Weather and circus items mix in Des Moines and Rock Island notes
Weather reports note generous showers across Iowa easing drought fears with favorable conditions for oats wheat barley and hay while corn progresses well. Separate item reports Ringling Bros buys Forepaugh Sells Bros shows ending a long running circus feud and planning separate operations under Ringling control next season.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ringling Bros
Forepaugh
Rock Island
James A. Bailey
Wallace
Barnum & Bailey
America
Narvis Reappointed Supreme Master Workman of AOUW
William M. Narvis of Muscatine has been re elected as Supreme Master Workman of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. The historic re election comes as the supreme lodge meets in Montreal and Eagle lodge No 10 celebrates the honor with more than 1000 members sending congratulations. Narvis has long served the order from local to state levels and will be warmly welcomed back on his return from Montreal.
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Muscatine
William M. Narvis
Order of United Workmen
Narvis
Supreme Lodge
Lookout Mountain
Hagle Lodge No. 10
Montreal
Fire destroys town barber shop and row of frame buildings
A fire in Peru Iowa at BR J Hickman barber shop caused $22 000 in losses all of a frame shop row. Insurance will cover about $14 000. The blaze broke out about 12 30 Sunday morning and burned for hours before final containment.
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Peru
Iowa
BR. J. Hickman
Gov Hoch appeals for 8000 harvest hands in Kansas
Topeka dispatch states Governor Hoch urges W J Black of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and E S MacLoud of the Western Passenger Association to mobilize labor and secure cheap rail rates within a week to prevent grain losses from a growing harvest shortfall.
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Topeka
Kan
Gov. FE
W. Hoch
W. J. Black
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Chicago
E. S. MacLoud
Western Passenger Association of
Kansas
MacLood
Waverly Man Drowns in Cedar River Fishing Trip
John H. Platte a well known Waverly resident drowned in the Cedar river at noon Sunday during a fishing trip with Mose Quinnell. They fished from a boat near the willows north of the brewery before Platte undressed as the fish stopped biting.
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Waverly
Iowa
John H. Platte
Cedar River
Mose Quinnell
Willows
Broke Up Convention in Iowa as Elephant Interrupts Rally
A visiting showman's elephant dressed with a G. O. P. banner burst into a Republican gathering in Fairfield Iowa causing panic. People rushed to windows and several were injured. James Hillings fell from a window and broke his right arm as the animal trotted through the hall and the keeper regained control.
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Boston Herald
Fairfield
Iowa
James Hillings
Eicher Brothers Form New Law Firm
The firm will be H. M. Eicher and brother E. C. Eicher with Ed Eicher joining after passing the bar. The Eicher family will continue the long standing practice at the old stand and handle the growing law business under strong prospects. Ed Eicher brings a mix of schooling and practical experience to shoulder more of the workload.
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H. M. Eicher
E. C. Eicher
Edw
School Census Underway in Washington Independent District
J. W. Morton, secretary of the district school board, began the annual census of residents ages 5 to 21. He asks all to provide information promptly. The state provides one dollar from the school fund for every school age resident, making yearly census essential.
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J. W. Morton
Washington Independent
Morton
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement asserts deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be reached by local applications. It claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures nine of ten cases caused by catarrh and offers a $100 reward for any cure it cannot achieve, with circulars available.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Photo Studio Ad and Local Society Notes
Dig up the dime and wet our photo. Ten cents for one dozen photos for ten days at Jeffrey's photo rooms over Bowman's store on the south side. Miss Blanche Guthrie returned from Fairfield after a few days visiting friends. Miss Mary Steck went to Oskaloosa for a visit before returning home.
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Jeffrey
Bowman's
South Side
Blanche Guthrie
Fairfield
Mary Steck
Oskaloosa
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W. E. Groendycke
Opera House
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Ancient Order of United
Eicher & Eicher
Klein Klothing Ko
Palmer
Invincible Cigar
McElhinney Drug Co
Parret Knauss
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