Davenport Triumphs Over Geneseo In Close Game
Davenport wins its first regular game at home as Geneseo battles hard. Hinrichsen’s spectacular drop kick in the final minute seals the score. Holliday, Kerrigan, Porter, and Brugman shine for Davenport while Geneseo fights to stay in contention. Attendance around 500.
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Davenport
Davenport Ball Park
Geneseo
Alek
Hinrichsen
Brownlie
Forfer
Berrigan
Menszed
Brugman Wis
Jeff
Sin
Boerichsen
Genesen
Geneser
Holliday
Diven
Porter
Arouch
Binrichsen
Kerrigan
Hollida
Matean
Gane
Hinrichasu
Geneven
Grant
Goenhe
Hinrichson
Brogman
Texter
Gencesy
Brugman
Hinrichgen
Barnholst
Kerrigen
Hanns
Butter
Voss
Scott
Ey Franks
Withrow
Juve Shefter
Shatter
Goembla
Jeffrer
Lrownlie
Rey Barnholit
Brigman Odd Preston
Laffer
Gronen
Davis
Goene
Graule
Binvichken Ane
Preston
Kervignn
Hugh Arr
Amalie
Touse Weimer
Timekooner
C. Meyer
Time of Sialves
Omites
Kerrigmis Jons
Feld—Hinrichsen
Returned Prisoners Are Badly Frightened
Fairfield Indiana October 3 Ed and Charles Patterson escaped from the county jail Wednesday evening and were captured in Burlington Thursday morning. A crowd of 400 600 met them at the station and shouted lynch mobs. They were escorted to the jail as curiosity seekers roamed the corridors. Sheriff Wright sustained blows from an iron bar during the incident.
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Fairfield
Charles Patterson
Burlington
Ely
Forly
Wright
Victory for White Rose at Hardin Memory fair case
Three young men arrested at the Hardin Memory fair for selling White Rose were released. The county seized eighty dive cases and paid the expenses. A chemical examination showed the product contained less than 2 percent alcohol.
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Himpton, Ju
Ocl S
Hardin Memory Fair
Everyman and Under Southern Skies To Play Here
Dramatic revival of Everyman, the oldest English play, staged by Rudolph E. Magnus with a strong supporting company. Also a Davenport engagement of Under Southern Skies, a clean Southern life drama in its fourth season, drawing large audiences and promising a crowded house next Sunday at Burtis.
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Theater-Zoer
Christopher Columbus
Atlantic
Ilbethan Shakespeare Society
Ugland Ti
America
Dali
Rudolph E. Magnus
Hveryman
Magnus
Commins
Wao
Mss
Everyman
Davenport
Jdeger
Pont of Ettendance
Burtis
Paroled inmates return home after Iowa Falls sentence
N A Bucy, sentenced to eight years for forgery, has been paroled and returned to his Aden area home. Bir. Bueyling, who served two years, was released at neighbor and friend request, who deemed the original sentence excessive.
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Iowa Falls
N. A. Bucy
Aden
Bir
Bueyling
Royal Wedding in Spring Plans in Germany
Berlin reports the marriage of the crown prince to the Duchess of Mecklenburg Schwerin is expected in spring, likely May, with ceremonies in Germany. Details remain tentative as plans unfold.
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Berlin
Fiermany
Crees
Wecklenburs- Schwirrin
School for Deaf Opens With Enrollment Rise
The state school for the deaf has opened with 155 students enrolled and about one hundred fifty five. More students are expected as work on two new buildings progresses rapidly.
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Cowie
Rock Island Triumphs Over Kewanee 12 to 9 in Hard Fought Meet
Rock Island beat Kewanee 12 to 9 after a fast, closely contested game Saturday afternoon. Kewanee defensive adjustments limited Rock Island’s early drives, with Rock Island finally breaking through late in the second half for a gainful score, aided by key plays from Litt, Coleman, and Henning as the locals secured the win.
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A. H. Gluter
Rock Island
Rook Iskind
Robert Leg
Kewanee
Marguis
Ke- Wales
Henry County
Mass Plars
Rock Islands
Arms of
Foor
Capt
Lees
McManus
Hemmbeck
Wivantege
Roth Island
Coleham
Lit
Heimieck
Henning
Kewantee Money
Litt
Milddinton
Davenport
Guidence
Aegaid
Coleman Riched
Tory
Rock Tae Tand
Rock I Sland
Harms
Ehrhern
Scott
Letluis
von Galder
Coleman
Mareuis
Esitt
Hetnbeek
Fresh Air Club Defeats Gossip Lane in Baseball Game
The Fresh Air Club beat Gossip Lane 20 to 6 yesterday afternoon on Schroeder’s field. Peterson and Stark pitched for Fresh Air while Thomas and Gertz pitched for Gossip Lane as about 200 attended. Final innings show Fresh Air 4 0 0 4 0 2 and Gossip Lane 0 0 1 0 0 0.
