Bryan Visits Indianola for Two Receptions in Chautauqua
William J. Bryan spoke at Indianola on Saturday afternoon before about 2500 listeners on The Value of an Ideal. He avoided partisan politics and delivered a sermon like address praised by attendees. He traveled from Chariton and returned, with multiple receptions at the Price and Clayton homes, while a busy schedule across Iowa and Indiana followed this trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Bryan
Indianola Chautauqua
Bryan
Chariton
Mr. Bryan
Indianola
W. H. Gray
Eugene Baker
The
Democrat Ac
Oakley
Lacona
Milo
Lincoln
Gianola
Knt Price
Advocate Tribune
Price
Alex Miller
Washington Democrat
W. D. Jamison
Shenandoah World
Walter Dewey
Chariton Democrat
B. F. Clayton
Chautauqua
Jamison
Sidney
Hamburg
Red Oak
Clayton
Dewey
Depot Hotel
New York
Decatur
Ill
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Illinois
Flynn Holmes Wedding in Osceola Sentinel Recall
The Osceola Sentinel notes the marriage of Miss Alice M Holmes and Mr Charles A Flynn of Chariton at the home of Hon M Temple on July 29. Reverend F E Van Horn officiated as the couple departed for Leadville for a summer wedding tour. Holmes is described as a respected Christian lady and Flynn as a prosperous citizen of Chariton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Sentinel
Solomon Holmes
The
Sentinel
M . Temple
Alice M. Holmes
Charles A. Flynn
Chariton
F. E van Horn
Christain Church
Leadville
Rubash Hendrickson Bride Weds in Morgan Valley
Miss Pearl Hendrickson and Mr. Vernie Rubash, both of Morgan Valley Iowa, married at J H Andrew residence on North 14th Street Monday August 3. W S Long officiated in the south parlor before relatives and friends. They will visit relatives then reside in Lucas where the groom works. The bride and groom are praised as refined and industrious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Andrew
Miss Pearl Hendrickson
Vernie Rubash
Morgan Valley
Iowa
W.S. Long
Lucas
Miss Hendrickson
Mr. Rubash
Belgian pattern oil hanging lamps for sale
About one dozen round wick lamps for sale. Believed to be barely used and near new. See Warren & Co for a bargain.
Assessments Equalized in Iowa Railroads Rise in Value
Lucas County’s property valuation remained unchanged as the state council completed equalization across 99 counties. Total state valuations rose by over 65 million dollars, with more than five million on railroad property, now set at 56.5 million dollars equal to last year’s gross earnings. Lucas County’s railroad assessment sits near 460 thousand dollars and most counties saw increases or decreases, except seven including Lucas. Farm land values rose 17.2 percent since two years prior while railways advanced about 20 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lucas County
Jefferson, Lee
Louisa
Marion
Monrose
Poweshiek
Mrs. R. Washington Dies After Illness in City
Mrs. R Washington a well known colored lady in the city died at her home on Wednesday evening July 29 1903 after several weeks illness. Funeral services by Rev Brewer Osceola were held Friday morning at nine and a large crowd followed to Chariton cemetery. Survived by daughter May Nichols husband and two sisters Mesdamens Geo Williams and Wm Martin of the city. Deceased was highly respected and her death brought sorrow to many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Washington
Rev. Brewer
Osceola
Chariton
Barn Destroyed On Darrah Property Fire Destroys Hayloft
Last Monday forenoon a fire on the Mrs Robt Darrah property in the southwest part of town destroyed the barn where Wilson Kimsey and family lived. Children playing in the barn dropped a lighted match in hay. The fire department arrived too late to help. Loss includes hay two sets of new harness grain and other items totaling about 100 dollars.
