Mission Women to Meet at Ottumwa Iowa
Ottumwa Iowa July 5 The Methodist Episcopal Church United Foreign Missionary Society will hold its third quarterly meeting in Ottumwa July 12 with about 300 members. Three returned missionaries Miss Fannie A Perkins Miss Lydia A Trimble and Dr Agnes Edmunds will speak on their fields in Burma Foochow China and Chungking China. Des Moines branch officers will attend. The program runs from 9:30 a m to 11 30 a m and 1 30 p m with devotionals reports lectures and addresses by the speakers and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Iowa
Methodist Episcopal Church In
Foreign Lands
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Fannie A. Perkins
Thandung
Burma
Lydia A. Trimble
Foochow
China
Agnes Edmunds
Chungking
Kansas City
W. H. Arnold
Des Moines
Estella Humphrey
Carroll
Flora S. Dudley
Indianola
Lydia Trimble
Kate E. Moss
George Irmscher
Manila
S. D
Jeanette Lewis
Mount Vernon
Mary Q. Evans
Maryville
M. H. Lichliter
St. Louis
F. S. Dudley
Ower S. Dow
Garner
Ella Pichereau
Fort Madison
M. T. Thompson
Bedford
Dow
Iowa Millionaire Adopts Daughter in Romantic Change
Los Angeles reports Mrs Elizabeth Murray Newman a widow living in a hotel becomes Miss Elizabeth Murray Coffin heiress of millions. She is to fund philanthropic efforts including an industrial farm and a women’s agricultural college in Iowa after being adopted by 89 year old Lorenzo S Coffin of Ft Dodge Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Coffin
Withal
Newman
Senator Murray
Iowa
University
Middle West
Coffin
Agricultural College
Los Angeles
Cal
Elizabeth Murray Newman
Elizabeth Murray Coffin
United States
Linby Sayings Bank Statement 1912 Iowa Lincoln County Jefferson
The statement of the Linby Sayings Bank of Lin- Yowa Jefferson County IA at close of business June 29 1912 shows assets total 34950.86 with bills bonds and cash 844.22 deposits 23795.97 real estate 1210.00 personal property 1914.00 and other items. Liabilities total 34950.86 including deposits 1401.21 and other liabilities with capital stock 10000.00 and surplus 13031.13. F. R. Gambell President swears the report true and correct before Notary William R. McVey on July 2 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linby Sayings Bank
Iowa
Lin- Yowa
Jefferson
Rational Bank
Tim Iwokesves
Jefferson County
F. R. Gambell
William R. McVey
R.E. Mowery
T. Kenyon
C. B. Ruggles
Three Drownings Highlight Need for Rescue Gear
Des Moines officials call for more rescue equipment after three drownings in 24 hours. Brothers John and William Gordon drowned in the Des Moines river at East Twenty Fourth Street, and 15 year old Arthur Kaldenburg died in the Racoon river at West 30th Street. Kaldenburg's body, recovered with grappling hooks, was found as his mother attended another funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John
William Gordon
East Twenty-Fourth Street
Arthur Kaldenburg
Racoon
West 30Th Street
Kaldenburg
Tunis Kaldenburg
West 13Th Street
Ernest
Thomas Johnson
West Eleventh Street
Racoon River
Frank Badgley
W. J. Mayer
Tom Cross
Kladenburg
David Shellenburg
Pella
Iowa
Peoria Tourist Dies After Auto Flips Into Ditch
Mrs. Wm. Scanlon of Peoria Illinois was killed when a car overturned near Decorah Iowa about fifteen miles north while heading to Mason City. Her husband escaped and tried to free her as the vehicle slid into a culvert. The accident occurred at a slow speed and rescue efforts arrived too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Decorah
Iowa
Wm. Scanlon
Mason City
Odd Fellows Dedicate Mason City Home Attracts State Lodges
Burlington Odd Fellows praise Mason City dedication of the order’s handsome home funded by Iowa lodges including Rebekahs. The event features music by Home Children and Home Orchestra, short addresses by H C Ring C W Paschal J F McGinty Lena Ring Stymest Stevenson and others. The Mason City orphans home is noted as established for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Burlington
Mason City
M. P. Shorts
Odd Fellows’ Home
Rebekahs
H. C. Ring
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
C. W. Paschal
Belle Plaine
J. F. McGinty
Knowlton
Lena T. Ring
Rebekah Assembly
Stymest Stevenson
Council Bluffs
Agnes Fitzpatrick Dies on Elks Special Train
Mrs. Agnes Fitzpatrick wife of Thomas Fitzpatrick of Dubuque Iowa member of the credentials committee at the Elk convention in Portland died suddenly last night near Harlowton Montana aboard the Elks special train from Dubuque to Portland The body will be sent to Dubuque
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Fitzpatrick
Dubuque, Iowa
Butte
Mont
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Dubuque
Iowa
Portland
Harlowton
Iowa Farmer William Reinhardt Murdered Near Webster City
William Reinhardt, a Webster City farmer, was shot in the back and killed tonight while driving to town. The shooter was concealed near a bridge and police have no clue to the identity of the slayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
William Reinhardt
Train Hits Automobile Near Packwood Sunday
Packwood Iowa July 8 a dangerous railroad crossing near the grain elevator nearly caused a tragedy Sunday evening when Fred Britton his wife and daughter and Miss Helen Burke were hit by an eastbound train. The car was carried twenty feet onto a side track yet all occupants were uninjured though the machine was badly damaged. The car belonged to J D Snider president of Southeastern Telephone Co and was driven by Fred Britton the line man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Britton
Helen Burke
Packwood
Fairfield
J. D. Snider
Southeastern Telephone Co
Paullina Men Poisoned by Wrong Jug In Car
Paullina IA July 7 two men Jacob Johan sen and Allie Jensen were injured after drinking from a jug containing lye in their automobile on the way home from Primghar. Found suffering in their car at 5 AM they received medical aid as doctors say stomach acids may have tempered the poison and they may still die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paullina
Jacob Johansen
Allie Jensen
Primghar
The Office Boy's Windfall
A misprint in the Washington Star turns a notice about poetry into a joke about poultry. The office boy profits briefly by selling daily scraps from the wastebasket to the junkman over two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Crestville
Junkman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lorenzo S. Coffin
Fort Dodge
America
State Railroad Commission
The
Iowan
Chicago
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition Party
United Christian Party
Lorenzo Coffin
George W. Mnkrich
George W. Merich
East Side Square
Fairfield, Iowa
Mace En
ODD
Spratt Stand
A. T. Brom
Spratt’s
Creolin
Higley & Gaumer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!