Aldermanic Clash Over Paving Basis and Brick Choice
Two aldermen oppose last night's decision on paving paying terms and the use of Buffalo brick. Alderman Schenck criticizes the council for not rejecting all bids and for paving on a sand foundation, while a brick expert favors Des Moines brick as superior.
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Hads
Buffalo
Schenck
Journal
Iowa City
Muscatine
John Neibert
Des Moines
Likes Construction Company
Hicks Gives No Hope for Cooler Weather
Rev. Srl R. Hicks expressed no encouragement for relief from heat. He said the summer would prove unusually hot and offered no signs of cooler conditions.
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Hicks
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Srl R. Hicks
Mary Frances McLane 37 dies after brief illness at Muscatine
Friends mourn Miss Mary Frances McLane who died at 3 30 pm after a week long illness from peritonitis. Born April 16 1864 she moved to Muscatine county in infancy, lived on a Seventy Six township farm until 1900, then in the city with her mother. Funeral at St Matthias church Sunday at 4 pm with her aged mother at her side.
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Mary Frances McLane
Muscatine County
Seventy-Six
Captain Put Nam B Strong Resigns After Hotel Ejection
Wah neton July 13 Captain Put nam B Strong of the regular army has resigned The Secretary of War refused to accept the resignation due to Strong being ejected from a San Francisco hotel where he was said to be stopping with a woman identified as actress Frances Hope and registered as a married couple under an assumed name
You Are Invited to St Mary's Church Festival
An invitation to attend a festival on the church ground next Tuesday evening featuring supper ice cream and music. The event is hosted at St Marys Church with admission by attendees enjoying a lively program and refreshments.
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St. Mary's Church
machinists union vows continued fight for nine hour day
Washington July 13 President James O Connell of the international association of machinists said the strike did not collapse and the nine hour day remains the goal He claimed 65000 machinists won their point and 50000 other workers gained shorter days by the strike He warned of possible temporary settlements but no peace until the nine hour day is real and shipyards will be pursued later if demands are refused.
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St. Louis
Saturn
Washington
James O'Connell
International Association of Machinists
Joliet Burns Large Tenement to Halt Smallpox Spread
Joliet authorities set ablaze a large tenement and nearby structures to stop smallpox contagion as fumigation proved impossible. A church burned during the inferno and a second fire in a residence area sparked fears of revenge by evicted residents.
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Joliet
Man is Shot on Union Pacific Train
On a Union Pacific train bound for Council Bluffs a man named Rogers was shot and killed by Ned Hartley Copeland who claimed Rogers had him hypnotized. Copeland is believed to be insane and is in Rawlins.
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Rawlins
Union Pacific
Rogers
Ned Hartley Copeland
Council Bluffs
Copeland
Lipton's New Challenger Wins 15 Mile Beat to Windward
Kilcattan Bay reports Lipton's new challenger defeated the old boat by two and a half minutes in a 15 mile race to windward. The sea was smooth and the breeze light.
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Kilcattan Bay
Lipton
Miriam Rebekah Lodge Installs Officers No. 27
The Miriam Rebekah Lodge No 27 1 0 C F installed officers led by Josephine Hackett noble grand and Elizabeth Watson grand marshal at the hall. St Louis guest Mrs Rhoda Mulford spoke on the Mason City orphans home and urged each lodge to donate 50 to furnish a room. Regular lodge business conducted.
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Miriam Rebekah Lodge No
C. F
Elizabeth Watson
Mary E. Hoffman
Josephine Hackett
Noble
Katherine Monecrief
Sarah Bilkey
Minnie Brown
Effie Hart
Wizzie Priester
Josephine Gresham
Kate McDermid
Mary Crouch
Sarah Schmaltz
Ida Brown
Minnie Porter
Icy Teal
Rhoda Mulford
St. Louis
Mason City
Rebekah Lodge
Mulford
Expect Train of Cattle Arrives at Wilton from Kansas
Blanchard and Giesler anticipate a 12 car cattle train from Kansas arriving at Wilton today. The 250 head herd will be driven overland to Muscatine and then to the Kemble farm in Illinois. Heat raises alarm among Kansas stockmen as pastures burn and prices soar.
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Blanchard & Giesler
Wilton
Kansas
Muscatine
Kemble
Ilinois
Young Ladies’ Farther Lights Meet at Miss Tappe’s Home
The Young Ladies’ Farther Lights of the First Baptist church plan a Monday July 15 meeting at Miss Anna Tappe’s home, 668 East 10th Street, urging all members to attend. Iowa Lodge No. 2 A F and A M to hold a special meeting next Monday at 8 PM for second degree work led by W W Crockett W M.
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Firt Baptist Church
Anna Tappe
East 10Th Street
Iowa Lodge No. 2
A. F
A. M
W. W. Crockett
W. M
Funeral for Charles Hudier Held at Family Home
Funeral services for Charles Leonidas Hudier were conducted privately at the family home 707 West Fourth Street after the railway yard accident in Pueblo Colorado. Hudier aged 30 years 3 months 24 days, married to Cora Kell with one child Gladys L. Bessites, left seven siblings and parents grieving. He died from injuries sustained while coupling freight cars when automatic couplers failed. he was taken to hospital and died next morning. Interment was at Greenwoe cemetery with notable associations Rail way Trainsmen's Protective and A T W Pittsburg Kan.
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Charles Leonidas Hudier
Pueblo
Col
West Fourth Street
Rev. Fowler
First Baptist Church
Charles Leonidas Hudler
D. M. Hudler
Louisa County
Iowa
Cora Kell
Gladys L. Bessites
Emma Hudler
Carrie Hydler
Mollie Wagner
Letts
Cora Collins
Des Moines
Bertha Schmidt
Musca
Will A. Hudler
Cripple Creek
S. Hoffman
Railway Trainsmen’s Protective Association
Pittsburg
Kan
Rev
D. M. Hudiler
Vancouver
Washington
Greenwoe Cemetery
Drought Presses Cedar Valley Crops as July Heat Bites
Cedar Valley details severe drought with no rain since spring harming oats hay crops and early potatoes. Farmers fear corn and late potato yields, while nearby Muscatine saw some rain. Community notes include visits from Mrs Susie Schomer of Chicago and a 35th wedding anniversary for Hugh Beggs.
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Cedar Valley
Muscatine
Susie Schomer
Chicago
M. G. Swain
Mr. Schomer
Sunday Sayings Reflections and Bryan Campaign Note
A Kentucky style proverb tone contrasts life on a hill with heaven. The piece notes Bryan refusing $100000 from Aguinaldo for campaign use and suggests Tammany Democrats may doubt Bryan’s business judgment.
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Bryan
Aguinaldo
Tammany Democrats
Severe heat bakes Midwest as drought bites crops hard
July heat shatters records from Kansas City to Oklahoma and Indian Territory with no rain in sight. Corn oats and hay suffer extreme damage. hay soars to 20 dollars a ton as hogs flood the Kansas City stockyards. City thermometers hit 103 indoors and 110 in streets amid stifling conditions.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Minnesota
Ohio
Kameas
Epworth League Excursion Rates Announced
The Epworth League convention in San Francisco July 18 21 prompts the Iowa Central Railway to offer low round trip excursion tickets. Choice of routes long time limits. For details contact agents or Geo S Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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San Francisco
Cal
Iowa Central Railway
Geo. S. Batty
Marshalltowa
Iowa
Classified Ads Offer Quick Cheap Way to Buy and Sell
Journal advertises small ads cost one half cent per word with a 15 cent minimum paid in advance. Ads to be inserted under classified heads to reach the broadest audience for quick exchanges and sales.
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Journal
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