Labor Day Celebration to Feature Wild West Show at Muscatine
Muscatine's Labor Day committee approves a grand Wild West show by Wilson's Hippodrome and Wild West Company as the main feature. The three hour performance includes races, roping, wrestling on horseback, chariot exhibits, and a horse thief capture, with ten cent admission and plans for large crowds on Monday, September 3.
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Trades Assembly
Wilson
Hippodrome and Wild West Company
Labor Day
Far West
United States
America
Chicago
Muscatine
Assembly
Journal
Labor Committee
Log Rolling Day in Clinton Draws 10,000 Visitors
Clinton Iowa gears up for the Northwestern Illinois and Northeastern Iowa Modern Woodmen Picnic on August 16. The event runs 10:30 a m to 11 p m with parades military drills band contests literary and athletic programs and a 10 000 visitor turnout expected. Welter M Ellis will present A Modern Woodman and 35 people are listed in the east. Special rail and boat rates boost attendance.
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Clinton
Iowa
Ilinois
Modern Woodmen Picnic Association
Welter M. Ellis
Iron settees and chairs for sale in town
Two iron settees and two iron chairs suitable for law offices. Inquire at this office for details and price.
Postum Aids Headache and Digestive Troubles, Testimony
A reader cites relief from chronic headaches and dyspepsia after switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. The testimonial claims improved breakfast, lunch, and dinner enjoyment, with dizziness and stomach issues resolved by properly brewed Postum.
North Prairie News Highlights and Local Notices
Mr Carmichael ships three ears of oats and corn from Summit Elmus Campbell flaunts a new buggy Geo Otto hosts a church event next Wednesday night August 1 ice cream and cake for church funds Remember the date John Hodson loses a fine horse in a midnight collision Threshing machines appear across the neighborhood
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Mr. Carmichael
Summit
Elmus Campbell
Geo. Otto’s
N. P. Church
John Hodson
Brave Work at Tien Tsin by Captain Noyes
Descriptions from Associated Press dispatches praise Ninth Army volunteers at Tien Tsin under heavy fire. Captain C R Noyes, former commandant at Iowa Wesleyan Mt Pleasant, is lauded for daring acts including swimming a mile with his head above water to seek reinforcements after being wounded in both arms.
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Associated Press
Tien Tsin
C. R. Noyes
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mt. Pleasant
Notice to wood and coal dealers in Muscatine Iowa
The Independent School District of Muscatine invites bids for four hundred tons of soft coal for steam and furnace heating with August 3 1900 deadline. Bids may be rejected in whole or part. Also invited are bids for thirty cards of hard wood to be delivered to buildings as directed. Bids must be delivered to J B Hunt President Muscatine Iowa by July 21 1900.
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Independent School District of
Muscatine
J. B. Hunt
Iowa
Two Day Meeting With Rev Edgar P Ellyson
Rev Edgar P Ellyson of Marshalltown Iowa professor of Christian Workers Training school will conduct a two days meeting at Bloomington Friends church on July 31 and August 1. Services are scheduled Monday evening at 8 o clock Tuesday at 10 39 am 1 30 pm and 8 pm Wednesday at 7 30 am 1 30 pm and 8 pm. All are invited and urged to attend with lunch provided to stay through the day.
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Edgar P. Ellyson
Christian Workers Training School
Marshalltown
Iowa
Bloomington Friends
City Council Deadlocked Over Library Trustees Fight
Aldermen split four to four on approving the Musser proposed library trustees list. Mayor Schmidt cast the deciding vote in favor, after arguments about ward representation and taxpayer input.
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F. A. Neidit
T. R. Fitzgerald
E M_ Warner
Common Quayers
Musser
Ald. Schott
Ald. Koehler
Koehler
Ald
Washburn
Ald. Halstead
Alderman Richards
Halstead
Schmidt
Funeral of West Dundee village president Franks Cokie largest ever
Frank Cokie president of the West Dundee village board died after a long service as engineer for the condensing company. He married Miss Marzie McKinney and leaves a widow and two children. His funeral at the Congregational church drew many tributes with extensive floral displays and town mourning.
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Margaret Contriman
Fruitland
Alice Belle Contriman
Belvidere
S. McKinney
Newell
A. C. Craddock
Fanny Rockafellow
Dundee Exchange
Frank Cokie
West Dundee
Congregational Church
McCollum
J. E. Flack
Elyin
Elgin
Eastern Star
Masonic Lodge
Colie
Marzie McKinney
Muscatine
Town
Thomas McBride
Academy
Dundee
Woodmen
Foresters
Home Forum
Prle
Katie
Mystnnes
Death of Aaron Gordon Four-Year-Old Son of L Gordon
Aaron Gordon, four years nine months old, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Stark on East Eighth Street from complications of scarlet fever. The Gordon family had moved to Chicago about three years ago but returned to Muscatine this summer for health reasons. The funeral was held at the Stark residence and he was buried in the Jewish cemetery.
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L. Gordon
Aaron Gordon
H. Stark
East Eighth Street
Muscatine
Aaron
Stark
School Census to Begin for State Funds
The board of school directors will arrange the annual census to tally pupils age five to twenty one. State funds for districts depend on this count, derived from lands granted for school purposes. The principal is not touched but the interest aids schooling.
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Board of
Death of Mrs. Mary Cook
Mrs. Mary Cook died at her East Hill home this morning at about 5 45 from asthma and heart trouble. She would have been 4 years old on February 10. The time of the funeral will be announced later.
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Mary Cook
East Hill
Farmers National Congress Sets Colorado Springs Meet
Indianaola Iowa July 20 1900 delegates and friends to travel by through Denver trains August 18 to reach Denver August 19. Excursions to Cripple Creek Royal Gorge and Pikes Peak offered at reduced rates with stopovers Canon City. Tickets and living accommodations available via chairman Executive Committee B F Clayton.
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Indianaola
Iowa
Farmers National Congress
Colorado Springs
Denver
Pikes Peak
Cripple Creek
Royal Gorge
Canon City
Congress
Pullman
St. James Hotel
Alamo Hotel
Opera House Contracts and Potential Four Story Plan
Promoter Johnson left for St. Louis after laying early contracts for the new Opera House. River Iron Works will supply iron work and Muscatine Bricks 400000 bricks for the project. Plans may include a lodge hall and possibly an extra story to create a four story imposing building for the Knights of Pythias.
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Opera House
Johnson
St. Louis
River Iron Works
Muscatine Pressed Brick Company
Kokema
Indiana
Walnut Street
Knights of Pythias
Johnston
Guarantee on Tar Syrup Refunds at Retail
Local merchants G A Reinicke W B Barkalow Nesper & Co and Jno Havercamp J Theo Keuchmann offer refunds on Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar 50 cents and 25 cents bottles if coughs or colds persist or are unsatisfied.
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Greene
G. A. Reinicke
W. B. Barkalow
Nesper & Co
Jno
J. Havercamp
J. Theo. Keuchmann
Brady to decide venue for Jeffries Roblin bout
William A. Brady, manager of Jim Jeffries, arrived from Paris and will determine whether the Californian should fight Roblin soon. Arrangements for the match with Roblin were nearly complete last week, and Brady plans to set the date and location in the near future.
Lightning Pain Ad From Adl Druggists Version 25c
Fragmentary line advertising a pain relief product labeled Lightning Pain ver 25c from Adl Druggists appears in the readable OCR. The clipped text suggests a small retail ad slot but lacks full context or details about product claims or availability.
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B. F. Clayton
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