Paving Bids Opened in Davenport City Meeting
Davenport city council opened five bids for paving with Portland cement standards. About twenty five interested parties attended. lowest bid by a Davenport firm but others over estimates. Bids include Sennett Chicago 2.57, Snavifer Cedar Rapids 1 Wry 1.084, Harrbin Town City 2.00, Hawkins Davenport 2.19. Council to classify bids and may re advertise.
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Wilson
George Teas
Fairfield
Theo
W. Sennett
Chicago
Ya. Snavifer & Ford
Cedar Rapids
McCarthy Stone Co
Davenport
Wmn
Harrbin
Town City
Hlawk-eye Construction Co
McCarthy Co
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab Refund Offer Notice
Druggist refund offer for Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets if they fail to cure. BW Grove’s signature appears on each box.
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Grove
Ice Harvest Delays Forcing New Ice Man in Town
Marion Anderson, Washingtons new ice man, expects to begin ice harvest tomorrow but cannot obtain ice from Harlington or near Goppock due to high water. He secured ice at Highland Park lake, the old Rock Island reservoir, and the Brinoeh Winter pond south of the city.
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Marion Anderson
Wahington
Harlington
Goppock
Highland Park Lake
Rock Island
Funeral for George C Anderson Set for Tomorrow
Funeral service for the late George C. Anderson will be held tomorrow afternoon at one o clock from the residence of Mr James Laughead on the Heights. Rev W C Allen will lead the service. Interment will follow in the old cemetery.
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George ©. Anderson
James Laughead
Heights
W. C. Allen
Old Cemetery
Funeral services for John Nelson tomorrow at 4:15
The late John Nelson will have his mains held tomorrow afternoon at 4:15 from John Kirkpatrick's residence. Rev. W C Allen will conduct the service and interment is set for Elm Grove Cemetery. A humorous verse about a man in Dubuque appears among readable fragments.
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John Nelson
John Kirkpatrick
Elm Grove Cemetery
Trial of Major Glenn Admits Samar Island Conditions
Testimony in the court martial of Major Kadwin F. Glenn of the Fifth Infantry focuses on general conditions in Samar at the time of the alleged unlawful killing of seven prisoners of war. Glenn testifies about the circular No. 6 orders and the campaign, with Captain Beil detailing the policy and its enforcement.
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Manila
Kadwin F. Glenn
Fifth Infantry
Samar
Dei
Massa
Glenn
Roosevelt signs bill suspending coal duties in Senate vote
Washington January 16 2003 President Roosevelt signed yesterday's bill to suspend duties on foreign coal. The measure passed the Senate unanimously and cleared the House with near unanimous support. Local notes mention deaths travel and daily errands among residents and visiting merchants in multiple towns.
Bea con coal advertising slogan list
A promotional snippet for Bea con coal asserts customers praise its performance with lines like Burns up clean and Makes a hot fire. It claims suitability for steam and furnaces and notes no clinkers in the Beacon alongside sales contact for John Shields & Son and the City Office Columbia Pharmacy.
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John Shields & Son
Tel
Columbia Pharmacy
Kalona Woman Dies After Illness at 68
Mrs. FB Linn, 68, died today at noon at the home of her son E. L. Palmer after about two weeks with lung fever. A Kalona resident for nearly twenty years she was well known locally. Her husband died about a year ago.
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Kalona
FB. Linn
E. L. Palmer
Funeral for Mrs Mealey Held at Stiles Home
Funeral services for the late Mrs A Mealey were held yesterday at 2 30 PM at the home of her daughter Mrs W A Stiles with Rev Schreckengast officiating. Interment followed at City Cemetery. Pallbearers were B W Neal A N Alberson J A Y Ashby W R Jeffrey Dno Adams and J W Ingham.
Carter wins suit for 17 dollars against Petersen brothers
Albert Carter colored of Weestfield in Anderson Indiana won a $17 judgment in superior court against the Petersen brothers after suing for 100 dollars. He said he asked for lunch at their restaurant last August, was charged 25 cents for a sandwich and 5 dollars for a meal, and left without eating. He now works in Lapel.
