Real Estate Transfers June 1898 Fairfield and vicinity
Transfers list numerous deeds with buyers and sellers in Fairfield Batavia and surrounding townships. Notable entries include B F Black sheriff to Otto A David 100 acres Round Prairie for 2060 and F J Demarsh to F W Junkin 180 acres Penn township for 38900. other parcels span Locust Grove Round Prairie Liberty Cedar Buchanan and Walnut townships and Fairfield additions with varied sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Black
Otto A. David
Round Prairie
Sarah J. Chandler
Locust Grove Township
George Schmidtline
John Eggenbarger
Lockridge Township
Charles O. Swan
Daniel P. Blucher
Joel Hoskins
Jane E. Hoskins
Penn Township
F. J. Demarsh
F. W. Junkin
W. H. Mohr
Wm. H. George
John M. Castell
Buchanan
Michael E. Glotfelty
James Glotfelty
Liberty Township
W. J. McReynolds
George Cowes
Polk Township
A. J. Oberg
C. O. Swan
Hiram L. Rodabaugh
E. W. Warner
Fell Cemetery
Cemetery Association
Des Moines
C. Hintz
United States
David Hopkirk
Round Prairie Township
May M. Wilson
Henry C. Herrold
Cedar Township
Samuel H. Watkins
Barbara E. Canterbury
C. W. Whitham
Fairfield
Isaac Murphy
I. T. Flint
Chas. A. Herring
M. L. Campbell
C. W. Hoskins
Crumly
Pleasant Plain
Congregational Church of
Mary E. Barber
Fairfield Evergreen Cemetery Association
Samuel Thrash
Circle
Michael Franz
A. B. Scott
Reuben Harris
A. V. Beaman
Whitewood
Batavia
Kate M. Jones
I. D. Jones
Henry Koons
Edward Hillhouse
Whitewoods
Alpens
Albert
Pillars
Isaiah Messenger
Jenetta Garverich
Gage
M. A. McCord
Alice Wilson
Wm. Sehmudde
John W. Greenup
Nellie G. Tomlinson
M. A. McCoild
Whitwood
M. E. Church
Peter Nelson
Margaret Well
Emma C. Ross
Old Plat
Grain-O coffee substitute promises restful sleep
Grain-O offers a non stimulant grain based drink that mimics coffee in taste and aroma. It is marketed as nourishing and soothing suitable for nervous people children and young folks and allows a person to sleep well after a late cup. Packaged sold by grocers at 1l5 and 25c
Six per cent money offers from Rollin J Wilson
For six percent money on long or short time and up to forty percent of realty value, contact Rollin J Wilson and subscribe to The Tribune.
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Rollin J. Wilson
Local notes highlight health woes visits and events in Libertyville
July reports list Mrs. Martha Trout and Aunt Katie Manning ill, Mrs. Ella Pratt saved from a wrist artery cut, and a rainy forecast. Visitors include Mrs. Balsome and daughter from Ottumwa and Mrs. Ogden from Batavia. Socials and shows prompt local attendance, with dances, a Wreck of the Maine program, and a Mandolin Club ice cream social planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libertyville
Martha Trout
Dan Leppo
Ottumwa
Katie Manning
Ella Pratt
Balsome
F. Winn
Ogden
Batavia
W. C. Ogden
Smith
Cecil
Restarves
Birmingham
Nick Wilson
Eldon
Charles
Adam Wilson
Fairfield
Spain
Will Stansberry
Will Vaught
S. H. Watkins
Ames
Iowa
James Boyd
Markie Teeter
Bell Rodabaugh
Ohio
Bennett
Emma
Sammie Watkins
Mandolin Club
Grain and Market Prices Update Listed by Commodity
The report shows corn 23 to 26 cents per bushel, oats 15 to 18, rye 28 to 33, clover seed 2.25 to 2.50, wheat 55 to 60 cents, hay 5.00 to 6.50 per ton baled, live stock values for hogs cows and steers and others, butter 10 to 12 cents, eggs 7 to 8, potatoes 50 to 65, onions 0.65 to 1.00, cabbage 0.45 per dozen heads, peas 0.75 to 1.00, cucumbers 0.15 to 0.20 per dozen.
