Horrific Villisca Murder Stuns Iowa Town
James B. Moore businessman his wife and four children and two visiting girls were found slain in their beds last Sunday night. An axe covered with blood and hair lay nearby as investigators search for fingerprints and a motive while a large crowd awaits coroner’s inquest.
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James B. Moore
Villisca
Iowa
Moore
James B
Herman
Catherine
Boyd
Paul
Spillinger
Lena
Ina
Evangelist George T Stephens Weds Dessie Sellers
At 1 30 yesterday afternoon June 5 1912 Rev George T Stephens evangelist and Miss Dessie May Sellers daughter of Mr and Mrs John W Sellers of Warsaw Indiana were married. The bride formerly secretary of the Moody Bible Institute Woman's department in Chicago is noted among Midwest religious workers and Chicago attendees included Dr and Mrs James Grey. The couple left for a wedding trip up the Hudson visiting East Canada and Toronto.
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Independence Bulletin-Journal
George T. Stephens
Dessie May Sellers
John W. Sellers
Warsaw
Indiana
Sellers
Woman’s Department
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Middle West
James Grey
Moody Institute
Hudson
East
Canada
Toronto
Stephens
Narrow escape after collision with hanging telephone wire
Harry W. Lohrman of Chicago and formerly Anamosa narrowly escaped serious injury when a broken telephone wire near the ground struck his car near the German church eight miles from Vinton at the Albert Grove farm. The impact damaged his eyes and nose, forcing him to slow and look up as well as down. Lohrman, a noted show and automobile man, warns others after the near miss.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry W. Lohrman
Anamosa
Chicago
Vinton
Albert Grove
Lohrman
Hopkinton Strawberry Crop Faces Short Yield
Late reports from Hopkinton growers indicate a disappointing strawberry season. Frost and possible fertilization issues damaged buds, turning what promised to be a large yield into a blight and a smaller harvest.
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Hopkinton
Local Notes From Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Misses Berdina and Stella McNamara Mazie Meyer and Esther McAleer returned from Dubuque where they attended the Academy of Visitation. Dennis Delay of Castle Grove township went to Excelsior Springs for a health visit. Rev Kuentzel the new pastor of the German Reformed church has begun services and will preach next Sunday.
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Berdina
Stella McNamara
Mazie Meyer
Esther_McAleer
Dubuque
Academy of Visitation
Dennis Delay
Castle Grove Township
Excelsior Springs
Kuentzel
German Reformed Church
Political snippets and campaign notes from multiple papers
Brief clippings note Proudfoot finishing third in the Iowa governor Democratic race. Other lines quote various editorial takes on political tactics, social dynamics, and party power games from the Pittsburgh Dispatch Washington Post and Topeka Capital.
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Kansas City
Iowa
Proudfoot
Property transfers in Iowa and Monticello from 1940s records
A series of real estate deeds shows multiple transactions across Iowa towns. Walter L. VanDeusen transfers undivided interests totaling 218 and 485 acres to D J Dirk, with sums listed. Merrill J. Miller and wife sell to Thomas E White in Scott & Skinner’s subdivision. Edward C. O. Soetje et al sell to Bertha Rigby for a lot in Monticello Railroad add. Helen M Thrap et al sell to R H Russell re Rome two lot. H Fredlansky to Ada Fredlansky in Green’s add Wyoming. Floyd Hammond to John Henak in Oxford Junction. John Henak to Wit Blizek Hale two 22 acres. Alla Boswell to Mary G Hogan in Monticello Railroad add. Total amounts vary from 600 to 2,750 dollars.
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Walter L. VanDeusen
D. J. Dirk
Cass
Merrill J. Miller
Thomas E. White
Scott & Skinner
John Henak
Buk
Cook
Oxford Junction
Wit Blizek
Hale
Alla Boswell
Mary G. Hogan
Monticello
Temperance tale to a club audience ends with punchline
A local clubwoman, known for joking about herself, told a temperance tale from twenty years ago in a country town she taught in. A distillery fire led good citizens to lower whisky into a river, flooding the crowd with drunkenness while she stayed sober, remarking she lived upstream.
Every Item Tells In The Call To Duty And Help
A reflective verse urging thorough work in any role from farming to mining. It emphasizes diligence, honesty, and steady effort as life’s audit approaches, noting small acts of kindness and steady service to those in need. The piece frames work as a moral duty shared across communities.
Welsh minister narrates devil as chained man in valley
A Welsh minister explains the devil in a remote valley chapel describing chains around the body. He warns three audience members by name that the devil can reach them. A spectator in the gallery punctures the sermon with a wary joke suggesting the devil might be loose.
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John Jones
David Evans
John Williams
Southern Politicians Mistakenly Pass Tip Money in Rail Car
Three southern politicians Legendre Semmes and Ben Hill dine in a railway restaurant. Each pays with a silver dollar and a 25 cent shortfall is returned. Legendre leaves 25 cents as a tip but Semmes takes it as change and Hill repeats the mistake. The waiter passes the money along as misunderstandings unfold before the party departs for their train.
