Unknown Man Drowned At South Muscatine Found After Six Months
A badly decomposed body of a tall laborer aged about 35 to 49 was found by three fishermen three miles below the city. Believed to have drowned about six months ago, the body was buried in Greenwood cemetery with no inquest as identity remains unknown. Coroner Appel and undertaker Day arranged the burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Reay
Charles Berg
Frank Pierce
Cross
Appel
Day
Greenwood Cemetery
Potter's Field
South Muscatine
Eva Council
Grover Street
Fruitland
Earl Downey
Stuart Road
Conesville
Slough
John Weltz
Hershey Avenue
Reinemund
Orphans’ Home
Martin
English Lutheran Church
Doden
Wilton
St. Matthias
California
Sycamore Street
P. Co. U
Young People’s City Union
First Baptist Church
Shipment of Logs Received by South Muscatine Lumber Co
The South Muscatine Lumber Company imported about 12 train cars of logs from Hawkins Wisconsin, part of a winter cut to be used locally as fast as possible. An expected subsequent shipment arrives in about a week as log rafts slow processing.
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South
Life Insurance Reform Essay Noted in Atlantic
Literary notes praise Charles J. Bullock on Life Insurance and Speculation in the Atlantic May issue. The critique covers the housecleaning in three major companies and the essential financial principles of genuine reform, with sharp remarks about self-styled reformers.
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America
Charles J. Bullock
Twelve Injured on Chicago Amusement Ride at White City
Chicago May 91 twelve persons were injured in a coaster accident at White City amusement park. The first five cars stopped in a depression, a collision followed, and two more cars crashed into the stalled cars. About twenty five passengers were aboard and many suffered broken limbs.
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Chicago
White City
Big Campaign Plans Loom In Iowa Conference
Rev. John Wesley Potter of First Methodist muskate city attends Des Moines session with all four Iowa conferences presiding elders and evangelistic commissions. They meet Bishop W F McDowell for three days to map an aggressive evangelistic campaign in Iowa. Potter plans to enter evangelistic work this fall and later speaks in Aberdeen South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley Potter
First Methodist Church
Des Moines
Methodist Workers
W. F. McDowell
Iowa
Potter
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Woonsocket
Mitchell
S. D
Sioux City
J. W. Mahood
Mahood
Muscatine
Baccalaureate Sermon at Columbus Junction Presby terian
The baccalaureate sermon for the 1906 graduating class was preached in the Presbyterian church by Rev. G W Bryant of Coe College Cedar Rapids. The house was crowded and praise followed his text Wisdom is the principal thing therefore get wisdom and with all thy getting get understanding.
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Columbus Junction
Presbyterian Church
G*. W. Bryant
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
W. R. DeWitt
Fredonia
Nichols
J. C. Marshall
Columbus
J. E. Lee
Bailey Murray
Wapello
Gilbert Kendrick
Chicago
J. C. Kendrick
May Larington
Alvin Simmons
Ella Layton
Depot
West Liberty
Florence
Beatrice Klotz
Ainsworth
Jos. Trimble
E. W. Kelley
Fred Orr
Conesville
John Gunderson
E. B. Tucker
Winfield
Washington
J. M. Harris
F. N. Wilcox
O. H. Jarrard
Lone Tree
Wm. Huskins
H. F. Edson
Holly Springs
Miss
Wilton Junction
E. C. Kauffman
Gladwin
Maurice Jewett
Mt. Pleasant
A. J. Schmoker
Nicholson
Ollie
Baptist Louisa Center
A. S. Bailey
United Presbyterian Church
Elsie Stapp
Cotter
Margaret Williams
Muscatine
Shellabarger
Pigs is Pigs: New Book by Ellis Parker Butler
Friends of Ellis Parker Butler in Muscatine have received copies of his new book Pigs is Pigs issued by AlcClure, Phillips & Company in New York. The collection shows originality and strengthens Butler's humorous reputation.
