John Hayden farm sale by referees on September 28 1907
Referees announce a court sale of 140 acres known as the John Hayden farm at Fairfield Court House. The land will go to the highest bidder with terms of 16 percent cash and the balance approved by the court. Sale starts at 2:00 PM. Frank Light John W. McLean Ed. R. Norvell referees.
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Court House
Fairfield
John Hayden
M. Frank Light
John W. McLean
R. Norvell
Notable Notables At Fairfield Week Chautauqua
Fairfield hosts a long list of visitors and locals attending Chautauqua events. Notables include Prof. W. W. Silver joining Parsons College, Mrs. J. F. Magill and others visiting from St. Paul, and many residents traveling or hosting guests from Ottumwa Des Moines and Chicago. The busy social circle reflects ongoing lectures and gatherings.
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Frank Jones
A. W. Jones
Cantril
Neal
Des Moines
Mrs. Minton
Burlington
Hunt Home
Chautauqua
Season at Opera House Opens With Thoroughbred Tramp
The Grand Opera House season starts Thursday with Elmer Walters in The Thoroughbred Tramp. Manager Louis Thoma lists many attractions booked for the upcoming season, including Parker's Peerless Players and The Show Girl, among others such as The Russian Spy, Buster Brown, The Irish Pawnbrokers, and Hi Henry's Minstrels, signaling a busy slate.
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Grand Opera House
Rush Thompson
New York
Pacific Slope
Elmer Walters
Thompson
Louis Thoma
Parker
Moses Prince
Egypt
Tempest
Sunshine
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Nettie
Path
William Owen
Dietes Bros
Stetson
Brown
Buster Brown
Lyman Twins
Japan
Hi Henry’s Minstrels
Wall Street
India
Kerry Gow
British Red Tape Hits Queen Camel Parish Council
The Queen Camel parish council in Somerset, England reported only 2s 2d for a check book as its expense in a recent year. Despite this frugality the audit required a trip to Win canton eight miles distant, incurring a 5s stamp and 73s 6d for hire of a conveyance plus over half a day of a man’s time.
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Queen Camel
Somersetshire
England
Wincanton
Jefferson County Fair Set With Strong Racing Lineup
The Jefferson County Fair runs September 10 through 13 with improved grounds and track, a large public tent, and a prominent Illinois day speaker. Friday could be Jefferson County day with a ground parade at noon, and a strong stock display is planned along with fast country horses racing. Entries accepted by secretary D R Beatty at Frank Cummings office on Sept 6 and 7.
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Jefferson County
Illinois
Iowa
Frank Cummings
Leggett House
D. R. Beatty
Obituary for Asa Chilcott Pioneer of Jefferson County
Asa Chilcott born April 4 1821 in Huntingdon County Pennsylvania died August 19 1907 at Salina Iowa age 86 years 4 months 15 days Survived by two daughters and an adopted daughter Also survived by second wife Jessie Hall Married 1847 to Elizabeth Park joined Regular Baptist Church in 1878 Funeral at his residence then burial in Tekamah Nebraska conducted by Rev Pool and T B Allender
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Jefferson County
Asa Chilcott
Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County
Salina
Iowa
Elizabeth Park
Lockridge Township
T. B. Alender
Tekamah
Neb
Mrs. R. S. Pattison Dead at Ewing Hotel
Mrs. R. S. Pattison died last night at 10 30 at the Ewing hotel run by Mr. Pattison after several weeks of illness. Funeral at M E church at 4 pm tomorrow with Rev. A S Vincent. Oak Hill interment. She leaves several small children. extended obituary to follow. Daily joins in sympathy.
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R. S. Pattison
Ewing Hotel
Siloam Springs
Faith in Dam Project Promoter Tours Keokuk Site
Hugh L. Cooper engineer promoter of the Keokuk and Hamilton water power scheme arrived in Keokuk with St. Louis financiers Begges Powellton and McCulloch. A directors meeting yielded no firm result before a tour to Montrose. Cooper affirmed belief in the project but cited a tight money market hindering financing. He plans to continue work on the enterprise.
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Hugh L. Cooper
Keokuk
Keokuk and Hamilton
Montrose
St. Louis
Cooper
Panic Stricken In Big Tent At Barnum And Bailey
Dubuque Iowa witnessed a fierce storm that caused a large panic at Barnum and Bailey's circus tent. Thousands evacuated in the downpour as rain, lightning, and flood waters halted streetcars and soaked attendees during the evening performance.
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Barnum & Bailey
Dubuque
Snowed Monday at Des Moines
Snow flurries lasting about fifteen minutes surprised residents at 10 45 this morning in Des Moines Iowa. The temperature fell fourteen degrees within an hour as a cold wave hit the capital.
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Capital City
Des Moines
Couple United in Life and Death in Keokuk
Christian Hilpert a Keokuk settler born in Germany and his wife Caroline Weber died within hours of each other after a long life together. Hilpert passed at St Josephs hospital from Brights disease and Caroline died at home just after four in the morning. Their double funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at the German Evangelical church.
