County Correspondence Reports Local Fishing Trip and School Plans
A group of local youths enjoy several days at the river fishing. Miss Anna Sullivan of Fairfield and Miss Clemmie Johnson of Salina join the party. Teresa Hawkins and Ida M. Johnson will teach fall terms at Grant schoolhouse and south of Fairfield respectively. Grant Nelson recovers from a mule bite and visits around. Others send regards as Miss Nellie Campbell and Mr. Chas. Nelson are noted in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Sullivan
Fairfield
Clemmie Johnson
Salina
Bertha Scott
Chicago
Four Corners
Emma Rizor
Emma Hopkirk
Ottumwa
Jessie Hartley
John Rizor
Blakesburg
Grant Nelson
Teresa Hawkins
Grant School House
Ida M. Johnson
Nellie Campbell
Mary Damm
Chas. Nelson
Essex
Iowa
Weburg
Wild West show trip and local notices in Perlee area
Sept 4 residents from Perlee attend a Washington wild west show. Shekelton Charlton finished threshing and stored machines. An Ed Uims child is ill with Cholera infantum under Dr Jones care. Antioch church hires Rev Charles Coop for the year. Nettie Wray starts fall term at No 6 Sept 10. John J Kyle starts at Lynn Schoolhouse next Monday. W W Israel visited Perlee on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perlee
Washington
Shekelton & Charlton
Ed Uims
Jones
Fairfield
Antioch Church
Chas. Coop
Nettie Wray
John J. Kyle
Lynn
W. W. Israel
Community Notes From Buchanan Township
Sept 4 notes show Ed Ulen called home from the state fair due to a sick youngest child who is convalescent. Frank Lutes visit the Mt Pleasant fair. Jane Bush of Fairfield visiting country friends over Sunday. J T Rodgers attended Woolsen convention. neighbors attended a melon party at H D Davis home. Ola Hobby returned from the state fair. Bob Bush attends Eldora fair. Philip Kurtz and Will Kendall spent Sunday at Beckwith. Nettie Wray of Perlee visiting J T Rodgers family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Ulen
Frank Lutes
Mt. Pleasant
Jane Bush
Fairfield
J. T. Rodgers
Woolsen
H. D. Davis
Ola Hobby
Bob Bush
Philip Kurtz
Will Kendall
Beckwith
Nettie Wray
Perlee
Harley Yost Weds Miss Woolery At Bride's Home
Harley Yost and Miss Mestal Woolery were married at the bride’s father Henry Woolery’s home on Wednesday evening August 29. A number of local residents were noted in attendance and well wishes were sent to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Yost
Mestal Woolery
Henry Woolery
Homer Blair
Dixon, Ill
Rollie Carter
Rock Island
Etta Smit
Fairfield
Chas. Smith
Vina Mason
Jasper Co
To Cure Constipation Forever With Cascarets Candy
Purported advertisement claims Cascarets candy cathartic cures constipation with a money back guarantee. The text uses promotional phrasing and misspellings, offering refunds and urging reader action.
The Eminent Kidney and Bladder Specialist Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a true kidney and urinary cure. It claims the remedy treats kidney disease and related illnesses, with free sample bottles and a book offered by mail from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Jefferson County Board Finances Telegraph Lines 1900
Proceedings of the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors September 8 1900. Members present Frank Hurst Alfred Armstrong Newton Williams. Assessment of telegraph telephone and express lines totaling mileage per district with rates per mile including Iowa Telephone Co 50 50 miles at 86. Locust Grove 7 75 miles at 36 Fairfield 11 miles at 36 Liberty 5 75 miles at 86 Cedar 1 mile at 36 Lockridge 9 miles at 36 Buchanan 8 50 miles at 8. Total figures listed by township and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Jefferson County
Frank Hurst
Alfred Armstrong
Newton Williams
Iowa
Iowa Telephone Co
Locust Grove Township
Fairfield Township
Liberty Township
Cedar Township
Lockridge Township
Buchanan Township
Penn Township
Walnut Township
Jefferson Co Telephone Co
Polk Township
Fairfield City
Road change petition halted by county boards dispute
