Accident on Main Street Sees Elderly Woman Bruised
A horse drawn buggy struck Myr Elizabeth Muehlenthaler on Main Street as John Lehman home resident HB Gilson returned from delivering a cream separator. She suffered severe bruises and a leg cut but no broken bones. She recovered overnight at her son’s home and can sit up. The report criticizes street lighting and urges lighting improvements.
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Main Street
Orresite
John Lehman
HB. B. Gilson
H. T. Knudtson
Myr
Elizabeth Muehlenthaler
Mrs. Abbey
R. Muehlenthaler
Muhhlenthaler
Gilson
Muehlenthaler
Uncle Tom's Cabin in Terry's company draws full tent
The old favorite drama Uncle Tom's Cabin was presented by Terry's company to a full tent on Saturday night. The show included new features that kept the production fresh and the vaudeville interludes and concert after the main performance were praised as among the best, with no vulgarity noted.
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Terry
Oskaloosa Daily Herald
Rural Route Changes Announced for August 16
Three rural routes will be altered on August 16 with Route 2 shortened significantly. Routes 1 and 6 remain unchanged. Details outline new paths from the Post Office through sections and corners, with Route 3 and Route 4 also amended and extended routes described. A separate anecdote recalls a Missouri church disruption where a man claimed to have traveled from Kentucky in a cyclone.
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S. W
Nest
P. O. At
City Council Proceedings August 5 1907 Minutes
City council met in regular session with Mayor Schmid presiding. Members Lehman Capper Hanson Benson Burianek Patterson present. Bills approved including printing and oil expenses. A band stand petition was tabled. Tree trimming ordinance referred to Street and Alley committee. Reports read and accepted. Earle Greenley appointed on trial for August Tamp duty. Geo E Schori’s assessor resignation laid on table. Meeting adjourned.
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Schmid
Lehman Capper
Hanson
Benson
Burianek
Patterson
Lehman
Capper
Burmanek
F. W. Hughes
Earle Greenley
Geo. E. Schori
J.B. Wiewams
Txeo
Advertised Letters in Exon Iowa 1907 Unclaimed by Aug 16
In Exon Iowa in August 1907 several letters remain unclaimed and will be sent to the dead letter office if not collected by August 16. Names listed include Inc Bradley F W Utterback and Mra H J Trunkey. Hans Rurser, Postmaster. Also mentions junk iron and rag recycling for cash, and Egg trade with Bolleyn Winn and T J Capter offering highest market price.
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Exon
Iowa
Bolleyn & Winn
T. J. Capter
Mission Feast at German Baptist Church on Aug 11
The German Baptist church announces a Mission Feast on the second Sunday in August, August 11. Rev. A L Tilgner of Muscatine will preach both services, with Rev. Frank Day of West Union delivering an English sermon in the evening. A special musical program is planned, offerings to the hotel and foreign mission fund. Public invited. A. F. Becker of Calmar was in town as guest of C. L. Shaffer.
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A. L. Tilgner
Muscatine
Frank Day
West Union
Hote and Foreign Mission Fund
Methodist Church Invites Prayer Meeting And Education Sermon
The Methodist Episcopal Church invites all to a Thursday prayer meeting and Sunday services including Sunday school at 11:00 and Epworth League at 7 15 pm. The Annual Educational Sermon will be preached next Sunday evening. Mrs. Kate Hoag visits from Cedar Rapids. John Bracken loses three young steers to a Tuesday lightning storm. A heavy Tuesday storm drenched the area with vivid lightning and rain. The Japanese entertainment at the opera house Tuesday drew a large crowd despite bad weather, with about 20 dollars in receipts.
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Epworth League
Clermont school struck by lightning spares building
Local notices record visits from James McCroten of Dakota to Arlington and other relatives. A contract for sand and cement work to West Union is taken by Alfred Holzer. Clermont school house roof damaged by lightning but saved from fire by prompt citizen action. Florence DeSart’s eighteenth birthday dinner surprise by her mother and Ella Fraiburghaus’s surprise gathering are noted. Mrs. McGaheran funeral near Clermont, and a fashion belt made from rattlesnake skin attracts attention. German Baptist Aid Society members meet at Mrs. J W Miller’s country home.
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Alfred Holzer
Peta
J.J. Ferrell
West Union
Clermont
The
German Baptist Aid Society
J. W. Miller
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Denver
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Goodland
Kansas
Omaha
Des Moines
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L. Shaffer
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Missouri
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R. J. Becker Realty Company
Calmar
C. L. Shaffer
Methodist Episcopal Church
Kate Hoag
City
E. Hoag
John Bracken
Berg
James McCroten
Dakota
J. W. Stahl
Arlington
Chas. Kniel
Fred Streit
Berne
Florence DeSart
Ella Fraiburghaus
Gus, Stoehr
Maesdames
E.G. Stoehr
C.W. Nicklaus
McGaheran
Turkey River
Francis Gage
Thoma Bros
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