Dr BE King Practice Notice and Local Arrival
Dr BE H King general practice and surgery notice. F A A members pay assessments at 106 W 2nd St. F W Lewis secretary. Mrs A E Myrick and son Donald arrived from Park Ridge Illinois visiting J N Walton at 214 East Second St. They travel to Sanford Montana to join husband and father Dr A E Myrick for their future home.
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2Nd
St. F. W. Lewis, Sec
A. E. Myrick
Donald
City
Park Ridge
Ill
J. N. Walton
East Second Street
Sanford, Mont
Egan Defeats Vessey In South Dakota Governor Race
Sioux Falls reports late returns showing George W. Egan the independent republican candidate defeating incumbent Gov Vessey the progressive nominee for renomination. Progressives claim remainder of state ticket and two congress candidates while stalwarts expect Martin and Burke to have been nominated.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
George W. Egan
Gov
Vessey
Congress
Martin
Burke
Engineer Saves Train Averted Wreck Near Harlem
George Wilson a Chicago engineer on a ten coach train bound for a Kenosha Wisconsin picnic halted the train at the edge of a nearly burned away bridge on the Northwestern road near Harlem in Rockford Illinois to avert a disastrous wreck.
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Rockford
Ill
George Wilson
Chicago
Kenosha
Wis
Harlem
American King of Cures Dr King’s New Discovery
A historical ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a safe quick remedy for coughs and colds. It highlights price options 50 cents and one dollar and credits Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as the seller.
Vote on Some of the County Offices County Attorney Horst Brooke Hanley
A short ballot note highlights races for county offices with focus on the county attorney contest listing Horst and Brooke Hanley as candidates. The item signals local electoral actions and candidate names.
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Horst Brooke Hanley
Wilton Briefs Record Local Travel And Visits
Mrs. C. N. Marshall leaves Wilton for Des Moines to attend a W R C convention then plans two weeks in Redfield visiting relatives. Maude and Bessie Phipps return to Columbus Junction. Mrs. Emma Murphy and daughter Anna visit Muscatine. Mrs. T. P. Russell goes to Muscatine for an afternoon with friends. Mrs. F. E. Schmidt returns home to Muscatine after visiting the Marshalls.
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Muscatine
F. E. Schmidt
Local Notes From South Cedar Iowa
June 8 Mrs H L Duple on the sick list. Mr and Mrs Fred Ridenour visited with sister Mrs Rob Pinney and husband. Miss Martha Hill of Moscow stayed with cousin Miss Genevieve Mathews. Mrs Jim Dickerson visited sister Mrs Delos Morris last week. Union Valley school closed Friday with a program. Delos Morris was a Minnesota business visitor last week.
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South Cedar
H. L. Duple
Fred Ridenour
Rob. Pinney
Martha Hill
Moscow
Genevieve Mathews
Jim Dickerson
Delos Morris
Union Valley
Minnesota
A Serious Breakdown From Chronic Constipation
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a cure for head ache stomach liver and bowel trouble with a 25 cent price offered by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Unofficial Johnson County Returns In City Election
Unofficial Johnson County tallies show Carroll 683 votes and Garst 1290 in the Iowa City race as of June 8 with complete results.
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Johnson County
Iowa City
Carroll
Garst
Muscatine High School Alumni Reunion Tonight
The Muscatine High School Alumni Association holds its annual reunion this evening in the school auditorium with a reception for the Class of 1919. A strong program is planned and the event is described as a highlight of commencement week. All graduates are urged to attend even if not on the invitation list.
President Refuses To Act On Seattle Infantry Removal
The president today refused to accede to Seattle citizens demand for removal of the Twenty fifth Infantry colored after a soldier was accused of assaulting a white woman in Seattle Washington June 8 1900 article notes.
