Davenport and Muscatine Railway Franchise Considered
City Council in special session May 27 1912 heard application for a franchise from Davenport and Muscatine Railway Co and ordered publication of notice in Muscatine Journal and News Tribune for four weeks. Council granted Moose carnival permit subject to 50 dollar street cleaning fund plus police staffing. Fire issues discussed for sawdust fires at Mira Hershey Lumber Co site. Boulevard lighting referred to committee. four extra police authorized during carnival week. Meeting adjourned.
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Davenport & Muscatine Railway Company
Hig
Koehler
Ald
Rainbow
Oeter
Schoreder
Watson
Gullivan
Zeidler
Whson
Montgomery
City Recorder
Davenport & Museatine Railway Company
Davenport
Iowa
Davenport & Muscatine Railway Co
Muscatine Journal
Muscatine News-Tribune
Wilson
Order of Moose
Ald. Schroeder
Willson
Curry
Mira Hershey Lumiber Co
Schroeder
Order of
Moose
RB. S. Alnutt
Burlington Muscatine tilt ends 2-1 with late rally
In a tense Central Association game Burlington edged Muscatine 2 to 1. Key moments featured a late run support and strong pitching from Burlington, with Mas ters and Rust contributing two base hits. Elllis Shanley and Clifton swiped bases to spark the offense while Bell held Muscatine in check after a rough early outing.
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Alperman
Anderson
Rust
Witte
Sense
Smith
Burlington AB
R. H. PO
Sutton
Boll
Poveseers
Muscatine
Burlington
Masters
Harmon
Lowther
Clifton
Ellis
Shanley
Bell
Walters
Agur
Agur. Lowther
Andreen
YMCA to Open Year with Conesville Game in Debut
YMCA will start the year with the Conesville Independents in Cone on Saturday afternoon. Hopkins and Suman to compose the battery for opening contest. Manager S D Campbell and Manager Brown arranged the opening and lineup shows a fast infield and outfield with Wankins Suman Hahn Elliott Jeffries Willis Cullen Cronin Kent among the players. The team, built from local clubs, aims to challenge for the city amateur championship held by the Pirates.
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Conesville Independents
Cone
S. D. Campbell
Goodygoods
Brown
Independents
Campbell
Lneup
Pirates
Wankins
Suman
Hahn
Elliott
Jeffries
Willis
Cullen
E. Cronin
Kent
Baseball scores from Yesterday’s National and American leagues
National League results show Philadelphia 10 over Boston 8, Chicago 10 over Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 7 over Detroit 2, and New York 5 over Brooklyn 4 with Pittsburgh 4 and Washington and Boston 7 in another game. American League games include New York 3 over Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 0, Detroit 5, and Cleveland 28 over Chicago 7 with a postponed second game. Central Association standings list Muscatine 1 over Burlington 2 and Galesburg 5 over Keokuk 3 along with Ottumwa 4 over Monmouth 0 and Hannibal 4 over Kewanee 1.
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Central Association
Jurlington Vie
Kewanee
Monmouth
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Hannibal
Galesburg
Hank
Muscatine
Burlington
Pet
New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Ney
Boston
Brooklyn
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Seas
Pittsburgh
O Mara Delivers Game With Hitting to Cans Fans
Ottumwa blanks Monmouth in rain while Ollie O Mara earns $50 for hitting sign in park. O Mara drives a double and later a triple driving in runs as Hannibal defeats Kewanee 9 to 1 in Kewanee Illinois.
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O'Mara
Ottumwa Blanks Monmouth
Kewanee
Ill
Ollie O'Mara
Hannibal
Ottumwa Park
Boilermakers
Lakeoff
Smith
Jacobson
Lakoff
Mene
Meneher
Robertson
Pavers Strike Gait in Game One of Series
Galesburg beat Keokuk 5 to 3 in a well played game. Adams started for Galesburg and was wild, allowing six bases on balls. Mitchell came in for a ninth inning save, while Murray allowed seven safeties as four Keokuk errors aided Galesburg’s win.
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Hig
Smith
Lowther
Gardner
Roxie
Towther
Harmon
Alperman
Colman
Anderson
Pall
Andreen
Smack
Clifton
Dick Rohn
Muscatine
Burington
Bell
Ellis
Jack
Rust
Masters
R. H. FO
A. E. St. Jonn
Walters
Galesburg
Galespurg
Keokuk
Adams
Mitchell
Murray
Galesoenan
Aged Oil Magnate Dodges Questions
New York May 99 John D Rockefeller retired head of the dissolved Standard Oil testified on whether the company truly dissolved under a U S Supreme Court decree He denied any effort to evade the decree and faced questions about proxies in the Waters-Pierce Oil stockholders election in St Louis The case involves inspectors seeking proxies from Rockefeller and Standard Oil interests and Missouri and Indiana court rulings on the company’s status
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New York
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
United States Supreme Court
Rockefeller
Missouri
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
St. Louis
Standard Oil
Supreme Court of the United States
Missouri Supreme Court
Indiana
Waters-Pierce
Rockefeller Denies Decree Enforcement in Court Inquiry
In a heated session with Waters-Pierce counsel Samuel Untermeyer, John D. Rockefeller faced sharp questions about the enforcement of a United States court decree. He repeated denials, insisting there was never any plan to sever subsidiaries while keeping control, and he refused to answer with simple yes or no. The exchange highlighted the stubborn pace of testimonial directness as the judge urged clearer responses.
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Standard Oil
United States
Samuel Untermeyer
Waters-Pierce
John D. Archbald
Rockefeller
United States Supreme Court
Untermeyer
Walter S. Jacobs
Decoration Day Exercises Planned in Keota In May
Keota Indiana May 29 The program for Decoration Day exercises is outlined. Gather at the W R B C hall at 2 25 p m Thursday May 30 and proceed to the Methodist church led by the Keota Koncert band. Rev W S Harold will read the proclamation and the order includes songs readings and addresses by Rev J M Duncan Mrs Grace Wilkins Keith Hamill Commander J F Graham and Rev H B Scoles with band music and a concert at the cemetery.
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Harold Dings
Lafayette Center
Talleyrand
Troone
W. R. C. Hall
W. S. Harold
Wiliam Chesney
William Johnson
Tyrone
J. M. Wright
Anna
C. M
P. BE. O
J. W. Harding
Ruth
Northfield
Minn
Ralph Houston
E. E. Bower
Bernice
Chicago
Ottumwa
Droz
Stouner
Cleve Hamilton
Sigourney
Charles Mills
Mercedes
Dorothy
Elizabeth White
Richland
Blanche Torrey
Meyer
Hedrick
Trumbauer
Ross Crawford
A. M. Miller
Keota
Harold
Quartette
J. M. Duncan
Grace Wilkins
Keith Hamill
J. F. Graham
Musie—I
H. B. Scoles
America
Cardui credited for saving McMinnville woman
Mrs Oole Jett of McMinnville Tennessee writes that after 27 days bedridden with no help from doctors she refused surgery and used Cardui a strengthening tonic for women. She reports better health after taking Cardui and doing household tasks again. Cardui is advertised as relieving pain tones nerves and building strength with druggist availability.
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McMinnville
Tenn
Oole Jett
Cardui
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the People’s Meat Market
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Woerth
T. Drohan
Kurke
Gregory O
Frank Gregory
Monmouth Browns
Wisler
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Gregory
Link
Lage
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Murray and Queisser
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