Witnesses hear Admiral Schley in Spanish War inquiry
Washington Oct 24 Admiral Schley expected to testify today in the naval court of inquiry into his conduct in the Spanish American War. Eight witnesses testified yesterday with three more named. Captain Clark of the Oregon may testify at length. Rebuttal witnesses, including Sylvester Scovel, may be called to challenge statements.
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Washington
Sehley
Naval Court of Inquiry
Clark
Oregon
Lemly and
Hanna
Scovel
Smith
Seavel
Admiral Schley
Sears
Sedley
Leutenant
Massachusetts
Beechwood Shooting in Iron County Sparks Fear
In Crystal Falls Michigan on October 24 homesteader Mike Kane was shot by fellow Mike McGraw during a drunken row at Beechwood. Kane is hospitalized with a potentially fatal wound as Iron County experiences its fourth shooting in three months.
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Crystal Falls
Mich
Mike Kane
Mike McGraw
Beechwood
Kane
Iron County
Chicago Pastor Faces Move to Hanson Place Church
Dr Henson may leave Chicago after twenty years as pastor of the First Baptist church to accept a formal call from Hanson Place Baptist church in Brooklyn. If the call arrives he will consider it seriously and likely depart soon after January 1 to succeed Rev A C Dixon in Boston.
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Chicago
the Record-Herald
First Baptist Church
P.S. Benson
Hanson Place Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Henson
A. C. Dixon
Boston
Wabash Man Dies After Fear of Kidnap Letters
John Dye of Wabash died after receiving several threatening letters claiming he could be kidnapped for ransom related to an alleged Pennsylvania coal land estate. The fright triggered a rapid decline in health. In Daleville, Robert Ogle, 75, was hurt in a cave-in at a gravel pit and may die due to age and injuries.
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Wabash
Ind
John Dye
Pennsylvania
Dye
Daleville
Robert Ogle
Wood's Luck Stands by Him in Lawton District
James I. Wood holder of claim No 1 in the Lawton district was reported seriously ill and believed dead, but now recovering. The notice reflects unclear text from Oklahoma City dated October 24.
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Wood
Oklahoma City
OG. T
James I. Wood
Lawton
Opposition to Carnivals in Terre Haute Street Fair
In Terre Haute opinions split on repeating the street fair next year with public praise for a cleaner event this year. Clergy and others condemn indecencies and rowdyism though police regulations are credited with curbing excesses. Manufacturers and coal operators say workers skip duty during fair week, causing significant losses.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Cyclists Rights on Sidewalks Upheld in Michigan Case
In Lansing on Oct 23 the Michigan Supreme Court affirmed a $100 verdict for Anna Lee against Port Huron after a bicycle rider injured on a defective sidewalk. The opinion by Judge Grant notes bicycles are vehicles but not treated like motorized or animal drawn vehicles and that sidewalks must be kept in reasonably safe repair for ordinary use.
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Lansing
Mich
Supreme Court
Anna Leeoa
Port Huron
Grant
Colombian rebels defeated near Ambalema by Gutierrez
The government reports General Pompillo Gutierrez defeated insurgents on October five near Ambalema along the Magdalena river. Forces from Tolima and Cundinamarca under Generals Marin and Turan lasted three hours before retreating after heavy losses. Government says over fifty of its troops were killed.
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Colon
Colombia
Pompillo Gutierrez
Ambalema
Magdalena River
Botoga
Tolima
Condinamarca
Marin
Turan
Vicente Lombana
Booker T. Washington Dines With Yale Official at Bicentennial
Booker T. Washington, in New Haven for Yale’s bicentennial, dined with Morris F. Tyler, Yale treasurer, at Tyler’s home. Former Postmaster General Bissell joined the dinner and met Washington. Tyler noted invitations were sent about ten days prior to Washington dining with President Roosevelt in Washington.
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New Haven
Conn
Booker T. Washington
Yale
Morris F. Tyler
University
Tyler
Bissell
Washington
Roosevelt
He Sold Mortgaged Cattle in Iowa Fraudulently
J M Donaghue of Sioux Rapids Iowa arrested in Kansas City brought to Sioux City charged with disposing of mortgaged cattle. Alleged frauds may exceed 15000 dollars with two banks filing charges totaling 6000 and several northwestern law firms named as victims of Donaghue PECULATIONS.
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Sioux City
Iowa
J. M. Donaghue
Sioux Rapids
Kansas City
Northwestern Law
Donaghue
Dallas Man Convicted of Arson in 1895 Fire
The jury returns a guilty verdict against O. H. Alexander with a five year penitentiary sentence. Alexander hired a man to burn a Dallas building in December 1895 that carried $15,000 insurance. He previously led the Dallas Consolidated Street Railway and now heads a major Beaumont oil firm.
