Arrest for Cruelty to Child at Local Trial
W J N Mathews was arrested for cruel and inhuman treatment of his youngest son Chas. He pleaded guilty before Justice Stinson and was fined ten dollars plus costs. The boy was removed to the poor farm for care. Neighbors say long abuse continued, with multiple injuries and beaten teeth. Location cited as Chicago Depot near La Salle and Van Buren on the Elevated Loop. Date 15-21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. N. Mathews
Chas
Stinson
Mathews
Nickel Plate Dining Cars and Ticket Offers
Late road July 7 with August 8 end date, ticket depositing required. No excess fare on Nickel Plate trains. Cheap rates to eastern points. Three daily trains with vestibuled cars. Individual club meals priced 35¢ to $1.00. Also a la carte service and mid day luncheon. John Y. Cala an, General Agent, 113 Adams St, Chicago Ill, 298 for particulars. Chicago city ticket offices 111 Adams St and Auditorium Annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Iso
John Y. Calaan
Adams St
Chicago
Ill
Particuars
Affordable Burlington Route Summer Rail Offer to Colorado
A travel notice promotes a $19.80 round trip by Burlington Route to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo with flexible start dates June 30 to July 4 and return by July 14 or extended to August 8 for 25 cents. Services include Standard and Tourist sleeping cars, chair cars, and coaches. Colorado is described as a great roomy cool playground to enjoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Burlington
Colorado
Nickel Plate reduced rail fares to Buffalo and eastern points
Special returning fares from Chicago to Buffalo and other eastern stops aboard Nickel Plate trains with frequent daily service. Tickets valid through August 4 with deposits and stopovers at Chautauqua Lake areas. Dining cars offer American Club Meal Plan meals 35 cents to $1.00, no excess fare. Contacts: John Y. Calahan, Chicago office, 113 Adams St., Room 298. Chica go depot at Van Buren and La Salle. 15-31. The fellow who keeps his troubles to himself has learned the secret of popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
Chautauqua Lake
Ft. Wayne
Cleveland
Erie
John Y. Calahan
Adams St
Ill
van Buren and
la Salle Sts
Numerous travel visits and guests noted in Ottumwa region
Local society items list residents traveling to Chicago Des Moines and other cities visiting relatives and friends. Names include Miss Bessie Gaumer Rev H C Littleton Mrs Weaver and five daughters and many others with trips to Lincoln Neb Des Moines Ottumwa Kansas City and Madison Wis.
June Weddings At Davis Home And Other Fairfield Marriages
A June wedding at the Davis home near Selma united Lillian Davis and Clarence C. Stanford under a blush rose arch with Rev. Springer officiating. The couple reside on East Briggs street, Fairfield, Iowa, and hosted a reception and wedding gifts followed by a feast. Lulu Chatterton wed Harold Hiatt at the Chatterton residence with a candlelit supper for about thirty guests. A. E. Buttery and Ethel Jenkins were married at the M. E. parsonage with Rev. Osborne officiating and then departed for their northern home amid best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Davis
Selma
Lillian
Clarence C. Stanford
Springer
Libertyville
Miss B. Groff
Bert Davis
East Briggs Street
Fairfield
Iowa
Mrs. Hiatt
Mrs. Chatterton
M. E. Parsonage
Osborne
A. E. Buttery
Morris, N
Ethel Jenkins
Round Prairie Township
New Lot Ladies Wash Silk Waists and Wash Goods
Warm weather dress goods advertised with second purchase prices lower than earlier season. Features ladies wash silks and white waists, new lace hose styles, lawn kimonos, warm weather shoes including oxfords for men and women, barefoot sandals for children and teens. Stores invite shoppers with bargains.
