Where Is J. Croy In Land Of Living in Iowa?
Dubuque Ia July 21 Where is J Croy late manager of the Gately Company Dubuque Did he drown from the Streckfus excursion steamer near Bellevue or swim ashore The mystery grows as a week passes with no body found and a $50 reward offered Fishermen and clam diggers scour the Mississippi while locals cling to the belief he may still live.
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Dubuque, Ia
J. 8. Croy
Gately Company
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Streckfus
Croy
Bellevue
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Local Notes From Greene July Update
Greene July 19 A Morford and family returned today from visiting a few days with relatives in Bristow. A Clark of Charles City spent Wednesday in Greene greeting old friends and attending to business. Mrs A S Woodward entertained the Birthday club at her home on Dow Street. Mrs C H Williams returned from Windom Minnesota. Co B Weston is visiting his daughter Mrs James Cook and family at Frankfort Indiana. Charles Brage is confined to his
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Harriet Redline
Greene
C. M. Greene
John Hoeselroad
Alice Heselroad
George KR. Watterson
J. W. Chase
Presbyterian
A. Clark
Charles City
A. S. Woodward
Birthday Club
Dow Street
C. H. Williams
Windom
Minn
B. Weston
James Cook
Frankfort
Indiana
Charles Brage
Sweetest Thing in the World Baby Benefit Claim
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for infertility and reproductive ailments. It asserts many women owe their children to the remedy and highlights health and happiness it allegedly brings to women nationwide.
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Lydia EF. Pinkham
Rockford visitors and local notices fill town page
In Rockford on July 20 Mrs Ford Pler and children of Woonsocket S D are visiting the M Pler home. H Brinken drives a new car. Tom McIntosh suffers a severe pneumonia attack. Rev F O Barr of Charles City visits for Sunday school business. Mr and Mrs Judson Steele plan to live in Minneapolis. Mrs Wm Walker of Cedar Rapids visits. E Burton and wife travel to Charles City. G A Lyona of Minneapolis visits Rockford. Mrs S C Buck and daughter visit the Trigg family. Mesdames D Allen and A M Case return from the east. Miss Abby Jeffery returns from Windom Minn. A McElroy hosts fourteen veterans for an evening with cigars and war stories.
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Greene
M. Blumer
Twin Cities
Paul Bagueiio
Chicago
L. L. Lockard
Clarkeville
Mildred Blumer
Brad Hill
Waterloo
F. L. Stober
W. EB. Patterson
Maude Adame
Elva Reeve
Cedar Rapids
O. F. Blasier
N. W. Kester
Rockford
Ford Pler
Woonsocket
M. Pler
H. Brinken
Tom McIntosh
F. O. Barr
Charles City
Judson Steele
Minneapolis
Wm. Walker
E. Burton
G. A. Lyona
C. Buck
Grinnell
Trigg
Mesadames
D. Allen
A. M. Case
Abby Jeffery
Windom
Minn
A. McElroy
Wisconsin
Near-Drowning in Cedar River During Picnic Tragedy
A group at a Cedar River cut-off near W. C. Leland farm plunged in clothed during a picnic. An older man sank while returning to shore. a former Janesville resident and expert swimmer rescued him by the hair and towed him to shore where resuscitation was successful.
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W. C. Leland
Janesville
Memory of Noble Dead Honored at Funeral
Rev. William F. Spry led a heartfelt service for John T. George at the Ced ar Falls home. He praised George’s noble character and charity, noting a life spent helping others without ostentation, followed by interment at Elmwood Cemetery. Relatives and friends from Des Moines to Sweetwater attended.
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John T. George
William F. Spry
First Methodist Episcopal Church
George
Cedar Falls Road
Mr. Spry
Spry
America
Paul Davis
Mr. George
Mr. Davie
Hdna Casa
C. W. Virden
H. O. Berkbrook
Louis Frank
W. L. Heerst
Cedar Falls
Ira J. Rodamar
J. C. Hartman
Elmwood Cemetery
L. R. Cornick
Des Moines
Ward Hannah
Webster City
Passenger fares will be lowered under ICC order
Chicago July 21 revision downward of interstate passenger fares began by western and central associations as required by an ICC order setting new rates effective May 1 1914. Through rate limits and local fare comparisons prompt delays and widespread tariff changes loom. Card of thanks to friends for illness and death of Norma Adeil Zerkle from Mr and Mrs Orria Zerkle.
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Chicago
Western and
Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Law
Commission
Lts
Missouri
Norma Adeil Zerkle
Orria Zerkle
Teachers Examination schedule in Manuel Trejuing Building
The Regular Teachers' Examination in Manuel Trejuing Building lists daily sessions from Wednesday to Friday with times for Preliminary, Didactics, Orthography, Reading, Geography, History, Oral Reading, Arithmetic, Physiology, Vocal Music, English Grammar, Penmanship, AlKebra, Economica, Civics, and Physics. County Superintendent Margaret Myers oversees the event.
