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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1909

Page

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Muscatine Boosters Start Triumph Tour From Home

A Muscatine booster train departed at 8 35 am with 102 volunteers decorated with flags and ribbons. The three coaches and library car rolled through Sycamore and Second streets to the station amid cheering as officials from Rock Island line supervised the trip. The group will stop at Washington and Oskaloosa for meals and entertainment before continuing toward Mahaska day celebrations.

Iowa Muscatine Pearl City Muscatine Boosters Pauchet Boosters Commercial Club Sycamore Street Second Second Street Iowa Avenue C. H. Caswell C. C. Gardner L. E. Severence Rock Island Walker W. 8 Underdonk Columbus Junction Rock Island Railway Company Oskaloosa

Openair Booster Train Dazzles Iowa Towns on Marathon Ride

The B B T Marathon on wheels travels through Fruitland Letts and Fredonia with the Booster train performing on schedule. crowds cheer as Prof Pauhdet's band leads a showy welcome with straw hats and banners. locals recount the lively reception and the Roosters receive warm greetings at each stop.

Prof Penciet Predonia Fredonia Columbus

Boosters Feed at Washington Amid Real Work

A Cotter business center empty and deserted as boosters crowd politics and activity shift to Washington. The story notes a lack of turnout and hints at voter sentiment influencing the handsomest candidate in Ainsworth.

Washington

Washington Boosters parade ends in Cotter and Ainsworth

The Muscatine Mascots riding the booster train arrived in Cotter with a cheering crowd, then found a deserted business district as the townsfolk soon crowded the depot. At Ainsworth the parade drew large, festive crowds of women, and a voting contest crowned a fairest auditor. The trip resumed to Washington with a cordial, well-attended reception and a strong banquet period.

Washington The Journal Boosters Cotter Depot Muscatine Pearl City Cotter Ainsworth Mauscatine Johny Kline Rus'rese

Delighted Grins Mark Boosters Welcome Visitors

Junction hosts a brief stay as visitors are greeted with happy faces and a marching parade led by uniformed musicians and booster's banners. Residents line the streets as the procession moves through town, signaling a warm reception.

Plans Pushed for Fairport Clam Hatchery Station

Washington May 12 plans for a Fairport biological station are being rushed by the U S Fish Commission and Justice Department Congressman Dawson has pressed officials to expedite deeds transfer copies before work can begin Commissioner Bowers aims to start by November with 11 staff and 11500 yearly payroll awaiting further funds an auxiliary fish culture station may be built farther up the Mississippi at Winona

Washington, D. C Fairport Biological Station U. S. Fish Commissioner Department of Justice Dawson Muscatine Bowers United States Mississippi River Fisheries Bureau Mississippi Valley Fairport Congress Fairport Station Winona

Ottumwa District Court Rules Saloon Reopenings

Ottumwa News: Judge Vermillion rules the revocation petition insufficient and closes all Ottumwa saloons wholesale houses and brewery reopen today. Some saloons had started recently but carried little stock and faced immediate closure. Vermillion’s ruling clears the way for full reopening of operating saloons in Ottumwa.

Iowa Evening Press Ottumwa Vermillion District Court Kirby

Feastal House and Barn Burn Under Suspected Incendiary Fire

Early today a fire destroyed the George Feastal home in Fairport Iowa along with the barn and woodsheds. The blaze started about 3 am and was believed caused by possible tramp or thief activity. Mrs. Feastal awoke to breaking glass and smoke, saving most furniture despite the building being razed. Loss estimated 4000 to 5000 dollars, partially insured.

Fairport George Feastal

Hand Crushed at Hawkeye Pearl Button Factory

Earl P Bridges of 42 Pond Street injured his hand at work when caught in a machine at the Hawkeye Pearl button factory Monday evening. No bones were broken but the hand was badly crushed. Dr J W Morgan attended and dressed the wound.

Earl P. Bridges Pond Street Hawkeye J. W. Morgan

Weather Shows Showers Tonight and Wednesday in Iowa Illinois

Forecast calls for showers tonight and Wednesday across Iowa and Illinois with warmer temperatures. Sunrise is at 5 32 a m, sunset at 6 59 p m, moonrise reaching 12 20 a m.

