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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

ably the model mining camp in Iowa.
and perhaps the United States. for
the Consolidation Coal Company owns
in fee simple all the land in Monroe
county on which the town proper is
built Most of the dwelling houses
are five and six room, one and one.
half story houses, all unifrom in size,
architecture and color. They are
painted blush slate color, clean
and bright, which is clean and strik-
ing on first appearance. thus doing
away with the old red or whitewashed
miners house so generally seen in
mining camDs. Too much praise can.
not be given to this company for
raising the life, tone and building for
the miner where he and his family
can at least have some of the home
comforts. Then another thing the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

circuit and Rev: Wilson. of Bussey, is
the pastor. Sunday school is at nine
o'clock in the morning and preaching
in the afternoon.
Buxton Concert Band.
The Buxton Concert band. an or
ganization which Is not excelled in
any town the size of Buxton in the
state. is the pride of the town. And
justly may it be. The band has been
in existence for the past 20 years and
has always had the reputation of be-
ing an uutodate band in every re-
spect. When the Consolidation Coal
company had it's main Office in Mucha-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

first Wednesday evening in each
month.
The Grand United Order of Odd
Fellows is also strong lodge. They
meet the first and last Monday even
ing in each month. The Household
of Ruth, the ladies brancn of the
lodge. is equally as strong They meet
the third Friday evening in each
month. The X. of p. lodge, Silver
Leaf No. 5, meets the second and
fourth Friday evenings of each month.
The Courts of Calanthea. the ladies
branch of the lodge, is we'll organized.
The Knights of Tabor is also pop
ular lodge among the colored people.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

LOW RATES TO OHIO AND IN
DIANA POINTS, ., q.
Via Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Ry.
Sept. sth, 18th, and Oct 9th. Call at
4lO Walnut st. for all information.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

IKE deserted village miles to the
northeast. The Consolidation Coal
company, which is operated along the
chicago e. Northwestern R'y line.
was organized more than twenty-five
years ago by J. E. Buxton, a native
OF Vermont. Mr.. ]. e. Buxton came
west and opened up the Muchakinock
consolidated Coal Co. as a carpenter
mines and several others with white
miners: After few years operation
me white minors struck and after sew
eral attempts to have the white min
ers live up to their agreement it was
oeclded to replace them with colored
miners, this was about eighteen
years ago, and since that time the
tGolored miners have always been in
She majority and there has never oc-
5salurred any more strikes, and the Con-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18
ALBH NOTES.


Monday being Labor Day thele was
quite number of people in town from
the SUI rounding towns. Hilton. Hooking.
J Hiteman and Buxton. The Buxton Band
| in their uniform was in town and took
part in the parade.
! Cresie Griever and Carrie Francis of
Buxton were in town Monday and Tues
day.
Mrs. Gordon and little son, Mrs. Har-
ris and her children Of Hilton were in
town Monday.
Messrs. Z,ck Taylor, Lou London, I.
| Perkins and T. Rhodes was in town Mon
| day.
1Mr. Thinks, A. Grayson, Mr.. Boals and
! Miss Adeline Boals of uiteman we're in
town Monday.
On Thursday evening number of
Abba young people gathered at the home
Of Mrs. L. Grayson with surprise party
on Mr.. Roy Grayson. The young people
had quite nice time socially and the re-
past of the evening was cake, ice cream
and water melon.
Quite number OF people from Buxton
were in town Sunday.
The A. NJ. f. church stewards gave q
social Saturday night.
Rev. James l.. Wharton, present p lstor
OF the A. NJ. E. church of Abba, came to
this town with his wife on Jan. IA, 1903,
from Osceola where he had been appoint
ed pastor of the A. M. E. church in that
town by Bishop A. Grant. Rev. Wh'r.
ton finding the church much in need of
improvement after being built for rs or 80
years, he set about his duty. as . pastor
in charge, and on January with sue
cessful rally. which amounted to $50.
the carpenters began their work. A new
roof. new fue, stone pillows and also new
~ painted inside and out and papered
On August 9th Bishop Abraham Grant.
the presiding bishop of the fourth district
of the church, came and dedicated the
A. NJ. Z. church of Abba on the above
date In the morning the bishop preach
ed soul reviving sermon at the A. NJ.
E. church. In the afternoon he filled the
pulpit at the Friends church. He simply
took the congregation up on the wings Of
his matches eloauence.
Rev. Wharton is loved and held in the
highest esteem by the best people in Abba,
white and colored. Rev. and Mrs. Whar-
ton has one little daughter, Marion Louise,
about seven months old. Mrs. Wharton
taken suddenly i'll Sept. 8, and her mother
Mrs. John Roberts ct Glencoe, III. was
teegcaphed tor, she with her daughter
Miss Lila Roberts and little son Vernon
arrived Sept. II and may visit week or
50 in our city.
The Stewardess OF tine A. Nj +. church
presented the pastor with foe confer
ence suit, also Mrs. Wharton with a
; handsome drsss suit and dresses and etc.
! in abundance for little Marion Louise
! Wharton.
! R:v. James l.. Wharton leaves Sept. Is
for Des Moiuks to attend the annual con-
ference.
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Mr.. Benjamine F. Tate, whose genial
face is SO we'll known in Buxton, is a
very popular young man, and well
liked by all. He lives an exemplary
life. He was born in the old domin-
ion in 1871; came to Muchakinock in
1880. Learning the carpenters trade
he then worked for the Iowa Fuel Co
years. He is now employed by Tie
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-18

