Rail extension work powers fourteen trains and new road master
The Muscatine Rutledge extension of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul is active with fourteen work trains and a pile driver. Telegraph lines are being laid, with a Western Union wire to Ottumwa expected by next Tuesday. Frank M. Harnoske named road master, moving from the BK and Iowa line, with his family likely relocating from Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Rutledge
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Davenport
Here
Muscatine
Western Union
Ottomwn
Titus Station
Lowa
Cone
Titus
Masking
Milwaukee
Hinton Place
Skunk River
Tron Bridge
Spkunk River
Richland
Long Creek
Lowa River
Frank M. Harnoske
Oxford
Corner Stone Laying Of Concord Christian Science Church
The ceremony occurred at 2 p.m. in Concord New Hampshire as Mrs Mary Baker Eddy led the corner stone laying for a new church to house the First Church of Christ Scientist. The edifice, a Gothic granite building 120 by 80 feet, will accommodate 1000 and include reading rooms and space for Mrs Eddy when she visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Concord, New Hampshire
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Concord
N. WH
Keddy
N. H
Mary Baker Eddy
N. Y
Mary Baker G. Addy
Concord Scientists
Boston
Mrs. Eddy
Fred R. Ladd
Joseph Dwight
J. Wesley Plummer
Borrowed Smiles and Snippets of Local Wit
A Missouri obituary column includes a short poem about loss and a window, curtain, and microbe. A piece lampoons University of California President Wheeler for drinking in public and jokes about Kansas private drinking norms and dandelions. A Kansas editor hints at marriage as a solution to lawn blooms. A Washington Story quip ends with a party joke about floral decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Wheeler
University of California
Kansas
Mr. Comrox
Washington
Rock Island surveyors in Fairfield seek track changes
Crenshaw and EB Collins with 25 surveyors are in Fairfield compiling notes for a Rock Island line between Washington and Eldon. They hint at straightening the track and potential drastic changes as Rock Island competes with Burlington and Milwaukee plans to double track the southwest division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crenshaw
HH. Collins
Rock Island
Washington
Eldon
Mr. Crenshaw
Mr. Collins
Ridon
Burlington
Milwaukee
Fairfield Journal
Remarkable Cure of Diarrhoea Promoted by Remedy
Mrs. Alice Miller of Morgan Texas details a six year battle with severe diarrhoea. After unsuccessful treatments and high costs she tried Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and was cured by one bottle sold at Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Miller
Morgan
Texas
Sean
Bosque County
Chamberlain
Stewart's
Cook & Sherman
Report Negligence by Carrier Boys In Paper Delivery
Office asks prompt reports of any carrier boy negligence in newspaper delivery. Without filing at the office no knowledge of service imperfections.
Verben a man recalls cure by Bucklen’s Amic Saive
F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama says years of pain from piles with 24 tumors were cured by Bucklen's Amic Saive after other treatments failed. He notes the salve also helps burns and aches and claims a price of only 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Gulledge
Verbena
Ala
Bucklen
Amica Saive
Who Boosted Grover in Town Topics Debate
The Journal notes receipt of a marked copy of Town Topics from New York praising Town Topics for first suggesting Grover Cleveland would be a strong Democratic presidential candidate. The piece mentions a dispute with the Brooklyn Eagle and teases further evidence from the Eagle. It also highlights society notes and a lively editorial tone in Town Topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grover Cleveland
Democracy
Brooklyn Eagle
Henry Waterson
Carr Returns from Brief Kansas City Visit
A. B. Carr returned this morning from a brief visit to Kansas City. He did not provide further details about the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Carr
Kansas City
Technically The Mimic War Asks A Grim Question
A dialogue from the Baltimore American imagines a mock battlefield where a brigade faces a regiment and the young officer explains that even a last stand could be carried out technically. The exchange highlights that simulated warfare mirrors real tactics with fatal stakes.
Yacht that tacks itself inspires jokey dream
A man notes a yacht that can tack on its own while another snarks he wishes the self adjusting idea could apply to carpets. The exchange shows light humor about autonomous gear and domestic uses.
Farmer taunts horse over worth to be killed by railroad
A farmer quips at his bulky horse that it is not worth killing unless he can arrange the animal to be killed by a railroad. The remark yields a darkly comic moment reflecting rural farm humor.
Casey O Flaherty in Trouble as Digger Strike Grows
Casey O Flaherty faces trouble as the grave diggers go on strike leaving uncertainty over burial plans. The Kansas City Journal reports interruptions in services and ongoing tension in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
Casey O’flaherty
Murphy
Casey
Lingo Dan by Percival Pollard from Neal Publishing
Percival Pollard from Washington D C introduces Lingo Dan a collection of connected stories centering on a complex hero with wit philosophy and restlessness The book features a supporting counterpoint character described as crude and automatic in aiding Dan Published by Neal Publishing Co Washington D C at price one dollar.