Hunger and Poverty In Italy Excerpt Reflections on Pellagra
A North American Review passage recalls pellagra’s lingering misery after famine. A Morita area woman once cured still showed anguish during talk and cried in dialect bread and wine are good but bread is good, illustrating starvation's lasting horror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morita
Italy
Mia Dario Papa
North American Review
Nursery gardener anecdote about anchovies in hothouse
A quotation from Household Work recounts Sir Walter Scott noting a gardener friend who could supply many anchovies yet kept them in the hothouse because he considered himself a delicate plant. The tale underscores his frugal, prudent approach to resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Walter Scott
Library of Congress Rank Among World Libraries
The Library of Congress ranks sixth globally in present contents. France holds first place, England second, then Russia, with Germany following through its libraries in Munich Berlin and Strassburg which are nearly equal to ours in Washington.
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Library of Congress
France
England
Russia
Germany
Munich
Berlin
Strassburg
Washington
Doings of Iowans. Death by Train in Hemeston
Hemeston stockman D. D. Hales ton was killed when struck by a stock train at Mendota. In Marshalltown, C. H. Holeck and James Stevens returned from Alaska after six months, expressing disgust with the Klondike venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemeston
D. D. Haleston
Mendota
Marshalltown
C. H. Holeck
James Stevens
H. L. Friend
Woman Horsewhips Man After Curse at Lemars
Mrs. L. R. Wasmer, a prominent local society figure, horsewhipped L. M. Caldwell for cursing her while intoxicated. Caldwell suffered a gash to the scalp and severe bruising in Lemars Iowa on July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemars
L. R. Wasmer
L. M. Caldwell
Crosby Nominated for Paris World’s Fair Commissioner
Des Moinis July 15 J O Crosby of Garnaville is a candidate for appointment by the president as a commissioner to the World's fair at Paris There are 11 of these commissioners Mr Crosby was chairman of the Iowa Columbian commission
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Crosby
Paris
Des Moinis
J. O. Crosby
Garnaville
Boy Killed by Showman in Creston
Traveling showman Robert Nolan fired into a crowd of boys at Talmage and killed Frank Newkirk. Nolan says the youths annoyed him and he fired to scare them. He was arrested without resistance and jailed at Creston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Robert Nolan
Talmage
Frank Newkirk
Nolan
Vifquain Receives Knife Gift From Irish-American Club
Lieutenant Colonel Vifquain was honored by the Irish-American Transmississippi club in Omana July 16, receiving a handsome sword for his role in the post Civil War raid upon Canada planned by the Fenians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vifquain
Omana
Transmississippi Club
Canada
Rural Postal Route Planned in Des Moines County
Roger H. Murphy of the post office department has outlined a rural mail delivery route in Des Moines county. The 24 mile circuit will cover 12 square miles and serve about 300 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burureton
Roger H. Murphy
Post Office Department
Des Moines
Snagging Boats Idle on Missouri River
Sioux City dispatch reports government snagging boats will be idle all summer due to lack of funds. The James B. McPherson and the Mandan, two premier snagging boats, will stay in the Sioux river throughout the season, halting Missouri river work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Missouri River
James B. McPherson
Mandan
Sioux River
No Rate Cutting Agreement Reached by Des Moines Railroads
Representatives of railroads centered in Des Moines announce no rate cutting and no passes to shippers. Signatories include Rock Island Burlington Northwestern Keokuk and Western Wabash Minneapolis and St Louis Des Moines Northern and Western and Great Western.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Burlington
Northwestern
Keokuk
Not an Insane Criminal in Iowa Says Prison Official
July 16 in Sasvuia Ia reports deny Chris Eckerlebe has gone insane. A letter from Z H Gurley deputy warden notes Eckerlebe was briefly in hospital with no proof of insanity. Doctors say he will soon return to work and cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sasvuia
Chris Eckerlebe
Mina Kiel
Z. H. Gurley
Eckerlebe
Foreclosure on Lake Bed Lands in Northern Iowa
Mortgage holder Nathan Schee foreclosed today on the bed of a large lake in Hamilton County, Iowa, former land of D A Kent professor at Iowa Agricultural College. Kent borrowed 22000 dollars on 11 000 acres. reclaiming the lake land proved too much, and the mortgage was foreclosed. Schee plans to press reclaiming efforts on the lake bottom. The lake sits in Hamilton County.
