Death of Mrs. Mary H Whitacre Marcy at 72
Mrs. Mary H Whitacre born April 1 1835 in Munsey Penn died at 407 East Burlington Street aged 77. She came to Iowa as a child and lived in Clay County and later in the city for forty years. Survived by husband and six children, services Monday at 2 pm from the home with Rev Thomas Osborn and Dr E E Reed. burial Evergreen Cemetery.
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Marcy
John Marcy
Burlington Street
Mary H. Whitacre
Munsey
Penn
Joseph A. Whitacre
Iowa
Clay
Cornelia E. DuBois
North Court Street
Lucian J. Marcy
North Main
T. P. Stanton
Chariton
P. S. Junkin
Creston
Robert F. Wilson
East Briggs
Arthur G. Jordan
East Burlington Street
Thomas Osborn
E. E. Reed
Hopkinton
Evergreen Cemetery
Washington Grade Students Hold Debate
Seventh and eighth grade pupils from Washington School debated the resolution that sheep have been more useful to mankind than horses. The affirmative team, led by Robert Israel and Grace Young, won over the negative team including Victor Kessel and Julia Roth, after a spirited argument.
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Washington School
Robert Israel
Donald Whitney
Grace Young
Margaret Snider
Victor Kessel
Glen Doughty
Julia Roth
Pearl August
Des Moines Notes on I G Muster and Reorganization
Des Moines reports Company I of the Fifty-fifth regiment Iowa National Guard mustered out by Adjutant General Guy E. Logan. The unit was stationed at Clarinda. A second company will be reorganized at Clarinda or another town.
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Des Moines
Fifty-fifth Regiment
Guy E. Logan
Clarinda
Doctors Feast and Plan Work for Jefferson County Medical Society
A Jefferson County Medical Society meeting at Leggett House elected Dr J R Harper spoke on Heart Murmurs then a paper followed. New officers include Dr J S Gaumer president Dr S K Davis vice president Dr L D James secretary with Drs Carpenter Hague as censors and R B Stephenson as delegate. Elderly health booster ad closes.
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Jefferson County Medical Society
Leggett House
John R. Harper
Miss Marie Summers Weds Oray Malo in Surprise Rural Ceremony
Miss Marie Summers married Oray Andy Malo of Chicago in a noon wedding at the Summers family home near the fair grounds. The service was conducted by Rev. C. L. Walker of Brighton before about twenty relatives and friends, followed by a wedding dinner. The couple will reside in Chicago.
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Marie Summers
Oray Andy Malo
Chicago
Chas. Summers
Fair Grounds
C. L. Walker
Brighton
Malo
Poultry Show Cups Displayed for December Event
Silver trophy cups are on display today at the Fairfield National Bank to be awarded to winners of the poultry show at the armory December 23 to 27. The cups are finely engraved and the show draws growing interest with many fine birds entered from near and far, promising a highly successful event.
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Fairfield National Bank
Armory
Iowa Farmer Robbed of 4490 at Burlington Station
Christian R. Easterday of Marengo Iowa was slugged and robbed of $4490 at Burlington station last night. He could not identify the assailants but believes they followed him from St. Louis for the crime. the robbers left no clue.
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Christian R. Easterday
Marengo
Iowa
Burlington
Easterday
St. Louis
Money to Loan on Good Farms
Thoma and Thoma advertise loans on farm lands offering funding for agricultural operations and land purchases with terms likely favorable to farmers seeking capital.
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Thoma
End of the World Foretold By Parkhurst for 1913
Des Moines reports Rev. W D Parkhurst of First Seventh Day Adventist predicts 1913 apocalypse using biblical quotes. He cites rivers turning to blood hail weighing 57 pounds and worm blood from faucets, with the Son of Man appearing after Turks are driven from Europe. He urges reading Matthew 24 27 for proof.
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Des Moines
W. D. Parkhurst
First
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Parkhurs
Europe
Webster City Dedicated Church Dedication Week Ends With Supper
The program for the dedication of Webster City's new $35,000 Methodist church is set. Services run Sunday December 29 through Sunday January 5, with the final service celebrating the Lord's Supper.
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Webster City
Des Moines Man Charged With Assault After Wife Shooting
Des Moines police filed an assault with intent to commit murder charge against Sam Waston for shooting his wife and her former husband on Tuesday. Both victims are listed as improving and likely to recover.