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Lingo Dan
Neal Publishing Co
Washington, D. C
Percival Pollard
Linge Dan
Linvo Dan
Mr. Pollard
Chamberlain's Pain Balm Aids Quick Healing
Slight injuries often disable a man and cause days lost. blood poison can follow. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is an antiseptic liniment that speeds healing of cuts, bruises, and burns and prevents blood poisoning. For sale by Stewart's Pharmacy, Cook & Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Runaway Horse Dodges Collision in City Street
Will Callett had a brief, lively runaway while driving a light delivery wagon. Thrown opposite Fred Neiswanger's marble shop, he was shaken but not seriously hurt and carried to Dixon's real estate office where he soon recovered. The incident followed a faulty shaft and a standing wagon that was overturned. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church postponed its regular meeting to Friday August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Callett
Fred Neiswanger
Dixon
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
McCall Bros Public Sale Offers 75 Tons Hay
McCall Bros announce a sale of 75 tons of bright old hay to clear space for new stock. The notice emphasizes availability and quick disposition.
Excursion to Southeastern Assiniboia Canada
Travelers may join excursions to the Canadian Northwest on the first and third Tuesdays of July and return for 27.00. For details contact Cash Caldren Company, Iowa City, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Northwest
Ith
Canada
Cash Caldren Company
Iowa City
Iowa
Cholera Infantum Remedy Sold at Local Pharmacy
This note presents cholera infantum as a deadly infant illness but asserts a cure with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil. Directions per bottle. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook Sherman.
Miss Lulu Holson Visits Forrest City Sister
From Mr. Leonard a note says a prominent Prohibitionist reports Christ's name left out of the platform but included in a resolution. The United Christian Party will have no state ticket this year though voters are urged to vote intelligently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Ile
United Christian Party
J. F. R. Leonard
No Money in Politics A Debate Between Man of Principle and Senator
A Washington Star dialogue contrasts a principled man favoring no money in politics with Senator Sorghum who argues that without funding, achieving any agenda is unlikely. The exchange highlights tension over money's role in political influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Sorghum
Eight Lectures At Graham With Noted Entertainers
The winter course at Graham under the Academy will present eight first class entertainments for two dollars. Maud Ballington Booth and others will speak on topics including the criminal problem and world progress. Reserved seats no extra charge. Also noting the birth of a son July 13 to Mr and Mrs Lloyd McCutcheon Mt Vernon named James Washburn McCutcheon.
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Graham
Academy
Maud Ballington Booth
J. Dewitt Miller
Father Vaughan
Shakespeare
Booth
Miller
Wilson
Lloyd McQutcheon
Mt. Vernon
James Washburn McCutcheon
Stewart's Pharmacy Plans Buy Back Coca Cholera Remedy Ad
Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman offer a buyback on Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy promising risk free purchase. They claim it is the most successful bowel remedy and never fails, with safety and reliability emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Chamberlain's
Local Inventor Claims End to Electric Lighting
Aquilla Walker of Janesville announces a perfected chemical light inside an airtight glass globe that will surpass incandescent lamps and last forever without renewal. Patents are pending and he plans to license manufacturing across states, aiming for a large fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Aquilla Walker
Ile
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim and Offer
There is widespread catarrh and it is a constitutional disease requiring internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is marketed as the only constitutional remedy, taken in drops or teaspoonfuls, claimed to affect blood and mucous surfaces, with a $100 payoff for any uncured case and circulars available. sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills are recommended as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Water rent due date notice and travel excursion offer
Water rent for July 1903 payable at Washington National Bank until July 25 1903 before collection. Dr Kings New Life Pills advertised as energy boosters at 25 cents a box. Iowa Central excursion sale to San Francisco or Los Angeles August 1 14 1903 with return by October 15 1903 and valid routes and stopovers. City bus line offers prompt service via hotel Colenso and Frank Rogers phone orders.
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Iowa Central
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Calif
Colenso
Frank Rogers
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Ehase
Rockford
Rewosna Wis
Black Cat
Hoy
Race Cat
Chicago
Rockford Hosiery Co
Kenosha, Wis
KEANE
Postoffice
Kaye & Lytle Telephone
East Side Square
Columbia Pharmacy
Lemmon
Rock Island Engineers
Mun
Grover
The
Neal Company
Washington, D.C
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
McCall Bros
Eod
Assiniboia
Northwest Territory
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Mr. Leonard
Lulu Holson
Forrest City
Ida Bailey
Tere
Washington, Lowa
Washington National Bank
F. H. Smith
City Treas
Dr. King
TOG
A. R
San Francis
Colenso Hotel
Keltner
Cmpstes
E. C. Keck
West Washington-st
Oxfords
Harwood
South Side
Washington County
Frank Skubal, Jr
John A. Stewart
John Bray
William Thrap
George K. Thrap
Howard Copland
Gilbert D. Palmer
Silvers Porter
Sarah Thrap
Howard Copeland
BE. Ulrk
State University of Iowa
BE. Clark
of the State University of Iowa
John P. Coe
Eleeta L. Coe
District Court
Frank Skubal
Kreeta L. Coe
Schuyler W Livin
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