Christmas News In Packwood and Surrounding Towns
Local notes recount Christmas visits among families in Packwood Fay ette and nearby towns with relatives in Des Moines Galesburg and Ames. Mentions include illness shopping trips concerts church meetings and a December birth. several residents travel to Omaha Morning Sun and Iowa City for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Emry
Afton
Frank Swisher
W. S. Moore
Omaha
OH. Tracy
Fred Bidwell
Fort Stevens
Oregon
Karl Mann
Ames
Dan Pringle
Kansas
Ada Breiter
Henry Jones
Little Son
Barnesly
Manitoba
Canada
Jones and Savage
Will Hyde
Morning Sun
Henry Hyde
Roxie Chandler
Fairfield
Rufus Myers
Packwood
Whit Woods
H. M. Rausher
Lockridge
Paul Endicott
Theo. Vanerus
Jesse Berry
Will Brinton
Georgia Lloyd
Stella Parks
Iowa City
Maude Irwin
Pella
Goode Family Spends Christmas at Lacona Home
Mr and Mrs Goode spent Christmas at the parental Hoffman home in Lacona Iowa. Revival meetings at the M E church during the past three weeks concluded Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Dull Feeling After Eating Relieved by Stomach Tablets
David Freeman of Kempt Nova Scotia credits Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets with easing a heavy dull after meal sensation. The ad claims the tablets strengthen the stomach improve digestion regulate liver and bowels and offer a free sample at J W Jericho Co. drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
David Freeman Kempt
Nova Scotia
J. W. Jericho & Co
Generous Memorial Gifts From Baron de Rothschild
Baron Albert de Rothschild of Vienna donated 10 000 kronen to the Jewish community and 10 000 to the municipal government for charitable use in memory of his son Oscar who died recently. He also provided 200 000 kronen for education in mathematics and astronomy, noting Oscar's longstanding interest in these fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar
Baron Albert de Rothschild
Vienna
City
Oscar de Rothschild
Quebec Stumpage Dues May Halt Pulpwood Exports
The rise in stumpage dues on crown land lumber for export in Quebec is expected to take effect in September 1910. Our Sherbrooke consul warns the higher charges will practically stop pulpwood shipments to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Canada
Sherprook
United
Weddings and holiday travels fill Ottumwa notes
A long list of visitors and travelers visits Ottumwa during holidays, including Mrs. John Mullenix, Dr. Chester Fordyce, Ben Woolsey, Miss Frances Hutchinson, Miss Gladys Bailey, and many others from Albia Des Moines Chicago Ames and nearby towns. A Walnut township wedding unites Clara Crile and Earl O Smith with 57 guests attending. Invitations go out for the Lulu Welch and Harold L Brown nuptials January fifth in Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Prather
Washington
Harry Jones
Colfax
Chester Fordyce
Des Moines
Ben Woolsey
Albia
Loren White
Beckwith
Frances Hutchinson
Brighton
Gladys Bailey
Lesher
Selma
Fairfield
M. A. Smith
Ames
Orpha Gurwell
Kirkwood
Carrie Stever
Libertyville
Margaret Hanson
Mason City
Glen Peasley
Chariton
W. M. Templeton
Ottumwa
Floss Rogers
Chicago
Ethel Barber
Iowa
City
Hazel Manatrey
Theo Gumm
Mt. Pleasant
Tom Stuckey
Baby
Bentonsport
E. F. Simmons
Birmingham
CH. Wilson
Monmouth
Addie and
Lettie Smith
Bloomfield
Vernon Hague
Texas
Ed Kriner
Helen Bean
Winfield
J. W. Bean
W. S Pool
Little Son
la Belle
John Ketcham
Anna Sullivan
Grace Rogers
Minnesota
C. W. Trowbridge
Hudson
Ohio
Guy Huyett
Kansas
L. O. Gaines
George Kennedy
J. M. Hammer
Dan Sullivan
Charlotte Hogan
Davenport
Father Hogan
Wilbur Cook
Sigourney
George Frasher
W. D. Shirk
South Dakota
Jessie Baker
William Bidwell
Ernest Bailey
Road
G. W. Whitaker
Valley Junction
W. W. Whitaker
William Wallace
Ethel Mitchell
Dallas Center
Louise Scott
Chillicothe
David Sense
South Main Street
Dr. Sayers
Edison
James Shaw
St. Louis
Tom Stout
Henry Stichter
C. J. Fulton
S. B. Wisecarver
West Grimes Street
Will Donaho
Keosauqua
S. E. McGrew
Hal Brown
Keokuk
Kansas City
Archie Gaumer
W. E. Stucker
New London
East Lowe Street
Grace Hisel
Colorado Springs
Louis Hisel
John Lamson
Lloyd Jones
William Hyde
Frank H. Jones
Albert
Waterloo
Ruth Rigger
Oskaloosa
George A. Rigger
Richard Leggett
Iowa City
South
M. S. Green
Spencer Iowa
George Blake
E. A. Howard
William Langner
Burlington
John Langner
Martin Roach
G. D. McGaw
van Buren
Lee Counties
W. F. Bevering
C. E. Stubbs
Denver
