Candidates for Clerk for Iowa Supreme Court Teased
Eldora and Cedar Falls reports on March 10 show John C. Crockett, assistant reading clerk of the Iowa House, and M. A. Buchan, banker and former Grundy County court clerk, as strong contenders for the supreme court clerk position. Both are noted as active in professional and fraternal circles.
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Eldora
Ila
John C. Crockett
Reading
House of Representatives
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Crockett
Iowa Bar
Knights of Pythias
Masons
Cedar Falls
M. A. Buchan
Bank of Dike
PREDICTS RISE IN PORK IN SIOUX CITY
Sioux City hog buyers expect local prices to rise about seven cents within 30 days while Chicago buyers foresee a drop. J J Murphy of Cudahy Packing argues that southern Missouri river points may lack summer receipts due to drought and feed shortages, contradicting Chicago forecasts.
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Sioux City
Chicago
J. J. Murphy
Cudahy Packing Company
Missouri River
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Kate Shelley Called Home From Des Moines
Miss Kate Shelley the famed heroine and Iowa senate bill clerk was summoned to Moingona by her mother's illness. She left Des Moines anxious about her widowed mother's condition and hoped for a change for the better on arrival home.
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Des Moines
Kate Shelley
Iowa Senate
Moingona
Shelley
Fair Grounds Barn Burned In Oskaloosa Blaze
Fire Saturday at 1 pm gutted thirty horse stalls and a stock of harness hay and feed at Mahaska County fair grounds in Oskaloosa Iowa. Estimated damage around $2000 with some insurance and no injuries reported.
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Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
FigPrune Cereal Promise Coffee Like Mamma and Papa
A vintage advertisement touts FIGPRUNE Cereal as a wholesome nourishing drink made from California figs prunes and grain. Boil 5 to 10 minutes and serve, with a sales claim that all grocers carry FIGPRUNE Cereal.
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California
Cascarets Praised By Veterans In War Memoir Ads
Several veterans report health boosts from Cascarets with claims of weight gain sleep return and pain relief after using the product. Testimonials cite Capt James Putman late 53rd Illinois and A B Story Mexican and Civil Wars veteran from Epworth Iowa praising cure and energy gains. A further note links Cascarets to asthma relief for an elderly user in their 50s.
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Cascarets
Jas
Putman
Haney
Wis
A. B. Story
Epworth
Spirit Lake Massacre remembered on forty fifth anniversary
Des Moines reports mark the forty fifth anniversary of the Spirit Lake massacre with Abbie Gardner Sharpe seeking to have the log cabin preserved. The 1857 attack left over fifty dead, twelve missing, and four women taken prisoner.
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Des Moines
Spirit Lake
Abbie Gardner Sharpe
Okoboji Lake
General Assembly
Sharpe
Ink-pa-du-ta
Abbie Gardner
Noble
Thatcher
Marble
Miss Gardner
Minnesota
South Dakota
Yellow Medicine Agency
Williams
Steele
Schwandt Acquitted In Rape Trial At Le Mars
August Schwandt was found not guilty by a jury in Le Mars Iowa after being accused of raping the daughter of his employer H Detkin. He wept with joy at the verdict as physicians testified about the injuries and the defense argued the injuries resulted from a fall. Public opinion viewed the acquittal as just.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mars
Ila
Schwandt
H. Detkin
Eldora Mutual Telephone Company Organized in Iowa
Eldora Iowa March 10 The Eldora Mutual Telephone Company formed with capital stock 10 000 and to operate under Iowa law. Its principal place of business will be in Eldora and it will provide telephone services in Hardin and adjoining counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Eldora Mutual Telephone Company
Iowa
Hardin
Mrs Hillis in Critical Condition in Iowa
Mrs Hillis mother of Rev Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn is very ill in Woodbine Iowa in March with paralysis and declined speech and appetite. Doctors report very little hope of recovery as Rev Hillis is notified and expected to arrive soon.