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Des Moines
Sam Wasson
Scramble for Postmastership in Waterloo
Waterloo voters see two Democrats M. H. Kelly former county chair and Jack Casebeer a restaurant owner contend for the Waterloo postmastership. The office is the district’s best paying job with annual receipts likely reaching about 4000 dollars when the new official takes over.
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Waterloo
M. H. Kelly
Jack Casebeer
City Hall Evacuated Over Smallpox Visitor
Sioux City officials and staff fled offices and hallways to fire escapes as John Le Vegell sought the mayor to learn how to observe the smallpox law with his case. The incident prompted a precautionary exclusion and spread of officials into the street.
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Sioux City
John le Vegell
Death of County Supervisor Edwin D. Smith at Fort Madison
Edwin D. Smith died in Fort Madison after weeks of heart illness. A native of England who came to the area at age six, he was active in Masonic circles and served as a private in Company E, 19th Iowa during the Civil War, sustaining a battle wound that remained with him.
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Fort Madison
Edwin D. Smith
England
19Th
Iowa
Fractured Spine Endangers Robie Farm Worker
Rhodes December 13 John Markey suffers a fractured spine after being pinched between a load of wood and timber atop an undergrade crossing on H. G. Peters farm near here. Doctors fear nervous system damage and possible lifelong disability. Iowa City December 14 Patrick Kelley faces forgery charges for allegedly forging his brother James Kelley’s signature on a joint promissory note and presenting it to Oxford State Bank.
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Rhodes
John Markey
H. G. Peters
Iowa City
Patrick Kelley
Iowa County
James Kelley
Oxford State Bank
City Council Backs Water Plan Reversed at Special Meeting
Maquoketa city council, meeting in special session, reversed prior actions from last night’s session. No further details given in readable text. The action centers on water-related decisions with implications for local services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Maquoketa
Free pass used in Iowa case Schultz v Parker reaches court
In Des Moines the Iowa Supreme Court upholds the arrest of Illinois Central attorney for using a free pass, ruling the act is valid. The ruling may go to the U S Supreme Court. The term ends with S M Weaver as chief justice. A list of appellate decisions follows from multiple districts and parties.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Schultz Vs. Parker
Illinois Central
Buena Vista County
United States Supreme Court
S. M. Weaver
John Nelson
Omaha & Council Bluffs Railroad Company
Appellant
Pottawattamie District
Notice to listed defendants in quiet title suit Fairfield Iowa
State of Iowa Jefferson County notice to Mannie E Craine Edwin W Craine Susie Craine Virginia Craine John E Roth Clarence E Roth Edna Roth Albert W Roth Anna Roth Ray Roth Helen Roth Mary K Roth that on or before January 20 1913 a petition by Andrew F Wolf will be filed in Jefferson County District Court to quiet title to all of block No 2 Caldwell addition to Fairfield Iowa and that unless you appear by February 2 1913 default will be entered and judgment rendered against you
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State of Iowa
Jefferson County
Mannie E. Craine
Edwin W. Craine
Susie Craine
Virginia Craine
John E. Roth
Clarence E. Roth
Edna Roth
Albert W. Roth
Anna Roth
Ray
R. Roth
Helen Roth
Mary K. Roth
District Court
Andrew F. Wolf
Iowa
Caldwell
Fairfield
D. Jones
State of
William Kimberly
Philip Kimberly
Jessie Kimberly
Harriett Kimberly
Jacob Pigler
John H. Bease
Towa
Range
Sem SW
Township
Northwest Quarter
Township 73
Christian Kientz
George Hartman
United States
Williane Kimberly
Philip
Werner Heyde
Jesse Kimberly
Starriett
Jacob Pilger
Recorder’s Office
John H. Bense
Jacob Knerr
Said Knerr
Property Quiet Title Notice in Jefferson County Iowa
A 1912 notice in Fairfield seeks to quiet George Hartman’s fee title to described parcels in Jefferson County Iowa. It names William Kimberly Jesse Kimberly John H Bense and others as defendants with unknown heirs and claimants. The case sets a February 3 1918 hearing and asks the court to bar all adverse claims and grant Hartman full ownership.
