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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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London
South America
Chili
Plainesville
Casavana
Rio de la Platta
Valparaiso
Martinique
Mount Pelee
Salvatore
United States
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Letts
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Mrsecatine
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State Meeting of Knights of Columbus
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