Local News Roundup and Upcoming Moonlight Excursion
Carl Heinz returns home from a week in Nira Illinois visiting friends Alvah Palmer departs for Washington to see his father then Chicago where he begins work as a stenographer A grand moonlight excursion sails from Muscatine on August fourth at 8 30 pm aboard the steamer Columbia to meet Helen Blair and returns at 11 pm Round trip fare is twenty five cents W G Block Co Agents
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Carl Heinz
Nira
Alvah Palmer
Washington
Chicago
Muscatine
Columbia
Helen Blair
W. G. Block Co
All Day Excursion on the Silver Crescent
The steamer Silver Crescent offers a Muscatine excursion from Rock Island next Sunday. It departs tri-cities at 9 AM and returns at about 9 AM. For those not returning same evening, overnight stay is allowed to attend the chautauqua, with return Monday at 10 AM on the Helen Blair. It is the first such trip offered and is expected to attract many participants.
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Muscatine
Rock Island
Tri-Cities
Helen Blair
Foot Laceration Leaves Frank Grau Ill at Home
Frank Grau of 415 West Fourth Street sustained a foot laceration at the Huttig-McDermid Button factory on Wednesday afternoon. The cut became infected but Dr. E. H. King’s care averted blood poisoning and the danger has passed.
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Huttig-McDermid
Frank Grau
West Fourth Street
E. H. King
J. M. Conner Returns to Muscatine
J M Conner returns to Muscatine and leaves Davenport Furniture and Carpet Co to run the Model Laundry. He plans to install new machinery and hire capable staff, offering improved service and marketing to old and new customers with emphasis on bathroom projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Conner
Muscatine
Mr. Conner
Toben, Ma Jone & Co
Davenport Furniture and Carpet Co
Modern Brotherhood of America District Convention Notice
The district convention for the first and second congressional districts of the Modern Brotherhood of America will be held in Muscatine September 8. Bend City lodge is entitled to eight delegates who will be elected August 3. A full attendance at that meeting is desired. E. H. King, Pres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modern Brotherhood of America
Muscatine
Bend City
E. H. King
Storm toll rises after Tyrol storms
A sequence of severe thunder and rain storms in the Austrian Tyrol has caused widespread destruction and a heavy loss of life, with reports noting significant damage and casualties in the region around Vienna on July 31.
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Vienna
Austrian
Tyrol
Hot Kitchens Made Comfortable With Clark Jewel Gas Stove
Frank Ashcraft promotes the Clark Jewel gas stove claiming it makes kitchens comfortable and efficient. The ad urges readers to inquire about one model immediately.
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Frank Ashcraft
Marriage bid scuttled by age in Zelma Flood case
Chester Loupa sought a marriage license with Zelma Flood a girl under fifteen to halt a seduction prosecution. County Clerk McKee refused without his mother’s consent. Loupa, 20, was returned from St. Joseph and a preliminary hearing was set, but he pressed to marry the girl instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Loupa
Zelma Flood
Alick Flood
McKee
Loupa
Davenport
Muscatine
Chester
St. Joe
John Duncan
Woman seeks divorce in Muscatine case with alimony claim
Barbara J. Curry petitions district court for divorce from William Curry alleging separation since August 1907 after a 1906 Muscatine marriage. She seeks $20 monthly temporary alimony, $25 to prosecute, and $25 monthly permanent alimony. A writ of attachment by Judge D W Jackson targets goods and chattels including a Fruitland barber shop and $50 fixtures. William earns $30 monthly. Attorney Ed P Ingham represents Mrs. Curry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Jackson
William Curry
District Court
Barbara J. Curry
Muscatine
James Roland
Fruitland
Ed. P. Ingham
Curry
State Secretary Arrives in City for Y M C A Meetings
J A Whitmore of Des Moines the state religious work secretary of the Y M C A spent the day in the city conferring with J G Mitchell religious work secretary of the local association. They outlined fall and winter meeting plans and Bible study classes. Whitmore joined the Heinz pickle factory gathering delivering a short address on the Life of John the Baptist to about 70 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Whitmore
Des Moines
J. G. Mitchell
Mr. Whitmore
Heinz Pickle
John the Baptist
Fraternity Man Hurt In Chicago Auto Crash
Carl Burton of Aurora Illinois a noted fraternity member at the University of Chicago was probably fatally injured in an early morning car crash on Michigan Avenue. His auto skidded while traveling south and struck a northbound cab causing it to wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carl Burton
Aurora
Ill
University of Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Sterneman Team Forges Ahead in Geneva Match
In the second golf match at the Geneva links the Sterneman team won, leading the Roach division by sixteen points. Sterneman total 36 to Roach 33 with losses 0 and 13 respectively. Carl Schmidt added 11 for Sterneman while R L Thompson led Roach with 9. Walter Molis posted low 42.
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Geneva Links
Sterneman
Roach
Carl Schmidt
R. L. Thompson
Walter Molis
Former Muscatine resident Mary Metz dies in Chicago hospital
Mrs. Mary Metz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Facks of Muscatine, died in a Chicago hospital last evening from appendicitis. Married last February, she had visited her parents in Muscatine last winter and was born July 14, 1902. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon with burial at Glendale View.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Hertry Facks
Grover Street
Mary Metz
Chicago
Glenview, Il
Gold Medal Flour Highlighted as Top Ag Product
The article marks Gold Medal Flour as the standout in agricultural goods, listing DouLore in relation to the flour’s branding and recognition.
Old Veterans 10 Enjoy a Reunion
Members of First Iowa Infantry Company A and C plan a reunion here on August 10. Survivors should meet Colonel Beach's office at 2 30 PM Monday to finalize plans for the gathering with speeches and dinner for veterans and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
Iowa Infantry
Strikers Clash With Troops in Vigneux
Thousands of Paris strikers invaded Vigneux on July 31 brandishing red flags and socialist songs. Cavalry struck with sabers and rocks. six dead and 60 wounded were reported. By evening calm returned as demonstrators fled toward Paris with injured.
