Good Roads Plan Prompts Monthly Trustee Meetings
Jefferson county trustees adopt new drag law funding six mills for roads and set monthly sessions. They require diligent road maintenance, weed control along fences, accountability for bridge or culvert failures, and expenditure of at least forty percent of the levy on main travel roads. Meetings move to the county courthouse with the first session set for the last Saturday of October.
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Jefferson County
Court House
No Life on Mars Says J. C. Busby
Independence Iowa astronomer John C Busby writes to The Capital declaring Mars a dead world with no signs of life. He estimates Mars was 35 million miles away on September 24 and argues a future voyage by Dr. Cook could reveal whether life exists there.
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Independence
Dr. Cook
John C. Bushby
Lona
Mars
Daily Capital
John C. Busby
Iowa
City race meet promises top speed with 100 riders
The forthcoming October race meet runs October 5 6 and 7 with over 100 entries and more than 100 horses. Organizers claim to replace the county fair with a clean honest program of speed tests and expect large crowds each day. Riders have recorded times from 2.07 and up and plans aim to curb fake racing for a trustworthy event.
Aldrich Center of Attention in Paris
Paris September 28 Senator Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island and Prof A P Andrew visiting Paris to gather material for the American Monetary commission report. They have dined with M Pallain governor of the Bank of France M Cochery minister of finance and leaders of major French credit institutions and held several interviews with financial experts.
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Paris
Nelson Aldrich
Rhode Island
A. P. Andrew
American Monetary Commission
M. Pallain
Bank of France
M. Cochery
Fairfield Modern Business College Offers Penmanship Classes
Business Penmanship instruction available at Fairfield Modern Business College in Fairfield Iowa. Classes cover penmanship fundamentals for individuals or groups with day and evening sessions offered.
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Fairfield Modern Business College
Fairfield
Iowa
Wedded Fifty Years in Jefferson County
The Cedar township couple Ephriam Stout and Angeline Miller celebrated their golden wedding on September 22, 1857, amid family neighbors and friends. The event recalled pioneer beginnings near Round Prairie and Glasgow with six children, eight granddaughters, thirteen grandsons, and one great grandson. A mantle clock was given as a main gift, and the couple remains active and devoted to family and community.
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Mrs. Stout
Cedar Township
Jefferson County
Ephriam Stout
Sangamon County
Illinois
George and
Phoebe Stout
Glasgow
Round Prairie Township
Ephriam
Thomas
Eliza (Moore) Miller
Cupid
Angeline
Heaton
Hiram
Mary Heaton
Ella
Warren Fry
Albert
William
Eliza
H. C. Pattison
Effie
W. M. McWhirter
Bertha
Adrian Frame
Arthur
P. H. Monfort
Jane Fiedler
Marshall Miller
John Miller
Stout
Fiedler
Loving
Cochran
Nerces
Grandpa
Grandma Stout
Fairfield Ordern College Adopts Mail and Personal Delivery
The school announces updated submission options for applications and correspondence. Students may deliver in person or mail documents to Fairfield Odern Business College.
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Fairfield Odern Business College
Old Settlers Day Parade Draws Large, Enthusiastic Crowd
A perfect weather day and a well executed program kept crowds large from morning until evening. The forenoon parade featured novel elements with Buchanan township notably well represented. No major incidents reported and a fuller parade recap with prize winners will follow next week.
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Old Settlers Day
Buchanan
Fierce Battles at University of Iowa Campus
Two interclass fights erupted on September 28 at the University of Iowa. Juniors clashed with freshmen in the College of Law near the old Capitol, while underclassmen in the College of Dentistry battled near the anatomy building despite faculty efforts. Several students were bruised, one, George Kellogg of Sioux City, was kicked over the heart and carried to his room.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
College of Law
Capitol
College of Dentistry
George Kellogg
Sioux City
Des Moines Expected to Hear Arctic Explorer Dr Cook
Des Moines organizers plan to invite Arctic explorer Dr Frederick A Cook to deliver a lecture under the Press club. A letter will be sent this week and a response awaited early next week. If he consents, the city will secure his talk and book the largest auditorium. The notice also mentions a misprint in a local farm sale ad, correcting price from 135 to 35 dollars per acre.
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Des Moines
Frederick A. Cook
Press Club of
Cook
North Pole
Soldiers & Sailors Elect Officers At Meeting
In the absence of Pres. J. F. Loehr Perry King led a business meeting. A committee for selecting new officers was named J. W. Shaffer Newton Williams A. A. Speilman. Officers chosen for the year include Pres Perry King VP Newton Williams Sec J. W. McLean Treas S. S. Crane. Vice presidents by township listed with names for Walnut Penn Black Hawk Polk Locust Grove Fairfield Buchanan Lockridge Roma Prairie Cedar Liberty Des Moines Park Campbell Fairfield City.
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J. F. Loehr
Perry King
J. W. Shaffer
Newton Williams
A. A. Speilman
Pres
J. W. McLean
S. S. Crane
County Sunday School Convention at Libertyville M E Church
The County Sunday School Convention will be held October 7 and 8 at Libertyville M E Church. Sessions include addresses by Rev J P Hebner and Dr R B Stephenson, with reports from state and county officers, training, and committee installations.
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County Sunday School Convention
Libertyville M. E
J. P. Hebner
R. B. Stephenson
C. M. Glass
C. E. Ward
Ella M. Short
C. D. McPherson
C. S. Walker
Bertha C Fitch
B. R.A
W.h.mccracken
Fitch
Frank F. Fitch
Devoch Lla
Z. T. Moore
Treas
C. S. McCracken
Home Department
T. B. Short
Home and Home Visitation
Nat Childs
A. J. Hanson
C. W. Wade
Bessie B. Buchanan
E . Peterson
Orcut Bros
W. O. Poot
F. F. Fitch
Knights and Manatrey Debate Good Roads in Jefferson County
Letters between James L. Knight and J P Manatrey discuss dragging roads, legal concerns, and organizing county action to push good roads. references to Chautauqua, drag crews, and county supervision. Knight urges township adoption, cites dangers, and plans a spring push with local support and county attorney input.
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J. L. Knight
Jefferson County
Mr. Knight
J. P.P Manatrey
James L. Knight
Taggers Run City With Many Sly Robberies
Police struggle to curb a spree as women taggers badge men with pins across the city. Citizens, including elderly men, are pulled into the scheme on busy corners. The scene shows widespread acceptance of the playful scam, with no serious police interference in sight.
Taft Seeks $10 Million for Western Irrigation Bonds
President Taft spoke in Spokane urging Congress to authorize $10,000,000 in bonds to finish irrigation projects started in the west. The move cheers settlers who expected water to make arid lands fertile and stop gaps in funding. He defended his administration against criticism of resource conservation policy.
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Spokane
Wash
Taft
Congress
Presidnt
Willing to Entertain Her Charity Visitor Experience
A volunteer charity visitor recalls entering a rear tenement to meet a boy with fits. The boy announces his condition as he sits with the visitor while the mother is away to see the doctor, leaving the narrator unsure but in the ball.
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New York Herald
A Long Dive
Colonel Robert M. Gates recalls a Tennessee circus tale of a high diver who leaped from a tent into a shallow tank. Local talk swirled as townsfolk debated the stunt and a joking comparison to a cousin who allegedly planned an impossible Liverpool to New York dive but missed by landing in Denver.
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Tennessee
Robert M. Gates
Saturday Evening Post
Pertickler
Liverpool
New York
Denver
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