Christmas Visitors and Travel Notables in Local Area
Many residents spent Christmas with relatives across Iowa. Notable moves include the Jefferson county board and county engineer traveling to St. Louis to procure steel for the Merrimac bridge. Numerous individuals from Winfield Maquoketa Keota Ottumwa and Davenport visited family in the city, with several returning to schooling or rejoining duties after holidays.
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Board of Supervisors
Jefferson County
St. Louis
Merrimac Bridge
Oklahoma City Writer Reports Oklahoman Costs Rise
Edgar R. Bean of Oklahoma City notes the Oklahoma City Oklahoman now pays 15000 per month for white paper up from 5000 monthly six months ago. He says the paper plans to raise advertising rates cut payroll 15 percent and raise subscriptions to 6.00 yearly to cover the extra 10000 monthly cost.
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Edgar R. Bean
Oklahoma City
Oklahma
J. W. Bean
Bean
Journal
Telegraph
Oklahoman
The
Lost pocketbook reward notice near Fairfield Dry Cleaning
A black pocketbook containing two diamond rings a wedding ring and a small amount of money was lost between Fairfield Dry Cleaning Works and Q depot. A reward of 25 dollars will be paid to the finder. Contact W. H. Parker at phone 331.
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Fairfield Dry Cleaning Works
Q. Depot
W. H. Parker
Knights of Pythias to Meet for Work and Smoker
The Knights of Pythias announce a Wednesday evening session at 7 30 for rank work in Knightship followed by a smoker hosted by W K R Baker G C.
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Knights OF
Pythias
Milk deal at J. L. King's offered 14 quarts for a dollar
An old advertisement promotes milk from J. L. King with four teen quarts for a dollar and delivery service. The note includes a phone number ending in 361 and a stray 40.
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J. L. King’s
Hard Coal Shipment Leaves Chicago in December
Another car of hard coal departed Chicago on December 22. Readers are urged to phone orders to 38 A Power at phone numbers 6532 and 141, 43.
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Chicago
38. A. Power
Prominent Hotel Manager Dies After Illness
Kokomo Indiana December 26 O C Cal lis manager and secretary treasurer of the Francis Hotel company of Kokomo died after a week with bronchial pneumonia. He contracted a cold two weeks earlier while attending the Indiana Hotel Keepers association state meeting in Indianapolis where he served as president. He was vice president of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit association and a member of the T P A.
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Kokomo
Ind
O. Callis
Francis Hotel Company
Calfie
Indiana
Hotel Men’s Matun! Benefit Association
Street to Be Named for Gallieni in Paris
Paris city council assigns a committee to select a street or square named after the late General Gallieni. The move honors his service and preserves his memory in the city landscape.
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Gallieni
Paris
Municipal Council of
Ceneral Gallienl
Masonic Banquet Tickets On New Years Night
Tickets for the Masonic Banquet are one dollar each and may be obtained from the committee Dr J Gaumer A F Greef or R F Wilson by next Friday noon no tickets sold after. Bishop Quayle will deliver his lecture Factors of Destiny at the Methodist church on Saturday evening Dec 30 admission twenty five cents.
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Clinton Lodge
New Temple
BE. W. Holler
Ottumwa
Dr. J. §. Gaumer
A. F. Greef
R. F. Wilson
Quayle
Methodist Church
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