Echoes of Travel and Arrivals Across Ottumwa
Ottumwa citizens and visitors are noted in a string of social items. Mrs. Melo Campbell visits Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bowles spend time with Ottumwa friends. editor R. H. Moore attends Old Settlers’ meeting. Several locals travel to Burlington, Des Moines, Denver, and other cities for homecomings, church events, and family visits.
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Melo Campbell
Kansas City
R. H. Moore
Saturday Herald
Ottumwa
Old Settlers
A. W. McElhany
Fairfield
McElhany
Burlington
South Main Street
Danville
Kansas
Grand Old
Iowa
Burlington Hawkeye
Edith Thuleen
Glendale
Louis Greef
Pittsburg
Kans
Hattie Greef
Inez George
F. E. Eno
Lincoln
Neb
Our City
Roscoe
Leo Thoma
Ridpath Lyceum Bureau
Lou Thoma
Harvard
Bernard W. Slagle
Smith Center
Amanda Slagle
W. B. King
Ed. Darwin and
Baby
Durand
Wisconsin
Hammer
Des Moines
Lettie Case
Elizabeth Laurence
Etta Grice
Denver
Colorado
J. C. Thorne
F. G. McQuiston
Albia
Effie Green
Ray Baker
Chicago
Hufstedler & Baker
G. A. Unkrich
St. Louis
Ball
Edith
Iowa City
J. G. Browning
Photographers’ Association
Southeastern Iowa
Ft. Madison
Geo. Wirtz
Polk, Neb
E. C. White
Grand Island
Eugene Lang
A. H. Sumner
Why Girls Leave Home in Fair field Play
E J Carpenter presents Why Girls Leave Home in Fair field on Monday Sept 16 in a metropolis near New York. The wholesome melodrama follows a innocent young girl amid household life, avoiding slum scenes and gunplay while portraying delicate family events and reflections on glitter and life. It is praised as handling with reverence and among the season's top East coast hits.
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E. J. Carpenter
Fairfield
New York
Iowa School for the Deaf opens new building fall term
Council Bluffs records reveal the Iowa School for the Deaf will start its fall term October 1 in a new $300,000 building replacing the fire-destroyed structure. Superintendent H W Roberts explains the school operates as a typical state school with no parent expense beyond clothing and transportation. Programs include manual alphabet sign language lip reading and articulation with classes in household trades farming printing carpentry shoemaking baking and dressmaking. A two term old typewriting class will continue, and the article notes a case of a Denver man learning of his sister’s burial.
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Big State
Council Bluffs
Iowa School For the Deaf
H. W. Robert
State Fair Drives Man Insane in Marshalltown
G M Tuttle shoe dealer and noted citizen was adjudged insane and taken to Independence after returning from the state fair. He displayed delusions and attempted to seize a fair store’s stock and headgear sales, with doctors diagnosing softening of the brain amid fair excitement.
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Marshalltown
G. M Tuttle
Independence
Iowa Editor Guilty in Manslaughter Case
Logan Iowa September 9 H A Sniff editor of the Harrison County News convicted of manslaughter for shooting Mort Brundage a Missouri Valley man who had threatened him Brundage was chasing Sniff after a paper story Sniff testified self defense with the town marshal denying prior warnings and advising arms use
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Missouri Valley
Logan
H. A. Sniff
Harrison County
Sniff
Mort Brundage
Brundage
Opera House
Returns Home Sister Dead
Ottumwa Iowa September 9. A person returns home after many years away to surprise relatives but encounters unexpected tragedy as a sister has died, altering reunion plans and prompting local notices.
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Ottumwa
Pastor Ficke of Emanuel Church Stricken At Finley Hospital
Dubuque Iowa September 9 Rev Harry Ficke pastor of Emanuel Congregational church became violently insane while confined at Finley hospital where he is receiving treatment for kidney trouble Little hope exists for recovery of his mental faculties.
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Dubuque, Ia
Harry Ficke
Emanuel Congregational Church
Finley Hospital
Return to Father Or Stay With Foster Family
In Belknap Iowa Gertrude Tarbill Kellogg, now grown, faces a life choice. Torn between returning to her father and siblings she has not seen since childhood or remaining with the couple who raised her for twelve years as their daughter, she has not yet decided. The foster parents plead for her to stay, while the father and family long to reclaim the daughter.
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Belknap
Gertrude Tarbill-Kellogg
Buried riches unearthed in Iowa City cellar
Iowa City Sept 9 Gold totaling 1200 dollars and thirty six gold rings were exhumed from the cellar of Charles Gebhardt. The search began after the winter death of his wife who was believed to have owned valuables. The discovery follows a persistent hunt for the long cherished jewelry.
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Iowa City
Charles Gebhardt
Mystic Lad Killed While Boarding Moving Train
John Twiner, 14, son of Mr and Mrs John Twiner of Mystic Iowa, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon in Milwaukee yards while attempting to board a moving freight train. He missed his footing and was ground to death beneath the wheels.
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Mystic
John Twiner
Milwaukee Yards
Parade of Catholic Societies Draws 10,000 in Dubuque
Thousands march in a five mile Catholic society parade in Dubuque with twenty bands as the German Catholic Central society holds its national convention. Monsignor Diomed Falconio, papal delegate, heads the reviewing stand and is introduced by Nicholas Gonner before speaking at Northwood Park.
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Dubuque
Northwood Park
Nicholas Gonner
Wreck Victim Buried in Iowa City
John N. Watson, a Norris Siding wreck victim, was buried in Iowa City from his parents home. The Iowa City Elks lodge, recently joined by Watson, attended the funeral in a body.
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Iowa City
John N. Watson
Norris Siding
John S. Watson
Tribune Annual Offer Promises Yearly News for One Dollar
A newspaper promotion offers a yearly subscription at one dollar, presenting a bargain for readers to receive The Tribune for a full year fifty-two issues. The pitch emphasizes value and consistent delivery of local and regional news.
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