Hamlin News Ledger Highlights Local Visits and Trades
Hamlin residents and visitors are busy with business and social events. Charley Colee shipped cattle and hogs to Chicago. J C Lauritzen traveled to Chicago on business. Peter Nissen and family sent mixed cargoes west. Barns and harness shops were rodded, dance planned, and local churches and firms engaged in upkeep and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans J. Johnson
Chicago
Chris Winther
Hans Haneen
Fiscus
Nelson & Joel
May
R. H. Garnett
Jas
Ebebezer
Charley Colee
Maarion Jones
Hamlin
Elk Horn and
Kimballton Lumber Company
Dr Shoop Restorative Promises Quick Vitality Boost
Advert says Dr Shoop’s Restorative cures spring lethargy by strengthening nerves and improving digestion kidneys and circulation. It claims to lift appetite and energy within 48 hours and restores vigor and ambition, sold by N Hansen.
Iowa News Briefs Sketch Violent Bygone Year
Multiple Iowa incidents dated from May to 1908 cover murder charges against Prantl Bongoh, suicides by Milo Adams and Rowe Aleck, a civil action by Mrs Haddeman for her husband’s death, shuttered Chicago and Northwestern shops, a district court rape verdict in Ottumwa, a tree trimming accident injuring Charles Chinland, university budget and law building plans, a contempt of court filing by anti eviction groups, a Shenandoah fatality in a well, a Muscatine courthouse cornerstone event, and a Laurel auction pavilion fire loss with $4,000 estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prantl
Bongoh
Lews
Byron Beedy
Logan
Ll Heath
John Aleck
Minerva A. Haddeman
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Henry C. Haddeman
Waterloo
Haddeman
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Clinton
Chicago
Chinland
Stats University
Lkss
Board of Regents
Amaual
Byers
Sioux City
Stevens-Kennedy Company
Charles Slezer
Stevens- Kennedy Company
Cooperative Company
Co-operative Company
William Hoffman
Shenandoah
Muscatine
Farmers Exchange Company of Laurel
Couldn't Stop Lover Marries Bride Despite Father
Nashua report details Roy Fox of Riverton who punished by Herman Swaine, bride Elizabeth Swaine's father, for seeking marriage. Fox later marries in a staged elopement plan, then leaves on honeymoon with Mrs Swaine's daughter, amid a rural stir and ongoing family tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Roy Ox
Riverton Township
Herman Swaine
Young Fox
Elizabeth Swaine
Electra
Fox
Swain
Charlee City
Swaine
Lome
Lizzie Swattne
Mr. Pax
Miss Swaine
Alabama man convicted of breaking and entering in Alicia robbery
Ottumwa reports that Ottumwa resident Wilam Smith, called Alabama, was convicted of robbing a Brothers' cigar store in Alicia. Judge D. M. Anderson sentenced him to twenty years in the Fort Madison penitentiary after a twenty minute jury deliberation. The defendant maintained innocence despite the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Wilam Smith
Alabama
Brothers
Alicia
Fort Madison
Tidge D. M. Anderson
Epstein Will Contest Yields Des Moines Victory
The Epsteins legal battle over Jacob Epstein's will ends with Eugene Epstein of Des Moines winning a verdict in Burlington. The jury awards him two thirds of the estate after contesting provisions that disinherited him. The case has stretched ten days in district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Burlington
Jacob Epstein
Eugene
Eugene Epstein
Child Mauled by Hog in Afton Pen
In Afton Becoves climbed into a pig pen and attempted to drown a pet pig. The sow attacked Tes sie Graham, tearing clothing and lacerating face and body. The father rushed to the pen, fought the enraged animal, and rescued the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tessie Craham
Creston Lad Is Horse Thief and Other Local Notes
Creston reports 12 year old Temple Will in custody for a daytime horse theft from A L Huntington's barn. The horse and boy found at Harvey Culver farm, six miles south. He admitted stealing a neighbor’s mare as well. Fort Madison holds Dr Flanigan for perjury after a marriage to an elderly widow concealed a wife and five children in St Louis. Dr Edwin Schell of LaPorte Ind named President of Town Wesleyan University project. he will be elected in June after prior roles with the P Worth League and Crawfordsville district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Christensen
Hamlin
Nela Bennedsen
Greeley
Warlin
Young Roberts
Grant Kness
Lorah
Martha Sandberg
Des Moines
Extra
Gill
Charley Hensley
Creston
Temple Will
A. L. Huntington
Harvey Culver
Am Leighboring
Fort Madison
Veter Flanigan
St. Louis
Grand Jury
Schell
Iown Wesleyan
Pleagant
Edwin Schell
Methodist
LaPorte
Ind
Town Wesleyan
Pworth League
Rawfordsville
Indiana
Northwestern University
Boston Theological
Dr Bhoop's Magic Ointment Piles Cure Claim
An advertisement touts Dr Bhoop's Magic Ointment as a quick test proven remedy for swollen rectal piles bleeding or itching whether external or internal. A trial box is offered to convince buyers and the dealer is Ny Hansen in Racine Wik.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bhoop
Ny Hansen
Missing Twenty Seven Thousand in Sac County Funds
