Morgan & Sullivan Bowing Team Wins Two Of Three
Morgan and Sullivan bowling team edged Pattern Makers two to one at Jackman alleys in a City league match. Jackman led carries with 226 while Pfimmer of Pattern Makers posted high score. final totals showed M and S 883 to Pattern Makers 868 as the contenders push for the league title.
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Morgan & Sullivan
Jackman
Pfilmer
Andard Jarkman
Johnson
Wiltene
Mowrey
Prifiner
Jensens
Eaeneee
Nutwood Park set for big August race meet in Iowa
Nutwood Park in Dubuque, Iowa, aims to host a major four day trotting and pacing meet August 25 to 30, with plans for night racing under electric lights. The Nutwood Driving Club, led by Secretary Bruce Baldwin, seeks substantial purses and hopes to attract top horses, while also launching a October Breeding Association meet to evaluate young horses and stallions.
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Dubuque
Nutwood Park
Iowa
Bruce Baldwin
Nutwood Driving Club
Baldwin
Nutwood Park Breeding Association
Fybu
Nutwood
Keokuk stays in Central Association as others skate by
Muscatine Iow a Feb 4 Keokuk decision keeps it in the Central Association lowering Aurora’s chances for a 1913 franchise. Aurora hopes to join regardless of Keokuk while President Justice may visit Aurora if another city is dropped. Monmouth faces a deficit and Ottumwa and Monmouth appear vulnerable.
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Muscatine
Keokuk
Central Association
Aurora
C. A
M. E. Justice
Justice
Muscaline
Kewanee
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Monmouth
Ottumwa
GynGerat French Marine Strike Considered
Marseilles plans flights and naval actions as officers of seagoing merchant vessels debate a strike. The crew of the Germania and the Madonna left their ships to join the Canada, halted from sailing in New York after officers deserted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Foch
France
Germania
Mararilies
New York
Canada
Brown and Matsuda Bout Draws Heavy Bets In City
George Hitchcock says he will cover the $100 posted by West Side Athletic Club for the Brown vs Matsuda match, as fans-backed money pools grow. Matsuda wins admiration on the west side while Brown remains popular, with a potential Rock Island bout postponed to February.
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George Hitchcock
Carl Brown
West Side Athletic Club
Mat Matsuda
Hitchcock
Brown
Charles Jackman
Jackman
Matsuda
Waterloo
Little Jap
Little Foreigner
Adamson
Rock Island
Harry Hartman
Harry Brandell
Ames and Drake Grip State Title Prospects
Des Moines reports a busy week of Iowa college basketball next five days. Ames hosts Drake and Grinnell clashes loom large for the state championship race with both teams unbeaten in recent run. Schedule includes Comet vs. Iowa, Drake at Ames, Ames vs. Grinnell, and a Grinnell tilt, plus state colleges meet in Iowa City.
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Des Moines
Coe College
University of Tews
Ames
Drake
State College
Ames and Grinnell
Grinnell
State University
Towa City
Ames-Grin
Cormett
Towa
Mount Vernon
Central
Pelia
Towa Wesleyan
S. Penn
Coe
Upper Iowa
Fay“ite
State Norpial
Highland Park
Leander Clarke
Penn
Oskaloosa
Courier Wanted Will Save You Time and Worry
A courier job ad seeks a reliable rider to deliver packages quickly and safely. The role emphasizes timeliness, careful handling, and prompt customer service in a fast paced operation.
Socialist hopes start up grade
Charles Stelzle of New York warns that industrial and employer conflicts benefit Socialists as unions and the Industrial Workers of the World clash with employers. He cites growth of Socialist vote from 2,000 in 1888 to nearly 1,000,000 and notes labor strife may widen into a larger national clash, including leaders tied to the Lawrence strike.
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Chicago
Charles Stelzle
New York
Presbyterian Bureau of Social Service
Sunday Evening Club
Orchestra Hall
Manufacturers’ Associations
Manufacturers’ Association
Industrial Workers
United States
Giovannitti
Pittsburgh
Boy Lotl Saver Needs Hair Cut
Chicago, Ill., Feb. 4. Joseph Raycroft, 11, a boy who has traveled with his parents as a child evangelist since age three, spoke to Immanuel Baptist Church on South Michigan Avenue urging righteous living. The tall boy, never had a haircut, and his mother described divine commands that prevented her from trimming his hair or whiskers.
