Local notes from Griswold area and beyond
Local briefs recount travels and visits of residents from Des Moines Omaha and Council Bluffs. mentions of Supt Lamson birth of daughter Lacy and other farm and town news with church dedication set for Lewis and multiple social visits with occasional obituary and health notices.
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John Vetzer
Des Moines
J. A. McWaid
Omaha
Hyer
Elvin Conrad
Nebraska
F. Q. Jackson
Orient
Adair
John Blakesley
Lewis
Lhde
Harold White
R. Hannan
Council Bluffs
T.G. ‘Turner
Encampment No. 54 O. F. Enacts Six Initiates
O. F. Enca' Hawkbye Encampment No. 54 met in regular session and passed six candidates, two from this city and four from Lewis. After business, a banquet followed with several toasts to conclude the evening.
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Hawkbye
O. F
Lewis
Not to Be Trifled With Cold Dangers Prompt Use of Remedy
In a Pittsburgh Gazette report the dangers of colds are warned as accidents to dread with many deaths linked to seemingly trifling symptoms. It urges prompt treatment and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective, noting 35 and 60 cent bottles sold by pharmacists.
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Cincinnati
Community meeting on locating a Dexter college
About fifty prominent citizens gathered in Dr Emmerts office to discuss Prof Pike of Dexter proposing a commercial and normal college here. A five member committee including Crombie Steinke Jones Wortman and McWard was appointed to find a suitable location and pursue the project. McWard presided and Dr Graham served as secretary.
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Dr. Emmert
Pike
Dexter
F.h.crombie
Theo
G. Steinke
J. B. Jones
Dave Wortman
J. A. Mc Ward
J. A. McWard
Dr. Graham
Mission group celebrates cigarette bill passage in Noble township
Rev W C Lang Christopher Mack A Heillinger Matt Hamm William Barch Defiance and Ross Mission district with John P Kraft John Nakies John Koenig Mary Doll and Minnie Gessman travel home after a Christian Endeavors meeting at the evangelical church in Noble township. They pass a resolution congratulating Senator Phelps on the bill's passage and the expected good it will bring.
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W. C. Lang
Christopher Mack
A. Heillinger
Matt Hamm
William Barch
Defiance and Ross Mission District
John P. Kraft
John Nakies
John Koenig
Mary Doll
Minnie Gessman
Evangelical Church
Noble Township
Senator Phelps
Danish Society Freja Banquet and Republican Convention
Last evening the Danish Freja society held an annual banquet at the German hall with invites to sister lodges and rail excursion rates. large turnout from nearby towns, stage and decorations praised, and dancing into the morning. The county Republican convention convened at the courthouse with Charles Cole temporary chair, credentials committee named, and delegates selected for state and district conventions. votes and leadership noted.
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Kimballton Band
Washington
Lincoln
United States
Court House
R. M. Murray
Charles Cole
W. A. Follett
D. M. Faulkner
June Childs
Frank Temple
J. H. Lowman
W. A. McKee
Dea Moines
S. P. Ayres
Des Moines
Larson
Julian Phelps
E. E. Majors
Elmer Lattig
Joe Walker
John
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Ad Claim Nerve Strength
Ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as strengthening nerves by feeding them with pure blood. It also sells Hood's Pills as an after dinner aid to digestion and constipation prevention, priced at 26 cents.
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Hood
YMCA room seeks 4x5 yard carpet after old one removed
Mrs Saash A Bair died yesterday morning at her Cedar street home after a brief illness The funeral will be at the Methodist church at 230 with Rev L B Wickersham assisted by Rev C J Potter and Rev J D Moore
Funeral Train Carries Dr Edwards Body to Audubon Resting Place
The funeral train on the Audubon branch carried about 75 people including the K of P lodge and friends from Audubon to Extra for Dr Edwards burial. After services, the train returned attendees home. A separate notice reports Allen Kauffman’s two year penitentiary sentence after a contested Postal Telegraph inspector case.
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O. W. Brown
Vermont
Lucile Porterfield
Council Bluffs
Audubon
K. of P.lodge
Dr. Edwards
Extra
Associations Look Ahead After Dual Church Meetings
Two youth association gatherings at M. E. and Congregational churches drew large crowds with singing scripture readings prayers and brief talks. Leaders reported progress and needs for the coming year with about 200 dollars raised at the M. E. church and 105 dollars at the Congregational church toward funding the work.