Jefferson county supervisors rescind the June highway order after Washington county withheld concurrence. A petition signed by 125 citizens seeks reconsideration due to safety concerns near the C RI & P Railway. The board continues the case to the January 1901 session for further investigation and a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GJ Emry
Penn Township
Washington
Jefferson Counties
Board of Supervisors
Jefferson County
Washington County Board
Washington Board
C, RI & P Ry
Des Moines Daily News Offer for Daily Paper
Daily News of Des Moines Iowa offers postpaid delivery at $1 a year 75 cents six months and 50 cents three months. Promises condensed news daily markets by telegraph and family reading material. Address The News Des Moines Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Daily News
Telegraph
the News
Des Moines
Iowa
Property Growth Outpaces Currency in Debate on Money
In a discussion on bimetallism and money supply James R. Keene questions where the money comes from to buy rising property values as production grows. He argues Republicans and Democrats alike share a faith in bimetallism and criticizes the party stance on monetary policy. The piece ends by quoting Lincoln’s Gettysburg line on government of the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
France
South Africa
James R. Keene
Republic
Lincoln
Week's History in Brief Foreign and Domestic News
Telegraph news condensed from international and U.S. items. China and Russia tensions grow with talks in Pekin and Chaffee’s withdrawal ordered after Russians depart. Li Hung Chang seeks four peace mediators while Prince Ching weighs a regency. Also notes on missionaries, Amoy, and European responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
China
Li Hung Chang
Root
Chaffee
Pekin
Shan-See
United States
Japan
Amoy
Chung Li
tSung-lyamen
Prince Ching
Chinese Foreign Office
McKinley Ready to Offer Reforms for Filipino Statehood
Aguinaldo's representative says McKinley will grant reforms ahead of island admission. The US transport Thomas arrives in San Francisco from Manila with 261 sick and wounded soldiers, 31 prisoners, 51 cabin and 173 steerage passengers. Filipinos fear murder by rebels and robber bands and hesitate to take office under the Taft commission, which took control September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aguinaldo
McKinley
United States
Thomas
San Francisco
Manila
Global turmoil and local crime fill World War I era notes
Reports from across continents describe Boer forces defeated in South Africa and prisoners freed, an anarchist arrested in Carana Italy over a royal threat, and Tsarist Russia urged to broker peace. Crime and political bustle unfold as bubonic plague cases rise in Glasgow, and notable arrests, bankruptcies, and political campaigns shape the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Carana
Italy
Victor Emmanuel III
Russia
England
Bresci
Humbert
Machadodorp
Duke of Manchester
Paris
Persia
Kruger
Transvaal
Glasgow
Lord Roberts
Turkey
Mishaps and Disasters Claim Many in Midwest and Midwest-Area
A runaway horse fatally injured Rev Norman G Whitney of Gray Eagle Minnesota in Chicago. John Wrzesinski 16 drowned at Menasha Wisconsin. George H Ling who saved 24 lives at Johnstown fell from a train in Chicago. Thomas J Powers banking commissioner of Pennsylvania killed by fall from a train. Frank Nemetek sawyer killed by falling onto a rip saw in Chicago. Fifteen dead and fifty injured in a milk train rear end collision at Hatfield Pennsylvania. Otto Marsh wartime veteran and swimmer drowned in the Ohio at New Albany Indiana. Carl Stephenson of Evanston Illinois drawn into a thrashing machine near Beloit Wisconsin. Peter Nowakowski three year old drowned in Joliet Illinois. George Michaels 11 and Robert Penk 10 drowned in Menominee river. Leslie Shakespeare seven Chicago boy drowned on a steam boat near Ottawa Illinois. H Keith and Henry Crassock of St Louis drowned when a skiff capsized in a Mississippi river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Norman G. Whitney
Gray Eagle
Minn
John Wrzesinski
Walentii Wrzesinski
Menasha
Mis
George H. Ling
Johnstown
Thomas J. Powers
Pennsylvania
Frank Nemetek
Palmer Planing Mill
Hatfield
Otto Marsh
Spain
Ohio
New Albany
Ind
Carl Stephenson
Evanston
Ills
Beloit
Wis
Peter
Morgan Nowakowscki
Joliet
George Michaels
