Local Updates From Ottumwa Area Residents
Oct 26 notes list Alva Maddox visiting Ottumwa for medical care and plans to remain in the city. Kansas visitors W E Dustan and daughter stay with relatives. Several locals bid family and friends farewell and host others in social calls. Members attend a love feast and union meeting with E lder Abram Wolf and Emma Wolf. The Jefferson County Teachers Association schedules a Libertyville meeting November 5 with morning and afternoon sessions and a full program of music recitations and discussions.
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Alva Maddox
Ottumwa
W. E. Dustan
Goodland
Kansas
Daugherty
Allerton
James Cowan
Charles Long
Eldon
Simon Blough
Fairfield
John Grays
Robert McElderry
W. C. Ogden
S. C. Laughlin
S. Bradshaw
Ogden
J. N. Slimmer
Albert Coleman
Cleasby
W. F. Dustan
Abram Wolf
Keokuk County
John G. W. Smith
Unionville
Wayne County
Emma
Wolf
Jefferson County Teachers’ Association
Libertyville
Death of Mrs. Michael Hawkins and community notices
Mrs. Michael Hawkins died Saturday after a prolonged illness noted since May. Daughters at home and relatives from Aurora cared for her. Rev. Father Nodler officiated at the home and cemetery rites in Union, per Mrs. Hawkins’s burial request. Several local residents and family members are named in related notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Hawkins
Aurora
Father Nodler
Union Cemetery
Hawkins
Alex Gordon
Richard Nelson
Joe Hickenbottom
Wm. R. Smith
Wallace Hartley
Wm. Edmonds
John A. Gay
Ohio
Bert Howard
Susie
Omaha
Caldwell
Robinson
Remarkable Rescue From Consumption in Plainfield
Mrs. Michael Curtain of Plainfield Illinois claimed to be treated for a month by her physician for a lung illness described as consumption. After using Dr King s New Discovery she improved from the first dose and finished six bottles, regaining health and capability to perform housework. Free trial bottles offered at D C Collins Drug Store with large bottles priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Curtain
Plainfield
Ill
King
D. C. Collins’ Drug Store
Burlington Route Sells Omaha Round Trip Tickets
Summer tourists can buy Omaha round trip tickets from the Burlington route for eight dollars. Tickets are valid for return within seven days from the sale date and are on sale daily from June 1 to September 15, 1898. For details, contact ticket agent C., B. & Q. P. E, Heflin, Ag't.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Omaha
Burlington
Marriages Recorded in Fairfield and Surrounding Townships 1898
A list of marriage notices from 1898 filed at homes and offices in Fairfield Locust Grove Buchanan Wapello Cedar township and nearby areas. Dates range September to October 1898. Each entry names the groom and bride with their residence and the officiant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John MccIntire
Fairfield
Benjamin F. McIntire
Nellie A. Ward
W. C. Shepherd
W.C. Shepherd
William W. Mitchell
Emma Keller
Frank O. Carlson
Charles G. Carlson
Edith Johnson
C. J. Maxwell
Edgar Russell Smith
Sue Wilson Blair
A. F. Marsh
J. A. Boatman
John H. Hamlin
Josephine B. Stewart
Maggie A. Ellmaker
Locust Grove Township
Samuel Chamberlain
Laura Ellmaker
J. M. McElroy
Warren E. Chandler
Buchanan Township
R. Harlan Green
Nettie R. Chandler
William Wilson
Wapello County
Joseph Rodabaugh
Belle Rodabaugh
Daniel Holden
Andrew Grove
Cedar Township
John E. Trammer
Zanna O. Grove
Wm. J. Funkey
W. J. Shafer
Fairfield Township
David C. Clark
Vada B. Wilson
Farm Market Prices Shift Across Grains and Produce
Prices rise for corn rye apples and cabbage while oats timothy and butter hold steady. Hogs fat cattle and sheep show varied gains with hogs under pressure and hides steady at five cents a pound. Potatoes hold at forty to fifty cents per bushel and onions rise to sixty five to seventy five cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower Hughar
English Fat Lady Wages Spark Banter in Circus Scene
In a Philadelphia Bulletin snippet a tattooed man asks about weekly pay for the fat lady. The snake charmer notes she is English and paid by the pound, prompting a jibe about being English and having slimmer chances from a living skeleton observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Bulletin
Two Women Debate Professor Drummond's Evolution Lectures
While Henry Drummond lectured at the Lowell Institute on Evolution two women argued the merits of his views. One woman warned that if his theory is true they must hush it up, while dismissing the possibility if false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Drummond
Lowell Institute
Mary
Strange Tribe in Sonora Said to Have Yellow Hair
A report claims a Sonora tribe of Indians possesses yellow hair and blue eyes, describing unusual physical traits that distinguish the group within the region.
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Sonora
Nursery Essentials: Fresh Air Food Water and Kids Writing
In this era guidance highlights three key nursery needs fresh air nutritious food and clean water. It asserts Japanese children are taught to write with both hands as part of education.
