Cleaning Guns and Ammunition Questions Answered
Readers discuss best gun barrel cleaning methods and how different cartridges and rifling twists affect performance. Advice covers hot water, solvents, brass cleaners, and dry methods, plus comparisons of 44 Smith & Wesson vs 45 Colt, and how twist rates impact velocity and recoil. Also offers guidance on damp closet conditions and ammunition shelf life.
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Brooklyn
Rclle
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Fairmont
W. Va
Ith Coulis
Smith Wesson
Smith & Wesson
Fodder for Foto Pans Brisk in Movie Notes
A compact item notes brave viewers deserve seats while many motion picture operators ignore a speedy ordinance. Flora Finch buys a Flatbush home and plans a house warming. Lillian Walker, Vitagraph swimmer, attended Brighton baths with medals. Sympathy goes to those who know the elderly lady seen in movie scenes. Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand return to Keystone after a San Francisco Exposition stay.
Burlington Beats Boyle's Men in 5-0 Game
Burlington climbed ahead with timely hits by Keo and errors from Iowa City opponents, powering a 5 to 0 victory. A sensational defensive showing and a home run by forgan highlighted the contest as Blunk, Rolley, McCulloch, and Brown contributed on the mound and in the field.
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Burlington
Keo
Forgan
Courtest
Tutlingtoh
Teokuk
Blunk and Rolley
McCulloch
Irown
Semi-Pro and Amateur Action in Sumner and Webster City
Sumner’s semi pro team battled St Paul American Association club to a 9 to 9 tie, called after nine innings to catch a train. Jack Hill led Sumner with a first inning homer and a ninth inning double that tied the game. Butile pitched for Sumner, wild but not hit hard. In Webster City, the home club beat Austin, Minnesota in a record breaking 66 minute nine inning game, with Webster City’s pitcher and defense holding a near perfect visitor lineup.
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Sumner
St. Aul American Association
St. Paul
Jack Hill
Waterloo
Butile
Central Asociation
Paul
Betts
Johnson
Battle
Weeks
Webster City
Webster Cy
Webster Cty
Austin
Charles City Tops New Hampton 15 to 1 In Picnic Game
Charles City Iowa June 24 The northern Iowa Woodman's picnic baseball game between Charles City and New Hampton ended with Charles City winning 15 to 1. The Palmer brothers were the battery for Charles City. Rockford beat Clarksville 9 to 5 on June 26 with Baehme Le Roy Weigand and Reitz noted as batteries for the teams.
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Charles City
New Hampton
Iowa
Woodman
Palmer Brothers
Rockford
Clarksville
Cedar Falls fair adds race program to holiday shows
The Cedar Falls Cedar Valley District Fair association announces a July 3 to 6 event in Cedar Falls Waterloo with baseball field sports platform acts and fireworks. Saturday features 2:17 pace 2:20 trot and 2:30 pace plus two running races and a purse of 100 won by Ackley and Parkersburg. Sunday includes a symposium on Christian citizenship and a sacred concert by Cedar Falls concert band and a 200-voice choir. Monday offers four auto races including a 15 mile free for all and three motorcycle events, with more field sports and eight platform acts. Newton Fireworks will stage a $1000 sky show each afternoon at 4 am July 3 and 6 on the fair grounds Interurban one. This marks a premier northern Iowa event.
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Cedar Falls
Ackley and
Parkersburg
Newton Fireworks Company of
Chicago
Ww. 9
Kenyon
John Wesley Holland
D. D
Rev
J. D. Vanney
Cedar Falle
Wellsburg
Newton
Cedar Valley District Fair Association
Cedar Falls- Waterloo
Iowa
Walter Baker & Co Win Grand Prize at Panama-Pacific Expo
In San Francisco on June 36 the Walter Baker & Co., Ltd. of Dorchester Mass received the grand prize for superiority of cocoa and chocolate preparations. The historic firm has earned 55 top awards at major expositions in Europe and America.
