A Runaway Match Delights Theatre Crowd
The season’s verdict hails A Runaway Match as the funniest cleverest farce in years. ANYCompany from New York delivers a bright, sparkling performance with new vaudeville bits and quick humor. Also notes a Buffalo coal operator praising Foley’s Kidney Cure, claiming it cured kidney pain after years of trouble.
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Dr. Fenner
Henry C. Clayton
N. Broadway
St. Louis
M. M. Fenner
M. D
Fredonia
N. Y
New York City
A. H. Thurnes
Buffalo, C
Foley
Havercamp’s
Sterling Remedy CO
Chicago
New York
Uninhabitable Pottawattamie Jail Declared by Officials
County officials declare the Pottawattamie jail uninhabitable with dangerous living quarters and unsafe cells. Des Moines Savings Bank plans to raise capital to 500000 dollars, becoming the state's largest savings and commercial bank.
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Pottawattamie County
Des Moines Savings Bank
Savings and Commercial Bank
Neighborhood correspondence from Fairport Ridge column
Acquaintances speak to each other and relatives learn about kin in the Journal's weekly correspondence. Residents list calls to Durant Muscatine and New Era social events, school work updates, and local outings. The piece notes wood hauling before cold weather and rising church activity plus a successful Thanksgiving oyster supper at the Baptist church.
Thanksgiving social and visits across Adams county
Thomas Gladstone of Muscatine dined with William Brown and family for Thanksgiving. Families from the area hosted and visited, with many residents traveling to Muscatine, Davenport, Nichols, West Liberty, and Columbus Junction. Several members attended a Nichols church fair while others visited relatives and some portions noted illness in the Brown family.
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West Liberty
Isa Shannon
Davenport
C. C. Adams
G. Hallock
Nichols
Clark McKibben
Columbus Junction
K. Myers
C. Chapman
Foster residents attend fat stock show in Chicago
J. H. Foster John Zollner Jr and Wilson Downey traveled to Chicago Tuesday for the fat stock show. Miss Beulah Miller returned from Taylor Ridge last week visiting the Reynolds home. Bryars Watson came home from North Prairie Iowa after visiting cousins Fred and Wm Kaufman. C F Nevins of Muscatine spoke to Y M C A youths at the Baptist church last Sunday. Pearl Watson began the winter term at Drury's Landing after vacation. Ella Keller of Pine Bluff returned from Davenport where she was confined at St.
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Muscathe
Business College
The
Baptist Church
Foster
Ill
J. H. Foster
John Zollner, Jr
Wilson Downey
Chicago
Milton Shan non to hold meetings near Cole schoolhouse
Illinois City reports Milton Shan non, the divine healer, closed his meetings Sunday evening and will start a series of gatherings at the Cole school house about northeast of town. Local residents Anna Neely, B W Martin, Vernon Tyler and others are noted in social and business activity. mail service and local trades are also mentioned.
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Linois City
Illinois City
Milton Shannon
Cole School
Here
Anna Neely
Rock Island
B. W. Martin
Harry Titterington
Vernon Tyler
Oklahoma
Chase
Ege
Wm. Tyler
Guy
Muscatine
Capt. Brisbine
Carbon Cliff
Charlie Sedam
Iowa
Wm. Troxell
Mercer County
Warren Robbins
Len Martin
Grove Road
Chas. Sedam
Stephen Brayton
Ed. Huber
Morgridge
Beveridge
Beadle
Chas. Danner
Local Families Mark Thanksgiving in Shiloh Area
Miss Estella Chamberlain of Hazel Dell visited her parents Mr and Mrs Chas Chamberlain of North Prairie. James McKellip of Iowa City spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Hugh McKellip. The Greiners and families along with Henry Freyermuth and family shared Thanksgiving with Elizabeth Greiner. Henry Pilgram and others left Monday for Alabama for the winter. John Klein and family had Thanksgiving with George Plitt of Wilton.
