Local Briefs Highlight Visits and News from Spirit Lake to Battle Creek
Local brief notes record visits and travels of Libertyville and nearby residents. Highlights include Dr and Mrs R B Stephenson visiting Spirit Lake, a birth in Charles Blakely's family, and Edward J Stephenson's appointment as First Lieutenant in Civil Engineers. The piece also mentions Mischa Elman concert impact and Lucian Jones speaking at New Chicago Mission with India insights.
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R. B. Stephenson
Libertyville
Spirit Lake
George Shaffner
Ray Myers
Dallas City
Battle Creek
Mich
Shaffner
Edward J. Stephenson
R. B. ‘Stephenson
Civil Engineers
Wisconsin
Michigan
Lucian Jones
India
New Chicago Mission
Equal Suffrage Meet At Jefferson County Library
Jefferson County Equal Suffrage association held a 2:30 PM meeting in the Agassiz room of the Library last Saturday. Mrs. A. Hague presided. Louise E. Hollister spoke as National Lecturer for the W C F. Members of the Cross Lanes My Country Club performed and planned a play to raise Red Cross funds. A Suffrage picnic at Chautauqua Park was set for August 21 with an after dinner talk by Mrs. Demarchus Brown and brief home talks.
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Jefferson County Equal Suffrage Association
Agassiz
Hague
Louise E. Hollister
W. C.F
My Country Club
Cross Lanes
Yale
Madaline Humphrey
Mertie Sears
Melissa Samons
Florence Fresconi
Bertha Sears
Patsey
Dakota
Cross Lanes Church
Red Cross
Chautauqua
Chautauqua Park
Demarchus Brown
Slayer Dies at State Home in Lafayette
Alexander Kennedy aged eighty two died at the Soldiers Home from illness. A Civil War veteran and former friend of Dr. Philip Tresch, Kennedy was implicated in a 1905 incident leading to manslaughter charges for which he had been pardoned. He had lived at the home with his wife since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Alexander Kennedy
Kennedy
Philip Tresch
Tresch
Soldiers
Second
Michigan
Prospect stockholders meeting for Cooperative Store Co
Notice calling a meeting of prospective stockholders in Fairfield Monday at 8 o clock to organize permanently. Union men are urged to attend and come early. committee note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co-operative Store Co
Fairfield
Local brief notes from Charlton and surrounding towns
Local residents travel for visits with relatives and friends from Charlton Ottumwa Burlington Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. People include Mr and Mrs C J Gavin Julia and Mary O Neil Mrs John Cammack Mrs D B Crail Mrs Wm Gifford Mrs Frank Johnson Miss Grace Farmer George Yount BE B Kearns Hazel McDonald Mildred Mitchell Jennie Gorrell P D Norton Mary Ackerman G M Eilsworth Mae Monson Fred Martin A Lear E M Blough Moses Kiger. The court house will close afternoons during Chautauqua with only Saturday open. A Dallas City party visited. Misses and Mr. visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Gavin
Mt. Pleasant
Julia
Mary O'Neil
New London
John Cammack
D. B. Crail
Bloomfield
Wm. Gifford
Frank Johnson
Smith Center
Kan
Kate Cupp
Charles Fellinger
Chariton
BE. B. Kearns
Cedar Rapids
Hazel McDonald
Mildred Mitchell
Jennie Gorrell
Burlington
P. D. Norton
Morning Star
Mississippi
St. Paul
Minn
Iowa Savings Bank
Mary Ackerman
Ottumwa
G. M. Eilsworth
Mae Monson
Chicago
Alex Monson
Fred Martin
Libertyville
A. Lear
Jefferson County Hospital
Court House
George Wibbell
Charles Carper
Dallas City, Jr
Ray Myers
E. M. Blough
Waterloo
Moses Kiger
Springfield
Ohio
Eighth grade examinations set for August 17 and 18
Examinations for eighth grade will be held at the courthouse on August 17 and 18. Friday schedule covers Reading grammar at 8 a.m. and History non physiology at 1 p.m. Saturday includes Arithmetic, Civics, writing at 8 a.m. and Geography, music at 1 p.m. Students with half day subjects should attend at opening. those with late Saturday subjects should arrive 12:30 to allow time for the Declamatory Contest at Chautauqua. June Chisterer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Chautauqua
Fall Rugs Sale Highlights Large Jefferson County Stock
Store advertises a sweeping fall rug sale with large and small rugs from Axminster, Wilton, Smyrna, and Turkish varieties. Deals include nine by twelve foot pieces marked far below regular prices, plus wool and fibre rugs and a Lyon & Healy piano sale nearby.
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Jeferson County
Axminster
Turkana Axminster
Smyrna
Lyon & Healy
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Charles Blakely
William Alonzo
Chartes Keller
Rollie Nott
James Keller
Harry Helfel
Mary Elton
W. R. Campbell
Viva Valentine
Aldine Baker
Marie Anderson
Centerville
Margaret Moloney
Mary Cullinane
Lewiston
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John O Niel
Roxie Chandler
Isaac Pence
Pittsburgh
Penn
Will
Minneapefore
Norfolk
Bessie Brinton
Brighton
Jonn Miller
Mark Whitney
Drs
Wilbur Whitney
Jacosb Craig
Keosauqua
L. E. Whitney
Mrs. E. B. Greenfield
Washington
John Strain
Ainsworth
Harry Osborne
Harry Armstrong
City
Mischa Elman
Chautauqua Auditorium
Unkrich Boys
Walter Morris
Kansas City
Ruth Morris
Equal Suffrage Association
Slayer
George Yount
Newport Cafe
EACT
Trades and Labor Assembly
Federal
Barbers
Carpenters’ Local
June Chidester
A. V. Frazey
A. V. Frazey & Son
Os Seagee
Seeenwe
Weede Ge
MIR Sire
H. P. McLaughlin
Gaumer Bros
East Side
Unkrich’s
Unkrich's Dry Goods
Fairfield, Iowa
Tri-State Fair
Burlington, Iowa
Muou
Great Republic Band
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