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Muscatine
Ellis Parker Butler
Pigs
Butler
AlcClure
Philipps & Company
New York
June 10 Story Book Highlights Bright Spring Cover
The June issue features Jorethy Dix atop the author list with a clever society story. Grace G. Bostwick offers The Dregs of a Scandal a strong tale of human passion. Kipling’s At the Pit's Mouth is the Short Story master piece. Favorite Poems includes Ostler Joe by George Rae Sims with Cora Brown Potter in the limelight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorethy Dix
Grace G. Bostwick
J. A. Tiffany
Hays Blackman
Philip Martin
Robert Wilkes
Charles Sloan Reid
W. Crawford Sherlock
Helen Palmer
Rudyard Kipling
Ostler Joe
George Ra Sims
Washington Society
Cora Brown Potter
Rescuers Drowned Near Dubuque Creek
An 8 year old boy fell headfirst into a creek west of Dubuque. Viola Schaeffer attempted a rescue but drowned, followed by Leonard Metcalf age 9 who jumped in to help. Passers by saved the boy. Viola Schaeffer’s father found her body hours later.
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Dubuque
Viola Schaeffer
Leonard Metcalf
Ben Pool of Threet Alabama Treated with Amica Salve
An accident victim named Ben Pool from Threet Alabama was treated and cured of his wounds using Bucklen's Amica Salve at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store. The ad notes the salve cost 25 cents per tin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben. Pool
Threet, Ala
Bucklen
Havercamp
Muscatine Markets Price List
A detailed market overview listing prices across commodities in Muscatine. Corn, oats, wheat, and cracked corn prices. poultry, eggs, butter, oils, hay, and various feeds. Fruits and vegetables with per pound or per peck rates. live farm animals and butchered meats with per pound quotes. coal and wood prices.
Fruit and Fish Prices in Local Market Listing
A dense price list shows fresh fruits vegetables and fish with unit prices. Items include bananas oranges lemons strawberries pineapples fish varieties seeds florals and nuts with per dozen per pound and per bushel rates.
Week in Farm Livestock Prices and Trade
Cattle total 61 000 hogs 126 700 sheep 76 900. Cattle trade holds fairly steady with medium and handy weights. big steers lack prime quality. Most cows unchanged. butcher bulls stronger and calves higher. Feeder trade poor. chromium grades off. Hog values down 5 to 10 cents week wide and late trade weak with 4 000 left. Sheep up 25 to 35 cents weekly. lambs up 10 to 25 cents. Saturday supplies directed to local markets.
Columbus Junction man returns home on Firefly
H. D. Oaks of Columbus Junction spent the day in this city and returned home Saturday evening aboard the Firefly.
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H. D. Oaks
Columbus Junction
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Garrett Priester
Meridian
Evans Street
Jacob Jones
South End
John
Edward Vaupel
North Dakota
William Jones
Victoria Jones
Minneapolis
Mrs. Cook
Grandview
Alice Ruckles
Kansas Street
B. C. Preston
Esting
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Methodist Priotestant
United Brethren
Congregational Churches
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Mission Circle
L. C. Preston
Japan
J. S. Blackwell
Ed. C. Cook
J. E. Stevenson
F. M. Witter
Freston
Athens
Rome
Egypt
Galilee
Paul
Strethren
Congregational
A. L. Tilgner
Warsaw
Wisconsin
Rochester
N. Y
Mustatine
Ladies Aid
Missionary Circle
Freund Trescay
James Aid
E. Reinemund
Houser LeRoy
The
Trinity
Ascension
J. W. Potter
Moines
W. F. Miksch
South End Grocer
St. le
Wagner & Bennison
Hohler Bros
Business College
Leysen
Hinkel & Flannery
Muscatine Markets
Shippersay
Vienna
D. L. Carl
B. E. Lilly's
Seed Market
McQuesten & Sawyer Co
Iowa Avenue
the Money Saving Store
Siegel & Isaacson
Geo
Colorado
North Platte Valley
Big Horn Basin
Portland
Puget Sound
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Slope
Omaha
Shasta
San Francisco
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Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Colk Hills
Montana
Evorado
Utah
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Blacery
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L. W. Wakeley
Neb
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