Iowa Illinois

Delegates Leave for Knights of Columbus Convention

Leonard M Fuller and M W Stapleton, Laurent Council delegates, left for Iowa City to attend the state Knights of Columbus meeting. The convention opened with 125 delegates from across Iowa, welcomed by Mayor Otto of the University City. Before business, a solemn pontifical Mass at St Marys church featured seven clergy.

Leonard M. Fuller M. W. Stapleton Laurent Council The Knights of Columbus Iowa City Order Iowa Cities Otto University City Knights St. Mary's Church

West Liberty Man Kills Self at Cemetery

Charles E. Rich, manager of the Western Union Telegraph at Grand Fork, North Dakota, shot himself at a Maquoketa cemetery. His body lay across his father's grave, hands clutching the headstone. He had not visited since 1894 when he buried his mother. No motive is known. he arrived in good health.

Maquoketa Charles E. Rich Western Union Telegraph Company Grand Fork N. D Rich

Representative Kendall Proposes Federal Liquor Tightening

In Washington on May 11 Special report states Representative Kendall introduced a bill to double the federal tax on retail liquor dealers and bar issuing federal licenses in areas where local prohibition exists, effectively creating dry communities where local laws prohibit liquor sales.

Washington, D. C Kendall

Keota Boosters Meet Muscatine Delegation In Warm Welcome

May 11 at Keota the Muscatine boosters were greeted by the Keota Ladies Band in uniform and local business men. The scene featured a spirited parade, the Keota welcome, and remarks praising musical ties between communities. In another note from West Liberty a coroner’s jury ruled J. B. Doty’s death a self-inflicted pistol wound, with the inquest noting the bullet entry and circumstances surrounding his store suicide. Doty, a longtime merchant and former hardware association official, leaves a widow and two daughters, one at the University of Chicago and one at home.

Keeta Muscatine Keota Betcherlite Herr Pauchet St. Sigourney, Ia West Liberty J. B. Doty Doty J. F. Doty Iowa State Hardware Men's’ Association E. H. King Ed. Stoterau Henry Polders C. 3. Barclay T. K. Chase Stoterau Undertaker's Mr. Doty Masonic Lodge Presbyterian Church Miss Reta University of Chicago Miss Wave

Lost Duke Johann Salvator Found in Ohio Workshop

Chicago reports the Journal declares discovery of Archduke Johann Salvator, also known as John Orth, missing since nineteen years. He is said to be working as a machinist in Painesville, Ohio, earning fifteen dollars weekly, after earlier labors in Grand Rapids and Cleveland. The identity claim aims to be buried in Austria due to advancing age.

Chicago, Ill John Orth Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria House of Hapsburg Ludmilla Stubel Painesville Ohio Grand Rapids Michigan Cleveland Johann Salvatore

Friends and Neighbors Unable to Account for His Bash

A coroner's inquest was held this afternoon to determine the cause of death after friends and neighbors could not account for the deceased's activities at his bash. Proceedings discussed witnesses and evidence. No final verdict reported in available text.

Archduke’s Sinking Mystery Linked to Casavana Escape

A Plainesville machinist recounts the archduke and his wife surviving a shipwreck off Chile not aboard the schooner Santa Margarite. They landed at Casavana on the Rio de la Plata, planned to meet at Valparaiso, drifted worldwide, later settled Martinique. Mount Pelee catastrophe followed. wife and two children died. Salvatore was rescued by a French gunboat and reached the United States.

Vienna London South America Chili Plainesville Casavana Rio de la Platta Valparaiso Martinique Mount Pelee Salvatore United States

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Musca Tine's TRIP Journey—retails of C. E. Fox Iowa Central Tory Louisa County Rock Island Road Fruitland Prof. Paudhet Letts W. F. Hankey Mrsecatine Cotter de Serted Ment Biological Station Wapello County Drouth Fairport Fire State Meeting of Knights of Columbus Grand Forks, N. D Tat Zoonter Trip Bestowe Bulletin
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