Elks Elect Iowa Man Grand Exalted Ruler
C. E. Pickett of Waterloo was elected Grand Exalted Ruler at the Milwaukee grand lodge meeting, defeating J. C. Nethaway 514 to 162. Iowa Elks supported Pickett, a leading attorney and Republican figure, amid a week of carnival events and speeches by dignitaries including Mayor Rose and Grand Exalted Ruler Jerome Fisher.
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Schmidt
Muscatine Elks
Milwaukee
Grand Lodge
C. E Pickett
Waterloo
Pickett
Mullan
Iowa Elks
Nethaway
Ilinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
al G. Field
Columbus
William RB. Brock
Lexington
A. H. Pickens
Denver
Colo
George A. Reynolds
Saginaw
Mich
E. (. Orris
Meadville
Henry W. Mear
Baltimore
Grand Tyler
Joseph Henning
Anderson
Ind
Elks
Pabst
Charles H. Hamilton
Milwaukee Lodge of Elks
Order
Rose
Red Cross Society
Jerome Fisher
Moves FE. Clapp
Junean Park
Iscal Seage
John F. Donovan
Traveler's Guide Wilton Branch Schedule Details
Partial timetable for Muscatine and Wilton lines shows departures and arrivals for passenger and freight services. Notes include Montezuma connections and agent references C M Grcup and C BR P RAILROAD plus eastbound No 12 and No pass. timings listed with several inconsistent fragments.
Iowa Central Schedule At Elrick Junction
Going North Bo 3 5t Paul Express daily 10 p m Bo 5 Mason City Mail ex Sun 11500 a m Bo 25 Way Freight ex Sun WS a m Going South Bo 6 Peoria Mail ex Sun 2:45 p m No 4 Peoria Express daily 5% p m Bo 16 Way Freight ex Sun 1 5 p m Coupon Tickets on sale to all points in the United States Canada and Mexico Geo S Batty Co L Seevers Agent Gen Pass Tkt Agt Elrick Junction Iowa Marshalstows Iowa
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Paul
Mason City Mail
Sun
Way Freight
Peoria Mail
Peoria Express
United States
Canada
Mexico
Batty, Co
L. Seevers
Pass. & Tkt. Agt
Eirick Junction
Marshalstows
Iowa
Muscatine North and South By line timetable revised
The Muscatine North and South By Co announces June 1 1991 timetable changes with southbound No 3 and No 1 trains departing Muscatine at 6:12 p.m and 12:00 noon respectively and northbound No 2 No 4 trains from Elrick Junction at 1: a.m and 2:39 p.m arrival at Muscatine at 8: am and 4:24 p.m. Charles Howard General Manager.
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Muscatine North & South BY. Co
Muscatine
Fruitland
Grandview
Elrick Junction
Wapelig
the Roundhouse
Unreadable Rail Schedule Fragment At Wilton
Fragmentary OCR text shows a rail line schedule with vague times and train notes. Hard to extract clear trains, destinations, or officials due to garbled letters and nonsensical sequences. No identifiable entities or actionable details emerge from the readable portions.
Piles Rector claims cure for hemorrhoids with guarantee
Advert shows J. J. Havercamp selling a hemorrhoid remedy with a no cure no pay offer. Claims to cure piles and offers 50 cent price and free samples.
Passenger notes and product ads clutter downtown edition
J M Kemble and Chas Howard rode the Firefly to Burlington and southwest last night. Mrs C S Hayes rode the 3 45 train to Moscow. Mrs Anna Hoffman left for Clinton to visit her daughter. Myrtle Nesper returned from Eldon after visiting relatives. Belle McCoy and Helen Grossklaus traveled to Letts and West Liberty for visits. Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry touted for dysentery and seasickness. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil advertised for cuts and sprains. Continuous travel notices mix with medical and beauty product promos in this dreary local digest.
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Mss
Belle McCoy m
Letts
Helen Grossklaus
Frank
West Liberty
Foster
Wapello
Olive
Business College
Free If It Fails to Cure Pile Remedy Ad
An advertisement promotes a pile cure by J J Havercamp offering a positive written guarantee. It claims a free pile pipe with each package and a no cure no pay policy priced at 50 cents with sample trees.
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J. J. Havercamp
Rector
Reduced rates at Milwaukee and Chicago meetings in 1901
The notice advertises reduced fare travel for the Grand Lodge event in Milwaukee July 23–25 1901 with one fare plus 2 for round trip and extensions to Aug 10. It also lists B Y P A convention in Chicago July 25–Aug 8 1901 at one and one third fare, tickets on sale July 24–25, good to return by July 30 or extended to Aug 21. Special Homeseekers tickets to Oklahoma July 23 for C R I P lines, one fare plus 2, 30-day validity, to assist registration on Indian lands.
