Congress in Session Opens 59th Congress with Cannon Elected Speaker
The Patriot reports in Washington that the 59th Congress convened with the Senate as a continuing body and the House electing Joseph G. Cannon speaker after a vote of 243 to 128. The House and Senate organizations followed, detailing member counts, party majorities, and the novelty of 81 new House members nicknamed "kids" by veterans. A light exchange between John Sharp Williams and Wharton elicited laughter as proceedings opened.
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Washington
D. C
The
Patriot
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
House
McDowell
Hepburn
Iowa
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Henry
Texas
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Williams
Cannon
Hig
Democratic
Wiilliams
Wharton
William
Mr. Wharton
Lodges Elect Officers In Chariton 1906 Rites
Chariton lodge Elects officers for 1906 in the Pythias rite with Theo Barnes C C and Lewis as key officials. Chariton Camp 272 Modern Woodmen of America also names 1906 officers and schedules Woodman Day with Judge M A Roberts as orator. Local lodge No 64 elects officers and discusses railway rate legislation with Inter State Commerce Commission measures. Elijah Lewis.
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Chariton Lodge Rite of
Pythias
Theo. Barnes
UC. C. KE. H. Lewis V. C. GC
A. Abrahameon
D. E. Lewis
P. Wagner
K. R
J. D. Threlkeld
F. E. .Gookin
M. EB
Eli Gray
J. KE. Merrill
Perry Scott
J. H. Collins
J. W. Cowles
Jas. Allison
A. E. Russell
M. A. Roberts
Chariton Lodge No. 64
F. C. Larimer
N. G
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Senate
Roosevelt
Elijah Lewis
First Requisite of Beauty Clears Complexion Urges Use
An article promotes Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a remedy for sallow complexions by stimulating liver and bowels and claims it brightens eyes. It warns against substitutes and urges selecting Sterie & Patton. Also includes local notices of weddings illnesses travel and sales.
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Sterie & Patton
Chariton Socials Mark Elderly Doctor’s Eighty Fifth Birthday
Dr J D Wright celebrated his eighty fifth birthday on Thanksgiving with a dinner party hosted by his daughter Mrs J A Brown who invited relatives and friends to write him letters forty three were received. He also received many presents and the community offers wishes for many more birthdays.
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J. D. Wright
Chariton
J. A. Brown
Revival Services and Church Events Schedule
Rev Yaggy assists Rev Roush in Moravia revival services this week and will return to Chariton for Sabbath services. Sunday school at 9 45 and preaching at 41 00 with Y P C U at 6 30 pm. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs Persian Wednesday evening. Otterbein services at 3 pm Sunday. J A Streed back after illness. Revival to start second week in January with Rev Weridle of Toledo. Swedish Lutheran church to host two entertainments Friday December 15 1905 at 2 and 8 pm with refreshments and dual free will offerings to pay church debt. All invited.
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Yaggy
U. B Church
W. N. Roush
Moravia
Chariton
Ladies Aid Society
Persian
Otterbein
J. A. Streed
C. Weridle
Toledo
Swedish Lutheran Church
Second Sermon On Ten Commandments At Baptist Church
Rev Palmer will deliver the second sermon on the Ten Commandments at the Baptist church next Sunday evening focusing on man’s relation to man. Last Sunday’s sermon drew much interest. Quarterly meetings are set at Beulah church Lincoln township this week with Rev G W Mullen presiding elder. All are welcome. St Andrews church will have no service next Sunday due to the new steam heating plant installation.
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Rev. Palmer
Baptist Church
Beulah Church
Lincoln Township
G. W. Mullen
Des Moines
St. Andrews Church
Chamberlains Pain Balm praised for quick relief and healing
The ad touts Chamberlains Pain Balm as the best remedy for sprains bruises and burns offering instant relief and healing in about a third of the usual time while preventing blood poisoning as an antiseptic Sold by Storie Patton. Joseph A Brown buys over six thousand acres of land in Hamilton county through Jenk E Wright noting Brown as a reputed real estate authority.
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Chamberlain
Storie & Patton
Suicothe
Hamilton County
Jenk E. Wright
Foley Honey and Tar touted as best cough remedy
The notice quotes a Nashua Iowa user praising Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles after trying many medicines and doctors. It also reports local society items including Miss Ethel Kitson leaving Chariton for Des Moines, new baby for the Lackey family, and various visits and travels of residents.
