County Correspondence Jan 9 1900 Statewide updates
Taylor Cornell is in serious condition with blood poisoning in a lower limb. John G W Smith shows improvement after illness. Dr Burt Hague opens practice at Fairfield. Many students home for holidays. Sally and Gertie Fisher visit Ollie Laughlin. Rev C S Springer aids Batavia meeting. Willis Rodibaugh and wife visit for Pleasant Hill church meetings. Robert Black of Oklahoma dies. funeral Jan 21 at No 4 school house Des Moines township. J L Gonterman buys 80 acre farm at 40 per acre. Israel Trout buys J O Boyle's town hall share. Henry Huffman visits with daughter. Thornton and Alex Simkins bring Mrs Amiss remains for funeral. Simon Baldosier and Henry Lioix return from Monroe county. Mrs Vic Van Winkle ill. Nick Lamanski and Erastus Norton relocate. Mt Ayer protracted meeting under Ballard and Miller. Clarence Van Winkle improved from pneumonia. Mr Barber Duttweiler and Mary visit cousin Sadie in Lockridge. Frank and Charlie Shuppy return from Preston after sister Stella Clark visit.
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Taylor Cornell
John G. W. Smith
Burt Hague
Fairfield
Sallie
Gertie Fisher
Batavia
Ollie Laughlin
C. S. Springer
Thornley
Willis Rodibaugh
Hedrick
Pleasant Hill
Robert Black
Oklahoma
Fowler
School House
Des Moines
Missouri
J. L. Gonterman
James Gonterman
Israel Trout
J. O. Boyle
Henry Huffman
J. L. McCleary
Thornton
Alex Simkins
Altoona
Amiss
Nick Lamanski
Erastus Norton
Lamanski
Mt. Ayer
Grandmother Amiss Dies at 82 in Iowa Community
Mrs. Eliza Amiss of Altoona Polk County Iowa died January 4 1900 aged 82 years 11 months and 24 days She united with the Christian church at 17 and remained a member She moved from Kentucky to Iowa in 1850 and to Altoona in 1876 She was mother to eight children six living at death Funeral held January 7 1900 at her son William Amiss Des Moines township with burial beside her husband in Fell cemetery Family and neighbors mourn the loss
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Eliza Amiss
Pendelton County
Kentucky
Altoona
Polk County
Iowa
Christian Church
John Amiss
Grandma Amiss
A. J. Amiss
William
Des Moines Township
W. N. Glotfelty
Fell
Clark
A. J
Perry
Ottumwa
Alcona
Estherville Visitor and Local Happenings
JAN and Miss Collie Archibald from Estherville visited friends here last week then went to Middletown to see sister Mrs Mark Toothaker. Wm Rizor injured a finger with a hammer. Dr Lesher treated it. Mrs Baldwin Parsons and Jesse Parsons are on the sick list. Alex Hopkirk started school at Glendale district last Monday. Stella Clark teaches Union district. M Damm & Son shipped hogs from Fairfield to Chicago and from here to Chicago Tuesday.
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Collie Archibald
Estherville
Mark Toothaker
Middletown
Wm. Rizor
Lesher
Baldwin Parsons
Jesse Parsons
R. E. Parsons
Alex Hopkirk
Glendale
Stella Clark
Union
M. Damm & Son
Fairfield
Chicago
Obituary: Local Woman Dies After Illness
A local woman died last Monday morning at three following months of illness from rheumatism and dropsy. Her husband died about a month earlier. She leaves three sons and two daughters. Funeral from her residence at 3 PM Monday was led by Rev. Mendenhall and Rev. Stewart of the Free Methodist church. Remains laid to rest at Evergreen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendenhall
Stewart
Free Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Gear Wins Out In Des Moines House Caucus
In a bitter contest D. H. Bowen of the Gear faction won 43 votes to 38 for W. L. Eaton the Cummins candidate in the Republican house caucus held Saturday night in Des Moines. The article notes heavy spending and dismisses claims it served Iowa’s interests.
