Chestnut Street Electrolier Lighting Plan Bids Planned
City council and Boosters Club plan forty electroliers with five lights each for Chestnut street from depot to park. Four per block on both sides, three near the depot, poles by McDonald Iron Works, Des Moines. Bids will require sample poles. contract hoped within fifty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boosters Club
Crawford and Goff
Wiseman, Campbell and Chase
Chestnut Street
Council and Boosters Board
Nabe’s
McDonald Iron Works
Des Moines
White Way
Woman Breaks Up Picnic By Temperance Advocate
East June 10 Mrs Tillie McGowan a temperance advocate disrupted a picnic near here by using a rifle and force after being offered beer She accepted a cup to use as evidence and struck a man with a stone causing injuries The assailant fled pursued by gunfire and later apologized as others departed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison,east
Tillie McGowan
Town Pensions Granted To Iowa Residents
Washington June 10 pensions were granted today to Iowans including James P Cassady Walter S Clark Joseph T Findley George Given John B Kline Mary W Lewis Geotl A Lott Adam Osborne Ellen E Peck August Schultz Mariette West and George O Wright with amounts ranging from 12 to 20 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
James P. Cassady
Walter S. Clark
Joseph T. Findley
George Given
John B. Kline
Mary W. Lewis
Adam Osborne
Ellen E. Peck
August Schultz
Mariette West
George O. Wright
Decision Holds in Moon Law Des Moines
The supreme court refused to modify its ruling on the illegality of saloon licenses issued between the Moon law signing and its effective date and overruled a new trial motion in the Gallagher case from Sioux City. County attorneys watch the decision to decide whether to close saloons with wrongly issued licenses.
Damaging Fire at Clarinda Leaves Losses For Local Firms
A fire at 3 a.m. Thursday destroyed a frame elevator and coal house owned by B. T. Brent and leased by T. H. Howard and son C. B. E. Howard beside the Burlington tracks near Clarinda. Two Howard horses died, two were injured. others escaped. Losses include coal hay chop oats corn wagons harness and insurance on contents totaling about 1,800 dollars, frame building valued 2,220, Brent insured 1,400. Eggs from Iowa Produce Company damaged and 3 freight cars burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
B. T. Brent
T. H. Howard
C. BE. Howard
Burlington Tracks
Howard & Son
Co. BE. Howard
Brent
Iowa Produce Company
Iowa Property Taxable Value Rises Across State
State Auditor Bleakly reports a 1911 increase in net taxable property value in Iowa by 7,957,000 compared to 1910. Land values rose by 1,360,000 in the same period, reflecting broad gains in assessed assessments and tax base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Flowers for Fire Department Memorial Requested
Flowers wanted for the Fire Department Memorial tomorrow. Please leave at Hedges Bros. pantitorium or notify ROY HEDGES IRA ROWE or TOM LEE tonight. the committee will arrange collection.
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Fire Department
Hedges Bros.’ Pantitorium
Roy Hedges
Ira Rowe
Tom Lee
Real Estate Transfers Listed for June 1911
June 8 1911 Alice Guthrie transfers to Clement Guthrie and others a wed 6 5 11 sw4 sw4 and g3 4 of e2 sec 2 74-34 except 1 acre a se Cor for 1. On June 9 1911 Ida B Branden transfers to Clara J Burham a wed 2 23 11 62 ft 16 b 12 Gris wold for 500 John S Fleming and wife transfer to Stella M Herring a wed 6 11 11 ptt lof OP Vt lof 32 ne4 8-76-36 for 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heal
Alice Guthrie
Clement Guthrie
Ida B. Branden
Clara J. Burham
John S. Fleming
Stella M. Herring
Veterans Get $4.60 Round Trip to Muscatine
Grand Army veterans will secure a round trip rate from Des Moines of 4.60 to the G A R state encampment in Muscatine on June 13 to 15. The fare is one and a half times the base price for the trip. Reduced rates apply on every line entering Muscatine as railroads advertise the encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Muscatine
Grand Army
Tate
Picnic at Washington Center School Hosted by Grace Borchart
Yesterday a school picnic at Washington Center School was hosted by teacher Miss Grace Borchart. Attendees from town included Sophia Thurman, Mary Rattenborg, Leona Ackerman, Kristina Rattenborg, and Margaret Bonnet. Walter Rattenborg drove the Rattenborg car to transport them.
