Fulton Journal Early 20th Century Local Notes
Local notices include weather concerns with frost risk, Mrs. Baldwin visiting Davenport for her nephew’s enrollment at St Ambrose College, and Judge Ramsay adjourning court to accommodate an election contest hearing. Also reports on Mississippi Wall Stove Works repairs, Gov light tender Archie Goble to start May 1, and the steamer Eclipse moving from Fulton to Dubuque with freight houses for river trade.
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O. G. Baldwin
Davenport
Willi Chapman
St. Ambrose College
Fulton
Rock Island
Ita
Dubuque
Rairie du Chien
LeClaire
Prairie du Chien
Mrs Charles Embick Death in Thomson After Illness
Mrs Charles Embick nee Anna Atherton dies at home in Thomson after several months of illness and a recent operation. She is survived by her husband two sons one daughter her mother and two sisters, in Thomson.
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Charles Embick
Thomson
Anna Atherton
Great Chance to Get a Chicago Daily Tribune Offer
The Chicago Daily Tribune subscription deal is advertised at $3.60 for one year with delivery to the home. Readers are offered the Fulton Journal for a year and the chance to receive daily market reports each morning.
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Chicago Daily
Prbalies
West
Chicago Daily Tribune
Fulton Journal
Harmers
Oldest Iowa Woman Celia Baily Dies At 110
Mrs Celia Baily reportedly Iowa's oldest person died Wednesday at Mercy hospital Davenport aged 110 Born in County Galway Ireland she came to America over sixty years ago crossing the river on the ice in 1848 to reside in Davenport She was mother of fifteen children four of whom survive in Davenport.
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Iowa
Celia Baily
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
County
Galway
Ireland
America
Body of Missing Woman Found After Weeklong Iowa Search
Mia Schoenthal, who disappeared from Dubuque, Iowa, was found dead in a river after a weeklong search in northeastern Iowa. A bloodhound aided the effort. the death is believed to be self-inflicted and investigators have not established a cause.
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Iowa
Mia
Frank Schoenthal
Dubugne
Lily Docks at Rock Island for Spring Inspection
The United States light house steamer Lily arrived at Rock Island on Sunday and will depart for the north this morning. The vessel will visit light tenders along the upper river, supply them for the season, repair all lights, repaint frames, and replace diamond signals and buoys marking danger.
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Lily
United States Government Light House
Rock Island
North
Illinois Hunters and Wardens Reach Settlement With Clerks
Illinois game wardens instructed to settle with town city and county clerks who sold hunters licenses over the past year. Hunting season nearly over licenses expire June 1. More than 100000 licenses issued annually in Illinois, reportedly the highest in the Union. About $10000 in fines collected during the past year.
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Illinois
Union
Will Be Married in Nuptial Mass in City
William J. Hanrahan of Lockport Mil and Miss Margaret Pollard of Fulton will be married in a Catholic nuptial mass Wednesday at nine o'clock. Rev J L Moloney will officiate. After the ceremony they visit the bride’s mother Ellen Pollard before a wedding repast and later depart by Northwestern for Lockport where Mr Hanrahan farms and has prepared a home.
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William J. Hanrahan
Lockport
Mil
Margaret Pollard
Fulton
J. L. Moloney
Ellen Pollard
Mr. Hanrahan
Oldest Iowan Cornelius Monahan Reaches Century Mark
Cornelius Monahan, born in 1806 in Ireland, is reported as 102 years old in Clinton eastern Iowa. He moved at fourteen to a life at sea on a British trader, visiting many countries, and has lived in Clinton over forty years with five children, seventeen grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.
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Iowa
Cornelius Monahan
John Monahan
Clinton
Ireland
England
West Indies
Monahan
Trial of Mrs Irene Dalph for murder opens in Clinton court
The murder trial began in Clinton district court with Judge Bollinger ordering the proceedings and jurors to be selected. A separate Amboy case reports Gill Emery found dead at his home from a self inflicted gunshot after a period of ill health.
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Ip Rae Ee
Irene Dalph
Clinton District Court
Bollinger
Bloomington voters split on saloon issue in tight tally
Five thousand men pledged to Billy Sunday to vote against saloons. In the election last Tuesday the days garnered 2 580 votes, the wets 2 971, with total ballots 800 more than the prior presidential vote. The note suggests many changed minds or forgot.
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Billy
Bloomington
A Successful Transplanting Machine Debuts in Fields
C F Schaale buys an advanced transplanting machine for strawberries tomatoes and cabbage. The device waters automatically as it plants and can lay out 25 000 plants daily. It requires a driver and two helpers and rides on the machine. With about 100 000 plants to set Schaale expects labor savings to nearly cover the machine cost. Two horses pull the unit and planting intervals range from six to forty eight inches.