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Keokuk
Christian Hilpert
Germany
Caroline Weber
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Bright
Sweethearts Drown in Des Moines River tragedy
Des Moines Indiana August 19 Roy Radcliffe a Chicago Great Western clerk and Minnie Howard his fiancée were drowned when their canoe overturned in the Des Moines river. The tragedy unfolded as the woman struggled frantically while Radcliffe attempted to assist.
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Des Moines
Roy Radcliffe
Chicago Great Western
Minnie Howard
Monkey Shows Cleverness at Paris Zoo
A Paris zoo monkey demonstrated human like intelligence by undoing a knot in a cord, reaching a locker, and using a set of keys given by his keeper to choose the correct key and open the locker.
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Paris Zoo
Storm Binds Eagle Center Patrons Sleep in Church
A violent storm drenched Eagle Center during the Harvest Home festival forcing about 300 attendees to seek refuge in the Catholic church. The deluge washed out bridges, culverts, and roads, blew tents away, and left vehicles stranded while trains were halted for repairs near Waterloo.
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Eagle Center
Joe Byrnes
Des Moines
M. J. O'Keefe
Illinois Central
Rock Island
Contemptible little cuss taunts Judge Lindsey remark
Governor Buchtel of Colorado labeled Denver juvenile court judge Lindsey a contemptible little cuss after a Roosevelt lecture at a ta chautauqua. He defended Colorado’s legislature as enacting more reform than any two legislatures, and dismissed further discussion of the feud.
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Lindsay
Colorado
Webster City
Buchtel
Lindsey
Denver
Roosevelt
Chautauqua
Van Buren Woman Dies in a Buggy
Mrs Jabez Ruby of Stockport aged seventy nine years died suddenly of heart disease while returning to her home from the home of her son four miles east of Keosauqua Aug 16. She leaves a husband six sons three daughters and many relatives. Her husband Jabez Ruby is a well known old settler and son E H Ruby is county auditor.
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Jabez Ruby
Stockport
Keosauqua
E. H. Ruby
Caterpillar's Hearty Appetite Daily Diet
A caterpillar eats food daily equal to twice its weight. This fact notes the insect’s rapid growth as it doubles its mass through feeding.
Unescapable Burdens Theocritus Quote
A brief quotation reflects on fate and human suffering as unavoidable burdens. The line attributes ills to fate and presents them as inescapable trials that shape the human condition.
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Theocritus
Baltic Sea Not Salty Enough for Oysters
Baltic Sea water is too fresh to sustain oyster life. Experts note salinity levels below required thresholds hinder oyster populations and growth, affecting local fisheries and research on mollusk habitats.
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Baltic Sea
International Thief Turns Towels Into Flags of Crime
A Philadelphia Record article profiles an artist who declares himself an international thief. He recounts touring Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia with two companions, competing to steal towels from hotels. He says he collected 207 towels and transformed them into watercolored flags as souvenirs of his criminal career.
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Africa
Asia
Europe
Australia
Philadelphia
Spiral growth directions in climbing plants described
Climbing plants show two opposing spiral tendencies, clockwise in some cases and counterclockwise in others. Experiments with scarlet runner beans in opaque cylinders suggest an innate inclination in plants to twist in a preferred direction, resisting forced changes.
Swedenborg in raffles and wig in London life
Swedenborg was a notable figure in London where he was well known and admired though his limited English hindered close ties. The elderly, lace-collared Swedenborg wore a full bottomed wig and carried a sword and gold headed cane, often giving sweetmeats to neighborhood children near Coldbath Fields. He suffered a final stroke on Christmas Eve 1771 and died March 29, 1772 at the house he named.
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Swedenborg
London
Coldbath Fields
Occult Review
Antiquity of Tea Smoking Provokes Old Debate
An antiquary in the New Orleans Times-Democrat quotes a seventeenth century French print showing two men smoking tea from pipes as proof tea smoking is ancient. He cites Blegnt and Grand d'Aussy noting it, calls it an old vice, then warns that the French abandoned it as nerve‑racking, while urging modern girls not to revive it.
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Blegnt
Grand d’Aussay
Histoire de la Vie Privee Des Francais
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Orphans at Cuddesdon Palace Alarm Bishop Wilberforce
Two young friends of Bishop Wilberforce at Cuddesdon Palace earned nicknames Hopknn and Phinehas for troubling university authorities. T. H. B. Escott notes in Society In the Country House that they lounged in the hall singing The devil is dead when the bishop appeared gently and consolingly placed a hand on each head and said Alas, poor orphans.
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Hopknn
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T. H
Escott
Cuddesdon Palace
One Dollar Yearly Tribune Offer
A promotional note states that paying one dollar secures a Tribune subscription for a year, billed at fifty-two payments of one dollar each. The offer emphasizes affordability and the ongoing delivery of the newspaper.
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