Local residents share holidays and travel helpers
A long list of Ottumwa area residents and relatives spent Christmas and New Year visiting family. Many traveled to Des Moines Ottumwa Iowa City Clarinda Chicago and Burlington for holidays and returned to resume studies or duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CE. Carlson
Ottumwa
Simon Gregg
Kansas City
Our City
Don McElderry
Iowa City
Florence Blackford
Burlington
Elliott’s Business College
J. C. Blackford
Grace McGiffin
We Thank the Good People For Their Patronage
A storefront thanks customers for their liberal patronage over the past year. The note emphasizes selling the best goods for the least money and highlights that during high cotton prices they bought a lead and sold with small markup on heavy cotton goods. It asserts cash purchases allow underselling any market.
Parshall Teeter Celebrate Christmas Eve Nuptials in City Home
On Christmas Eve at 8 o clock Mr L C Parshall wed Miss E Lucile Teeter at the bride’s parents home 73 Walters avenue Elder G C Tenney officiating The ceremony was beneath a white wedding bell with smilax The couple were unattended and Mendelssohn’s march played by Miss Nellie Ford Over fifty guests attended and refreshments were served by Misses Iva Caderwalder Fern West and Evangeline Smith The groom an attache of Sanitas Nut Food Co The bride a former stenographer for Dr J H Kellogg Des Moines Iowa Globeville Mich and Chicago were represented by out of town guests and the couple received many gifts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Parshall
E. Lucile Teeter
E S. Teeter
Walters Avenue
G. C. Tenney
Mendelssohn
Nellie Ford
Iva Caderwalder
Fern West
Evangeline Smith
West End
Sanitas Nut Food Co
J. H. Kellogg
Battle Creek
Parshall Couple To Reside At Walters Avenue Then Prairie Avenue
Mr and Mrs Parshall will reside at 73 Walters Avenue for now and move to a new home on Prairie Avenue in the spring. The Morning Enquirer joins friends in wishing the couple long life and prosperity from Battle Creek Michigan.
Alice Wilson Marries Dalton Howell in Jefferson County
On Sunday January 1 1905 at Mrs Margaret Wilson’s West Burlington street home the marriage of Alice Wilson to Dalton Howell of Glasgow was solemnized by Rev C Workman with about thirty guests. A wedding dinner followed and the couple will reside in Jefferson county with many friends wishing them happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Wilson
West Burlington Street
Alice
Dalton Howell
Glasgow
C. Workman
Howell
Jefferson County
Death of 14-year-old Robert Foster in Ottumwa
Robert Hubie Foster died after a brief pneumonia at his parents home on Market and Fifth Streets. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 PM from the residence with Rev. W H Hormel and Rev F F Stoltz officiating. burial will follow in Ottumwa Cemetery. He is survived by four brothers and five sisters, with Miss Anna Foster in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Dr. Parsons
Parsons College
Robert Hubie Foster
T. D. Foster
Market
Fifth Streets
Robert Foster
East End Presbyterian Church
Anna Foster
Japan
W. H. Hormel
F. F. Stoltz
First Presbyterian Church
Delayed mail, roads opened after blizzard in Cedar Township
Jan 3 report from Cedar Township notes a spell of good weather following a blizzard. Mail delivery halted for a day, then resumed as supervisor led road crews. C L Cox traveled to Chicago with cattle while Roy Clark and Will Parsons moved sheep. Visitors Erin and Willa Fagan and family note time with William Case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Two
C. L. Cox
Chicago
Roy Clark
Will Parsons
Katie Ball
Willa Fagan
Edina
Wm. Case
Marshall Case
Wright-Mardock wedding at farm home near Fairfield
Miss Dora Elizabeth Mardock and Henry Clay Wright married Wednesday December 21 seven miles southeast of town. The ceremony was quiet with only immediate family present. They will reside on the groom’s lifelong farm while relatives visit Fairfield for the wedding tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Local visits and a village piano contest noted
Daniel Murphy visited Salem relatives last week. Tide Fickels of Stockport holidayed with Samuel Fickel. H B White of Mankato Kans visited Will Parsons on return from Chicago. The Cedar Township piano contest yielded mixed feelings but highlighted Edith Ball who gained 178 new subscribers for The Tribune during her canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Murphy
Salem
Tide Fickels
Stockport
Samuel Fickel
S. H. B. White
Mankato
Kans
Will Parsons
Chicago
Cedar Township
Edith Ball
The
Tribune
Lynch’s Condition Slightly Improves After Shooting
Oskaloosa Iowa December 27 Arthur Lynch wounded by Johnston Martin near Keokuk county last Friday remains alive with slight improvement but doctors say recovery is unlikely and its prospects are dim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch
Oskaloosa
Arthur Lynch
Johnston Martin
Keokuk County
Greatly in Demand for Dr King s New Life Pills
In demand medicine offers a blood and system cleansing solution claimed to cure stomach and liver troubles. Sold at Shriner Swayze s drug store for 25 cents with guarantee. January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Shriner & Swayze
Oldest Man in Iowa Turns 118 in Oskaloosa
Louis Young, born in 1786 in West Virginia, arrived from Virginia to live with daughter Mrs. Frank Bush in Oskaloosa. He celebrated his 118th birthday and jokes he is “goin on 119.” He has survived three wives and shows sharp humor and fair faculties at his advanced age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Louis Young
Virginia
Frank Bush
Mr. Young
Prince Edward
Hat Creek
Tuckahoe County
West Virginia
Louis
Mr. Carroll
Mary Ann
Uncle Louis
Preyers Predicament A Painter's Childlike Visit to Cornelius
John W Preyer famed still life painter known for his dwarf stature amazed Munich when as a youth he visited Master Cornelius. A servant misread him as a child and his host Mrs Cornelius fled in shock before recognition. The pair later shared laughter over the unlikely reunion at dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Preyer
Preyer
Munich
Cornelius
Dusseldorf Academy
Mr. Preyer
Stamp Printing Errors Spark Collector Premiums
A printing error raised stamp values as collectors seek rare varieties. Dutch stamps printed yellow instead of blue sold high. a New Zealand stamp printed upside down now fetches a large sum. English red penny plate 255 and pink halfpenny plate 9 are prized. the latter’s plate was broken and rarely used. For major events it’s best to buy with postmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
To Work Is Honorable Labor and the value of skill
An editorial stresses labor’s dignity and universal right to benefit from one’s skill and effort. It argues society improves when every person uses their full capacity for personal happiness and for everyone’s good, without legal or social barriers to labor or rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Enquirer
Memory of Edinburgh Strolling Player William Lyon
A remembered figure in Edinburgh, William Lyon, famed for an astonishing memory, bet a bowl of punch he could recite the entire Daily Advertiser from start to finish at the next morning rehearsal. He flawlessly repeated every word, including ads and stock prices, with no error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
William Lyon
Daily
Poets Wife Probes Worries in Light Exchange
A brief literary exchange shows the poet admitting unease while his wife questions him about his mental state. The witty reply, Nothing is the worry, highlights a playful tension between concern and avoidance.
