Plans of arbitraters for Roosevelt arbitration panel
Washington plans for the arbitration of the anthracite coal miners grievances were announced after Roosevelt learned the miners voted to submit their dispute to arbitration. The six appointed arbitrators will meet in Washington on Friday to organize and hear testimony, beginning in Wilkes Barre with hearings later in Philadelphia or New York.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Wilkesbarre
Washington
Mitchell
Bishop Spalding
E. E. Clark
George Gray
John H. Wilson
E. W. Parker
Thomas E. Watkins
Wright
Department of Labor
Pullman Strike Commission
Col. Wright
Philadelphia
New York
Local notes and visits headline SCITY
Mrs Charles Laflin spends day in Rock Island. M F Nolan and P F Ryan visit from Nichols. Rural New York potatoes advertised by Otto & Sons. Mr and Mrs I Saunders welcome a son born Sunday morning. Typhoid patient Mrs John Benninger deteriorates in hospital. Various regional visitors and health remedies appear in city notes.
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I. Saunders
Walter Street
Bilkey Buys Scott House Property on Iowa Avenue
Negotiations closed yesterday for Joseph Bilkey to purchase the Scott house property on Iowa avenue from the Scott estate heirs. John R. Hawley handles the sale for $17,000, with Bilkey taking possession next March to convert the site into a first class hotel. Bilkey already owns the express office building on the avenue and a building on Second street, with the Bilkey estate holding further properties.
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Scott
Iowa Avenue
Joseph Bilkey
John R. Hawley
Bilkey
Third
Iown Avenue
Third Street
Journal Building
Ev. Brandenburg
E. B. Fulham
Muscatine
Avenue
Second Street
E. Reinemund
Elks Race Meet Draws Large City Crowd
The Elks race meet at the fair ground drew many city and nearby residents as streetcars ran crowded. Pauchet's band provided music for the occasion while factories and businesses closed for the afternoon. The band toured the city advertising the event.
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Fair Ground
Elks
Pauchet
Motzorongo Company Ad Promises Reliable Investment
The Motzorongo Company ad highlights C. C. Letts and H. A. Letts in leadership roles with H. W. Huttig and Stephen H. Miller among directors. It touts Iowa business prominence and asserts reliability. The copy stresses Mexican farmland as a lure for investors amid favorable climate and government stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motzorongo Company
C. C. Letts
Webster City
Iowa
H. A. Letts
H. W. Huttig
Muscatine
Stephen H. Miller
Mexico
Tragic near-miss as floodwater blocks Ainsworth crossing
In Ainsworth Iowa on Saturday morning a wagon load of potatoes and a buggy with a wife and their 4 year old child rode into swift creek water after Friday night rains. Will Crozier on horseback rescued them from the current. Mrs Hamil lost about ten dollars. Local property shifts include S B Sands remodeling and D Thompson selling property to Owen Weir. George Sweet travels to Omaha to visit his daughter and Mrs Sweet visits Illinois.
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Ainsworth
Iowa
Jas. Hamil
D. Thompson
Main Street
Owen Weir
H. T. Hites
Geo. Sweet
Omaha
John Willey
Sweet
Illinois
Lowden to Speak in Muscatine Thursday Night
Col Frank Lowden of Chicago will address Muscatine and nearby residents from a republican perspective. The event is expected to draw a large crowd and will be open to the public with women urged to attend. Lowden will be the sole Iowa speaker, under Illinois Speakers Bureau supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Frank ©. Lowden
Chicago
Muscatine
Lowden
Iowa
Speakers Bureau of
Illinois
Samuel Kelley dies after long illness near Sweetland Center
Samuel Kelley of near Sweetland Center died yesterday morning around 7. He was a longtime city resident and prosperous farmer with several children. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at his residence, Rev. McAulay of Wilton to officiate. Interment in Melpine cemetery.
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Samuel Kelley
Sweetland Center
McAulay
Wilton
Melpine
Wanted Girls for Button Factory Finishing Dept
Help wanted for finishing department at Peerless Pearl Button Factory on West Front Street opposite the Rock Island freight depot. No prior experience required. Apply in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Front Street
Rock Island Freight Depot
Peerless Pearl Button Factory
Letts man visits city as health and kids stories emerge
H S Turkington of Letts visits city. Kaisers’ young daughter fell from her pony on Mulberry street and escaped serious injury. Henry Hartman grew ill but survived a potential fatal attack after Dr. Miller's care. Local citizens attend the sixty first Iowa State Baptist convention in Pella. Rev R H Greaves speaks on missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hartman
D. P. Miller
Pella
Iowa
R. H. Greaves
First Baptist Church
Ludwig Pianos Dominant In Local Market
H. Schmidt & Son Co. promotes Ludwig pianos as the leading brand in the area. The ad claims more Ludwigs sold here than any other piano and invites readers to review buyers and judge the instrument’s satisfaction. Muscatine’s old reliable agents announce rapid stock turnover.
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H. Schmidt & Son Co. Muscatine
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Grand Opera House
Wood
Grand Opera
OUSE
Shipman Bros
MR. WM. S. Oni
Missouri
H.C. Klaffenbach
Journal
W. 2Nd Street
Presi
Dent
A. Welk
Jewelers and Opticians
Charles E. Crow
Still College of
O ‘Steopathy
Crow
West Hill Cash Store
H. H. Sharrar
Phone, New
West Hill
J. Linn Hoopes
W. Second St. Eye
Muscatine Business College
Iona Ave
SCITY
Charles Laflin
Rock Island
M. F. Nolan
P. F. Ryan
Nichols
H. J. Ady
John Ireland
Atalissa
Nan
Thiesen
Rena Brownawell
Sweetland Dener
City
Bright
Fulton
Thiesen’s
Columbus Junction
W. A. Smith
H. L. Brown
H. R. Owen
T. J. Coffin
Burbanks
N. Y
Co, Otto & Sons
Jennie Pollock
Orb, Neb
Hallock
John Eade, Sr
Musserville
Frank Sales
E. C. Chapman
Orpha
T. M. Brown
Letts
Vermillion
South Dakota
John Benninger
Koeckeritz & Wagner
Hershey State Bank
Muscatine, Low
SUD
Ialize
IS Dart
Fair Grounds
Fine Home Company
H. S. Turkington
John Kaiser
Mulberry Street
Roscoe Avenue
Dankert’s
Eighth Street
Fourth Street
South Muscatine
East Hill
Butlerville
Fifth Street
North Muscatine
Pairk Place
Tenth Street
Woodlawn
Courthouse
Arnold Land CO
Lows
B.ap
Leysen
East
H. F. Barnard
Ri& P
Mira Hershey Lumber CO
Hershey Lumber Company
Sult
the Queen of Life Readers
Jennettie
EACO
East Second St. Grocery
E. Second St
Phore
Barnard’s Model Laundry
Telephone
Sycamore Stey Ie Ae
Freddie
Reginald
Thompson Bros
W. F. Miksch
Buv
Oregon St
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