Boosters Prepare 200 Mile Muscatine Travel Sale Parade
More than 160 boosters will depart at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow aboard a special train to tour southeastern Iowa spreading Muscatine praise. The contingent, representing numerous firms from Bond's China Store to Thompson Brothers and First National Bank, will display banners and distribute literature endorsing Muscatine as a residence and trading center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauchet
Iowa
Muscatine
Bond
China
M. N. Bond
Day
W. G. Block
F. O. Block
Chris. Otto
van Nostrand Saddlery Co
Chas. Spaethe
Ogilvie & Caple
Thos. Ogilvie. Co. L. Mull & Sons
Frank Mull
Louis Mull
Wilson's Shoe Store
John C. Wilson
B. E. Lilly
Clayton Vanatta
Barry Manufacturing Co
Albert Barry
Muscatine Produce Co
Thos. D. Watson
W.J. Maryland
C. A. Giesenhaus
Jackson Motor Co
G. B. Jackson
Hershey State Bank
L. G. Burnett
Star Clothing Co
Will J. Mark
Ruthenberg Clothing Co
Louis Ruthenberg
George Shields
J. BE. van Camp
J. S. Blackwell
A. C. Shifler
I. S. Pepper
McCormery Goods Co
German-American Savings Bank
John W. Hahn
Cohn Mercantile Co
W. S. Cohn
Ev. Brandenburg
George Ellman
J. Carl Barnard
W. H. Hoopes & Sons
Fred P. Hoopes
Roach & Musser Sash and Door Company
J. M. Butler
Mark Anson
Lou Beard
First National Bank
Ed. Schroeder
J. M. Gobble & Co
J. M. Gobble
Dr. A. A. Petersen
Titus Loan & Investment Co
R. G. Titus
South Muscatine Lumber Co
Will Brothers
Harold Will
David Bogard
McQuesten & Sawyer Co
Will McQuesten
J. E. Coe
R. S. McNutt
Automatic Button
Fred Leu
Cook
Musser & Co
Cummins Offers A Compromise On Lead Duty
Washington May 10. Cummins of Iowa offers an amendment fixing lead ore duty at percent plus the existing 14% cents per pound, a compromise between no differential for pig lead and a penny-and-a-half per pound proposal. Independent oil producers press for a petroleum duty, facing Senate and House resistance and fear of Standard Oil influence.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Committee On Finance
Standard Oil Company
Congress
Cannon
Capitol
Mexico
Senate Finance Committee
Independent
House
Grand Bargain Rush Feeds Crowd at East Side Ten Cent Store
Four women fainted and one was badly trampled as about 5 000 shoppers surged into the East Side Ten Cent store at opening hour. Des Moines police reserves were summoned and streetcars halted by the crush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
East Side
Ten Cent
Paper Trust Injunction Shocks New York Firms
A federal court permanent injunction restrains the Fibre and Manila association. Twenty five paper manufacturers were fined 2000 dollars each in 1908 for joining the cartel. The decree orders the companies to cease operation under this restraint of trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
The
Fibre and Manila Association
Justice Hough
Federal Circuit
Roosevelt Bags Fifteen Rhino Species in New Expedition
Nairobi May 10 The Roosevelt expedition reports continued luck with fifteen varieties of game bagged at the latest trek near Machakos. A rhinoceros charged Colonel Roosevelt at fourteen paces before he fired and brought the animal down.
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Nairobi
Mehmed V Receives Sword of Osman in Constantinople
In Constantinople Mehmed V was girded with the sword of Osman in the Ayoub mosque in a prearranged ceremony. At the conclusion of the rite, the Sultan led a grand procession through Stamboul, after the sacred rite.
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Constantinople
Osman
Mehmed V
Turkey
Ayoub
Patten Home but Prices Sag Still
Chicago May 10 James A. Patten's return to the market today did not lift wheat prices on the board of trade at opening. Quotations eased off a cent during the first hour while the market maintained a tranquil tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lll
James A. Patten
Board of Trade
Taft Urges Limiting Porto Rico Power of Appropriation
President Taft asks Congress to amend the Foraker act to curb Porto Rico by removing absolute appropriation power from local delegates. He warns of fiscal misuses after the island’s assembly failed to pass funds, proposing safeguards via appropriation committees and similar rules used in the Philippines and Hawaii.
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Washington, D. C.C
Taft
Congress
Porto Rico
Legislative Assembly of
United States
Executive Council
Legislative Assembly
Philippines
Hawaii
Foraker
Steamer Maurentania Sets Eastward Record Time
Queenstown May 10 reports the Cunard liner Maurentania arriving off Daunts Rock after beating all eastward record holders. The voyage time was four days eighteen hours eleven minutes with an average speed of 25 to 70 knots per hour.
