Foster Anderson Celebrates 91st Birthday at Daughter's Home
Foster Anderson aged 91, born October 15, 1825 in Summer set county Pennsylvania, celebrated quietly at his daughter Mrs J D Ebert’s West Monroe street home. A Civil War era First Lieutenant and Captain of Van Buren county home guards, he joined the Masonic Order in 1867 and remains active in Masonry despite recent back injuries.
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Foster Anderson
J. D. Ebert
Birmingham
van Buren County
Judge Anderson
Eldon
Masonic Order
Lodge No. 36
Stone
Iowa
Home Guards
Enraged steer runs amuck near Aurora
A Montana steer escaped from a cattle train near Montgomery, a suburb of Aurora, and ran wild through streets and yards for hours. It shook bystanders, chased workers, and frightened hundreds before officers cornered it in the afternoon. Wm. Bauder sustained a broken shoulder and chest lacerations.
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Aurora
Ill
Montana
Montgomery
Wm. Bauder
Dunne Urges War Victims Aid in Red Cross Day
Springfield Ill Oct 14 Governor Dunne calls on all charitably disposed people to contribute on Nov 1 to the Red Cross fund aiding Lithuanians in the war zone. President Wilson designates Nov 1 as a day for nationwide contributions.
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Dunne
Springfield
Ill
Red Cross Fund
Wilson
Big Illinois Gasoline Swindle
Chicago in October reports eighty two percent of gasoline pumps at garages filler stations and related agencies in Illinois give short measure per a survey by the federal bureau of weights and measures warning motorists of underhanded readings and a statewide concern over fuel sales accuracy.
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Illinois
Chicago
Ill
Gi Rvey
Federal Bureau of Weights and Measures
Stone Strike Threatened in Bedford Quarries and Mills
Reported plan to call out all engineers firemen traveler runners drill runners power men and crane men in Bedford Indiana in sympathy with Bloomington strikers awaiting recognition of the International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers by employers One mill closed and Bloomington committee has been in conference with local men all week.
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Pathy
Bloomington
Bedford
Ind
International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers
Shoe firm on eight hour basis cuts time of twelve thousand
Endicot, Johnson Co. or LAs shoe factories in the world, employing 12,000 people, announces a voluntary reduction of working hours from sixty hours a week to forty eight hours without any wage reduction. Butter Makers Organize in Lafayette Indiana. Forty creamery butter makers from all parts of the state met here and organized the Indiana Butter Makers association. W E Wilson of Kewanee was made president.
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Binghamton, N. Y
Endicott, Johnson & Co
Las
Lafayette
Ind
Indiana Butter Makers ® Association
W. E. Wilson
Kewanee
No Backache for Fer Gaskill despite kidney pains
A reader from Etna Green Indiana reports severe back ache and sharp pains eased by Woley Kidney Pills. The letter praises the remedy as highly effective and urges others to try it. It notes the pills as a standard remedy for kidney and bladder ailments, sold by Jericho & Aston.
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J. M. Gaskill
Etna Green
Ind
Woley
Jericho & Aston
Bulbs Now Arrive as Spring Planting Begins
Bulbs available during favorable weather with a large shipment just received. Prices advertised as right. Southwest Corner store note.
Infanticide case ends with suspended sentence in marriage
Miss Helen Greip pleaded guilty to manslaughter for smothering her baby on Sept 23 in Madison Wisconsin. Walter J. Burch alleged father of the child pleaded guilty, fined $1 and costs after agreeing to marry her. Judge Stevens suspended Greip’s one year prison term and paroled her to a police matron for one year.
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Madison
Wis
Helen Greip
Walter J. Burch
Burch
Stevens
Miss Greip
Real Blood Vitality and the Tanlac Claim
An early 20th century health note argues that blood quality governs healing and vitality, asserting that rich blood aids wound recovery and overall strength. It promotes Tanlac as a tonic, claiming it nourishes digestion and blood, and notes Gaumer Bros. introduces Tanlac in Fairfield.
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Fairfield
Gaumer Bros
South Side
Woman Named Postmaster at Devils Lake by Wilson
Washington reports President Wilson appointed Marjorie J. Bloom as postmaster of Devils Lake North Dakota after a year long controversy. Bloom’s husband had been nominated twice and rejected by the senate. Davies was nominated last May but withdrew from the race.
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Washington
Wilson
Marjorie J. Bloom
Devils Lake
N. D
Pioneer Contractor Beall Dies at 83 in Marion
George W. Beall eighty three dies in Marion Indiana after a long career as a contractor. He and wife celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary last December.
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Marion
Ind
George W. Beall
Scientific Farmers Falling Off
Champaign Illinois October 18 The colleges of agriculture and law at the University of Illinois show decreases in enrollment this year according to the report issued by C B McConn
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Champaign
Ill
Colleges of Agriculture and Law
University of Ilinois
C. B. McConn
Mortgage clearance subscriptions urged to Fryer at bank
Notice urges payment of subscriptions once made to the A. M. E. church to clear the mortgage. Payments should be directed to O. F. Fryer at the State Bank in Tow a.
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A. M. E., Church
O. F. Fryer
Towa
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Keystone
Norma Talmadge
Hank Mann
Molly McIntyre
Billie Burke
Gloria
Chester Conklin
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Cawnpore
H. B. Warner
Alice Howell
Lizzie
Big City
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New York
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Jefferson County Abstract & Loan CO
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