Why These Good Times Involve Kemble and Barry
J M Kemble responds to Nick Barry Jr detailing business ties at Baker Mfg Co Muscatine and Davis Rankin Co and mentions stock, debts, royalties, and losses. He disputes Barry’s claims, defends his roles as secretary and treasurer, cites tariff policy and McKinley era politics, and accuses Barry of misremembering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Barry, Jr
Nick
Baker Mfg. Co
John Baker
Muscatine
Barry
Baker
Davis Rankin Co
Chicago
Board of
Gorman Wilson
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Times
Barry Co
McKinley
Boepple
Democratic Council
J. M. Kemble
National Convention Travel Details for Christian Church
National Convention of the Christian Church to be held in Kansas City Missouri from October 11 to 18 1900. Fare is one dollar plus two dollars round trip with tickets on sale October 9 11 12 and 15. Continuous passage in each direction. Return by October 20. Joint agency fee fifty cents per ticket collected at execution. Cc M Gould.
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Kansas City
Cc. M. Gould
Old Soldiers Parade Invitation in Dolliver Friday
Veterans urged to join the Dolliver day parade Friday evening reporting at 7 p m at Iowa Avenue and Third street. Old soldiers will gain reserved speaker stand seating and hear the talk by A G Tyler.
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Dolliver
Iowa Avenue
Third Street
A. G. Tyler
Senator J P Dolliver and Capt Rumple to Speak in Muscatine
Senator J P Dolliver and Captain J N W Rumple will speak in Muscatine on the evening of October 12. The address is expected to draw local residents and supporters ahead of upcoming events.
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J. P. Dolliver
Capt. J. N. W. Rumple
Muscatine
Oriental offers cleaning pressing shoes cigars and tobacco
To the Ladies of Muscatine to the Gentlemen of Muscatine we clean and press your clothing and shine your shoes for $1.00 a month. We also handle the finest line of cigars and tobacco in the city. The Oriental telephone 1,151 102 E. 2nd St.
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The
Oriental
Muscatine
Grand Rally Draws Republicans to Market Square
All in Waiting for the grand rally as Rumple and Dolliver arrive this afternoon on the Firefly at 7 15 PM. A 5000 seat tent on Market Square at Fifth and Iowa Avenue will host speakers from Wilton Letts Columbus Junction West Liberty and other towns. The Columbus Junction band and 52 Fremont voters lead the parade and marching clubs from county townships join the procession.
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Rumple
Dolliver
Wilton
Letts
Columbus Junction
West Liberty
Muscatine
Longstreth
Fifth and
Iowa Avenue
Fremont
High School Officers Elected and Activities Update
The High School Athletic Association reorganized last Wednesday with officers elected: President Charlie Riemcke, Vice President Faye Bennison, Secretary Ray Batterson, and Treasurer Horace Husted. A membership fee of twenty five cents was approved. Visitors Howard Hackett and Miss Anna Bishop attended Tuesday afternoon. The A class roster lists twenty six students including Charlie Riemcke and Grace Schwertfeger. Botany class, guided by Miss Nealy, gathered Saturday in Hershey's pasture. No football team will be organized this fall. some boys may join the town team. The Glee Club is hoped to reorganize soon.
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High School Athletic Association
Charlie Riemcke
Faye Bennison
Ray Batterson
Horace Husted
Howard Hackett
Anna Bishop
Ida Ashcraft
Gretchen Legler
Edward Asthalter
Nellie Meyers
Louis Beard
Grace Millet
Mabel Bitzer
Helen Molis
Ada Chenoweth
Lillian Churchill
Herman Schmidt, Jr
Nellie Downer
Grace Schwertfeger
Ethel Elicker
Florence Schwertfeger
Edna Elicker
Sada Smalley
Henry Edson
Carrie Stienmetz
Frank Hartman
Maynard Thompson
Elizabeth Knopp
Helen Tappe
Sadie Wier
Marie Wilson
Miss Nealy
Hershey's Pasture
Agency assignments stir at Millersburg farm
We are told to Mott Turner of Millersburg. Omer expects to take charge of Clint Bears farm next year.