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Queenstown
Cunard Line
Daunts Rock
West Liberty Boy Faces Juvenile Court Delinquency Charge
Phillip Kirkpatrick of West Liberty appeared before Judge Barker in juvenile court this afternoon. Brought by his step father William H. Kunkel, the case hinged on contumacy. The judge granted another chance with the charge to remain pending future good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Kirkpatrick
West Liberty
Barker
Joan Wiley
William H. Kunkel
Madden and union officers on trial for extortion
Chicago May 19 Martin B Skinny Madden head of the Associated Buildings Trades Union of Chicago charged with extortion of $1000 from Joseph Elicka to settle a strike. Co defendants are M J Boyle business agent of the Electrical Workers Union and F A Pouchot chairman of the business agents general organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Martin B
Skinny) Madden
Associated Buildings Trades Union of Chicago
Joseph Elicka
M. J. Boyle
Electrical Workers Union
F. A. Pouchot
Business Agents’ General Organization
James Carl Sentenced for Lascivious Conduct in Wilton
James Carl received four months in the county jail and a $100 fine after pleading guilty to two counts of immorality and lascivious conduct with Wilton girls while serving as weighmaster. Judge A P Barker imposed the sentence following arguments about his prior good reputation and petitions for clemency. Carl offered no defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carl
A. P. Barker
Wilton
Carl
G. Kammerer
Bayles Sentenced, Woman Tries to Take the Route
In Flushing New York May 10 during Peter C Hains Jr murder trial John F McIntyre opened the closing plea describing an act of God that guided Hains hand in the fatal encounter with William E Annis The defendant's mother entered court and embraced him before being led away by Major Hains as the scene affected observers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flushing
N. Y
John F. McIntyre
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William E. Annis
Hains
Major Hains
McIintyre
Annis
Prominent Omaha Leader Julius Meyer Dies by Suicide
Julius Meyer, longtime Omaha business figure and president of the Metropolitan club, shot himself this afternoon amid despondency from ill health. The tragedy occurred in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Julius Meyer
Omaha
Metropolitan Club
Man Held in Iowa on Pekin Grand Larceny Charge
Charles Brooks, night operator at Elrick Junction, is jailed in Wapello Iowa on a Pekin Illinois grand larceny charge from December 19 1906. Brooks, released from Illinois penitentiary June 12 1906 after a fourteen month term, married three months ago to Mrs. Bowers of Elrick Junction and denies the accusation as Pekin authorities arrange transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Smith
Charles Brooks
Elrick Junction
Pekin
Illinois
Illinois Penitentiary
Bowers
Dynamite in Stove Kills Two at Mine Near Fredericksburg
An explosion from a dynamite stick placed in a stove at the Peterman coal mine near Fredericksburg, Ohio, killed two men and seriously injured three others today. Authorities investigate whether the blast was careless or malicious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Peterman
Fredericksburg
Railway Wire Men Meet Opens in Atlanta Tonight
Several hundred delegates attended the opening of the International Association of Railway Telegraphers in Atlanta Georgia. The executive sessions were held today and the formal opening was set for tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Glyndon Pardoned After 31 Years In Iowa Penitentiary
Des Moines May 10 Gov Carroll pardoned William P Glyndon 70 for the murder of a young girl after 31 years in prison. Glyndon served in the Civil War as part of Gen Sherman’s bodyguard during his march to the sea.
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Des Moines
William P. Glyndon
Gov
Carroll
Glyndon
Sherman
Boyle gets life and wife 25 years in Mercer kidnapping case
Judge Williams sentenced James H. Boyle to life imprisonment for kidnapping Willie Whitla. His wife received 25 years and a $5,000 fine. Both collapsed upon sentencing. The couple had threatened self harm and attempted morphine ingestion in jail, while District Attorney Lininger sought further details.
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Mercer
Williams
James H. Boyle
Willie Whitla
Boyle
Court House
Jimmie
J. Mede Lininger
Mercer County
Wilton High Defeats Tipton 7-2 In Local Baseball
Wilton Junction Iowa May 10 Wilton High school beat Tipton 7 to 2 in a Saturday game. Cornseff drove in Jacobsen in the fourth inning and Abbott struck out sixteen while keeping Tipton scoreless after the fourth. Keller was touched for runs and hits.
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Wilton Junction
Wilton High School
Tipton
Cornseff
Jacobsen
Abbott
Keller
Weather Outlook for Illinois and Ohio Valley
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with increasing cloudiness Tuesday. Illinois: fair and warmer tonight, followed by a likely shower at night. Sunrise at 4 09, sunset at 6 55.
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Lown
Illinois
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Alta
Canada
Association
Roosevelt
Beast
Hunter
Mehmed
Patten
Porto Rigans
Tafi
Washington, D. C
Committee On
Okinay
Adder
Tling’ Case—Business Agents
Bayles
Mrs. Hains
Omara Maris
Illini
Free Man
ATLAS
Razor
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