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Gear-Cummins
D. H. Bowen
Gear
House
Des Moines
W. L. Eaton
Cummins
Iowa
Special Home Seeker’s Excursions on Rock Island Railway
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway offers special Home Seeker’s Excursions on dates January 16 February 6 and 20 March 6 and 20 April 3 and 17 1900 to Arkansas Kansas Colorado Indian and Oklahoma Territories Northwestern Iowa Southwestern Missouri Nebraska and other states. One fare and $2.00 for the round trip. For further particulars call on M. O. Gay Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Arkansas
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
M. O. Gay
Apples Quartered with Cheese Trend in Paris to New York
Quartered apples served with cheese become a French fad adopted by fashionable New York dinners. The fruit is described as the softest and mellowest, eaten with cheese instead of crackers, reflecting a chic dining trend reported by the Chicago Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jones favors July 4 convention date
Minneapolis report states Chairman Jones of the national party endorsed holding the Democratic national convention on July 4. He backed using the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence to highlight the anti expansionist position on consent of the governed.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jones
National Democratic Committee
Death of Mrs Ellen Davies 89 at Burlington county home
Ellen Davies died January 3 1900 at her son John Davies home in this city aged eighty nine years ten months and seven days She was born February 14 1810 in Hawarden Wales married to Edward Davies February 26 1888 in Liverpool England They had four children two of whom died in England two John and Thomas are respected local citizens The family came to America in 1855 settling in Burlington Iowa Joining Congregational church the same year She had been ill for some time and was cared for at John Davies home Evergreen cemetery holds her grave Rev Snowden and Rev A F Marsh conducted service
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Ellen Davies
John Davies
Ellen Wright
Hawarden
Flint
Wales
Edward Davies
Liverpool
England
John
Evergreen Cemetery
Snowden
A. F. Marsh
G A R Resolutions Urge McCord For U S District Judge
Fairfield Iowa January 1 1900 G A R Headquarters Post No 19 resolves Moses A McCord a veteran of the War of the Rebellion and member of the 2nd Iowa Infantry should be appointed U S District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa The post urges support from Thos Hedge M C state senators and representatives and the president Major McKinley to make the appointment and directs a copy be sent to congress and the president
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Strong
Department of Iowa
G. A. R. Fairfield
Iowa
Moses A. McCord
2Nd
Iowa Infantry
U.S
Thos. Hedge
M. C
McKinley
United States
Congress
J. T. Axline
Comander
Milton Graham
Mull's Lightning Cough Cure Advertised for 25 Cents
An early 20th century notice promotes Mull's Lightning Cough Cure claiming to stop coughing. The bottle is priced at 25 cents and is guaranteed by all druggists.
Dining Cars on Rock Island Route Win Public Verdict
Patrons declare the Great Rock Island Route has the world’s best dining car service. Thousands of letters support the claim. No hotel or city restaurant matches the Rock Island rail dining experience. A la carte meals on all cars and 50 cent lunches on Colorado trains are highlighted facts.
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Great Rock Island
New York
Chicago
Rock Island
Colorado
Fortune and love urged in a Rocky Mountain Tea ad
A verse urges readers to marry the girl they love and trust Rocky Mountain Tea to aid health. It counsels not to fear or hang one's head and tells readers to ask their druggist for the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Two vacant lots for sale cheap near E F Simmons
Readable text notes two vacant lots offered at a low price with a cue to contact E F Simmons for details. The fragment mentions location nearby Simmons but provides no exact addresses or figures.
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E. F. Simmons
To Cure Constipation Forever Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for constipation. It promises relief with a price of 10 or 25 cents and offers a druggist refund if it fails.
Manufactured Freaks and a Fraud Claim at a Circus
A Philadelphia journalist recalls a circus manager hiring two deformed boys exhibited as Aztec children. A countryman challenges the fraud, refuses to be silenced, and after being paid five dollars, spends the money on whisky, exposing the hoax and wrecking the show.