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Mott Turner
Millersburg
Omer
Clint Bears
Ferdinand III Charley Petersen Lapses Into Hog Drama
Ferdinand III Charley Petersen planned to butcher a hog Monday evening and hang it to chill. He found his watchful dogs had nibbled a shoulder by Tuesday morning, prompting a lighthearted warning to not trust dogs too far.
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Charley Petersen
Charley
Columbus Junction
Hopewell
Nerhaus
Muscatine
Floyd Hessman
Harmon Degraff
John Rinele
Lee Lambert
Robert Murdock
Frank le Quatte
Miss Dunbar
Ferdinand
Marian Lambert
Aledo
Marian
Father Brookhart
Iowa City
Mr. Brookhart
Joe Ryan
Chicago
Masonic Lodge
Buffalo Prairie
Mary Kennedy
Forsythe
Alice
Effie Kennedy
Sam Bonnff
Mort Richards
W. H. Kistler
Byron Drury
Jake Reed
Reed
M. E. Potter
Anna
Louise Peterson
Ross Kennedy
Kennedy
Mrs. Murdock
East Buffalo
Max Coleburg
Max
Miss Louisa
Anna Peterson
E. Potter
Dan Berlet
Frank LeQuatte
Oakley
Thompson Roney
North Buffalo
John Lutz
George
Felix
Petersville notes and social updates from county events
Ed Pulliam traveled 70 miles to move hay ladders from his former home in McDonough county and his mother and two sisters visit old friends. Petersville S S members attended a county convention in Jovy with Laird and daughters, Andress, and Miss Laura and Carrie Mason. Duffields left for two weeks in central Iowa, Rev Thornton resumed duties after a month away, Noble family guests from Nebraska visit, Brockett returns from Connecticut, Cora Nedson visits Joy, Laird visits Aledo, and Omer Bear sold his home place.
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Ed Pulliam
McDonough County
Petersville S. S
Jovy
Laird
Minnie
Andress
Laura
Carrie Mason
Cora Nedson
Miss Laird
Omer Bear
Weeks' Breakp a Cold Tab lets
No cure. No pay. Price 25 cents. J. J. Havercamp is the sole agent.
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J. J. Havercamp
Button Cutter Jobs At Keithsburg Pearl Button Co
Experienced button cutters sought at Keithsburg Pearl Button Co in Keithsburg Illinois. Steady employment offered. no beginners need apply.
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Keithsburg Pearl Button Co
Keithsburg, II
New Corn Arrives as Hogs Hold to Five Cents in Farm Market
The farm market shows no major price changes this week with new corn selling at 30 cents per bushel and hogs around five cents. Early closing plans resurface as grocers propose 8 PM closings on most days, while trade remains slack in fall and winter evenings.
Market Prices at Muscatine for Corn, Hogs and Produce
Muscatine Iowa October prices show corn at 28 cents new, oats 20 cents, rye 45 cents and wheat 65 to 68 cents. Hay Timothy 8.50 to 9.50, apples 20 to 35 cents per peck, bananas 1.00 to 2.50 per bunch, lemons 25 to 40 cents per dozen, oranges 20 to 50 cents per dozen, and various farm items including hogs five dollars and cattle three to three fifty per hundredweight.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Illinois
Graham
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Kemble
Nick Barry
Kemble and
Bar
National Convention of the Christian Church
All In Waiting
McKee
Market Square
Fifth
Chestnut
Mulberry
Siath Street
Ferdinand, III
Petersville
West Sixth Street
West Fourth Street
J. H. Munroe & Son
Journal
PT Dubuque
Boston
Mark——Grain Market Holds
New York
Muscatine Markets
Ter, NY
Sam Borger
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