Fatal gasoline explosion kills Miss Mary Bogner
Miss Mary Bogner living with Mrs. Alice Booker was fatally burned in a gasoline stove explosion while preparing for a holiday. She ran from the kitchen in flames, neighbors extinguished the fire, she died that evening at Burlington hospital. Funeral held near Lockridge after a Saturday service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bogner
Alice Booker
Miss Bogner
Lockridge
Sunday School Convention at Round Prairie Baptist Church
A Sunday school convention is set for Sunday June 25 at Round Prairie Baptist Church. Morning session features C R Workman as superintendent with talks by Joel D Bates and Glasgow Round Prairie Sunday schools, a basket dinner. Afternoon program includes Rev J S Decker on teacher character, Mrs Wm Parsons on benefits, Rev J Lee on church relations, Miss Ella M Short and others on what they learned at the state convention, followed by reports and officer elections. REV COMBS R WORKMAN, H HEATON, Sec. Pres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Prairie Baptist Church
C. R. Workman
Joel D. Bates
Glasgow
Round Prairie
J. S. Decker
Wm. Parsons
Rev
J. Lee
Ella M. Short
T. B. Short
Combs R. Workman
H. Heaton
Fourth of July Nickel Plate round trip tickets offer
One fare for the round trip plus twenty five cents from Chicago on July 1 2 3 and 4 to any Nickel Plate Road destination. Return limit July 5. Tickets sold at Chicago Depot La Salle and Van Buren Sts City Ticket Offices 111 Adams St and Auditorium Annex 15 21
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago Depot
la Salle and
van Buren Sts
Adams St
Auditorium Annex
Jefferson County Normal Opens With Large Enrollment
The Jefferson County Normal opened Monday with enrollment near two hundred. County Superintendent Anna White resumes management as the six day session runs all day. Prof Ira Howerth of Chicago University lectures each afternoon in the Franklin building assembly room. teachers and professors are enthusiastic about six days of work. Read aloud are numerous student names from Libertyville Fairfield Batavia Pleasant Plain and nearby towns marking a broad regional intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Normal
County Normal
Anna White
Ira Howerth
Chicago University
Franklin Building
Bargain Center Prices On Everyday Staples In Fairfield
A scramble of low prices lists jelly glasses tin lids glass tumblers cups and saucers plus steamers pans and kitchenware. Shoppers are urged to visit the Bargain Center in Fairfield with many names appearing as regular customers and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavasan
Leeson
Anna
Cron Pichop Onic
Excursion to Ft Madison draws 236 riders
The Ladies' Improvement association organized a river trip to Ft Madison aboard the chartered steamer Columbia. 236 tickets sold, leaving Burlington at 8:30 a.m. and returning by 6:45 p.m. The party visited the penitentiary and other sights, with meals on board and a 9:30 special train home. The event raised about $60 for the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Madison
Columbia
Burlington
Penitentiary
Ladies’ Improvement Association
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Roth & CO
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Bessie Gaumer
Prairie City, Ill
Rollie
Chas. Heer
Kate Tappert
Centerville, Ta
Rey
Pearse Pinch
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Roy Sidmore
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J. W. Wright
Nellie Boyd
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Jno. Loehr
Ray Baker
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H. C. Littleton
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Anna Windett
What Cheer
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P. H. Fisher
Ray
Lena
Oklahoma
Texas
Margaret Black
la Fayette
Ind
P. E. Boesen
Atchison, Kans
Carl Moburg
Ottumwa
Stephen Thoma
Prosser
Washington
W. C. Isham
Burlington, Vermont
C. H. Gage
Mrs
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Iowa City
Caroline Gibson
Brighton
Nat Howard
West Point Military Academy
E. A. Howard
City
Nellie Cook
Lincoln
Neb
Lonia Graham
Bloomfield
Gertie Graham
Emma Jaegar
Bloomington
Charlotte Stevenson
Mrs. Baggs
Daisy Wallick
Madison
Wisconsin
Mrs. A. Messenger
Julia Brice
Mabel Buedel
Charles Carter
Edwin C. Bock
E. R. Norvell
York, Neb
J. K. van Nostrand
Elsa and
Ella Gittinger
Melrose, Ia
Miss Mahon
Ed. McClelland
Milo
I. N. Moore
Woodstown
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Mahon
Walter Louden
Kansas City
J. G. Browning
Milwaukee Road
Roy McKee
Milwaukee
Grace Hisel
Mabel Russell Castile
Grand Junction
Colo
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A. M. Pace
Mt. Pleasant
Thos. Osborne
J. W. Fulton, Jr
Portland
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Mark M. Baker
Earl Russell
R. R. Co
Red Oak
J. S. McKenney
J. C. Thorne
H. C. Stevenson
Jones-Hovey Company
Stevenson
Cass County Democrat
Atlantic
C. E. George
Greeley
Iris Coykendall
Denver Colp
Mrs. C. W. Coykendall
Kay Young
Z. J. Rives
Litchfield, Nl
C.W. Wade
Anna Harris
W. H. Neibert
Shippensburg, Pa
Mary Harris
Glenn
Oklahoma City
O. T
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Ames, Ia
F. K. Wallick
Mechanicsville
M. C. Wallick
P. J. Wallman
Corydon, Ia
The
Interstate Telephone Association
Marshal Clapp
S. J. Clapp
Thos. Wells
Our City
Gail Hunt
Minton
Peoria
Glen Farrel
Dick Leggett
Davis-Stanford
Jenkins
Buttery
McEtany
Emma Lewis
Alta Seovel
Jessie Conner
Mabel A. Moyer
Mary A. Stewart
Ida Mae Johnson
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May Green
Perlee
Paul Mowery
Abingdon
Louise E. Twinam
Airfield
Lottie Copeland
Batavia
Ethel M. Beall
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Bertha Verdyce
Nettie E. Morrison
Lavilla Copeland
Francis Black
M. Virginia Droz
Mabel du Bois
Ethel Linderson
Phiny C. McCrackin
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Nellie Smeaton
Lulu Sehmadka
Pleasa Plate
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Anna Lamansky
Zoe Ogden
Edward Ward
Frank M. Peck
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Nugent
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Jennie B. Pickard
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Emma Hadley
Packwood
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Girtha C. Stark
Martha Jones
Fairfield R. R
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Helen Waterman
Clay
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Mary Carter
William Julian
Harry KE. Macey
Mary Coffin
Estella S. Graber
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Jessie J. Baker
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Maud L. Sears
H. Harper Moyer, Jr
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Miss Davis
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Nellie Bates
Carrie Davis
Orin FE
Morrison
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Ruth Krumboltz
R. Ratt Hattie Orr
Clara Roberts
Yeo
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Verdie M. Green
Alta M
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