Rumple withdraws from renomination for Congress in 1902
J N W Rumple writes to J R Lane of Davenport declining re election to Congress due to personal reasons and health concerns. He notes gratitude for support and states he cannot serve beyond his present term as Clinton Clinton Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
J. N. W. Rumple
Congress
Rumple
Joe R. Lane
Davenport
Congressional Committee
Congressional District Committee
Marengo
Iowa
J. R. Lane
Republican Congressional Committee
Second District
Muscatine County
Clinton
W. L. Roach
Indigestion Tips and Kodol Digestant Claim
A medical note cites over eating as a cause of indigestion and promotes Kodol as a digestive aid. It claims the product relieves fullness, bloating, and indigestion without dieting and notes a Chicago company endorsement and a 60 cent size, emphasizing natural tonics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Pewitt's Little FADLY RISERS Ad Offer
An old advertisement promotes Pewitt's Little FADLY RISERS for constipation sold by COADY MORGAN and HAVERCAMP'S Prescription drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pewitt
Coady & Morgan
Havercamp’s
Election results and life events of Addie M White ling
The note records dates and marriages for Addie M White ling and Mary H Shepard, then states a political result: the Fifty seventh Congress election with 23 202 votes for the winner, 2 737 for Henry Vollmer, 279 for J E Hart, 85 for W A Westphall, and 746 for Co L Breckon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie M. Whiteling
Mary H. Shepard
Henry Vollmer
J. E. Hart
W. A. Westphall
Co. L. Breckon
Flood Crest Reaches Keokuk as Des Moines Falls
Keokuk Iowa July 12 The crest of the flood in the Des Moines reached Keokuk last night and the river is falling today. Large acres of tomatoes and cucumbers are submerged while workers save hundreds more. A break in the Egyptian levee threatens many square miles of corn as farmers repair throughout. The Mississippi River four inches higher than this year’s peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mississippi
Keokuk
Excursion Tickets Sold For Spiritualist Meeting
W G Block, general agent for the Diamond Jo line, has orders from Isaac P Lusk G P A to sell excursion tickets to Clinton and return for 1 25 in connection with the Mississippi Valley Spiritualists association annual meeting. Tickets on sale July 19 through August 22 with return by August 30.
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W. G. Block
Diamond Jo
Isaac P. Lusk
Clinton
Mississippi Valley Spiritualists Association
Refund Promise on Cough Syrup Bottles Sale
Nesper & Co and partners guarantee refunds on Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar. A 50 cent bottle will refund if it fails to cure a cough or cold and a 25 cent bottle guarantees satisfaction or money back.
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Nesper & Co
J. J. Havercamp
G. A. Riemcke
W. B. Barkalow
J. T. Keuchman
Republicans Call Meeting to Elect Delegates at Mount Grove
The Sweetland township Republicans are urged to gather at Mount Grove School on Saturday July 19 at 8 p m to elect six delegates to the county convention and conduct other business per order Committeeman. I O R M No 95 meets at the K P building on Iowa Avenue and installs officers for six months Prophet Phil Mackey Sachem Floyd Whitman Senior Sagamore H Thiesen Junior Sagamore Victor Larkin with chiefs to be named later The order reports good progress and continual growth through the period.
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Sweetland Township
Mount Grove
K. P
Iowa Avenue
Prophet
Phil. Mackey
Sachem
Floyd Whitman
Sagamore
H. Thiesen
Victor Larkin
Mississippi rise wanes with city gauge shows drop
The rise along the Mississippi has subsided and is forecast to fall rapidly from Dubuque to this city. Here a fall of two tenths of a foot was recorded at the city water works gauge in the past 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Dubuque
Mackey’s Landing Seen as Nicest Private River Resort
Phil J. Mackey supervised a crew at his Geneva Island summer cottage yesterday. They cleared underbrush and worked on beautifying the grounds. The site is described as the prettiest private summer resort along the Mississippi River for many miles.
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Phil. J. Mackey
Mackey's
Geneva Island
Mississippi River
Titus and Jackson Offer 8-Room Home for $2000
If you are thinking of buying property, Titus and Jackson present a new eight room house offered at two thousand dollars.
