The Strike Situation in Iowa Telephone War
Muscatine readers learn of Des Moines strike actions as the Iowa Telephone Company faces union pressure. A plan targets organizing in larger cities to mobilize workers and influence terms while a Davenport meeting expands capital plans, with the Des Moines dispute described as a sympathetic but non escalated strike.
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Muscatine
Des Moines
Electrical Workers Union
Iowa
van Camp
Arthur Holder
State Federation of Labor
Iowa Company
Bishop
Iowa Telephone Company
Federation of Labor
Bett Telephone Company
Davenport
Directory of the
Yost
L. G. Richardson
Chicago
F. H. Griggs
Joe R. Lane
N. E. Cook
E. E. Smith
Birthday party in West Eighth street home
A social gathering at Miss Agnes Seiler's residence on West Eighth street Friday celebrated Miss Lou Headley's birthday anniversary. Attendees included Miss Nellie Reuling, Miss Har riet Heller, Miss Helen Molis, Miss Edith Nelson, and Messrs. Charles Seiler, Ray Mark, Harry and Arthur Klaffenbach, with refreshments served and all enjoying congenial company.
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Agnes Seiler
West Eighth Street
Lou Headley
Nellie Reuling
Harriet Heller
Helen Mo
Visit of Little Miss Grace Wilson in Oska loosa
Miss Grace Wilson of Oska loosa arrived in the city today at noon aboard the Firefly for a visit with her aunt Mrs Z W Hutchinson at Mulberry street.
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Grace Wilson
Oskaloosa
City
Z. W. Hutchinson
Mulberry Street
Wanted A Married Man To Work On Farm
Wanted a married man to work on a farm. Inquire at 301 West Front Street opposite C. R. L and P. freight depot.
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West Front Street
Mrs. Sallie Townley Arrested for Obscene Language
Mrs. Sallie Townley of Bartlett flats Front street was arrested this morning on a charge of using obscene language after a dispute with neighbors. Her case was heard in Justice F W Eversmeyer's court this afternoon. I I Davidson jailed for drunkenness, pled not guilty. trial set. He carried brass knuckles found on him and pleaded guilty to concealed weapons, receiving 15 days. Pete Mills also charged with drunkenness, awaiting trial at 4 pm before Justice Eversmeyer.
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Sallie Townley
Bartlett
Front Street
F. W. Eversmeyer
I. E. Davidson
H. S. Howe
Pete Mills
Justice Eversmeyer
City News Items From Davenport To Bayfield
Davenport resident Mrs Anna Regnier arrived on the steamer W J Young Jr to visit friends in the city. Mrs Cash McBride, recently visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs Chet Will near Bayfield, returned home today. The steamer Quincy passed downstream at noon en route to St Louis from St Paul with freight and passengers. Wm Weggend suffered a severe hand burn after a charged wire at Mississippi Valley Telephone on Orange street shocked him. he was thrown down and his palm was burned.
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Anna Regnier
Davenport
W. J. Young, Jr
City
Quincy
St. Louis
St. Paul
Wm. Weggend
Mississippi Valley Telephone Company
Orange Street
Belgenland Arrives in Tow After Break in Shaft
The Belgenland arrived safely in Halifax this afternoon, towed by the steamer Scholar. The liner sustained a broken shaft, complicating its voyage but not its arrival.
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Halifax
Belgenland
Scholar
Salad Plants and Their Prime Nutritional Value
Salad plants offer high mineral content with rich potash salts. Eating them raw preserves nutrients, yielding crisp cool leaves that hydrate the body and provide a pleasant, succulent texture without cooking.
Comforting exchange on money and security in love
A dialogue reveals mutual assurances about financial provision. She asks if money matters to him, he affirms, noting comfort in being provided for if she dies. She counters with the possibility of his death, and he restates his plan to be provided for in that case.
The Biggest of Tips From a Philadelphia Press Quotation
A rustic waiter complains that tips have declined since old times. A counterpart laughs, recalling Beau giving his birthright for a mess of pottage, as cited by the Philadelphia Press.
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Beau
Philadelphia Press
Caves and Hills Highlight St Helena's Volcanic Landscape
St Helena emerges as a striking geological region with largely volcanic land and many extinct craters. Notable pinnacles bear curious names including Lot's Wife the Man and Horse the Asses' Ears and Hold faust Tom.
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St. Helena
Lot
Asses
Faust Tom
Safety Box Robbery Claims Over Thirty Thousand Missing
In Chicago on July 19, more than 30000 dollars disappeared from safety deposit boxes at the Masonic Temple. Ed Sturgeon T M Murphy and Geo Ross report their boxes rifled, finding empties this morning after depositing last night. Watchmen say no boxes were opened during their shift. Officials doubt the robbery and no police complaint has been filed.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Ed. Sturgeon
T. M. Murphy
Geo. Ross
Safety Deposit Company
Byers Leads In Water Logged National Amateur Final
In Chicago on July 19 the national amateur golf final between Louis James of Glenview and Eben Byers of Pittsburgh began on a water soaked course. After nine holes Byers led James by two holes while the second nine holes were submerged, drawing a fair-sized gallery despite the conditions.
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Byers
Chicago
Louis James
Glenview
Eben Byers
Pittsburg
James
Oats surge on bad weather reports and squeeze
July oats jumped from 57% to 65 on the Chicago board of trade amid heavy trade. Short sellers covered as bad weather expectations fueled buying. Jas Patten, tied to a squeeze, is credited with amassing a small fortune on the day.
