City News Items From a Busy Day in the City
Wapello visitor R F McConnell and Wilton guests Mrs Clark Brown and Mrs Gilkes called on locals. Newborn to Mr and Mrs Wm J Funk. Col D W Jackson laid up after a fall. Ladies of the Maccabees picnic at Weed's Park Friday. Lilly's corner hacks run 3 pm and 5 30 pm. Fred Shafnit ill with rheumatism, doctor called. Miss Wilma Bringman leaves for St Louis after visiting. H H Arnold and Chet Storms back from South Dakota. E H McCormick bought land, staying a few days. Band concert at Reservoir Park draws a large crowd. Yeomen hold business meeting, one candidate initiated, 13 applications. Open air band concert at court square draws crowd. weather hoped to improve for more concerts. Two men quarrel in a Front Street mulet dispensary. no arrests. Geo Kinzle injured at Huttig Bros factory. hand amputated, now recovering at home. Married man, about 40, faces lengthy convalescence.
Railway Excursion Fares Withdrawn For 1902 Trips
The special round trip excursion tickets from Chicago to New York City Atlantic City and New Jersey coast resorts announced for July 21 August 7 and 14 1902 by the New York Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Co and the Nickel Plate Road are withdrawn and the stated rates are abrogated. Return limits of 12 days were noted.
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Chicago
New York City
Atlantic City
New Jersey Sea Coast
New York
Irishman claims woman pushes cork into bottle always
An Irishman quips that a woman always removes the cork by pushing it in. The remark surfaces as a humorous generalization reflecting lighthearted gender jokes common in local chatter.
Murdered Man in Bed Identified as Walter Latimer
Brooklyn July 23 The coroner's jury returns a verdict that Walter Latimer was killed by an unknown person while in bed. A private detective testifies he shadowed William Tuthill, the man linked to Mrs Latimer, and observed him entering Latimer's residence while Latimer was away.
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Brooklyn
Walter Latimer
Wm. Tuthill
Found teachers bodies recovered in Cebu murders
Washington reports a Manila cablegram announcing the recovery of four missing teachers. John Wells and Louis Thompson of Providence R I Ernest Heger of Cincinnati and Clyde France of Berea Ohio were murdered by the Ladrones. The gang leader was killed and eight others captured.
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Manila
Washington
War Department
John Wells
Louis Thompson
Providence
R. L
Ernest Heger
Cincinnati
Clyde France
Berea
Ohio
Cebu
Cut Down Allowance Triggers Chicago Youth Suicide
Chicago youth Carl Henrici, whose father a wealthy restaurateur had reduced his allowance for being too extravagant, fatally shot himself this morning after the cut in funds. The tragedy arose from a domestic dispute over spending and control of finances.
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Chicago
Carl Henrici
Big Fire Destroys Camden Winter Resort
A major fire swept the business portion of Camden, a winter resort, this morning. Firefighters faced rapid spread and buildings were blown up to halt the flames. Losses were heavy as the blaze damaged multiple structures in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Columbia
S. C
Camden
Party of Young Ladies Breakfast in Honor of Miss Bringman
A 9 o clock breakfast hosted by Mrs F W Swan on West Third Street celebrated Miss Wilma Bringman of St Louis. Guests enjoyed waffles melons and fruit then anticipated a Dubuque homeward departure but a late boat prompted a trolley ride instead. Names include Ida Hutchinson Julia Hutchinson Anna Bishop Ellen Mark Mabel Warner Myrle Flagg Florence Schwertfeger Gertrude Cassidy Harriet McQuesten Tanner Mazie Lane Mildred Lane Josephine White Helen Davidson Alice Hayes Rose Cassidy.
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F. W. Swan
West Third Street
Wilma Bringman
St. Louis
Miss Bringman
Dubuque
Misses Ida
Julia Hutchinson
Anna Bishop
Ellen Mark
Mabel Warner
Myrle Flagg
Florence Schwertfeger
Gertrude Cassidy
Harriet McQuesten
Tanner
Mazie
Mildred Lane
Josephine White
Helen Davidson
Alice Hayes
Rose Cassidy
Mrs May Demorest Hosts Outdoor Social for Milwaukee Guests
Miss May Demorest entertained about 35 lady friends at her parents home on Newell avenue last evening in honor of Mrs Wheeler and Miss Phillips of Milwaukee. Guests enjoyed a four o'clock start on the lawn with vocal selections by Mrs May Morgridge and refreshments served outdoors.
