Local notices and ads mix with farm sales and social news
Immense city bustle as merchants plan Christmas hours and advertise fur and rope machinery. Births report a baby boy to Overholser and another to Tinsley in Ottumwa. illness in Bates and Mrs. Moore. divorce granted to Whitson. thefts, road meetings, and a potassium of small items fill columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Tinsley
Ottumwa
John Shaw
Davenport
Jefferson County Gas and Mineral Company
The
Tribune
Work of the Genealogy Experts at the Library of Congress
Washington Herald reports principal genealogists at the Library of Congress hunt ancestries for pay. Researchers say ordinary lineages earn about 20 dollars while a duke or baron lineage can fetch large sums, with one U S family allegedly paying 500 dollars for an elaborate coat of arms enriched tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library of Congress
The
Washington Herald
Washington
England
Europe
America
Hunt-Ireland
Necklace worn by Queen wows republic aristocracy
The American Princess Rospigliosi wore a priceless pearl necklace once owned by royalty. It originated with Queen Henrietta of England and passed through Louis XIV and the Colonna line before reaching the Roman house of Rospigliosi. The necklace was a wedding gift to the American princess, formerly Miss Marie Reid of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rospigliosi
Marie Reid
Washington
Frederick Hale Parkhurst
Henrietta
England
Louis XIV
Mile
Mancini
Colonna
Mege Hog Drive Ends Fatal for James R Hosken
James R Hosken aged 25 died after hogs being driven to market on a public highway gored him when they charged him. Charles Carter a farmer was with him and three men armed with clubs later drove off the animals. Hosken, son of an English clergyman, had recently arrived in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mege
Chit Hwack
B. C
James R. Hosken
Hosken
Charles Carter
Hoskin
Carter
Mansfield
England
New Electrical Vacuum Meter Introduced
A new electrical vacuum meter has been devised that does not require any instrument to measure current resistance or intensity. The invention highlights a distinct advantage over existing vacuum meters by eliminating the need for separate resistance measurement tools.
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Sloan & Hochuly
Gobble & Heer
F. J. Bates
East Adams Street
Ella Moore
East Lowe Street
W. F. Bevering
Mrs. John Overholser
West Hempstead St
Frank Kasowsky
F. G. Baker
M. H. Cuddy
Ella Noble
Ogden
Utah
Fuqua
Fairfield
B. A. Whtmore
Arthur Long
Heavenly Sentinel
Evergreen Lodge No
D. of H
Santa Claus
Parsons College
A. C. Wiscarver & Co
New Hope Lodge No. 26
S. J. Turnbull
Batavia
Mr. Turnbull
DeWitts
Frank S. Shriner
Leggett House
Ottumwa Harp Orchestra
Addie Whitson
Joseph D. Whitson
Whitham
Johnson
McPherson
J. E. Roth & CO
W. Luther Brigt
English Lutheran Church
Michigan
Miss Alta Gustason
W. W. Templeton
Mrs. McGregor
Ada Conner
Lena May Clarke
Abingdon
T. D. Foster
George Magill
First Presbyterian Church of
Des Moines
Magill
Parsons
Presbyterian Church
John P. Manatrey
Jefferson County Agricultural Association
Farmers’ Institute
County Fair Association
W. L. Long
Ora Greenfield
Libertyville
Fanny Heflin
West Briggs Street
Welday Abraham
Perry
Oklo
Abraham
Oklahoma
Evergreen Cemetery
the Tribune
Ames College
W. K. Kelley
Jefferson County
Sandusky & Co
C. Wi
Center Township
Bessie Prince
Blackhawk Townshp
Mildred McCormick
Wayne Peebler
Des Monets
Clement Miller
Holmes
Hunt-Ireland Shoe Company
Gaiters and Loggins
Hunt
Ireland
A. W. Taylor
the Journal
C. R. Spencer
Donald McGuffin
the Ledger
Martha Beatty
Johnnie Adams
Harry Lambert
Glen Doughty
Lester Johnson
Bennie Adkins
Mildred Frederick Blanch Wright
Otto Westphal
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