Wayne County Democrat Favored For Senator Nomination
In the Wayne county primary a tight senator contest emerged between Copeland and Hasselquist with Hasselquist winning in East Jackson but Copeland carrying nine townships. The outcome hinges on a county central committee vote next Saturday amid fraud and precinct disputes. The piece argues Wayne county should supply the Democratic nominee to unite voters and carry Lucas county this year.
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Copeland
Hasselquist
Chariton
East Jackson
Republican County Central Committee
Wayne County
Lucas County
Mardis
Wayne
Lucas
Mitchell
Mallory
Dewey
Nin
Penick Hiestand Wedding Sets Eaton Society Milieu
Lloyd Penick son of Mr and Mrs J A Penick of Eaton married Miss Berthenia Hiestand on Tuesday night June 2 at the Hiestand home. Rev Copland officiated with elaborate decorations, gifts poured in, and a postwedding reception and dancing followed. The couple departed for Chicago and a Northwest trip after a grand celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Eaton
Ohio
Lloyd Penick
J. A. Penick
Berthenia Hiestand
Hiestand
Berthenia
N. A. Hiestand
Chariton
Iowa
Heidelberrg
Dayton
Loengrin
Bettie Richie
A. J. Hiestand
H. O. Penick
Copland
Paris
Miss Shoup
H. P
Katherine Sheldon
Miss Gibbins
Mame Gibbins
Miss Hiestand
Mr. Penick
Miss Rossman
Miss Kennedy
Penick
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Northwest
Death of Mrs. Jane Lough In Chariton
Mrs. Jane Lough died suddenly at home in Chariton on Monday after a paralysis stroke. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon with Rev. C F Sanderson conducting and interment in Chariton cemetery. She, born January 1 1822 in Clarke County Indiana, moved to Chariton in 1856, married John Lough in 1859, who died earlier. She leaves two brothers and two sisters, Isaac Norris Mrs D C Bowen Geo E Norris and Mrs Sarah M Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Lough
C.F. Sanderson
Chariton
Jane Norris
Clarke County
Indiana
John Lough
D. C. Bowen
Geo. E. Norris
Kearney
Nebraska
Sarah M. Jones
Lebanon
Kansas
Mason and Emme Curtis Spotted After Colfax Meeting
Mrs D Mason and Emme Curtis, both of Russe Qhamiton, encountered friends Monday evening on their way home from Colfax where they attended a Seventh Day Adventist meeting.
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D. Mason
En Avian
Emme Curtis
Russe Qhamiton
Colfax
Matilda J Risbeck obituary notes long life in Iowa
Matilda J. Risbeck born July 138 1843 in Huntington County Pennsylvania died June 6 1903 at her home near Russell Iowa. She moved with her family to New Florence Pennsylvania and then to Lucas County Iowa where she married Geo Risbeck April 25 1871. They had six children four surviving Ethel Cox Corydon John M Leroy and Lloyd. The funeral was held at the house by Rev J L Johnson and interment was Salem Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda J. Selders
Henry
Charlotte Selders
Huntington County
Pennsylvania
Russell
New Florence
Westmoreland County
Lucas County
Iowa
Geo. Risbeck
Ethel Cox
Corydon
John M
Leroy
Denver
Lloyd
J. L. Johnson
M. E. Church
Salem Cemetery
Chariton Democrats to Choose Delegates at Court House Friday
Chariton Democrats convene in the assembly room of the courthouse on Friday evening June 12 at 7 20 to select seventeen delegates for the county convention on June 13 and to handle any other business. A C Riebel Committeeman.
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Democrats
Chariton
Court House
A. C. Riebel
Go To Texas June 18th Tour Notice
Travel offer from Missouri to Texas via M K T Ry with liberal stopovers. Final return by July 7th. Promote Texas prosperity and progress. For particulars write Katy Bt Louis.
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Texas
Missouri
Particu
Katy
Louis
Choral Union Delights Chariton Audiences in Russell Concert
A Tuesday night Choral Union performance at the opera hall drew a modest crowd but featured a first class program. Sixty five performers presented Mozart and Bechtel works with strong soloists, an orchestra, and a final The Heavens are Telling, earning enthusiastic applause.
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Opera Hall
Choral Union
Fern Chittenden
Mattie Crips
Carrie Gasser
Mgr
C. H. McGaughey
Russell
Messrs
Wright
Wells
Boyd
McGaughey
E. H. Perry
Mayhew
Russelle
F. C. State of Russell
Chittenden
Connell
Gasser
Baldwin
B. J. Bechtel
Chariton
The
Mesdames
EK. H. Perry
OC. C. Mayhew
Will McMains
Diva Burton
Reba Newsome
Ollie Connell
Rose Freeberg
Fern Shillig
Bess Bryan
Minnie Lindquist
Helen Bryan
Ethel Smyth
Amanda Westling
Myrtle Maupin
Bertha Freeberg
Amy Litzenburg
Nora Stech
Eva Curtis
Anna Beem
Altos
E. M. Johnson
B.S. Wells
J. H. Hickman
Fred Teas
W. A. Corbett
Chas. Culbertson
R. A. Hasselquist
Fred Baker
George May
F.C. State
F. H. Stafford
Leo Werts
Arthur Boyd
W. C. James
Paul MelIntire
Ralph Maupin
F. H. DeLano
Rail Line Aims to Reach Inland Mine via Chariton Bussey Route
Engineers Ballard and surveyors surveyed northeast Lucas county over two weeks. Rumor says a railroad to the Inland mine may proceed soon. One proposal would run from east Chariton to Bussey connecting with Burlington lines through Des Moines and Burlington short line via Oskaloosa, with a stub to the Inland mine for Chariton.
