Trip Down the St Croix Ends as Campers Return Home
Daily journal from July 1901 recounts camp near Hayward with logs, trout and pickerel fishing in Namakagon and St Croix rivers. The party notes sawmills, lumber booms, Indian villages, mosquito swarms and a looming lumber decline as they near Never's Dam and Taylor Falls. Writer S. Plumly signs off about returning home after a long voyage up North Wisconsin waters.
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Dailies
St. Croix
Dear
Mr. Day
Hayward
Townsley
Mr. D
Day
Namakagon
Akricht
Yellow River
Tures
Tamarack
Pennaroyal
Neven’s
Mississippi
Stillwater
Mississopi
Taylor Falls
Minn
Sioux Falls
Wis
St. Croix Rapids
Never’s Dam
Dalles
Company C to Dubuque for state encampment drill
Soldiers of Company C Muscatine depart by special Rock Island train at 10 AM for the state encampment grounds at Dubuque. Eight day camp focuses on drill and camp life, with Jimmie Wier in charge of meals and Major Bishop’s staff coordinating uniforms, baggage, and departures amidst fond farewells from depot crowds.
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50Th Reg. LN. G
Rock Island
Dubuque
Jimmie Wier
Joseph Norwood
Chas
Moncrief
Muscatine Company
50Th
Jimmie
Bishop
Company C
Trumpeter Brown
Co. G
Ottumwa
Co. M
Fairfield
Co. D
Washington
Co. C
Muscatine
Co. B
Davenport
Vinton Company
49Th
Journal
Local Sports Quiet as City Awaits Upcoming Contests
In the city no games are booked for several days while crowds gather at the golf Rais. National results list St. Louis 6 Chicago 5, Philadelphia 3 Boston 2. American results show Philadelphia 2 Chicago 1 and Detroit 6 Boston 5. Upcoming matches feature Chicago at St. Louis and Boston at Philadelphia among others.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
Newark
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Manhattan Outing Club heads to Camp Eagle Point
The Manhattan Outing Club party led by Mrs. Lydia Ruckdeschel and Mrs. J. R. Hanley departed from Fairport aboard the Warnetta at eight this morning for a ten day camp at Eagle Point. They bring extensive provisions and fixtures, with tennis, baseball and reading material, hoping for relief from the heat and a week of comfort. Friday visitors are invited, and extra sweets are anticipated as the party plans a cheerful week in the woods.
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Manhattan
Lydia Ruckdeschel
J. R. Hanley
Warnetta
Camp Eagle Point
Mr. Hamley
M’sa
Florence Goddard
Chicago
Alice Hayes
Ashcraft
Helen Tappearn
Fox Sintedl
W Journal
Fairport
Hanley
OM Sol
Eibharf
Community Social At Mrs Baines Home For Rev Gordon
A term social is hosted at Mrs Btwamt Baines residence 1008 Feet Tth Street on Tuesday evening July 2 1991. Proceeds benefit Rev Gordon. Ice cream cake and lemonade will be served. All are welcome to attend and try the fortune telling by the old fashioned gypsy.
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Btwamt Baines
Gordon
Reduced railway fares for state and national gatherings
Reduced rates offered via B and M railway for the Iowa meetings of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias and Uniform Rank encampment at Iowa City. Triennial Conclave in Louisville and National Encampment of the G A R in Cleveland with round trip best fares. Also Pan-American exposition in Buffalo and home seekers excursions advertised with sale on the first and third Tuesdays monthly.
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Grand Lous
Knights of Pythias
Iowa
Cola” Rapids
Knights Templar
Louisville
Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
Jno
G. Farmer
Mull's Grape Tonic For Weak Stomachs And Dyspepsia
A vintage advertisement promotes Mull's Grape Tonic claiming to strengthen stomach nerves and distribute nutrients, with a laxative effect to cleanse the system. It highlights a large bottle for 50 cents and urges readers to see their druggists. Also notes Mall's Lightning Pain Killer for quick relief of pain at 2 cents.
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Ience
Trio OF Muscatiners
Ward
the Lumber Co
Hudson River
Tever
Northern Pacific
Osceola
Rock Isl
Major Bishop
Harry Kern
Joseph King
Jacob L. Smeenk
F. E. Norwood
W. F. Schoenig
Albert Capps
George Luckhardt
Warne Arnold
Fred. A. Deutschman
Clyde Frack
Hugh Seman
Ray Brown
Columbus Junction
Mae Garrett
Letts
Bertha Kelly
Nellie Trimble
Iowa City
Bruce Quick
Russel
Clintom
Swafts
Lettie Allen
Flowa Cty
Will Curtis
Art
Roy Michner
Muda Atchison
Robert Coleman Atchison
Kewanee
Frank Parmeter
Ellen Game
Cedar Rapids
Elihu Root
Specil
Army
Southwest
Bard
Parvin
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
H. A. Larry
Louis Fair
Bert Cave
Burkington
Frank Blair
Cleburne
Texas
Evening Journal
Journal Want
Mrivasa
Kane
Persim Sverre Comrayvy Vonticello
Joey
Ste
Soekiet
Prpsin Syrup Company
Menticello
J. J. Havercamp
East Second Street
Swan
Ohie
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Cieveland
Illac
J. C. Shaw
Boei Club
Secom
Miner
Prairie
Constitution
New York
Jaly
Ammt
New York Yacht Club
Glen Cove
L. L
Huntington Bay
Constitutent
Columbia
Manhattan Outing Club
Eagle Point
Seoul
Oscar Grossheim
East 2Nd St
Way Central
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