Local residents and visitors update health and travel notes
A compiled list shows Miss Ruth Buck improving after pneumonia. W G Parsons departs for Chicago to resume railway mail duties. Families from New Van Sask Canada and Mt Pleasant visit Ottumwa and Des Moines before returning home. Several residents travel for business or to visit relatives, with minor health updates on George A Chambers and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Spratt
Louise
New van, Sask
Canada
Cc. C. Conner
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Havana Founding Date and Early Cuban Cities
Havana, also San Cristobal de la Havana, was the last of seven Cuban cities founded by Velasquez on July 25, 1515. Twenty three years after Columbus' voyage, Havana is among the oldest New World cities, with several others in Cuba having disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
San Cristobal de la Habana
Cuba
Adelantado
Diego Velasquez
Columbus
Mt. Pleasant Faces Major Legal Clash Over Paving Charges
Mt. Pleasant Iowa records a major legal dispute as two local businessmen file 24 charges against the mayor, city council, and the street paving firm. The accusations claim illegal steps in the program from start to finish, potentially nullifying assessments and risking bankruptcy, with the council and contractor preparing defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
H. L. McGrew
Wiliam Stewart
Messrs McGrew
Stewart
State to push $60 million for roads in Illinois
Springfield Illinois February 6 A $60 000 000 state bond issue for good roads was urged at a meeting of officers of the Alton way with State Highway Engineer Marr. President Edward J Lott of Carlinville and other officers said they would lobby for the appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Ilinois
Alton Way
Marr
Edward J Lott
Carlinville
Poole Charged With Assault On Lafayette Policeman
Henry Poole, 36, jailed in Lafayette Indiana on charges of assault and battery with intent to murder Policeman Earl Staley after Poole allegedly fired at the officer while resisting arrest for intoxication. Staley returned fire, wounding Poole in the right hand arm and chest as the arrest followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Henry Poole
Earl Staley
Staley
Poole
Burlingame Gains Respect in Own Country Tale
In Hoar's autobiography an anecdote about Anson Burlingame, Detroit lawyer and later China minister, shows him given a Commons gallery seat then asked to leave. An old peer intercedes, but Burlingame declines, asserting sovereignty at home and leaving to preserve dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hoar
Anson Burlingame
Detroit
China
Burlingame
Europe
House of Commons
Handling a Revolver Sights Hidden to Improve Aim
The article explains that effective shooting relies on focusing on the target, not the gun. It argues that hiding the pistol sight reduces hand tremor and hesitation, improving accuracy in rapid or mounted firing, with training teaching sight concealment to preserve the first and often most accurate shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson
You didn't tell me Bobbie was fine feet Life quote
A fragment from a Life magazine excerpt captures a terse exchange about a boy called out by a father. The dialogue hints at reputations and consequences within a social circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie
Methodist Notes Reflect Weather Disruptions And Schedule
Church notes outline weather disruptions to Sunday services and a full slate of activities. Feb 5 picnic and board meeting on Tuesday evening, Epworth League social at Emma Stever home, papers to be collected. Wednesday prayer service and Studies in Life of Christ ongoing. Friday women’s meetings postponed to 2:30 pm at the parsonage. Boy Scouts sermon Sunday with Rev Keesey, Feb 13 Epworth League lecture to raise $500 for the new church building with 25 cent tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Young Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Emma Stever
North B Street
Christ
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Ladies Aid Society
Ray Maxwell
West Adams Street
Keesey
Waiting Fifty Years For Father's Gift Ends in Court
John W. Baker of New Bloomfield finally received $525 owed by his father in 1867 after a long delay and a lawsuit against his stepmother Rebecca T. Baker the administratrix. The sum was meant for his inheritance at his father’s death but was withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John W. Baker
New Bloomfield
Rebecca T. Baker
Coffin Mix Up Shocks Petersburg Family
Relatives of Ira Crammer opened a casket in Petersburg Illinois and found another man's body inside. The coffin had been sent from a Jacksonville hospital. Hospital employees later admitted the mix up was their error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ill
Ira Crammer
Jacksonville
Card of Thanks from Hartman Family
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness during our daughter's illness and death. Gratitude to Laundry employees for beautiful flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hartman
Third Iowa Infantry Leaves Border For Des Moines
The Third Iowa Infantry completed packing at Brownsville Texas and embarked in two train sections for Des Moines. Captains Logan Andres Powers supervised loading as 321 and 495 men plus officers boarded at 6:00 p.m. en route via H P C Frisco and Rock Island lines to Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Texas
Iowa Infantry
Home Sweet Home
Guy BE. Logan
E. H. Andres
J. M. Powers
Transportation Department
Iowa
Col. Bennett
Guy S. Brewer
Denison
Frisco
Kansas City
Rock Island
Des Moines
Seven Shackleton Expedition Members Rescued From Elephant Island
Seven Shackleton expedition members stranded on Elephant Island were rescued by the relief steamer Aurora, which reached Cape Evans on January 10. Captain Mackintosh and two others died during earlier attempts, and A. P. Spencer-Smith died of scurvy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
Shackleton
Elephant Island
Aurora
Cape Evans
Mackintosh
W. G. Hayward
Hut Point
A. P. Spencer- Smith
Chicken Supper at Church This Thursday
The ladies of the Christian church will serve a chicken supper at the church Thursday February 8 from five to eight oclock. Supper priced at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Christian Church
Condemnation and Praise Split Friends Echo Talmud Note
A Talmud line reflects social divide where some friends condemn you while others praise you. The text urges approaching those who condemn and keeping distance from admiring crowds.
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Ruth Buck
W. G. Parsons
Chicago
Omaha
Cc. C. Bell
Lockridge
Leona McNeese of
Brightn
Nellie Kyle
Tillie Mitchell of
Mitchelville
J. D. Mitchell
Olive Leech
Birmingham
Emry Clinkenbeard
Iowa City
Louis Kennedy
Mediapolis
Vanilla Smith
Glendale
Charles Griffith
Roe Kyle
Leonard Stone
Waterloo
Mrs
G. W. Bean
C. CC. Conner
Margaret Harris
Blanche Banta
George Consbrook
Topeka
Kansas
Asa Chilcott
Salina
Grace Roberts
Curtis Elliott
Nettie Parsons
Keota
Lester Chambers
George A. Chambers
Methodist Notes
Mr. and
Harold Hartman
Border
Fort Des Moines
Polar Party
Buster Brown
C. E. Anderson
J. C. Bradshaw Furniture CO
J.C. Bradshaw Furniture CO
Tan-lac
Gaumer Bros Jewelry
Gairfield Theater
David W. Griffith
Wilfred Lucas
Bessis
HELL
Austin
The
Northwest
Louise Lovely
Bluebird Photoplay
Orpheum Theatre
Fairfield Steam Laundry
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