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Foley
Patterson
Nashua
Iowa
Storia
For Sale Offer Includes Mare and Gelding Rumored
Several livestock and personal items are offered for sale including a six year old mare by Walter Lewis not broke a eight year old gelding driven well a jennet and a jack all cheap. Also gifts and local notices about residents visiting returning from trips and job changes in Chariton Iowa with various family updates.
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Walter Lewis
D. Q. Storie
Noxall Club Cigars and Local Bibles Sale Ad
Noxall Club sells cigars at five cents. Bibles priced from twenty five cents to nine dollars at Fluke's. Butter Scotch Wafers five cents per pound at Flatt's candy store this Saturday.
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Fluke’s
Flatt’s
Noxall Club Cigar Prices and Fluke's Burials Mentioned
Noxall Club sells cigars at five cents and Fluke's lists prices on prayer books and burial items. The short notice highlights pricing across offerings with a casual catalog-style line.
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Fluke’s. Oo
Thanksgiving Union Service Draws Large Attendees
The Union Thanksgiving service at the Christian church was the most attended yet. Rev Ward led the exercises with Rev Munn and Rev McCullagh assisting. Rev Palmer delivered the sermon on What Shall I Render Into the Lord. An offering supported the Relief Corps. Merchants urged to close 10:30 to 11:80 on Thanksgiving hour.
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Christian Church
Ward
Munn
McCullagh
Palmer
The
Baptist Church
Ministerial Association
Relief Corps
Barn Fire Destroys Gibbon Property Destroyed with Losses
A barn on Mrs. K R Gibbon's property burned Monday night in a suspected incendiary fire. A phaeton wagon sleigh and harnesses burned as well as a valuable digging tool. Don Lewis saved the horses. firemen prevented spread. Estimated loss about 1200 with 700 insurance.
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K. R. Gibbon
Clement McCuulough
Don Lewis
Bardette Temple Marries in Halifax Nova Scotia
Bardette Temple son of Mrs. C. F. Temple Chariton and Elizabeth McCarthy of Liverpool Nova Scotia wed in Halifax on Monday November 18. Bardette Livermore, known here as Bardette Temple, works for the Dominion Coal Company at Halifax. Chariton friends celebrate his good fortune.
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Bardette Livermore
C. F. Temple
Chariton
Halifax
N.S
Elizabeth McCarthy
Liverpool
N. S
Livermore
Bardette Temple
Dominion Coal Company
Doctor Spears Arrested on Forgery Charge at Local Hearing
Doctor J. F. Spears faced a hearing before Justice Storie for forgery last Saturday. Mrs. M. A. Gillespie testified Spears obtained a note she gave, a $100 draft, and claimed it was a forgery when sold to Jay Smythe. Spears pleaded guilty and was bound over to the grand jury. jail default if bail not posted.
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J. F. Spears
City Council Awards Sewer Contract to Swift and Son
The city council let the contract for 5000 feet of sewer late Wednesday night to Swift and Son of Atlantic.
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Swift & Son
Atl Ntic
Patient Credits Foley’s Kidney Cure For Relief
Mrs. Raymond Conner of Shelton Washington details years of kidney trouble and failed doctors. After using Foley’s Kidney Cure she reports immediate relief and says she is now cured. The ad claims the medicine purifies the blood by flushing kidneys to restore health.
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Raymond Conner
Shelton
Foley
Storie & Paton
Benton township vigalance committee bans hunting on lands
The Benton township vigalance committee met at the Myers school house on November 16 and passed resolutions prohibiting hunting or trespassing on any of their lands without permission. The notice appears in the Benton township vigalance committee entry dated 13-7-41p.
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Benton Township Vigalance Committee
Myers School House
Theodore Stuart Injured in Michigan-Chicago Game
Theodore Stuart returned home Sunday night to spend Thanksgiving with his parents Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Stuart after suffering severe injuries in the Michigan-Chicago game. He sustained three upper front teeth broken and a deep mouth cut needing stitches. teeth repaired in Chicago so the break is not visible.
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Theodore Stuart
Michigan University
T. M. Stuart
Chicago
Iseminger Post 18 G A R Elects 1906 Officers
The Iseminger Post No. 18 G A R held a Friday evening meeting on December 1 and elected officers for 1906: J. T. Griffin commander Henry Mirgles senior vice commander T. W. Primm junior vice commander Thomas Gay chaplain Lewis Cavanna surgeon UL Manning quartermaster Charles Schotte officer of the day Willis Adama officer of the guard Gunther Douglas outside guard.