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Ballard
Lucas County
Inland Mine
East Chariton
Bussey
Burlington
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Chariton
Memorial Services for Masons and Knights of Pythias
Chariton Lodge No. 64 O C F and Chariton Lodge No. 26 K P will hold decoration day exercises. Members meet at I O C F hall on Sunday June 14 at 2 p m and proceed to the cemetery for the usual ceremonies. Full attendance is desired.
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Chariton Lodge
K. of P
D. Q. Storie Promotes 85 Cent Tea Offer
A fragmented ad mentions D. Q. Storie touting an 85 cent tea product with a brief sales claim and insistence it will “do the business.”
Great Wallace Show to Parade in Chariton June 26
The Great Wallace Show plans two performances in Chariton on Friday June 26. Advertisers promise a readable, attractive program and a kept promise, with praise from The Landmark Norfolk noting first class quality, a strong parade, racing events, and an excellent band concert by C Z Bronson and his 28 piece ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Chariton
Landmark
Norfolk
C. Z. Bronson
White House Grounds Closed Under Roosevelt Policy
Washington reports future White House grounds will be rigidly closed and guarded, a shift from McKinley era openness. The piece notes Mrs McKinley welcomed visitors and children, and jokes about the president's animals needing space. It frames the closure as another example of Roosevelt era rigid policy and public restrictions.
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Washington
White House
McKinley
Roosevelt
Washington’s graft and the post office matter
The St. Joseph Gazette criticizes graft in government noting that Republicans get what they want while in power. It argues the public tires of manipulative displays and desires a business like national administration with solidity and honesty.
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Washington
Post Office
St. Joseph
Ottercreek Lipe District May 1903 School Report
Report for Lipe school district No 1 Ottercreek township covering May 29 1903. Students neither tardy nor absent include Ella Nyswonger Eva Cackler Willa Brewer Floyd Brewer Emory Nyswonger Zora Baker Daisy Brewer. Top in class A Ella Nyswonger B Edith Cackler D Zora Baker. Department averages 97 percent or above Willa Brewer Eva Cackler Ella Nyswonger Mae Crooks Edith Cackler. Nannie Fight Teacher.
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Lipe
Ottercreek Township
Ella Nyswonger
Eva Cackler
Willa
Floyd Brewer
Emory Nyswonger
Zora Baker
Daisy Brewer
Edith Cackler
Willa Brewer
Mae Crooks
Nannie Fight
Texas bound excursion with Missouri to Texas run
Fare of 15 dollars for travel to Texas and return via M K and T Railway from Missouri to all Texas line stations. Stops en route south of Clinton Missouri and Kincaid Kansas up to July 1 1903. Final return limit July 7 1903. Inquire Katy St Louis for details.
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Missouri
Texas
Clinton
Kincaid
Kas
Katy
St. Louis
Rev. J. H. Aughey to Lead Services in Lucas Next Sunday
Reverend J. H. Aughey will conduct divine services at Lucas church next Sunday, delivering sermons to the congregation and inviting attendance from the community.
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J. H. Aughey
Lucas
Unclaimed Letters at Chariton Postoffice June 6 1903
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Chariton Iowa postoffice for the week ending June 6 1903. Names include N E Carroll WS Elliot HG Hen ley AJ Ward Henrietta G Young Jessie M Rickey Mrs Minnie Sand ahall C A Miller Wm Gillaspie Geo Clark A Kennedy Milo Darrah D M McKenzie I F Lusk. In calling for the above letters please say advertised. L F Maple P M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton
Iowa
N E Carroll
WS Elliot
HG Henley
AJ Ward
Henrietta G Young
Jessie M Rickey
Minnie Sandahall
C A Miller
Wm Gillaspie
Geo Clark
A Kennedy
Milo Darrah
D M McKenzie
I F Lusk
L. F. Maple
P. M
A Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery promotes cures
An advertisement touts Hall's Great Discovery as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. One bottle offers two months of treatment and can be mailed for 1. Dr. E W Hall of St Louis is named as the sole manufacturer with testimonials from Mrs J H Roach of Keokuk Iowa dated May 8 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Wonder
Hall
E. W. Hall
P. O. Box
St. Louis
D. Q. Storie
Keokuk
Iowa
Geo. Mummert
Jas. H. Roach
South Eighth Street
Mrs Gates Visits Chariton Friends En Route to Russell
Mrs Gates of Des Moines greeted Chariton acquaintances yesterday morning while on her way to Russell to visit relatives.
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Senatorial
Wayne Co
Matilda J. Risbeck
Chariton Democratic Caucus
the Choral Union
Memorial Services
Red Cross
Lewis
Eaco
Richelieu and
Echo Mountain
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