Young men fined for impropriety in the city
Four young visitors and three female companions were fined five dollars each plus costs for improper conduct after being found in a city house during late hours. Three men chose hard labor under Marshal Coffin rather than payment. A New Catarra Curt and other local notices follow, including a burglary attempt at C. C. Risk’s Libertyville store and a swindling organ sale involving Dutch Wilson and Miss Rebecca Haggler.
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Vilages
Marshal Coffin
Local notes from Marshalltown area target April events
A broad city recap notes a May 14 military convention in Marshalltown, church sermons, school term calendar, and public meetings. It reports theater plans, walking matches, editor changes, and social events. Also covers local incidents, health scares, accidents, and county fair reflections with multiple named individuals and institutions.
Four stallions on display at W B Rowand's spring stand
W B Rowand will be on hand at his old stand this spring with four stallions two heavy draft, one Clydesdale from Canada, one Norman from Illinois, and two thoroughbred trotting stallions. Call to view before breeding elsewhere. All accidents at owner's risk.
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W. B. Rowand
Canada
Norman
Illinois
Temperance Talk and City Proceedings Reported
The Blue Ribbon Club hosted Prof. Beers from St. Louis for a temperance program with a five cent admission next Monday. Licenses were issued this month for numerous marriages. The Council approved bonds, laid sidewalk plans, and elected city officers including Clerk Crawford and Marshal Coffin. Adjournment set for tomorrow evening.
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Blue Ribbon Club
Prof. Beers
St. Louis
Quuern Fish Attracts Fairfield Sightseers
Last Friday a party fishing on Cedar retrieved a bizarre four footed fish with a lizard tail and branchial fringe. Crowds gathered as guesses ranged from water lizard to alligator with locals debating its nature amid plans for exhibition and speculation about its origin.
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Mr. Rigby
Fairfield
Ohio
Old Mexico
Reading
Smithsonian Institute
Prof Paige Lecture Critique Promotes Cautious Science
The article defends Prof Paige’s lectures as accessible for the public and educational for future specialists. It argues his cautious, nonassertive style reflects true science, praising his ability to present diverse scientific opinions clearly and to spark interest in future city lectures on science.
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Paige
St. John the Evangelist
Darwin
Old Settlers' Association Forms in Jefferson County Iowa
The Jefferson County Old Settlers' Association approves a constitution outlining its aims social reunions and memory sharing. Membership requires county residence before January 1 1850 or thirty years’ residence with 25 cent fee. Officers and rules are set with September as tentative first meeting time.
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Old Settlers’ Association
Jefferson County
Iowa
Fairfield Township
W.5s
Lynen
W. W. Junkin
Town Notes and Local Movements In Des Moines Area
Numerous residents travel to Chicago and Des Moines for business and visits. Mrs. Minn ie Fels returns with millinery stock. Miss Anna Eckert heads to Ohio to take care of grandchildren. Book dealers advertise Cham bers cyclopaedia of English literature with price appeals and sample pages. Rev Dr Crate set to lecture April 10 at the Presbyterian church for college benefit.
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Charlie Junkin
Chicago
Minnie Fels
Emery Alexander
Henry Winquest
Princeton
Nellie Springer
Columbus City
Grace Temple
Anna Farmer
Des Moines
Walter B. Case
J. Friedlander
Frank Garrettson
Muscatine
Geo. Acheson
Stella Douglas
Ottumwa
John R. Shaffer
Fannie Snouffer
Cedar Rapids
Lizzie McKenney
Mattie Shaffer
Maggie Crawford
Centerville
J. L. Cale
H. D. Jennings
Keokuk
Jimmy Colby
Maryville
Burlington
Gid Evans
The
Ottumwa Democrat and Times
Richland
Anna Eckert
Ohio
Lillie
Sallie
Dr. Hursce
Chambers
Cyclopedia OF
Acme
American Book Exchange
Beekman Street
New York
Crate
Presbyterian Church
Pleasant Grove Notes Show Diphtheria Decline and School Moves
Neighbors report improving neighborhood health as diphtheria declines and teachers prepare for new assignments next Monday. Miss Belle Young, Miss Ella Garmoe, Miss Beatrice Wilkins, Mr Harry Templeeton, Miss Lizzie Limburg, Miss Della Templeton, and Miss Jennie Fank will take posts at Blue Point Wooster Penn Lockridge Penn Des Moines township and Pleasant Grove respectively. A Pleasant Grove baseball game between districts No 4 and Nos 5 and 6 ended 22 to 11 in favor of No 4 with the Verdant Nine forming afterward. Farmers finish sowing wheat and begin oats work.
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Beatty
Belle Young
Blue Point
Ella Garmoe
Wooster
Beatrice Wilkins
Penn
Harry Templeeton
Lizzie Limburg
Lockridge
Pleasant Plain Prosperity and Local Notices
The town shows brisk business with no saloon, an Academy run by Friends with N Rosenberger as principal and Miss Green as instructor. Spring term starts next Monday and Miss Jennie Mahon begins teaching in the public school. A mild church decay noted. milling privileges praised. A local inquest into Sasoski's death yielded no report yet. coroner and doctors examined the body. Wheat prospects are favorable though fruit crops are slim.
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Friends
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Sasoski
Beams from Batavia News and Local Notices
Hon Wm Hall the mayor is very sick but there is hope of recovery. W W Welday and brother plan a Colorado cattle ranch venture this week. H M Shaffer and James F Young prepare for Leadville. Mr Hilton sells his farm near town. Clinkenbeard and Brown trial dismissed at cost likely borne by Miss Lowa. Station agent Stephens leaves for Hastings to run a larger office. Charles Avery house burglary reported with coats gloves and hat stolen. thief captured at Agency City and jailed in Fairfield after failure to post bail, W F Wright.
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W. W. Welday
Colorado
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M. D
James F. Young
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Lowa
Stephens
Hastings
Iowa
Charles Avery
Frank Sutton
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Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and Coughs
Advertises Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal remedy for throat chest and lung afflictions claiming cures for asthma bronchitis and hay fever. Promises rapid relief and permanent benefits with a trial bottle free and a regular bottle priced at $1.00 sold by C S Clarke & Son.
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