Livery and boarding barn advertises services
West Burlington Street livery boarding and feed barn offers gentle drivers and a lady broke horse. All calls receive prompt attention. Phone 22.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
5
Tragedy at Lawn Party: Youth Killed by Live Wire
At Grundy Center Iowa an 18 year old man first name Laurice Rogers died instantly after grabbing an incandescent lamp cord to light the lawn during a party attended by many youths. The shock spread as others near him received shocks while attempting to help, and the incident occurred on a lawn with a live electrical current.
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Grundy Center
Iowa
Waterloo
Laurice Rogers
List of Claims Allowed by Board of Supervisors at Recent Session
The board of supervisors approved a slate of claims presented by the university's accounting office. Amounts totaled the university allotment and included disbursements to vendors and staff.
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Board of Supervisors
Joke Proposal Leads to Clinton Cigar Store Wedding
In Clinton Iowa on July 1 a Tampico Illinois farmer asked the cigar store clerk Gertrude Simmons to marry him after a joking proposal over Havanas. The couple plans to wed after obtaining a license with a justice of the peace to perform the ceremony.
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Clinton
L. P. White
Gertrude Simmons
Rock Island
Justice of the Peace
Murder Verdict Links Wife and Lover to Farmer’s Death
A coroner's jury in Mankato Minnesota finds H J Ledbeter died May 4 from a blunt force blow in the hands of Mrs Grace Ledbeter. Frank Smith Goldie Schwandt and William Schwandt are named as accessories. All suspects declined to testify. preliminary hearings are scheduled for July 14 and July 16.
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Mankato
Minn
Holly J. Ledbeter
Grace Ledbeter
Frank Smith
Goldie Schwandt
William Schwandt
H. J. Ledbeter
Mrs. Ledbeter
Mrs. Schwandt
Smith
Ledbeter
Schwandt
Mrs Carroll to preside at Chautauqua reception
Des Moines July 1 Mrs B F Carroll wife of Governor Carroll will preside at the reception the Midland Chautauquans will tender to Rev Dr Robert S MacArthur and Dr Kenneth Bruce Friday afternoon at the Chautauqua grounds in the state fair ground enclosure.
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Iowa
Des Moines Chautauqua
Des Moines
B. F. Carroll
Carroll
Midland Chautauquans
Robert S., MacArthur
Kenneth Bruce
State Fair Ground
Buried Husband Found Alive in Canada Claim Moves
In Dubuque a wife and friends identified a body exhumed from a raft slough as Robert Pegel. A $1,000 Woodmen of the World policy was allowed, and a check was to be issued. Mrs Pegel then received a Canada dated letter from her husband claiming he is alive and working there.
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Dubuque
Robert Pegel
Woodmen of the World
Pegel
Canada
WEEDING OUT IN THE NAVY
Twenty three navy officer vacancies occurred this fiscal year ending today. Seventeen more must retire to meet the law requiring forty annually above junior lieutenant. Five rear admirals, the plucking board, will meet next Friday to select those to retire.
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Washington, D. C
United States Navy
Winthrop
Plucking board headed by Sperry may operate Friday
If the seventeen quota is not met, a plucking board under Rear Admiral Sperry will convene on Friday. All officers retire with the rank next higher. Those with back pains or kidney bladder symptoms are urged to try DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills, with free trial offers to those who send their names to E C DeWitt & Co Chicago. sold locally by Frank S Shriner.
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Sperry
DeWitt
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Frank S. Shriner
Ohio ice plant owner dies from cold shock
Morris Grosh aged 48 owner of an ice plant in Lockland Ohio was killed by a sudden interior chill after working outside in the sun. The drastic temperature drop within the building caused him to freeze to death late yesterday.
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Old Sol
Ohio
Cincinnati
Morris Grosh
Lockland
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve Ad
A historic ad urges asking for DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve with emphasis on originality and usefulness for piles. Sold by Prank S. Shriner.
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DeWitt
Prank S
Iowa Advances in Banking Deposits Rise Since 1908
Des Moines reports from the Iowa state banking department show deposits in 620 savings banks 263 state banks and fifteen trust companies totaling 225 155 164 61 at May 18 1909. Gold silver and currency on hand total 8 355 800 65. Deposits have risen by 27 227 860 72 since May 14 1908.
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State Banking Department
Des Moines
Iowa State Banking Department
Trust Companies
Iowa
Carrie Nation in Wreck Near Independence
Carrie Nation's trip to speak in West Union was disrupted when a special train she rode derailed near Independence. The engine left the rails at speed. Nation was shaken but not seriously injured.
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Carrie Nation
Des Moines
West Union
Cedar Rapids
Independence
Fourteen Families Escape Fire in Cincinnati Tenement
A four story Cincinnati tenement housed fourteen families of men women and children who were nearly burned to death as police and fire crews conducted multiple rescues. The blaze is linked to a suspected arsonist seen exiting the basement, marking the thirty first incendiary fire in six months with minimal reported losses.
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Cincinnati
Subscribe for The Tribune One Dollar Per Year
A brief notice inviting readers to subscribe to The Tribune at a annual rate of one dollar. The item emphasizes affordability and direct access to the newspaper.
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