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Titus & Jackson
Rock blasting accident injures Clarence Hardy near Buffalo
Clarence Hardy of Oxford Iowa, a powder man for Co R I and P near Wagoning bluff Buffalo, was fatally injured when a keg of blasting powder exploded as he poured powder into a rock hole. He died soon after at St Luke's hospital Davenport.
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Clarence Hardy
Oxford
Iowa
Buffalo
St. Luke's Hospital
Davenport
Baseball Scores and Schedules Roundup
American League results show Chicago none by city listings with Cleveland beating Detroit 9 to 6 and Boston 8 to 2 over Philadelphia. National League scores include Philadelphia 8 Chicago 1 and Brooklyn 3 St Louis 4. Three League results feature Bloomington 7 Terre Haute 6 and Davenport 3 Rock Island 0 among others.
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L. Pet
Ok. Ackseae A
Boston Ee
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
National League
Pittsburg
Boston
Chicago
Ewee
Cincinnati
New York
Pet
Rockford and Vidiaca
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Bloomington
Rock Island
Decatur
Brooklyn
Terre Haute
Rockford
Evansville
National League Today
Mississippi River Forecast and Church Music Drive
The forecast for July 13 1902 calls for the Mississippi River to stay near a stationary stage at Dubuque with a rapid fall likely from Le Claire to Davenport and farther downstream. Notice to Singers of Various Churches invites ministers to assist in summer music at the court square services under H H Arnold.
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Wismentita
Cusieeuchdeaees Saan Bk
Mississippi
Dubuque
le Claire
Davenport
Court Square
H. H. Arnold
Flower pots in London tenements persist in poor quarters
In the poorest quarters and tenements of London there is nearly always a flower pot in the windows. The note underscores habit amid hardship, signaling small domestic rituals shaping daily life.
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London
Y M C A selects Goldsberry lot for new building
The Y M C A building committee closed the deal for the Goldsberry lot at Iowa Avenue and Fourth Street, a full half block costing 8000 dollars with 100 dollars for the brick house, to house a 40000 building. Papers signed and contracts drawn today. The site will occupy the corner and form part of a single block with the library. Local residents welcomed the move and expect a prominent, attractive structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsberry
Iowa Avenue
Fourth Street
P. M. Musser Public Library
Second Street
Will Feed Company
Third Street
Stein
West Second Street
Couse
Front Street
Views of Lake Champlain and rural Champlain Valley
Clifton Johnson describes Lake Champlain near a revolutionary battlefield and the surrounding Champlain Valley on a summer day. He notes the lake’s narrow southern stretch, nearby villages and farms, pastoral countryside, and fading industry as Crown Point iron works have closed.
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Pilgrim's Progress
Crown Point
Clifton Johnson
Market Price Summary from Muscatine Market Listing
The Muscatine market listing shows itemized prices for farm produce and groceries. Products include corn oats wheat rye barley timothy hay and various live stock prices, along with eggs butter lard and meat prices. Fruits and vegetables list lemons bananas oranges figs and other produce with multiple per unit prices.
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Illinois
Rio
Vermont Lady Fights for Life After Celery Compound Claim
Mrs Nathan Beal of Gallup's Mills Vermont credits Paine's Celery Compound with saving her from nervous prostration and collapse after ten months of illness. She describes severe head pressure left side weakness and insomnia and says the remedy cured rheumatism and prevented insanity.
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Paine
Nathan Beals
Gallup's Mills
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Lane
John Nicholas William Rumple
Fostoria
Western College
Normal Department
Iowa State University
Second
Iowa Cavalry
Island No. 10
New Madrid
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Sheridan
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Farmington
Iuka
Grierson
Tupelo
Hood
Nashville
Franklin
Columbia
H. M. Martin
State Senate
Board of Regents
The
State University
State Historical Society
Tal
Sweetland Caucus
DR. A. M. Lingo
Ing
Sports
Dr. Lyon
River Bulletin
Goldsberry Business
Lake Champlain
Albany
Muscatine Markets
Graham
Vermont Lady's
Nathan Beal
Paine’s
Swan’s Jewelry Store
F. S. Pentzer
Regal Repairing Company
Scott Building
Selz
Braunwarth
EV. Brandenburg
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