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Iseminger
J. T. Griffin
Henry Mirgles
T. W. Primm
Thomas Gay
Lewis Cavanna
UL. Manning
Charles Schotte
Willis Adama
Glnther Douglas
President Roosevelt's Message to Congress in Patriot Issue
The President's Message abridged on page 6 of the Patriot details Roosevelt's address presented to Congress and read before that body on Tuesday, covering the key subjects he touched upon in the address.
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The
Patriot
President
Mrs C G Wisser Dies of Smallpox in Derby
Mrs C G Wisser died in Derby Sunday from smallpox. Seventeen people are quarantined as a precaution against spread. No new cases reported. How Mrs Wisser contracted the disease is not known.
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C. G. Wisser
Derby
Quick Relief for Sudden Stomach Pain
A quick remedy claim asserts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy gives immediate relief from sudden severe stomach pains and colic without a doctor. sold by Storie & Patton.
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Storie & Patton
Wanted at Once for Railway Mail Service Class
A classified notice seeks ten young men for railway mail service with pay starting at $800 per year, $900 after six months. Position is half time. Organizer Tom M. Hooper advertises affordable tuition for the class.
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Tom M. Hooper
Art Exhibition by Miss Frances Blanchard at R W Allens Store
Miss Frances Blanchard plans a two day exhibit of china and watercolor paintings at R W Allens Store on Lep 12 and 13 with a cordial public invitation. George Dunbar visited his aunt Mrs W H Argo then traveled from Agency to Denver after his wife’s death. Miss Jennie Garrett returned to Albany Mo to resume teaching duties after a visit with her sister Mrs Harry Foster. Testaments from 8 coenta Tands wards at Fluke's.
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Anna Ekfelt
Chicago
Ottumwa
Charles
Ekfelt
Thoksigvin
Ralph Andrews
Alice Atoona
Des Moines
McKiveen- Craig
Anna Rea
Clem Kirkhart
John Mader
Jessie Kirkhart
Mary Glenny
Alma
Bertha Lowenberg
F. W. Trost
Claude Blackburn
Bethany
C. B. Lusk
Arthur Miller
English Township
Frances“Blanchard
R. W. Allen
George Dunbar
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Panama Canal
Philippines
Santo Domingo
K. of
Chariton Commercial College
First National Bank
Harry Patton
Lenox
Patton
Dot Tyler
R. J. Hamilton
Miss Tyler
N. L. Stone
Eva
Oscar
Dés Moines
Everett Stone
Everett
E. F. O'Bryan
Georgetown
O’bryan
Storie
Anna Mallory
Jessie Thayer
Honolulu
Neil Anderson
Benton Township
Worthy Coforday
G. .Wigser
Pocahontas and
Red Men’s Lodge
Chariton Orchestra
Lawrence Welch
Kerney
Neb
Alma and
Ottawma
Mary Harding
Denver
Maude Hagadorn
Traverse City
Mich
Charles Frost
Harry Foster
R. A. Proudfit
Baptist Benevolent Society
Mattie Larimer
Victoria Dewey
Fluke
Ethel Kitson
Anna
Miss Kitson
Charles Howard
Council Bluffs
Mr. Howard
Hannah Lackey
Mrs. Lackey
J. F. Ekfelt
Albin
Charles Ekfelt
W. P. Davis
Dennison
Mesdames Ola Kemming
Lottie Ley
Mattie Ettenson
St. Joe
Cora Loeb
Eugene
Albia
Oppenheimer
Charles Copeland
Ames College
Elijah Copeland
Gregg Hanna
Thomas Carpenter
St. John’s, Kan
Florence Mosebarger
Santa
C. E. Fluke
J. E. Lockwood
McCormick
P. E. Edgren
Edna
Chisago
Graeme Stuart
St. Joseph
Stuart
Kerney, Neb
Gussie’ Buchanan
Mias Ila Bartram
Mies
Laura Yocom
Lacona
Dr. Starr
Simon Jeffers
Charlie Goldsberry
Red Oak
Mr Goldsberry
R. E. Downs
S. B. Ratson
George Tout
Caroline‘of
Oitamwa
W. H. Tont
Charles Holman
Russell
J. F. Dale
Mieses
Ella Esther and
Agnes Arvidson
Whitebreast
Noxall Club
Noxall Club Cigar
Ben
Nova Scotia
Se 8
Lutz
Ina Crowley
David Crowley
Cedar Township
Cedar Falls
State Normal School
Mildred
Powell, Mo
J.F. Sullivan
Tramer
Helen Schreiber
Baptist College
Arents
Henry Schreier
Etta Buttragg
Peru
Ida Mitchell
Weldon
Finke
Chariton Fire Department
Copeland
Pythian Temple
Fire Department
Wilfors
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