Is He Under Raft A Mystery After Joseph Cramer Disappears
Joseph Cramer, a 50 year old German born worker, vanished after leaving the Scott House with two grips. Clothing and papers were found along the river bank near Hershey’s raft, raising questions of suicide or foul play. Evidence includes first naturalization papers and a possible struggle at the raft site.
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Hershey
Joseph Cramer
Scott House
Scott
New York
Quincy
Charles Schemberger
Hershey Mill
Cramer
Uncertain Fate of Man on Quincy Leaves Body Still Hidden
Report notes inability to confirm whether he left the Quincy today. Without evidence, other facts point to him being beneath the raft, and shifting part of the raft this afternoon could reveal the body.
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Quincy
Decoration Day Observance With Parade and Ceremonies
Tomorrow honors fallen comrades with a parade forming at 9 a.m. on Second Street and cemetery grave decorations. Those unable to march ride street cars for the afternoon program at 2 p.m. at Court Square with invocations, speeches by E. M. Warner and others, music from Pauchet's Band, and a navy grave ceremony on the bridge. bad weather moves to Stein's Music Hall.
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Second Street
Court Square
J. N. Elliott
Raff
Tyler
Lincoln
E. F. Richman
J. R. Hanley
E. M. Warner
Pauchet
Navy
Stein
Golf Club Opens In Muscatine With Full Members
The Muscatine golf club stages a formal opening tomorrow afternoon as tee grounds greens and nine holes are prepared. An expert player will be hired for lessons, and club house ready for use signals a promising season led by Dr. F. H. Little and local enthusiasts. Seventy six members listed include F. H. Little R. K. Swan J. S. Sterneman C. W. Kemble and Ed C. Cook among others.
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F. H. Little
George Reeder
W. D. Burk
J. S. Sterneman
R. K. Swan
Chas. W. Kemble
C. D. Jackson
Esther Little
Carrie Shammo
Nellie Olds
Henry Wasserman
Rebecca Hoopes
J. M. Gobble
S. A. Berger
S. R. Fox
C. R. Musser
H. J. Mahin
P. M. Musser
R. A. Holmes
Ed. C. Cook
Mrs
Ed. C
Eva M. Shontz to Lecture in Muscatine
Miss Eva M. Shontz national president of the Y P C T U will lecture in Muscatine in a leading church. The free talk follows arrangements by the executive board. Chicago educated speaker praised by press nationwide. Mattie L. Guild, Illinois movement president, also expected in the city soon.
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Muscatine
Eva M. Shontz
Mattie L. Guild
Miss Guild
Ilinois
ONE TRAIN OFF TO OBSERVE DECORATION DAY
Muscatine North and South Railway will not run the train from Muscatine at noon to here at 4 25 p m tomorrow in observance of Decoration Day. Other trains operate as scheduled per time card.
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Muscatine
Local Citizens List Read Like Rambler Names
A long list of residents and families appears in the clipping including Robi L Thompson John A Robbins J E Stevenson S B Cook J B Chaplin Aldean Chaplin Geo S Clapp Fred Beach F A Neidig Edwin A Schmidt Susana M Sterneman Gertrude Musser Grace Musser Millie Timm J L Giesler Mrs J L Giesser H W Huttig Mrs H W Huttig Mrs Will Dillaway G W Dillaway G M Titus C H Sterneman Mrs C H Sterneman R S Hoover Mabel Jackson G D Lezotte R S Cook L G Burnett D W Jackson E M Warner Dr H J Dean Stella Cohn Winnifred Giesler Mrs H J Dean S G Stein Clara S Stein Geo M Wells Flora A Wells W L Roach Mrs W L Roach Harriet Hunt Esther S Wells J W Wells Laura Reeder J R Reuling Mrs J R Reuling
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H. J. Dean
S. G. Stein
Clara S. Stein
Geo. M. Wells
Flora A. Wells
W. L. Roach
Harriet Hunt
Esther S. Wells
J. W. Wells
Laura Reeder
J. R. Reuling
Window Washer Escapes as Fire Spreads in Daugherty Building
Thursday morning James Swoley was cleaning third story windows above W S Hills grocery when a gasoline stove exploded heating water. Smoke poured from upper windows as Swoley jumped back indoors. Blankets and water smothered the blaze with minimal damage.
