Pur chases H Huffman stock and real estate at Birmingham
G W Payne of Wapello county bought the Huffman lumber stock and the adjacent real estate in Birmingham. The real estate sold for 2000 dollars and the stock has not yet been invoiced. Other local notes include visits, bank changes, and upcoming lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
G. W. Payne
Wapello County
H. Huffman
Martin V. Riley
Keokuk
George C. Riley
W.S. Allen
Burlington
Skinner Bank
Ottumwa
J. W. Fish
Chicago
Birmingham Savings Bank
Union
Presbyterian Church
Chicago Lyceum
Opera House
Ward
Robert Topping
Keosauqua
Belle Cartwright
J. W. Young
Isaac Snyder
Des Moines
Hannah Barnes
Woolson and Blackhawk Community Notes
Roy Jones and Stacy McCracken returned to school after holidays. New baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Roberts. Mrs. Fred Hanna visited from Pekin. James Saltz moves to Sigourney. Bent Bottorff family to occupy Saltz home. Evan Harkens visiting Kansas. Miss Sadie Stanley spoke at Woolson Friends church. Lagrippe widespread. Meyer and No. 7 literary societies hold Friday debates at No. 7 schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolson
Blackhawk
Roy Jones
Stacy McCracken
Stansbury
Floyd Davidson
Des Moines
Chas. Roberts
Fred L. Hanna
Pekin
James Saltz
Sigourney
Bent, Bottorff
Packwood
Saltz
Evan Harkens
Kansas
Jemima Quakenbush
Fairfield
Sadie Stanley
Jamaica
Woolson Friends
Lagrippe
Meyer
No. 7 Literary Society
No. 7
Ground roads blocked after freeze. scarlet fever in Glendale
Since the ground froze on Monday the roads are too rough to travel. Two of Jesse Parsons' children have scarlet fever and one also has pneumonia. The home is quarantined and the Buchanan township school closed. Local social notes mention Lulu Smadaka visiting, Frank McCormick shipping hogs to Burlington, and others in regional news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Jesse Parsons
Buchanan Township
Lulu Smadaka
Lamanski
Frank McCormick
Burlington
Beckwith
Wm. R. Smith
Freeberg
Kansas
Frank Erickson
Joseph Frame
Glasgow
Ledger
Tribune
Ames
Wm. Parsons
Chicago
Harry Hartley
Abingdon Briefs Mention Local Visits and a Marriage
Abingdon reports include Arthur and Omer Gobble visiting Hedrick relatives. W A Black and family traveled to Delta. Nannie McReynolds and granddaughters visited the M.7 Johnson home in Fairfield. Several others, including Dave Black and family, J B Trent and family, and Carl Shelton and Miss Effie, are noted in recent local activity. Carl Shelton married Miss Effie on Sunday January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abingdon
Arthur
Omer Gobble
Hedrick
W. A. Black
Delta
Nannie McReynolds
Johnson
Fairfield
W. J. Fleenor
C. F. Baker
Lydia Baker
T. F. Jones
Boulder
Cole
J. B. Trent
Allen Devore
Batavia
J. W. Flint
Frank Gobble
Carl Shelton
Miss Effie
Elm Grove Social Notes and Local Incidents
Elm Grove reports pleasant winter weather with a dance at Wm Wilson 5 and an oyster supper Saturday night. John Crowe sprained an ankle last Thursday and Harry Junkin had a nose broken. Corn husking continues as Seth McCarty and J M Stone haul corn to Henry Rider's today. P J Kennedy and Miss Mary Kennedy attended Mrs Mary Finn's funeral Sunday. Notable visitors included Daniel Murphy P J Kennedy C E Hisel and J M Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Grove
Wm. Wilson
John Crowe
Harry Junkin
Seth McCarty
J. M. Stone
Henry Rider
P. J
Mary Kennedy
Mary Finn
Daniel Murphy
P. J. Kennedy
C. E. Hisel
J. M. Fisher
Old settler Clark Thomas dies in Sey mour Iowa
Cedar Township notes report the death of Clark Thomas a seasoned farmer from the Cedar area at his Sey mour Iowa home last Wednesday. Community updates mention visits and gatherings including Mrs Kate Ball Mrs Willa Fagan Ella Litton and Mrs Margaret Fell. A car load of hay was shipped by Robert Fulton and several locals deal with household repairs and illnesses including measles in the Daub family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Two
Clark Thomas
Seymour
Iowa
Kate Ball
Willa Fagan
Edina
Ella Litton
Margaret Fell
Wm. Case
Richard Fisher
C. R. Howe
Mt. Pleasant
Eli Blough
Clay Wright
Robert Fulton
Beckwith
Alex Daub
Bert Cox
Ray Grove
Rural delivery transforms Iowa third district mail and papers
Eldora Iowa reports a shift from scarce news paper reach to widespread daily deliveries. In August 1904 the Third district handled 1,013,508 mail pieces, averaging 3,990 per carrier and 30.2 newspapers per route. Total annual payroll reaches 179704 dollars with 16,344 boxes serving 17342 farming families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Iowa
Hardin County
Acquittal in Fink Case Highlights Iowa Court
The January term opened in Sidney Iowa with Judge Green presiding. The State of Iowa vs Fink ended Friday with acquittal after Fink claimed self defense in a knife assault case. The grand jury indicted Louis Perry for incest and George Hall for burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
District Court
Green
State of
Iowa
Fink
Swift
Louis Perry
George Hall
Rabies Patient Otho Grigsby Showed Signs of Recovery
Otho Grigsby of Madrid Iowa is under rabies treatment at the Pasteur Institute in Chicago. The latest word from the case says he will recover, following wide public attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otho Grigsby
