County Correspondence Plans News Network Across Counties
The Tribune invites correspondents in Jefferson and nearby counties and urges reader recommendations for unrepresented sections. Contributors should sign with full address. Also reports: Merrimac Saturday night event, Chas Haifley with blood poison in a hand improving under Dr. Terry, and Henry Shuppy with Estrus Norton transporting hogs to Wayland at $7.50 last week.
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Jefferson
Tribune
Merrimac
Chas. Haifley
Terry
Henry Shuppy
Estrus Norton
Wayland
Local Social Notes from Libertyville July Meeting Highlights
Miss Isa belle Bishop returns from Rock Island visits and extended family guests travel from Glasgow Fairfield Eldon Leon Wichita and Eldon. Births include two babies to Hill Eyestone. Social events feature B B club lunch at Swanson home and Epworth League social at Heston's lawn with the Presbyterian ladies hosting a gathering.
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Libertyville
Isabelle Bishop
Rock Island
Lillie Metz
Glasgow
Scovell
John Fry
Fairfield
Ray Loehr
C. Vaught
Will Hurst
Frank Hurst
Lizzie Bitz
Leon
Ida Roberts
Machlin
Chicago
Mary Bennett
Pleasant
Lou Kitterman
Wichita
Kans
W. G. Allison
Hewettson
Geo. Paine
Eldon
S. C. Ross
Frank Dustin
Justin Baldwin
The
Presbyterian Church
Youman
Epworth League
P. H. Heston
Walnut Two Wedding Sees Miss Kregoski Wed to Mr Gerok
In Walnut Two on July 17 Miss Josie Kregoski wed John Gerok at nine o clock in the Polish Catholic church. Reception followed at the bride’s home. Miss Florence Kasowski and Miss Gertie Kasowski attended from Fairfield. Mary Gelski of Chicago visiting. Farmers busy cutting grain. Mrs. Peter Symanski visited Frank Crish.
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Walnut Two
Josie Kregoski
John Gerok
Mary Gelski
Chicago
Thos, Gelski
Peter Symanski
Frank Crish
Florence
Gertie Kasowski
Fairfield
Grain Harvest Advances In Glendale Last Week
Glendale notes report rapid progress in harvesting with most grain to be cut and hay nearly stored. Captain Emil Johnson visited family. Laura Ross and Elizabeth Whitney visited Heaton home. Charles Halston and family visited Bert Howard. Gust Carlson of Ottumwa toured M Damm. Mrs A L Anderson visited Rome parents. M Damm shipped one car of cattle to Ottumwa.
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Glendale
Emil Johnson
Laura Ross
Elizabeth Whitney
Heaton
Charles Halston
Bert Howard
Gust Carlson
Ottumwa
M. Damm
Georgia Anson's Daughter Returns From the West
Mrs. ton reports Georgia Anson has returned from the western trip Monday evening.
Black Hawk Township S S Convention Sets 1909 Program
The Black Hawk Township S S convention lists a full Sunday program led by Linneus McCracken and others. Sessions begin 9:30 a.m. withWelcome address, depart ment secretary talks, recitations, and songs followed by reports, committee appointments, and a basket dinner noon.
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Linneus McCracken
Joseph Sopher
Ira Greeson
Woolson School
C. F E. Ward
Margaret Clark
Pleasant Grove
Orlando Hobson
J. W. Shaw
Woolson
Gladys Scott
Packwood Social Notes and Local Visits
Packwood residents work in hay and oats harvest this week. A band concert drew many neighbors last Saturday. Miss Bertha Loomis and Miss Ethel Clevenger visited relatives and friends in country settings. Isaac Webb and son I O Webb traveled to Richland. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nelson visited Hedrick. Henry Mitchell of Montana plans a future visit.
