Walnut Township and nearby obituaries and notices
Walnut Township news and obituary items from Nov 30 recount visits by residents to relatives in East Pleasant Plain Fairfield and Ottumwa, husking and farming notes, Thanksgiving gatherings, and a death in Libertyville. An obituary for Charles S. Roberts of Pleasant Plain notes birth Oct 20 1858 and death Nov 17 1908 with details of family and funeral.
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Charles S. Roberts
Pleasant Plain
Iowa
Libertyville
Ida Jones
Friends Church
Boutson & Ashmead
M. E. Church
Rev. Hebner
Fell Cemetery
Paris Scandal Deepens Over Faure Death Link
The Steinheil case dominates French headlines as theories swirl around Félix Faure's death in 1899. Royalists claim a Dreyfus plot, while doctors labeled cerebral hemorrhage. Madame Steinheil is linked to multiple affairs and a murder trail, with a wealthy widower named as a former lover providing motive context.
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Paris
Steinheil
France
Felix Faure
M. Faure
Dreyfus
Madame Steinheil
Dreyfusards
M. Laure
Mme. Steinheil
Faure
Mme. Jepy
Mezieres
Department
the Ardennes
Steinheils
Local Social Roundup From Libertyville and Nearby
Libertyville residents and visitors are noted in a long list of back‑home visits and travel. Mrs. John Winn hosts and visits relatives, while Frank Winn and the Winslows are seen in Ottumwa and Birmingham. Several families attend funerals, college trips, and holiday gatherings across Burlington Fairfield Ottumwa and Pomona California.
Four Corners Thanksgiving Notes and Local Moves
Four Corners reports Jean D Goeney begins teaching here. Lambert Hanson returns home from Ottumwa to spend Thanksgiving with his parents Mr and Mrs John Hanson. Miss Mary Erickson returns from western trip. John Sodergren remains ill. Mr and Mrs Lewis Achenbach host Thanksgiving supper for about thirty five guests. F H Miller visited Fairfield on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four Corners
Jean D. Goeney
Lambert Hanson
Ottumwa
John Hanson
Mary Erickson
Points
John Sodergren
Lewis Achenbach
F. H. Miller
Fairfield
Glendale Historical Society Meeting Notices and Local Harvest Notes
Glendale reports its Historical society will met at Library Hall on December 5. Ben F Shumaker of South Dakota visits relatives and recalls serving with Co E Second Iowa Infantry. Last week three carloads of hogs and thirteen of cattle were shipped. Ottumwa visitors include Mrs Monroe Kyle and daughter Sylvia. Victoria Toothaker Pleasant and family visited their old home. Mr and Mrs Ralph Teeter and daughter returned to Davenport. Thanksgiving dinners shared by Mr and Mrs Lewis Green and by Mr and Mrs James Hickenbottom families.
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Glendale
the Historical Society
Library Hall
Ben F. Shumaker
South Dakota
Co. E
Second Iowa Infantry
Monroe Kyle
Sylvia
Ottumwa
Victoria Toothaker
Pleasant
Ralph Teeter
Davenport
Lewis Green
Johnson
James Hickenbottom
Robert Teeter
Dr King’s New Discovery Heals Coughs and Lung Ailments
Mrs A C Williams of Backy recalls a graveyard cough that vanished after using Dr King’s New Discovery. She gained 58 pounds and restored health with the medicine said to hold a world healing record for coughs colds and lung throat diseases. Sold at F S Shriner’s drug store with guarantee 50c and 1 Trial bottle free. Dec 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Shriner
Iowa Onions Bring 500 Per Acre At Nashua Farm
Arthur Johnson, a Nashua area farmer, sold two acres of onions yielding 1,000 bushels at one dollar per bushel. The entire crop sold locally to towns within a twenty mile radius, returning 500 dollars per acre.