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Dallas
Texas
O. H. Alexander
Alexander
Dallas Consolidated Street Railway
Beaumont Oil
Des Moines Gun Club announces first amateur handicap results
In Des Moines October 24, the first annual amateur handicap shoot saw J. M. Aveghes of Palmyra Wisconsin win with 173 lords out of 180. Guy Burnside of Knoxville Illinois placed second with 167, followed by W. Witleaf of Nichols Iowa with 166 and A B McDowell of Adair Iowa with 164.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. M. Aveghes
Palmyra
Wis
Guy Burnside
Knoxville
Ills
W. Witleaf
Nichols, Ta
A. B. McDowell
Adair
City approves library site purchase funds for Carnegie library
Jackson mayor and recorder ordered to pay 7500 dollars each to acquire the Dr M C Strong and Mrs J T Sherwood site for the Carnegie library location. The site is described as the finest in the city.
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Jackson
Mich
M. C. Strong
J. T. Sherwood
Carnegie Library
Beef cattle bring record price at South Omaha market
Omaha Nebraska October 24. Nineteen cattle mixed steers and heifers averaging 1257 pounds sold Tuesday for 6.80 a hundredweight. The two year old white face and short horn cattle set a new high on the South Omaha market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
South Omaha
Carnegie Accepts the Post at St Andrew's University
London October 24. Andrew Carnegie accepts the nomination to be lord rector of St Andrew's University succeeding Professor James Stuart whose term ends in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
London
Andrew Carnegie
St. Andrew's University
James Stuart
Pan-American Exposition Sets Midnight Nov 2 Closing
The Pan-American exposition board fixes Saturday November 2 at midnight as the final closing time.
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Buffalo
A Word to Travelers About Diarrhoea Remedy
The excitement of travel and meals often causes diarrhoea. Do not leave home without a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by Stewart's and Cock Sherman.
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Stewart’s
Cock & Sherman
Todd Stuarts Dressed Fish and Poultry to Order
Fish and poultry are prepared to customers at Todd Stuarts offering dressed and cut to order service ensuring fresh cuts and custom trimming.
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Todd Stuart’s
Bold Express Robbery Fails As Messenger Foils Dinamite Plot
On the Portland bound Overland Express a hold up by two masked men near Cottage Grove failed to seize valuables. Express Messenger C R Charles refused to abandon the car, used a shotgun to fend off robbers, and stopped them from blowing the car. The robbers fled with only the registered mail as passengers remained unharmed.
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Portland
Ore
Southern Pacifice
Eugene
Cottage Grove
Saginaw
Charles Ian Brick
C. R. Charles
Charles
Express car held up in train robbery near Walker's station
Charles the Xpress Messenger recounted a 40 minute train robbery when robbers blasted open car doors with dynamite near Walker's station at 2:45. He refused to open the car and, after detaching a fuse, avoided further harm while firing a warning shot at the engineer.
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Xpress
Charles
Walker's Station
Death of Emma Abbott’s Father
Seth Abbott, father of famed prima donna Emma Abbott, died in Chicago at age 84 after a long career as a musician and music teacher. He provided Emma with a $400 monthly annuity after her 1891 Salt Lake City death.
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Emma Abbott
Chicago
Seth Abbott
Abbott
Salt Lake City
University of Wisconsin President Adams Leaves for California
President C. K. Adams of the University of Wisconsin will depart Madison by Navy 5 for California due to improved health. He resigns because of ill health, a move announced after his resignation was received a week earlier. Mrs. Adams accompanies him on the trip.
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Adams
Sevck Health
Madison
Wis
C. K. Adams
University of Wisconsin
Navy
Redlands
Cal
Urbana man dies after fall from Clarion hotel window
John F. Conrey of Urbana Ohio fell from a third story window at the Clarion hotel in Memphis at 3 AM and died at 10 AM. The cause of the fall is unknown as investigators review the incident during his visit for trotting races.
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Memphis
John F. Conrey
Urbana
Clarion
Conrey
Memorial drive for William McKinley planned in Canton
Commander-in-Chief Eli Terrence issued a circular letter urging contributions to erect a Canton Ohio memorial for Comrade William McKinley.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Eli Terrence
Canton
Ohio
William McKinley
Friday Evenings Lecture Series Readies Schedule
The remaining lectures are set for Friday evenings with speakers Frank C Bruner Col Baio HV Richards and others. Tickets for the lecture course by C. H. Wilson can be secured at Wilson Beamer Hardware store.
