Red Sox Triumph To Claim World Series Victory in 1916
Boston wins the final game 4 to 1 over Brooklyn. Ernie Shore allows three hits as Jeff Meffer yields seven safeties, but Boston outscores in crucial moments. Olson errors in the third inning sparked the decisive rally and the Red Sox secure the championship without a loss in the series.
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Boston
Ivan Olson
Brooklyn
Woston Red Sox
Olson
Sox
Wosten
Ernie Shore
Red Sox
Jef Meffer
Engaged Girls Club Forms Cupid Fund in Philadelphia
Nathalia Selaeler invites peers to join the Engaged Girls Contribution club to support soldiers families. Members save one penny daily until twenty five cents, then send the funds to the city mayor to become Cupid's fund for soldiers wives and children.
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Philadelphia
Nathalia Selaeler
Engaged Girls
Miss Schaeffer
Cupid
Zone Therapy touted as cure for headaches hay fever
Dr Fred Kellogg of Providence Rhode Island described zone therapy at a Pittsburgh osteopathic meeting. He claimed pressing the toothbrush roof or forefinger on a hard object can relieve toothache hay fever and other ailments using a simple finger pressure method.
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Pittsburgh
Fred Kellogg
Provence
Pittsburgh Osteopathic Association
Kellogg
Fear Water Famine Prompted Dam Destruction
In Decatur Wisconsin on October 19 two autos carried prominent locals to J K Peck’s farm near Cerro Gordo and dynamited his dam. The action redirected the Songamon river, reversing flow and threatening Decatur’s water supply. Citizens took the law into their own hands amid a looming water famine.
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Decatur
Leff Decatur
J. K. Peck
Cerro Gordo
Peck
Tabernacle Committee Struggles to Find Local Carpenters
Fairfield’s carpenters scarce as the Tabernacle committee seeks workers for a 70160 foot structure at Burlington and Third to host the Peacook evangelistic meetings. Volunteers will later be asked, with church ladies serving meals. campaign runs October 24 to December 10, cottage prayers begin tonight.
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Fairfield
Burlington
Third
First Illinois Cavalry Exhibition Company Formed
A Springfield company to raise funds for the First Illinois Cavalry was incorporated as the First Illinois Cavalry Exhibition Company with a $5,000 capital. Its plans include motion picture exhibition, horse breeding and training, a riding academy, and selling building materials.
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Springfield
Ilinois Cavalry
First
Ilinois Cavalry Exhibition Company
Clyde C Bell Optometry Ad
New optical parlors upstairs at the northwest corner square. Eyes examined and glasses fitted with repair work done while you wait. All work guaranteed. Office phone 1367. The exclusive optometrist Clyde C Bell. Ph 771.
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Northwest Corner Square
Clyde C
BELL
Crimson Stain Mystery at Orpheum and Pattern Hat Sale
Subscriptions pledged to the A. M. E. church for mortgage clearance are now due to O. F. Fryer at Iowa State Bank. The Crimson Stain Mystery starts at the Orpheum Monday. A Special Discount Sale at Pattern Hat Shop runs today and tomorrow October 13 and 14. Maurice Costello appears at the Orpheum Monday in the Crimson Stain Mystery.
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A. M. E. Church
O. F. Fryer
Iowa State Bank
the Orpheum
Pattern Hat Shop
Maurice Costello
Society Notes Highlight Local Club and Anniversary Gatherings
Mrs. Thomas Davies hosts N I BE Club on South Main with ladies working on fancy work and Vietrola selections. Next event at Mrs. George Dana's on North B street October 26. Several dinners and anniversary celebrations occur at homes on Highland Avenue North Main Street College campus and North D street including Dr and Mrs J F Clarke's twenty fifth anniversary.
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Thomas Davies
N. I. BE. Club
South Main Street
George Dana
North B Street
P. C. Hildreth
J. F. Clarke
L. J. Marey
North Main Street
Ottumwa Auto Boosters Set Visit for Oct 18
Secretary Shanahan and Roy Stevens of the Ottumwa Merchants' Association visit Fairfield to prep for the Booster Auto Excursion on Wednesday October 18. The party arrives at 10 45 am with a park band concert speeches and a dinner by Methodist church women before continuing the trip.
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Shanahan
Ottumwa Merchants’ Association
Roy Stevens
Fairfield
Ottumwa Merchants
Methodist Church
Degree of Honor Holds Regular Evening Meeting
The Degree of Honor will hold their regular meeting this evening in their hall and all members are urged to attend. Refreshments will be served during the evening.
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B. A. Y. Club
Yeoman Lodge
S.T. S
Dorothy Hammond
South Ho Street
W. C. Hoswell
North
D Street
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Says Doctor
Tabernacle Committee
First Illinois Cavalry
Pany
H. E. Snyder
Highland Avenue
Ottumwa Auto Boosters
Ottumwa
Watavin
Libertyville
Richland
Ollie
Packwood
Linby e+eee
Pekin
Anderson
Axminster
Mattress Hs
J. C. Bradshaw Furniture Co
Tion
Munsingwear
Union
Union Suits
Roth & Co
Ray Maxwell
Ohn T. Davies
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Wallace Nutting
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