Woman's Nightmare Before Childbirth Promises Relief
An article warns of danger and pain in childbirth and proposes Mother's Friend as a preparation. It claims the product relieves morning sickness and other discomforts, urging women to send names and addresses to Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta for free information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saog
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Georgia
Doings of Iowans Old Lady Cremated
Fire at the residence of Mrs. Ann Dewitt in DouriaP Iowa left the elderly woman burned to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douriap
Ann Dewitt
New Trial For Murder In Iowa Court
While Jacob Dill testified that he struck Chris Hellenthal accidentally and in self defense, news arrived that Hellenthal had died. The development will lead to a new murder trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Jacob Dill
Chris Hellenthal
Indicted for Murder in Iowa Doctor Linked to Abortion
Sioux City reports Dr. D. H. Mc Cown formerly of Anthon Woodbury County now of Mapleton has been indicted for second degree murder accused of causing a young girl's death by performing an abortion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
D. H. McCown
Anthon
Woodbury County
Mapleton
Fatal Runaway Injures Iowa Farmer Near Fairfax
John D. Vorak a well known farmer near Fairfax Iowa died of injuries after a runaway horse team frightened during harvest yesterday afternoon in the field. He died a few hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crear Rapids
John D. Vorak
Fairfax
Wife's Affections Worth $15,000 in Iowa suit
The Tobey case filed in Fort Dupage charges Dr. J H Palmer with alienation of Tobey's wife's affections. Zenus W Tobey, telegraph operator for Illinois Central, seeks $15 000 damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dupag
Zenus W. Tobey
Illinois Central Railroad
J. H. Palmer
Tobey
Man shoots wife at Oak Grove asylum then kills self
W P Murray of Clinton fatally wounds Harriet Murray an incurable inmate of Oak Grove asylum Flint Michigan and then shoots himself. Their bodies are found in a grove where they walked late in the afternoon with both shots to the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curinton
W. P. Murray
Clinton
Harriet
Oak Grove Asylum
Flint
Mich
Davenport Barber Refuses Exam Under New Ordinance
Davenport police arrest Hurd after he declines the city’s new barbers examination requirement. The police magistrate rules the 25 year veteran cannot be touched by the law for choosing not to test his competency to continue in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Hurd
Union Veterans' Union Holds Second Iowa Convention
The Union Veterans' union of Iowa met in Marshalltown for its second annual convention. Commander J B Morgan criticized President McKinley for appointing General J Bush Lincoln of Ames Agricultural College as brigadier general, accusing him of ignoring Iowa National Guard officers and insulting Union Veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Veterans’ Union
Marshalltown
Union Veterans’ Union of Iowa
J. B. Morgan
McKinley
J. Bush Lincoln
Agricultural College
Ames
Iowa National Guard
Lincoln
Bride’s suicide attempt shocks Des Moines lodging scene
Martha Jewett a Davenport native married William Bell a Rock Island dining car waiter. While walking with Mrs Bell and John Waller they searched for rooms near the river. Mrs Bell waded into the stream and lay beneath the water. Waller and Stanton dived in to help and all were pulled from the river. She was taken to the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Martha Jewett
Davenport
William Bell
Rock Island
Omaha
H. L. Stanton
Iowa Volunteer Stadler Held on Murder Charge in Des Moines
J M Stadler, an Iowa volunteer linked to Camp McKinley, is jailed on a warrant for his wife’s murder after she died in an ambulance. Witnesses link him to earlier violent acts and multiple marriages while a coroner orders a post mortem. police seek Stadler. The report also recalls early insurance history with references to Livy Cicero and medieval trade.
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Iowa
Des Moines
J. M. Stiller
Stadler
Camp McKinley
W. H. Crosby
Cedar Falls
J. M. Stadler
Milt Statler
Ankeny
Stateler
Cornstalk Pith Demonstrates Cofferdam Permeability
The American consul general in St. Petersburg reports a test by the Russian admiralty on a cofferdam 6 by 6 by 8 feet packed with cellulose from Indian corn stalks. A 6 inch shot pierced the dam, carrying less than a half pound of cellulose, yet no water entered the perforation path within four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Admiralty Board
Peligon
Fall Stock Parade of Beautiful Goods in Special Prices
A local retailer boasts one of the most beautiful fall stocks with top to bottom selection for youth and home. Couches remain and will be offered at special prices to surprise shoppers.
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Grace Ankrom
Nellie Green
J. W. Dole
J. E. Williamson
Longfellow
Bessie Kyle
Bessie Hochuly
Anna White
Clara Grice
Anna Hibbard
Dr. Davis
R. A. Harkness
Ellen Peterson
A. H. Emmons
J. W. Caldwell
Lizzie O. Locke
C. D. McClain
June Chidester
Glendale
John Hawkins
Wyoming
Heflin, Ag’t
Storia
Fairfield Markets
Brass Works
F. T. Green
John K. Ware
Esther Gould
Runnells
Justice Blyler
Stitler
Livy
Spain
Cicero
Cilicia
Rome
Bruges
Chamber of Assurance
Portugal
Edward of
Lisbon
Tangier
Italy
Williams
A. C. Bishop
Third Ave
Detroit
Dr Williams
Detroit Free Press
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Studebaker
Ward Lamson’s
Leggett House
Junkin & Baker
Southwest Corner Square
North Side
Fairfield, Iowa
Los Eal
Rollin J. Wilson
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