Special Election Notice for Center Township Iowa 1907
A. E. Labagh County Auditor announces a special election set for November 5 1907 from 2 to 6 pm at the Fairfield Courthouse in Jefferson County Iowa. Voters will elect three trustees two justices of the peace two constables one clerk and one assessor for Center Township. The notice is signed and dated October 4 1907.
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Fairfeld Township
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Owa
Act of Supervisors
Jeffersonounty
Iowa
Faireld Township
Airfield City
Board of Upervisors
Fairfield Township
Fairfield City
Center Township
A. E. Labagh
Board of Supervisors
Said County
Jefferon County
Special Election Proclamation for Center Township 1907
I W H Neibert sheriff of Jefferson County proclaims a special election on Tuesday November 5 1907 to fill offices for Center township including three trustees two justices of the peace and two constables.
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I. W. H. Neibert
Jefferson County
Center Township
Center Township Electors Instructed To Govern Themselves
The message notes one clerk and one assessor for Center Township and directs electors to govern themselves accordingly. W. H. Neibert serves as Sheriff of Jefferson County.
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Center Township
W. H. Neibert
Jefferson County
Engineer Pays for a Week of Calamity in Double Tragedy
C E Payne, veteran Great Western engineer between Clarion and Oelwein, survived but faced two fatal incidents in one week. A brakeman, Lawrence Allwiese, died on Monday during train work. On a return trip Payne's passenger train hit a pedestrian at a small station east of Hampton, killing him as cabbage cars moved. The driver felt guilt but was not at fault. In Memphis, a man named Wilson confessed to a shooting, was deemed insane, and sent to Fulton asylum. he had no family, though several siblings survive, and he was described as hardworking and well liked.
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Clarion
C. E. Payne
Oelwein
Great Western Railway
Payne
Lawrence Allwiese
Hampton
Young Farmer Fred Watson Dies After Sunstroke
Atlantic Iowa October 10 Fred Watson a 25 year old bachelor living five miles northeast of Atlantic died Wednesday from brain trouble traced to a sunstroke suffered early last summer. He was a popular figure in the community.
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Atlantic
Fred Watson
Here
Militon Farmer Shoots Brother-in-Law in Missouri Border Town
Milton Iowa October 19 Milton farmer M Wilson shot and mortally wounded his brother in law George Roberts at 8 PM in the home six miles south of town. Wilson in his sixties with a quiet disposition after a dispute over cows threatened to shoot Roberts then fired as Roberts tried to defend himself with a lamp and his gun. Dr Summers of Milton attended the wounded man.
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Milton, Ia
M. Wilson
George Roberts
Wilson
Old Home Place
Missouri Line
October weddings in Chicago and nearby town
Lulu Vernon of this city married Frank Stewart of Chicago at the King home in Chicago in a quiet ceremony officiated by Rev. Henry Stewart. Minnie Downs married Grover W Bean in a private ceremony at the Downs home. Malinda Lambert wed Amos J. Coil at the Lambert home near Perlee with plans to farm in Jefferson county.
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Chicago
Lee King
Lulu Vernon
Frank Stewart
Henry Stewart
L. L. Vernon
Fairfield
Fairfield Boy
Samuel Stewart
Kenwood Trust & Savings Bank
Ill
Town _ State Bank
Stewart
H. W. Downs
Minnie
Grover W Bean
W. F. Jones
Presbyterian Church
M. D. Rodabaugh
M. D. Rodabaugh’s
Joseph Lambert
Perlee
Malinda
Amos J. Coil
Jefferson County
Died in California G H Ward Rites Held in Fresno
The death of G H Ward in Fresno California due to pneumonia is reported by Thos S Ward of this city. He had lived in Jefferson county many years and leaves two orphaned children. The funeral and burial occurred at Fresno.
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G. H. Ward
California
Thos. S. Ward
Fresno
Cal
Ward
Jefferson County
Young Lady Survives Near Tragic Sorghum Mill Accident
Miss Bessie Kisling of near Utica suffered a severe injury when her head was caught between a sorghum cane mill sweep and its frame tearing her right ear nearly off. Dr Graber dressed the wound, reset the ear, and it is recovering. observers doubt her head was crushed.
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Bessie Kisling
Antrum Kisling
Utica
Graber
Stockport News
Wapello Man Chas. M. Briggs Earns Iowa Debate Honor
Chas W. Briggs of Wapello is among six to represent the University of Iowa in December debates with Nebraska and Illinois. Other winners include Irving N. Brant, Carl Bijou, H. O. Field, G. A. Luxford, and Vincent Starzinger. Thirty four entered the tryouts with Lincoln rivals Illinois and Nebraska to be assigned.
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Chas. M. Briggs
Iowa City
Chas. W. Briggs
Wapello
University of Iowa
University of Nebraska
University of Illinois
Briggs
Irving Literary Society
Irving N. Brant
David Brant
Iowa City Republican
Carl Bijou
Des Moines
H. O. Field
Ainsworth
G. A. Luxford
Harlan
Vincent Starzinger
Luxford
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
Uncle Eben on Truth and Deceit in Plain Talk
A character named Uncle Eben admonishes a listener to avoid deceit while staying good company, asserting that telling the exact truth is hard yet desirable. The dialogue emphasizes moral restraint and social tact in everyday speech.
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Eben
Honors to Departed General Schofield Laid to Rest
The G A R led by Captain S A White and the Washington County Bar association along with relatives and friends moved General Hiram Schofield’s ashes to Elm Grove cemetery Washington IA. Brief remarks by H M Eicher Col W B Bell Marsh W Bailey Col D J Palmer Hon Saml Gardner and Capt J A Young followed. The tomb was sealed after taps by a trumpeter from Company D Fifty fourth Iowa and autumn leaves decorated the new monument.
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General Schofield
Washington
S. A. White
Washington County Bar Association
Schofield
Elm Grove Cemetery
Hiram Schofield
H. M. Eicher
W. B. Bell
Marsh W. Bailey
D. J. Palmer
Sam’l Gardner
J. A. Young
Iowa
City Council Sets 1907 Ordinances On Sidewalk Spitting And More
City Council met at City Hall on Thursday October 17 1907 with Mayor James and six councilmen present. Absent were Kerrick Fritz and Smith. Minutes approved. Solicitor to draft bans on spitting on sidewalks and platforms curb chickens at large and hitching horses to hydrants and light poles. Clerk to buy paving brick for street crossings. $25 appropriated for fish for water works ponds.
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City Hall
James
Barnes
Hopkirk
Healy
Ross
Willis
Kerrick
Fritz
Smith
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Canada
Europe
Sngle
Nyy
Frazey
J. C. Gow
Roberts
Sunstroke
Mr. Roberts
Dr. Summers
Cupid
Bean Downs
Loudon Machinery Company
Town
West
Madison Street
Coil Lambert
Meklhany S
Sale
Toc
Bar
S, Ee
Dandruff
Ayer
Aye
J.C.A Ccren
Er Co
Lowell, Mass
Wapello Boy
Uncle Eben
The
Tribune
HONG
Pacific
Spokane
Eastern
Utah
Montana
Burlington
P. E. Heflin
Oarmin
Kingsford
Oswego
T. Kingsford & Son
Oswe
Snational Starch ComPany
A. Julian
C. W. Whitham
Constable
Charles Kruger
Joseph Shelton
J. C. Koontz
C. L. Brawner
For Justice of the Peace
N. B. Regester
Justice of the Peace
R. F. Ratcliff
Constable, D. B. Hedge
L. C. Groff
C. A. Brolin
H. 8. Stark
A. Armstrong
Jacob Roth
Frank Dole
Neiswanger
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