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Woodbine
Hillis
Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
Farmer Run Over by Passenger Train Near Ames
George Rosenfelt, a prominent farmer from Kelly seven miles south of Ames, was struck and instantly killed by passenger train No. 54 at a crossing two miles south of Ames on March 11 in Ames Iowa.
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Ames
George Rosenfelt
Kelly
Hull Seems to Have Lead in Seventh Iowa Race
Des Moines March 10 The Register reports John A T Hull will be elected congressman from Iowa seventh district and will serve constituents as before with 160 final delegates. Judge Prouty weighs contesting Polk county votes while Hull’s supporters defend the outcome amid legal discussions with Cheshire and others.
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Des Moines
The
Register
John A. T. Hull
Seventh
Iowa
Hull
Judge Prouty
Polk County
Captain Hull
Thomas A. Cheshire
Mulvaney Brothers
Big Street Car Extension Reaches Des Moines Suburbs
Forty thousand ties have arrived for immediate use on the Highland Park and Flint Valley lines. The Des Moines Street Railway plans a quarter mile north extension from the Flint Brick plant toward Klondike, linking to the East Walnut street line to Grand View park.
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Des Moines
Highland Park
Flint Valley
Des Moines Street Railway Company
Flint Brick Company
Des Moines River
Oak Park
City Limit
Klondike
Walnut Street
Grand View Park
Manson Completes Deep Town Well For Waterworks
Manson Iowa reports completion of a 1216 foot town well tested at 11000 gallons per hour with expected double output. Water described as exceptionally soft rising 79 feet during testing. City plans steel tank and tower and a first class waterworks system.
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Manson
Lehigh Valley Vests Comfort for Travelers on Through Trains
The Lehigh Valley rail road offers vestibuled limited trains from Buffalo and Chicago to New York and Philadelphia via Niagara Falls. Dining car service is available a la carte, with stop overs allowed at Niagara Falls on through tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Buffalo
Chicago
Niagara Falls
New York
Philadelphia
Notorious horse thief nabbed after cross-county pursuit
In Vinton Iowa Sheriff Youill and deputy Seely captured a colored man, 35 to 40, with a stubby beard, at John Goodfellow's farm seven miles southwest of La Porte City. He is believed to be the Sigourney theft suspect who traded stolen mules for bay road mares. The Keokuk county sheriff will bring in the man along with the mare team and covered wagon. the stolen mules originated in Missouri.
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Sigourney
Vinton
W. C. Youill
H. A. Seely
John Goodfellow
la Porte City
Keokuk County
Missouri
Kicked by a horse leads to damages in Iowa case
In Le Mars district court H B Vedder won 500 damages against farmer John Delaney. Vedder sued for 5000 for injuries from a horse kick while in Delaney's employ. He claimed Delaney struck a horse causing it to rear and trample him while feeding a team in a double stall.
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le Mars
H. B. Vedder
Vedder
John Delaney
Delaney
To New York via Niagara Falls on Lehigh Valley
A vivid travel note praises a pleasant trip to New York via Niagara Falls aboard Lehigh Valley railroad. It highlights solid vestibule trains and a dining car for the journey.
Liquorone claim prompts five day trial offer
An advertisement touts Liquorone as a non alcohol oxygen rich preparation said to nourish blood and destroy germs. It promises a five day trial for ten cents to prove value and invites readers to request a bottle from the Liquorone company in Chicago, noting prices of fifty cents to one dollar per bottle.
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Liquid Ozone Company
Kinzie St
Chicago
Liquorone
Attorneys and Offices Listed in Muscatine Legal Ads
A collage of legal notices lists H M Dean H J Dean at 605 West Third Street and Musser & Co offices with eye ear nose throat practice, A C Coldren attorney at 120 East Second Street, T R Fitzgerald law loan and collection at Iowa Avenue and Second Street, and Jayne Hoffman attorneys on Iowa Avenue.
