Track laying begun on Milwaukee cut off at Muscatine
Milwaukkee cut-off track laying started in Muscatine with John Deitmyer and a crew of about 18 working from the O R L & P crossing toward the southwest. Work proceeds slowly at first then will quicken, growing to around 50 80 men with a goal of laying up to half a mile daily and about 5000 ties per mile. Des Moines hospitality noted in lodging scramble. Kalona joke target notes a Washington doctor fee dispute.
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Rado
Milwaukee
John Deitmyer
Chicago
Ri, & VP
Muscatine
Hosa Deltmyer
Deitmyer
Des Moines
Preventing dangerous consequences of whooping cough
A mother shares experience with Cham berlain's Cough Remedy used on three children including a three month old baby. She claims none lost plumpness or health and notes the oldest child called for cough syrup between fits. The remedy is sold at Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook Sherman. The clipping mentions Clark Hopergardner becoming ill blowing dynamite stumps at M L Miller farm with heart trouble.
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Chamberlain
Jessie Pinkey Hall
Springville
Ala
Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Clark Hopergardner
M. L. Miller
Clipper
Women Fight With Dirks In Ovtumwa Streets
May 2 in Ovtumwa Mrs Lyrele Russell attacked Miss Glayda Lamkin with a dirk injuring her and shredding clothing. Russell jailed awaiting outcome of Lamkin’s wounds.
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Ovtumwa
Lyrele Russell
Local Vinton couple quietly wed at home
Harry Lt. Ward and Vida M. Barger were married at the bride’s parents’ East Vinton residence in a small ceremony led by Rev. Frank L. Loveland. Ward, a Jervis’ clerk, came from Washington, Iowa, and Mrs. Ward, a Vinton native, has taught in county and city schools.
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Harry Lt. Ward
Vida M. Barger
Facd
C.D. Barger
East Vinton
Vinton
Frank L Loveland
M. E Eburch
Ward
Washington
Iowa
Jervis’ Dry Goods
Congratulations Ring On Whipple Street Home
On Whipple Street a couple will celebrate moving into a home with light housekeeping and warm congratulations from their wide circle of friends.
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Whipple Street
Vinton Re
Local arrivals and notices in West Chester area
Local residents and visitors are listed arriving in West Chester and nearby towns including Miss EM Van Sickle Miss Anna Oliver Mrs J A Dickson and Mrs Alexander Wilson. Will Robinson plans to move to Table Grove for work. Travel specials from Iowa Central Railways to western destinations advertised with stopovers and October 1902 final limits.
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Will Robinson
Chas. J. Wilson
Table Grove
Trade Situation Notes from Dun and Co Weekly Review
Dun and Co reports labor disputes largely settled but coal region tensions rise. Railway earnings up 6.1 percent year over year, with strong freight in May. Iron and steel supply fears grow amid fuel shortages and labor conflicts. Leather and footwear steady. print cloths quiet after slide. Cereal markets stable with modest option activity. Corn crop progress favorable. weekly U.S. failures drop to 102 versus 180 last year. Canada 12 versus 22.
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Dun & Co
New York
G. Dun & Co
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Would Snub the Kaiser A Texas Man Seeks No King's Statue
Stephens of Texas introduces a House resolution opposing the receipt or erection of statues to foreign kings emperors princes or potentates in the United States. The measure argues such monuments betray the rights upheld in the bill of rights and insult the memory of the revolutionary fathers.
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Washington
Stephens
Texas
Frederick
United States
Republic
Women Were His Ruin In Des Moines Fraud Case
In Des Moines on May 24 the trial of Settson Balliet, an Oregon mining man, opened with the government alleging he used funds from farmers laborers and widows to buy sealskin cloaks and diamonds for women. The case features many Pacific Coast witnesses.
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Des Moines
Settson Balliet
Oregon
United States
Pacific Slope
Balliol
Taxes on Insurance Cos Sit Up After Supreme Court Win
Springfield May 23 EXAMINATION of the final supreme court decision declares the 2 percent insurance tax unconstitutional and reads that the act repealed no other law, doubling taxes on many foreign insurers and prompting protests and a possible legislative appeal for relief. Also Sycamore Ill May 24 Harry Miller 22 dies from pneumonia complications. Milwaukee May 24 Maynard W Hamblin named manager in New York City after three years with Western Union in Milwaukee.
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Springfield
Urs
Finais Supreme Court
Milwaukee
Wis
Maynard W. Hamblin
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York City
Hamblin
Davenport, Ta
New York
Mrs Huntington Gives $100000 to German Memorial Hospital
Mrs Collis P Huntington offers 100000 dollars to the German Memorial hospital for cancer and allied diseases treatment and pathological purposes in New York on May 24.
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New York
Collis P. Huntington
German Memorial Hospital
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Ber- Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cardus
Snyder
Brooklyn End
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Thedford
Miss Snyder
Wine
PORTY
Muscatine Journal
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Kalona News
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Dirks
J. F. Robinson
Davenport
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Tackleland
Frank Pierce
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Joseph Daw
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Albia
Highland Park College
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Eeb Kerwin
Iowa Central Railroad
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the Central
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EM. van Sickle Waean
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Weet Chester
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J. A. Dickson
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Alexander Wilson
West Cheater
W. A. Stiles
W.R C
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Oskaloose
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Delta
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Lowa Central Railway
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Minneapolis
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J. B. Morton
Strowbridge & Co
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Starrat Bros
Supreme Court
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Annals of Medical Science
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