Water Works Debate and Prohibition Opinion
In Muscatine the hydrant water dispute centers on funding a filtration plant, with critics blaming the city for not financing infrastructure and praising the water works company. A column on liquor policy compares Maine and other states, labeling prosloon papers as hypocritical and arguing re submission in Maine would improve temperance outcomes.
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Muscatine
Prosaloon
Maine
Maine House of Representatives
The
Chicago Tribune
Brewers’ Journal
Iowa
United States
Tribune
Clinton
Boston Herald
Herald
Narrow Escape Highlights Dodd Kidney Pills Endorsement
Mrs. Julia A. Mallahan of Owosso Michigan survived a severe kidney illness after neglecting early symptoms. A lodge member credited Dodd's Kidney Pills with saving her life, praising the medicine and recommending purchases from local druggists or the Dodds Medicine Company in Buffalo New York.
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Julia A. Mallahan
Owosso
Mich
Rebekah Lodge
I. O
Mallahan
Todce
Dodd
Michigan
Dodds Medicine Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Judge Kinne Urges Compulsory Schooling for Inmates
At a board of control meeting Judge Kinne discussed Our Industrial Schools and linked 1071 detained youths to bad parentage and surroundings. He backed compulsory education as a reform, advocated skilled teaching and tool training during leisure, and noted parallels with a rejected Bennett Law bill amid parochial school concerns voiced by Des Moines press and rural objections.
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Board of Control
Kinne
Judes Kinne
Des Moines
Iowa
Corrigan
New York
Dubuque
The Lament of Aguinaldo in Verse at Chicago Record Herald
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald reflects Aguinaldo’s lament over failed hopes and lost glory. The speaker consoles Atkinson, notes a safer outcome, and contrasts hardship with basic daily provisions like meals and lodging.
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Atkinson
Chicago Record-Herald
Jell-O New Dessert Pleases All The Family
A vintage ad describes Jell-O as a new dessert that pleases the whole family with four flavors lemon orange raspberry and strawberry offered at grocers for 10 cents. It invites readers to try it today.
Maryland Suffrage Law Removes Grandfather Clause
The Maryland legislature passes a literacy test suffrage law, omitting North Carolina’s grandfather clause. About 45,000 illiterate voters exist in Maryland, including 27,000 Black citizens. Democrats rely on white illiterates to vote while Republicans urge Black citizens to learn to read before next election.
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Maryland
North Carolina
Gorman
Dubuque Saloons Taxed. License Law Declared Valid
Dubuque has used higher mulet taxes on saloons than any other Iowa city and taxed hotels and livery by license fees. The district court declares the license ordinance valid, challenging the maid law as a means to shift taxes onto others while saloonkeepers bear the burden.
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Dubuque
Death Resolutions Honor Wives of Brother B A Kirchner
The lodge records announce the death of the wife of brother B A Kirchner. They express condolence to the husband and children and pledge support. A copy of the resolutions will be sent to the Nichols Gazette and Muscatine Journal for publication.
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Express of Monty
Nichols Lodge
B. A. Kirch
Nichols Gazette
Muscatine
It’s Free if I Fails to Cure Nectol Advertisement
An old ad promises a money back guarantee for Nectol a pile cure with a free sample and a promise no cure no pay priced at 50 cents written in a period notice style. J Havercamp endorses the product.
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Jj. J. Havercamp
Des Moines Salesman Arrested for Kidnapping
M F Jacobs of Des Moines was arrested in Onawa Iowa on a kidnapping charge tied to E A Cudahy of Omaha. Jacobs claims the case is blackmail. He was taken to Council Bluffs where he says he resides.
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Sioux City
M. F. Jacobs
Des Moines
Onawa
E. A. Cudahy
Omaha
James Gladwin
Council Bluffs
Jacobs
Knox Nearing Attorney Generalship Offer
P C Knox of Pittsburg, named by the president for attorney general, arrived at the White House and met the president for over an hour. The president invited Knox to accept, with Knox yet to decide after returning home. Griggs joined the discussion on department of justice matters.
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Washington
P. C. Knox
Pittsburg
White House
Knox
Griggs
Ellendale Opens as New Midwest Town on Railway Line
Ellendale, midway between Albert Lea and Owatonna Minnesota, on the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern line now extending northward, aims to be the sole town between Albert Lea and Owatonna. It offers a large, rich trade area and invites pioneers to settle. For details contact R J Nobel Local Agent for Lots Cooleysville Minnesota and Thomas H Brown General Agent New Townson B C R N Ry Sioux Falls SD.
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Ellendale
Albert Lea
Owatonna
Minn
Burington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Local User Testimony
Muscatine resident Jno Haines reports severe kidney backache improved after three days of Doan's Kidney Pills, bought at Havercamp's drug store. He completed the box and credits the treatment with curing his condition. Price 50 cents. FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Doan's
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Cudahy
R. J. Nobel
Cooleysville
Thos. H. Brown
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Jacob Springer
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Joe T. Cosgrove
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Otto Snyder
Liveryvman
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W.J. Vannatta
Leysen’s Shoe Store
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East Second St
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J. H. Munroe & Son
J. H. Munroe
the Delicatessen
Powers Bros
Iowa Ave
Prop
A P.O_N. T
Flora de Muscatine
Kuriger Bros
Ashton Fiour and Feed Co
Hoth Telephones
M. Ot Dozen
Arthur Craddock
Hest
C. F. Cadle
Second St
A. Pierson
E. 2d St
Golden and Silver Wyandettes
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J.G. Holmes
St Mulberry Street
Grady Bros
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