Suspects Arrested In Horse Theft Case In Muscatine
Two alleged criminals tied to a western Illinois and eastern Iowa horse theft ring are detained by Muscatine police after Deputy Chief James McElravy spotted a couple matching a prior description near the post office. They were jailed pending identification and may aid a wide-spread case. Also arrested were A M McCullough on mortgage fraud accusations involving a wagon loan, and Joe Peterson for intoxication and larceny.
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James McElravy
Illinois
Iowa
A. M. McCullough
Howard M. Bartlett
Justice Court
H. S. Howe
Bartlett
McCullough
District Court
Joe Peterson
Justine Eversmeyer
Home Visitor Excursions to Ohio and Indiana
On September 2, 9, 16 and 23 in 1902 Iowa Central Railway sells round trip excursion tickets to Ohio and Indiana at a low rate. Tickets valid 30 days from sale. For details contact local agents or A B Cutts G P and A Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Iowa Central Railway
Ohio
Indiana
A. B. Cutts
G. P
Minneapolis
Minn
Came Near Being a Cripple
Josh Westhafer of Loogootee Indiana is described as a poor man who would not be without Chamberlain’s Pain Balm even if it cost five dollars per bottle. The item’s value is highlighted through his testimonial about pain relief.
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Josh Westhafer
Loogootee, Ind
Chamberlain
Liniment Promises Quick Relief for Aches and Paralysis
A vintage advertisement touts a liniment as the best remedy for stiff joints contracted muscles stiff neck sprains and rheumatic pains. It claims to save users from crippling disability and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
Weekly stock index snapshot with varied closing figures
The page lists performance percentages for multiple railways and industries including Atchison and Pac. unions, Erie, Reading, U.S. Steel, Chicago Gas, Copper, Leather, and others. Numerous percentages reflect market quotes, with highs and lows noted alongside firm names and trade abbreviations.
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Atchison
Can
Tex
Erie
Penna
Reading
St. Paul
Wabash
Wab
U. S. Steel
Chi
Ase Ae Manhun
Wst
Auctioneer to run sales in or out of city at low rates
Auctioneer offers sales in or out of Muscatine Iowa at low rates with satisfaction guaranteed or no pay referenced via U S Express office in Muscatine Iowa.
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U. S. Express Office
Muscatine
Iowa
Colored Methodists Session Ends in Iowa with New Appointments
The twentieth annual session of the Iowa conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, led by Bishop Abraham Grant, closed in Oskaloosa. Presiding elder assignments include J. W. Malone in Des Moines, H. S. Graves in Keokuk, T. W. Lewis in Buxton, R. H. Williamson in Burlington, and Cornelia Wright in Oskaloosa, among others, detailing clergy shifts across multiple towns.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Abraham Grant
J. W. Malone
Des Moines
H. S. Graves
Keokuk
T. W. Lewis
Buxton
R. H. Williamson
Burlington
Wm. Williams
Ottumwa
Keosauqua
M. I. Gordon
Mt. Pleasant
Robert Wilson
Davenport
J. D. Peterson
Clinton
W. A. Sercy
Dubuque
O. A. Basefield
Cedar Rapids
A. Boyd
Muscatine
F. J. Peterson
Washington
Cornelia Wright
J. R. Clemmins
Newton
Colfax
W. H. Speese
Albia
Hilton
Marriage License Issued And Local Visits Noted
Miss Margaret Nicola of Nichols visited the city today. A marriage license was issued to Z Manhardt and Josie Whisler. Arch Tyler and family from Alta Mont, Missouri, are visiting. Homer Vincent travels to Chicago to resume pharmacy studies. Charles Lyberger returns to play with Mechanic's band. Yeomen meet this evening to address business. Dentists plan a river fishing excursion. Col J W Cheek and wife from Des Moines attend Crocker brigade reunion. Mrs Cheek to sing. they stay with Col J H Munroe. Niagara Falls routes offer low fares to New York and Washington with specific sale dates. Mrs A M Snyder of West Liberty is gravely ill. relatives travel to aid.
