Blaze Destroys Ice Plant Barns and More at Crystal Ice
A brisk east wind fed a morning fire at Crystal Ice & Fuel on Cedar Street, destroying hay storages and much harvesting gear. About 4,690 tons of ice feared ruined. officials report no incendiarism charges and estimate company losses around 2,000. Firefighters battled the stubborn blaze for hours. horses and a wagon were damaged.
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Quysterfour
Barnes
Crystal Ice & Fuel Company
Cedar Street
Rock Island
L. D. Miller
Miller
Walter Trask
EB. J Chapman
Sycamore Street
Mexico
Chapman
Sea House
Charles Trask
Olive Tablets Promote Liver and Bowels Relief
Thousands suffer stomach upset from indigestion caused by a clogged liver and disordered bowels. Dr Edward’s Olive Tablets stimulate natural function, easing bad taste, coated tongue, low energy, and undigested food. Purely vegetable, no griping, two tablets at bedtime, 10 or 20 cents per box.
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Dr. Edward
The
Olive Fablet. Company
Columbus
inMhio
Washington Women Hold Watchful Waiting Attitude
In Washington April 22 official and military women shift to watchful waiting as President Wilson weighs Mexico policy. Wives of leaders, including Mrs Champ Clark and Mrs Marehall, express mixed hopes for diplomacy yet fear war, while army and navy women prepare quietly for any crisis.
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
United States
Champ Clark
Mothers Day Observed By Norpa Club Meeting
A mothers day meeting was held by the Norpa club yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Alice Scott’s home on Fourth street west. Four out of town mothers attended including Mrs Headford of Dubuque and Mrs Strong of Chicago. The afternoon featured needlework and vocal solos by Mrs Weston. Refreshments were served and Mrs Will Wise will entertain in two weeks.
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Norpa Club
Alice Scott
Fourth Street
Headford
Dubuque
E. H. Headford
Strong
Chicago
H. H. Caughlan
Weston
Ambler
Topeka
Kans
Will Wise
Dwarfism Quartet To Appear In Linden Friday Evening
A dwarfism quartet from Linden will perform Friday evening at the Linden M E church. Miriam and Madeline Park Pearl Foster Laeta Nesfield Viola Nesfield and pianist Misa Gladys Gindt present sacred humorous and secular numbers with sonophone selections. The group includes seventh graders from McKinley school coached by Miss Nesfield. The program features piano pieces readings dialogues and a variety of vocal numbers in three parts.
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Miriam
Madeline Park
Pearl Foster
Laeta Nesfield
Viola Nesfield
Misa Gladys Gindt
Lin_den M. E
Linden
McKinley School
Miss Nesfield
Eastleigh
Linden M. HE
L. ©. Park
H. L. Foster
Laeta
George Nesfield
Cedar Falls
Misa Taeta Nesfield
Gladys
Gindi
Illinois towns vote dry in varied results
Jacksonville Arenzville Danville Mendota and other Illinois towns weigh local option. Arenzville shifts to dry by eight votes while Danville remains wet after 181 to 7 047 defeat. Mendota votes wet 4246 to 954 dry. Kampsville and Shumway also go dry with small majorities. Madison Edwardsville stays wet.
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Jacksonville
Arenzville
Danville
Ottawa
Ill
Mendota
St. Louis
Efingham
Altamount
Shumway
Jackson County
DeSoto
Madison County
Edwardsville
Worden
Calhoun County
Kampsville
Vera Cruz Port: A Rising Mexican Harbor
Vera Cruz stands as a historic mercantile town with 33,000-plus residents located 426 kilometers from Mexico City. The port, built from 1842 to 1846, features dredging and breakwaters completed after years of work, spanning about 370 acres and now able to receive deep draft steamers. The federal project cost about 26 million dollars and the improvements were unveiled on March 6, 1902, making Vera Cruz a notable protected harbor on the Mexican coast.
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Republic
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Uder
Vera Cruz Then and Now: Port Life and War History
The port thrives on export and import trade with cigar and cigarette factories, soda water and furniture works, and key buildings like the municipal palace and public library. In 1847 US General Scott landed near Vera Cruz with 12,000 troops and bombarded the city with Perry’s fleet, leading to Mexican surrender on March 29 with heavy casualties on both sides.
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The
Republic
Dehesa Theatre
Hospital Zamora
Church of San Francisco
Mexico
United States
Scott
Vera Cruz
San Juan de Ulua
Perry
Man seeks to cancel citizenship papers in Chicago naturalization hearing
A man asked to cancel his citizenship at the circuit court, saying he does not want to go to war. He was redirected to another clerk for further questioning and left without resolving his request. In a separate action, County Attorney Hoxie filed for a permanent injunction against Palmer and Serocey over alleged sale of liquor in a second-story building owned by Serocey, with Palmer as steward. A note mentions a return to cotton production decades ago.
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Chicago
William Sheehan
Naturalization Department
Circuit Court
Hoxie
CA. Palmer
Cluh
Th. Serocey
Sycamore Oo Street
Serocey
Palmer
Locomotive and ballast cars arrive for interurban extension
A rebuilt locomotive and twenty ballast cars were received by the W. C. F. N. yesterday and ten more ballast cars are expected soon. The new equipment will support construction on the Center Point to Cedar Rapids interurban line.
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Center Point
Cedar Rapids
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