Madrid
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Brother Returns From Madrid Aids Grigsby Treatment
A relative report states hope survived as a brother who just returned says the patient is rallying. Grigsby will be taken to Gilmore City to be treated thoroughly by Dr Grigsby before returning to Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grigsby
Gilmore City
Madrid
Twain Classics Banned From Manchester Library
In Manchester Iowa on January 9 the Carnegie free library restricted circulation of Mark Twain novels Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. Citing heavy demand the worn bindings led the library board to remove both volumes from shelves rather than replace covers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
Mark Twain
Manchester
Des Moines Library Board
Carnegie Free Library
Library Board
Death of Alva Spray at Twenty Five
Alva Spray born February 25 1884 in Jefferson county near Glasgow died January 3 1905 at his home after a brief typhoid illness aged 20. He married September 1904 leaving a mourning widow. Son of Mr and Mrs A L Spray funeral services conducted from the home last Thursday by Reverend Luther Bright and Reverend Stewart. burial in Evergreen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Spray
Jefferson County
Glasgow
A. L. Spray
Luther Bright
Lutheran Church
Stewart
Evergreen Cemetery
Death of Mary Finn Strikes Fairfield Community
Mary Finn died last Friday night around 9 o clock in Fairfield after a long life marked by solitude and memory. She was possibly Iowa s oldest woman, aged about a hundred or more, a former Ireland native who lived alone with a nurse in later years. Funeral services were held at St. Mary s Catholic Church and interment followed in Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Finn
Iowa
Fairfield
West
Washington
Ireland
Peter Snook
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Ottumwa
Two Suspects Arrested in Treynor Bank Robbery Case
Council Bluffs Iowa January 7 Two men named John Bernstein and James Arthur were arrested five miles south of Council Bluffs on suspicion of robbing the Treynor bank last night. They carried revolvers and cartridges a nitro can was found and the bank vault top matched it Bernstein bled from a cut hand. duo claim they were near Henderson and heading to Council Bluffs Rural telegraph alerts helped nab them after Otto Sarr reported two men sleeping in his barn. An Omaha expert opened the safe finding no cash missing though $2 000 was in the vault. Treynor bank books damaged but usable. Karl Kerrer previously robbed this bank in October and is now jailed for fifteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
John Bernstein
James Arthur
Robels
Treynor
Marshal Shreve
Bernstein
Henderson
Otto Sarr
Arthur
Omaha
Treynor Bank
Karl Kerrer
Kerrer
Church Fight Divides St. Anthony Methodist Church
A bitter church dispute in St. Anthony Iowa pits Rev J M Plumb and allies against a faction led by D H Buck and two partners who incorporated a separate Methodist Protestant society to claim the church property valued around 5000 dollars. The conflict arose after Plumb indicted local liquor sellers and Buck was expelled from the church, prompting a legal battle over which incorporation holds rightful ownership. Court dates were set for February 6 1905 in Fairfield with proceedings to determine title and control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony
J. M. Plumb
Plumb
D. H. Buck
Buck
Young Buck
Church Society
Maria Abbott
John A. Bryant
Methodist Protestant Church of
Mr. Plumb
Pain Balm Relieves Longstanding Rheumatism Says Patient
W H Howard of Husband Pennsylvania reports his mother suffered rheumatism for years and could barely move. After using Chamberlains Pain Balm she could walk with ease and remained dependent on it for relief. Sold by Shriner Swayze January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Howard
Husband
Pennsylvania
Shriner & Swayze
Finishings Show All Wood Varieties in Central Building
Professor L H Pammel of the botany department plans the third floor at the Iowa State college central building to be finished in many kinds of wood. He has collected about thirty herbarium cases, each crafted from a different wood, from his travels across the United States and especially the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pammel
Ames
Iowa State College
L. H. Pammel
Department of Botany
United States
West
Corn harvest booms in Calhoun and Pocahontas counties
In Manson Iowa on January 10 growers report a strong corn crop. Three local elevators purchased 112000 bushels in December and halted operations late in the month due to lack of rail cars. Additional grain was sent to Blanden and Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manson
Calhoun
Pocahontas
Blanden
Palmer
Official Salary Sparks Rail Role Shift
A dialogue reveals a worker remains on the payroll but has advanced to an official position with a salary, contrasting expectations about his employment status. The exchange highlights the change from routine employee to salaried official within the railroad company.