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Schroeer
Schroeder
Fresh Air Club
Peterson
Stark
Gossp
Thomis
Gertz
Fresh Air
OORT
Gussin
Telephone Girl Heiress in Alaska Inheritance Case
Ccl. B Miss Clytie Griggs a 15 year old Kansas City tele phone operator and heiress receives a lawyer letter from Cape Nome Alaska claiming she inherits almost 0.5 million dollars left by her second cousin Mrs Lil lian Winnatt Moore. The estate centers on mining property shares and cash. The relative died in Cape Nome weeks ago.
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Kansasity
Ccl
Sie
Cape Note
Appointment of Iowa State Varsity Battalion Officers
Iowa City October headlines report the University of Iowa battalion expanding beyond any prior size with all companies averaging over capacity. New US Army regulations will take effect immediately under War Department orders. The roster lists Colonel George A. Burnett and Jon Gily as commandant, with Major J. P. Schenck as assistant commandant and a commissioned staff including Major J. G. Muellery Surgeon Captain H. dr. Pritt quartermaster and band director F. R. Motsberry. Company officers include A Champion and Whitley, B Boies and Phelps, C Emmert and Stret, D Fay and Finkbine, among others.
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Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Zyny
United States Army
War Department
George A. Burnett
Jons Gily
Is. W. Ross
F. F. Lovel
TL &. Champion
Cattain
C. ¥. Whitle
L. J. Strude
H. &. Boies
LL. Phelps
B. B. Burnquist
W. Emmert
D. FL Stret
H. CG. Anderson
Yales Defeat American Can Co In Late Inning Thriller
Yales beat American Can Company 4 to 3 as Kerrigan delivered the winning hit in the ninth inning. Latter fanned fifteen for the Yales while Schoenersen fanned five as the teams traded leads throughout. Next Sunday the Yales plan to face Grand?teien, weather permitting.
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Tust
Yales
American Can Company
State of & Tef
Yulea
Beore
Kerrigan
Schoenersen
Mie Yalas
Home Visitors Excursion To Ohio Indiana And Kentucky
An excursion event for visitors by the C B & Q lines invites inquiries at the 305 Brady street ticket office or the Depot foot Perry street for full information on trips to Ohio Indiana and Kentucky.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Brady Street
Perry Street
Finerty to Support Parker in Roosevelts Drift
John F Finerty longtime risk journalist war correspondent and lecturer plans to back Alton B Parker. He travels to New York to meet Parker and party managers and will announce his support publicly at a future date. Finerty leads the United Irish League of the United States with Patrick Egan as president. Egan, a former Chill Minister, backs Roosevelt and the realignment prompts Finerty to oppose Roosevelt's administration.
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Chicago
John F. Finerty
Noudelin
Alion B. Parker
New York
Finerty
United Irish League of the United States
Patrick Egan
Chill
Egan
Colonel Finerty
Roosevelt
Burlington Citizen Dead
Burlington business leader James F. Barr dies after years of illness, severing a prominent presence in the city.
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Burlington
James F. Barr
Whys Defeat Grand Isle Team In 11 To 3 Victory
In Grand Isle yesterday the Whys defeated the Grand Isle team 11 to 3. Dudley delivered a strong outing with 16 strikeouts. The fourth inning proved costly for Grand Isle as the Whys scored six runs. Reed and Wieths pitched for Grand Isle. Kieffert made a notable foul-ball catch as the game unfolded.
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Whys
Grand Isle
Waterloo
Dudley
Grand Isley
Reed
Wieths
Kieffert
Boers Adopt Waiting Plan Amid Denials and Resentment
Johannesburg reports ex general Borhu denies any Boers plot linked to price. Boer leaders face strong blame from Maj. Legeelt who says poverty stems from misused continental funds. Boers push for a representative government, while urging urgent distribution of $15,000,000 owed, to forestall unrest and entrust the funds to Boer leaders.
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Johannesburg
Borhu
Maj. Legeelt
Burgnerland Settlement
Europe
Two People Die Same Day In New York Burial Story
New York reports Adaw Larzig aged 60 and his wife, five years younger, buried together in Geoklyo. They died in their home after years of residence. Neither knew the other had died. A physician had informed the husband his wife had only hours to live. She, though very weak, remained conscious and wished his presence at her side as she passed.
