Union Veterans Honor Dawson for Prompt Attentive Service
The Union Veterans Union of Iowa at Davenport praised Hon. Albert F. Dawson for quick响应 to every soldier’s letter. The encampment elected J. H. Shaw as department commander and D. G. Butterfield as adjutant general, and passed a resolution thanking Dawson for his efforts in Washington.
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Davenport
Union Veterans’ Union
Department of Iowa
J. H. Shaw
D. G. Butterfield
DeWitt
Albert F. Dawson
Washington
Birthday party honors Libo Iliten guest in Wilton
In Wilton on Saturday afternoon a party for Libo Iliten's birthday gathered about 20 friends from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Prizes were awarded for games including bean bag and pin the tail on the donkey. Guests from out of town included Olga Deckmann and Ella Euken of Cedar Rapids, with several others visiting local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Witmer
Florence Russell
Olga Deckmann
Ella Euken
Cedar Rapids
Frank Tufts
Chicago
T. Ferrier
Tipton
Ruth Warren
M. B. Nelson
Extra
Nick Lorang
Ruth
Blue Island
Ill
Loraney
J. S. Murphy
Helen Euken
Cornseif
Adalaide Davis
D. D. Tillman
Denver
New York
W. E. Downer
Muscatine
W. G. Griffith
E. C. Hart
Atkison
Wannah Poland
Sullivan, Ir
Hart
F. W. Gray
Helen Gray
Keokuk
Rock Island
Martin Strickler
Iva Rothteb
Richmond
C. A. Kiser
O. A. Gadske
Racine
Wis
F. RB. James
Town City
James
Mary Waffle
Vera Mason
Moline
A. W. Bannieck
Ella Bannick
Robert Ilen
Henry Sessler
West Liberty
Chas. Melwig
Davenport
H. P. Mason
W. A. Pye
F.A
Gerald Murphy
Nic Lorangg
Fagan
Peoria
Foley
Iowa City
Marion
P. Moylan
Garwin
Jim Atwill
Atwill
C. Pacon
Scott Blackwell
Maizene Heralded as New Kidney Cure in Muscatine
Advertisers announce Maizene as a new kidney and bladder remedy available at Haver camp's Prescription Drug Store in Muscatine and other first class drug stores. The one ounce bottle yields a pint of medicine, prepared at home, and sold for 50 cents from the Cooper Pharmacal Co. in Chicago.
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Havercamp
Cooper Pharmacal Co
East Lake St
Chicago
Ill
Poisoning from a bottle explosion injures local worker
Edward Stapleton of 315 Cedar Street suffers severe pain after a pop bottle exploded while he filled bottles at St. Clair bottling works. He incurred deep arm gashes and developed blood poisoning by Saturday after ignoring minor injuries. He sought treatment from Dr. E. B. Fulham.
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Edward Stapleton
Cedar Street
Stapleton
St. Clair Bottling Works
E. B. Fulham
Atalissa Beats Nichols In Hefty Baseball Clash
Atalissa defeated Nichols 10 to 3 in a heavy hitting contest. Chub Largen allowed 14 hits connected with by Nichols, while Overmann held Nichols to three hits and ten strikeouts for Atalissa. Next Sunday Atalissa hosts Ardon and Davenport follows.
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Chub Largen
Overmann
Atalissa
Nichols
Nichols Lads
Ardon
Davenport Red Men
Balloons Fail To Break Any Records At St Paul Flight
Five balloons started Saturday and landed near St Paul missing distance and duration world records. The Chicago airship piloted by C A Coey logged seventy three miles to Blooming Prairie, the Pommern piloted by Dr E R Thomas reached Warsaw fifty two miles from the start, and other aerostats showed shorter runs. Pilot Capt P S Hudson and assistant Horace B Wild blamed heavy gas and ballast limits for the poor showing.
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St. Paul
Minn
Chicago
C. A. Coey
Blooming Prairie
Pommern
E. R. Thomas
Warsaw
United States
America
King Edward
P. S. Hudson
Horace B. Wild
Rock Island Rail to Test Telephone Dispatch System
Rock Island Company plans telephone dispatch trials to replace telegraph use on select routes. Muscatine is eyed as a test terminal with Chicago to Iowa City and other segments considered for operation. Officials say no construction until practical tests prove efficiency.
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C., B. and Q
Rock Island Company
Muscatine
Moline
Rock Island Road
Chicago
Iowa City
Topeka
Harrisburg
Slater
Rock Island
Fraternal Order to Be Organized in Muscatine
KF M Nikirk of Cedar Rapids visits Muscatine to organize a local lodge of the National Union. A first meeting is set for July 30 at the F A A hall with at least fifty members expected. Milo Smith serves as assistant deputy. a large number of applications already received.