Farmer’s Son Lands Political Post Amid Rural Gossips
Local farm life rumor mill notes Dan Perkins son of Farmer Whiffietree-Bill Perkins has secured a political job. Voices from the community mock the young man while others defend the appointment as earned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiffietree
Bill Perkins
Dan
Medders—Gosh
Allers
Puck
Helping the Cook and Boarding Mistress Roasting Beef
A light New York Press item notes serving staff complain about the daily beef roast. The brief suggests domestic kitchen routine and boarder tensions in a humorous domestic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Sin has many tools but a lie fits them all Holmes
A compact quote attributed to Holmes on the power of deception. The line suggests that moral failings are underpinned by falsehoods, implying a universal utility of lies to serve various ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Legal battle over Mississippi Valley Telephone company ownership
J C Hubinger files equity suit in district court seeking 225000 against John E Andrus Samuel S Thorpe and Thomas Weebles after a change of ownership and reorganization of the Mississippi Valley Telephone company The petition accuses a conspiracy to seize the telephone plant valued at about 300000 and seeks an accounting and judgment The defendants are linked to Minneapolis and New York offices and Hubinger asserts strong security in the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neokuk
Lla
Jan. T
J. C. Hubinger
Equity
John E. Andrus
Samuel S. Thorpe
Thomas Weebles
Mississippi Valley Telephone Company
Hubinger
Thomas Peebles
Minneapolis
Minn
Thorpe
New York
Rat Hunt In Iowa Claims Thousands Of Rodents
In Mt. Ayr Iowa sixteen farmers on each side slaughtered over 2000 rats in a week long contest to curb barn and corn crib damage. The winners collected 1260 rat tails and hosted an oyster supper. a nearby Redding hunt had similar results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Ayr
Rice
Middle Fork
Redding
Smallpox Cases Reported in Panora Area
Des Moines Jan 2 sixty seven to seventy five smallpox cases reported from Panora and vicinity by Secretary Kennedy of the state board of health. No fatalities yet. Disease considered mild and unlikely to spread far. Yale and nearby towns affected. strict quarantine maintained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Panora
Kennedy
State Board of Health
Yale
Bucklen Arnica Salve Cures Skin Ailment at Shriner Store
Harriet Howard of 2090 W 34th St New York describes years of Salt Rheum or Eczema cured by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The quick healer for cuts burns and sores sells for 25 cents at Shriner and Swayze's drug store on January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Howard
34Th St
New York
Bucklen
Shriner & Swayze
Jefferson County Farmers Insurance Union to Convene January Meeting
The annual meeting of the Jefferson County Farmers Insurance Union will be held January 14 1905 at the courthouse at 10 o clock a m for the election of officers and other business. F P Ball President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Farmers’ Insurance Union
Court House
F. P. Ball
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Onarga
Paul Reed
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Walter Louden
Des Moines, In
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Ina
Ladies’ Seminary
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Ottomwa
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Marie Minton
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Jessie Manatrey
Claude Downard
Ely
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Davenport
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Pleasant Plain
W. M. Campbell
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Perry, O. T
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Washington
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Mediapolis
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Glenn Harris
N. C. Anstead
Bob
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Ill
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Keosauqua
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Cedar Rapids
State
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A. L. Coop
Santa Fe
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Cora Dexter
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Frank Cornell
John Wright
Mary Keith
E. C. Fariss
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Samuel Billingsley
Hinsdale
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J. M. Linn
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Packwood
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West Fifth Street
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Hendricks
Chas. Gantz
Nebraska
Anna Carrigan
Ed. Lucas
Ora Swayze
St. Paul
Chas. Swayze
Hubert
Eugene Howard
Nelle
Katherine Cook
Iowa
Will Rambo
Lou Hirshberger
Mrs. Culbertson
Glidden
Mrs. White
East Burlington
Louise McIntosh
Galesburg
Ncelhany’s
Parshall-Teeter
Howell- Wilson
Robert H. Foster
Cedar Twp
Thoma
Holy City Grand Opera House
Herman Ludders
Gustave Knox
Phoning Thoma
Grand Opera House
William Bonnelli
America
the Tribune
East Side
East Side Bakery
Ti' Ateahar
Keokuk Telephone Company
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