Large class inducted by Modern Woodmen in Muscatine
The Modern Woodmen of America held a large meeting in the MWA hall with forty new members added and over 300 attendees from Wapello Columbus Junction West Liberty Wilton Moscow and Fruitland. Delegates funded a cottage tent donation to the Woodman sanitarium at Colorado Springs costing 250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modern Woodmen of America
M. W.A. Hall
Wapello
Columbus Junction
West Liberty
Wilton
Moscow
Fruitland
Woodmen of America
N. L. Wood
Trent
Davenport
Muscatine
Blancke to Speak Tuesday in Muscatine
Rev. W. H. Blancke of Davenport will deliver the address From Capstan to Pulpit at the Grace English Lutheran church library auditorium on Tuesday evening May 18 under the Martin Luther club auspices. The speaker’s tale of leaving the sea for the ministry aims to entertain and benefit attendees and visitors in Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Blancke
Davenport
P. M. Musser Public Library
Martin Luther Club
Grace English Lutheran Church
Blanche
High Seas
Local residents travel and visit across Iowa towns
Mrs. W. P. Paugh visits Washington with friend Mrs. W. H. Hughes. Col. T. W. Hendrickson travels to Chicago for ankle X rays. Mrs. Frank Brown and daughter stay with Mrs. D. L. Kline in Letts. Rev. G. A. Wickwire attends Presbytery in South English. Protestant clergy travel to Tipton and Stark for church affairs. Numerous residents make business or social trips to Muscatine Wapello Morning Sun Davenport and Washington with other local moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
W. P. Paugh
Washington
W. H. Hughes
T. W. Hendrickson
Chicago
Frank Brown
D. L. Kline
Letts
G. A. Wickwire
South English
Presbytery of
Presbyterian Church
Calvin Foster
Tipton
Iowa
Guy Lewis
Muscatine
S. L. Daniels
Burlington
Todd Hanft
Carson Duncan
Margery
Tom _ Robertson
William
Wilton Man Reports Local Business Visit
Wilton Iowa May 5 J E Smith spent Tuesday attending to business in town as local observers note routine activity.
Board Reorganizes After Congregational Meeting
The First Presbyterian church hosted the first official board meeting of the year. E. E. Collins was re-elected president and E. H. King was re-elected secretary as the board conducted routine business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
E. E. Collins
E. H. King
LOUIS SEMAPHORE CO GUARANTEES STOCK SUPPORT
At a Hahn barn meeting in West Hill the St Louis Semaphore Company representative W C Childs pledged to buy one twentieth of the stock in a potential firm formed to back an invention. The company provides working capital for large scale testing of the How ard and Stark safety block system to determine its merits. Tests planned locally and on the Rock Island road pending permission.
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W. C. Childs
St. Louis
Rock Island Road
Y W C A Notes Evening Meetings
The Old Testament Bible Course final lesson is tonight. Browning Class meets at 6 45 PM. Three India Mission Study lessons remain and members should come prepared next Thursday to discuss Problems of Missionary Work in India. Picnic supper at 6 00 PM. High School Branch girls plan a spread after Friday business meeting.
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India
Banquet Postponed Awaiting Bishop Morrison Visit
The Trinity church Men's Club Easter banquet is postponed to early June. Bishop Morrison, in the city last evening, indicated he plans to attend if held then, and the club has long wished to host him since its founding.
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Bishop Morrison
Trinity Church Men's Club
Supreme Court commodity clause opinion discussed by Wickersham
Washington May 5 Attorney General Wickersham explained that the act prohibiting railroad companies from moving interstate commerce remains under discussion following Monday's Supreme Court ruling in the commodity clause case. The comment outlines government stance and potential implications for rail carriers.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Wickersham
Congress urged to redefine stock interest as legal property
The attorney notes that commerce interests may be legal or direct and that stock ownership in a company was not previously treated as a legal interest in the company's property. He cites a rejected congressional amendment that would have deemed railroad stock in a producing company as a legal interest, and suggests reintroducing it to meet objections from Monday's decision.