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Muscatine
F. M. Nikirk
Cedar Rapids
National Union
Milo Smith
Former Preacher Arrested on Counterfeiting Charge
Los Angeles July 20 Charles Wieland former theological student and minister of Pekin Illinois is under arrest on counterfeiting charges. He allegedly led a band of contacters who produced $20 gold pieces. Secret service agents say the counterfeit is among the most clever ever seen in the country.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Wieland
Pekin, Ill
Wieland
Secret Service
Will Hurd Injured at Power Plant Worksite
Will Hurd sustained serious injuries this morning while the Citizens' Railway and Light company erected a new smoke stack. A heavy timber used to control a hoisting machine slipped, causing the accident.
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Will Hurd
Citizens’ Railway and Light Company
Amazed Woman Sells Ancient Arabic Cup for 6500
A London woman owned a fourteenth century Arabic glass cup she believed worthless. At the British Museum an expert valued it low, then she sent it to an auction where bidding started at 2500 and rose to 6500, driven by two rival collectors.
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British Museum
London
Market quotes and farm prices from Chicago trades
Chicago market notes dated July 20 show grain prices for wheat corn and oats with bid and closing figures. The report details beans onions greens and other produce, plus meat poultry and dairy prices, and lists local attorneys and legal notices in Muscatine Iowa.
Wheat and grains mixed results at Chicago market
Wheat led September trade with openings around 90 percent and highs near 90 3/4 cents, closing around 90 1/4 to 90 5/8. Corn saw 75 to 76 cent moves, oats ranged 42 to 43 cents, with July around 51 1/2. Park-Sept at 15.60, lard 9.27, ribs 8.75, rye cash 76, barley 6 3/4.
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Chicago
Park
Chicago Live Stock Markets Report July 20
Cattle receipts 14 000 strong to 10 cents higher with beef prices 4 35 to 7 80 cows and heifers 2 20 to 6 00 stockers and feeders 2 85 to 4 70 westerners 3 90 to 6 30 Hogs receipts 43 000 weak to 10 cents lower light 6 10 to 6 75 mixed 6 15 to 6 82 heavy 6 15 to 6 85 bulk 6 55 to 6 70 Sheep receipts 25 000 weak 10 lower sheep 2 75 to 4 60 yearlings 4 40 to 5 75 lambs 4 50 to 6 80
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Chicago
Chicago Poultry Market Steady Prices Report
Chicago July 20 poultry market shows steady prices with turkeys at 14 cents, chickens at 11 cents, and springs 17 to 20 cents.
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Chicago
Ill
Chicago Butter and Egg Market Report
Butter is steady with creamery prices at 18 to 21 cents and dairies at 17 to 20 cents. Eggs hold steady with firsts at 17 1/2 cents.
New York Butter and Egg Market Report July 20
Butter markets show steady tone with 10,069 receipts. Creamery specials 23c and extras 22 22 percent, dairy 22c, process 21 ½c, factory firsts 19 19 ½c, imitation first 20c. Eggs firm with 3,956 receipts. extras first 20 21c, firsts 18 19c, seconds 17 18c.
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New York
New York Produce Market Wheat and Corn Quotes
New York July 20 Wheat for September at 983 cents per bushel and Corn at 83 and one half cents per bushel.
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New York
New York Poultry Market Prices July Report
New York poultry market report from July 20 shows alive stock steady and dressed poultry firm. Springs range 15 to 22 cents per pound, turkeys 12 to 17 cents, fowls 13½ to 14½ cents.
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New York
St Louis Produce Market Wheat and Corn Prices
St Louis market notes list Wheat for September at 89.89 and Corn at 75. Oats quoted at 42.5 cents as of July 20.
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St. Louis
Peoria Produce Market Report July 20
Peoria Illinois on July 20 lists corn No. 3 at 76 cents.
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Peoria
Peoria, Ill
Chicago Prices Split Between Old and New Corn Crops
Chicago reports show old crop corn prices pushing higher while new crop bids lag. Large speculative purchases of old crop months reveal scarcity, with farm activity slowing market movement as weather influences plans.
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Chicago, Ill
Cattle Markets Falter Amid Heavy Receipts and Heat
The past week brought the weakest cattle market of the year with buyers slow to act as receipts ran high. Good beef steers and butcher stock fell about 40 to 70 cents, canners and cutters slid 10 to 35 cents, and bulls dropped 20 to 35 cents while stockers and feeders declined 15 to 25 cents. Calves held around steady with top $6.75. Prime cows only reached $5 or more, and overall prices showed Chicago averages about 50 cents below the prior week and 10 to 15 cents below three weeks ago despite a 6.15 dollar weekly average.