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Dauy
James Swelley
Daugherty
Second Street
W. S. Hill
Swoley
Attorney Coldren
B. F. Mull
Munroe
Johnston’s Manager Arrives as Opera House Project Gears Up
E. E. Johnston arrived in town to oversee work begun by Geo. H. Johnston and to arrange material purchases with local dealers. George H. Johnston, currently in Greenville, Miss., will reach town within a week to settle the building site.
Grocers Conform to Memorial Day Closing Plan
Grocers announce closing from 1 to 5 p m on Memorial Day and reopening for one hour before closing at 6 p m for the day. Signatories include W Van Gent D McCurdy F Gies enhaus & Son C B Fuller Ribak Bros Geo W Lindle and others.
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W. van Gent
D. McCurdy
F. Giesenhaus
Adam Hild
N. Achter
C. C. Smith
H. F. Bodman
J. H. St. John
Mrs. F. Sharrar
C. C. Leysen
Geo. W. Reuling
L. Angersbach
Schmidt Bros
J. M. Apple
W. F. Miksch
M. W. Wheeler
Muscatine Journal Reports Tripled Circulation
In a May 14 circular to advertisers John Mahin & Sons, publishers of the Muscatine Journal in Iowa, announce output has more than tripled in eight months after a subscription price cut. The growth requires adding a second Linotype and a Hoe web press to the plant.
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John Mahin & Sons
Muscatine
Beggs' German Salve Offered for Piles Relief
Advertises Beggs' German Salve as the remedy for piles with claims of lasting relief and cures for chronic cases. The note, signed by H. D. Lane of Gravitt Arkansas, urges purchase through all dealers.
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H. D. Lane
Gravitt
Ark
Louisiana Senators Elect in Baton Rouge Ballot
In Baton Rouge this afternoon the general assembly votes by ballot to elect two United States Senators. Governor M J Foster is expected to be chosen to replace Senator Cafferty whose term ends next year, and Senator McEnery seeks another term.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
General Assembly
United States
M. J. Foster
Cafferty
Senator McEnery
Manned Confederate Convention in Louisville May Thirty
A company of manned Confederates gathered in Louisville Kentucky for the Confederate reunion. Only those who lost an eye a leg or an arm in the Lost Cause are eligible to join this jolly unit.
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Louisville
Waterloo High School Superintendent Resigns to Travel
Waterloo Iowa May 29 Frank J Sessions longtime Waterloo schools superintendent and noted educator resigns after eleven years He will join Tripler Liquid Air Company of New York as lecturer and demonstrator His successor is nearly chosen without firm announcement.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Frank J. Sessions
Tripler
Liquid Air Company
New York
Rohrer to Contest Million Dollar Tousey Will
Mrs. Sarah B. B. Rohrer of Council Bluffs Iowa has filed notice in New York courts to contest the will of Mary Beach Tousey who died in New York last year. The estate valued at about 1 million was left to churches and charities. Rohrer claims mental weakness and undue influence affected the bequest.
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Sarah B. B. Rohrer
New York
Mary Beach Tousey
Sylvia Beers
Newtown
Conn
Rohrer
Tousey
American Shad Eggs Arrive in Queenstown for Experiments
The United States Fish Commission shipped 700,000 shad eggs to Moreton Frewen of Inishannon Ireland. The eggs arrived in two large boxes each holding fifteen trays with about 25,000 eggs per tray. Ice covered the trays to numb and retard maturation for experimental use. Frewen, a wealthy Irish businessman, acts as recipient and organizer.
