Workman narrowly saves life from loaded Civil War shell
An East Second Street junk shop worker split a 50 pound loaded shrapnel shell with a 25 pound hammer missing the percussion cap, narrowly avoiding disaster. The Civil War relics were found by F J Heerd at Cadle cottage on Hog Island after shells were retrieved from Mississippi flood debris and prepared for presentation as war relics in the courthouse.
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Greenblatt Junk Shop
East Second Street
Greenblatt
C.F. Cadle
F. J. Heerd
Cadle
Hog Island
Mississipi
Government Arsenal
Rock Island
Heerd
Irrigation Congress Opens in Salt Lake City
The 20th National Irrigation Congress opens in Salt Lake City with delegates from all states and Mexico. President Francis G Newlands leads discussions on irrigation of the West, flood storage, stream measurement, and state irrigation laws, ending with reports and a Hotel Utah reception.
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Irrigat
Congress
Salt Lake
National Irrigation Congress
Mormon Tabernacle
William Spry
I. ©. Park
United States
Francis G. Newlands
Mexico
Great West
Utah
Southeastern Iowa High School Football Scores Report
Scores from Saturday games include Burlington 0 Keokuk 0 Morning Sun 0 Ft. Madison 13 Wapello 7 Winfield 6 Sigourney 18 Keota 0 Bloomfield 0 Fairfield 109. The report notes clashes across the region with mixed results in a sequence of matchups.
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Burlington
Keokuk
Ft. Marison
Morning Sun
Wapello
Winfield
Fairfield
Bloomfield
Sigourney
Keota
Copeland Finds Quick Cure for Boy’s Cold
Dayton man J. W. Copeland reports Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy cured his boy’s cold before the bottle ran out. He says this saves paying a five dollar doctor bill. For sale by Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
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J. W. Copeland
Dayton
Ohio
Chamberlain
Lemmon
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