Personal notes of residents and visitors
Miss Ruth Buck improved after pneumonia. W G Parsons left for Chicago to resume rail way mail clerk duties. Clarence Spratt and daughter Louise, visiting from New Yan Sask, plan stops in Ottumwa and Des Moines before returning home. Numerous locals travel, visit relatives, or host guests in Ottumwa with scores of brief mentions. The piece closes noting little George A Chambers, grandson of Nettie Parsons, recovering from pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Spratt
Louise
New Yan
Sask
Canada
Cc. C. Conner
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Nettie Parsons
Keota
Lester Chambers
George A. Chambers
Havana City Origins and Founding Date
Havana, originally named Havana or San Cristobal de la Habana, was the last of seven Cuban cities founded by Velasquez on July 25, 1515. It is one of the oldest New World cities, dating back to 1515, with other Cuban towns mostly vanished since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
San Cristobal de la Habana
Cuba
Diego Velasquez
Mt Pleasant faces legal tangle over paving payments
Mt Pleasant Iowa February 6 two businessmen McGrew and Stewart filed 24 charges with the city clerk accusing the mayor the city council and the paving contractor of illegal actions and improper paving work. The charges threaten court action delays to assessments and possible bankruptcy while the council and contractor prepare to defend their positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
H. L. McGrew
Wiliam Stewart
Messrs McGrew
Stewart
Illinois $60,000,000 for good roads proposed
At Springfield on February 6 state officers including Edward Lott of Carlinville urged a $60,000,000 state bond issue for highways. State Highway Engineer Marr attended as Carlinville officials vowed to lobby for the appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Alton Way
Marr
Edward Lott
Carlinville
Lafayette Man Charged With Assault on Policeman
Henry Poole twenty six or thirty six? is jailed in Lafayette Ind charged with assault and battery with intent to murder Earl Staley police officer Poole fired four shots at Staley during arrest for intoxication Staley fired back hitting Poole three times one in chest and two in the arm and hand
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Henry Poole
Earl Staley
Staley
Poole
Burlingame as Peer in His Own Country Anecdote
In Hoar’s autobiography an anecdote about Anson Burlingame, Detroit lawyer turned China envoy, reveals his stance on dignity and status. Burlingame, denied a Commons gallery seat, argued his sovereign standing and refused to be barred by peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hoar
Anson Burlingame
Detroit
China
Burlingame
Europe
House of Commons
Handling a Revolver: Sight Hidden for Steady Aim
The article explains that correct revolver handling relies on not focusing on the weapon. It notes that quick firing, horseback shooting, and best results come from aiming at the target rather than the sights. Trembling hands before trigger press cause inaccuracy. hiding sights reduces hesitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson
You Didn't Tell Me Bobbie Was Tao Tight
Dialogue snippet shows two unnamed speakers discussing a person described as tight and reliable, with a reference to a boy's father. Context hints at a magazine Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie
Tao
Talmud Insight on Friends and Adorners
A fragment citing the Talmud notes that some friends condemn you while others praise you. It advises approaching the condemning while keeping aloof from the admirers, reflecting a tension between criticism and flattery.
Methodist church notes outline weekly activities
Stormy weather disrupted services but Sunday school and morning worship drew crowds. A series of meetings and events are scheduled from February 5 to February 13 including Young Women's Foreign Missionary Society picnic, Official Board session, Epworth League social, mid week prayer, Women’s Foreign Missionary Society rescheduled, Ladies Aid meeting, Boy Scout sermon, and Epworth League lecture to fund the new church building with 25 cent tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipworth
Young Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Epworth League
Emma Stever
North B Street
Christ
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Ladies Aid Society
Ray Maxwell
West Adams Street
Keesey
Waits Fifty Years For Father's Gift In Pittsburgh Case
John W. Baker of New Bloomfield won $525 after a long legal battle over a promised gift from his father in 1867. The sum, meant for his father’s death, was held by his stepmother Rebecca Baker, the administratrix, and only now paid after fifty years and a lawsuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John W. Baker
New Bloomfield
Rebecca ‘Tr. Baker
Coffin Mixup Shock For Petersburg Family
Relatives of Ira Crammer open a casket in Petersburg Illinois and find it contains a different man. The coffin had been sent from a Jacksonville hospital and workers later revealed a hospital error caused the mix up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ill
Ira Crammer
Jacksonville
Card of Thanks for daughter’s illness and death
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness during our daughter's illness and death. Gratitude to Laundry employees for flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hartman express appreciation.
Third Iowa Infantry Leaves Brownsville for Des Moines
The Third Iowa Infantry departs Brownsville Texas heading for Des Moines. At 6:00 p.m. the first train section, with 321 enlisted men and 17 officers, starts a long journey via H P C to Denison and Frisco to Kansas City. A second section follows with 28 officers and 495 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Col
Bennett
Guy S. Brewer
Seven Polar Party Members Rescued From Elephant Island
Seven Shackleton arctic 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 in the attempt to reach safety, 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 set by church ladies on Thursday
The ladies of the Christian church will host a chicken supper on Thursday February 8 from five to eight o clock. Supper price is 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Christian Church
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Ruth Buck
W. G. Parsons
Chicago
Omaha
C. CC. Bell
Lockridge
Leona McNeese of
Brightn
Nellie Kyle
Tillie Mitchell
Mitchelville
J. D. Mitchell
Olive Leech
Birmingham
Emry Clinkenbeard
Iowa City
Louis Kennedy
Mediapolis
Vanilla Smith
Glendale
Charles Griffith
Roe Kyle
Leonard Stone
Waterloo
G. W. Bean
C. C. Conner
Margaret Harris
Blanche Banta
George Consbrook
Topeka
Kansas
Asa Chilcott
Salina
Grace Roberts
Curtis Elliott
Frinnds
Tattler
Methodist Notes
Mr. and
Mrs
Harold Hartman
Border
Fort Des Moines
Brownsville
Texas
Iowa Infantry
Home Sweet Home
Guy E. Logan
KE. H. Andres
J. M. Powers
Transportation Department
Polar Party
Buster Brown
C. E. Anderson
J. C. Bradshaw Furniture CO
Renly
Tan-lac
Gaumer Bros
Fairfield Theater
David W. Griffith
Austin
The
Northwest
Louise Lovely
Bluebird Photoplay
Orpheum Theatre
Fairfield Steam Laundry
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