Grant Iowa Baby Greeting and Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Jarvig welcome a baby girl born June 11 Grandpa Pigsley says he feels ten years younger Local society notes list visits from Mrs J Askey and baby of Waterloo to Mrs Ackerman Arthur Hubree of Olcott visiting cousin Glen Curry Miss Weller of Milwaukee visiting Mrs Eli S Montgomery Mrs Schiller hosting Nebraska relatives Dr F McConaughey visiting family Grace and Dallas Porter and Glen Curry back from Lake Okoboji Saturday night Atwood family from Mortons Mill visiting William Blackburn Mrs Fred Smith en route to Red Oak for the week H F Porter to Lake Okoboji for fishing Mrs Shaler entertaining club Dr McConaughey and family hosted by W E Curry Gourley returned to Villisca M Peterson to Creston Mrs William Milligan visiting Villisca Chester Warren visiting L D Foote home William Blackburn visited by Charles Cozad and Mary Blackburn Leola Cozad of Cumberland visiting grandma J Cozad then Villisca to visit uncle J W Ashbaugh and Mrs F Westfall visiting Wohlenhaus in Gaili Dr Weir in Chicago Benjamin Archer visiting Frank Archer Earl Montgomery visiting grandfather and uncle W S Jones to Villisca Saturday William Bacon visiting daughter W E Curry Floyd Miller of Cumberland visiting Charles Kilpatrick J D Farlin of Villisca visiting Grant on business Vesta Vatter home from Des Moines for visit Children’s day program at Christian church next Sunday Mrs Cushing of Omaha visiting daughter Mrs Joe Thein Mrs S Smith of Wyoming visiting sister Mrs F Kenworthy and mother Mrs Stevens and sister Mrs Zuber of Villisca Mrs A A Carrolton visiting E Long Friday Mrs J Ashbaugh visiting mother Mrs D J Curry Friday Mr Vetter visiting father in Stanton Mrs J Stewart of Villisca visiting daughter Mrs F Kenworthy and family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hubree
Olcott
Oousin
Glen Curry
Fred Smith
Red Oak
H. F. Porter
Lake Okoboji
Shaler
F. McConaughey
W. E. Curry
H. Gourley
Villisca
M. Peterson
Creston
J. W. Ashbaugh
F. Westfall
Wohlenhaus
Gaili
Weir
Chicago
Benjamin Archer
Frank Archer
Earl Montgomery
W. S. Jones
Omaha
Joe Thein
5. Smith
Wyoming
F. Kenworthy
Stevens
Zuber
A. A. Carrolton
E. Long
J. Ashbaugh
D. J. Curry
G A R Encampment Opens in Burlington Iowa
Old Civil War veterans arrive by train for three day Iowa G A R encampment with J W Willett and G A Newman in attendance and Byron Ward urged for department commander The Des Moines delegation Governor Clarke and staff arrive for the opening ceremony at Hotel Burlington The event includes a parade and celebratory decorations reflecting 1861 1862 regimental history followed by a big campfire purchase ads for ovens hats shirts and shoes appear at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Burlington
Fortiftic
Department of Iowa
G. A
George W. Clarke
Burrington
DevreUX Milburn Star Player On American Polo Team
Devreux Milburn emerges as a star on the American polo team competing against the British squad. The match highlights his skillful play and leadership as the U.S. team seeks victory in an intense international contest.