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Packwood
Bertha Loomis
Ethel Clevenger
A. Ramsey
Agency
L. O. Sharaden
Ioha
I. Dysart
Henry Mitchell
Montana
Isaac Webb
I. O. Webb
Richland
Joseph Nelson
Hedrick
Beckwith Social News And Local Notes
Beckwith notes record Hugh Sands and wife visiting Mr. Hoskin s home on Sunday Miss Beauhla Root entertained Fairfield visitors Grace Lane of Fairfield visited the Lotridge home Mrs Lotridge remains ill Miss Hoskins from Kansas visited a cousin Mrs Hugh Sands G R Davis buys a new auto Elmer s team ran away in a cornfield after a fast auto ride Elmer was thrown out first Ben Leathers of Fairfield visited Dallas Green last week
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Elmer
Ben Leathers
Fairfield
Dallas Green
Local Happenings in Blackhawk and Nearby Areas
Mrs. Sam Leathers on the sick list. Sewing Circle meets Wednesday with Mrs. Krumholtz. Lawrence Fisher completed a new barn with a fine appearance. Mrs. John Leathers' sister Mrs. Jess Leather had an operation. Speedy recovery hoped. Will Fickel and family Sundayed with Ed Liblin south of Fairfield. Ed Raines, Robert King, J. E. Prince and families visited parental homes at Beckwith.
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Blackhawk Two
Sam Leathers
Krumholtz
Lawrence Fisher
John Leathers
Jess Leather
Will Fickel
Ed Liblin
Fairfield
Ed Raines
Robert King
J. E. Prince
Beckwith
Eldon Notes on Flood Damage and Local News
High waters caused damage to low-lying farms around Eldon Iowa. Dr. Sawyer made a professional call on Wednesday. Residents from Eldon attended the Douds Leando celebration and reported a good time. Mrs Eli Lewis and children from Ottumwa visited relatives in Eldon and Pittsburg. Evert Sumner did business in Eldon this week. Ransom Sickles plans to move his family to Ottumwa where he is employed. Jacob Schlotter of White Elm visited Eldon on Wednesday. Those sick are reported improving.
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Eldon
Sawyer
Douds-Leando
Eli Lewis
Ottumwa
Pittsburg
Evert Sumner
Ransom Sickles
Jacob Schlotter
White Elm
Glasgow Items Notice Sharp Fairfield Visitors
Glasgow July 14 remarks that Mr and Mrs Whitaker visited Fairfield shoppers Tuesday. Floyd Goodman, Fair Department Store employee, is home for a brief vacation. Mr and Mrs Elmer Sharp and child Roy visit Andrew Sharp in Fairfield. Miss Minnie Sharp returns from a two month stay in Burling.
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Glasgow
Whitaker
Fairfield
Floyd Goodman
The
Fair Department Store
Elmer Sharp
Roy
Andrew Sharp
Minnie Sharp
Burling
Merrimac Farm Notes Bright Weather and Brief Illnesses
Merrimac Iowa reports a week of good weather with grain mostly cut and hay work underway. Peter Lyons is very ill. Mina Norton shows appendicitis but improving. Henry Hinkle sought medical help. two Hinkle daughters recovered from malarial fever. The W O W lodge plans a platform dance and ice cream supper next.
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Merrimac
Peter Lyons
Mina Norton
Henry Hinkle
College Exhibit At State Fair Surprises Iowa Visitors
The Agricultural college at Ames will occupy a large building at the Iowa State Fair with a busy domestic science display. A lecture room with raised seating, hands on lessons for girls, and daily demonstrations cover cooking, nursing, and housekeeping. Extensions include fertility, livestock, horticulture, silos, soil maps, dairy equipment, and crop samples. The exhibit showcases college work and experiment station investigations, highlighting farm progress for both grain and dairy farmers and appealing to women and girls.
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The
Agricultural College At
Ames
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural College
Hill Sees Prosperity After Tariff Fix, Taft's Caller Says
Railroad magnate James J. Hill predicts national prosperity will rise once tariffs are settled. He notes strong western farming, abundant crops, and improving freight car availability, stating idle cars have hurt the industry but will soon be filled with freight.
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Washington
James J. Hill
Taft
McKinley
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Highlighted
Promoters tout DeWitts Little Early Risers as the best liver pills. The small gentle pills are easy to take and are advertised as acting promptly. Sold at Frank S. Shriner’s drug store.