Consolidated Coal Co. as a carpenter
and machinist in the No. 10 shops.
He is one of the old members OF the
Buxton band playing a cornet. and is
a member of the A. NJ E. church, al
so a singer in it's choir. We hope
that there is a great future for this
deserving young man.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-24
OLIVE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Another Important Sale Reported
Near Sixteenth Street.

Olive street continues to be a center Of
activity in the real estate market, as was
indicated yesterday by the sale Of % feet
on the north side Of. lot No. l521, between
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. from the
Bristol Realty Company to Eva Stursess
Hills for $1,000.
The southwest corner OF Sixteenth and
Olive streets, lot S0x1O9 feet. was sold a
few days ago to D. NJ. Houser for $1,000.
and west OF this lot in the came block
a strip fronting - feet on olive street was
sod to Judge Wilbur F. Boyle.
1t Is SAID that terms have been agreed
upon for the sale of 90 feet on the south
sIGe Of Olive street, opposite the property
purchased by Mrs. Hills, and that the SAFE
will be closed in few days The deal
yesterday was made by the Hoibrook-
Blackwelder Real Estate Trust Company
and Bradley & Quinette.
Property owners have agreed that hand
some improvements should be made along
Olive for several blocks east and west
of Eighteenth street. The convenience to
the Union Station and the fact that retail
trade is improving in that vicinity are said
to warrant a better class OF stores and d
series OF small tirst-class hotels. the latter
to be completed before the Words Fair
opens
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-24

Ladies' Plated Coat with Skirt, No. 1906
No summer outfit seems complete unless It
contains at least one fancy coat of pongee
or shanting silk, deliberately trimmed. to
wear over costumes of the same material
or else accompany black and blue toilets,
with which the ecru goes SO well.
The illustration shows a smart coat OF
this kind developed in biscuit pongee with
black taffeta and ecru lace for trimming. 1t
is unlined and makes an Ideal summer gar
ment.
The blouse is simply adjusted with Shout
der and underar-n seams. Deep tucks ex-
tend from shoulder to belt back and front.
The lower edge is completed with narrow
taffeta belt that has a conventional dip in
front.
A broad lace collar is shaped TO form long
stole ends. The bertha collar of taffeta is
attached to the stole and motifs trim the
sections. II gives broad dropping effect
20 the shoulders.
Deep plaits in the skirt back and front
give II the effect of continuation of the
blouse. 1t is however. attached to the low
er edge Of the belt and fits well over the
hips.
One-piece sleeves fit the upper arm closely
and are very wide at the lower edge, where
fullness is on narrow wristbands, dropping
well at the back. Flaring cuffs of taffeta
are fastened to these bands Goats in this
style may be made with or without the
skirt portion. bertha collar or cuffs. giving
quite variety of styles in the one gar
nent
Yelling, taffeta, etamine. voille or bril-
liantine are all appropriate fabrics for this
mode They may be deliberately trimmed or
finished with numerous rows of machine
stitching to suit individual taste.
To make the coat in the medium size will
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-24