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Atlantic ¥.M. C. A
Presbyterian Church
M. E
Congregational Church
M.E
Ita
Amber Mouthpiece Pipe Piques New York Sun
A New York Sun report recounts a buyer and dealer debating a briar pipe with a nearly three inch amber mouthpiece priced at 3.50. The dealer explains the mouthpiece is 90 percent amber, made by a melting process, and that genuine long amber pieces are rare and pricey.
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England
New York
New York Sun
Jim McCue Tries to Break Ram Habit in Prairie Farce
Jim McCue, rancher and philosopher, recounts his comic battle with a ram bent on butting. After dressing as a woman failed, a swing with a sledge hammer ended with him toppled by the ram. A hired man’s green oak leg in disguise then proved the ram’s new target. The tale, from the San Francisco Post, ends with news of the Illinois Republican state convention setup at the agricultural building of the state fair grounds in Springfield.
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Jim McCue
Jim
San Francisco Post
Jim and Wench Mules Sold After Long Service
A New York Herald report narrates the condemnation and sale of two aging government mules, Jim and Wench, after decades of faithful service in campaigns from 1874 to 1877. The loss unsettles teamsters who recall the mules as leaders of pack trains and veterans of many marches, ending with their separate purchase for 15.5 and 15 dollars.
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Car
Posti Quartermaster's
Jim
Wendi
Jill
Wench
Hammond
Carl
Sam
Quartermaster's Department
Quartermaster’s Department
Rooney
Bevis
Boss
Schaeffer
Tea Maters
Old Schaeffer
Custer
Indiana
Riley
Nici Teameters
New York Herald
Adventure In the Fahara From Tartarin
Tartarin recounts a desert stumble where sun and wind drive him into sinking sand. He humorously credits his baldness for survival as an ostrich trespasses and nearly hatches him before rescuers arrive.
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Fahara
Tartarin
Desert
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Etta Henry
Atlantic
Frank Sperling
Griswold
Jerry
Marian
A.moore
Elder
Telford
Mat Johnson
J. M. Vankirk
Oakland
B. O. Aylesworth
Drake University
Telford Joiy
A. Neely
Cousins
Salvation Army Hall
Missouri Valley Medical Association
John Murnan
Pees
Christian Chapel
Jerry Urnan
Ferguson
Murnan
Correctionville
Robb
Larkins
Missouri
Geo. Powell
Simon 5. Hartman
Tunnelton
W. Va
D. C
Franklin
Atlantic District
J. R. Kirk
O. F. Enca
NEW Normal
College
Stepn
Becuresan
Educational Institution For
A.murray
A.A. Gifford
A. Bussard
Mrs. Simonton
Anita
F. Temple
Fred Green
Ada Case
F. W. Bruington
J. H. Wood
M. (. Langdon
Chicago
Bertha Fringey
Zoe
Cumberland
W. M. Lynch
W. T. Turner
Chas. Turner
Denver, Col
I. E. Turner
Kansas
Mrs.Simonton
C. W. Curtis
Fred Friz
Benton Township
Chas, Blue
Linn Street
P. E
J. A. Shrock
Rock Island Railroad
Missouri River
Gower
J. M Allen
J. M. Johnson
Mable Ayres
the Oak
Charles Ostrander
Lebanon
Ostrander
L. L. DeLane
Myrtle Wert
Mae Harris
Paderawski
Miss Harris
Ona Hall
Highland Park College
Lewis M. E
Varley
Miss Martin
Pymosa Township
Martin
W. C. Fravier
M. F. Schwartz
Japan
Hirosaki
Triumph Sugar Corn Gee
Rs. Schwartz
Southwestern Iowa Educational Association
R. H. Eastman
Iowa
Frank Bundy
Frank
Round House
Bundy
Scott Hattan
M. G. R. Club
M. R. Israel
al, Kauffman
Postal ‘Telegraph
Smith
The
Postal Telegraph
C. M. Baker
Pennsylvania
al Dunn
Postal
Dunn
Kauffman
M'Cuet
Gox
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