Death of Captain A. M. Loomis of Wyoming Iowa
Captain A M Loomis a longtime Jones county figure and Civil War veteran died suddenly of heart disease last Sunday in Wyoming Iowa He served in the legislature was postmaster of Wyoming and led Co K 24th Iowa Volunteers His life is praised as upright and he influenced many with his public service and kindness The piece also comments on saloon issues current across Des Moines health policy and Iowa politics including Governor Carroll Lieutenant Governor Clarke and Secretary Wilson notes on meat prices and tariff impact.
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Jones County
A. M. Loomis
Wyoming
Co. K
24Th Iowa Volunteers
Loomis
Everbody
Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Health
Clarke
Carroll
Cummins
Old Guard
Wilson
Chicago
Mastication Advocate Predicts Sickness Won’t Be Respectable
Dr. Horace Fletcher, famed for chewing, predicts sickness will lose respectability in five years. The piece notes his warning to medical peers to seek other employment. Walter Wellman returns to the Chicago Record-Herald signaling a renewed wobble at the Washington news line as Congress sits and insurgents act.
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Horace Fletcher
Fletcher
Walter Wellman
Chicago Record-Herald
Washington
Diverse notices from Ryan neighborhood life and wider Iowa events
Ida Wenger and Ed Kebhrik wed in Ryan neighborhood. N J Einster takes Loomis Hotel Farley as landlord. Dubuque star William Wyatt Carr dies at 75. Frank G Sheldon resigns to lead Wisconsin Congregational work. Grand Lodge of Iowa Workmen disbands. insured members lose coverage. Judge Benson sends Martha Schultz to Home of the Good Shepherd. A 177 acre farm near Traer sells for 135 per acre. purchaser buys a 240 acre farm at 153.5 per acre. Blacksmith L B Plummer found dead in Olin. coroner rules no foul play. Judge J C Davis dies. longtime lawyer, mayor, C M St Paul Railway attorney. Henry Box couple celebrate 68th anniversary. eight children survive. Rev E Melchert and parishioners celebrate 15th anniversary party. Jackson County Fair borrows 660 to cover deficits. fair days set. Daniels and Kelley recaptured after Anamosa escape. Daniels notable for insane ward escape. Rev L J Smith killed by Milwaukee train near Lost Nation. Rev B A Davis injured. James Greig mangled in gas engine accident. fingers and part of hand amputated. Des Moines College President Osburn clashes with courting. students wear veils and hold meetings while president tightens rules.
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Ida Wenger
Ed Kebhrik
Ryan
N. J. Einster
Dyersville
Loomis Hotel
Farley
William Wyatt Carr
Dubuque
Frank G. Sheldon
First Congregational Church
Traer
L. B. Plummer
Olin
J. C. Davis
Marion
C. M
Joseph Daniels
Anamusa Reformatory
St. Louis
Kelley
Daniels
Rev
L. J. Smith
Indianola
Lost Nation
B. A. Davis
Elwood
Smith
Davis
Methodist Episcopal Church
Antisaloon League
James Greig
Clarence
Osburn
Des Moines College
Petition routes for third parties to place candidates on ballot
Socialists and prohibitionists lack enough votes for the primary and must use a convention to nominate their candidates and then gather the required signatures to qualify for the ballot next year. The piece outlines their limited path to ballot inclusion through petition after a convention.
Surplus Funds Behind Equitable Life Policies Questioned
Those with Equitable Life Assurance policies note a par value stock of $51,000 limited to 3 percent dividends sells for $2,500,000. They wonder who benefits from the large surplus contributed by policy holders.
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Equitable Life Assurance Association
Helping The Harvester Trust
The piece lampoons farmers neglecting machinery and mocks lazy workers. It jokes about a farmer keeping a new harvester outdoors and mocks The International Harvester company for blaming farmers. It criticizes laziness and shiftlessness among men.
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International Harvester
Boy loses three buttons lesson on Life Liberty and Pursuit
A school principal uses three buttons to teach Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness from the Declaration of Independence. The youngest pupil cannot produce all three as his mother sewed the third onto his pants.
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Johnny
Mommer
Too Muchee Tatkee. A Cedar Rapids Republican View
The Cedar Rapids Republican laments Illinois Speaker and Iowa Senator Cannon and Cummins for excessive talking. It mocks their egos and warns that their speeches are wearing away their lives for the people. It notes La Follette restrains himself for a period of rest.