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Queenstown
United States Fish Commission
Moreton
Innishannan
Ireland
Benefit Performance At Metropolitan Opera House
New York May 29 A large benefit event will be staged tonight at the Metropolitan Opera House organized by the American Army and Navy Association led by Mrs Richard Henry Savage and other prominent society matrons. Seat sales have been strong. The group aims to aid widows of soldiers sailors and marines and to establish an orphanage and a manual training school with Senator Clark serving as treasurer.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera House
American Army and Navy Association
Richard Henry Savage
Senator Clark
Hanover National Bank Stockholders Subscribe To Increase
Hanover Banks Capital New York May 29 The privilege of stockholders to subscribe at two times as many shares as owned or less of 20,000 shares of new stock closed today The capital rose from 1 million to 3 million and the surplus from 3 million to 5 million Under the law shareholders in national banks are liable to depositors for double the par value of their holdings.
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New York
Hanover National Bank
Unsettled Weather Across Iowa and Chicago Area
The weather map shows unsettled conditions overnight and Wednesday for Iowa with occasional showers and thunderstorms. Cooler air moves in from the west on Wednesday, affecting western regions more notably.
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Chicago
Iowa
British Advance Near Johannesburg After Orange River State Annexation
Cape Town dispatch confirms the Free State is formally annexed and renamed Orange River State. Clip River report says Boers, having prepared strong positions, fled early as British forces move within fifteen miles of Johannesburg.
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Chicago
Cape Town
Free State
Orange River State
Clip River
Johannesburg
Two Serious Accidents In Oakland Iowa May 28
Two accidents in Oakland Iowa on May 28 include Frank Russell son of E S Russell who fell from a bicycle on a steep hill and is recovering after a collapse. A child of farmer Lewis Storm drank laudanum from a vial, and doctors fear the child may have died as no word of recovery reached the town.
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Oakland
Iowa
Frank Russell
E. S. Russell
Tobey
Lewis Storm
Writs of certiorari seek review of franchise tax tech
Writs served by railroads and large corporations on the New York State Tax Commission to overturn franchise tax valuations are returnable today in Albany. Arguments may force the board to reveal its valuation methods. Ex Senator David B Hill will contest constitutionality for the corporations as large stakes loom.
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Albany
N. Y
State Tax Commission
David B. Hill
Smallpox Siege Grips Central Iowa Towns
Marshalltown Iowa May 29 reports a severe smallpox outbreak affecting much of Central Iowa. Many towns closed schools and public places while the State board of health distributed literature and pesthouses were built. A few doctors claimed Cuban itch instead, but the disease is now waning with hope of stamping it out.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
State Board of Health
Man Killed by a Train Near Durango
The body of James Mulholland, 23, a farm hand, was found beside the Great Western line near Durango Iowa. He had attended a picnic at Twin Springs and was likely struck by an east bound train. Rain and eclipse observation blocked view while H L Stout, 84, Dubuque lumberman, remains seriously ill though improved today.
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Dubuque
Iowa
James Mulholland
Great Western
Durango
Twin Springs
H. L. Stout
Begzys Blood Purifier Endorsed By Newton Father
E F Andrews of Newton Kans says Begzys Blood Purifier has been a standard spring medicine in his family for twenty years. It permanently cures all skin and blood disorders and is sold by all dealers.
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Sheldon
Topeka
E. F. Andrews
Newton, Kans
Begzys
We Have Never Seen a Barber with a Full Beard
A concise observation notes that barbers, typically clean shaven, have never been seen sporting a full beard. The remark hints at contrasts in grooming norms and professional appearance expectations within barbering culture.
Trifling Comment Sparks Outcry Over Race Bias
A social media flare centers on a remark about Black people described as worthless, drawing criticism from community leaders and prompting calls for accountability and dialogue on racism. Local advocates urge inclusive language and equitable treatment across groups.
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Joe Meisel
South Muscatine
St. Mary’s Church
Brentz
Washington
Germany
Miss Shontz
Horace H. Herr
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Iowa College
Grinnell
Mrs. Rohrer
Mrs. Tousey
Council Bluffs
Army and Navy
Hanover Banks Capital
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