Neighborhood News: Clinton County Items and Local Accidents
Local notes report farm sales via F.W. Dickman Agency and several injuries from recent incidents. A man named O Connors suffered leg fractures after a stove accident. Mrs Connell and daughter were injured in a collision near Muscatine. A lightning strike killed Wm Cleary, and Blaine Scott faced complications after appendicitis surgery.
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Board of Supervisors
Beeby
Charlotte-Goose Lake
Shane
Clinton
John
Cleary
Danville
Tfl
Blaine Scott
Blaine
H. .L. Schultz
Henry
Feusg
Ott
O. Stender
J. W
McMillin
Garl- Brauer
J. Hi
Heitman
Ghas
Lucy
Connell
Muscatine
Tun
Joseph
Shultz
Wheatland
Muscatine Packing Co
Connolly
When Sneezing Was a Bad Omen
A brief note on sneeze superstitions from ancient times. Forebears linked sneezing to omens, altering sleep or behavior. Right side sneezes were seen as luckless, leftward sneezes as evil signs, and sneezing near burials deemed unlucky.
District Court Notice in Estate of Mathias Schiltz
In Jackson County 1919 notice of petition by The Bank of do Kelso creditor against estate of Mathias Schiltz now pending in District Court. Defendant Joseph Becker administrator and Peter Kass lien holder. Estate not closed. Mathias allegedly conveyed one third Lot 52 Bellevue Town to wife Mary Schiltz to defraud creditors. court may declare conveyance void and order sale to pay debts. Appearance required by Sept 2 term. default leads to judgment. Dated July 18, 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Schiltz
Peter Cass
Jos. S. Becker
District Court
Jackson County
Mathias Schiltz
Stcp
Peter Kass
Bellevue
Yowa
Mainoketa
Iowa
Book Care and Timber Trade Notes From The Era
Ta Rep discusses book binding maintenance using equal parts white resin and water with soft brushes, while The Gun Tree notes Australia's timber value and New Zealand growth, and The Teacher extols obedience as a guiding law of life across ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Australisa
New Zealand
Australia
Brazil
Musical Taste Sparks New Song by Composer-Tvé
A fragmentary piece notes Composer-Tvé releasing a new song, with casual dialogue about its potential reception by a concert manager and audience. The garbled text hints at questions about sense, fun, and musical success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tvé
Girls Hide as Thief Loots Home In Night Alarm
Miss Agnes Driscoll of 82 Clayton Street and two University of California students cowered under a table as a burglar entered through a window and ransacked the home while the trio hid. They fled to another room and listened at the keyhole as the intruder rifled the front area before fleeing, later reporting to Park Police Station.
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San Franches
Agnes Driscoll
Clayton Street
Frances
Sma MicCauley
McCauley
Mss Driscoll
University of California
Tor
Listerg
Mi ‘Bialat
Folemlontel Cae Park
Man Sleeps on Window Ledge in Land Title Building
A new porter and the head porter saved a man sleeping on the edge of a ledge high above Broad and Chestnut. Thousands watched as he lounged with arms and feet over the sheer drop until telephones to the superintendent's office alerted staff to the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ofice
Broad
Chestnut Streets
Land, Title Building
John
Sayville Captain’s Four-Legged Chick Dream Ends
Sayville, L L Cap tain John Hodse mourns Bedpost the famous four legged cockerel found dead. Hodse planned a breed of four legged chicks and aimed to feed sawdust to Rhode Island Reds to raise chicks with wooden legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayville, L. L
John Hodse
Sayville
Capisis Hedze
Thode Island
Barber Slashes Sleepy Customer in Napa Shop
In Napa California Janes G. Manet was dozing in a barber chair when the barber allegedly cut his throat. Manet escaped to the police station. The barber was arrested, believed mentally deranged, claiming the razor slipped. Nine stitches were needed to close the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napa, Cal
Janes G. Manet
A Rogue's Romance at New Orpheum Theatre Thursday
Mystery and suspense drive the Vitagraph drama A Rogue's Romance featuring Earle Williams as a master criminal who reforms for love. James Young directs, delivering swift action and strong romance with Williams in multiple roles including a famed French detective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Williams
New Orpheum Theatre
Erook
Jove
Vitagraph
Prump
Williams
Jim Crock
Mons
James Young
Dickens as Editor Through the 19th Century
Dickens served as editor for about a third of a century starting in 1887 with Boetler's Miscellany and remained editor of All the Year Round until his death in 1870.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Chares Dickens
Anv
Beotler
Masonic Lodge Meeting Notices Include Regular and Mystic Chapters
Mason ic Lodge No 36 A F and AM holds regular meetings on the first Tuesday each month at 8 pm. Visiting brothers are welcome. Secretary C F Cram and W M Fred Gur ius noted. Mystic Workers Lodge No 169 in Maquoketa meets second Friday at Woodmen Hall. visitors welcome.
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Hipchote Lodge
C. F. Cram
Fred Gur
Ius
Bath Ko
RA. M
Por Sale
Parms
Tancred
Henry Nmeyer
E. Gy
Wm. Hancock
Lee
Elcome
W. Ogden
W.C. Jas. Ralston
Maquoketa
Mystic
Woodmen’ Hall
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Neighbortown News
SER
Charlotte Record
Lost Nation
Chas. Christensen
Naomi Pithun
Magonketa
John Coon
District Court of the State of
Towa
Bank of Do. Kelso
Earth
Fletcher
Castoria
Hoover
Mattensen Ey Eoods O
Hercules
Anthony Froilope
Verne Panggorn
Yarm
Wallace Gibson
Bos. Com
W. Ellis
Lena
Costa Hamilton
Maquoketa’ S
Doroc Jersey
B.C. Frisby & Sons
Baldwin
Renant
Clinton Business College
Tows
Byron Crevlin
J. Leonard
Equitable
Washington
Nic Koppes
Andrew
Fourth Ward
Gro
Northwest
Sec
Waterford
Clinton Go
C. W. Farr
Poland
Max- Htadon
Martin Teshak
W. Platt St
Maqueketa
Lamey
Davis
Eee
Sop Sbekal
Tadge
FE Hall
M. W
Main Street
Dean
Mr. Yeager
Foster-Milburn
Cos Mfgrs
Buffalo, N.Y
Hill & Moeller
Manns
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