Royer joins Muscatine club adding sixth pitcher
Muscatine Iowa July 18 manager Boyle signed Royer the sixth hurler to his staff after a season with Quincy Threes. He won 18 games and lost 18 last year and is expected to join Monmouth. Curtis Back Clyde Curtis nears return, boosting Muscatine pace while Harry Ohland exits.
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Muscatine
Boyle
Royer
Hewanee
Quincy
Monmouth
Roger
Curtis
Clyde Curtis
Sterling
Muskies
Harry Ohland
Davenport
Lind
Gould
Browns
Keokuk Series Winds Down in Keokuk Tomorrow
Keokuk hosts Waterloo in a crucial final chapter with two more contests seen as pivotal for standings. Waterloo edges Monmouth in the percentage race as Hinola loses to Muscatine, Wilkus and Tuttle bolster Keokuk's rotation, and umpire Glenalvin draws fan ire amid suspensions and fines. Attendance lingers near peak for Sunday, while Burlington visits for a three game set with lingering league governance over doubleheaders and admissions policies.
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Waterloo
Monmouth
Hinola Club
Muscatine
Keokuk
Burlington
Rohn
Hayden
Pathfinders
Jury Disagrees in Porter Hershman Damages Suit
Grinnell Iowa July 18 jury reported in the Porter Hershman case awarding Mrs A C Porter. One juror favored Mrs Heishman and opposed damages. Trial to be held again after earlier sickness adjournment. Shenandoah Iowa July 18 mass meeting votes to consolidate high school and Western Normal College. College property to school district and high school to college building. Mrs Harry O Barton returns from Nora Springs.
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Shenandoah
Western Normal College
College
La Porte City Line Progress On Brandon Division Rail
Work on the La Porte City Brandon division of the W F N railroad advances rapidly with rails to be laid along the road bed from La Porte City toward Brandon. A large labor force, many foreigners, is quartered in bank cars and gravel from a nearby pit is used for ballast. General manager C D Case says track laying should reach Brandon by mid August, enabling Labor Day trolley rides to Brandon for celebrations.
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la Porte City
la Porte City-Brandon
Here
Brandon
Waterloo
Thin City
la Forte
C. D. Case
Mr. Cass
Cass
Probable Solution of Railway Tangle
A meeting of first mortgage bondholders in Atlantic Northern & Southern railway at Atlantic Iowa discussed bond turn-ins for purchasing the north end of the road. G H Messinger presided as bonds aim to payment to trustees for the August 9 purchase. Two trustees remain after J A McWard’s death. July 21 court hearing on certified checks follows.
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Atlantic
Atlantic Northern & Southern Railway Company
H. M. Boorman
G. H. Messinger
Linden
Elk Horn
J. A. McWard
S. C. Peterson
Atlantic Northern & Southern Tangle
Leslie M. Shaw
Blakedell Company
New Sewer Project Starts in Prospect Park
A work crew of more than twelve is laying a two block sewer in the alley between Kingsley avenue and Campbell street Prospect Park. The Black Hawk Construction Co. holds the contract. William Cadwell and Benjamin Strifert return from southern Minnesota trip.
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Kingsley Avenue
Campbell Street
Prospect Park
The
Black Hawk Construction Co
William Cadwell
Benjamin Strifert
Minnesota
Green Island Mayor Fatally Injured In Crash Near Bellevue
Bellevue Iowa July 18 Clyde Chandler mayor of Green Island Iowa suffered fatal injuries when his car went over an embankment near this place. The vehicle rolled twice pinning him beneath it after his wife and two children escaped uninjured. He was taken to Bellevue hospital in critical condition. Chandler about 35 was returning home with his family when steering gear broke south of Green Island.
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Clyde, Chandler
Green Island
Hea
Bellevue Hospital
Chandler
Mr. Chandler
Here
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Atride
Tuttle
Wilkie
Glenalvin
Andrews
Manuach
Justice
League
Keokuk Constitution Democrat
Central Association
Harry O. Barton
Nora Springs
Mr. Barton
Kenton Pharmacal Co
Pike Street
Covington
Mulhern Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
Wangler Bros. Co
F. & N. Extension
Itoad Bod
Qur
White Sea Island
Buck High
White Cravenette
Finest Sea Island
Nubuck
Officer Crust
ETON
Mountains
Mister Crust
Queey
Golden
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