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Washington Center School
Grace Borchart
Sophia Thurman
Mary Rattenborg
Leona Ackerman
Kristina Rattenborg
Margaret Bonnet
Walter Rattenborg
Rattenborg
Funeral for Mrs. Louisa Donahoe Held at Lewis Home
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Louisa Donahoe were held at the home near Lewis at ten o'clock this morning, followed by interment in the Lewis cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Donahoe
Lewis
Lewis Cemetery
Gold Hill Church Hosts Evening Program
An excellent program will be given at the Gold Hill church Sunday evening. Everyone is invited to attend. A good western picture Majestic tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Hill
Westward Love Of Ed Anderson Grows At Medford
Ed Anderson former Atlantic boy now in Medford Oregon as general foreman for Bell Telephone Company. He and his bride visited The News this morning and spoke of his good position and happiness in the west. He says the west towns of this size show progress far beyond Atlantic and Mild looks of old town. They will remain a day or so before leaving for Medford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E
Wd) Anderson
Bell Or Pacific Telephone Company
Medford
Atlantic
Settlement reached in burned car loss for Albert Brehmer
Albert Brehmer received 1000 dollars plus salvage on his burned 1909 Mitchell automobile after an adjuster from the Insurance Company of North America, represented locally by Whitney Bros., completed a prompt and satisfactory settlement. The fire damaged the rear more than the front. engine survived and salvage value expected. Hol Southwick and Jake Weitzel assisted in valuing the car for the adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Howard
Insurance Company of North America
Whitney Bros
Albert Brehmer
Mitchell
Brehner
Hol Southwick
Jake Weitzel
Mrs Henry Surprised on 85th Birthday at Home
Yesterday marked Mrs Henry’s 85th birthday with about twenty five friends and neighbors surprising her at her north Chestnut Street home. They gave her a handsome rocker and shared refreshments for a pleasant evening. Out of town guests included Mrs Frank Speriing and her daughter Clara of Persia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
North Chestnut Street
Frank Speriing
Clara
Persia
Won Second Place in Interstate Meet
Simon Peterson son of banker John Peterson of Elk Horn was in the city returning from Des Moines where he attended a shoot between Iowa and Nebraska marksmen. He won second prize and a silver medal, adding to a previous second place at Omaha last year, giving him two silver medals for his rifle skill.
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Simon Peterson
John Peterson
Elk Horn
Des Moines
Nebraska
Peterson
Iowa
Omaha
Fireman Seeks 15000 Damages Over Defective Engine
Railroad locomotive fireman for years on the Creston to Lincoln line sues C B & Q for 15000 alleging a defective engine let him fall from the cab window last winter. He was paralyzed below the hips from the impact and filed the case in district court for the September term. The suit stems from the railway’s resident status and the county where the line runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jttorney
H. M. Boorman
William Dow
Creston
Lincoln
Neb
District Court
Carrie Nation dies in Leavenworth of paresis
Carrie Nation the Kansas saloon smasher died at 7:05 pm in a Leavenworth sanitarium after months of ill health due to paresis. Born Carrie Moore in Kentucky in 1846, she devoted her life to temperance after her husband’s alcoholism and later married David Nation. Her first notable act was smashing a Wichita hotel barroom in 1900, leading to a brief jail stay before release on bond. Her body was to be sent to Kansas City, Kansas, for funeral services likely Sunday.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Carrie Nations
Kentucky
Carrie Moore
David Nation
Hospital Return and Surgical Update
At the hospital J H Lane has been able to return home today. Miss McVay the nurse underwent an appendicitis operation last evening by Dr Jonas of Omaha with Drs Jones and Morris of this city assisting and is recovering well. A new bakery will open in the Wilken building on lower Chestnut Street after it is rented to a Des Moines man who will move in next week. the Ten Cent store stock vacated the building today.
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J. H. Lane
Miss McVay
Dess
Jonas
Omaha
Wilken
Lower Chestnut Street
Des Moines
Ten Cent
Moving the Stock at Ten Cent Store Transfer
Platts and Nelson, who recently acquired the stock of the Ten Cent Store, are moving the inventory to their office above the Bruce Loan and Investment Company and will close it out in a lump sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platts & Nelson
Ten Cent
Bruce Loan & Investment Company
Sixty Koreans Drowned in River Fire Tragedy
Blagoventsk Asia Russia June 10 Sixty Koreans were drowned while trying to escape from the steamer Muravieff Amursk after the vessel burned and was destroyed by fire on the Amur river Thursday night.