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C. F Schaale
Schaale
Mt. Carroll Democrat
Sun fish lake drainage case ends in sweeping victory
In Carroll county circuit court Judge Baume ruled the state had no rights over Sun fish lake drainage, dissolving the injunction and allowing operations to begin. The lengthy trial saw about forty witnesses. Twenty six owners, including J H Grossman who holds 200 acres, are affected.
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Sunfish Lake
Carroll County
J H. Grossman
Carroll County Editor Escapes Fine After Contempt Hearing
Carl M. Feezer editor of the Mt Carroll Democrat faced contempt charges for publishing while a case was pending. Judge Baume, after twelve years in Carroll County, spared a fine but ruled newspapers cannot influence court proceedings. The decision noted Mr Strauch shared in the lack of regard for the law during pending cases.
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Baume
Carroll County
Feezer
Strauch
Dueling Courage in a French Duel Narrative
A Frenchman speaks of dueling nerves and ritual. He claims preparation with champagne or “tank up” before a duel, contrasting American and French duel culture amid pale trembling and spectators. The piece reflects bravado and ritual rather than action.
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Hein
Voila
New York Press
New Map of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway
A large Pacific coast extension map through South Dakota North Dakota Montana Idaho and Washington is now on display at the local station. The line traverses farming stock raising dairying and fruit regions with strong opportunities. Descriptive books and maps are free from agent B E McEluhiney.
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South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Luhiney
Uncalled Letters Listed at Fulton Post Office
The following addressed letters are uncalled for in the Fulton post office. Advertised letters include Mrs. Wm Brogham Mrs. Dewitt Lewis J Moeck Peter Thomsen P M Fulton I April 27 1908.
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Fulton
Wm Brogham
Dewitt Lewis
J Moeck
Peter Thomsen
P M Fulton, I
Practical farm notes and sundry observations from a 19th century column
The excerpt covers clean animal housing and feed practices, pasture management with two fields, a note on bird life decline and insect life implications, high altitude temperature data from a kite experiment, tips for listing and finding articles in local papers, concerns about planting fruit trees on lawns, grain sowing methods favoring drills over broadcasting, and a farmer's story about sending his family to a short course while he stayed home.
Poor management blamed for stalled workers and bad odds
The author argues misfortune and luck are less to blame than poor management. Citing a case of an acquaintance who lays off himself and his team from a job paying 3 dollars a day to haul 2.50 dollars worth of hay, the piece notes the difficulty of improving financial status without sound decisions.
Birds of the Orchard and Their Protective Roles
The passage lists nuthatches chickadees goldfinches woodpeckers and bluejays as orchard friends. It notes each species probes trunks twigs leaves or ground for food and emphasizes birds’ constant war on insects across fall winter spring and summer to save trees.
Manure storage affects potato and wheat yields on test plots
A Royal Agricultural Society experiment compared weathered manure with normally stored manure on two adjacent ten acre plots. The covered manure plot produced 150 more bushels per acre of potatoes and 120 percent more wheat than the weathered manure plot. The piece also discusses home canning of beans and corn, garden rewards for children, dairy grazing cautions, and skepticism toward seed man promises.
Eight Points of the Law Explained
A London Standard quip outlines the eight points favoring a case: good cause, good purse, honest solicitor, good evidence, able counsel, an upright judge, an intelligent jury, and good luck. Even with all, victory is not guaranteed.
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London Standard
Bonaparte as a Deadhead in Paris Gaulois
Frederic Febvre publishes in the Paris Gaulois an interesting document preserved in the archives of the city newspaper. The article notes the link between Napoleon Bonaparte and contemporary cultural circles through a curious archival item.
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Bonaparte
Frederic Febvre
Paris
Gaulois
Mantina at Theatre Francais and Bonaparte Seats Tale
A fragmentary passage recalls Napoleon as a lieutenant with orders to attend a Mantina performance at Theatre Francais. A tale from M Hebyre cites Palran's son about the future ruler hiding in theatre galleries and warning a tragedian to move so he would not be spotted for seats.
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Theatre Francais
Bonaparte
Napoleon
M. Hebyre
Pal Ran
France
Palais Royal
I am proud to say I have never made a serious mistake
A dramatic exchange features a loud voiced man declaring no serious mistakes and a mild speaker challenging his authority and self perception. The debate centers on evidence and perspective as the adolady stoop prompts reflection on judgment.
The Marvelous Resistance of Water
A Strand Magazine excerpt explains that a sheet of water one inch thick could stop the fastest bomb shells by offering resistance akin to steel armor, if imparted with sufficient velocity, illustrating water’s hypothetical protective power.
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Strand Magazine
Football Origin in Roman Times and Later Developments
The article traces football to Roman times in the first century AD and notes its sporadic presence in the middle ages. It credits British public schools with guiding the sport's growth into popularity. It also mentions aging individuals chewing slowly due to decayed teeth, a health-driven claim.
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Christ
Great Britain
Atchifson Globe
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