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Louise Eversmeyer
Notary Pub
Ofce
Iowa Avenue
Muscatine
Iowa
H. M. Dean
H. J. Dean
Musser & Co
West Third Street
Clymer A. Coldren
East Second Street
Yill
J. W. M'Kee
Attovneys
Braunworth’s
Burk
J. Carskaddan
D. Carskaddan
T. R. Fitzgerald
Hershey State Sank
Lowa Avenue
Second Street
Jayne W. Hoffman
Jayne & Hoffman
J. W. Eells
Olive No
O. O. F. Miriam Lodge
D. of R
Prairie Encampment
Muscatine Lowue
Speer
Second
Cedar Street
A. O. U. W. Fagle Lodge
A. O. U. W. Ball
Rethren
A. J. Barger
M. W
Ladies OF the Maccabees
Muscatine Hive
L. C
Maccabee Hall
Asthalter
Emma Sterneman
Carrie Rankin
Fraternal Aid Association
Bloomington Council
Shammo
Q. ‘x. Howard
O. E. S. Electa
O. EB. S
A. L.ané
Emma Manlove
Knights OF Pythias
Wyoming Lodge
K. of P
Vicng
J. M. Butler, Co
Order of the R Cross
C. J. Hackett
Wm. Peiper
Josephine Hackett
Rathsone Sisters
P. Hall
M. E
Sally McClos
Frances Roseabasss
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Crockett and Buchan
Kate Shelly
Fair Grounds
Mamma
Papa
Jamess. Millar
Villa Park Co
H J. McGwern
Chapline Street
Wheeling
C. Redick
Chase City
T. M. White
Bob Lee
Georgia
Gocarry
Sterling Remedy Co
N.Y
Organize Telephone Company
Hardin County
Prouty
the Journal
Mark Twain
Mead Clemens
Topeka
Kan
Samuel B. Clemens
Mark
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Clemens
G. C. Clemens
Miles
Norman Waltrip
Bankers’ Fraternal Society
Elkhart, Ind
P.W. Francis
Henry Jayne
L. G. Burnett
Cashier
Hershey
State Bank
Muscatine, Lowa
Sara Hershey
Eddy Mira Hershey
P. W. Francis
Cook
Musser
State Bank and Trust Co
Banking and Exchange
Second St
Muscatine, Ia
S. G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
S. M. Hughes
First National Bank
D. V Jackson
J. B. Dougherty
Chas Page
FY. P. Sawyer
5. M. Hughes
Safety Deposit
G. M. Titus
D. W. Jackson
Titus & Jackson
Ceneene S
Scott Richman
E. I. Richman
Richman & Richman
11Th West Second Street
P. Ingham
Masestine
Society
K. P. Bal
Noigut
Phil. J. Mackey
F. A. Johnson
Masonic
A. F. and
A.M
G. A. Riemcke
W. M
L. Johnson
Bee
Geo
Washington
M. FE
H. P. Geo
DE Molay Commandery
Geo. B. Jackson
E. C. W. H. McCoy
A. Muscatine Camp
Modern
Woodmen of America
Woodman Hall
Olds’ Block
Cater
J. A. Leyda
Muscatine Camp
M. B. A. Bend City Lodge
Modern Brotherhood of America
J. H. Cosgrove
A al
FE. P. Dey
Banner Lodge
NO. 10
D. OF H
Joe Mullecorder
Mary Gneek
St. Financier
Chestnut Hill Academy
Wissahickon Heights
Chestnut Hill, Pa
Broad St
Tor
James L. Patterson
Orleans
New Orleans
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Chicage
Nackofilea
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Con- California
Los Angeles
San Franisco
Cincinnati
Omaha
Hammond Hammon
Louisiana
Slammond
J. F. Tiers
A.G
Lil. Cent. R. R
Dubuque
Homeseekers
Homeseekers and Land Investors
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Illinois Central
A. H. Hanson
Chicago, IL J
First National Bank Building
F. Giesenhaus
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