Hooppole Tragedy Claims Peter Brants In Fatal Buggy Crash
Community mourns Peter Brants a Hooppole youth after a late evening buggy accident near Oberle school. Coronor reports dislocation of the cervical vertebrae with no other wounds found. Funeral held at Zion church with large attendance. family and town share grief and questions surrounding the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberle School
Loraine
Peter Brants
Hooppole
Peter
Frank Wirth
Keener's Corner
Joseph Oberle
A L Johnson
Prophetstown
Surney
Miller
Philip Schmidt
Carl Lorenzen
August Egert
Jacob Wolf
Hoop 5
Cornelius Bragts
Howard Mathis
Charles
Geneseo Notice Requests Advertising Fees
Fragmentary notice from Geneseo dated June 28 requests advertising fee details for an unidentified matter. Names mentioned include Groves, Jack Anard, Fred Everett Pouferoy, and Frank Greene P. M. with unclear roles or actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneseo
Groves
Jack Anard
Fred Everett Pouferoy
Frank Greene
P. M
Fourth of July Celebration in Cleveland planned with music and games
Cleveland marks Independence Day with W T Snyder orchestra from Davenport and a Colona quartet for vocal music. Orator A B Johnson of Moline will speak, Rev W Thompson to read the Declaration. Events include a ball game versus Allisdate, races, tug of war, launch race, and dancing. Everyone urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottsche's Grove
Cleveland
W. T. Snyder
Davenport
Colona
A B. Johnson
Moline
W. Thompson
W. D. Sherrill
Allisdate
H C Haines
J A. Stob
Marsha
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Assistance and Sympathy
We express heartfelt thanks to friends who helped and offered sympathy after our bereavement. Gratitude for the singers and the Hora, and for the respect shown to Mr Coxsnap Loresz Mars Jos Stein ast Sieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxsnap Loresz Mars
Jos Stein
Ast
Church Announcements on Stainless Flag Day and Farewell Sermons
Several local denominations issue notices for Stainless Flag Day observations and farewell services. Presbyterian and Evangelical congregations announce morning sermons and youth activities, with no evening services. The Baptist church marks Rev Bidwell's farewell with a combined service. Grace United plans temperance discussion and farewell remarks by Rev Bidwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
F. A. Stilley
Of—The-Salion
Baptist Church
Rev
Bidwell
Swendsyd Ev. Lorgentans
Carl E. Lundgren
Trinity
Luther League
Conwke Egallaxar
W. B. Millard
C. K Bidwell
The
Inhumanity and irony mark a sharp wit discussion
An essayish fragment from the Atchison Globe critiques human nature and superstition with pointed lines. It mocks modesty, honesty, and business ethics while poking at beliefs, authority, and the lure of money, ending with a quip comparing game meat to value.
Causes of appendicitis and misattributed seeds debunked
Medical note traces the term appendicitis to Fitz in 1886 and reviews causes from foreign bodies to injuries. It cites autopsy data, racial differences in incidence, and a story about charity misfortune to illustrate contemporary medical uncertainty about the appendix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald H. Fitz
Boston
Fitz
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Controversial Notes From the Era on Crime, Infrastructure and Media
The item references London criminals outnumbering police, William Walker’s Nashville home disposed of by relatives, New York waterfront plans costing 12 million, a 2200 mile cable with Baracourha as intermediate station, and a claim that 100 percent of industrial workers live in the country. It also notes Booner T Washington opposing Black newspapers and critiques of coverage of oppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nashville
Tenn
William Walker
New York City
New York
Panama
Baracoaurha
South America
Belgium
Booner T Washington
Tuskegee School
Miseries of the Great Figures and Their Feeble Sides
A list of historical icons noted for personal woes and ailments. Bacon’s avarice, Defoe’s nausea, Cervantes’s creditors, Gibbon’s gout, Palestrina’s poverty, Caesar’s digestion, Peter the Great’s excess, Lé Sage’s poverty, Selden’s imprisonment, Mohammed’s epilepsy, Charlemagne’s leg ulcer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Foe
Llorr Cervantes
Cowper
Gibbon
Palestrina
Julus Caesar
Peter the Great
A Selfish Man and His View of Marriage
A narrative condemns a husband who treats his wife as inferior, restricts her work to house duties, and wages a double life. He funds his wife poorly, dismisses her judgment, and asserts mastery from the marriage vow. He also indulges boorish behavior, ignoring the impact on family harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renwon
Lé Sage
Selden
Stainless Flag Day Push Across Churches in 1907
Announcement notes churches observing Stainless Flag Day on June 30 1907 as part of a national temperance effort led by the Anti Saloon League. It urges pastors to preach against licensing of liquor and distribute Dr Orvin S Chapman’s address A Stainless Flag as proof the saloon is unconstitutional and harmful to the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League
St. Louis
United States
Mqnor
Trafic
Chapin
Orvin S. Chapman
Los Angeles
Calif
Southern California
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chapman
America
Supreme Court of the United States
Indiana
Kansas
Mrs. Mary Anne Curtin Gleason Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Maki AXN Gleason widow of James Gleason dies at her home June 24 1907 after two years of declining health. Born May 14 1848 in County Cork Ireland she emigrated in 1866 to Geneseo lived on a Phenix township farm before moving to the city in 1872. Survived by ten children Mathaw M Mary A Elizabeth M L John James F Elia G Eugene V Edward J and two sisters Mrs Ellen Sullivan. husband died 1901. Funeral at St Malachys church June 26 Requiem High Mass Father M F Foley. interment Oakwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maki Axn Gleason
Mari Ann ‘Curtin Gleason
James Gleason
Mary Anne Curtin
County Cork
Iriing
Geneseo
Daniel Murphy
Phenix
Piles Relief Promised by Dr Shoop’s Magic Ointment
A local ad claims quick relief for piles using Dr Shoop’s Magic Ointment. It says itching and protruding piles disappear with its use. Nickel capped glass jars are sold for 50 cents by all dealers.
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Geo Mathis
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Sterling
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Chadwick
Louis Reidel
Chicago
Freu Kockenbach
Geddes, S. C
Firat
Arthur Feliman
Rock Island
Cora Miachis
Freeport
George Koerner
Peoria
John Yonke
Walnut
Joan Gerlach
C G Gasser
Aurora
Chas, Smith
Tampico
Wm. Smith
James
Ray
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Chris Blackett
Chas Luther
Grand Junction
Las
Corn Ott
Genesee
H E. Goembel
Alice Minch
Bessie Goembel
Naperville
John Goembel
Rockford
Vergil Miller
Canon City
Colorado
Alfred Vonlas
B. W Dorney
T3eo
Mathis
Frank Goembel
Frank
Young Peoples Alliance
Zion Evangelical Church
Walter J Miller
Ilinois
Ooerle
Derotye
Hoople
Peter I
Rale
Ardee Front
Pee Ieee
Unitafian
D .M. Kirkpatrick
Grace United Evasorman
Keagle
Orsad
Grace Church
Junior League
Keystone League of Christian Endeavor
C. K. Binwell
Atchison Globe Lights
Boston City
Johns Hopkins
Rhode Island
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Mr. Stokes
Ireland
Bacon
Mohammed
Charlemagne
Nas Pines Ne
LSS SN
Folick
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National Board OF Fire Underwriters
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