Survey of Iowa and Cedar rivers underway from Keokuk
Major Montgomery Meigs George Hartel and Theodore Meyling depart from Keokuk Iowa on the launch Hornet bound for New Boston to survey the Cedar and Iowa rivers. They will travel to Comb's Junction then descend to Iowa City and Cedar Rapids to assess navigability for possible further survey. Expected absence ten days.
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Keokuk
Montgomery Meigs
George Hartel
Theodore Meyling
New Boston
Cedar
Iowa
Mississippi
Combus Junction
Iowa City
Lowa
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Meigs
Local Fair Notes and Town Tidbits
Items from The Fair include croquet and Hammocks results, illnesses, sales ads for Millet and seed corn, copper cable lightning rods, and local travel notes. Residents Mrs L D Hanlon, Fred Stewart, and Miss Mamie Haley appear among visitors and illness updates. Plus sherbet prices and a brief mention of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition building.
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Will Dupuis
Sigourney
Marbourg & Hewick
Fred Stewart
Muscatine
Eczema Suggestion: Inquire About Oil of Wintergreen Reports
A note advises eczema sufferers to ask Cook & Sherman druggists what patient reports they have received about the oil of wintergreen liquid compound D. D. D. Prescription.
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Cook & Sherman
Special Agreement Ties Rock Island Freight Favoritism
Damaging testimony in Des Moines in the Agar Packing company suit against the Rock Island shows W L Compton admitted an agreement with the railroad granting him privileges denied to other shippers. Compton, a Valley Junction shipper, is central to the claim the line favored certain freight rates.
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Des Moines
Rock Island Read
Howe
W. L. Compton
Agar Packing Company
Railroad Company
Compton
Valley Junction
Agar
Rock Island Road
Timber Wolf Attacks Hunter Near Ralston
In Ralston Nebraska area a timber wolf attacked John Nichol during a hunt south of town. The wolf lunged but Nichol was saved when a companion covered the animal with a raincoat. The wolf was later killed.
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Ralston
John Nicholson
This Place
Nicholson
Cooper Heads Fayette College Presidency Nomination
At a nominating committee meeting in Fayette Iowa Professor Richard Watson Cooper of Hamline University Minnesota was unanimously nominated for the presidency of Upper Iowa University to succeed President William Arnold Shanklin who departs in June for Wesleyan University in Middleton Connecticut. McCallsburg Man Killed by Train in Marshalltown Iowa Forty three year old B Fagerland found dead beside Northwestern tracks after being struck by a train.
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Cooper
Fayette College
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Richard Watson Cooper
Hamline University
Minnesota
William Arnold Shanklin
Wesleyan University
Middleton
Conn
McCallsburg
Marshalltown
B. Fagerland
Arbitration Protocol Signed On Emery Claim
Washington May 26 protocol for submission to arbitration of the Emery claim was signed with representatives of the Nicaraguan government and Secretary of State Knox.
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Emery
Washington
Knox
Olambala Wins Latonia Derby Record Race
Olambala owned by J. G. Greene won the Latonia Derby a mile and a half from Cincinnati by five lengths.
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Olambala
Latonia
Cincinnati
J. G. Greene
Grain and Provisions Prices Rally in Chicago Markets
Wheat, corn and oats hit new seasonal highs with May delivery at 1.35 1 per bushel and July at 1.19. Provisions showed strength with pork and lard futures rising, while cash prices for No 2 wheat and corn held firm. South Omaha and Chicago live stock reports show cattle hog and sheep prices and receipts.
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Chicago
South Omaha
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Cedar Rivers
Warner's
Warner
Warner’s
J. B. Crail
Leo Shelangouskie
E. C. Rosenberg
Laura Burney
Frank Rogers
George Haffner
Frank Wells
Fairfield
Leonard Smouse
A. M. Downing
Conkey
J. E. Lemmon
S. A. Dings
Elizabeth Carl
Keota
W. S. Hanlon
Inlaw
L. D. Hanlon
Philippines
United States
Mamie Haley
Pulaski
Maude Chilcote
Eldon
Sol Rich & Co
Music& Art Store
Schuman Piano
Schuman
East
Boston
Caner Music Co
Stockman
Rock Island
Timber Wolf Downs
Washington Plumbing & Heating
Postoffi
Surrey
Wooley Bros
J. J. McKeone
Waite
Charles Bragg
Sweetser, Ind
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