Local Briefs Highlight Social and BusinessTrips
Local notes report C KE Rodgers returning from Chicago on business and Ottumwa and Des Moines visits by residents including Miss Nora Carlson Mrs R G Walker and others. A Jim etc. The Brighton Enterprise shifts to weekly publication. A Stag tailor shop opens in Ottumwa with Clyde Bell space. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Fred Howermaster. F D Kerrick on a business trip to Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Judd
Ottumwa
Jaude Gaines
Y Clyde C. Bell
Local notes from Birmingham Enterprise
F W Jericho returns from Chicago Rexall convention. Elizabeth Heaton returns from Keota nursing. Mc Chapter No 5 R A M to meet Friday November 17 at 7 30. Mrs Arthur Greer and daughter back from Ottumwa visit. Mrs Rachel Goodwin dies. No funeral plans yet. Mrs W H Hope visits son M D Hippe and daughter Lee Corry. She to live with daughter Mrs C C Conlee in Fairfield. Conlee had cared for sister in law Mrs Clarence Hope at Valley Junction and returns to Fairfield as husband finishes stint with Co M First Iowa infantry on November 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hope
M. D. Hippe
Lee Corry
Valley Junction
Clarence
FE. R. Byers
CC. R. Conlee
Fairfield
Conlee
Clarence Hope
Brownsville
Tex
Co. M. First Iowa Infantry
Birmingham Enterprise
Rural Life Conference and Institute at Woolson
Richland Clarion reports a Rural Life Conference and Institute at the Friends church in Woolson on Thursday and Friday December 8 and 9. The event aims to unite home church school and community values with prominent speakers to educate and benefit attendees. Participants are urged to attend all sessions and invite neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Clarion
Rural Life Conference
Friends Church
Woolson
Automobile Painting A Specialty at Cleasby Co
C B Cleasby and Company of Libertyville Iowa advertise automobile painting as a specialty. They offer a heated 24 by 50 foot room suitable for drying paint even in the coldest weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Cleasby & Co
Libertyville
Iowa
Sample Patent Medicine Promotion
An advertisement invites readers to mail five cents to Foley & Co. at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago for a trial package of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets sold by Jericho & Easton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Jericho & Easton
WCTU Plans Rally to Peacock Tabernacle
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union invites all friends and temperance supporters to meet at the Baptist church Friday evening November 19 at seven. Attendees will form a line with flags and banners and march in a body to the Peacock Tabernacle for a temperance meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peacock Tabernacle
Baptist Church
Tabernacle
Marent
Probate of Will in Jefferson County Iowa
Notice that an instrument claimed to be the last will and testament of Charles B. Caldwell is on file in the Jefferson County District Court. A proof and final hearing are scheduled for November 27, 1916 at 1 30 oclock pm during the November term. Clerk GHO M Ball and Deputy sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Jefferson County
S. S
Charles B. Caldwell
District Court
Plumb Case Ends as Jury Deliberates in Insurance Fight
The D. E. Plumb versus Iowa Live Stock Insurance Co case closes with Judge Hunter instructing the jury. The trial centerpiece is the dead Percheron stallion found October 27, 1915, in Plumb’s stall with a cut throat. Bloodhounds failed to identify a suspect. bloody overalls and shirt were found in a barrel and later washed. Several witnesses and defense testimonies cover the horse’s death, alleged nosebleeds, and the structure of the barrel hiding the garments. Multiple dockets and settlements fill the surrounding court activity, with a large Batavia turnout noted. An employee list and ongoing civil matters are recorded, plus a union meeting notice for Friday evening at the Moose Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Plumb
Iowa Live Stock Insurance Co
F. M. Hunter
Plumb
Batavia
Stewart
J. D. Lewis
Redick and Russell Property Listings in Town
Town property for sale includes s roomed and t roomed houses in modern styles with sleeping porches and full lots. Highland Addition lots offered at 4500 750 and 1600 for 66x100 and Burlington Street sites. Other parcels include a lot on S Second Street for 800 and a Pumphrey Addition pair at 1600 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College District
Highland Addition
South 4Th St
Pumphrey Addition
Burlington St
S. Second St
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Aontireland
C. KE. Rodgers
J. T. Rodgers
Edith
Homer Rodgers
Belle Kirkpatrick
Dorris, Cal
Louisa Hale
West Hempstead Street
Nora Carlson
Des Moines
8S. B. Wisecarver
R. G. Walker
Omaha, Neb
Wm. Eaton
Meta Summers
Ruth Gar
P. H. Roth
Jefferson County Hospital
West Adams Street
Harley Thompson
Kitty Wilson
A. M. Hammer
J. C. Bailey
EK. A. Howard
Joseph Loofbourrow
Oklahoma
H. L. Ressell
Worthington, Minn
M. J. Clinkenbeard
Ida MacCampbell
Muscatine
Mrs. J. S. Fryer
Clyde, Wharsas
J. F. Fryer
W. E. Smith
Catherine Rauscher
Lockridge
J.S. Goodson
Oskaloosa
Clyde Norris
Roll Stansberry
Ollie Erickson of
Brighton Enterprise
Fred Howermaster
F. D. Kerrick
Mt. Pleagsant
F. W. Jericho
Chicago, Ill
Rexall
Elizabeth Heaton
Keota
McChapter, No. 5
Arthur Greer
Rachel Goodwin
David Goodwin
Rural Life Conference and Institute
Columbus
Ind
John Todd
Virgil
Todd
R. B. Peebler
Chariton
Katherine Maddox
E. J. Droz
L. Droz
S. M. Johnson
R. W.lamson
E. P. Crenshaw
Globe Machinery & Rubber Co
W. Robinson
L. Flint
Alzina Robertson
KE. Parks
J. R. Speck
F. C. Creath
Universal Portland Cement Co
S. Tl. Despain
Samuels & Cross
E. M. Neiswanger
National Art Novelty Co
C. Bell
G. Sommers & Co
Harry Mitchell
W. J. Rinier
Elizabeth Riveter
EK. J. Vaught
Ben L. Vaught
J. B. Fuller
Rosella W Jewett
Andrew Cox
Daniel Cox
Mary F. Mount
C. T. Hoops
Sarah Kk. Totton
Christina Maxwell
Grace M. McCreery
Edgar W. McCreery
E. M. Clarke
R.W. Jewett
State of Iowa
Daniel Honner
State of Town
Ed. Anderson
George Roosevelt
August Samuelson
G. D. Samuelson
Mary A. Caldwell
A. H. Caldwell
Verda Young
John Grays
Richard Gaines
L. O
F. D. Gaines
Wm. Walker
Rosa Pattison
H. C. Pattison
Moose Hall
K. E. Ullrich
Anderson
Walt
Gaumer Bros
Orphevumy
Orpheum Orchestra
William Fox
Dorothy Bernard and
Glen Whire
Sessue Hayakawa In
Saratoga
Virginia Sweet Oriole
Bakwell
Oriole
Roe
Redick & Russell
Montgomery
Gairfield Theater
Tonght
Triangle Iace
H. B. Warner
Clara Williams
Gloria
Billie Burke
al St. John
the Moonshiners
Frank D. Kerrick
Iowa State Savings Bank
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