10 Anthony Connors Captain Dodds's por-
ton of the estate was small. only few
hundred dollars, and the home was lost
He came home late Wednesday night and
sat down on bench In the yard. His
housekeeper heard him and about 2 o'clock
in the morning went out and urged him to
retire. She wanted to send for physician,
but the Captain would not consent, and
finally fell asleep. He did not awake, and
when the housekeeper went to call him
about O'Clock he was dead.
Captain Dodds was born in Middleton,
Pa. and celebrated his seventy first birth
day in st. Louis a week ago to-day. He
came to ST Louis in 1915 with his brother.
William, who survives him. Both followed
the river. William as engineer and Robert
in the lumber trade. For forty years the
latter was captain and pilot for the Schulz
enbers & Booker Lumber Company. at one
time one of the largest lumber firms in tho
Southwest All the RATS came from Still
water. MINI.
Captain Doods married Miss Marguerite
o'Brien Of this city in 1869. and survived
her four years.
His funeral will take place from Land
voet's undertaking establishment. No. 311o
North Ninth street. tomorrow afternoon.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-24
New Missouri Penitentiary Institu-
ton to Be Under Way in a
Short Time.
PREPARING PLANS.
As Soon as Building Is Completed
Machinery Will Be Installed
and Manufacture of Bind
err Cord Begun.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
jefferson City, Mo-. July 23.-Warden
Woodbridge, in conjunction with the Prison
Inspectors. to-day picked out site for the
new binder-twine factory In the Missouri
Penitentiary. and has instructed the archi-
tects to rush the plans and specifications.
Treasurer W. p. Williams, a member Of
the Board Of Inspectors, said they hoped to
have the building for the new bindingtwine
factor under way in very short time.
Warden Woodbridge. Captain Allen and
myself recently visited the Kansas State
Penitentiary at Lansing" he continued,
land thoroughly inspected their plant. Since
that time we have been in correspondence
with the makers Of the necessary machin-
cry. etc, hoping to get the plant in opera
ton as soon as possible. We have to fit 1t
out from the start, and even have to put up
the building. as there Is no available room
within the prison in which to work.
THE last Legislature appropriated only
$4,000 for buildings. It would require
more than double this amount to erect the
sort we would like to have In order to make
the factory success. but We are going
ahead. nevertheless. and do the very best
we can with the money placed at our dis
posal. We will have to trust to future ses-
sions to set aside additional funds for the
completion of the undertaking."
When asked If there was any truth in the
report that the binder-twine factory would
not DO started Colonel Williams said:
mo truth whatever. 1 understood one OF
the papers quoted Captain Allen as saying
that the plant would not be installed but
this was a mistake, as Captain Allen had
been eager to get the work under way ever
since the adjournment of the Legislature. I
understand from him that the interview
credited to him was entirely erroneous. No,
you may say that Just as soon as possible
we will be making Irvine in the Missouri
Penitentiary. and that every effort is being
put forth to make the venture a practical
and business success to benefit the farm
crs'
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-24
SENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER
HICC0UGHlNG FOR SIX DAYS
John Clark, q Week Ago Healthy
Man, Becomes Nervous Wreck
His Case Exciting Interest.

Six days and nights of continuous hic-
coughing sent John Clark to the City Hos
pital yesterday in state OF complete nerv-
GUS collapse.
Clark is 80 years old and came to the
city six days ago from his home in Dan
willie, ILL.,. to get employment at his trade Of
baker. The day he arrived he began hic-
coughing and could get no relief.
He at first attached no particular import
anace to the affection and employed the Or
binary remedy of drinking water or milk
holding his breath as long afterward as
possible.
Last Sunday tho hiccoughing became
more violent and Clark applied to drug
store In the vicinity Of No. 1i12 Olive street
where he lived for treatment Several diff
ferent medicines were given to him. but
he still continued to hiccough. Sleep was
impossible and from healthy man with
q normal appetite he became a haggard.
pale Individual with nerves and mind un-
strung.
Last night he was sent to the City Hos
pital, where his case attracted moro than
ordinary interest from the city physicians
After treatment Of an hour Clark was re-
lieved Of the hiccoughs for the first time
In six days. There are no indications Of a
return Of the affection. but he is extremely
weak and nervous from the six days
strain.
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require six and one-half yards of material
% inches wide. with one and one-quarter
yard of lace and five-eighths yard Of silk.
The pattern, No. $3.50, is cut in sizes for
81, 81. So IS and 10 inch bust measure.
Ladies' Seven-Gored Skirt with Tucks at
Lower Edge. No. s02a1For silks, satins and
thin gauzy fabrics that come in narrow
widths. seven-gored skirts particularly
appropriate, L. the materials cut to advan-
tage In many-gored skirts.
i new and stylish skirt is shown here de-
veloped in green and white spotted foulard
The seven well-proportioned cores are fit
ted smoothly around the waist and hips
without darts. The closing is made invisi-
bly, at the center back under two inverted
plaits that are so fatty pressed that they
give the effect of a habit back.
"A sheath effect is maintained from belt to
knee. Below that point each gore flares and
there Is stylish sweep around the bottom
Three deep tucks are arranged at the lower
The stitching on the cores and tucks is done
in heavy green silk
The skirt touches in front and trains at
the back. The long lines of the cores are
especially becoming to stout figures as we'll
as slender ones, and the pattern is cut In
large sizes to meet this demand.
Skirts r this style are made of yelling
brilliantine. albatross, wool. canvas and
crepe de Paris 1t is also appropriate for
lined with lace or bands of embroidery Ere
lace motifs.
To make the skirt in the medium size will
require five and one-half yards Of material
Al inches wide. The pattern, No sOa9 is cut
! in sizes for Q, "a. &c. IS. 3d. 80 and 81 inch
waist measure.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-24
DOcKERY TO REVIEW TROOPS.
To-Day VIII Be Governors Day at
Camp Cameron.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
81. Joseph. No. July Ex-Governor Dock
cry Tomorrow will review the troops At
Camp Cameron. where the National Guard
OF Missouri is encamped. His train is due
to arrive at 80 o'clock in the morning.
While here he viii be the guest Of General
Clark and staff. who will meet him at the
station.
Governor Dockery will occupy a carriage
with Mayor Borden, in which he will be
driven to the camp.
The review OF troops will take place at
o'clock on the main parade grounds. Tho
regiments will be in parade as follows: First
Regiment. Colonel Sinclair commanding;
Second Regiment. Colonel Mitchell; Third
Regiment, Colonel Lechtmann, and Fourth
Regiment Colonel Stringfellow. Battery A
of st. Louis. in command of Captain Rum
bold, will bring Up the rear. One of the
features of the day will be the firing Of
seventeen guns as Il salute by the battery
when the Governor enters the camp.
After the parade Governor Dockery Will
be escorted through the camp for a thor
ough inspection
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-24