Isidore
Vincent Gelski
Kendall
Mont
Seth McCarty
Grand Junction
Colo
Julius Crile
Walnut Township
Clara
Earl O. Smith
Albert Smith
Minnie Crile
William Kessler
Katie
Anna Burger
Carrie Baumgartner
Lulu Welch
Harold L. Brown
West Burlington Street
Cupid Busy As New Year Begins With Pairing Plans
County Clerk Smith issues marriage licenses as Cupid works overtime. The list includes Lealdes Phillips and Ethel Crenshaw of Stockport born 22 and 18, Rexford G. Brier and Edna V. Nichols of Coppock 20 and 16, plus several Fairfield pairs among others.
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Cupid
Smith
Lealdes Phillips
Stockport
Ethel Crenshaw
Rexford G. Brier
Brighton
Edna V. Nichols
Coppock
Alfred Eckels
Fairfield
Sadie Murphy
Montreal Harbor Surpasses Most Ports Outside New York
The Montreal harbor commissioners report the port now handles more monthly business than any North American port except New York, highlighting its growth in activity and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Montreal Harbor Commissioners
New York
Why the Train Was Late
The Burlington Republican explains a Katy line delay due to transporting Emporia sinners to a camp meeting and blames a new engine whistle that required more steam than the old device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Republican
Katy
Emporia
Kansas City Star
The Louisville heroine saves a car from theft in Fourth Avenue
A Louisville young woman, unnamed in the story, startled a block with a shrill whistle that brought a fleeing car to a stop as a tired runner dashed to catch it. The car paused and the rescuer bowed her thanks to the grateful man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Fourth Avenue
Louisville Courier-Journal
A Test of True Friendship
A northern traveler in Virginia after the Civil War is harassed on a train by a vendor selling hot roasted chicken. When asked if he is from the North and a friend of colored folk the man answers yes, and the vendor's final prompt is a demand not to inquire about his chicken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
de Norf
Neiber
Australian Rail Gauges Then and Now
The Australian rail system uses three main gauges: 3% feet across about seven thousand miles in five states. the five feet three inch gauge is second. four feet eight and a half inches is used only in New South Wales with 3472 miles. Minor gauges include 82 miles of 214 feet and three miles of two feet. Standardization is proposed but not acted upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of Australia
New South Wales
France adopts metric karat as standard for gold weight
The French parliament establishes the metric karat, defined as 3,086 grains or 200 milligrams, and bans its use for other weights. The move is expected to be adopted by other countries, giving the term worldwide significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Niagara Falls to be Illumed Year Round
Prominent Niagara citizens plan to raise funds for permanent illumination of Niagara Falls during summer seasons following strong visitor interest last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Arnica Salve Featured as Family Healer
A quick sale pitch touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal healer for burns cuts boils piles corns and more. The jingle claims it cured a whole family and names F. S. Shriner as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Baby
Johnnie
Mamie
Billie
F. S. Shriner
Louden Machinery Co Dissolves in 1909 Change
Notice lists dissolution by unanimous stockholder consent on December 31 1909. It notes Louden Machinery Co Fairfield Iowa formed February 22 1892, capital stock 40000, nature of business buying tools and machinery, assets transferred to The Louden Machinery Company, Inc. with debt assumption by the new firm. Signed by R B Louden President and C J Fulton Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louden Machinery Co
Louden Machinery Company
Fairfield
Iowa
Louden Machinery Company, Incorporated
R. B. Louden
C. J. Fulton
Remedy for back pains with Chamberlains Liniment
Advice recommends bathing the back with Chamberlains Liniment twice daily and massaging five minutes each time then applying a dampened flannel pad over the ache. The note claims rapid relief and lists Jericho & Co as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Jw, Jericho & Co
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