Black Hawk sword of Black Hawk sword returned to Iowa history
Keosauqua Judge Robert Sloan recounts the tale of the Black Hawk sword once buried with the Sac and Fox leader. The weapon, stolen from the grave, was recovered by Capt. James H. Jordan and later housed with a Masonic lodge in Keosauqua before its blade survived a fire and will join the Iowa Historical Department as a valued state artifact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Sloan
Keosauqua
Black Hawk
Iowa Historical Department
D. C. Beaman
Denver
Colo
Blackhawk
James H. Jordan
Iowa
Plans for Deep Wells Near Fairfield Quietly Underway
Jefferson County Gas Oil and Mineral Company plans a major drilling program within thirty days to sink four deep wells near Fairfield to test for oil gas or coal deposits. John B Shaw of Davenport will drill and the venture has $5000 to $6000 in cash and notes toward an $8000 subscription before incorporation. The group hopes to prove buried wealth or at least access a substantial water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Gas, Oil and Mineral Company
John B. Shaw
Davenport
Fairfield
Shaw
Parsons College Receives $80000 Bequest In Will Filed
A Jefferson county district court filing records the will of Charles Parsons of St Louis Mo. leaving Parsons college $80000 and other large gifts totaling 1 million dollars. The will also provisions 75000 to Washington University in St Louis for an art and curiosities building. It notes Parsons as longtime trustee and son of founder Lewis B Parsons.
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District Court of
Jefferson County
Parsons College
Charles Parsons
St. Louis
Parsons
Lewis B. Parsons
Washington University
Pleasant party hosts New Hope lodge guests
Mrs Ida Voorhies hosted New Hope lodge No. 26 D. of H. at her home on October 13. A nut contest crowned Miss Lois Henry the winner with a bag of salted peanuts. A baby picture contest sparked guesses of who is who with a prize picture. Music and refreshments followed.
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Ida Voorhies
New Hope
Lois Henry
East Side Hardware Stocks Adrian Fence Wire and Cook Stoves
East Side Hardware Store reports a car load of Adrian Fence Wire has arrived along with Mascot Peoria Lexington Smooth Cast Ranges. The stoves may cost more than others but are presented as worth the higher price.
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East Side
del Or Mascot
Peoria Lexington
Mrs Gilbert McKee Dies After Typhoid Attack
Mrs Gilbert McKee, of this city, died at the home of her son James Snyder in Abingdon after several weeks of typhoid fever and related complications. She and her husband had been married a little over a year and resided on West Burlington street. She leaves her husband, children from a former marriage, and two sisters Mrs Prence Proutz and Mrs Belle Case of this city. Funeral services were held in Abingdon with burial there.
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Gilbert McKee
James Snyder
Abingdon
McKee
Snyder
First Quarterly Conference at Pastor’s East Hempstead Street
The airfield Circuit holds its First Quarterly Conference at the pastor’s residence on East Hempstead Street at 1 30 P M Monday October 23. Members are asked to be prompt. A communion service will be held at Pleasant Grove at 11 00 A M Sunday October 24.
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East Hempstead Street
Pleasant Grove
See Jim Hughes for c Store, No. a77 W.B Sewing mo vies
A fragmented notice references Jim Hughes associated with a local store case number a77 and mentions sewing, moves, and stocking repairs. The readable items imply a casual business matter and potential internal schedules without clear dates or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hughes
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Ireland Shoe CO
Geo. W
Dixie
Geo. W. Unkrich
H. D. Bridges
Gable Lumber Yard
Sloan & Hochuly
The
Tribune
No. 8
Black Hawk Township
Elmer Ramsay
Marie Leathers
Department of the Tribune
Major Gantz
A. A. Cornell
Charles Hisel
United Presbyterian Church
Nat Childs
A. S. Bailey
Ainsworth
D. L. McBride
Winfield
DeWitt
Frank S. Shriner
Co. G. Carlson
John Welch
Burlington Road
Riceville
Aloward County
E. H. Miller
Korea
Henry
W. Luther Bright
Iowa Synod
Bright
George Petzinger
County Line
California
W. E. Parsons
T. L. James
Dubuque
Womans Synodcal Missionary
James
Miller
Frank Higby
West Madison Street
Earl & Earl
Moline Automobiles
John B. Stever
D. Roth
E. G. Gardner
Washington
Wyman
Murray & Allender
Pleasant Plain Independent Telephone Company
William Carr
B Street
Broadway
Carr
J. H Richards
Libertyville
Albia
Mr Richards
Middle West
Harry S. Ball
Second Street
Roy C. Fry
Henry F. Anson
Glasgow
Anson
van Buren County
the Tribune
Kensington
Allegheny Malleable Iron Company
G. H. Babcock
Babcock
Iowa Malleable Iron Works
J. S. Gaumer
Medical Reserve Corps
United States Army
W. H. Taft
Robert S. Oliver
Gaumer
W. R. Haynes
Portland
Ore
Oakland
Cal
May Ferguson
W R. Haynes
Edmund Theil
Son OF Founder
J.le.roth& CO
Munsing
Soc To
St. Misses and Children’s Union Suits
J.e.roth & CO
Frank H. Wells & Co
Just
Adrian
Peoria
Brown & Hughes East Side Hardware
Fairfield, Iowa
Fred Collins
D. G. Higley
Court House
Buchana
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