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Anderson
Ind
Albert Carter
Weestfield
Petersen Brothers
Carter
Veterson Brothers
Peterson's
Lapel
New Century Comfort Bucklen's Acntea Sylve
Millions daily verdict comfort from Bucklen's Acntea Sylve. It kills pain from sores cuts and bruises cures ulcers eruptions salt rheum boils and local skin issues. Removes corns and warts and acts as a pest pile cure. Only 25 cents at Stewart's drug store.
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Bucklen
Stewart's Drug Store
Miss Lacey Frain and Charles Armstrong wed at M E church parsonage
Brighton news records the marriage of Miss Lacey Frain and Mr. Charles Armstrong last evening at 8 30 in the M E church parsonage. The couple plans to establish a home on a farm near Washington.
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Brighton
Lacey Frain
Charles Armstrong
M. EB
Washington
City arrivals and visitors from Chicago
Mr. Sol Rich arrived this afternoon from Chicago on the El Paso flyer. Edw. Walsher returned this morning from a Chicago business trip. Passenger No. 15 was late this forenoon. Mrs. Bishop of Lexington visited the city today. Fred Ryther of Chicago was in the city yesterday. Traffic was heavy and trains ahead delayed two hours.
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Carl Keck
Roy Patterson
Eldon
M. Buchanan
Fairfield
Asa Reid
Keola
Sol Rich
Chicago
el Paso
Bishop
Lexington
Fred Ryther
Unique Missouri sentence for mail robbery shocks judge
In St. Louis Judge Ad ame imposes life plus twenty years hard labor on John Fickler for robbing a mail carrier and the registered mail with threats and weapons. The sentences are cumulative: ten years for robbing the carrier, life for jeopardizing the carrier, and ten more for intimidating the mail. Kansas City meanwhile reports a quiet National Live Stock association convention day with yard visits and a grand ball at Convention hall.
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Ft. Louis
St. Louis
Adame
United States Circuit Court
John Fickler
Missouri
Fickler
Kansas City
National Live Stock Association
Milk men abandon 2 a.m. starts in first delivery rule
Chicago milk drivers vote the first day of the one delivery rule a success as they start between 6 and 7 a.m. They visit each house once and finish deliveries by early afternoon, avoiding the prior 2 a.m. wakeups.
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Chicago
Jan
City Bus Line Order Line Ad Details
Call up phone number 1 at the hotel in Colenso and leave orders. Frank Rogers will promptly attend to them. Mention of Lye Toe suggests a partial signature or request.
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Colenso
Frank Rogers
Remedy for Headache Promises Quick Cure
A Winnie Virginia woman praises Dr King s New Life Pills saying they cured her two year sick headache. The advertisement claims relief from headache constipation and biliousness and lists Stewart s drug store as the seller at 25 cents.
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Mr. A. Webster
Winnie
Dr. King
Stewart's Drug Store
Reduced rates for Stock and Grain Judging and Dairying courses
Reduced rates apply to the special courses in Stock and Grain Judging and Dairying at the Iowa State college. Return tickets are one third the usual rate where full fare receipts exist. Stock judging starts January 26 and continues with cattle and general agricultural topics in evening sessions. Board near the college is $3.50 to $4.00 per week.
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Iowa State Lege Veneery Ltd
Ith
Madison Supreme Court reduces Milwaukee official salary ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court in Madison ruled that Milwaukee Registrar of Deeds Verges must accept a $5,000 salary rather than the approximately $27,000 total he claimed in fees and salary. The court upheld the law that sets him on salary.
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Milwaukee
Supreme Court At
Madison
Increase of Postal Receipts for December 1902
Increase in receipts at the fifty largest U S post offices shows a 14 percent rise from December 1901, totaling 734235 dollars. Dayton Ohio led with a nearly 34 percent gain.
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Washington
United States
Dayton
Mayor Walters' son ill with double pneumonia
Indianapolis report states Mayor Book Walters' 5 year old son John is seriously ill with double pneumonia. He grows weaker daily as doctors say the fever saps his strength.
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Indianapolis
Bookwalters
John
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