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Chicago
Hogs Market Opens Weak as Grassy Hog Share Increases
The market opened 5c lower with later sales 5 to 10c below Friday. A 109 hog lot at 269 lbs sold at 7 dollars, some at 6.75. Quality poorer, grassy hogs larger. corn fed ho gs sold 6.95 last week and 6.12 a year ago. Packers discriminate against grassy and common hogs, widening the spread between poorer and best lots. Choice hogs scarcer than any prior week. weekly average price highest since April 1907.
Muscatine Markets: Live-market and produce prices listed
The Muscatine markets page lists corn oats and wheat prices along with cracked corn pop corn hay and various feed ingredients. It also provides live-market bids for cattle sheep lambs veal and poultry and ends with retail vegetable prices including cabbage.
Spring 1874 Freight Crew at Hele na Montana
Cap Smith's outfit arrived in Hele na Montana. After unloading the freight the mule skinners repaired to the gambling house and then loaded themselves. Zeb White slept under a wagon in the corral after trading his coin for drink. Smith found him at night and asked if he would keep warm with another wagon.
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Cap Smith
Helena
Mont
Zeb White
Smith
Zeb
Cap
Unknown chess genius plays Lasker in Manchester simul
Before the 180 chess international tournament Lasker faced a unknown challenger in a Manchester club simul. The player, who had won permission to play odds, held a fair game but was eventually mated. He admitted he had not mastered the knight move, thus conceding Lasker the odds of two knights and a cramped position.
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Laskar
Manchester
Lasker
Remarkable Fatherhood Across Historic Generations
A physician notes astonishing fatherhood cases. Sir Stephen Fox reportedly had a daughter at age ninety nine, Joel Vaughan of Cincinnati fathered twenty seven children with the last born at seventy nine, the Earl of Leicester saw a son born at seventy one, and the Earl of Essex welcomed a daughter at sixty seven.
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Stephen Fox
Joel Vaughan
Cincinnati
Earl of Leicester
Earl of Essex
Beatrice
Philadelphia Bulletin
Railway Timetable Rock Island System Jan 5 1908
In effect January 5 1908 the Rock Island system timetable lists eastbound trains to Davenport Chicago and other cities with times for No 12 No 62 No 50 No 4 No 58 No 2 No 3 No 49 No 11 No 10 Local Freight Mail and Express and other services. Southwest bound departures include California Special Washington Oskaloosa Kansas City Pt Worth Local Freight Mail and Express and Local Passenger. Daily service except Sunday with nos 401 402 and agent signature.
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Davenport
Chicago
California
Washington, Oskaloosa
Kansas City
Pt. Worth
Osc Rccescsesecess
Underdonk
Wilton Branch Trains Daily Muscatine Schedule Summary
Train list shows Muscatine to Wilton service with No. 504 to 505 and multiple daily runs including daily No. 10 No. 18 No. 8 No. 14 and No. 6 No. 16 No. 20 No. 17 with specific times and exceptions on Sundays and nonstops. timeline includes 8:00am 12:35pm 6:25am 10:15am 3:20pm and 11:32pm among others with no-stop designations for certain numbers.
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Muscatine
Wilton
Ccoes
Cccccccce
Sildam
Railway Schedule For Muscatine North and South Bound Trains
Timetable lists south bound trains No.4 No.2 from Muscatine to Elrick Junction with intermediate stops Fruitland Grandview Wapello and Round House times. No.6 also runs daily with morning arrivals. North bound No.5 No.3 shows late evening arrivals and connections at Elrick Junction. Connections explained with Iowa Central C.R.I. & P. lines at Elrick Junction and Wapello for Burlington or additional services.
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Muscatine
Round House
Fruitland
Grandview
Wapello
Elrick Junction
Wapelio
Eseee
Iowa Central
Burlington
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Union Veterans Union
Dawson
Given Communications
Wild
Sa. City
Society
KF. M. Nikirk of
J. Frenzel
Board of Trade
Dulu Puuuts
Henry Jayne
Aduur Lotman
Wm. Hoffman
Wm. R. Jayne
Jantr & Hofmann
Lowa Avenue
Journal Vlice
Lowa
Ingham
East Sod St
H. D. Horst
New
German-American Bank
Frank L. Bihlmeier
Telephone
Iowa
G. M. Titus
Titus & Jackson
Iowa Ave
Hos. Brown
Illinois
First National Bank
J. Carshaddan
W. D. Burk
Pepper
Carshadvdan
Burk & Perret
West Second Street
Muscatine Markets
Shippers Ay
Muscatine Produce Co
Rock Island System
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway
Muscatine North and Soutil Railroad
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