Low Rates on Seattle Tickets by Great Western Railroad
The Chicago Great Western Railway will sell tickets to Seattle Washington at greatly reduced rates from August 1 to August 14 inclusive. For full information contact any Great Western Agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Great Western Railway
Seattle
Wash
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicago
Ill
The House That Jack Built and Katy Publications
A brief note promotes The Town That Jack Built and related Katy publications. It invites readers to send a two-cent stamp for copies and highlights nearby district money-making prospects. Address requests are directed to Katy at Suite A, Saint Louis, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Katy
Suite A
Saint Louis, Mo
Democratic Committee Meeting at Cremo Crat Office
The democratic county central committee will meet at the Cremo CrAT office on Saturday August 8 1903 at 1 30 p m for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year and to arrange for the fall campaign. W H Dewey J C Baker Secretary Chairman 31 21
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic County Central Committee
Cremo- Crat
Mrs Ben Ackerman Family Return From Visit
Mrs Ben Ackerman and her two children Ralph and Naomi returned home Monday evening after a two weeks visit near this city with her cousin Mrs W E Hockett in Marshall town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben, Ackerman
Ralph
Naomi
Marsalltown
Shorthorn Bulls For Sale In Iowa
Three cattle items listed. One four year old Shorthorn bull and two yearling bulls offered by W S Hanks of Cleveland Iowa with contact 32 41. Allen Mallory of Creston was guest at Ilion this week for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Hanks
Cleveland
Iowa
Allen Mallory
Creston
Ilion
Passengers Train Collides With Wagon Killing One Horse
A wagon loaded with scrap iron was struck by eastbound and westbound trains at a railroad crossing near the depot. Max Bernstein escaped injury by leaping from the wagon as one horse died from the impact and another was only lightly hurt. Two eight year old boys aboard the wagon leaped to safety. The engine halted a car length after the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Berstein
Inlaw
M. Silverman
Harry Silverman
Moses Silverman
Des Moines
Mr. Berstein
The Editor and the Preacher in a Public Battle
A preacher accuses editors of dishonesty while a newspaper editor fires back that truth must be tempered in the pulpit and press alike. He notes preachers who always tell the whole truth would quickly flee town, as the trio of pulpit pen and gravestone shapes saintly mythmaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Jacket
Modern Machinery for the Western Wheat Harvest
A Kansas crop article notes the header and self binder as key harvesters. Headers cut stalks below the head, cover about twelve feet, and require four horses, while binders run six to seven feet wide and need three or four horses. Headers yield about forty acres daily. binders about fifteen. A belt moves cut grain to a barge, then to the stack. multiple machines can be used in sequence. A combined binder and header is being tested, and headers are vital when wheat is short to speed stacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kangas
American Monthly Review of Reviews
Unclaimed Letters At Chariton Postoffice August 1 1903
List of letters remaining unclaimed at Chariton Iowa for the week ending August 1 1903. Names Maggie Ousley Mrs A F Miles Mrs J A Duckelberry Miss Rosa Anderson. Advertised letters in calling for the above. L F Maple P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton
Iowa
Maggie Ousley
A. F. Miles
J. A. Duckelberry
Rosa Anderson
L. F. Maple
P. M
Col Bartholomew heads to Lake Minnetonka for outing
Col. O A Bartholomew departed yesterday for a several weeks outing at Lake Minnetonka Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
O. A. Bartholomew
Lake Minnetonka
Minnesota
Normal Institute Enrollment Reaches One Hundred Thirty Five
The Lucas county normal institute opens Monday and runs two weeks with Laura Fitch guiding the program. Seventy instructors including Professors Chevalier Bell Morris Rowley and Misses Minnie Dungan Edith Brant lead a growing list of enrolled teachers such as Carrie Kull Mollie Frees Tessa Douglass Harriet Stanley Jennie Law Lulu McMasters Della Courtley Ella Nelson Nellie Hanlin and others in a bustling educational session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas County Normal Institute
Laura Fitch
Chevalier
Bell, Morris
Rowley
Minnie Dungan
Edith Brant
Carrie Kull Mollie Frees
Tessa Douglass
Harriet Stanley
Jennie Law