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Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
San Francisco
Dorchester
Mass
Europe
America
Hearts and Swords and Other Dramas At The Grand
Today the Grand features Hearts and Swords a two reel drama of the Mexican con game Her Musical Cook The Two Cent Mystery and a Keystone comedy Tomorrow W B Hart in a four reel Mutual drama The Darkening Trial and a single reel comedy The Grand now runs Mutual pictures exclusively.
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the Grand
W. 8. Hart
Carnival at T C Grounds Nuxt Week Waterloo Engagements
Jarvis Seeman shows open Monday June 28 in Waterloo for a week. They boast clean wholesome amusements in bright new canvas with a decorative midway of red and white streamers. Notably educational devices appeal to children with a weekly youngsters day every Tuesday. those under fourteen with a red badge enter free.
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Jarvis Seeman
Waterloo
Jarvis-Seeman
Leading Ladies of Selig Polyscope During Rainy Days
On rainy days without exterior shoots the leading ladies of Selig Polyscope find ways to stay busy. Kathryn Williams paints and refinishes her bungalow, Elsie Greeson crafts fudge and reads, Edith Johnson plans future costumes, Eugenie Bresserer experiments with new dishes, and Bessie Byron cycles through gym and sewing activities.
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Selig Polyscope Company
Kathryn Wlliams
Elsie Greeson
Edith Johnson
Eugenie Bresserer
Bessie Byron
Spine as foundation of health says WEIGERT
Weigert argues the spine is the body's foundation and key to health, noting its historical neglect and rising acceptance of spinal approaches in therapy. He describes chiropractic practice and offers office hours and contact details for his Waterton clinic.
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Weigert
Thal
First
National Bank
Waterton
William Christy Cadsinne
Midestre Studios
Geatly
Julia Goode Cabunny
Cabanne
Stage stars and film figures in a lively prelude
Fragmented notes describe performers and industry figures during a visit, noting educational uses of a test reel, and mentions of Mary Alden and Lottie Pickford in early productions. It highlights screening curios and rising stars while referencing a reserved seat sale for the public.
Faded Cedarus Jewelry Ad Promises Bold Deals
A garbled ad for a Cedarus jewelry store markets firework style gifts and low prices. It mentions various prices and a chaotic list of items with unclear origins, implying a store sale or clearance event. The text shows misread names and phrases, suggesting a damaged OCR of a local ad.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mary Pickford
Mary Nash
Fomeda
Ans
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Ang
O. K
William Farnum
Crystal
Little Deceiver
Chaplin
Novia
Papa
Flora Finch
Flatbush
Miss Finch
Lillian Walker
Vitagraph Studios
Brighton
Miss Walker
Bag
Mahel Normand
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Keystone
Mutual
San Francisco Exposition
Boyle
Slene
Mason City
Marshalltown
Theeries
Annans
Garrett
Richardson
Baird
Rogan City
Hammerchmidt
Smith
T. C. Grounds
Wehek
Way Saaines Suing
Wells-Randall Co
West Fourth Street
Hlere
Willhe Wallis Bolles
Ovak
Welk
TN Pitt Gerk
Udit Rlub
Mra
Polley Eimnelit
Lome
Efora
Mary Alden
New York
Lottle Pickford
Mary
Hether
Diamand
Aulhor
Lwhin
Roy TL. McCardell
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North Ameor_ jean Film corporation
Yale
Fourth Street
Moline-Knight
Roo TR. Factory
Bixler Motor Car CO
Chase
Cedarus
Seles Afmators
West Wanker
Haven
Acthrew
Diana of
Panes
the Underworld
Charles Chaplin
Incre Npa Lane
Rand G Theat
House of Class
Comfort Galyean
Hanre
Mathice
Byening
Ma LA Za Theat
Elowa
Ralph Mason HX
Famous Players
PATHE
Fanchon
Kiity Helly
The
Chicago Tribune
Famous Players Co
Sans Souci Hotel
Mra. A
Ackley
Exposition Building
Cedar Valley District
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