Sac County treasurer W H Pettis is found short by about $27,000 after discrepancies between tax lists, cash books, and receipts. Former county auditor George A Taylor to be appointed to fill Pettis’s vacated role as the investigation notes multiple shortages across 1904 to 1907. Pettis and wife have conveyed real estate valued at over $28,800 to the bondsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sac County
Sac City
Uunty
Fia
W. H. Pettis
George A. Taylor
Pettis
Mr. Pettis
W. Jackson
Cho Valley Township
Coon Valley Township
Warrants Out for Weaver in Iowa Falls Case
Sheriff notices warn all western officers to arrest Walter L. Weaver a former young attorney from Iowa Falls for forging instruments on two notes. Weaver left town February 24 and remains missing. He is about 4 feet 9 inches tall 120 to 140 pounds with dark brown hair mustache and spectacles. Reward sixty dollars? The notice promises expenses paid and papers to accompany arrest. Weaver has relatives in Omaha and recent letters claim pacific coast mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
IoWa Falla
Thomas Walsh
Wits County
Walter L. Weaver
Weaver
Sherif
Ptter
Walsh
Omaha
Pacific Coast
W. A. Biggs
Parry
German American League replies on legislature candidates
Davenport chairman Dr August P Richter and secretary John Bernald report about twenty replies to the league letter to candidates for Iowa legislature. Most express sympathy with the liberal program while a few are noncommittal and a handful refuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
August P. Richter
Athzens Ioague
Iowa
John Bernald
Atmann
Ottumwa Ministers Ban Sunday Funeral Observance
The Ottumwa Ministerial Association bans a Sunday funeral and appeals to local congregations and the public to avoid the Sunday Mineral. The notice urges adherence to the ban and questions the propriety of the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Ministerial Association
Ely
Two Headed Calf Display Draws Interest at Exhibition
A two headed calf owned by nearby farmer John Robbins is shown at the local exhibition. Both heads are reported perfect and the animal draws attention for its unusual form and origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robbins
Dr Shoop Pink Pain Tablets Claim Immediate Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr Shoop Pink Pain Tablets as ending all pain within 20 minutes by lowering blood pressure related pain. It claims headache pain is stopped instantly and that 20 tablets cost 25 cents, sold by N Hansun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Shoop
Shoop
Baby Remembers Method To Name Day Of Week
A reader describes a memory trick from Stray Stories to deduce the first Saturday of each month through 1908 using word lengths and initial letters. Each month corresponds to a word with the same starting letter as the month, except February, and the length signals the date. Adding sevens yields subsequent Saturdays and other dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marek
Traveling man awoken by German clarinetist in hotel
A traveler in Trenton reports being startled by a German musician in the adjacent room who angrily accused him of wrongdoing. The German claimed he could not play as loudly as the traveler and demanded quiet, claiming discord ruined his performance and rhythm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Iowa farms listed near Greenfield and Stuart Abundant details
Multiple land listings in Adair County and nearby towns describe No. 339 160 acres near Greenfield with assets and a price of 77.50 per acre, No. 340 80 acres near a Rock Island line town priced at 70 per acre, a stock and grain farm with 50 000 to 40 000 dollars carry, No. 341 80 acres near Greenfield rented at 3 per acre with trade options, and No. 342 100 acres close to a country town featuring coal lands, two houses, royalty potential, asking 55 per acre with trades considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Adair County
Iowa
Rock Island
Stuart
Atlantic
R. I. D. Inc
Big Grove
Dubon
First class dairy farm near country town for sale
126 acres close to country town 1 to 2 miles to school and R F D rolling fairly rough good soil nearly all in bine grass small improvements fine water good dairy farm low price about half in bine grass price only half dollar per acre about 2500 to handle balance by agreement 5 to 6 percent interest.
Bargain on 211 Acres Near Casey With Flexible Terms
No. 344 outlines an 211 acre farm near Casey with good roads and proximity to school and railroad. Much is gently rolling pasture land in cultivation, well fenced, with a grove and orchard. Asking about $1000 in trade, no payment for 2 years, then about $1200 at 6 percent, balance over 6 years at 5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilles
Casey
School
R. FD
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Wiley Junction
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Aly
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Jake Jacobsen
Wxira
Dannil Tvenstrup Ban
Charley Spar
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Kimballt
Gov. Henningsen
Kimballton
P. J. Juel
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Wells
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Uxira
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