Coming and Going of People and Their Friends Week's Review Robertson
The week covers numerous local movements and visits. W. A. Wickham traveled to Ackley. Mesdames Wickham and Zatal visited Town Falla. M. L. Burns and daughter Edna returned from Hampton and Warren County kin attended J. S. Quiggle funeral, delayed by rain. Quiggle buried by Masonic Order. Rev. Lewis officiated. Mrs. Ralston and her Conrad relatives visited. Henry Eisentrager completed thrashing. potato digging active between showers. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Huse welcomed a ten pound baby girl born October 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Ralston
Conrad
Bowers
Henry Eisentrager
Guy Huse
Abbott area social notes show farm visits and errands
The Abbott Grist reports a flurry of farm visits and errands. George Kugel works nights at Abbott Crossing while L G Gimner of New London visited to oversee farm interests and shell corn. Multiple residents including August Homan, Andrew Gerdes, A Olman, Hays Fouts, John Micheals, Rev Knoll, W T Gimer, Kobus Van Helden, John Kugel, Mrs B Olman, Mrs Jess Johns, and others were seen in Abbott, Ackley, Clarion, Eldora, and neighboring towns over the weekend. Several residents mention winter preparations and farm activity, with Gardner and wife traveling to North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kugel
Abbott Crossing
L. G. Gimner
New London
August Homan
Ackley
Andrew Gerdes
Cleves
Abbott
A. Olman
Hays Fouts
Eldora
John Micheals
Rev. Knoll
W. T. Gimer
Kobus van Helden
Jobn Kugel
Clarion
B. Olman
Minnesota
A. GL. Gardner
North Dakota
Mr. Carrell
Chapin
Abbott Station
International Fleet to Gather at Hampton Roads
Washington reports an anticipated gathering of the world’s navies at Hampton Roads to celebrate the Panama Canal completion. The fleet will sail to San Francisco, with nations varying from large squadrons to single ships or personnel from legations. Secretary Bryan issued invitations September 17, and the president will review the fleet there before its voyage.
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Washington
Hampton Roads
United States
Panama Canal
Pacific
Bryan
Hampton Reds
San Francisco
Thaw Brief Filed in New Hampshire Case
Counsel for Harry K. Thaw filed a lengthy brief with Governor Felker outlining facts of William Travers Jerome’s bid to obtain an indictment charging conspiracy against Thaw. The document reportedly contains information deemed essential to the grand jury proceedings and reflects the high level of legal maneuvering surrounding the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutchess Grand Jury
Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
Felker
William ‘Travers Jerome
Charing
Thaw
Grand Jury Indictment Vote Recount in Dutchess County
Preliminary notes detail the Dutchess County grand jury proceedings as they debated indictment by majority vote. A September session adjourned without action after a second vote failed to pass, with a reconsideration deemed necessary and no third session held. A separate item notes Miss Sarah Enght, a recluse spinster, died in a New York boarding house leaving an estate over a million dollars. Her will leaves the fortune to cousins Joseph C. McLoughlin and George Meloughlin of Sedalia Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nave Cobie
Memes
Dutchess County Grand Jury
Thrivier
Distret
Julers
New York
Sarah Enght
Cssor
Joseph C. McLoughlin
George Meloughlin
Sedalia
Assay Office at Wall Street to Melt Heirlooms for Bullion
A vivid reminiscence of the United States assay office on Wall Street as Col John A. Murray, longtime chief, prepares to close after 90 years. The piece threads anecdotes of customers melting wedding silver and heirlooms into bullion, from a bride-to-be to a widow’s keepsake, illustrating the office’s stoic humor and poignant farewells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murrau
Wall Street
New York
United States
Col
John A. Murray
Colopal
Murray
Menta
George
Ulster County
Coloniel Murray
Kansas City Resorts Close After Vice Crackdown
Kansas City officials ordered the closure of commercialized vice houses, turning four women from their establishments into the streets. Police arrested several women who ignored the order as hundreds of vice district venues were shuttered. welfare workers report only five women expressed willingness to seek respectable employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Board of Police
Sturgis Banker Sentenced for Insolvent Bank Losses
Judge Rice in the elvenit court sentenced Harold M. Cooper, found guilty by a jury of receiving deposits as assistant cashier of the Mene County bank knowing the bank to be insolvent, to one year in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgis
Cleanliness Key for Pou House Welfare
A brief notice stresses scrupulous cleanliness in pou houses to protect welfare. Authorities urge consistent sanitation practices and regular inspections to prevent disease and ensure safe living conditions for poultry.
Three Great Educational Expositions in Chicago
Exhibits of milk butter and cattle judging plus dairy discussions at the International Amphitheatre Union Stock Yards Chicago. Exhibitions and laboratory work form part of the Dairy Association meetings with talks on breeding feeding and fitting dairy cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Association
International Amphitheatre
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Pablo
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsements
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for cures, claims of F Cheney's reliability, and promotes internal action to blood and mucous membranes. It urges purchase from druggists at 75 cents per bottle and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. Dd Cheney
National Hank OF Commerce
Hall
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Four County News
the Abbott Grist
Beulah Shindall
Albert Lea
S. Bullock
Jess Johns
Wm. Johns
THE
Roosevelt Brothers
Assay Office
Bey
Mrs. Clark Beach
Beach’s Bazar
Mery
National Daily Show
U.S. Land Exposition
Coliseum
Illinois Central
H. J. Phelps
Ven
Ayer
Farmer
Heetlad
College OF Commerce
Waterloo
Iowa
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