Population Decline With Census Taken At Hedrick
Careful census taken Friday and Saturday by the Hedrick school district secretary reports a town population of 1111, up 76 from 1900. 347 youths ages 5 to 21 include 155 males and 192 females. 284 ages 7 to 14 comprise 108 males and 126 females. Last year 360 in 5 to 21, in 1901 349. Sunday School Convention set for Competing September 27 with officers listed and a full program including devotional, discussions, papers, temperance talks and open discussions.
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Hedrick
O. O. Phelps
B. F. Mefford
Minnie Larmore
Kate Thompson
Home Department
Mattie Phelps
Ella Whittington
Serious Charge Against Western Union Agent in Oskaloosa
William Ochwat of Chicago reports shortages in the local Western Union Telegraph office led by Earl Bott. Bott admits some shortage and says earnings are accounted for since he took charge. The auditor notes long unchecked records and says about two hundred dollars have been missing since June 16.
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William Ochwat
Chicago
Earl Bott
Western Union Telegraph Company
Charles Stanley
Oskaloosa
Ochwat
Oskaloosa Herald
Santa Clara exhibit cars display Tropical Fruits and Wonders
Santa Clara exhibit cars arrive in Hedrick on Monday September 21 and stay through September 22 from 8 30 a m to 9 30 p m. Admission is ten cents. The display features tropical and temperate fruits and vegetables grown in Santa Clara County and aims to advertise immigration. The museum car showcases wonders of the deep including a mounted elephant shark from Monterey Bay, the largest captured. It carries its own electric light plant and offers a free sea shell souvenir to all ladies and children.
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Santa Clara
California
Hedrick
Santa Clara County
Monterey Bay
Democratic primary delegates named for Ottumwa convention
The Compe tine township held its Democratic primary on Saturday and chose delegates to attend the county convention in Ottumwa next Saturday. Delegates include Hawthorne R. L, Scott J.C., Hawthorne S. E., Woodruff W. A., Alexander L., Eller. Alternates include Jesse Breon Q., Breon T., Hawthorne S., A. Beem, Jesse Vanney, B. F. Mefford, C. A. Bitcher, and G. B. Baker. Baker and Bitcher were in Ottumwa Monday.
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Competine Township
Ottumwa
U.S. Hawthorne
R. L
Scott J.C. Hawthorne
S. E. Woodruff
W. A
Alexander L
Eller
Jesse Breon Q
Breon T
Hawthorne S. A. Beem
Jesse Vanney
B. F. Mefford
Spicer’s Thirtieth Anniversary at Hedrick Home
A 30 year marriage celebration for Mr and Mrs E S Spicer at their Hedrick South Main home drew about fifty guests. The couple moved to Hedrick in 1890 and have four children. Spicer served as Hedrick mayor in 1898 1899 and 1900. the gathering honored a life rooted in local ties and family.
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Mr. Spicer
Hedrick
E.spicer
Spicer
South Main Street
W. H. Spicer
Batavia
B. H Spicer
Charles Spicer
C.O. Bowen
Winfield
Charles Roberts
J. L. Braden
Pekin
William Sylvester
Competine
F. M. Godfrey James Douglas
C.0
Bowen ,W.c.redman
R. S. Martin
B. H. Spicer
C. E. Roberts
Mesdames— O. J. Harris
How Cheap Baking Powder Is Made
A neighboring city seized a batch of low priced baking powders exposing their dangerous composition. Tests showed alum powders containing alum, sulphuric acid and rock filler. Health cautions urged avoiding cheap products and favoring cream of tartar powders for safety and value.
Eden’s garden joke hints at Cain and car mishap
A Chicago Post quip suggests a humorous take on biblical Genesis noting that Cain with a car in Eden might have destroyed the whole family. The remark plays on modern invention altering historic outcomes.
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Garden of Eden
Chicago Post
Atlo M and Miss Eva Race at Oskaloosa Races
Alto M owned by A M Utterback won the 2:25 trotting race at Oskaloosa Friday taking third money after winning the first heat Miss Eva owned by G W Harkins and L R Fleener finished fourth in the free for all pace Bert Morgan driver of Miss Eva had a dangerous fallless moment when a line broke he jumped from the sulky and rode the mare on horseback to prevent serious consequences
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Oskaloosa
Alto M
A.M. Utterback
Miss Eva
G.W. Harkins
L. R. Fleener
Bert Morgan
Auctioneer ad Promotes Livestock Sales in Hedrick Iowa
W H Cooper, auctioneer, offers live stock and farm sales with satisfactory handling. Advertises familiarity with merits, qualities and values. Contact phone 148 Hedrick Iowa. Dates arranged through the office.
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Hedrick
Iowa
Old settlers day observed in Sigourney on Sept 16
Old settlers day will be observed in Sigourney September 16. A good program has been prepared and the public is invited. M. J. Clarahan is president and J T Parker secretary. The program lists 10:00 a.m. assembly at Park with music and invocation, Loveall to give address of welcome, Mayor Gambell to respond, and 1:30 p.m. music with short speeches by Old Settlers and others, followed by Auld Lang Syne. Assembly led by W S Cummins of Fremont.
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Sigourney
M. J. Clarahan
J T. Parker
Park
Loveall
Gambell
Clarahan
Farmers Clubbing Offer Includes Iowa Homestead Poultry Farmer
All readers are invited to join a four publication club including TJ JOURNAL Iowa Homestead Poultry Farmer and Special Farmers Institute Editions plus local news for one year at 1.75 dollars. The offer boasts superior reading material at a low price and runs for a short time only. Samples may be examined at the office. O'Toole Muldoon joke ends with a jail remark in a Baltimore American clipping.
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TJ Journal
Iowa Homestead
Farmers’ Institute
Poultry Farmer
West
Homestead
Farmer’s Institute
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Bladensburg
A.D. Conrad
Eldon
Megan
Dora Fisher
Louise Herman
L. Dudgeon
Putnam
Western Union
C.A. Bitcher
G.B. Baker
Bowen
W. O. Bowen
San Diego
C. C. Bowen
5. E. Spicer
Misses
Maggie Redman
Agnes Lindsay
Mamie Lindsay Faye Shaw
Messrs
Winfield Roberts
Agency
John. Bowen
Will Bowen
Adams Express Co
J. C. Burns & Sons
J.C. Burns
Eva
Dotsy Gyyecececcs
Ce Ceteenne
Ingle
Bertha Egmont
Allo Museeccetseteenneseeesee
W. H. Cooper
Old Settlers
W,.s. Cummins
Fremont
O’toole
Muldoon
McKick
Baltimore American
Rockers
C. B
Northern Pacific
Chas. S. Fee
St. Paul
Wonderland
Father Hennepin
Northwest
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park
A. Dew
Mount Rainier
United States
Alaska
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Charles S. Fee
Minnesota
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