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DeWitts
Frank S. Shriner
Five Errol wreck survivors reach Sydney after cannibalism fears
Five members of the Errol crew, wrecked on Middleton's reef June 18, reach Sydney aboard the Tafua. They describe starvation, the will to endure, and the despair as shipmates faced hunger. Captain Swan son recalls the grim voyage and the captain’s family survived on shore. The Norwegian consul arranges aid while a Catholic education fund plans expansion.
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Sydney
Errol
Middleton’s Reef
Chimbo
Newcastle
Australasia
Middleton
Sven Swanson
Tafua
Sees Mother Grow Young Through Electric Bitters
Mrs W L Gilpatrick of Dan forth Maine praises Electric Bitters saying her 70 plus mother grew younger after 20 years of dyspepsia. She cites relief from dyspepsia and sleeplessness as doctors gave up. The tonic supposedly aids liver and kidney function and restores appetite. Available at F S Shriner’s. Jul
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W. L. Gilpatrick
Danforth
F. S. Shriner
S. Jul
Catholics Urge Action on Education Drive
At the Catholic Educational association convention in Boston the body adopted resolutions urging all Catholics to assist in spreading education. The delegates called for broad Catholic involvement and support for educational initiatives across the church and communities.
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Catholic Educational Association
United States
Boston
Mass
Perry Man Arrested for Assault on Deaf and Dumb Girl
Walter Veersted, 36, jailed in Perry Iowa on charges of criminal assault against Hazel Davis, 20, a deaf and dumb resident. He fled to a barn after the 5 PM attack and hid until about 8 PM. officers and citizens pursued him for three hours. Miss Davis, of widow Mrs. R. J. Davis, is regarded as well respected. Veersted had lived in Perry four months and had been courting Miss Davis. No mob action occurred despite strong threats.
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Perry
Walter Veersted
Hazel Davis
Veersted
Miss Davis
R. J. Davis
Bowel Remedy Cures Infant Cholera Result in Va Child
Six month old daughter of FE N Dewey of Agnewville Va recovered from cholera infantum after taking Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad notes the medicine's success in bowel complaints in children and praises its plain directions and palatable dosage when mixed with water and sugar. Sold by I W Jericho & Co. Jul
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FE. N. Dewey
Agnewville
Chamberlain
I. W. Jericho & Co
Cedar Falls Boy Killed by Hay Fork Incident
Cedar Falls July 17 a 5 year old boy, son of Cyrenus Hansen, was instantly killed three miles west of the city when a hay mowing pulley broke. A grappling iron struck the child as he played nearby.
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Cedar Falls
Cyrenus Hansen
Cars Kill Muscatine Boy Seized by Moving Freight
Jimmie Allison aged six was fatally injured in Muscatine Iowa when he slipped climbing a slowly moving freight train. His left leg was amputated at the thigh and he died hours later at Bellevue hospital from internal injuries.
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Jimmie Allison
Muscatine
Flo
Bellevue Hospital
Two sisters drown in Sioux River boat capsizing
In Sioux Falls, on July 17, Mabel Meisenhelder aged 23 and Pearl Meisenhelder aged 20 drowned when their boat capsized during a river outing. Their escort, John Roth, narrowly escaped.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Mabel
Pearl Meisenhelder
Sioux River
John Roth
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Thief Returns Ring After Beneke Want Ad
Ford A. Beneke's notice in a St Louis paper prompted a daylight burglar who stole Mrs. Beneke's $700 of jewelry to return a plain gold wedding band. The note from the burglar, signed The Daylight Marauder, says more jewels may be negotiated for. Ford A. Beneke seeks rest of the jewelry or a possible job offer in negotiations.
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PF. A
Mr. Beneke
P. S
Beneke
Ford A. Beneke
Flora Boulevard
Chestnut Street
Glenwood issues first minor smoking case under new law
In Glenwood Iowa Deputy Estes arrested Otto Anderson for smoking cigarettes in public by a minor. Squire Edwards imposed the minimum fine which was paid. The statute allows a maximum of $20 or three days in jail per offense and targets anyone under 21 without a guardian for arrest if found smoking or in possession of cigarettes.
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Glenwood
Estes
Otto Anderson
Squire Edwards
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