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la Follette
Quotations on virtue and society from a Chicago Tribune page
A series of aphorisms on friendship love and morality highlighting tests of character and social obligations. The statements emphasize confession praise service and practical gains as measures of virtue and integrity amid social fools and hypocrites.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Husband Abandons Family Notifies Court of Separation
Public notice from Hillsboro New Hampshire notes Margrette Cilley and her children left the home, with husband Hank Cilley disavowing debts after the departure. He requests mail be addressed to Miss Margrette Clark, dropping the Gilley spelling. He claims he has been married plenty.
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Hillsboro
N. H
Margrette Cilley
Margrette Clark
Gilley
Judge Remley sick with typhoid fever in Anamosa
Anamosa Eureka News reports Judge Remley is down with typhoid fever with a probable two week duration but improving this morning. Mrs. John Cloud underwent a serious gall stone operation at the sanitarium last Saturday removing 186 stones. her condition is favorable for recovery. Jacob Joslin lost his barn near town to fire Tuesday evening, 36 by 50 feet with 40 tons hay 700 bushels oats 175 bushels corn and machinery. loss estimated 1600 with partial insurance coverage listed.
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Jacob Joslin
Ross McIntyre
Hopkinton Notes On Hogs Markets And Local Thrift
I C Bacon notes dandelions blooming early in December and Hopkinton as a strong stock market with many hog shipments to Chicago. S Hogan reports 21 hog carloads in November totaling 1 428 head and 26565 33 paid to local farmers, underscoring the town’s thrift and prosperity.
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I. C. Bacon
Chicago
William J. Moxley
Congress
Hopkinton
S. Hogan
Real Estate Transfers in Jones County and Monticello
A lengthy list of transfers shows Louisa LaBarge to Philemon Mere for land east of public road plus an acre, and numerous deeds in Monticello and Olin areas. Transactions include small nominal sums and one hundred twenty seven acre parcels with prices ranging from 1.00 to 8600.00, with grantees such as Elizabeth Coleman Ellen Proctor Wilkins Adney Simmons Christina Stafford and others. The notices reflect q c d conditions and various lot and section references across 83 84 2 83 3 86 3 and adjacent townships.
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Louisa LaBarge
Philemon Mere
Jones County
Washington Rearick
R. R
Monticello
John McDonald
George McDonald
Wm. McDonald
Frank Flaherty
Angeline EB. Lyang
Robert J. Taupert
Ellen A. Proctor Wilkins
Alex Foreman
Elizabeth R. Coleman
L. H. Cave
Adney Simmons
James E. Squiers
Cora Weir
Center Junction
Jerry Woodyard
J. H. Sage
Wyoming
John M. Price
J. Price
Cronkite
Olin
William Gerhart
J. Q. Bodecker
Frank Urban
Emma Urban
Monica Zeller
Christina Stafford
Hattie Bulfham
Arthur Hall
Ida M. Hall
Gee
Rudolph Greenewald
Z. A. Graves
Turck
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Express
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Helping the Harvester Trust
Manchester Press
Iowa Normal Monthly
Anamosa Eureka News
Hopkinton Leader News
Golden Eagle
Harry Gibbs Company
Edison
Harr-Gibbs CO
Ellen A. Proctor Wilkens
Josiah Coon
Michael Soubrada
Carrie Sanders
Dewitt Smith
Q.c. d
D. M. Hakes
Ophelia L. Hakes
Anamosa
L. L. Fowler
Maggie A. Fowler
C. d
Mary I. Leffingwell
Luther M. Hall
Leffingwell
Oxford Junction
Hulda Baugh
Charles Kroeger
Town of
Victor
Locher Brothers
Monticello State Bank
Lovell State Bank
Geo. L. Lovell
R. C. Stirton
Home Savings Bank
the Diamond Creamery Co
Monticello, Iowa
Capital
Te Eclipse Lumber Co
Mason City
Portland Cement
Lehigh
J. H. Henry
N. Schoen
N. 3Rd
St. Cedar Rapids
Eagle Drug Store
A. Kempf
Prop
H.C. Bohlken’s
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