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Legendre
Semmes
Ben Hill
Hill
Mr. Legendre
Mr. Semmes
Mr. Hhi
Mr. Hill
Ingersoll Visit to Comstock Mines Reveals Hades Heat
A tale recounts John W. Mackay inviting Robert G. Ingersoll to the Comstock mines He descended with him into a shaft where furnace heat left Ingersoll gasping He declared privately he believed in hades but did not dream it could be so hot
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Ingersoll
John W. Mackay
Robert G. Ingersoll
Comstock
Duke of Connaught Visits New York Laughs at American English
During a New York visit the Duke of Connaught plays along with a spry American woman who jokes about clipping the king's English at a dinner. The duchess asks which London place impressed her most, she answers Sinpul, prompting a puzzled royal reply about whether Sinpul is a theater cafe or a church, noting Americans call St Paul while the duke calls St John.
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Duke of Connaught
New York
London
Sinpul
St. Paul
St. John
Snjin
Eccentric English poet and vicar Hawker's odd life
Robert Steven Uawker a Norwenstow vicar and poet led a colorful if peculiar career. He daubed a village physician with zebra like stripes to summon him to distant emergencies and allegedly expelled disliked widows by coordinating undertakers coffins. He married at Oxford after an urgent proposal to Miss Charlotte l Ans godmother who provided him an annuity. His marriage proved happy and after his wife’s death he wore a pink brimless hat at her funeral a habit not meant as disrespect.
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Robert Steven Uawker
Norwenstow
England
Plymouth
Oxford
Hawker
Charlotte l'Ans
Stratton
Bude
Care of the Cat by Louis Wain on correction and feeding
A London Answers piece summarizes feline training and feeding by Louis Wain. It warns against striking a cat and suggests scaring misdeeds with a stick sound. It notes cats’ sensitivity and that raw chopped meat fed once daily is best.
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Louis Wain
London
Dr Puleston’s fidelity method cures ruptures with no pain
The article reports that Dr. Puleston uses a fidelity method to treat ruptures, promising painless procedures and no loss of work time. It notes the claim of effectiveness and reassures patients about uninterrupted employment during treatment.
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Puleston
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve promised for skin woes
Look with horror on eruptions blotches sores or pimples They dont have them nor will any one who uses Bucklens Arnica Salve It glorifies the face Exczema or salt rheum vanish before it It cures sore lips chapped hands chilblains heals burns cuts and bruises Unequaled for piles Only 25 cents at Q H Soetjes
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Q. H. Soetje’s
Electric Bitters Praised by Rader for Dual Cure
Lewisburg West Virginia resident C B Rader credits Electric Bitters with curing ten years of stomach trouble and rheumatism. The tonic is touted for dyspepsia indigestion jaundice and kidney poisons. Each bottle 50 cents at QO H Soetie's.
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C. B. Rader
Lewisburg
W. Va
For Sale Shetland Ponies in Castle Grove Township
For sale Shetland ponies with contact at the writer's home in Castle Grove township or to write to Monticello R R No 1 4912 J A Deischer. Windmills agency for Perkins Eclipse and Star wind mills. Repairs on mills and pumps Pumps and pipes for sale All work guaranteed Leroy Clark. Express printing office uses quality paper for good job with no cheap stock.
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Castle Grove Township
Monticello
R. R
J. A. Deischer
Perkins, Eclipse and Star Windmills
Leroy Clark
Express Printing Office
John
Nursing Education Ad at St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids
Young women are invited to study nursing at St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids Iowa. The hospital offers an excellent course of study and invites applicants to write to the Superintendent for application blanks.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Washington Herald Quip On Finance In Marriage
A Washington Herald joke notes a husband asking his wife for an allowance and retorts that she spent it before he could borrow it back, highlighting domestic finance humor.
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Washington Herald
Do you remember old Judge Plunks question in Puck
A brief quip from Puck recalls a line about Judge Plunks. The exchange features a jokey memory test with a punchy, humorous tone characteristic of the era's humor column.
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Judge Plunks
Phrase about judging fairly in dialogue
A Portuguese line urges to be a good judge by listening to everyone. It emphasizes hearing all sides before deciding.
Dr Fred Puleston Opens Medical Office At Eilers & Bolton
Office over Eilers & Bolton's store offers 24 hour call service for professional dental and medical care. Specializes in diseases of the eye ear nose and throat with attention to rupture treatment by a method called Hdelity.
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Eilers & Bolton
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Charles Rice
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Central Lumber & Coal Company
G. P. Rockstad
Kar
EE. L. Himebaugh
Scotch Grove
Jones County
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John Wennuekamplate
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J. W. Coxsee
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J.W. Coxsee
Harriet Mitchell
Wyoming
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Onslow
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WW. M. Corbit
H.M. Remaey
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Remley
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Main Street
Botel
Puck
O. Tf. Sovtje
Fred Puleston
Chamberlain
H. C. Waite Music Co
NEW Spring Goods
H. C. Bohlken
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
J. W. Doxsee
Ay Law
Gener
Probate Court
Lovell Klock
O. H. Soetje
Herrick, Cash & Rhinehart
Monticello State Bank
Citizens’ State Bank
Campbell and Armour
Campbell’s
C. A. Errickson & Co
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Price
Mr. Crewe
Winston Churchill
Ralph Connor
Belinda
Eleanor H. Brainerd
Mrs. Halton
E. F. Benson
Louis Tracy
No Man’s Land
Louis J. Vance
E.L. Voyatch
E. Temple Thurston Plupy
Henry A. Smute
Alice MacGowan
David Graham Phillips
Tharley Ruxton
Philip Verrill Mighels
Www
W. Stickford
E. FE
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