Niagara Falls and Chicago to Boston through Lehigh Valley and Central Vermont routes. Also Grand Trunk system to Montreal and Portland with double track Chicago to Montreal. For low round trip fares request literature from Geo W Vaux at 135 Adams St Chicago.
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Grand Trunk
Lehigh Valley
Chicago
New York
Niagara Falls
Central Vermont
Boston & Maine
Boston
Grand Trunk Railway
Montreal
Quebec
Portland
Adams St
Star Arcturus Travel Slows City Fears
The Louisville Post notes that in an era of high speed autos the tale of Arcturus moving toward Earth at 300000 miles per second hardly frightens anyone, illustrating public desensitization to sensational space rumors.
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Louisville
Arcturus
History of the M V P B A Unwritten Work and Future
Fort Madison Iowa July 3. John M Hobbs notes a seven to eight club Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association with a thousand members, predicting rapid growth and a first annual regatta in Muscatine on July 4. The article praises deeper water, better channel marking, river beautification, and stricter laws while contrasting motor boats’ speed with automobiles and celebrating about 75 members and launches in the local launch club.
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Muscatine Launch Club
Muscatine Launch Club House
Davenport
Iowa
Brady Street
Mississpi Valley Power Boat Association
Muscatine
John M. Hobbs
Fort Madison
Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association
Mississippi
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Davenport Boating Club
Tri-City
Pin Canal
U.S
Upper
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Minn
St. Louis
Omaha Bridge
Jackson St
Newport
Hastings
Prescott
Wis
Diamond Bluff
Trenton
Reeds Landing
Wabasha
Alma
Minneiska
Mount Vernon
Fountain City
Winona
Homer
Trempealeau
Richmond
Dresbach
la Crosse Wagon Bridge
Brownsville
Warners Landing
Genoa
Victory
de Soto
Lansing
Lynxville
Snes
Johnsonsport
N. McGregor Bridge
Wisconsin River
Clayton Oe
Glen Braven
Cassville
Waupeton
Spechts Landing
Dubuque
Albany
Comanche
Cordova
Ill
Princeton
le Claire
Hampton
Rock Island Bridge
Buffalo
Montpelier
Fairport
Ewer
Port Louisa
New Boston
Keithsburg
Oquawka
Burlington
Dallas
Nauvoo Il
Montrose
Nashville
Keokuk
Warsaw
Quincy
Hannibal Bridge
Laverton
Mundys
Louisiana
Clarksville
Hamburg
Head of Stag Island
Cap Au Gris
Til
Fruitland
Grafton
Elsah, Tl
Alton
Aveee
Maple Island
Missouri River
Cairo
Gulf of Mexico
J. G. Birtness
Davenport, In
Klamath
Along Father of Waters
Iowa Avenue
A. J. Oliver
Fred Little
C. W. Kemble
L. Rosenstein
F. R. Halstead
Frank Sandros
Immunes
Dr. Hobbs
Association
J. M. Hobbs
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