Muscatine Athletic football team to close season at Fair Grounds
Muscatine Ath letics, famed as one of the city’s fastest teams, end a strong season with a Turkey Day clash at the Fair Grounds against Columbus Junction Independents. The visitors bring star players Brockway Vet Nolan and McRoberts and have agreed to an eighty twenty gate split.
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Muscatine Athletics
South Enders
Columbus Junction
Junction
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Letts
U. S
Junction Eleven
Nolan
McRoberts
Boston
South Muscatine Huskies
Moline East Ends
Pearl City
Papke Ketchel bout set after injunction refused
Turkey Day draws crowds with boxing highlights. Papke and Ketchel prepare to box at Coffroth arena in Colma California after a court refused to halt the bout. Tonight Attell meets Welsh in Los Angeles in a 15 round title clash between top contrast in featherweight and lightweights. Burke defeats Thomas in Boston in a bloody 12 round decision surprising oddsmakers.
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Boston
Sailor Burke
New York
Joe Thomas
California
Thomas
YWCA Bible Class Schedules for Thanksgiving Week
The Old Testament class meets this evening. Park Place class gathers with Mrs Fisher on Jackson street. Lucas street group, organized by Miss Hoopes, skips tomorrow for Thanksgiving and meets with Mrs Reesink a week from tomorrow. Rooms open all afternoon for girls to sing and play games. no meals served.
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Park Place
Havercamp Promotes Dr Howard's Constipation Cure
J. J. Havercamp offers Dr Howard Co specific for constipation at half price 25c, with a money back guarantee if it fails. The ad promises relief from headaches digestive upset and related symptoms, insisting the remedy will cure or cost nothing.
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J. J. Havercamp
Dr. Howard Co
Dr. Howard
Advise on Selecting and Using the Washing Machine
The article urges soaking dirty clothes overnight in cold water, then washing in hot water with ample soap. It favor momentum lever washers with bevel gears for safe, convenient use, noting durable builds with lumber frames and galvanized hardware can last long.
Sub‑division Fair Oaks Draws Local Interest
Residents show interest in the new Fair Oaks subdivision as plans move forward with development proposals and community updates.
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Fair Oaks
Drake and Ames Vie For Iowa State Title In Des Moines
Des Moines Drake and Ames meet tomorrow at the stadium in Des Moines to decide the Iowa state football championship. Grinnell defeated Cornell last week, eliminating Mount Vernon, leaving Drake and Ames as the contenders. Both teams anticipate a record crowd and neither is confident, with Ames fullback Si Lambert a key threat on place kicks.
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Des Moines
Grinnell
Cornell
Mount Vernon Institution
Aggies
Drake
Lambert
Ames
La Salle Station Promises Comfort on Rock Island Lines
La Salle Station is touted as the heart of the city and the only elevated-loop stop in Chicago. It boasts a spacious lobby, maid attended women's parlor, telegraph booths, baggage rooms, and a top-notch restaurant used by Chicago business leaders. The ad promotes easy access to hotels, shopping, and rapid daily trains to Chicago with timetables available from Rock Island Lines.
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Chicago
Rock Island
la Salle Station
Kansas
Leading Schools Clash in Iowa Championship Showdown
The article notes top national schools preparing for the Iowa championship battleground with limited other contests on the schedule.
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Iowa
Editor Exonerates Cedar Rapids Oil On Adulteration Claims
Chief State Oil Inspector H. M. Pickell writes Des Moines on Nov 17 1908 defending Cedar Rapids Oil Co asserting sample tests show acceptable flash point 112 degrees and criticizing public accusations as misconduct by refiners rather than dealers. He urges notifying concerned parties to settle goods disposition and cites several districts where adulteration occurred as not proof against Cedar Rapids.
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Ft. Dodge
H. M. Pickell
Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Oil Co
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Standard Oil Company
Iowa City
Council Bluffs
Keokuk
H. M. Pickelus
Tornado Toll Rises in Western Arkansas
Latest reports from western Arkansas after Monday’s tornado list 16 known dead with six possible deceased, and 23 injured including three fatally. Dispatch from Little Rock notes ongoing casualty tallies and relief efforts.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
In the Conservatory Proposals Heard at a Plant Parlor
A playful dialogue in the Conservatory features a rubber plant asking about attendance and proposals. The palm counts over seventy five proposals and about twenty five men present. The rose blushes as debutantes are referenced in this humorous Cincinnati Enquirer piece.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
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