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J. W. Cheek
Des Moines
Crocker Brigade
Elks to Sponsor Weeklong Carnival in Muscatine
The Muscatine Elks lodge seeks city approval for a weeklong carnival on the city lot starting October 13. Ten to fifteen clean shows, including dime museum acts and Flying Lunette, will entertain locals and visitors with strict anti immoral safeguards. A promoter will run the events under lodge oversight.
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Elks Lodge
Muscatine
Sycamore
The
Elks
Reader magazine to launch in New York next month
A new illustrated magazine titled The Reader will begin in New York next month. It aims to entertain and inform with reviews bibliography libraries drama poems and short stories. The 25 cent publication features a striking Alfred Brennan cover and includes contributions from Gelett Burgess John Barry Alice Brown Bliss Carman Dooley Caroline Duer and others.
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New York
United States
Alfred Brennan
Republicans of Lake Township Caucus At Lucas Grove
Lake township Republicans meet Saturday evening at Lucas Grove School House to nominate a township ticket in a caucus conducted by local party leaders and residents.
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Lake Township
Lucas Grove
Butcher bird improvised larder to feed mate during seclusion
A Country Life note explains the butcher bird uses impaled prey like a hedge larder to feed its mate during her period of seclusion. The male drags large prey to a nest area and the female visits to eat, solving the feeding challenge.
Sail a Boat The Easy Way Aboard
A playful guide explains basic sailing by matching hands to controls and warning about mishaps. It notes keep steady wind, avoid slow luffing, and warns against jibing while encouraging a hands on approach.
Reflection on natural construction by bees and ants
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune notes bees lay honeycomb cells to perfectly fit irregular spaces, seeming to deliberate at corners. Ants craft hard smooth roads and tunnel, surpassing human efforts in precision and efficiency.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
There is no such thing as a trifle in life
The quote states every event and action has a root and branch affecting the larger whole. It argues absence or presence of any moment can influence the mass of life, emphasizing interconnectedness.
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Ebachange
How Rural Delivery Kills Trade
The piece weighs rural mail delivery against the old country post office system. It notes advantages for farming communities in education and communication but cites opposition from storekeepers who claim rural routes hurt their business. The debate centers on democratic access versus impact on local commerce.
Farmer Alters Village Mail Routine After Small Purchase
In Leslie's Weekly the farmer stops visiting the village except for essential needs. He now leaves money with the storekeeper and relies on the mail carrier for small purchases, remaining at home unless necessary.
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Leslie's Weekly
The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop to Be Dramatized
A Hollywood style claim notes that American theatrical managers favor successful novels for dramatization. Hamlin Garland's The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop is highlighted as a best selling work now set for a western theater production. The piece stresses rising demand for Western life dramas and the novel's cinematic prairie energy.
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Great West
Will Carleton and Farm Ballads Pioneer American Verse
Will Carleton, famed author of Farm Ballads including Over the Hill to the Poorhouse, Betsey and I Are Out, and How Betsey and I Made Up, rose to prominence with the 1873 Harper edition and founded a new school of distinctly American poetry. He published Farm Festivals and City Ballads, maintaining lasting popularity while editing a magazine and giving readings and lectures nationwide.
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Will Carleton
Betsey and I
Betsey
Harper & Brothers
Carleton
Dublin Winter Tale Prank Features Renowned Black
In a Dublin production of The Winter’s Tale Mary Anderson’s family friend William Black, famed novelist, dressed as a senior extra with a long beard. He roamed the stage delivering impassioned harangues while Perdita distributed flowers. Miss Anderson then gave Black a cake which he shared with fellow supers, delighting the audience.
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Mary Anderson
Dublin
William Black
Miss Anderson
Bisch
Shakespeare
Perdita
Black
Supers
Reunion decision opens Iowa Infantry group to families
At the 35th Iowa Infantry reunion in West Liberty Iowa on October 10 and 11 1900 members voted to admit wives children and widows of comrades to perpetuate the organization. Registrations will receive a badge and invites extend to all eligible family members. R D Bodman. Dailies copy.