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Blagoventsck
Asia
Russia
Muravieff
Hearing Delayed for L Wilson Over Health Issues
The L Wilson case was postponed as the county physician certified the man is unfit for trial. He was brought from Des Moines after a head injury and hospitalized in Mercy, with his condition worsening and a hearing set only when he is well enough.
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L. Wilson
Des Moines
Burke
Wilson
Berry
Mercy
Weather forecast for Iowa shows party fair conditions
The forecast indicates generally fair weather for Iowa with cooler temperatures. Thunderstorms are possible in the eastern portion this afternoon or tonight, with cooler conditions expected tonight and in the extreme eastern portion Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Card of Thanks for bereavement and flowers
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors who assisted us during our recent bereavement the death of our baby Beulah May and to those who sent the beautiful floral tributes Mr. and Mrs John McAfer
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Beulah
John McAfer
Man Thought To Be At Knoxville In Murder Case
William Madden, sought on a first degree murder charge for the fatal shooting of Mrs. Florence Durtt, is in custody in Knoxville Iowa Col HE B Johnston chief of detectives was informed and officers will move to Des Moines to return Madden. Grinnell officers had arrested a man thought to be Madden but Durtt did not identify him and release followed.
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William Madden
Florence Durtt
Knoxville
Iowa
B. Johnston
Des Moines
Madden
Grinnell
Durtt
Spirits blamed as motive in Denver wife murder case
Gus William Marshall said mystic revelations driven by alleged infidelity compelled him to shoot his wife at a restaurant. He claimed a vision showed her with another man, followed her to Reno, then bought a revolver and killed her. He told police he feels no remorse, saying he freed himself from torment.
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Denver
Colo
Gus William Marshall
George Chutes
Chutes
Marshall
Reno
Memorial Day Observance by Local Fire Department
Fire department members will observe their annual Memorial Day tomorrow with a ritual at the cemetery. They meet at the hall at ten, march via Chestnut Fifth Hazel, then ride to the cemetery to decorate the graves of thirty departed members including Whitney Schulz Stafford Sauer and others. Auto owners asked to provide rides to the cemetery, with a 9 to 9:30 a.m. assembly at the Firemen's hall. efforts to include interested women.
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Chestnut
Fifth Street
Fifth
Hazel
F. H. Whitney
Chris Schulz
W. B. Stafford
Dan Sauer
R. D. Wilken
Sylvester Williams
John Enright
Luther Stoner
J. R. Morris
Job Card
A. H. Goodspeed
Henry Mueller
Tom Wert
W. P. Curry
P. F. O'Connell
Frank Peart
Dennis Mack
J. M. Haver
R. H. Zuch
Dick Woodson
Frank Parkeser
Elmer Steward
Richard Fox
Kem Moreland
Claude Cappellar
W. J. Goodge
C. P. Cornell
Chas. von Motz
James Pugh
Kit Willey
Personal mentions fill local page chatter
Fred Hess is reported about the same. Migs Carrie Anders with Miss Grinnell visited Anita on business this afternoon. Win Malone, well known real estate man, was in the city on business. John Gray of Casey called in the city to transact business and visit. Mrs John Wilson travels to Coal Valley Illinois to visit friends and relatives. Rev W M Elston of Lewis bought a Model T Ford touring car from the Atlantic Automobile Company. Dale Morrow bought an Overland car from Petit Auto Agency, not yet delivered, to be driven from Omaha. John Fuhlendorf bought a Buick from Atlantic Auto and traded for a Rambler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hess
Carrie Anders
Miss Grinnell
Anita
Win. Malone
Atlantic Automobile Company
Dale Morrow
Petit Auto Agency
Omaha
Memorial Day Thanks From Sam Rice Post No 6 G A R
The Sam Rice Post No 6 G A R and the Auxiliary thank those who lent autos for cemetery transport and donations for a proper memorial service. They praise the double quartet and list members, thank speakers Capt Metzgar and Rev Mack, thank Green Bay Lumber Co for park lumber, and commend the cemetery association for its condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Asay
B. Crawford
Ray Dungan
W. B. Nelson
W. H. Wiseman
H.l Worthing
H. G. Dacken
Wm. Hendee
A. T. Metzgar
B. HB. Mack
Green Bay Lumber Co
Cemetery Association
T. P. Brlington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council and
Uwe
Supreme Court
Sioux City
State Auditors
Ed” Anderson
Atlantic Boy
Medford, Obe
Bell Telephone Company
Damages
Majestic
Lavenworth
Paresisa
NEWB
John, Fuhlendorf
Buick
C. R. Hunt
MR. Jestic
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