Neiswanger Named To Regimental Commissary Camp Preparations Underway
The Fiftieth Iowa National Guard prepares for camp in Ottumwa starting August 15 with Lt. C. J. Wilson and new Commissary Sergeant Clayton Neiswanger traveling to arrange subsistence and logistics. Extra drills and noncommissioned officer courses accompany plans to improve extended order drill and battalion maneuvers, while Ottumwa residents are urged to attend and support the troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Wilson
Fiftieth
Iowa National Guard
Ottumwa
Clayton Neiswanger
Adj
Kyera
Caughlin
New Lines Spur Growth Along Burlington Cedar Rapids Line
The Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway reports rapid town prosperity along its routes. It highlights recent completion of a Worthington to Hardwick segment and vigorous construction from Germania toward Faribault, Minnesota, with new towns platted and dairy-rich counties cited. An appeal invites men to pioneer in new business centers and establish estates near raw materials, directed to St Gen’s Townsite Agent Taos H Brown in Sioux Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Worthington
Nobles County
Hardwick
Rock County
Minnesota
Reading
Wilmot
Lismore
Kenneth
Germania
Kossuth
Winnebago
Iowa
Faribault
Freeborn
Steele
Rice
United States
Lake
Winnebago County
Walters
Faribault County
Taos
H. Brown
Sioux Falls
St. Gen's
New Lines
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co
Dwight's Complexion Beautifier Free Trial Offer
An old EvEN ING JOURNAL notice promotes Dwight's Complexion Beautifier as pure and harmless and offers a free full size box to each lady who sends her address and ten cents to cover packing and postage. Only one free box per address. It also notes the JOURNAL office provides engraving services and invites public to inspect stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Dwight
D. W. Custer & Co
Huntington, W. Va
Musical Talk by Mr G K Whitmore At Academy Chapel
Chicago musical director Mr G K Whitmore will speak to interested people at the Academy Chapel Saturday evening August 4 at eight o'clock. He aims to settle here as a teacher of sight reading choral work and voice culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Whitmore
Chicago
Academy Chapel
Taxpayers Lose Appeal Over County Valuations
Judge Carter declares the board of review’s power absolute for county property valuations and denies appeals for over assessments unless fraud is shown. The ruling shields civil courts from hearing owner complaints amid delinquent tax judgments totaling $1.67 million. Also reports league baseball scores and a dividend for Foster creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carter
Board of Review
Wheatley and Thompson
Four Drownings at Ocean Grove Shock Philadelphia Visit
Four girls from Philadelphia drowned while bathing at Ocean Grove New Jersey. Ocean Grove drowning incident reported as part of a string of perilous summer outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Wis
Commissioner of Pensions
New York
Ice Trust
Philadelphia
Ocean Grove
N. J
Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee
Hanover National Bank of New York
Citizens’ National Bank
Oconto
Peace Congress
Paris
Scofield
H. E. Nicolai
Big Bend
Wisconsin
Farmers’ National Convention
Colorado Springs
Colo
Randolph Churchill
London
George Cornwallis-West
Heat Prostration Strikes Eldon Brakeman
Clarence Sewell, a brakeman on Rock Island No 86, collapsed from heat in the C R I P yards in this city. He was carried to the depot baggage room, given treatment by Drs. Jenkins and Hull, then moved to Eldon last night and reported better today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Sewell
Eldon
Mr. Sewell
Sewell
Jenkins
Rock Island
Hull
Iowa National Guard towear crape for Senator Gear
Governor Shaw through Adjutant General Byers orders Company D and all National Guard members to wear crape on left arm and swords and place colors of regiments in mourning for thirty days due to the death of Senator John H. Gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Byers
National Guard
John H. Gear
Iowa National Guard
Excitement on the square after nine o clock
A pair of horses broke loose from a Kalona driver near Hotel Allen causing a lively scene as the crowd gathered. One horse was captured, the other likely returned to Kalona, with many spectators present. A later note advertises Crawford's Steam Laundry and a Del Otero dancing party with a cake walk featuring G Logan Payne, H L Jones, and G Little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Shillig
Kalona
Hotel Allen
del Otero
Messrs and Mesdames
G. Logan Payne
Herbert L. Jones
George Little
Minneapolis Journal
Picnic party heads to Chicago for a day on the lake
A morning outing to Chicagua for a day of picnicking and boating enjoyed ideal weather. The party included Miss Gertrude Smith, Josephine Babcock, Kate Bell, Doll Buckley, Hallie Berdo, and Messrs. Dudley Crone, Roy Raguet, Will Walton, John Babcock, Lloyd Lytle, Howard Jeffrey, and Mr. Beckett of Blue Mound. George and Florence, visiting Mt. Pleasant and Richland, passed through en route to Chicago where they will reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicagua
O. K
Gertrude Smith
Josephine Babcock
Kate Bell
Doll Buckley
Hallie Berdo
Messrs
Dudley Crone
Roy Raguet
Will Walton
John Babcock
Lloyd Lytle
Howard Jeffrey
Mr. Beckett
Blue Mound
Lit
Will Sherman
Mr.g Logan Payne
George
Florence
Mt. Pleasant
Richland
Chicago
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Mercer & Chilcote
Garner
Percales
Bulletin
Fe Yard
Washington
Sol. Rich & Co
Walther
Washington, Iowa
Hotel Grace
Col. Jackson Boulevard
Clark St
Chicago, Ilinois
Post Office
Board of Trade
C. C. Collins
Prop
Cary
Buffalo, N.Y., U. S. A
Gov't
Neiswanger
Washington, D. C
The
Journal
Sporting Life
Breiter
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Detroit
Indianapolis
Chas. Foster
Fostoria
Foster & Co
Charles Foster
Foster
Madison Medicine Co
Nicola & Harmon
Crawford’s
Coppock
Dr. Hays
A. S. Hays
Temple Building
Squre
Uitra
Ultra
West Side
Ashby & Nicola
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