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Des Moines
Nathan Schee
Iowa
D. A. Kent
Iowa Agricultural College
Schee
Kent
Hamilton County
Express Companies Must Pay the Tax
In Orrumwa Iowa on July 16 United States Commissioner Hunter ruled that express companies must pay the 1 cent revenue tax attached to express receipts. He ordered the Adams Express cashier arrested on a tax violation to face the federal grand jury. District Attorney Miles led the government and lawyers for the company plan a habeas corpus request to Judge Woolson for timely ruling.
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Orrumwa
United States
Hunter
Adams Express Company
Grand
Miles
The
Express Company
Woolson
Failed Salary Rise Novel Iowa Legislative Case
Des Moines reports a quirky 1900s case where the last Iowa Legislature failed to raise the veterinary surgeon’s $8,000 appropriation after an act claimed to amend section 2536 by replacing three with five. The auditor notes the word three sits in the second line, meaning the appropriation remains $8,000, a peculiarly recorded outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Auditor of State
Tomorrow in a Child's Wakeful Dream
A mother pleads for prayers and dream filled nights while a son speaks of tomorrow till his last breath. An old man battles fever on his couch as a preacher notes penitent prayers are not vain. The unfinished "Tomorrow I'll ask" ends the tale of hope cut short.
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Finley Johnson
New York Ledger
For His Sake in London Home of Beauty Dalmaine
Colonel Travers Dalmaine reproaches his wife Beauty for her costly dress and social temptations while their son Chappie longs for his mother. Beauty leaves for a play but, moved by the child's pleas, returns to embrace motherhood. The couple reconcile in a tender farewell to the child.
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Colonel Dalmaine
Beauty
Travers Dalmaine
Chappie
Dalmaine
Fardle
Travers
Beauty Dalmaine
Sir Arthur
Arthur
Fardie
London
Arthur Maynard
Movah
Love
Charlie
Two Questions From Clarence Callipers
In a Pearsons Weekly excerpt, young Clarence asks his father two philosophic questions. The first ponders whether true wisdom lies in recognizing ignorance or in seeming to know all. The second imagines a world ending during a balloon ascent and asks where one would land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Clarence Callipers
Pearson's Weekly
Brooklyn Bridge: World’s Greatest Suspension Leader
The Brooklyn Bridge is described as the greatest suspension bridge with daily passenger leadership. Its overall length including approaches is 5 989 feet and the distance between towers is 980 feet. The structure weighs 6 470 tons and cost over 15 000 000 dollars. Bridge cars carry more than 45 000 000 people annually.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Dixon Seizes Rocking Chair On Wedding Trip
Dialogue from the Boston Transcript notes Dixon snatching a rocking chair before his wife can reach it and hints at his clever plan to appear on a wedding tour while securing the chair. Mrs Petter remarks, Dixon acts boldly, leaving others unsuspecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Petter
Dixon
Mr. Petter
Boston
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North Side
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Colorado
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Neb
Lamoille D. Co
LaMoille, Ill
Ball & Young
Raney & Simmons
Samuel Scott
Frances B. Houghton
D. N. Lyon
Curtis Houghton
Packwood
Mary Julian
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