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Frank C Bruner
Col Baio
HV Richards
Frederick Truman
C. H. Wilson
Wilson- Beamer
Wandering Wife Returns Home After Twenty Years
John Caldwell, a farmer in Etna, learns his wife he thought dead is alive and wealthy after she arrives in a stylish outfit at his farm. The couple separated twenty years ago in Cave-In-Rock then to Evansville and New York City. She recounts Klondike adventures as relatives seek to reunite them.
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Mattoon
John Caldwell
Etna
Caldwells
Cave-In-Rock
Caldwell
Lie
Evansville
Ind
New York City
Klondike
Trouble at Alnels Steel works sparks renewed strike
Crane men at Alnels Steel works in South Chicago walk out alleging the company forced them to perform machinists’ repair work. Several machinists quit as long standing labor dispute continues with Amalgamated association backing.
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South Chicago
Chicago
Alnels Steel Works
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Bloomington Girls Win Major Share Of Estate
In New York state the Hart sisters of Bloomington Indiana won the bulk of the estate of Mrs Esther Wood who died three years ago. After a three year court contest the supreme court verdict grants the sisters 260000 dollars while other relatives failed to overturn the will.
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Bloomington
His
New York State
Esther Wood
Supreme Court
Hart Sisters
Lincoln Man Talbot Lined Up For Woodmen Leader
Lincoln Nebraska October 24 A Los Angeles dispatch reports the intended resignation of Head Consul Northcott of the Modern Woodmen of America The notice highlights A R Talbot of Lincoln as a strong candidate for the post Talbot serves on the Woodmen board and was mentioned for the head consulship at the Minneapolis meeting
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Lincoln, Neb
Los Angeles
Northcott
Woodmen of America
Lincoln
Nebraska
Trains Collide East of Petersburg Killing Fireman
Great Northern east bound flyer No. 4 struck by a helper engine near Petersburg Michigan at 4 am. Fireman on the helper engine killed. Brakeman suffered both legs severed. Sleeping car porter seriously injured. No passengers reported injured. Accident occurred two and a half miles east of Petersburg.
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Michigan
N. D
Great Northern
Petersburg
Onalaska to Get Electric Lightning Plant Bid Winners Sought
LaCrosse capitalists plan a new electric lightning and power plant in Onalaska within months. The Onalaska council invited bids and offered the site to bidders who sign an agreement. Onalaska, a suburb of LaCrosse, is currently lit by oil street lamps.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Onalaska
Zeh Divorce Plea Moves to Grand Rapids Court
Martha Zeh versus William Zeh divorce case, a Greenville Appleton farming wealth dispute, moved to Judge Webb in Grand Rapids after change of venue from Outagamie county due to prejudice. The high profile matter draws large crowds in Greenville and Appleton.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Martha Zeh
William Zeh
Greenville
Appleton
Webb
Outagamie County
Cas
Czolgosz Holds Second Interview With Priest
Father Szadzinski of Rochester planned to return after Czolgose meeting to discuss renouncing anarchy and joining the church. Warden Mead said there was nothing new with Czolgost and that no second interview request had been made.
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Auburn
Szadzinski
Rochester
Czolgosz
Warden Mead
Suspected contraband partridges seized in transit
Deputy Game Warden M. F. Carpenter halted a baggage car from Marshfield to Milwaukee and found 138 partridges in a trunk and two telescopes. The birds were sold and the proceeds delivered to the state.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
M. F. Carpenter
Marshfield
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Central
Submarine Experiment In England Ends Safely
Six men sealed in a marine boat at Barrow-in-Furness for twelve hours were released Tuesday evening after an experiment in England. They suffered no ill effects as vitiated air was absorbed by the apparatus and fresh air supplied from compressors.
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England
London
Barrow-in-Furness
Beulah Gold Rush Draws Pueblo Crowd
A Pueblo Star-Journal dispatch reports excitement over a Beulah gold discovery thirty eight miles west. Five hundred claims sprang up in twenty four hours while a free milling gold returns nearly two thousand dollars a ton. Pueblo residents rush to the site.
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Pueblo
Colo
Star-Journal
Beulah
Fine Hotel Destroyed in Menasha Fire
The National hotel a four story brick building and long time hostel with a 40 000 cost was totally destroyed by fire. Guests escaped in their night clothes as flames swept through the structure in Menasha Wisconsin on October 24.
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Menasha
Wis
National Hotel
Attorneys for Powers expect closing arguments Friday
Attorneys for Caleb Powers on trial in Georgetown Kentucky anticipate finishing their case by Friday with a verdict possible by Saturday night.
