City to pave thirty blocks and extend sewerage system
City councils authorize paving of over thirty blocks and a 12 000 feet sewer extension in Sub-Sewerage District No 3. Alderman Hess directs City Engineer Ryan to draft plat and schedule for parks avenue Second to Washington and Spring to Eighth streets along with districts 25 and 26 paving details. Sewer project includes 27 inch to 8 inch pipe lines on Washington Park avenues and multiple cross streets with 790 feet of 12 inch storm connections and 35 manholes and 25 basins.
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Hess
Ryan
Park Avenue
Second Street
Washington Street
Spring Street
Sixth Street
Eighth Street
Spring
Poplar Street
Sycamore
Mulberry
Seventh Street
Lucas Street
Green Street
Ash Street
Broadway
Alderman Hess
Mad Creek
Township 77
Halstead Street
Halstead
Sheridan Street
Magnolia Street
Canon Avenue
Meenolia Street
Sherman Street
Grant Street
Last Point
Fairview Avenue
Park Avenue East
City Recorder
City of Muscatine
James Ryan
Wilton Hosts Visitors in One Sided Baseball Game
Wilton defeated ATLTON by a 15 to 1 score as four Wilton pitchers worked in relief. The May day game featured heavy hitting from Wilton and a rout of visiting players led by Walt Davis and his squad. Edge Murphy Whitmer and Dornsier were driven from the mound after 20 hits in the northwest battle. Local fielding stayed clean despite uneven ground.
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Walt. Davis
Wilton
Edge
Murphy
Whitmer
Dornsier
A. E. Kiser
Swartzlender
Gary
Detweiler
Davis
Parsons
Thompson
Lf Holm
Vinall
Osborne
Billings
C Whorten
Leverich
Grogan
Musecatine
Fice
Holm
Cubs Hit Hard As Sox Fall In High Scoring Tilt
In Chicago, the Cubs defeated the Boston Red Sox 12 to 3 as Sullivan's team piled runs at will, eight runs in the eighth inning helping seal the victory. Bostonians later saw Chicago CAP Chicago win 6 to 2 in Boston opening the series, with Lindaman tagged for runs in the eighth.
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Chicago
Ill
Sox
Boston
Sullivan
Cubs
Mass
Lindaman
Baseball Scores From Yesterday Across Leagues
Results yesterday show the American League with Chicago 12 over Boston 3 and Cleveland 2 over Washington 3 in ten innings, St. Louis 2 over New York 1, plus Detroit 5 over Philadelphia 3. National League games include Boston 2 over Chicago 6 and Brooklyn 3 over Cincinnati 2. Minor leagues list Dubuque 3 over Bloomington 2, Peoria 13 over Rock Island 2, Davenport 2 over Decatur 0, and Keokuk 8 over Kewanee 4 with others in Central Association.
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Detroit
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
We. L
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Oe Wee
Dubuque
Bloomington
Cedar Rapids
Peoria
Rock Island
Springfield
Davenport
Decatur
Central Association
Keokuk
Kewanee
Hannibal
Ottumwa
Quincy
Burlington
Jacksonville
Waterloo
Sewerage District Work Completed per Plans
Sewerage District No 17 of Main Sewerage District No 1 has been completed in accordance with the plans specifications and contract.
Casino City Notes Attendances And Commencement Tidings
Miss Mary Carpenter hosts a breakfast for friends at her West Hill home in Columbus Junction. Guests include Miss Lina Huston, Miss Hazel Runkel, Miss Riley of Mt Vernon, and Miss Nettie Blair. Several locals travel for commencements and family visits across Iowa and Illinois.
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Columbbus Junction
Mary Carpenter
West Hill
Lina Huston
Hazel Runkel
Miss Riley
Mt. Vernon
Nettie Blair
Mary Bowman
Winton
Ed. Gamble
Amarillo
Texas
H. O. Weaver
G. W. Oakes
S. S. Cline
Charles
Philadelphia
Columbus Junction
Martha Hanft
Iowa
R. S. Johnston
Baby
Helen
Des Moines
W. A. Green
Burlington
Anna McKinney
E. G. Kathcart
Margaret
Constance
Bushnell
Ill
D. A. Hammel
Jessie Hartman
Olds
J. P. Dawson
Fred Carpenter
Mt. Pleasant
Toledo
Ina Duncan
Margaret Duncan
Commencement Attendees and a Tragic Accident in May
Mrs Joe Doe visits Oskaloosa with her sister in law Mrs Ed Goldsberry and a baby. Lizzie and Lettie Jarrard of Lone Tree attend commencement after living in Columbus Junction. Ambrose Morley and wife moved to Buchanan Mich. They were in a buggy when a broken spring threw them out. Morley died three days after with a fractured skull.
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Joe Doe
Oskaloosa
Lizzie
Lettie Jarrard
Lone Tree
Lettie
Columbus Junction
Ambrose Morley
Bobo
Third Street
Buchanan
Mich
Mr. Morley
Rexall Orderlies Promise Gentle Constipation Relief
An advertisement touts Rexall Orderlies as a painless laxative alternative to common purgatives. It claims the product cures constipation, restores regularity, and can be taken any time without nausea or griping. Available in 1c and 25c sizes at A. W. Morgans Pharmacy.
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Rexall
Commencement Events Highlight Columbus Junction School
Columbus Junction Ia May 21 Special The annual high school commencement featured two orations by Grace Overholt and Elva Foster and a class play The Professor's Predicament with a strong cast and fine staging Alumni banquet planned for tonight at I O O F hall with a full program including music recitations and addresses by Channing Hall Merle Oakes Rev G A Wickwire and others.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction High School
Opera House
Grace Overholt
Elva Foster
Arnold Oats
Pansy Staples
Pihakkeen
Oss
Faye Dawson
Winthrop
proeSere
Ella Humphreys
Eene
Florence Curtis Harold Dexter
Yale
Casson Worthman Featherstone
Kodak
Willard Endsley
I. O. O. F. Hall
Channing Hall
Merle Oakes
Richard Bahns
Verba Smith
Harry Hall
Roy Dawson
Borton Noland
Mary Carpenter
Dorothy Gardner
Cornet
Lina Huston
Gretchen Klotz
G. A. Wickwire
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Wilson
Suatmier
AKERS
Atlton
Muscatine Team
Victor Yes
Official
Bostonians
Morgan
Oxfords
Mneichen
Casper
West Second Street
Dallerson Stores
Ed. Goldsberry
Cone
Faney
Norway
George W. Reuling
Ning
Chestnut St
Imperial
Bostonian
Harry Kern
Mgr
G. M. Titus
Iowa Avenue
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