Grading Commences on Ignois Central Spur Line
Grading began on Friday to construct the spur from the Ignois Central mani line to Grimes sand pit. Grading gangs arrived from Chespiree.
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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1902
Page
1
Grading began on Friday to construct the spur from the Ignois Central mani line to Grimes sand pit. Grading gangs arrived from Chespiree.
A Saturday night free fight at the Happy Home club dance at Washington hall ended with several arrests and fines on Monday. Jack Condon asked a girl in Siinga Hughes’s company for the next dance, was refused, and an unprintable remark followed. Hughes struck Condon, others joined, and multiple clashes ensued. Condon, Win Jowell, Gill Munro, John Silver, and W. Van Sickle were fined five dollars plus costs. Silver payed by jail due to lack of funds. Condon filed assault charges against Simon Hughes, with the case set for the following Saturday as witnesses were out of town.
An illsome note links cold neglect to consumption and promotes Dr Geo Leininger's maldehyde Cough Cure as the best remedy. The sales pitch claims universal effectiveness for stubborn coughs and colds and notes it sells for 25 cents under a guarantee by Rowland Jones, with a subscription pitch for The Globe-Post.
Died. Mrs Willis died at her daughter’s home in Merrill aged 72 after long illness. She was mother of Mrs Betsworth and lived in the county for nearly thirty years. Mrs Kimmell died near Garretson South Dakota. funeral held there. Lena Rueba, 21, died at her father’s home in Marion township. funeral at St Catherine’s Ovens and burial at Remsen. Ruebs was a county native and cousin of Mr Startz in the city.
The thirteenth district Christian Endeavor convention concluded Friday with officers elected for the coming year and Orange City chosen as next year’s site. The county fair program advances rapidly with optimistic forecasts for a record exhibit, urging broad producer involvement. Miss Marykh Mitchell, educator, dies of typhoid fever after illness at May home. sister notified in Pennsylvania. burial plans awaiting decisions.
Indefinite postponement of the king’s coronation noted in dispatches from London. The article lists numerous brief social and business notices from LeMars and surrounding towns, detailing residents visiting relatives, transacting business, and traveling to Chicago, Detroit, Denver, and other cities.
The Sioux City District Epworth League held its Alta session starting Monday with about 200 delegates present. Rev. MacDonald of LeMars delivered an address. Attendees included Miss Nellie Morse Miss Ida Walker Miss Pearl Morse Miss Lulu Brown Will Briggs and Will Bechlle with Miss Pearl Morse serving as secretary.
A note from Rowland Jones' Drug Store praising loyal customers who drink the same sodas daily and inviting patrons to share how they like their favorite soda drink. The piece highlights Wild Cherry orange phosphate and Chocolate Cream as examples.
A Kirkman Iowa woman suffered a frightful burn from an Otavasoline stove. Doctors could not fully heal the running sore, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed it. Advertises Arnica Salve as remedy for cuts corns sores bruises skin diseases and burns at 25 cents at P I Diehl shop.
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