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Chicago
Ill
Eloseph Raycroft
Immanuel Baptist Church
South Michigan Avenue
J. R. Raycroft
West Monroe Street
Description of a youth with flowing hair and family under divine guidance
A fragment describes a youth with hair falling to his waist, some tied by a brown ribbon. Mrs. Raycroft mentions three other children in the family had been called and the family's movements are said to be under divine guidance.
Indians bury gold as fast as mined in India
London reports that yearly gold from South African mines is matched by gold hoarded in India. Natives hoard, save, and hide wealth, undermining mining output. Gold is used medicinally in leaves and regilding domes. a rajah imported sovereigns with shields to place in palace window panes.
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London
India
South Africa
Nelsons Fight to High Court
Kansas City editor Col W R Nelson of the Kansas City Star had his habeas corpus petition referred to the Missouri Supreme Court after a contempt sentence of one day. The court postponed ruling and left Nelson at liberty until the high court acts, likely months away. The case centers on an article alleged to have influenced a divorce decision and the admissibility of supporting evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Col. W. R. Nelson
Kansas City Star
Joseph Guthrie
Missouri Supreme Court
Colonel Nelson
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
James Allerton
James M. Johnson
Francis H. Trimble
O. H. Dean
Winstanly
Allerton
State Supreme Court
Nelson
William R. Nelson
Guthrie
Kansas City Court of Appeals
E. E B. Yates
Iowa dealer license and tax bumper auto laws proposed
Des Moines reports proposed measures by Rep Kulp to require auto dealers to report each sale or sale contract immediately to the secretary of state to collect taxes at once. A second bill requires a separate license number for each car kept in stock when driven outside the dealer premises. A third bill offers half price license numbers for cars bought in the last half of the year to avoid operating illegally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Kulp
West Bend
Secretary of State
Civil Service Examinations Planned in Waterloo
Federal authorities have sent C J Munger a schedule of civil service entrance exams. Tests will be held in Waterloo on February 21 for clerks in Washington D C and February 24 for several posts including lithographic transferrer and forest pathologist. February 26 lists multiple positions from irrigation engineer to soil surveying examiner. March 3 5 6 12 cover meat inspector steam engineer and coast and geodetic survey entrants plus architectural draughtsman.
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C. J. Munger
Civil Service
Waterloo
Washington, D. C
Lin Forest
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Audubon Fire Claims Life At Local Furniture Store
Audubon February 4 Fire gutted the furniture store of Arthur Harmans, killing a man believed to be the proprietor. Firefighters battled flames through the night as the cause remained under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon
Arthur Harmans
Fire in stove explodes oil injures clerk Peterson
A coal oil stove incident with a can of oil exploding drenched clerk Peter Peterson in oil and ignited flames. He suffered severe burns while the building burned nearby as witnesses reported.
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Peter Paterson
Peterson
Dubuque Knights Initiate Big Class
Seventy candidates were initiated into the Knights of Columbus at the order's new Locust street home. Mass at St Marys church featured Archbishop Keane's sermon. Congressmen elect Connolly gave the principal address.
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Dubuque, In
Knights of Columbus
The
Order
Locust Street
St. Mary's Church
Keane
Connolly
Taft Signs For Wilsons Inauguration Expense
Washington February 3 President Taft signed the congressional resolution appropriating twenty five thousand dollars for the expenses of Governor Wilsons inauguration.
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Taft
Wilson
Washington
Gov. Wilson
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Ae M
Neeate
Boosters Baer
Vag Engravers
Bruce Baldwix
Bunny
Debuque
S. J. Willer
Norfolk
Nebr
Ry. Cn
Berkeley
Gal
Fen
Commercial Club
Cedar Rapids Baseball Association
Commercial Club Baseball Committee
Alamo Park
Tahu Wunderlich
Ayers
Thince
Justice Holds
Harman Coal Co
Cova
West
Chart
Drake and Grinnell
UCL
AIC
Kondon's
Caurinai Jolly
Red
Bill
Bers
America
Joose-Waes Biscuit
Ompany
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company
Qrocer
Fea
Idubuque Knights
A. J. Bosby
Mgr
TEL
Elsie ST. Leon T. Margaret Mayo
Een LA Circus
Joseph Gaites
Kitty Gordon
the Beautiful
the Enchantress Company of 100
Rowland
Clifford
Anthony McGuire
Byvane Transfer CO
Klinefelter & Sons
Park Avenue West
Wilbert Shallenberger
Hotel Ellis
Ade
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