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Manuel Trejuing
al- Kebra
Market prices at Dubuque and Waterloo markets
On the Dubuque public market potatoes were selling at 1.25 a bushel, eggs 25 cents a dozen, butter two pounds for 65 cents, sweet corn 25 cents a dozen, beets 25 cents for a dozen bunches, home grown tomatoes 30 cents a dozen, carrots 25 cents for a dozen bunches, cucumbers 40 cents a dozen, apples 90 cents a bushel. Sweet corn is scarce and the berry crop is exhausted. In Waterloo, potatoes were quoted at 36 cents per peck.
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Dubuque
Waterloo
Maccabee Head Is Bitten By Snake
Mrs Anna Norris commander of the Ladies of the Modern Maccabees in Council Bluffs Iowa is believed dying from a rattlesnake bite. She was visiting Pacific Junction and fishing near the Missouri River when a sting on her ankle caused convulsions and repeated blackouts. Her husband is unavailable.
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Council Bluffs
Anna Norris
Ladies of the
Kansas City
Norris
Pacific Junction
Grays
Miasour River
Klingaman After the Post Office in Pennsylvania Dutch Country
A reader letter from Simon Staoulis recounts a trip from Gettysburg to Washington and a chance meeting with J F Klingaman, joking about post office pursuits, and noting heat and returning to Somerset among the Pennsylvania Dutch.
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Gettysburg
Les
Wes
Washington
J. F. Kilngaman
Waterloo
Somerset
Simon Staoulis
Inspector of Bees in This Vicinity
Last week Harry Dooley deputy State bee inspector of Atlantic inspected the bees in this city and vicinity. A disease has appeared in many apiaries in the state and Mr Dooley exterminates the swarms that show infection. Several stands at the home of Supt Hukill were destroyed while he is on his honeymoon trip on the Great Lakes. The state legislature created the office of the inspector and appropriated funds for the work.
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Harry Dooley
Atlantic
Dooley
A. T. Hukill
Great Lakes
Judge Gomes to Newspaper's Aid Injunction Secured by Owners
Seattle July 21 Quiet streets marked by Pacific reserve fleet sailors ending Friday night riots. Mayor Cotterill faced injunction to block Seattle Times publication over alleged incendiary articles. Judge Humphries ordered restraining action, city to appear for defense. police guard lifted as paper published on time. Additional orders to bar closing bars followed.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Industrial Workers of the World
Radical Socialista
Cotterill
Seattle Times
Bannick
Dolphin
Xags
Times
Casses Plan Possible Trip to Japan
Mr and Mrs Claude D Cass plan a possible upcoming trip to Japan after extensive sightseeing in the south and southeast. They express eagerness for the journey and anticipate finalizing travel arrangements soon.
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Japan
Claude D. Cass
Flowery Kingdom voyage via water to Pacific lands
The trip to flowery realms will begin by water likely from San Francisco with stops near the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines. Mr Casa serves as general manager of the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railway Company.
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San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Casa
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Company
Best Medicine in the World for Dysentery Testimony
Mrs William Orvis of Clare Michigan says her daughter recovered from severe dysentery after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She declares it the heat medicine in the world and notes it is sold by all dealers.
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W. D. Magi
Whitemound
Wis
Chamberlain
Saya
William Orvis
Clare, Mich
Kern arrives for Denver Nobles banquet in Charles City
R L Kern connected with the American Nobles headquarters at Denver arrived in Charles City yesterday for a Fraternal Union lodge banquet tonight. He will be joined tomorrow by his wife who has spent the summer at Sans Souci park in Waterloo.
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R. L. Kern
Denver
Charles City
Fraternal Union Lodge
Mr. Kern
Sans Souci Park
Waterloo
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Groy
Dubuquers
M. E
Worth’s Grove
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Charles Bragg Grove
M. E. Parsonage
Edna B. Reams
Loren D. Wilson
Lockard
Ed. Madigan
Glarksville
Charles Wilcox
Carrie Gates
O. F. Blaster
Plainfield
Walter D. C. Blasier
Waterloo Cleaning and Dye Works
W. St. St. Bridge
Cedar River
Officer Crust
Oficer
Ieee
Sbrat
Rev. Spry
Margaret Myers
Klingaman
Somerset, Pa
Burch Bros. Go
Judge Gomes
Humphriea
T. J. Cleary
Q. A. EK
Kretz
C. P
AL Gth
Sycamore Streets
Great Western
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