Bateman visit amid illness and local notes from Hawk Township
County news records visits by Mrs Elmer Bateman of Dakota and Ed Raines amid p T Raines illness. News mentions birth of a baby girl in Central City, a stroke, and a fatal dog incident. Community updates include school class party, teachers praised, and residents planning moves and social events.
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Ck Hawk Township
Elmer Bateman
Dakota
Witter
Ed Raines
P. T. Raines
Up” West
Central City
Funeral notices and local happenings from Libertyville
In Libertyville and nearby, a private funeral was held for a child who died of croup, with interment at Fell cemetery. The week’s events include church sermons, school activities, local visits, an accident near a scaffold, and preparations for a Libertyville program at the Presbyterian church featuring music and a graveside service for veterans.
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Ertyville
Van
Barlard
Fell
Manninghillicothe
Iowa
Orlie Yost
W. Peebler
J. Ora Peebler
Jaldine Roberts
Leando
S. K. Davis
Will Hill
Hn Wilson
Des Moines
R. Biddle
R Field
R. B. Stephenson
Birthday Club
Felicia Fry
Fairfield
Libertyville
Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove News Weathers Wet Week and School Term
Elm Grove reports heavy rains delaying fieldwork with corn to plant at Grove. Miss Edith Halferty completed a successful school term and will teach next in Glasgow. Mrs. Maggie Burke of Ipswich is visiting for a funeral and a few weeks with friends before returning home. Several locals, including James Wilson from Batavia and J W Wilson's relatives, hosted visitors and gatherings at Halleck Wilson and C D M Rains homes.
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Elm Grove
Edith Halferty
Iss Halferty
Glasgow
Maggie Burke
Ipswich
S. Ak
Libertyville
Urke
James Wilson
Batavia
Hursday
J. W. Wilon
Memorial Services and School Closing at Packwood
Packwood residents attended Memorial Tries at the M E church with W C Harris visiting Pekin recently. The Christian church members planned a surprise for their pastor and his wife Asbell. The local school year closed last week led by the teacher of the district.
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Packwood
M. E
W. C. Harris
Pekin
The
Christian Church
Asbell
Stockport Notes Weather and Local Happenings
Rainy warm weather boosts vegetation across Stockport Iowa with weeds growing fast. Mae Johnston and Kenneth Harlan remain ill. Elmer Mort’s home hosts George Teal of Utica and Sam Whitaker tends a sore hand from the elevator incident. John Alvey nurses a mashed hand from the foundry. Local visits include George Smith and wife with E. C. Mendenhall’s family.
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Stockport
Iowa
Mae Johnston
Kenneth Harlan
George Teal
Utica
Elmer Mort
Sam Whitaker
John Alvey
George Smith
E. C. Mendenhall
Andy Vance
Ruth Pete
Brooklyn
A. R. Hiatt
Grace McCaw
Winfield
D. K. McCaw
R. A. Workman
Leigh
Alice Slaughter
J. H. McCarty
Ottumwa
W. S. Haney
Cantril
John Arnold
Chicago
Rainy days slow Glendale corn planting and local notices
In Glendale Iowa on May 25 showers hinder corn planting. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. John Bates of Ottawa Illinois visiting daughter Mrs. Marion Davis. A Sunday school convention at Round Prairie Baptist church scheduled for June 7 with program details and speakers listed.
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Glendale
John Bates
Ottawa
Marion Davis
Mary Heaton
Edward
Indianola
Zelta
Daniel Graber
Isaac Maxwell
Wm. Logsden
Peter Graber
Des Moines
Ray Maxwell
Marshall Chilcott
Fairfield
Round Prairie Baptist Church
Curtis Lee
W. O. Pool
E. D. Y. Culbertson
347 Graduates at Iowa University Next Month
Iowa City will graduate 347 students in May. The liberal arts college accounts for 109 graduates, with 42 in medicine, 9 in homeopathic medicine, 22 in the graduate college, 21 in engineering, 56 in dentistry, 50 in law, 9 in pharmacy, and 19 in the nurse training school.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa University
College of Liberal Arts
Prairie schooner wagon arrives at Des Moines museum
The State Historical Society acquires a Conestoga wagon from Boonesboro Iowa. The rare wagon, over eighty years old, was hauled by flatcar and drawn by horses to the new historical building. It was procured from Montgomery Bros and traces to Clifton Ford Virginia in 1904.
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State Historical Society
Des Moines
Iowa
Pennsylvania
The
Historical Society
Boonesboro
Northwestern
Historical Department
Aldrich
Montgomery Bros
Clifton Ford
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Farmers Faced Ban On Economy Cream Separator
In Ida Grove Ida county sixty to seventy farmers received a circuit court notice declaring the Economy cream separator from Sears Roebuck Co infringing and barred from use. Lawyers advised breaking up old units selling for scrap and buying new ones. The mail order firm is halted from manufacturing or selling any more separators and must disclose past sales. The Vermont make was the source of the infringement.
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Ida Grove
Ida County
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Vermont
Coon Rapids
Drowned Boy Adams Dies In Iowa Pond Accident
In Pella Iowa on May 21 14 year old Reuben Adams drowned while swimming with companions. He cried for help as cramps and depth overwhelmed him. his body was recovered thirty minutes later after failed resuscitation efforts. Adams was well known as the son of Mrs Adams matron of Cotton Hall at Central University.