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Iowa
Nashua
Arthur Johnson
Curing Cold Sore With Bucklen’s Amica Salve
Leo F. Zelinski of Buffalo New York reports he cured a severe cold sore using Bucklen's Amica Salve by applying it once daily for two days. The product heals all sores and is sold at drug stores for 25 cents. December.
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Leo F. Zelinski
Gibson St
Buffalo, N. Y
Bucklen
F. S. Shriner
Madame Steinheil Murder Case Sparked By Allegations
Reported questions surround whether Madame Steinheil plotted the deaths of her husband and mother. The case stirred public debate as investigators examined motives and timing amid sensational press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Steinheil
Electric Bitters Publicized as Remedy for Malaria and Digestive Ailments
W C Kiestler of Halliday Ark praises Electric Bitters as a cure for malaria stomach trouble and general weakness noting improved health from using the tonic. Advertises 50 cents at Fr S Shriner's drug store and promises refunds if there is no relief. Harry Davis ill at his North Sixth Street residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Kiestler
Halliday
Ark
Fr. S. Shriner
Harry Davis
North Sixth Street
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Fairfield Tribune
Jefferson
Tribune
Miho Ee
Hufstedler & Baker
Drop Head
J.T. Hughes
Sewin
Singer and White & Wilson Sewing Machines
Rock Island Range
Fritz & Droz
Zeigler Coal
Alaska
Gaines Bros
Hardware and Sporting Goods
Cole
A.h.messer
M. L. Branson
the Hunt-Ireland Shoe Co
Haviland China
Chas. A. Herring CO
West Side
Visions
Kraft Klothing KO
F. D. Kerrick
J.C. Bradshaw
F.d.kerrick & CO
Fritz & Parker
Ings
Eastman
Kodak F. W. Jericho & Coo
Kodak
Browning
Walnut Township
Walnut
Mart Bigfort
Washington
Mike Polus
East Pleasant Plain
Pauline Sobacki
Susan Gelski
Frank Drish
Flora Drish
Felix Gelski
Leo Shelongoski
John Kasowski
Stockport
Manifold and Son
Bethany
Geo. Johnston
Alvin Winslow
Birmingham
Ira Peebler
Charley Webb
J. H. Richards
Geo. Rollett
Minnesota
Anna Berry
Idaho
Zora Bishop
Des Moines Township
Clarence Linder
Abe Rodabaugh
Clara Pratt
Floyd Crawford
Llenry Wolff's
Preston Ashmead
Joe Huffman
Charmer
John Winn
Frank Winn’s
Thornton Fordyce
Winslow
Wm. Wade
Frank Fell
Adda Allien
Richard
Frank Winn
E. S. Warden
Bertha Hill
la Platte
Phelps
Eric Shores
Elliott Business College
Burlington
M. B. Williams
Mt. Pleasant
Earl Riggs
Business
Grace Moxley
Hillsboro
Harlie Yost
Sam Black
Oscar Martin
Chicago
W. P. Ferrer
Williams
W. D. Wilson
Pomona
Calif
Geo. Paine
S. C. Ross
Ray Loehr
C. Vaught
Anna Ashmead
Eldon
John Peebler
Nellie Linder
Bonaparte
Reliable
ED. Davis
George W. Unkrich
George W. Mnerich
East Side Square
Fairfield, Iowa
Jefferson County
Said County
State of
Court House
Harvey L. Brown
Wilson
Lewis & Kreigh
Batavia
Miller
Parsons College
Lockridge
Weaver
H. O
Round Prairie
Ruby
George
Andrew
Des Moines
Bradshaw Elijah B
Fairfield City
Bailey
Sarah Ee
Bailey Joseph R
Johnson's
Mckee
Sarah
Batavia Bradshaw I
Old Batavia
Reamery Stock
Whitwood’s
Colvard
Ee .Crumley
Gray
Packwood
Decker
J. S
Israel
Geo
H Packwood
Marsh
O Stephenson
Palace Restaurant
Southeast Corner Square
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