characters that ever lived in st. Louis. In
the fifties he was a bartender on river
steamers. and every old riverman remem-
bers him. After accommodating money by
tending bar and managing the saloon on
the steamer Great Republic. Phil opened
saloon in the old Olympic Theater building
After disposing of the Olympic saloon
Phil became partner of Al Golden in con-
Quoting bar in the old Hearst Hotel, and
later he opened up the Annex at No. Z
North Broadway. A few years before he
left st. Louis he opened a saloon almost OPP
posite the Grand Opera house, on Market
street
Phil Haquette was in every public enter
prise Once he ventured in politics and ran
for the Council on the Democratic ticket
This was in 1896. when the local Democracy
was defeated.
Phil Haquette acquired much renown by
entering the fat mems races for the BEN
eft of the Fresh Air Mission Fund in 1885,
1857. 1885 and 1899. He is prominent mem
Der of the Elks.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-24
PROBLEM IN PHILADELPHIA.
Water Commissioner Adkins Com
pares Many Asked by Two Cities.

Philadelphia is deciding upon a plan for
purifying its water. and. according to the
North American. a copy of which has been
sent to Ben Adkins. that city is in a
very bad way.
The article says that the Director of Pub
lie Works estimates that filtration plant
will cost '.at least SIS, 100000" Adkins says
that he would like to have that amount
appropriated for similar plant in st.
Louis, and be allowed to keep the differ
ence between 1t and the amount 1t will
cost this city to get clear water.
According to Adkins. the extreme cost
will be s1.250,000 OF this sum $4,000 has
been appropriated for the construction of
settling basins No. and 8, while the bal
ance OF this sum would be used for the
construction Of an additional flow line or
conduit 10 the city and two new pumps
at the Chain of Rocks
Work is being pushed on the changes in
the weir system and Adkins says that 1t
will be competed by November l.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-24
NO EMBLEMS OF MOURNING
AT HELENE MORA'S FUNERAL,
Unusual Ceremony Carried Out in
Accordance With the Wishes
of the Well-Known
Actress.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. July 23.-The funeral of Helene
Mora, the actress. from her residence.
Twenty-third avenue and Eighty-second
street. Bensonhurst, to-day. was quite diff
ferent from the ordinary run Of funerals. in
that there We're no emblems Of mourning
displayed.
The body was robed in white and rested
In white embossed plush coffin. The cof-
fin was surrounded with flowers, ard sus-
pended above II were two American flags.
The windows were open. admitting the
fresh air and sunlight, and the sisters Of
the dead actress wore white gowns Slafer's
Military Band of forty pieces played at in
tcrvals. The funeral services were conduct
ed by the Reverend h GoTgas OF the
Church Of the Advent In Bath Beach, and
no reference was made at any time TO the
sadness Of death. The body was cremated
at Fresh Pond. All this was in accordance
with the wishes Of the dead actress.
Miss Mora died on Monday at her home IN
Bensonhurst from complication of dis
cases. She had been complaining for over
a year. When. In last March. while on u
Western tour. she was compelled to cancel
her engagements, she at that time was
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