Gratitude To Patrons On Christmas From Proprietors And Staff
At this Glad Season our Hearts turn with Gratitude to our Patrons and Friends who have during the last year made the volume of our business reach the highest mark we have ever enjoyed now on this Christmas Day may we hope that it will be the merriest ever you have enjoyed and as we are so near through with this Good old year may the near one bring you the largest measure of Life's Precious Treasures Proprietors & Employes of
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Elmer Hutchinson
J. J. Hutchinson
South Main Street
H. J. Hudleston
Ira Messer
Brighton
Iowa
Rollin Wilson
Burlington
J. E. Wilson
South Fifth Street
Fred Jericho
Fred Westerfield
Mt. Pleasant
Leslie Fulton
Quincy
Greee IL
Wisecarver
Des Moines
Mary Wisecarver
South D Street
Ed K
Kahoka
Conner
Mary Steck
Hazel Martin
Fairfield
Washington Journal
Arthur I. Newell
New England
Massachusetts
Holiday Visitors Fill Ottumwa With Arrivals
Miss Emma Carson visits Cedar Falls relatives during holidays. CG R Hanshaw from Douds Leando visits daughter Mrs. E W Parks. Local families host relatives from Burlington Des Moines Quincy and other places for Christmas gatherings.
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Emma Carson
Cedar Falls
R. B. Louden
CG. R. Hanshaw
Douds-Leando
E. W. Parks
Pardon Refused for Guy Baker in Lone Tree Murder
Des Moines reports Governor Carroll declines clemency for Guy Baker, sentenced to fifteen years for the murder of Oliver Driver. The governor says the court’s decision should stand. An order may revoke the prior stay and Baker will be sent to the state penitentiary.
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Des Moines
B. F. Carroll
Guy Baker
Oliver Driver
Iowa City
Baker
Iowa Banks Prosperous Des Moines Bank Statement
Iowa banks under state law reported on November 26 deposits of 285,285,728 with a decrease since September 11 of 2,584,922 yet an over year gain of more than 32,000,000. The average reserve stands at 17.6 percent. Since the last report bills receivable rose over 10,000,000 amid strong demand for money and brisk business activity.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jubilee Emancipation Celebration in Des Moines
Des Moines colored citizens plan a jubilee at Plymouth Congregational church on Wednesday evening January 1 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Lincoln issued emancipation proclamation of January 1863 which freed 4 006 000 slaves in the United States.
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Des Moines
Plymouth Congregational Church
Lincoln
Christmas Contrast in New England Homes of Old and New
A nostalgic tour contrasts pre industrial New England Christmas life with modern comforts. The author visits a Massachusetts Puritan cottage to describe the cottage layout, pitch pine torches, candle wood stores, and a massive fireplace with a crane and kettle hooks. He recalls the cold moving through doors, frozen ink, warming pans, and the hardy joys celebrated around the kitchen fire.
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New England
Elks Provide Christmas Dinner Baskets for Needy Families
The B P O E lodge will distribute more than twenty five baskets to city families tomorrow. Each basket will include substantial foods and dinner trimmings to ensure a complete holiday meal. Santa Claus, acting as distributor, leads the effort in this season of giving.
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Santa Claus
B. P. O. E. Lodge
St Cloud man visits sister on Christmas travel
Mr. Will Lowry of St. Cloud stops beside a few hours Saturday to see his sister Mrs. James Freshwater while en route to James Town Indiana to spend Christmas.
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Orin McGaw
Chicago
C. L. McGaw
West Jefferson Street
John C. Blackford
Mediapolis
G. FE. Lofgren
Fred Eland
Blackford
Frank Jones
D. A. Lowry
Creston
James Freshwater
West Grimes Street
A. W. McElhany
Margaret Gift
Vinnie Brumback
Delzell N. Green
Ottumwa
Prof
A. N. Smith
Bath
South Dakota
Edward Roth
Cornell College
City
J. E. Roth
South Main Street
Will Lowry
St. Cloud
Jamestown
Indiana
Gas discovery sparks boom fears near New Market
Natural gas was found on L L O'Dell's farm near New Market raising oil and gas hopes for the region. A test bore at about 35 feet emitted gas and caused a fiery blast when a lighted match was dropped into the well. The incident followed reports of oil potential in the area.
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L. L. O’dell
O’dell
Mr. O'Dell
Thinks He Is Murderer Sent To Asylum
Levi Platz of Alta Vista was sent to Independence asylum after claiming on January 1 he killed a man. He gave no other details beyond the name and place of the crime, though he appears perfectly sane otherwise and is believed to recover.
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Alta Vista
Levi Platz
Independence
Not Believed Ruth Negley Story Sparks Doubts
Ruth Negley of Kewanee Ill claimed a blindfolded abduction near Scranton and forced marriage to a man named Fred Waymire, but local friends doubt the tale. County records show no marriage license issued in Jefferson Carroll or nearby. Estherville announces Daily Tribune debut with editor Charles T Wakefield.
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Jefferson
Ruth Negley
Kewanee
Ill
Scranton
Fred Waymire
Carroll
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Ness
Edgar Bean
J. W. Bean
North Main
Thomas Hooker
Hartford
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ELKS
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Harry Dixon
Garwood
Idaho
St. Paul
H. Dixon
Centerville
Guy E. Logan
R. P. Howell
Estherville
GEO
W. Unkrich
Wooltex
Redfern
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