Adams Inaugurated Governor of Colorado Victory Declared
Denver reports Alva Adams declared duly elected Colorado governor after a tally showing 123,078 for Adams and 113,304 for Peabody. Legislature announces Adams will be inaugurated at 16 o clock Tuesday morning amid Republican wins in other state offices. Peabody may contest after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Alva Adams
Colorado
Adams
Peabody
Haggett
Mr. Adams
Found Guilty as Charged in Man Slaughter Case
Manchester jury returns a guilty verdict in the state versus Lester Clark case after five hours of deliberation. Clark faced charges of maltreating his 12 year old son, whose death was attributed to abuse. The trial drew a crowded courtroom and much local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Lester Clark
Santa Fe Stockholders to Vote on $50 Million Bond Issue
Santa Fe stockholders are called to meet on January 24 in Topeka Kansas to vote on a proposition to increase the capital stock by 50 million dollars and issue bonds for that amount. Most funds would go to building new road and upgrading the Santa Fe lines in the southwest as it advances the Wickenburg Arizona to Ehrenburg area project and enhances land values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Topeka
Kansas
Wickinburg
Arizona
Colorado River
Ehrenburg
Southwest
Davis Guilty in Separate Oskaloosa Murder Case
In Oskaloosa Iowa on January 6 the Mahaska county court found Rosser Davis guilty of killing Henry Carmichael after a March fight at Shaw's livery barn. The jury recommended clemency for Davis. The report notes a second murder case ending in the same session with Lobbin referenced as the killer in a separate incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosser Davis
Frank Carmichael
Oskaloosa
Mahaska
Henry Carmichael
Shaw
Davis
Carmichael
James Lobbin
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in Buxton case
William Henry at Buxton changed his plea to guilty of manslaughter in September 1903 and faces sentencing January 14. Arthur Lynch, victim of the Johnston Martin shooting near Fremont, has recovered enough to return home though he becomes agitated when upright due to a bullet's weight on the brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry
Buxton
Arthur Lynch
Johnston Martin
Fremont
Wedding Ham Sickens Guests in Randolph Area
At a Randolph area wedding near Sidney Iowa a large number of guests fell ill after eating ham at supper suffering cramps vomiting and cholera morbus. The illness persisted through the night with increasing cases but no fatalities reported at last accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Randolph
Winter Tourist Rate to Colorado by Burlington
The Burlington offers a 34.90 dollar winter tour with returns to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo valid to June 1 1905. Special date rates 27.30 dollars with twenty one day round trip tickets on sale December 6 and 20. Agent P E Heflin promotes Colorado as a winter resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Burlington
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
P. E. Heflin
Allen Macy Sues Unknown Claimants Over Jefferson Property
The Jefferson District Court records Feb 1905 suit by Allen Macy against Thomas Saylor and others claiming ownership by simple title to Tract No 1 part of the west half of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter in section 15 township 73 north range 9 west Jefferson County Iowa. The petition alleges Macy owns the described real estate and lists numerous co defendants and their spouses with unknown heirs and administrators. The notice directs service on the named parties and their unknown heirs and administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canae All
Ing
X Ag
Thomas
Solomon Dyke
Fendants
Adin Nordyke
Nordyke
Jonathan Talbert
Same
Athan Talbert
Yerts
Robert Ho
Moses Rot
Moses Robert
Moses Roberts
Court House Fairfield
Wilson & Jordan
State of Iowa
Jefferson County
Laura S. Shanno
Ee Lucas
Tece Een J Thomas Sq
Saylor
Adminj
Liam
Jefferson District Court
Allen Macy
Thomas Saylor
William Roberts
Roberts
Mahlon Roberts
Hulda Roberts
Aaron Roberts
Mary Roberts
Elijah Roberts
Isaac Roberts
District Court of
County of
Jefferson
Rock Island Railway
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County News
T. M. Junkin
Jim Crowe
W. J. Kennedy
Roy Junkin
Woolson and Blackhawk
Cedar Twp
Alva
W. M. Campbell
T. B. Allendee
Office
Hunt & Howard Bik
E. Hempstead
Fai
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