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Pella
Iowa
Reuben Adams
Adams
Cotton Hall
Central University
Boy Held on Serious Charge in Iowa
Raymond Houston was arraigned in Ottumwa police court on assault and battery against Leroy Daley. The defendant, a boy about thirteen or fourteen, pled not guilty and a hearing is set for 9 o clock Saturday morning. The charge alleges Houston struck Daley about the face and head with a baseball bat.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Raymond Houston
Leroy Daley
Milton Quote Inspires Living Well Over Time
A reflective English verse excerpt urges valuing daily life over the span of years or fear of death. It frames living well as the ultimate aim permitted by heaven, echoing moral virtue.
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Milton
George W Phelps Dies in Fairfield at 76
George W Phelps longtime Fairfield resident dies Sunday at 6 30 am after three years of poor health and months of helplessness He aged 76 born near Cincinnati moved to Fairfield in 1858 worked in lumber, furniture, groceries and served as U S internal revenue collector for Jefferson county His widow Permelia Leggett died years ago He survived by daughter Cora and sons Charles C Omaha and Frank W Fairfield funeral at West Adams home Wednesday 2 30 pm with Rev Pearse Pinch Evergreen Cemetery
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George W. Phelps
Fairfield
Ohio
Cincinnati
Hunt Building
David Acheson
U. S. Internal Revenue
Jefferson County
Leggett
C. E. Stubbs
French Draft Horse Association
Fairfifield
Permelia Leggett
Cora
Charles C
Omaha
Frank W
Phelps
West Adams Street
Pearse Pinch
Congregational Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Rich gold strike in an Iowa well
Burlington reports a six foot rock ledge in an artesian well yielded gold flakes. Assay in Denver shows $65.50 per ton, a phenomenal figure. Deciding on development steps is still pending.
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Iowa
Burlington
Denver
Colo
Mason City Mother Recovers From Accidental Shot
Mrs C A Hall of Mason City Iowa who was seriously wounded by a revolver shot fired by her 4 year old son while playing with the weapon has recovered enough to be moved from the hospital to her home.
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Mason City
Iowa
C. A. Hall
Revive Childhood Love. Thurston-W Turner marriage in Tulare
Sioux City Iowa reports the marriage of Mrs. Joanna Thurston to J L Turner of Tulare California at Tulare. Thurston a longtime Sioux City police matron recently replaced by Mrs. William Roberts. They were childhood friends who reconnected in California last year. Turner is a prominent Tulare businessman.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Joanna Thurston
J. L. Turner
Tulare
Cal
Thurston
William Roberts
Turner
Stone throwing contests draw prizes in Swiss regions
In parts of Switzerland stone throwing contests are held with handsome prizes for the farthest throw. The tradition attracts local participants and spectators who watch the competition for sport and entertainment.
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Switzerland
Missouri Straw Berries Arrive Fresh Daily at Market
Fresh Missouri strawberries arrive daily for easy purchase. Vendors advertise reliable supply and consistent quality for customers seeking ripe berries.
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Missouri
Conventions and the shift from caucus to national nominating
The article traces how presidential nominations moved from a house and senate caucus system to national conventions. It notes 1884 caucus failure over Crawford, the 1828 Democratic and 1844 Whig conventions in Baltimore, and the 1835 two thirds rule by Romulus Saunders. It concludes conventions are heirs of those early nominating meetings.
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House
Senate
Martin van Buren
William H. Crawford
Georgia
Crawford
Clay
Calhoun
Jackson
John Quincy Adams
Adams
Baltimore
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson
van Buren
Polk
Romulus M. Saunders
Metropolitan Magazine
The Philosopher of Folly Says Light Talk
A quip about wine and coffee frames a playful aside by the Philosopher of Folly. He jokes that wine is a mocker and coffee may be a Java while insisting the remarks are not meaningful.
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Philosopher of Folly
Kiss Your Uncle John Then Wash Your Face
An infant’s mother, agitated by a sudden rich relative, instructs Willie to kiss his Uncle John and then promptly wash his face, signaling a mix of emotion and social ceremony in a domestic moment.
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Willie
John
Be Faithful. Fidelity is seven tenths of business success
A quotation attributed to Parton emphasizes fidelity as a cornerstone of business success. The line frames honesty and reliability as essential traits for enduring enterprise.
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Fidelity
Parton
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Blackhawk
Eph Knight
Black Hawk
Ray Nelson
Nate Thomas
C. C. Davis
Brighton
McNiel
Ruth Ga
Lusic
Chas, Leggett
Netery
Marshall Dr.phenson
Grove
Jake Shanstrom
Halleck Wilson
George Chlief
Ike Shanstrom
Vester
Henry Park
J. W. Wilson Ome
Alva
Rex Rains
C.D
A. J. Harper
Oscar Johnson
Burdine
Albert Peterson
Belle Hutton
Leonard Whittaker
C. R. Workman
H. Heaton
B. G. Higley
East Side Square
Babe
Wizard
Maddox & Maxwell, Grocers
South Side
Hufstedler & Baker
the Schacht Mfg. Co
Cincinnati, O
Campbell & Earl
Schacht
Moline Automobile
Moline
Campbell
Ney
A.W. Chase’s Medicine Co
Butaien Y
Thoma’s Pharmacy
Fairfield Tribune
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