Big Show on Saturday at the Graham Theatre
The advance agent of Palmer s Ten Nights in a Bar Room toured the city and booked a single performance at the Graham for next Saturday evening. Tickets cost 25 36 and 50 cents with sales at Anderson and Burroughs starting Thursday morning. Visitors Mr and Mrs Samuel Younkin came to Muscatine yesterday and left last evening. Joe Zimmerman Droz and D Dayton of West Chester paused in the city en route home from a Fairfield horse sale. Reeves and Phillips returned from Lineville with their third local stallion sale in the area.
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Graham
Anderson & Burroughs
Mrs
Samuel Younkin
Muscatine
Joe Zimmerman
Droz
D Dayton
West Chester
Fairfield
Building at Ainsworth Promises Fine 10-Room Home
K W White awarded the contract Tuesday for a 10 room residence in Oak Park addition in Ainsworth Iowa. Visitors include Miss Mabel Dunham and Winifred Laffer visiting relatives and grandparents in the area. Dr KE Wickham and Dr Spessard are noted city visitors, with Spessard recently graduating from Northwestern University.
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Ainsworth
Iowa
K W. White
Returns of the Corbett-Jeffries Fight At Swift's Ball
Returns of the Corbett-Jeffries heavyweight world championship bout will be heard Friday night at Swift's new ball on the north side. A fireman on a C R I & P freight could not shut off a leaking standpipe valve, creating a water fountain that damaged brick pavement. Lightning struck a tree on the R G Vincent farm west of the city during a thunderstorm, stripping bark but causing no injuries. Mrs. Riley of Ottumwa, visiting Crawfordsville, arrived home today and visited W H Riley. An orchestra may be formed under R R Pleiser, with personnel to be announced soon. Geo Black arrived from West Liberty to visit his brother Deputy Sheriff Black and settle Black estate matters.
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Corbett-Jeffries
Swift
New Ball
North Side
West
Liberty
City
Black
Gov Tanner Likely To Avoid Operation Says Doctor
Towra Ills May 10 Announce ment is made that Governor Tanner will probably not have to undergo a surgical operation. Dr Lt C Taylor of Springfield, the governor s physician, stated that Tanner passed hardened secretions of bile and has rapidly gained strength since. If the internal cause of the pain is removed, an operation will not be necessary. Rest and quiet for a few weeks are expected to restore his health.
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Towra
Tanner
C. Taylor
Springfield
Taylor
Alton Stock Dividend Sparks 80 Percent Payout
Wall Street reports reveal the Chicago and Alton Railway paid an 80 percent dividend on Old Chicago and Alton stock. The ribbon of ownership is held largely by a syndicate led by Gould Schiff Harriman and Stillman, with $18.75 million common stock outstanding.
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New York
Wall Street
Chicago and Alton Riilroad Company
Alton
Chicago and Alton Railway
Chicago
Chicago and Alton
George J. Gould
J. A. Schiff
I. T. Harriman
James Stillman
Gas service cut to southwest line for repairs
Residents on the southwest gas line from the square will have service shut off tomorrow and Friday afternoons from 1 until p.m. for repair work.
Mandolin for sale at the Journal office bargain
WANTS LOST FOUND FOR SALE A mandolin offered at the Journal office. multiple notes on local people traveling to Oskaloosa, Des Moines, Knoxville, Sigourney and Ainsworth. Mentions Ire and business trips, horse purchases, a musical planned by Kelknap and Levester, and various city movements.
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Journal Office
Palmer's Ten Nights in a Bar Room at Graham
Palmer's company arrives in Graham for a one night engagement presenting Ten Nights in a Bar Room. After a week in Chicago they perform next Saturday evening May 12th at the Graham Theatre.
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Palmer
Graham
Chicago
Notable Midwest and national notes in brief
General R A Alger and associates buy 230000 acres of long leaf pine in Alabama. Rev George S Bryant and wife mark 64th anniversary in Palmyra Wisconsin. Thomas Towner injured in Chicago with five knife wounds alleged inflicted by Edward Christy. Forger swindles Green Bay merchants out of hundreds. Chicago Waukesha pipeline to be torn up for scrap. Dr Tanner of Kaukauna files congress expense report at 47 dollars. Hl A Taylor reelected president of Wisconsin State Journal. Dr Florence Ziefeld sues Arturo Buzzi Peccia for 50000 damages. German forest fires scorch property worth 1 million marks, troops deployed. Ernest St Hooley allegedly granted 8000 square miles of Siberian gold concession by czar. Adams' train to reduce atmosphere pressure tests 96 mph on B and O railroad. Austria parliament ends session in a language row. may dissolve. Sir Richard Webster named master of the rolls and peerage. Tense dog chicken quarrel in Columbus leaves Fred Huebner wounded, eye at risk. Margaret Sheehan 12 in Chicago has hair braided by unknown man.
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Alabama
George S. Bryant
Palmyra
Wis
Thomas Towner
Chicago
Edward Christy
Green Bay
Chicago-Waukesha
Dr. Tanner
Kaukauna
Hl. A. Taylor
Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Florence Ziefeld
Chicago Musical College
Arturo Buzzi-Peccia
Germany
Ernest ST. Hooley
Russia
Siberia
A. Adams
Baltimore and Ohio
Austria
Richard Webster
Carl Tanse
Fred Huebner
Columbus
Margaret Sheehan
To Cure a Cold While You Sleep
A pharmacy ad promotes Weeks Break-up-A-Cold Tabs sold for 25 cents at Stewart's Pharmacy with a cheerful refund guarantee if it fails to cure. The copy frames the product as a nightly remedy claiming relief after use.
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Stewart's Pharmacy
New County Schools Display Sample Commencement Programs
Displayed for county schools is a new line of commencement programs and invitations. The four NAL handles Whiting's exclusive right Butler's and other well known houses are featured. The offering mentions a pay to any graduating class in the usual manner.
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NAL
Whiting’s
Butler’s
Property for sale in Washington offers lot and house plans
A message touts a sale of a fine building lot with good drainage shade trees and sidewalks in a residential neighborhood for from 100 dollars. The seller offers monthly installments and promises to build a house on buyer plans. EK advertises varied properties new and nearly new at favorable terms.
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