Robert Penk
Menominee River
Leslie Shakespeare
Notable deaths and disasters sweep across nations and cities
Prominent figures die at home and in office from Clinton County to London. J J Squier and Effie Daugherty die, plus Mary Sherman’s sister and ex governor Lewelling. Fires burn Chicago stables and Atlin banks. Plague fears in Glasgow and steamship Tacoma ashore near Seattle. Major General Otis to lead Lakes command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Eilsenmayer
Clinton County
Trenton
Ills
J. J. Squier
Interstate National Bank of
Kansas City
William Frederick Bryan
Peoria
Alanson W. Beard
Boston
President Hayes
Ephbriam Daugherty
Fulton County
Rochester
Ind
August Kittman
St. Paul
Burns
Henry Edmund Butler
Viscount
Mountgarrett
London
Mary E. Reese
William T. Sherman
John Sherman
Lancaster
R. Phillip Germully
Germully & Jeffery
Montreal
Can
John Bennett Lawes
Peter W. Corbett
Northern Pacific Railway
Lewelling
Kansas
Glasgow
Scotland
Northern Pacific Company
Tacoma
Aki
Seattle
Leo Bassieur
St. Louis
G. A. R. Denver
Mary L. Carr
Denver
Woman’s Relief Corps
Frank Alling
Rockford
Traders’ Insurance Company of
New York
F. Scott Morrison
Chicago
North Siberian
Pestortive Department
Laporte
Waverly
Omaha
Neb
Mount Sterling
Paw Paw
Mich
Reginald H. Weber
Stevens Point
Wis
Bishop Grafton
Hay
Concord
N. E
Wiliam J. Ryan
Roosevelt
Otis
Wheeler
Department of the Lakes
Cherbouurg
Death of Reuben Hugbell in Des Moines Township
Reuben A. Hugbell born October 31 1880 in San Joaquin County California died August 28 1900 at age 19 9 20 7 after illness and a California trip for health He returned to Iowa with his brother Samuel and died crossing the Rocky Mountains He united with the Bethel M E Church at conversion and was known as a kind steadfast Christian Funeral at Dunkard church Des Moines Township conducted by Rev Thoraly with burial in nearby cemetery Survivors include two brothers Samuel and Harry a sister Cora and his parents who had predeceased him to the Better Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben A. Hugbell
San Joaquin County
Cal
Iowa
California
Samuel
Rocky Mountains
Goodby
Reuben
M. E. Church
Bethel
Harry
Cora
Better Land
Dunkard
Marion Hughell
Des Moines
Thoraly
Batavia
Cascarets Candy Cathartic For Gentle Bowel Relief
Advertises Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for ailments from headaches to cancer by stimulating natural movements. Claims 10 cents per box, metal packaging with C C stamped on each tablet, warns against imitation products.
Coin's New Book Prompts Offer at Local Office
An office advertises Coin's new book and invites readers to buy a copy at the office to stay informed on current political issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coin
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Geo. Heffner
Joe Burger
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Nora Glenn
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Mon
Ellis Peebler
Lee Roland
Moberly
Nelson Slimmer
A. B. Cleasby
Bert Rider
Donaldson
Fry
Dealy Watkins
Madison
Capt. Watkins
J. M. Garrettson
San Antonio
Tex
Dr. King
Geo. D. Clarke
Swamp-Root
Round Prairie Township
Western Union Telegraph Co. C, B& Q Kbr
Fairfield Independent
Batavia Town
RI & P Ry
Des Moines Township
B& W Ry
Black Hawk Township
Iowa Central
Ftm& D
Locust Grove
Adams Express Company
C, B & Qbr
M & D M Ry
United Express Company
B. Ry
Pen Ip
Gro. R. Horn
Ayer
Martin Hout
Burlington, N. c
J. C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass
Hills, Son & Co
Kansas City Southern Railway Company
Convention of Southern Commissioners of Agriculture
Raleigh
N. C
Fall River
Mass
The
Philippines
General Foreign News
Duluth
Charles A. Towne
Michigan
8. Goodrich
Albion
South Carolina
Hoyt
Richard Yates
Jacksonville
William Shelfeaver
Lyons
Kivin Clifford
Union Pacific
Table Rock
Wyo
William Winters
Hobart
James G. McLaughlin
Milwaukee
Annie Klaube
Stauberr
Ryerson
Lower
Joseph Sedelecak
Robert M. Morton
Edward
Dexter Park
Union Stock Yards
Atlin
B. C
Wen de
Alon
Macon
Lam
Nent Yberton
Ark
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlarta, GA
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