Local Notes Report Wide Range of Social and Business Travel
Local brief items show residents moving for work and visits across Iowa Illinois and Missouri. Names include Richardson Bennett Keltner Branner Bonner Carter and Lindeen with missions from Rock Island Glasgow Davenport Ottumwa and Moline. A wedding in Moline and a large carpet sweeper sale at a Pleasant Plain store also appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Branner
Eldon
Frank Bonner
Ottumwa
J. E. Kuhns
Delmer Keltner
Des Moines
E. G. Rieber
Germanville
Martin Henry
Earl Carter
Pauline Connell
Clara Hoskinson
Davenport
Harry Patterson
Robert
Keokuk
Louise Manatrey
Iowa City
J. P. Manatrey
H. P. McLaughlin
S. J. Morris
Bloomington
Ill
Marshall, Mo
Fred Morris
Wreck Closes Rome Rail Lines Delays Burlington Passengers
A freight wreck near Rome disrupted Burlington tracks with a 50 to 60 car train derailing. salt spilled onto the road and two cars blocked the south track for hours, delaying No 178 and No 179 and halting train service from Burlington while Ottumwa and Galesburg wreck crews work to clear the lines. Alleged vote buyer William Wilbur is jailed in Columbus Illinois on election day accusations. Mrs Inez Milhollen Boissezain shows slight improvement in New York hospital after a third blood transfusion. Community notice: union men urged to attend Moose Hall gathering Friday evening November 17 at 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Road
Rome
Keokuk
Ft. Madison
Batavia
No 9
Mt. Pleasant News
Fiat
Ottumwa
Galesburg
Burlington
Obituary of William B. Davis of Fairfield
William B. Davis born December 8, 1844 in Harrison County Ohio died November 9 at 11 00 am near Fairfield after a fall by Manley grocery. Survived by wife Martha J Chainey two children Austin Davis and Carrie J Dickinson and siblings J W Davis Elizabeth A Mintiere and Mary A Walters. Civil War veteran and Free Methodist Church member. funeral November 11 at 11 in West Jackson home. Interment Bethesda cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Davis
Harrison County
Ohio
Mr. Davis
Manley Grocery
West van Buren Street
West Jackson Street
Martha J. Chainey
Austin Davis
Sioux City
Carrie J. Dickinson
Pleasant Plain
J. W. Davis
Ainsworth
Elizabeth A. Mintiere
New Athens
Mary A. Walters
Milford
Jefferson County
Columbus Junction
Washington County
Fairfield, Mareh
Co. KE
15Th
Ohio Infantry
Bethesda M. EF
Behner
Free Methodist Church
Probate of Will in Jefferson County Iowa
Notice is given that the will of Charles B. Caldwell, deceased, is on file in the Jefferson County District Court. The court sets November 19, 1916, at 1 30 p m for proof and final hearing. Geor ge M Ball clerk and R B Peebler deputy certify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Jefferson County
S. S
Charles B. Caldwell
District Court
Woman in critical condition after acid poisoning in Columbus
Amanda J. Morgan thirty five wife of Lee Morgan a moulder is reported in a critical condition at home in Columbus Indiana after taking carbolic acid in a personal crisis following the defeat of Hughes according to her husband a Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Amanda J. Morgan
Lee Morgan
Hughes
Neighbor Touts Kidney Pills For Lumbago Relief
A Duncan Mills reader reports severe lumbago relief after using Foley Kidney Pills. The letter says a neighbor shared a half bottle and two or three bottles fully relieved pain. It claims the pills sharpen appetite, energy, and sleep by addressing sluggish kidneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Eveland
Duncan Mills
Foley
Town Property for Sale in City Listings
Redick and Snussell listing present several modern houses in college district Highland Addition and South 4th Street with sleeping porches and full or new features. Prices range from 750 to 5000 dollars. Multiple lots in Pumphrey and Highland Additions offered facing Burlington Street and Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College District
Highland Addition
South 4Th St
Pumphrey Addition
Burlington St
S. Second St
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Co. C. Richardson
Rock Island
Willis Bennett
John Boos
Lockridge
C. E. Keltner
Glasgow
W. J. King
Chicago
B. T. Buckles
Court Hotel
Wm. Fleenor
Abingdon
Catherine Rauscher
Silas Pearson
Libertyville
Ethel Swanson
Minneapolis
Minn
L. W. Elmore
Jefferson County Hospital
Helen Uatrman
Cecil Swanson
East Hempstead Street
June Lambert
Brighton
H. D. Minster
O. J. Lambert
John Lindeen
Ethel
Madeline
Moline
Nellie Kyle
Mrs. Wm. Whitmore
The
City
Ed. Hohl
John Strain
Harry Osborne
H. E. James
Minneapolis, Minn
C. H. James
Brewster, Kgn
Jennie Fleck
James
J. F. James
Er. Avery
Packwood
J. A. Porter
Washington
Viola Kelley
Farmington
R. H. Spence
Cedar Rapids
C. R. Conlee
Squire A. W. Jaques
East Broadway Street
William Wilbur
Pere
Bartholomew County
Moose Hall
K. FE
Allric
Riday Ck
the Journal
Bethesda Cemetery
Geo. M. Ball
R. B. Peebler
Indiana
New York
Newport Cafe
Gaumer Bros
Orpheum
Orpheum Orchestra
Daniel Frohman
Owen Moore
Marguerite Courbot
Edgar Selwig
Rolling Stones
Lionel Barrymore
Gairfield Theater
DeWolf Hopper and
Fay Tincher
Mr. Goode
Samaritan
Instin
Mary Fuller
OHN T. Davifs
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Wallace Nutting
Browning
Northwest Corner
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