City Council Looks At Light Plant and Wages
The June council meeting passed first readings for the New Light Plant ordinance and the related bond insurance, with a full vote for the light measure and a split on the permit. Officials reviewed street work, crosswalk bricks, and a new switch tower near the Parkinson coal yards, while wage schedules for sewer and street labor were adopted for nine months.
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Board of Supervisors
Hebener
Miller
Walther
Aait
Mason
Joy Emry
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Parkinson
Sewer Department
Milwaukee Men Strike Over Wage Increase
Milwaukee shop employees in Sioux City walked out yesterday morning after the road refused a wage rise given in other shops. In Osage a colored youth, Linton Martin, seventeen, led his class at high school exercises and earned a scholarship as top student.
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Sioux City
Milwaukee
Osage
Linton Martin
Canal battle shapes canal vote as lawmakers push decisions
Washington dispatch details intense lobbying by senators on Nicaragua and Panama routes, with Hanna and Kittredge backing Panama and Morgan leaning Nicaragua. Analysts think Panama may win though full canal authorization remains doubtful. army promotions spark complaints over staff-to-line transfers, and Joe Cannon dominates debate with sharp testimony and stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Senate
Hanna
Nicaragua
Hlepburn
Spooner
Wood
Medical Corps
MacArthur
Carter
Biles
Joe
Joe” Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Coe College Scholar to Work Through Institution
Waterloo reports a student will accept a scholarship and work his way through Coe College in Waterloo, with June 1 listed as a key date. A separate item notes Eugene Russell losing an eye and sustaining facial injuries in a gas plant accident at Waterloo Gas and Electric Company. Decorah, June 1. The Decorah flood cleanup continues with about 2000 loads of wreckage removed by the city and 500 by residents, as debris and mud are removed from streets and lawns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Waterloo
Waterloo Gas and Electric Company
Eugene Russell
Hugo and visitors noted in county news gossip
June county items report Hugo Bigler and Colorado wife visiting Rev Romig. Mrs. W F Mikech of Muscatine visits her parents, John and Mrs Mauthe. Clara Groendycke returns from teaching in Minnesota. Children’s Day exercises draw a decent crowd despite rain. Varmint kills 21 spring chickens at Julia Gardner’s. Tombstones damaged by storm. A telegraph line to Washington may be laid soon. Chamberlains Cough Remedy praised by a local mother.
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Hugo Bigler
Colorado
Romig
Bigler Ie
W. F. Mikech
Verna
Muscatine
John Mauthe
Clara Groendycke
Murder Trial Requisition Leads to Oklahoma Territory
Governor Ferguson issued a requisition for Mort Perkins, wanted in Pottawattamie county for murder and linked to the Craven-Casey gang. Sheriff Schram pursued Perkins in Indian Territory. a $2,500 reward was posted. Also included is a Missouri requisition for Oscar Broggess, charged with grand larceny in Oregon county. Weather and crop updates follow, noting above normal weekly temperatures, varied rainfall across counties, and strong bay and crop prospects.
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Tom H. Ferguson
Pottawattamie
Mort Perkins
Sidney Schram
Northerne
Indian Territory
Oscar Broggess
C. L. Davis
Oklahoma
H. C. Haynes
Augusta
Grundy
Hardin
Franklin
Humboldt
Marshall
Pocahontas
Cedar
Clayton
Louisa
Washington
Muscatine
Buena Vista
Scott
Interchurch and fraternal convention schedule highlights
A list of upcoming triennial and annual meetings in multiple cities this summer and fall. Notable events include the Triennial Convention in Denver, the National Educational Association in Minneapolis, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Denver, with dates ranging from June to August and contact details for pass information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Sunday School Association
Denver
Col
National Educational Association
Minneapolis
Minn
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Young Peoples’ Christian Union
Society of the United Presbyterian Church
Tacoma
Wash
Keighta of Pythias
San Francisco
Cal
Grand Lodge Benevolent and Protective Order of Bike
Salt Lake City
Utah
National Fraternal Congress
Burlington
Owa
Virulent Cancer Cured by Electric Bitters and Salve
An Elizabeth West Virginia man deemed incurable by doctors was apparently cured using Electric Bitters and Lunklen's Arnica Salve. The druggist G W Roberte reports the case and cites the remedies as expelling poisons and healing blood diseases skin eruptions ulcers and sores. Stewart's Pharmacy stocks Bitters and Salve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Roberte
Elizabeth
W. Va
Lunklen
Stewart's Pharmacy
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Mercer & Chilcote
McCall Bros
Dougherty Bros
West Side
Erec
St. Paul
Galenburg
Oskaloosa
Galesburg
Harwood
Sam McCleery
State News
THE
Columbia Pharmacy
J. BE. Lemmon
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Seeston
Canal
Morgan
Manna
Tianna
Leutenant
Kittredge
South Dakota
the Canal Outlook
Wadsworth
New York
Representative Holliday
Indiana
Cannon
Joe Cannon
Lusk’s
Salmon
Arthur W. Dunn
Decorah
Mirace Meith
Bue Island
Mion
Kate Mauthe
Glenwood
Iowa
Emma Buxbaum
Locian Creek
Charley Wilburn
Grace Hill
W.A Streeter
Oiaumwa
W. Sankey
W. A. Alkire
Asabhel Robertson
Waukee
Lestington
Neck of the Woods
Julia Gardner
Birdie Henderson
Epworth League
Oxford
Clara Sargent
Little Girls
Kansas
Timmons
Wellman
Agnes Bishop
Keota
Germany
Mull
Carris
Chamberlain
H. J. Strickfaden
World-Herald
Fair Haven
Cook & Sherman
Young
Blossom
Crop Bulletin
Keru
Chhildren
Beg, Fox
Miles
Nervine
Hastina
Nes
Harry
B. M. Tindall
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
Rich
SOL Rich & CO
Clothiers & Tailors
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