Lulu McMasters
Della Courtley
Ella Nelson
Nellie Hanlin
M. Throckmorton
Mrs. M
Welch
Notable Women Named in OCR List of 70s Era Figures
A historical OCR segment lists numerous female names including Nellie Hunter Ollie Evans Fléta Davis Olive Roddy Ruby Penick Cora Conner Maud Christy Lillie Barger Josie Barger Elvessa Newsome Mattie Henry and many others such as Cynthia Miller Maude Foster Myrtle Kelsey and Effie Spencer. The page reads like a roster of individuals, with many first and last names repeated across communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Hunter
Ollie Evans
Fléta Davis
Olive Roddy Ruby Penick
Cora Conner Maud Christy Lillie Barger
Josie Barger
Elvessa Newsome Mattie Henry Nannie Fight
Amanda Robertson
Maud Rogers
Sylvia Krutsinger
V. M. Bearden
Imma Rice
Lulu Crawford Georgia McDonnell
Lida McMannis
Adda McMannis
Blanche Delong Estella Jennison
Mattie Long
Bessie Elrod
Mabel Lyman Gussie Levien
Flora Tool
Anna Young
Anna Wesiilii
Dora Clause Mamie Best
Elsie Courter
Ina Plympton Gertie Brown
Minnie
Multitude of Names listed in historical clipping
A long list of female and male names appears in the clipping, including Cecelia Lyons Edna Vincent Ada Keen Tla Steele Elva White Anna Clause Florence Joh Zora Bryan and many others, with various surnames and initials, suggesting a roster or social column from a past issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Dale Vashti Pfrimmer H. Larrington
Josie Blakemore
Katie Develin
F. O. Delong L. W. Snook
Ola Bevard Edwin Robinc Verna Fisk
Mabel Kinnie
Jessie Slater
T. J. Wilson
Jessie Mauk
After Dinner Train Leaves KC Later For Texas Trips
Beginning August 2, M. K. & T. train No. 3 will depart Kansas City Union Depot at 12:25 p m instead of 10:35 a m, creating an elegant after dinner train to Texas. Passengers from the north and west can lay over in Kansas City for several hours before continuing to points reached by the Katy into Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Union Depot
Texas
Katy
Indian ‘Territory
Prize Love Letter Wins Chicago Contest
The Chicago American offered ten dollars for the best writ ten love letter. Miss Anne Evans of Chicago won with a sweeping pledge of rich affection and generous sacrifice, describing love as a divine gift and treasure to guard and give to the beloved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Evans
Chicago American
Chicago
Some of the Political Superiors of Women
A letter from Elnora M. Babcock argues that immigrant men who cannot speak English could influence politics. She cites 758,225 new arrivals in eleven months from Italy Austria-Hungary and Russia, notes their supposed ignorance and primitive views on women, and pleads for women to gain political rights. She quotes Dr Lyman Beecher asking for restraint on rulers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State
Long Island
New York
Italy
Austria- Hungary
Russia
Lyman Beecher
Elnora M. Babcock
State Fair Announces Travel Arrangements and Reduced Fares
Management reports formal notice Aug 21 29 that Western Passenger Association will offer reduced round trip fares from all Iowa points and Omaha Aug 20 31. Rock Island will operate night trains to the fair grounds, Paine Company evening performances will be accessible with minimal inconvenience, and street railway service will be improved with central fair grounds access for passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Omaha
Western Passenger Association
Rock Island
Paine Company
Local Social Notes From Lucas And Nearby Towns
Mrs Mary Olson of Lucas visits Chariton friends Monday. J A McGee returns from Perry. Lincoln Mace leaves for relatives in Boyd Kansas. Miss Mollie Scott formerly of this city visits old friends. Miss Nellie Daniels of Lamont visits cousin Miss May Anderson. Mrs H M Greene and Mrs A E Dent host a ladies afternoon. Miss Sophia Johnson resigns from W H Smyth sales, starts with Strausberger Vermeer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Olson
Lucas
Chariton
J. A. McGee
Perry
Lincoln Mace
Boyd
Kansas
Mollie Scott
Oskaloosa
Nellie Daniels of
Lamont
May Anderson
Sophia Johnson
W. H. Smyth’s
Bia
Strausberger & Vermeer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Flynn—Hoalmes
Rubash Hendrickson
Warren & Co
Executive Council
Democratic Committee
J. C. Baker
Senger
May van Arsdale
Lida R. Johnston
Ethel Smyth
Daisy A. Dent
Margaret Gay
Mary Zimmer Retta F, Clark Mrs
Pearl Galtry
Edith Whittlesey
Frances B. Foxa
May Lynn Hattie Gookin
Sylvia Douglass
Alice Powell
Ason Maud Baker
Effie Spencer
Ethel Paine
Bertha Keen
Mamie Taylor
8. M. Greene
A. E. Dent
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