Inquest Possible in Stephens Case
Doctors attending Arthur Stephens say they cannot sign the death certificate and a coroner’s inquest is likely. Symptoms suggested poisoning by hydrocyanic acid with respiratory paralysis. the coroner has not acted yet and a full investigation is anticipated once the family or undertaker reports the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wias
Arthur Stepheng
A. Te Weaver
E. K. Tyler
H. Wing
A. J. Weaver
Stephens
Banquet at First Presbyterian Church Parlors Monday
The retail merchants of the city with the Greater Muscatine Commercial Club committees will hold a banquet at the first Presbyterian church parlors Monday evening at seven o'clock. The event will be followed by a discussion of plans for the fall festival week, with the Presbyterian Industrial society serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Muscatine
Commercial Club
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Industrial Society
Steptoe Valley miners get wage raise under copper rule
The Steptoe Valley Smelting and Mining company and Nevada Consolidated Mining announce a new wage scale effective October 1. Employees earning $4 a day or more will get 25 cents extra per day, while those earning under $3 will receive 20 cents more. The move raises camp payroll by over $15,000 monthly as copper stays at 10 cents or higher per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgo
Nev
Steptoe Valley
Destroying the dandruff germ with Herpicide
The article promotes Newbro's Herpicide as a remedy to dandruff and hair loss, claiming the germ damages hair follicles. It outlines two paths to avoid baldness, advocates using Herpicide, and notes genuine product availability and a money back guarantee. Samples and applications are available via mail and barber shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbro
Herpicide Co
Dept. R
Detroit
Mich
Man 70 Weds Girl He Knew as Child in California
John C. Driver 70, from Eldon Missouri, married Naomi Tarwater 19, of South Pasadena. He recalled knowing her since she was a child, even holding her on his knee while gray haired. After a year of wooing, he finally received her consent by letter and traveled west to wed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John C. Driver
Eldon
Naomi Tarwater
South Pasadena
Driver
Miss Tarwater
Eden
Hefty Funeral Monday At Zion Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Hefty who died yesterday at 923 Lucas Street will be held Monday at 2 PM from Lutheran Zion Church. Rev J Waerner will preach. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hefty
Lucas Street
Lutheran Zion Church
J. Waerner
Greenwood Cemetery
Society gossip at Miss Wickey’s eight RP M Club gathering
Miss Maude Wickey hosted the eight RP M club gathering Friday evening with a four course supper and a lively program of games and music. Attendees included Clara Reichert Margaret Cracker Nix Eschelman Sidney Terry Archie Gray Lloyd Cracker and Ellis Buttgean. A male quartet with piano accompaniment by Margaret Cracker performed several vocal selections. Pearl Fancolly former Ottumwa High School teacher is weekend houseguest of Mrs. T R Fitzgerald and a Kensington reception is planned with sixteen guests in attendance.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Grand Opera House
Roy F. Johnson
Frances Beveridge
Jean Shinabarger
Marie Hahn
Mildred Collins
Elizabeth Ferguson
Edith Barnard
Ruth Johnson
Dorothy Holbert
Grace Seem
Lucile Horst
Madeline Mark
Dorothy Berntheisel
Adele Blackwell
Dorothy Bond
Anna ‘Bliven
Bernice Will
Clodine Steller
Gladys Hudler
Frank Moore
Ruth McKee
Mary Elizabeth Lane
Mabel Lowe
Inez Bond
Betty Brown
Wilma Neldig
Mary Atta Hoopes
Paul Freu
J. D. Throop
Attair
Robert Cook
A. Victrola
Miss Wickey
Wiss Pearl Fancoly
Miss Pearl Fancolly
Ottumwa
T. ‘R. Fitzgerald
Iowa Avenue
Fitzgerald
Erring Girl Aided By Court Officers
In Chicago on September 25 19 year old Alice Murphy bride of a few months from Steger Ill faced a disorderly conduct charge in Municipal Judge Wells court Bailiffs and detectives contributed money to send Mrs Murphy home after her arraignment She tearfully recalled a quarrel over a feather for her hat and a failed attempt to find work She said she ran away to seek happiness and hoped to return home to Steger with her husband expressing she would be the happiest girl in the state if allowed to do so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Alice Murphy
Steger
Nicettle
Players Named For World Series Showdown
Cincinnati O Sept 28 Twenty three players from the New York National League club and 22 from the Boston American League club were announced as eligible for the world championship series beginning in New York City in October. Names include Ames Becker Burns Crandall Doyle Devore Fletcher Groh Hadley Herzog McGraw Marquard Mathewson McCormick Merkle Meyers Murray Robinson Shafer Snodgrass Tesreau Wilson Wiltse Ball Bedient Bradley Cady Collins Carrigan Engle Gardner Hall Henricksen Hooper Krug Lewis Nanamaker OBrien Pape Stahl Speaker Thomas Wagner Wood Yerkes.