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Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
John Evans
Bill Evans
Language mystery settles on Hungarian prisoner tale
An unconscious girl found in Presburg was brought to a Vienna hospital and spoke a language no one understood. Oriental scholars debated Persian Abyssinian or Turkish dialects before the police proved she was Hungarian, having escaped prison and speaking none of those tongues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
London Globe
Leech Farming in a Prairie Meadow
The report describes leech farmers sowing a meadow with 15,000 leeches from sacks and preparing to flood it with water and blood. Traditionally they drive old horses and cattle into the enclosure to supply blood, though at times fresh blood from a slaughterhouse is used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Expression criticism in Atchison Globe quips
The Atchison Globe mocks common similes and imagery noting a stag at bay and a fog horn whistle do not fit Kansas reality. The column jokes about overused phrases and the dullness of stock expressions in local language.
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Kansas
Atchison Globe
Inquisitive People as Funnels of Conversation
An observation that inquisitive individuals serve as conduits in dialogue. They absorb information not for personal gain but to relay it onward, shaping discussion through curiosity and sharing.
Passions Weaken And Habits Grow Stronger With Age
A brief aphorism noting that as people age desires fade while routines become more stable, attributed to W. E. H. Leckey.
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W. E. H. Leckey
Fear In High Places and the Psychology of Courage
A Boston Transcript essay quotes a famed steeple climber on fear in high places. He splits nerve force into impelling and restraining parts, citing training and a rope’s end as means to overcome natural fear. He likens overcoming fear to discipline, noting pain can jolt restraint and compel action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Edward
Dover
Boston Transcript
Harsh pledge of Alexander II ends in executions at Modlin
In Kropotkin memoirs the tsar declares strict loyalty to the throne and fatherland and vows severe punishment for disloyalty. The next day June 14 three officers are shot at Modlin in Poland and a soldier Szarby is killed under the rods.
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Prince Kropotkin
Alexander II
Kropotkin
Modlin
Poland
Szar
Ancient Plagues Stagger the World Across Centuries
A condensed chronicle of major pandemics: the Black Death of 1347 9 wiping out millions in Asia and Europe including 25 million in Europe and 23 million in Asia, the 1664 Great Plague in London with 100 000 deaths, and other historic outbreaks such as the 1471 English plague and the sweating sickness that halved populations in English capital towns.
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Italy
Rome
Constantinople
Asia
Europe
London
Charterhouse
England
Oxford
Sardinia
Naples
Marseilles
Levant
Advertising scheme ends in court and success
A southern firm used a clever ad plan where the junior partner sought a warrant against the senior partner for selling below cost. After a postponement and bail, the senior partner was released. As he left, the junior partner cried the sacrifice would continue, news spread, business rose, and the charge was dismissed when no plaintiff appeared.
At the Crisis Fire At Fort Lorenzo During Pueblo Siege
Captain Kendrick commanded the artillery at Fort Lorenzo during the siege of Pueblo. Colonel Childs rode in and ordered immediate firing as the crisis approached. Kendrick answered calmly that they were firing at the crisis.
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Pueblo
Santa Anna
Kendrick
West Point
Fort Lorenzo
Childs
What We Have We Hold The Motto For Fly Paper
A quip notes a publisher’s line about a new paper. The speaker reveals the project is a patent fly paper rather than a newspaper. The exchange plays on motto and circulation with a humorous twist.
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Philadelphia Press
Departure From Credit to Cash System in New Year
A merchant announces a shift from credit to cash sales starting January 1st. Goods will be marked down to reflect the cash system, while continuing to offer top quality. Patrons are invited to try the new regime for improved service.
Fairfield Markets Report Corn and Oats Prices
The Fairfield markets show corn steady at 28 to 30 cents per bushel and oats rising to 19 cents per bushel. Prices reflect limited demand and regional trading activity.
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Uneeda Biscuit
Uneeda
Libertyville
Merrimac
Simon Baldosier
Henry Lioix
Monroe County
Vic van Winkle
Mrs
Susan Bradford
The
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Jones Favors
G. A. R. Resolutions
Cordova
Standard Oil CO
Begonny
Ternovo
Tiraspol
Iron Czar
Chas. H. Gage
West Side
Santa Claus
Brown’s Novelty Store
West Side Square
MARA
Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
Fairfield Markets
Pratt
J. A. Hawkins
Leon
Bradshaw & Thoma
Fer
Kew
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