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W. E. Shallenberger
Drexel State Bank
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Ills
Gre
W. O. Pool
Main St
Junkin Bldg
I. D. Jones
Kate M. Jones
A. G. Jordan
Attorney AT Law
James P. Starr
Kerr-Pettitt Bldg
Square
R. J. Wilson
First National Bank
Robert Sloan
Keosauqua, Ia
Theo. Hochuly
Fairfield, Ia
Sloan & Hochuly
Attorneys At Law
Stubbs Elk
E. Side Square
E. F. Simmons
N. W. Cor. Park
Mortuary
Washington Grade
C. A. McElderry
S. Side
Edwin C. Bock
Shriner’s Drug Store
Frank Fourt
Wilson Block
M. L. Wootten
East Burlington
Foley
John McMasters
Streator
Ill
Foley Kidney
L. S. Bradshaw & Co
Advt
O. A. Malo
Liggett’s Chocolate
Jericho
Roscoe P. Thoma
Leo D, Thoma
Liscenses
Tita
Maquoket
Farmer
Theodore Nelson
Joseph Michensen
Pottawattamie
John Pascall
The
Rock Island Railroad
Bradley
Marion & Smith
Appelant
John Gostsche
Harrison
John D. Kerr
Annie Yager
Barthell
Herrison
Allamakee
Carrie Schmi
Thomas Flood
L. T. Bollmeyer
Ellias Spencer
Updike Grain Company
C. E. Low
Young Mulakay
Spring
Buena Vista
James Kane
J. W. Pemplin
Johnson
E. W. Hoffmeier
Cedar Rapids & Marion Railroad
Linn
Henry Schrader
Louisa Schrader
Polk District
Fairfield Tribune
D. M. Anderson
2D Judicial District of
Jos. Ricksher
F. E. Speirs
Wesley Cassel
O. F. Fryer
E. A. Howard
Frank Ricksher
E. J. Clinkinbeard
Iowa State Savings Bank
H. Allender
W. E. Bradshaw
Alice B. Booker
George W. Ball
J. €. Jackford
A. W. Bennett
A. F. Cassel
Etta M. Clarke
Emma W. Clarke
Trust
Thos. Crawford
C. L. Cox
Chas, Conner
M. H. Cuddy
A. L. Coop
Fannie Cummings
M. Damm
John Dunlavey
W. Fordyce
C. J. Fulton
Richard Fisher
Amos Foote
J. W. Flint
P. H. Fisher
G. A. Flinspach
E. C. Flinspach
M. C. Flinspach
F. L. Flinspach
John H., Fritz
Lee T. Gobble
Gaines Bros
J. S. Gaumer
Dalzell Green
Gilbert Bros
A. S. Jordan
J. M. Johnson
D. J. Johnston
Alex Julian
Mary Kyle
B. D. Leggett
D. T. Kilroy
John Kann
Mrs. Ward Lamson
C. D. Leggett
W. A. Lamson
Anna Lamson
R. B. Louden
Leggett & McKenney
James Louden
Charles Lewis
Samuel Lewis
W. C. Spaulding
W. R. Smith
F. E. Spiers
Joel Turney & Co
D. Turney
C. W. Trobridge
George W. Unkrich
L. W. van Nostrand
A. Walgren
George C. Woods
E. A. Young
J. C. Yeager
Sanford Zeigler
L. A. Patterson
D.C. Bradley
S. K. West
Ility of Stock
F.S. West
Ass’t. Cashier
Elders
D. C. Bradley
T. D. Foster
Sadie F. Beatty
D. G. Higley
J. P. Manatrey
Carrie’ H. Stubbs
W. P. Sullivan
A.S. Jordan
J. Turney & Co
E. Turney
F. F. Simpson
O. D. Stubbs
John Roth
M. J. Louden
E. J. Hewett
C. H. Gage
C. H. Doughty
F. J. L. Black
C. E. Stubbs
C. W. Rains
John Bartholomew
A. W. McElhaney
H. S&s. Willis
E. R. Smith
W. G. Ross
Alice N. Stubbs
Peter Salzman
Cm Fulton
J. B. Monfort
J. N. Smith
Maddox & Maxwell
H. A. Hoopes
T. E. Moxley
N. B. Register
John West
W. H. Conner
J. W. Cole
W. P. Gift
J. A. West
G. W. Rinker
Ethel Bradshaw Jericho
J. S. Cowen
A. Spielman
Frank Light
R. F. Wilson
Ass’t
Anton Carlson
J. C. Thorne
B. S. McElhinny
John A. Spielman
L. J. Marcy
Southeast Corner Park
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