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Congress
Lumber firms challenge western pine rates across carriers
Washington May 5. A complaint of excessive rates west of the Mississippi has been filed with the interstate commerce commission. Louisiana Central Lumber and thirteen southern pine concerns accuse Burlington and thirty-one other carriers of setting yellow pine rates from Louisiana Arkansas Missouri and Texas to Kansas Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming as excessive and unjust.
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Mississippi
Washington, D. C
Yellow Pine
Mississippi River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisiana Central Lumber Company
Southern Pine Territory
Burlington Railway
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Seizure of Japanese Sealing Vessel at Sitka
Sitka dispatch reports the Japanese schooner Kaisen Maru seized yesterday with thirty sailors for sealing law violations. Two gasoline launches carried by marines with a machine gun, under Deputy U S Marshal Shoup, departed Sitka to enforce the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Sitka
United States
Shoup
Escape Bid Aboard Kaisen Maru Ends in Overhaul
Japanese crew attempted escape but were overhauled. ten skins found aboard the Kaisen Maru. All crew are in the federal jail at Sitka.
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Sitka
Real estate transfers recorded in Muscatine Iowa
A. R. Leith transfers five acres in section 6 to Mary Smith for 800 dollars. Anna L. Andrews and others transfer Outlet 7 subdivision in section 12 to Charles T. Montgomery for 2050 dollars. Herman Riek transfers Muscatine East Lawn lots 1 and 2 to Anna A. Riek for love and one dollar.
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G. M. Titus
Iowa Avenue
Muscatine
Iowa
A. R. Leith
Mary Smith
Anna L. Andrews
Chas. T. Montgomery
Herman Riek
Anna A. Riek
Canon & Batterson
East Lawn
DIES IN CENTRAL PARK IN DESPONDENT STATE
William H Dose, a Belleville Illinois newspaper man, killed himself in Central Park New York citing poor health. He left a letter asking Arthur Brisbane of the New York Evening Journal be notified if anything happened to him.
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Wm. H. Bose
New York
Illinois
N. Y
William H. Dose
Belleville
Ill
Central Park
Dose
Arthur Brisbane
New York Evening Journal
Explosion Kills Five At Tyler Ranch Steam Shovel
Missoula Mont May 5 An explosion of dynamite completely demolished a steam shovel working at Tyler ranch and killed five men.
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Missoula
Mont
Tyler Ranch
Mrs Jules M McCoskry Plans Cedar Rapids Visit
Mrs Jules M McCoskry of 313 East Front street departs this morning to Cedar Rapids for a short visit with friends.
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Jules M. McCoskry
East Front Street
Cedar Rapids
Daniel Sullivan Departs East Fifth Street for Lone Tree
Daniel Sullivan of East Fifth street left this morning for Lone Tree to attend to business matters for a short time.
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Daniel Sullivan
East Fifth Street
Lone Tree
M. E. Terry Seeks New Post in Oskaloosa
M. E. Terry left this morning for Oskaloosa where he has accepted a position and will make his future home there.
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M. E. Terry
Oskaloosa
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Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Mai
Mwa
Quette
Grand Avenue Viaduct
Milwaukee
Great Northern
Superior
Wis
Cargill Elevator
Duluth
New LaSalle
Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co
Chicago City Hall
Corn Products Mfg. Company
Argo
U. S. Reclamation Service
U. S&s. Navy Department
North Chicago
Hennepin Canal
Minnehaha, Minn
Iowa Central
Keithsburg
DePue Bridge
I. C
Mie
Illinois Central R. R C
N. W
Idge
Way
Marquette Building
la Salle
Jil
W. G. Block & CO
Musser Public Library
A. F. Nelson
Jennie
Durant
N. A. McAulay
Lyons
Merle Doyle
Atalissa
Thomas Boot
L. R. Harris
Geneseo
John Feltman
Yail Crispin
Floyd Teeple
Long Grove
Peter Henderson
A. KR. Whitmer
Harry Hain
W. G. Griffith
George Quigley
C. H. Wilson
F. Smith
Emma Pinkey
Fred Bloom
Iowa City
Chas. Bailey
Otto Harder
E. Friederichsen
Board of
Louls Company
B. &. Lilly
Jshe Quality Jiore
Java
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Wellville
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