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Shiloh
Estella Chamberlain
Hazel Dell
Chas. Chamberlain
North Prairie
James McKellip
Iowa City
Hugh McKellip
B. F. Greiner
Henry Freyermuth
Elizabeth Greiner
Henry Pilgram
Mr. Thompson
Fred Fredon
Alabama
John Klein
George Plitt
Wilton
East Buffalo Social Notes Include Party and Illness
East Buffalo reports Mrs. Lucy Bull and daughters shopping in Reynolds on Monday. Carroll Marston is ill with pneumonia. On Saturday a surprise celebration marked the seventh marriage anniversary of Mr and Mrs Albert Tettler.
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East Buffalo
Lucy Bull
Reynolds
Carroll Marston
Albert Tettler
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets promoted as cure
A promotional text lauds Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a sure natural cure for indigestion. It claims the product aids digestion, rests the stomach, and restores health, citing a Buffalo physician who endorses its effectiveness. Price listed as 50 cents per box.
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Stuart
Buffalo
Evening Festivities for Tettlers with Local Music
Sixty nine attendees enjoyed a pleasant evening with dancing. George Beeding and Edward Fox provided music while Mr. and Mrs. Tettler received a set of dishes. A. W. Murdock moved a building for E. E. Fox on Monday. farmers finish husking corn nearby. Albert Lamb’s young son ill with dropsy. Miss Katie Schubert visits her parents this week.
Keota Mourns J E Eaton Former Mayor at Funeral
A large crowd attended the funeral of Keota’s mayor J E Eaton at the Presbyterian church. He died at Lakeview Hospital Chicago early Monday with family present. Interment was in Keota cemetery. Local officials and organizations joined a full church procession. Grace Lyle and other relatives attended from Chicago Cedar Falls and Adair.
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Keota
J. E. Eaton
Presbyterian Church
Lakeview Hospital
Chicago
Masons
Eaton
Grace Lyle
Jake Lyle
Cedar Falls
Wm. Lyle
Adair
Jno. Lyle
Jno
Lyle
Geo. Hagist
Jno. Dougherty
Jas. Hennon
West Chester
Sherman Dougherty
Davenport
Fred Mayland
Sigourney
Don Howard
Kite
Oskaloosa
Ed. Eaton
Grace Eaton
Terre Haute
Ind
N. Hamill
Temperance sermon and church notices in West Chester
In West Chester on December 4 an afternoon temperance sermon was held at the Baptist church. Rev Thompson of Kalona will assist in the protracted meeting at the Baptist church. W E Auten began teaching in Marek district near Richmond in November. The M E people expect to hold services at their church on December 6. Rev Father D J O'Brien of Ida Grove died recently in Los Angeles and funeral was in Sioux City.
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West Chester
D. J. O’brien
Ida Grove
Los Angeles
Sioux City
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Romoe
Havercamp
Albert Brazel
OhAo
Globe Restaurant
Iowa Avenue
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Fairport Ridge
John Kemper
Durant
Herman Budzene
Tom Ager
Montpelier
Dan Gatton
Fairport
Koenig
John Kemper, Jr
Elmer
New Era
P. Hunn
Grace
Helen
John Brase
Ledia
Fred
Dan Grimm
Clara
N. Dusenberry
Ira
Leslie
Oran Dusenberry
A. Brossart
Wapello
Ila
H. McCurley
McCurley
Mt. Pleasant
State Board of Control
Ladies Aid Society
Sweeney
Sweeney Building Next Door To the Post Office
J. W. Elrick
Ida Sommerville
Bert Turner
North Wapello
Burlington
Amor Kelly
Columbus City
M. A. Kelly
M. E
Smoktr
Citizens’ Ry. & Light Co
Walter
J. BE. Walsh
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Chicago Medical Institute
Selz
Chas, C. Braunworth
Blanchard Packing Co
West Second Street
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