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Vigneux
France
Paris
Conference on Republican campaign leadership in Utica
Chairman McKinley Secretary Loudenslager and Charles G. Dawes arrived in Utica to confer with Representative James Sherman about transferring the congressional campaign chairmanship from Sherman to McKinley and related campaign matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
McKinley
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Loudenslager
Charles G. Dawes
James S. Sherman
Sherman
Count Boni Wins Custody for August and September
Paris reports Count Boni De Castellane awarded custody of his three children for August in addition to September. The court granted the move after Boni was deprived of seeing the children while they stayed with their mother Princess De Sagan in the United States this year.
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Paris
Boni de Castellane
Princess de Sagan
Boni
United States
Irish American athletes receive huge Dublin welcome
Dublin crowds greet members of the Irish American Athletic club visiting Ireland. Thousands line streets to the route to their hotel with enthusiasm rivaling Parnell’s popularity era. John J. Hayes traveled through Dublin to Nenagh, Tipperary, to visit his grandfather. Preparations in Tipperary await the marathon winner’s reception.
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Dublin
Tipperary
Woman Accused of Cruelty to Girl in Illinois
Springfield July 31. Rev Dr Charles Virden state board of public charities agent will press the case against Mrs Charles Muggenberg wife of the Alton artist charged with brutality toward her adopted eight year old daughter burning the child with a hot case knife and inflicting cuts an occulist says the left eye sight is gone.
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Springfield
Ill
Charles Virden
State Board of Public Charities
Charles Muggenberg
Reform Bills Become Law in Lords
London July 31 The Old Age pension and the Irish universities bills passed the house of Lords and both measures are now law.
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London
House of Lords
Midsummer Commencement Held at University of Iowa
The University of Iowaconcluded its midsummer commencement in Iowa City on July 31. Dr T H Macbride delivered the address and degrees were conferred including Bachelor of Arts for Brink Thornburgh Bailey McCauley Morris and others and Master of Arts for Clark Galloway Jones and McKay. Master of Science awarded to Hudson. President MacLean conferred all advanced degrees.
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Iowa City
Clifton Brink
Doon
William Thornburgh
Seymour
Ila
Jessie E. Bailey
Jennie McCauley
Paullina
Robert E. Morris
Brighton
James R. Locke
Rockport
Daniel E. Clark
Iowa
George Galloway
William Vance McKay
Morningside College
Pamelia Pearl Jones
Ralph C. Huston
Parsons College
George E. MacLean
Wapello Social Notes Include Visits and Local Outings
Supt. Near and family returned from Claypool Indiana. Miss Maude Argyle rode to Muscatine for a Chautauqua visit with Abe Hunsicker. Adda Lindley returned from Letts. H V Hunt of Mt Vernon came to town. Edna Shellabarger took teachers exam. Mrs C A Woodruff and Grace visited town. S E Marshall from Morning Sun spent time at The Cedars with a $35 train ride. Abe Parsons and wife visited Burlington. Ada Ives went to Fruitland. A group of young women picnicked at Meyerholtz lake with Lou Irwin Avilda Frost Ora Herrick Hortense Hunt Jennie Graham Inez Neal Edith Hixon Flo Cooper Kittie Wright Zella Wright.
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Wapello
Near
Pass
Claypool
Ind
Maude Argyle
Muscatine
Abe Hunsicker
Adda Lindley
Letts
Meyerholtzes
H. V. Hunt
Mt. Vernon
Edna Shellabarger
Columbus Junction
R. R. Hunt
C. A. Woodruff
Grace
S. E. Marshall
Morning Sun
the Cedars
Abe Parsons
Burlington
Ada Ives
Fruitland
Meyerholtz Lake
Lou Irwin
Avilda Frost
Ora Herrick
Hortense Hunt
Jennie Graham
Inez Neal
Edith Hixon
Flo Cooper
Kittie
Zella Wright
Local residents visit relatives across the river
Names of visitors from Burlington Monmouth Letts Clinton Dubuque and Columbus Junction greet local hosts at The Cedars and nearby homes. Funeral announced for Mrs. Leslie Nichols in Oakland Bluff with service at Oakland church. Canning season outlook and Aug 19 factory start noted along with teachers' examiners from Morning Sun Columbus City and Morning Sun connections.
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Ethel Cilley
Agnes Walker
Jean Essmen
Katherine Shay
Ed Pepmeyer
Burlington
Leland
Paul Archibald
Monmouth
Robert Archibald
Cora Runyon
Letts
the Cedars
N. C. Moffett
Carrie Smith
Clinton
H. B. Davison
Leslie Nichols
Oakland Bluff
Oakland Church
Jessie Boorn
Morning Sun
L. Boorn
Chas
William Mills
Zabah Dickson
Pat Smith
Boston
Mass
Kate
Minnie Bowman
Columbus Junction
Hurley Gauss
J. A. Reis
Greenville
W. E. Cilley
Ida Leonard
Dubuque
Spelling Reform Question From Dolan At City Office
In Washington Star style a character asks Mr Rafferty about the post office letters MDCCCXCVII, interpreted as eighteen ninety seven. The exchange jabs at spelling reform and pride in numerals, reflecting a local humor note.
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Dolan
Mr. Rafferty
Washington Star
Family ties tested in courtroom dialogue
In a dramatic exchange Nora pleads for independence, telling Mrs. Close Fisted that kinship no longer sustains her. The judge presides as Nora asserts she must leave the family fold despite years of kinship and support.
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Nora—Plase
Nora
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