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Grand Lodge B. P. O. E
Milwaukee
Wis
International Convention
B. Y. P. A. of America
Chicago
Ill
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Park Management Change At Black Hawk Tower
To Black Hawk Tower, tickets for parties of 19 or more will be furnished at 75k each. The park sees a management change this year with a new manager who is very accommodating and makes visits pleasant for guests.
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Black Hawk Tower
Lumber Prices Advance Across Mississippi Region
Lumber price movements travel from mill to mill along the Mississippi with nonuniform gains. In Clinton the rise is about 50 cents per thousand feet for better grades. LaCrosse notes a $2 per thousand feet jump as saw mills shut down locally. Logging streams run low, potentially shortening saw season. Lamb mills halted at noon pending raft arrival and resumption of operations later in the week.
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Clinton Herald
Mississippi
LaCrosse
Lamb Mills
Chancy Lamb
Clothes of many kinds for different trades and sports
A humorous note contrasts attire for auto work golfing and daily labor. It cites Jodi Wink of Baltimore American and a Murfreesboro News Banner incident where a fringe advertiser berates a paper after his spoof letter was printed. The piece mocks deadbeat contributions and their reactions.
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Jodi Wink
Baltimore
Meeting of Cham p ion Hose Hook and Ladder Co
A meeting of the Cham p ion Hose Hook and Ladder Co is set for Thursday evening at o clock sharp. Full attendance is desired. John Neibert.
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Champion Hose. Hook & Ladder Co
Poultry and Livestock Judges Arrive for Johnson County Fair
The Agricultural society of Johnson county has hired F. H. Shellabarger of West Liberty to judge poultry and J. J. Bigerton of Ames Agricultural College to judge livestock. The fair aims for many entries in both divisions and promotes advances in poultry breeding.
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Iowa City
The
Agricultural Society of
Johnson County
F. H. Shellabarger
West Liberty
J. J. Bigerton
Agricultural College
Ames
Fire at Ohl Farm Destroys Hay and Fence on Rock Island Road
Sparks from an engine on the Rock Island road caused a pasture fire on the Ohl farm southeast of town. Twenty men battled the blaze for four hours, destroying seventy two sections of board fencing and a quantity of hay. About twenty acres of hay were saved from the flames.
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Tawa City Republican
Rock Island
Ohl
The Hobo Convention Moves to Oakland for Sept 22
The Second annual convention of the Sums of Rest will be held in Oakland on Friday Sept 22 after plans were announced by Head Pipe Noose of the Danville camp No 1. Sheriff Byers of Charlestown and county officials oppose the gathering but residents pledge hospitality and a feast of burgee solid notables will be served along with barrels of beer. Judge Winkher plans to open his summer resort Sprimedale as a remedy for the hoboes, arriving Monday to finalize arrangements.
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Oakland Evening Ledger
Sons of Rest
Danville Camp
Oakland
Britt. Lowa
Neve
Leiger
Byers
Charlestown
County Board
Boas
Ctty
Winkher
Sprimedale
Ely’s Dream Balm Promises Cold in Head Cure
The notice warns against drying preparations for catarrh and recommends Ely’s Dream Balm as a cleansing soothing healing remedy. It claims to cure catarrh or cold in the head when used early and mentions a 50 cent price or mail order from Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St New York.
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ELY Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Ely
Warren St
N. Y
Exposition Express Sleepers Link Buffalo and New York
Luxurious sleeping cars run on the Lehigh Valley Exposition Express from Buffalo to New York with 3 P.M. departure and 7:53 A.M. arrival. Passengers may use strong tickets to New York and Philadelphia via this one line with convenient stopovers.
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Buffalo
New York
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Peffalo
Philadelphia
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M’fg Co
Local Elks
Mayer Schmidt
Traveler's Guide
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Sun Gay
Evans
Washington
Wilton
Wilton Muscatine
Charles 11Oward
RL & P. Ry
W. J. Young, Jr
W. J. Young
Davenport
Burlington
Davienport
Andalusia
New Boston
Keithsbuerg
Oquawka
Keithsburg
W. G. Block & Son
Ly’s
Hay
Daily Journal
John A. Robbins
Glover
McBride & Cope’s
City Drug Store
W. E. Battey
J. M. Kemble
C. S. Hayes
Moscow
Chas. Howard
Anna Hoffman
Om the Young
Clinton
James Justus
Myrtle Nesper
Heer
Eldon
Dean
Henry Meredith
Witton
A. S. Millett
Kellogg
Des Moines
Dr. Thomas
Monarch
Dead Beat
Chattanooga Times
Murfreesboro News-Banner
John Neibert
Moon
Laxakola CO
Nassau Street
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Lil
Secomd
Oaklami
Exas
Red River
Denison and
Sherman
Texas
St. Louis
S. G. Stein
Cardus
Wineo Cardus
Townsend, Ga
Lord
Lucy Smith
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