Storm in Paris Destroys Lives
A violent three hour storm in Paris floods streets and collapses sewer mains, causing widespread damage and at least eleven deaths. A major cave-in at Rue La Boetie Faubourg Saint Honore isolates the district as police, fire crews, and troops assist in rescues. A second roadway collapse at Place Saint Augustin swallows a taxicab with a witness reporting a driver and passenger trapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
la Boetiem
Faubourg St. Menoure
Poincare
Saint Augustin
Women’s Clubs Name Officers in General Federation Nominations
Chicago June 16 Delegates to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs nominated Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker for president and Miss Mary Garrett Hay for a director post reflecting suffrage influence. Other officers listed include Miss Georgia A. Bacon and Mrs. Samuel B. Sneath. Home economics and public health were discussed, with Dr. Rockhill urging playgrounds and breathing spaces to combat tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Percy V. Pennybacker
Austin
Tex
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Mary Garrett Hay
New York
Miss Hay
Samuel B. Sneath
Tiffin, O
Georgia A. Bacon
Worcester
Mass
Harry L. Keefe
Walthill
Neb
Eugene Reilley
Charlotte
N. C
William B. Williams
Lapeer
Mich
Charles H. McMahon
Salt Lake
Utah
Charles S. Rockhill
Cincinnati
Women's Club
Denies Call for Troops in Butte Turmoil
Governor W. Stewart discussed with Washington the availability of federal troops in case they are needed amid the Butte local conflict within the Western Federation of Miners. He denied ordering militia mobilization and denied having appealed for troops, saying the inquiry was only about contingency readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
W. Stewart
Washington
Western Federation of Miners
Elephant Keeper Killed by Giant Toledo Zoo Elephant
At Walbridge park in Toledo the 8450 pound elephant Babe charged keeper Michael Raddatz during a howdah display. The animal hurled him, knelt, and thrust with its tusks, killing him within a half hour. A thousand spectators fled in panic as cries rang out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Babe
Walbridge Park
Michael Raddatz
Raddatz
Evansville Philanthropist Plans $20 Million Gift to East Aurora Animals
Evansville philanthropist Adolph Melser announced a tentative gift of 1,000 to East Aurora New York. The money will be deposited for 260 years in a bank chosen by East Aurora sage Blbert Hubbard and compounded semiannually at 4 percent. In 250 years the sum would reach about 20 million dollars for the benefit of animals of that day. Hubbard accepted the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Melser
Evansville
East Aurora
Ind
Blbert Hubbard
N. Y
East Aurora Sage
Hubbard
Prohibition Conference Opens as Wet Dry Issue for 1920
Clinton Missouri hosts a Prohibition party conference with H P Faris predicting 1920 will feature a party nominee for the White House on the wet or dry issue. Delegates will hear from Eugene W Chafin former Kansas Governor Hanly and others during a weeklong gathering. In Kansas City a man claiming to be Thomas Joanides of Princeton Kentucky collapses on a train after two hot nights and three hotter days and says his wife and infant are ill at home with no money he traveled as a stowaway after surrendering his watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
United States
Prohibition Party
White House
H. P. Faris
National Prohibition Committee
Eugene W. Chafiv
Arizona
Governor Hanly
Indiana
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Thomas Joanides
Princeton
Joanides
Conference frames government for No Man's Land Spitzbergen
An international conference convened in Christiania Norway uniting delegates from the United States Russia Norway and other European nations to establish a government for Spitzbergen the world's one country without a flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No Man's Land
Washington
Christiania
Norway
United States
Russia
Spitzbergen Islands
Election inspectors plead guilty in fraud case
Nineteen election inspectors and poll clerks in New York pled guilty to misdemeanor charges tied to fraud in the Twelfth assembly district during the recent special election on the constitutional amendment. Three more officials had done the same last week, with twenty-two and two others accused of allowing hundreds to vote on forged credentials. The Twelfth district is home to Tammany leader Charles F. Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Twelfth Assembly
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Insurgents Propose Compromise For Woodmen Post
The credentiale committee of the Modern Woodmen of America continued work at Toledo today as insurgent emissaries proposed a compromise. They named W. A. Northcott, U S district attorney Springfield ILL, and former head consul, as successor to incumbent A R Talbot for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
The
Modern Woodmen of America
W. A. Northcott
United States
Springfield
A. R. Talbot
Also Mentioned on This Page
OUR Grant
Grant, Ia
Jarvig
Lady Elgin
N. W. Deering & Son
Adler-Rochester
Arrow
B. V. D. Union
Phoenix
Crossett
Nelson & Grulkcs
Mrs. Sneath
Rockhill
Stewart
Montana
Toledo Zoo
News Telegraph
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!