Carnival plans loom for Davenport 1908 river fete
Local notes report the Davenport river carnival of 1908 under Commercial Club guidance led by George W. Noth with Henry Von Maur and R. R. Englehart arranging finance and subcommittees. Separate items cover a severe juvenile court case, a Texas flood witness, a threats incident toward Dr. Blancke, and an obituary for Elizabeth Johnson with family lineage and decoration days reports.
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Davenport River
Carnival
Commercial Club
George W. Noth
Carnival Committee
Henry von Maur
R. R. Englehart
Moline cuts shop shifts and orders earlier departures
Silvis railroad shop workers will start 15 minutes earlier and finish 15 minutes earlier in the afternoon. Davenport train crews will leave 15 minutes earlier. The nine hour day shifts now run 7:15 to 12:15 and 1 to 5. The shops reopened yesterday with 900 men, with plans to stay open all month due to piled up work.
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Silvis
Davenport
Foster B Y P A Ice Cream Social Announcement
The Foster B Y P A plans an ice cream sociable at the D A Kleist home on Saturday evening June 6. Rev J R Spiller from Marston IL preached at the Baptist church Sunday evening to a large attentive audience. Misses Belle Reynolds and Hat tie Hill of Rock Island visit the Reynolds home in Wrayville. Mrs Jesse Deakman, recently in Burlington IA, visits her mother Mrs M McNall. Miss Parl Watson finished a successful term at Hazel Dell. Mr and Mrs Lee Freise of Sweet-
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Foster School
Agnes
Alice Gillett
Muscatine
Iowa
F. P. Gillett
J. Middaughs
Copperas Creek
Blanche Drugg
Webb City
D. A. Kleist
Carl Blankenburg
Rock Island
Andy Fryberger
Town
M. Stewart
Ira Boney
Coretta
Frank
Buffalo Prairie
M. '‘McNall
Lela Deakman
New Boston
Ill
McNall
Charles Foster
Floy
Atalissa
Joe Bowser
Naomi
Reynolds Cemetery
Hubbard
Buffalo
M. McNall
Foster B. Y. P. A
J. R. Spiller
Marston
Baptist Church
Belle Reynolds
Hattie Hill
Frank Reynolds
Wrayville
Jesse Deakman
Burlington
Parl Watson
Hazel Dell
M. MecNall
Lee Freise
Sweet
How Walls Breathe According to Baltimore Sun
A Baltimore Sun summary explains whitewashed ceilings reveal faint dark streaks caused by air moving between lath spaces. Plaster walls breathe eight cubic feet per hour per square yard, creating slight suction that pulls dust particles through the lath gaps, forming the ceiling stripes. side walls breathe similarly but upward suction makes stains less noticeable.
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Baltimore Sun
Deforestation Opposed in Southern Verse
An Atlanta Constitution poem argues to save trees for mankind towns and wildlife. Trees provide shade for water lilies and nest for birds while rivers and cattle benefit from their presence. The piece laments cutting trees, praising their shelter and peace for fields towns and nature.
Huge Siberian Waterway Concept Prompts Survey Plans
Russia weighs a vast waterway across Siberia linking the Tobol Ishim Irtish Ob and Yenisei rivers by canals or light railways. The government has ordered sensitive surveys to evaluate the feasibility of a project aligned near the Trans-Siberian route. Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted by Tom Moore of Cochran Ga as a cure for a persistent foot sore.
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Russia
Siberia
Siberian
Tobol
Ishim
Irtish
Yenisei
Bucklen
Tom Moore
Cochran Ga
Markets Show Mixed Wheat Corn and Hog Trends
Chicago quotes mark July wheat at 90 to 91 with near term activity around 87 to 89 and December 89. Corn steadies near 68 with September around 67. Hog prices hover 13.65 to 14.00 for July and September, while cattle start firm and hogs on the day end weak. Receipts total 12,000 hogs and 2,000 cattle, with regional ops in Omaha and Kansas City showing varied results.
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Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
Reeves
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Livestock and Feed Prices Across Markets Reported
The report lists lambs at 25.00 with cattle steer prices from 3.00 to 6.00, cows and heifers 2.00 to 4.00, calves 4.00 to 5.50. Feed and grain show oats 5c to 54c, Timothy hay 11 to 13, prairie 7 to 10, clover 10 to 11, straw 6.00, coal lump 14c per bushel and slack 8c per bushel.
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Cork
Timothy Hay
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Bollinger
Henry Ditzen
Texas
H. N. Anderson
Main Street
Sexton
Grace Cathedral
Santo
Brazos
Anderson
Julius Ehlert
Ninth and Western Avenue
Duck Creek Bridge
Jersey Ridge Road
W. H. Blancke
Dr. Blanche
Carthage College
Elizabeth Johnson
Benjamin Johnson
Harrison County
Kentucky
Jennings County
Indiana
F. C. Johnson
Maggie Robinson
Land ‘Center
Emma Anderson
Copperas
John McGinnis
Bernie Reynolds
Nellie Ahischlager
Arizona Watson
Carrie Freyermuth
Frank Thomas
Stella
Illinois City
Reynolds Memorial Association
James Britton
Andalusia
Britton
Archers
Maurice Bockeaert
William Tell Club
William Tell Archery Club
Pete Vershaw
Fourteenth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Watch Tower
Frey
John Deere. Plow Company
Leonard Construction Company
Neb
Moline
Rock Island Road
S. D. Hicks
Theodore Charlberg
Hicks
Eighteenth Avenue
John
Oscar Nelson
Government Bridge
Second Street
Nelson
Sweden
America
Martha Larson
Charles
Arvid
Donlin
Kelly
Arizona
Foster
AER Oil Company Incorporated
Atlanta Constitution
Madame Yale
Yale
Ste Sor
Liverpool
New York
U. P
U. S. Steel
Reading
Southern Pacific
N. Y. Central
Missouri Pacific
Smelters
Canadian Pacific
Milwaukee
L. Frank & Son Company
KNABE
D'Albert
Totten
Music House
Second Avenue
Walsh
Dr. Walsh
Chicago Medical Institute
West Third Street
Tetter
Chamberlain
M. H. Rodney & Co
Almond, Ala
Wateer Deng
Dwigt
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