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35Th Iowa Infantry Association
West Liberty
R. D. Bodman
Wanted Four Men to Manage Branch Offices
Four men are sought to manage branch offices for a large concern. Applicants must have $2,000 in cash, be able to furnish a $10,000 bond, and provide first class references. For particulars see H. M. Bartlett, attorney at law, over post office.
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H. M. Bartlett
Why Ravens Carried Bread to Elijah and Their Might
A Cornhill Magazine reflection questions the ancient belief that ravens were unlucky and explains the biblical episode where ravens brought bread to Elijah. It cites an Epiphanius Egyptian commentary claiming young ravens are fed by insects until their plumage darkens, after which adults provide for them.
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Elijah
Epiphanius
Evangelist
Cornhill Magazine
Bargain for a kitten and a political vote
An elderly couple recounted a Scottish parliamentary candidate’s visit before the corrupt practices act. The man offered five pounds for a kitten while urging the wife to influence her husband’s vote. The woman replied that her husband acts of his own mind, noting the kitten was cheap and the opponent had already paid ten pounds for its brother.
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M. P
Weel
London
The German Soldier's Meager Wage and Frugal Regulations
The piece notes German soldiers are paid six cents a day and must keep their pay in a neck bag. Officers during inspections may open the bags and inspect contents. If a soldier spends too freely he is reprimanded and punished, as pay must cover his expenses.
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Germany
Golf In Old Perch Picture
In seventeenth century Holland golf appears as a winter pastime amid bright skies and moving figures. Dutch painters Van de Velde Van der Neer Avercamp and Van Goyen depict golf among sledding skating and other winter scenes. Drawings of solitary players convey the sport’s look then.
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Holland
van de Velde
van der Neer
Avercamp
van Goyen
Unreasonable Requests for a Cure Breaks in Joke
A Washington Star quip notes that some customers demand a guarantee that medicine will not worsen a cold. The gist and clerk banter about an exam example and a requests for a cure.
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Washington Star
Tint Why Leap for Life Phrase in Tower Water
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune quip recalls a man asking why the “little lump” made from a tower into the water is called a leap for life. The artist replies that he makes his living by it, implying a risky stunt.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Counting on It anecdote about a philanthropist
A witty exchange between a wife and husband about a small donation to a poor man. The Eminent Philanthropist grins that the amount will grow to ten dollars when it appears in the anecdote column.
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Amanda
Chicago Tribune
Keeping Up Appearances and Social Standin in Washington Star Theory
In a Washington Star excerpt, Mr. Erastus Pinkley debates dog tags and social standing. He concedes the tag’s expense, arguing that spending is necessary to maintain social status, despite doubting the animal’s value.
Regular De Molay Commandery Meeting Wednesday Evening
The De Molay Commandery No. 1 holds its regular conclave tomorrow at 7:30 PM with work planned. The Order of Temple welcomes visiting Sir Knights to attend.
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de Molay Commandery
Order of Temple
Large list of Iowa farms for sale at low prices
No. 18 Elegant farm with 240 acres two miles from town rich black loam cultivated with $5,000 improvements priced at 80 per acre. No. 3 Good prairie farm 317 acres three miles from town well fenced rolling land water on main road priced at 66 per acre. Must be sold at once. Money to loan on farms.
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Iowa
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James McEravy
FE. C. Peto
Colored Methodists
Margaret Nicola
Nichols
City
Z. Manhardt
Josie Whisler
Arch Tyler
Altamont, Mo
Homer Vincent
Chicago
Charles Lyberger
Moline
Mechanic
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Yeomen Hall
Niagara Falls
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Washington, D. C
Boston
W. B. Wheeler
N. W
A. M. Snyder
Hershey Memorial Hospital
Mulberry Street
Arden
Miss Luta
H. E. Wiley
Meat Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Standard Oil Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Lake Republicans
DR. A. M. Lingo, D. D.S
East Second Street
Prairies
K. TF
Soy Pa Eens Ae Elder Witneys
Dharcrron—Champerlin, Kixot & Co
Metropolitan
Charles H. Boyle
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Grand Opera House
McGill and
Shipman
Lem B. Parker
Minnie Dixon Parker
Lem. B. Parker
Fred
Pentzer
Muscatine, Ia
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