Lumber magnate Huttig heads new Melville Lumber Co in Louisiana
Muscatine financier H W Huttig elected president of the Melville Lumber Co with $1,000,000 capital and Louisiana timber holdings. The firm plans a Melville mill, stave factory, rail lines, housing for workers, a Latani er Springs resort, and a New Orleans headquarters in the Hibernia building.
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H. W. Huttig
Melville Lumber Company
New Orleans
Louisiana
H. W. Huttit
Carnahan
Judge
Krotz Mfg. Co
Melville
Latannier
United States
Arkansas
Hibernia Bank
Huttig
Cypress Timber
Napoleonville
Railroads Cut Rates for 1905 Summer Excursions to West and Coast
The Iowa Central outlines reduced round trip fares for the 1905 summer season from Elrick Junction. Fares include 13.30 to St Paul and Minneapolis, 17.30 to Duluth, 24.00 to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo, 37.00 to Salt Lake City Ogden, and 49.85 to Portland for Lewis and Clark expo. Sales begin after June 1st with various limits and extensions, plus 21.50 to Denver for Epworth League, 15.55 for G. A. R. encampment, and 1 fare plus two dollars to Hot Springs. Contact A B Cutts, G P T A, for details.
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Iowa Central
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Ogden
Portland
Ore
California
Hot Springs
Ark
A. B. Cutts
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Muscatine Y M C A Athletes Set for Tri Cities Track Meet
Muscatine Y M C A prepares for its first circuit track meet with Rock Island Moline and Muscatine taking part on May 27 at Rock Island Ninth street track. Entries close next Wednesday with three athletes per event and a strong lineup from local schools and Augustana expected to compete.
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Muscatine
Kewanee
Galva
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Augustana
Marquis
Robert Wiley
Ehrhorn
Robert Hoffman
Hall
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Imhoff
Collins
Lienhardt
Hubbard
Rail Line Offers Summer Round Trip Fares to Northern Points
Iowa Central Ry plans daily summer sales of round trip tickets at one fare plus two dollars to northern Minnesota and Dakota points with return by October 31. Lower round trips to St Paul and Minneapolis also available after June 1. For details contact agents or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn.
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Iowa Central Ry
Minnesota
Dakota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
A. B. Cutts
Minn
Iowa climate seen favorable for beet sugar farming
J R Sage director of the Iowa climate and crop service says Iowa and the corn belt are climatically suited to growing sugar beets for factory use. He notes labor for weeding and thinning is a major challenge and that beet growth needs hot dry weather and rich prairie loam. He estimates higher profit per acre than corn if labor can be managed.
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Muscatine County
J. R. Sage
Iowa Climate and Crop Service
Iowa
Corn Belt
Ninth grade closes with its valued program at West Liberty
West Liberty May 20 The ninth grade held its closing program in the assembly room with the tenth grade viewing. A long list of recitations compositions and performances featured students such as Wilma Whitacre Clara Rockefellow Beulah Pratt Leta Atkins and Merle Pike. The high school baseball team beat Wilton 4 to 3 in a nearby return game.
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Margarette Battey
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Mabel Anderson
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May Abbott
Irma Evans
Mildred Luse
Mary Anderson
Madge Pickering
Wilton Boys
Hayes Hesser
Nichols
Mae Hesser
E. B. Moore
Iowa City
Moorey Eby
Otto Marsteller
Muscatine
Helen Fickler
Foley's Honey and Tar featured as genuine remedy warning
The advertisement from Foley & Co of Chicago promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as the genuine throat and lung remedy. It cautions against imitations and urges asking for the real product, noting it is mildly laxative and free of opiates, safe for children and delicate persons. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store is listed.
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