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Washington, D. C
Seattle
Wash
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Curious Swamming Methods in Baseball Training
The passage catalogs bizarre training methods used by baseball players, including a National League catcher who carried five gallons of iron beef and wine in his trunk, twenty five pound balls for abdominal rolling, iron rolling pins, bandages, rubbing oils, patent medicines, horse liniments, boiling worm oil, vibrators, electric superheating devices, and inflated hotel gym rooms. It notes players wearing blankets and flannels in card rooms as they prepare for arctic-like journeys.
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American Magazine
Wellington's Coolness Under Threat From Visitor
The Duke of Wellington calmly encounters a man claiming to be Apollyon sent to kill him. The intruder announces his mission, but the duke declines disruption, resumes work, and the would‑be assassin withdraws, later ending in an asylum.
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Wellington
Duke of Wellington
Apollyon
Why February Has Twenty-Eight Days A Legend
A folklore tale explains February’s short length by a gambler February who borrowed money from January and March. Each lender took one of February’s days, leaving January and March with 31 days and February with 28 in ordinary years and 29 in leap years.
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February
March
A Faithful Servant
Carlyle tolo once of a lawsuit pend ing in Scotland affecting the succession to a great estate. The case hinged on a family secret known only to one old servant who refused to reveal it. A kirk minister was sent to compel disclosure on peril of her soul. The servant resisted, pleading that honor versus her soul.
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Carlyle Tolo
Scotland
Kirk
When Women Rule the Wave
A fragment from a maritime tale features a captain and Gertie aboard a sinking ship. Gertie is told to cut stays to relieve the vessel while the stewardess serves tea in the pink room as tension rises.
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Gertie
River view building lots on Front St for sale
For sale: the only building lots with a river view on Front Street. Phone 651-X.
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Front St
Peculiarities of the Opossum
The American opossum is a curious animal of the United States. It carries its young in a pouch, can feign death, can hang by its tail, has human like hands, a hog like snout and liberally toothed mouth. Its eyes resemble a rat and it hisses like a snake.
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United States
Little by Little The Young Wife Furnished Parlor Chair
A humorous exchange from the San Francisco Chronicle about buying a parlor chair on the installment plan. The Young Wife boasts the chair while Mrs Oldly notes missing rockers, answered by the wife that rockers arrive next month after payments begin.
Westminster Abbey and its collegiate church title
The Westminster abbey's full legal name is the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster. A collegiate church is run by a college of priests rather than a single rector or vicar, unlike a parish church.
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Westminster Abbey
St. Peter
Westminster
Westminster Gazette
Why don't you throw away this old junk
A Washington Herald quote explores waste versus charity in a brief humorous exchange about discarding items and choosing to give them away to feel charitable.
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Washington Herald
Exercise as Chief Source of Improvement
A brief aphorism notes that exercise drives progress across all faculties. It emphasizes physical activity as foundational to mental and moral development.
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Blair
Officers Chosen by Auctioneers at Iowa Convention
The Iowa State Auctioneers association held its tenth annual convention in Iowa City with officers elected for the year: President G. E. Luther Grang Junction. Vice President F. A. Wilkman Perry. Secretary G. A. Dunlap Iowa City. Treasurer D. S. M. Hufner Sioux City. Des Moines to host next meeting. District vice presidents established, including P. N. Gibson West Liberty for Muscatine county.
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Iowa City
Iowa State Auctioneers’ Association
G. E. Luther
Grang Junction
F. A. Wilkman
Perry
G. A. Dunlap
D. S. M. Hufner
Sioux City
Des Moines
P. N. Gibson
West Liberty
Muscatine County
Platts Comment on Greatest Republican Politician
Thomas C. Platt was asked who he regarded as the greatest Republican of his era. He replied that he often wished he had served as Quay’s office boy for six months or more.
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Platt
Thomas C. Platt
Quay
Ittshurs Disnarteh
For Sale Two Button Cutting Machines and Engine
For sale two button cutting machines and gasoline engine. Will rent room if wanted. C. W. Mathis, East 5th St.
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C. W. Mathis
East 5Th St
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