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May Demorest
A. F. Demorest
Newell Avenue
Wheeler
Phillips
Milwaukee
May Morgridge
Free Colorado travel literature from Great Rock Island line
John Sebastian G A Chicago offers “Under the Turquose Sky” and “Camping in Colorado” free by mail. Includes clear descriptions, hotel and boarding house details, and summer cheap rates. Send a postal to request information and literature from the Rock Island route station in Chicago.
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Colorado
John Sebastian
Great Rock Island
Chicago
Rock Island
Devitt Receives Invitation to American Bar Association Meet
John F. Devitt of this city received an invitation and program for the American Bar Association meeting at Saratoga Springs New York August 27 28 and 29 Iowa is represented by Judge Emlin McClain with a paper on The Evolution of the Judicial Opinion Muscatine lawyers John F. Devitt and W D Burk are members of the local association. Last year Denver hosted the meeting and offered a four days Rockies tour for lawyers.
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John F. Devitt
American Bar Association
Saratoga Springs
N .Y
Iowa
Emlin McClain
Muscatine
W. D. Burk
Love Comes and Goes Beyond Poverty’s Door and Window
A reflective line on love moving between hardship and ease, noting that affection does not pause for financial strain. It hints at enduring emotional tides and the fickleness of romantic attachment amid scarcity.
Letts Oil and Development Company Forms In Letts Iowa
The Letts Oil and Development company organized in Letts Iowa with 4000 acres leased and 5000 dollars capital planned. Officers include J H Letts president L A Gipple vice president I F Snyder secretary WM Lieberknecht treasurer. Eastern drillers will be hired to bore for oil in the gas belt west of Letts as stock sales finish.
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C. E. Foster
Toledo
Iowa
Muscatine
Letts Oil and Development Company
Letts
J. H. Letts
L. A. Gipple
I. F. Snyder
Wm. Lieberknecht
D. H. Westbrook
P. O'Toole
Adam Stamm
E. F
Foster
Journal
Ohio
Texas
Mr. Foster
Cannibal Chief Chooses Meat Over Him in Beef Crisis
A humorous exchange features a missionary confronting a cannibal chief who defends his plight saying he must eat to survive as the beef supply tightens under the meat trust. The banter highlights frontier hardship and dark comedy in a colonial setting.
Curacao at center of Caribbean political turmoil
Curacao, noted for its excellent harbor, stands in the public eye as headquarters of Venezuelan revolutionaries who seem likely to topple President Castro. The island’s strategic port and favorable location contribute to its pivotal role amid the regional upheaval.
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Curacao
Revoluti
Castro
Y M C A Building Fund Pledges and Year Book Highlights
The Y M C A building committee collects the first instalment on pledges toward the new building with a one fourth payment upon full raise. The annual year book shows 1575 associations in the U S and Canada, 284,912 members, 414 buildings valued at 23 million dollars, and extensive literacy, gym, and library programs across rail, army, navy, student, and boys departments with notable foreign outreach and religious work growth. Iowa has
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Association For America
United States
Canada
Army and Navy Department
Iowa
Prosperity mark noted in association work across country
A fragment observes that the association effort in the nation has enjoyed a full share of prosperity, reflecting broad success in the overall program.
The Reason. A thinker on a quiet moment
A brief quip contrasts thought and speech as a woman finger-touches her lips while pondering while a man notes the humorous impossibility of thinking and talking simultaneously.
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Fr. Schaefer
Prop
R. F. McConnell
Wapello
Clark Brown
Mrs. Gilkes
Wilton
City
Wm. J. Funk
Col
D. W. Jackson
Ladies of the Maccabees
Weed’s Park
Lilly’s Corner
Fred Shafnit
the Grand
H. H. Arnold
Chet Storms
South Dakota
E. H. McCormick
Reservoir Park
Knights and Ladies of the Golden Precept
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Court Square
Pallaiet
Front Street
Geo. Kinzle
Huttig Bros
H. M. Dean
Dean
East Seventh Street
Wedneday’s
Latimer
Discovering Oil
Louisa Counties
Finley
Spindle Top
Pennsylvania
Bradford
Venezuelan Revolutionis
Gladstone Memorial Library
William FE
Gladstone
Hawarden
Land
Y. M. C. A. Matters
Collier Downe
West Sixth Street
J. L. Giesler
J. H. Kaiser
L. Johnson
F. H. Little
Gus Schmidt
John H. Kaiser
A Baird
F. W. Eversmeyer
J. L. Geisler
C. A. Mull
J. Ss. Blackwell
Hoice
Palo Alto
Brown
First National Bank
Muscatine, Iowa
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