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New York
Adaw Larzig
Geoklyo
Ness
Larzigud
Purity Industrial Home Nears Completion In Marionville
Purity Industrial home in Marionville received a $1,000 donation toward finishing the building. The project now nears completion except for the furnace. A large block with a frame house on the lot has beer purchased and two girls’ homes have been opened. Twenty-nine students are currently working their way through school in a blacksmith shop kitchen and barber shop. They pledge Cor believed against whisky and tobacco.
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Marionville
Boys” Purity Industrial Home Hal
Stranded actresses given transportation to Cincinnati
Dayton Oct 2 stranded by a Toledo theater firm. Mrs Maude Berville 44 and daughter Luella 16 were provided transport to Middletown as the company’s manager left town without paying the employer.
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Dayton
Toledo
Cincinnati
Maude Berville
Ane
Luella
Frowns on Festivity in Wilkesbarre Meeting
In Wilkesbarre on October 2, Reverend Wilmer Evans Coftiann of the Derraneeton church warned that church entertainments and suppers with festivals have grown too large a drain on the community. He said they burden workers and foster spiritual poverty at a gathering of the Methodist Ministers association.
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Wilkesbarre
Marse
Gorlarsa
Wilmer Evans Coftiann
Derraneeton Church
Methodist Ministers Association
Castner ditch damages eyed in Hamilton county plan
Webster City Oct 3 claims committee is adjusting damages for the Castner ditch draining Liberty Bleksburg and Williams townships. The monster ditch will be about fourteen miles long with a watershed of 12 900 acres and three branches. Estimated cost 25 803? plus engineering 1 500 totals 27 303. The project is the longest drain in Hamilton County and may be surpassed by a Marion ditch under discussion.
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Webster City
Liberty
Bleksburg
Williams
Board of Supervisors
J. N. Garth
W. N. Maakestad
W. J. Monroe
Hamilton County
Marion
False Oil Option Scam Sent By Express To Iowa City
Webster City Oct 3 report says a Louisiana company sent by express a batch of options on Capital oil fields to Postmaster R G Clark with a letter offering a 20 percent commission to handle their options. The letters warn to correspond by express. The scam has circulated to Iowa figures before. Clark has not accepted the proposition and has discarded the literature and options.
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Webster City
United States
Louisiana Company
Express
Louisiana
R. G. Clark
Iowa
Express Company
Clark
Uxbtei
Waterloo
Saloon and milk wagon ban ordered in Lexington
Following pressure from the Citizens' League and the Fayette County Grand Jury the Police Commission ordered Lexington police to close every business house barber shop and saloon and stop milk wagons and all Sabbath work. Intimations say newspapers may be included in the order.
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Lexington
Fayette County
Grand Jury
Citizens’ League
Police Commission
Scalding accident claims life of young Dayton boy
In Dayton Ohio a 38 month old child, son of August Herrman and wife, died from scalds after a boiler or hot water pan she carried across a porch steps and toppled the vessel, scalding the child last evening. Authorities report the incident as a household accident with the pan tipping over. The family, living on TogW street, mourns the loss.
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Dayton, O
August Herrman
Wheel Accident Injures Textan Worker at West Carrollton
Ross Hamrick, an employee of the Friend Paper six at West Carrollton, was severely injured when caught in machinery at work. He was hurled around a wheel, suffering a broken arm and other injuries.
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Textan
Ross Hamrick
Friend Paper Six
West Carrollton
Tragedy Near Adams: Farmer Caleb Fowler Killed by Train
Caleb Fowler, a farmer near Adams, Indiana, was killed instantly when his wagon was struck by a westbound passenger train on the Big Four tracks. He was thrown from the conveyance and died at the scene. Local authorities investigated the accident as a fatal crossing incident.
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Shalbyvile
Ind
Caleb Fowler
Adams
Atrick
Fowler
Jamin Pugh Withdraws From Ninth District Race
Naysyne Ky October 1 Jamin J Pugh who was nominated as Cynthia ta for Congress in the Ninth district has withdrawn from the race A new convention will be held next Saturday and another candidate nominated Also note quick breakfast ready in a minute with Mrs Austins Pancake flour in the text
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Naysyne
Jamin J. Pugh
Cynthiata
Congress
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American Can CO
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Sy Bennett
Ao Gould
Bo Schoenerlen
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Lewis Norgen
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Galery Dudley
Roses
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Vields
Nzhoney
South African Republic
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Brady St
Both Phones
Everybody Loven
Krell & Co
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Kekrell
Chas. Schick
Depaatt
Omre
Ice
Little Bros
Brody Strest
Chas. F. Ranzow & Son
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