Obituary of John Harper spans western Kansas and Iowa life
John Harper died Sunday at his West Grimes residence after a two month illness starting on his ranch in Western Kansas. Born May 4 1836 in Delaware County Ohio he lived in Hillsboro Iowa Fairfield and western Kansas later. He leaves a wife Elizabeth Arnold Harper three sons two brothers two sisters and multiple churches named Harper Memorial. He remained active on a ranch and driving his car at eighty and spoke of heaven on his final days.
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John Harper
West Grimes Street
Kansas
A. Harper
Delaware County
Ohio
Hillsboro
Fairfield
Elizabeth Arnold Harper
Wellington
Kans
J. M. Harper
A. K. Harper
Miller Harper
Milan
Kan
G. W. Harper
Satanta
Linn Cook
Salem
Wm. Newbold
Methodist Church
Harper Memorial
Nebraska
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
West
Examinations Set for Eighth Graders at Court House
Eighth grade examinations will be held at the court house August 17 and 18. Friday schedule includes Reading grammar History spelling physiology in the morning and civ fcn writing in the afternoon. Saturday morning covers Arithmetic civ fcn writing with Geography and mine at 1 p m. Students with partial days should attend opening of the day. Those with Saturday afternoon subjects should arrive at 12 30 to allow time for the Declamatory Contest at Chautauqua.
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Court House
Chautauqua
Exemption Board Advances 45 Jefferson County Recruits
About fifty local men were examined with 45 names set to certify to the district board for National Army service. Several may claim exemptions, while two already married men are noted. The list includes Leonard Fresconi of Batavia and William L. Trail, among others, with the next 150 names to be called for examination to fill a quota roughly twenty six short.
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District Board
Leonard Fresconi
Batavia
William L. Trail
Jefferson County
National Army
City Street Oiling Petition Open Until Majority Signed
Notice to any resident wishing their street oiled must sign a petition by a majority of property owners on that street and file it at City Clerk Paul Coleson’s office. Deputy clerk and city offices await filings.
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Paul Coleson
Circus to unload at Fair Grounds tomorrow morning
John Robinson's Circus arrives by Rock Island railroad about 5 am and unloads at Briggs street crossing. Tents rise on the Fair Grounds and a parade starts at 10 30 am tracing Kirkwood Fourth Burlington Court Broadway Fourth Kirkwood. Shows at 2 and 8 pm with doors at 1 and 7 pm and tickets at Shriner Johnson's drug store.
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John Robinson
Rock Island
Briggs Street
Fair Grounds
Kirkwood
Burlington
Court
Broadway
Shriner & Johnson‘s Drug Store
Perkins Named Warden at Fort Madison Penitentiary
Rev. J. R. Perkins pastor of the First Christian church in Sioux City was named warden of the Iowa penitentiary at Fort Madison, effective September 1. Warden J. C. Sanders resigned citing ill health, and the new warden is expected to continue the honor system policy started nine years ago at Fort Madison.
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Sioux City
J. R. Perkins
First Christian Church of
Iown
Fort Madison
J. C. Sanders
State Board of Control
Ft. Madison
Sanders
Mrs. Fred Goehner Dies in Chicago
Word comes of the death of Mrs. Fred Goehner in a Chicago hospital after several weeks illness. She was formerly Miss Wermuth Sherman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sherman of Birmingham, and survived by four sisters, her husband, and an infant daughter. Remains to be brought home for burial. Read the Classified Ads.
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Fred Goehner
Chicago
Ill
Farmers Meet Revenue Officer Over Retroactive Tax
J B Cawley deputy revenue collector from Ottumwa holds sessions in the Jefferson County courthouse to question farmers named in income tax notices. The retroactive 1928 tax is 2 percent on gross incomes over 4000 for married filers and 3,000 for single, with a 1 percent rate for prior years. Farmers expected to estimate incomes using bank books and receipts. Cawley tours Fairfield Batavia Libertyville Lockridge Brighton and Packwood this week.
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Court House
J. B. Cawley
Ottumwa
Jefferson County
Nothes
Cawley
Fairfield
Batavia
Libertyville
Lockridge
Brighton
Packwood
William Ramsay Called By Death
William Patterson Ramsay a well known Jefferson county resident died yesterday afternoon at 3 13 at his home eight miles north of the city after two months of poor health He will be buried after funeral services at 11 o clock Wednesday at the Methodist church with Rev Carson in charge and interment in the Mausoleum Florence James stenographer at the Dexter Washing Machine Co visits Burlington home Mrs Isaac Pence leaves for Pittsburg Baltimore and Norfolk to establish a future home in Virginia
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William Patterson Ramsay
Jefferson County
Methodist
Carson
Florence James
Dexter Washing Machine Co
Burlington
Isaac Pence
Pittsburg
Penn
Baltimore
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Wm. J. Baldwin
Emer Ingersoll
Clinton R. McGahan
Fred H. Diers
Frank R. Danielson
B. A. Shelangouski
P. L. Battista
Donald M. Koons
Guy McCormick
John B. Frasher
Marshal Shipley
L. S. Melinskie
Alva Kitchen
Jos. F. Reisch
Louis C. Nady
Theodore Ricksher
Herbert L. Hall
Dempsey E. Brown
A. M. Boysel
Raymond H. Johnson
Moses D. Tweedy
W. H. Smith
George H. Johnson
Harry W. Metz
Will C. Radley
George I. Byczek
C. BR. Roberts
Harlan Castile
Taylor Watts
Ernest McClure
Perkins
William Ramsay
Olman Yonight
Roth & CO
Roth @ Co
Frank D. Kerrick
Embalmer
Iowa Statngs Oink
Pure Life Insurance
National Life Assn
Des Moines
W. B. Parrett
James F. Wilson Jr
Chautauqua Sim
Jamie
Clark
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