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Cincinnati
New York City
National Baseball Commission
New York
Ames
Becker
Burns
Crandall
Doyle
Devore
Fletcher
Groh
Hadley
Herzog
McGraw
Marquard
Mathewson
McCormick
Merkle
Meyers
Murray
Robinson
Shafer
Snodgrass
Tesreau
Wilson
Wiltse
Boston
Ball
Bedient
Bradley
Cady
Collins
Carrigan
Engle
Gardner
Hall
Henricksen
Hooper
Krug
Lewis
Nanamaker
O’brien
Pape
Stahl
Speaker
Thomas
Wagner
Wood
Yerkes
Hydroplane Relocates to LeClaire Iowa
The Rex hydroplane built here is now in LeClaire Iowa owned by W J Gardner a pearl dealer. After initial engine trouble the boat surpassed twenty miles per hour in speed trials. Mechanician Dan Alberman left for Davenport to ship new propellers to LeClaire likely boosting speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex
LeClaire
W. J. Gardner
Dan Alderman
Davenport
Island Erupted ash covers Stromboli as villagers flee
As Stromboli erupts violently, ash lapilli and sand blanket the island. Prof Anna tele Ricco, director of Mount Etna Observatory, notes the crater with six eruptive orifices is over 350 yards wide and unapproachable. Islanders abandon inland villages for the coast, amid unbearable heat.
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Stromboli
Cantania
Annatele Ricco
Mount Etno Observatory
San Vincenzo
Young Men’s Christian Association membership drive extended
The Y M C A membership campaign, begun last Monday, will continue a second week due to renewed interest. Teams led by Paul Kent and Ralf Grigsby have earned points, with Kent slightly ahead though final standings are not yet announced. Leonard Paulson of Des Moines spoke at the kickoff, and the winning team will be treated to a dinner by association officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Christian Association
J. B. McNiel
Paul Kent
Ralf Grigsby
Kent
Grigsb
MeNtel
Leonard Paulson
Des Moines
Boys’ Department
Association
Officials Blamed for Vice Situation in Chicago
Chicago September grand jury report alleges collusion between city officials and resort keepers in a county wide vice probe. Witnesses name police officials and claim protection money paid to police across the city. Clergy and editors provide testimony while no-bills are returned for several suspects in West Hammond and Chicago area vice cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Elmer L. Williams
Grace Episcopal Church
Arthur Burrage Farwell
Chicago Law and Order League
Harrison
McWeeny
Walter Howey
H. R. Durand
Special Train Through City With Rail Board Tour
A special Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul train carrying nearly a hundred directors and officers will pass through the city this afternoon. The inspection tour began in Milwaukee and will end in Kansas City, marking the first directors’ through- Muscatine visit in years with a brief stop for about a few minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
City
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Muscatine
Nine Men Sentenced for Selling Baseball Pools in Pittsburgh
Nine men in Pittsburgh were sentenced for selling baseball pools. Seven men were paroled for a year, two were fined $100 and given parole. The prosecutions were led by Governor John K Tener of Pennsylvania and Barney Dreyfuss of the Pittsburgh National League team.
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Pittsburgh
Ept
John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
Barney Dreyfuss
Stephens Funeral Monday for Arthur G Stephens
Arthur G Stephens who died suddenly at 618 Iowa Avenue will have funeral services Monday at 2 30 PM. Ray J B Rendall will conduct and preach the sermon at the home. Interment follows at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Arthur Stephens
Arthur G. Stephens
Iowa Avenue
Ray
J. B. Rendall
Greenwood Cemetery
Nicaraguan Rebels Bombardment Study Reports Civilian Harm
Washington report cites 132 women and children struck by projectiles during Mana gua bombardment, while no men were injured. Separate notice from White Plains reports A M McGregor Home for the Aged in East Cleveland to receive over 700000 from Mrs. Marshall O. Terry will and trust, 200000 outright and 500000 on husband’s death with income to be paid to the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Weitzel
Managua
Home For
White Plains
Gascarets Promise Quick Relief From Digestive Woes
The ad touts Cascarets with claims of clearing headaches and biliousness, sweetening the stomach, regulating liver and bowels, and removing sour undigested matter and gas. A 10 cent box is advertised to keep heads clear and moods bright for months, with a note to consider children.
Lowly Beaneaters Drub Champs 2-1 in New York
New York games opener features Hess dominant on mound and a 2-1 Beaneaters win over the Giants in a double bill. Tesreau matches Hess in a pitching duel as Brooklyn blanks Philadelphia 1-0 before Philadelphia Athletics win in ten innings 5-6 over the Yankees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Athletics
Philadelphia
Yankees
Brown and Egan
Warhop
Sweeney
Danish Theological Seminary to Join Des Moines College
Danish Baptist Church leaders at a general conference announce moving the Danish theological seminary from Morgan Park Illinois to Des Moines Iowa. The seminary will become part of Des Moines Baptist College, effective 1913, ending a lengthy alliance with the University of Chicago divinity school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danish Theological Seminary
Des Moines College
Clark's Grove
Minn
Danish Baptist Church of the
Huber Funeral Held for John Huber
Funeral services for John Huber of 1025 Stone Street were held Friday at St. Mary's Church with Rev. Father Grieser officiating. Interment followed in St. Mary's Cemetery. Pallbearers were HH. F. Boston Henry Kindler William Metzentine Ignatius Hestenlehner Claus Lemkau and Joseph Vanatta. Moose Attention dues for the last quarter of this year are now due and payable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Huber
Stone Street
St. Mary's Church
Father Grieser
St. Mary's Cemetery
HH. F. Boston
Henry Kindler
William Metzentine
Ignatius Hestenlehner
Claus Lemkau
Joseph Vanatta
YWCA Vespers Cancelled Sunday Afternoon
No vesper service at the Young Women's Christian Association Sunday afternoon. Rooms open as usual. Bible class led by Miss Florence Wale tomorrow. Geneva delegates meeting postponed for one week from tomorrow.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Florence Wale
Geneva
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