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BigZump
Chicago
Board of Trade
Shorts
Jas. Patten
Christ and Common Folks at Musserville Church
Musserville M. E. Church announces Sunday schedule with Sunday school at 10 15 a m class meeting at 11 15 a m junior Epworth League at 6 30 p m preaching at 7 30 p m theme Christ and Common Folks Epworth devotional Tuesday 7 45 p m prayer meeting and Brotherhood Bible study Thursday 7 30 p m all are invited pastor W L Clapp
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Epworth League
Brotherhood
W. L. Clapp
The Water Spider Carries Air Bubble Underbody
The water spider spends most of its time underwater and carries an air bubble on its underside for breathing. When the air runs low, it surfaces for a refill. The underside hairs trap air, forming a film that prevents water from escaping and keeps the bubble imprisoned.
Summer meeting rates offered by B C N RY list
Beley a list of prominent meetings to be held in summer with special rates authorized by B C R N R Y. Colorado Springs Denver and other cities host national and biennial gatherings including International Sunday School Association Ancient Order of Hibernians National Fraternal Congress National Association of Letter Carriers Travelers' Protective Association and United Presbyterian Church events with low rates and representative contacts.
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C. R. & N. Xcuretons
Beley
Colorado Springs
Colo
Denver
International Sunday School Association
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Denver Colo
National Association of Letter Carriers
Omaha
Neb
Travelers’ Protective Association of America
Tacoma
Wash
The
United Presbyterian Church
Salt Lake City
Utah
Grand Lodge Benevolent and Protective Order of "Lks
San Francisco
Cal
Knights of Pythias
Seattle
C Iis
Farmer
G. P
T.A
N. R’y
Nothing to Laugh At In New York Times Jest
A quotation frames writing jokes as a serious craft rather than entertainment. The speaker asserts joke writing is not a light task and shares personal experience of attempting humor.
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New York
Ines
The Doctor at Pleasant Hill
Miners in Pleasant Hill hire a self styled doctor with a gun who vows no blunders. He treats Abe Johnson for bilious colic with dangerous protocols and drops him in a bloodless attempt, dies Joe Singleton, misdiagnoses others, and flees when Pete Harper’s skull fracture triggers a miners’ mob. The crew later finds the doctor with pills and ginger, celebrated on the Fourth.
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C. B. Lewis
Pleasant Hill
Esculapius
Jim Davis
Jim
Tom Barlum
Abe Johnson
Abe
Joe Singleton
Joe
Tom Hastings
Tom
Silver City
Pete Harper
Nobot
Pete
Confetti's rise from printer scraps to global industry
A Paris printing works cut round holes for eyelets on calendars leaving confetti scraps. A worker playfully showered a girl with scraps, sparking a small battle. The owner saw profit, started machinery, and built a confetti industry supplying much of the world with tens of tons per order.
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Paris
Penny for a Postal Card Leads to a Husband
A jobless woman with a single penny answered a businessman's ad by sending a postal card. Impressed by her effort, he hired her and later married her. During the honeymoon he mused on how a last cent led to a marriage, while she replied she dropped a penny in the slot and got a husband.
The Cause of His Fame in Wilton Farm Town
The Boston Journal recounts an actor who summers in Wilton Missouri. He purchases offal from a farmer but is snubbed by the farmer who rejects payment. Later in the village he finds himself the object of curious admiration as locals nickname him the man who eats innards.
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Boston Journal
Wilton
Traveling In Japan on Railways Described by Writer
A writer details sightings on Japanese trains including a native woman removing tiny shoes, standing on a seat, then sitting with feet tucked. She lights a two whiff tobacco pipe. He notes differing seating habits versus Europeans. A blue uniformed ticket collector bows twice to each passenger while collecting tickets.
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Tie
Sit on the leek not the thistle in Belfast match
An Ireland Scotland football match in Belfast saw an enthusiastic Irish supporter chant Sit on them Ireland. A nearby Scotsman finally retorted Ye can sit on the leek mon and the rose, but ye canna sit on the thistle, highlighting national symbols in a playful exchange.
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Belfast
Ireland
Scotland
Pearson
Great Water Plants Reclaim Swamps With Pumping Plants
Experiments show an acre of grassland releasing at least 6,400 quarts of water in a day and sunflowers yield even more. Reclaimed marshes and malarial swamps via sunflowers or eucalyptus reduce harmful air, earth, and water conditions.
A Changed Opinion in a Philadelphia Record
A dramatic exchange recalls a hunter joking about stuffing a bird for a bonnet. Mrs Gunning and Mr Gunning discuss the fate of the creature with wry humor, reflecting the era’s common newspaper anecdote style.
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Mrs. Gunning
Harry
Mr. Gunning
Philadelphia Record
Evolution Torch: A Temple of Progressive Thought Originates
A Chicago Tribune remark frames evolution as more than a church, calling it a temple of progressive thought that has outgrown traditional religious terms. The exchange contrasts old worship with modern scientific perspective, reflecting cultural shifts in naming and idea adoption.
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Chicago Tribune
A Legend of the Colorado Chief Rainbow and the Maiden
An American Indian myth tells how Surface, a powerful Colorado chief, abdicates to his son Rainbow. Rainbow abducts Singing Water with her consent, pursued by Snake in His Hole. Surface dies atop a river crossing, viewed as a god by onlookers, and Rainbow unites two tribes after the fatal defiance.
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Colorado
Rainbow
Singing Water
Surface
Snake In
Hester B. Meriwether
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C. A. Coldren
Riverview Addition
Hampe Bros
W. 2d Street
Musserville M. E. Church
the Journal
Uncle Sam
Japan
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