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Caleb Powers
Georgetown
Wabash Announces Expanded Pan American Exposition Service
The Wabash lines will run extra trains between Detroit and Buffalo for the Pan American Exposition from May to November 1907. New equipment and free reclining chairs will be provided. Tickets include stopovers at Niagara Falls and a Pan American Folder with a five color map and zinc etchings of main buildings. Ticket Office 97 Adams Street, Chicago.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Buffalo Servie
Chicago
Adama Street
Patump
P. A
Deathblow Planned Against Philippine Rebels in Samar
Washington reports a joint army navy campaign to clear Samar of rebels hostile to American sovereignty. Major actions include 3,500 soldiers plus marines totaling about 8,800 with Brigadier General Hughes commanding and potential reinforcement from General Chaffee.
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Samar
Chaffee
Navy Department
Frederic Rodgers
New York
Catbalogan
Bassey
Balangiga
Arethusa
Zatire
Long
Rodgers
Hughes
Lloyd Wheaton
War Department
Markets Report Mixed Livestock and Grain Prices Across Regions
Hogs show receipts around 31 000 with prices 4 50 to 6 65. cattle receipts near 18 500 with steers 4 00 to 6 85 and cows 1 50 to 4 60. sheep and lambs around 20 000 with western and native lambs 2 75 to 5 00. East Buffalo quotes hogs 6 00 to 6 60, cattle 6 00 to 7 00 for veal, sheep 3 00 to 4 90. St Louis grain notes No 2 red wheat 72 72 8 to 73. corn 57 to 59. oats 36 to 39. rye 55 to 56.
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Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunming & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Loule
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
ARDY
City Bus Line and Hotel Allen Leave Orders
City administration notes leave orders to be promptly attended by Frank Rogers regarding Bus Line Oalupee No. 1 and Hotel Allen proceedings.
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City
Oalupee No. 1
Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
Redmond Hails Irish Unity as He Heads to America
Cork, Oct. 22. John Redmond MP says his mission to the United States proves Ireland’s reunion and Ireland’s 20 million strong world Irish race will back freedom. He asserts England will face a united Irish opinion backed by seventy million free Americans and all political parties. British press brands him a traitor as crowds escort him to Queenstown.
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Cork
John Redmond
United States
America
Ireland
England
Redmond
American Republic
ER. Redmond
Treland
Queenstown
John Dillon
Timothy Harrington
Willian O'Brien
Did Not Rob Armitage Bank Messenger Surrenders Cash
Harry OConnell of 140 West Thirty-ninth street surrendered to police and returned 3000 dollars he said was part of the money stolen by Bank Messenger George Armitage on October 15 from the Bank of New Amsterdam. He and Armitage allegedly spent 500 of the sum while remaining 3000 stayed with him. The women involved also turned over 500 dollars. OConnell was held for exam before a magistrate.
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New York
Harry O'Connell
West Thirty-ninth Street
George Armitage
Bank of New Amsterdam
McConnell
Armitage
O'Connell
Chicago visitor entangled in hotel theft in Ouray
Abba Thickman from Chicago visited her aunt in Ouray Colorado and became involved with Ralph Burdette the Oxford Hotel elevator boy. Burdette and Laney Stodsdale confessed stealing forty dollars from a guest. Thickman was jailed briefly after admitting she had the money but claiming no knowledge it was stolen. She hoped Burdette would return to Chicago.
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Denver
Colo
Abba Thickman
Chicago
Ouray
Ralph Burdette
Oxford
Burdette
Laney Stodsdale
Miss Hickman
Mountain Paper Company Formed in Springfield
Springfield Massachusetts October 24 The Mountain Paper company a 25 000 000 corporation is being formed by western Massachusetts parties and will soon be incorporated under New Jersey laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
The
Mountain Paper Company
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Carris Sells the Sets at East Side Prog Store
Carris will handle advance sales for all Graham theatre attractions this season. The East side program store will sell tickets, offering early access to upcoming features and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carris
Graham Theatre
East Side
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Michigan Supreme Court
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Philippine Archipelago
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Warth
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Sera Low
St. Nicholas Rink
Columbia University
Seth Low
Carl Schurz
Citizens’ Savings Bank
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Ilinois
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Oskaloosa
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T. J. Dempsey
Johnson
Johnson's Bakery
Harwood
South Aide
L. E. Latta
Joseph Pollard, Jr
IMIN@TON
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Washington National Bank
OC. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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Temple Building
Owa
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P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
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Court House
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Washington CO. Savings Bank
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Charley Means
East Side Restaurant
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West Main St
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Madison Medicine Co
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Brown
Philadelphia
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National Bank
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Cashier
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First National Bank
Wm. Blair
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Hotel Colenso
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Mercer & Chilcote's
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Muscatine
California
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Iowa Central
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