We and Our Neighbors and Local Notices
Ottuma resident Frank Durgan, once Ottumwa mayor, killed his father in law and then himself amid suspected insanity. Red Oak settles with electric firm over illegal water use, paying 252. The Villisca electric light plant to be sold at sheriff's sale on August 24. Dr King’s New Discovery touted for coughs and lung maladies with trials and pharmacy guarantees.
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Frank Durgan
Ottuma
Ottumwa
Oteago County
Wm M. Dietz
Oteego Journal
Gilbertsville
Dr. King
Royce’s
Villisca
Eminent scientists urge extended life with new knowledge
The article touts long life, praising Electric Bitters and Dr King’s New Life Pills while endorsing various tonics and remedies. It notes local chautauquas, bond issues, and medical ads including Man Zan Pile Remedy and Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup, all sold by C S Royce in Red Oak and nearby towns.
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Nature
C. S. Royce
C. 5
Royce
Red Oak
Tillman
Billy Sunday
Innes Bend
Veterans of
Dr. King
Royce Druggist
Kennedy
C . Royce
Oakland Chautauqua funds cover all expenses and local notices
The article notes the Oakland Chautauqua raised enough money by day four to cover all expenses. It mentions Thomas Jefferson’s rule on eating in heat, stomach health tips with Kodol and DeWitt remedies, and local notices including a Thurman tournament result, a Hamburg burglary report, and various medicinal product advertisements. It also records a stabbing at an ice cream supper near Leon, a drowning in Nebraska City, and other community happenings with brief updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland Chautauqua
Thomas Jefferson
United States
CS Royce
Two Cent Fare Impact Reported In Iowa July Sales
From all over Iowa August report notes 2 cent fare law lifting Rock Island ticket sales in July by 23 1 3 percent over July 1906. Also reports Nye buried in New York after accidental streetcar death. Des Moines arrests for jewel theft. telegraph operator job dismissals during AP strikes. Pythian Society officers elected in Cedar Rapids.
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Atlantic
Rock Island
Des Moines
William Reynolds
Mapleton
Sioux City
Chicago
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Train wreck near Russell injures six passengers
Six people were hurt when the Chicago Burlington and Quincy train derailed near Russell Indiana on August 17 due to a defective wheel flange. Injured include C. J. Russell and J. Meredith of Chicago, the latter a brakeman. Most injuries were dislocations and bruises. six cars were thrown from the track though the engine stayed on rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Chicago, Burlington,and Quincy
C. J. Russell
J. Meredith
Chicago
Ghostly bicycle rider terrifies Fort Dodge residents
Aug 17 Fort Dodge report details a pale night apparition riding a bicycle in a thin nightdress. A police officer followed a crash to find a young woman dazed, barefoot, limbs uninjured aside from a cut, who claimed no memory of her midnight rides as her father learned of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satreeta
Vest Buttons Get Divorced in Cruel Treatment Case
Des Moines Aug 17 Elwood Austin Roger a Cranberry trust organizer// lost his wife in divorce court after being charged with cruel and inhuman treatment Judge Howe granted $100 monthly alimony plus 5000 cash and barred remarriage for a year The case arose after Roger asked a stenographer to change vest buttons triggering a public dispute with his wife and secretary
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Cranberry King
Des Moines
Elwood Austin Roger
Cranberry Trust
America
Royer
Howe
Roger
Roger Ia
A. A. Chaney Whole Vale House
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Gem City Business College
Quincy
Ill
D. L. Musselman
I City Business College
J. W. Pointer
S. S. Ball
Ravenswood
W. Va
Saysie
Pineule Medicine CO
C. 8. Royce
Gardu
Woran
Mons
S Royce
Electric Light Company
Sota
Samuel M. Babb
Montgomery County
Maryville
Osceola
John Riha
DeWitt
Thurman
Pacific Junction
Tabor
Sidney
C 8
Hamburg
Bruce Moburg
C. C. College
Sterling Automobiles
Reno Willis
Merton Cozad
Leon
E. D. Wilson
Nebraska City
C. &. Royce
Pottawattamie County
Council Bluffs
George
Charles Wesner
Snys C. G. Hayes
Bluff
Bucklen
Hancock
Jas. L. Talbott
Talbott
Malvern
Iowa
Tom
G. F. Cross
Nye
New York
Fred Nye
The
New York World
Sonin
Joseph
Grand Island
Neb
Associated Press
Telegraphers’ Union
Sffikers
Pythian Society
Pythian Grand Lodge
W. S. Bilby
Knoxville
A. C. Stown
Iowa City
Charles M. Collins
Maquoketa
H. D. Walker
Mr. Pleasant
Frank. L. Wilson
Washington
H. J. Peffer
Ietaburg
Godiva
Burlington
Ara P.M
P. M
Council
Omaha
S and Carson
EASON
Westrom
A.M
A.M P
P.M
Hastings
Sun
Bysun
Iexeen
Eareal P.M
Macedonia
Carson
Randolph Ly
Sidney Ly A
AM. P.M
Wabash
Nee Tae Hyeene Ae
Omiba
Council Ulus iMincola
Silver City
Stratan
Imogene
Shenandoah
Malvern Tabor
Winchester
Benton County, Mo
Benton County
Kansas City
St. Louis
Mapa
Plate
Nata
Schwald & Bylander
Cole Camp
Holton
Jackson County
Campbell College
Ward Schools
Kan- 809
Heta
Holton, Kansas
Offee Iy City Hotel
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