Local News From Sleepy Eye Area For Christmas Holidays
Local notes report visits and travel of residents over holidays. Dr and Mrs E B Fulham and son Edmund visited Ata lissa relatives. C L Dreier arrived from Kansas City to spend holidays at home. W Fuller and W H Graff returned from Iowa City on business. Charles Riemcke came from Iowa City to greet parents. Robey family traveled to Keswick for a family reunion. Frank Butler at Iowa State University in Iowa City spends holidays in Muscatine. Elizabeth Fotsch visiting from Rock Island. Ralph Cole leaves Muscatine for Perry, Iowa. Gold Medal Flour advertised as cheapest and best.
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Charles Riemcke
Iowa City
Mrs
G. A. Riemcke
Frank Butler
State University
J. M. Butler
Muscatine
Elizabeth Fotsch
Rock Island
Woodlawn Avenue
Ralph Cole
The
Muscatine Business College
Perry
Fast Hill
Elsie Hubacher
East Second Street
Chicago
Elizabeth Wilhelm
Dale Street
Moscow
Glen Ashton
Brook Street
J. M. Blaine
Cedar Rapids
Western Realty Company
Fair Oaks Addition
Wallace
M. Orr
Park Place
Columbus Junction
Co. F. Dubois
Davenport
Jesse Scott
Pomeroy
Smalley Avenue
Eldon
Deaf Mutes Win Access to Civil Service Exams
Roosevelt revokes the rule barring deaf from civil service exams permitting deaf mutes to compete for government positions. Edu cators led by E W Walker and Edward Miner Gallau det backed the effort with support from James A Garfield secretary of the interior.
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Chicago
Ill
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Supt
E. W. Walker
Wisconsin School For the Deaf
Edward Miner Gallaudet
Gallaudet College
James A. Garfield
Interior
Community Notes From Eliza Area
Arthur MacDonald and family visited Muscatine last Saturday. Charles Freise and family spent Sunday with Mary Reed. Ladies Aid luncheon at Albert Shoppa's sale raised about 18 dollars. Mrs. John Bishop stayed with brother Frank Reed. Hiram Kerch visiting Sherman Kerch. Henry Noble of Joy toured the area on business. Omer Hampton, student in Muscatine, visited uncle Anderson Reynolds. Millard Miller junior's son Clayton Miller shows signs of improvement after illness.
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Eliza
Arthur MacDonald
Muscatine
Chas. Freise
Mary Reed
Ladies’ Aid Society
Albert Shoppa
John Bishop
Frank Reed
Hiram Kerch
Sherman
Henry Noble
Joy
Omer Hampton
Anderson Reynolds
Clayton Miller
Millard Miller
Christmas Program Wins Rocker for Superintendent Stamler
Christmas at Geneva Sunday School on East River Road featured a well received program. Superintendent William Stamler was presented a rocker by pupils led by Fred Garrison, with teachers honored by their classes and treated in return.
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Geneva
East River Road
William Stamler
Fred Garrison
Y M C A Juniors and Midgets Play Today in Nearby Towns
Basketball will be a feature of the day as Y M C A Juniors head to Wilton to face the high school five and Company C Midgets travel to Columbus Junction to meet the Independents. Lone Tree clash caps the program with Mystic five versus Nichols Athletes and Athletics against Lone Tree Independents.
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Wilton
Company C
Columbus Junction
Association
Lone Tree
Mystic Five
Nichols
Lone Tree Independents
Wilson's contest closes with Kendig winning prize
The Wilson's Shoe Store rebus contest attracted 390 valid entries with two late submissions. Florence Kendig of 1112 Park Ave won first prize, earning a pair of top shoes from the Julian and Kokenge company of Cincinnati Ohio.
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Wilson's
Journal
Julian and Kokenge Company
Cincinnati
T. C. Clark
C. H. Sterneman
R. K. Smith
Florence Kendig
Miss Kendig
Julian & Kokenge Company
Ohio
Park Ave
Wilson
Big
Kendig
Inlian & Kokenge Co
Wilson’s Shoe
Mesher Family Resting Comfortably After Typhoid Illness
The Mesher family, all ill, remains at Hershey hospital with typhoid fever. Doctors report the three children are progressing satisfactorily under Dr. Cal W. Smith and the mother’s condition is also satisfactory.
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Mesher
Hershey Hospital
Cal. W. Smith
Educators Favor Committee Report on School Laws
Iowa City December 25 The State Teachers association backs the governor's reforming committee's recodification of school laws. Prof F C Ensign predicts broad endorsement of the bill. Prof F E Bolton chairs the recodification panel. The meeting may favor a legislative push and a date shift to October. Miss Addie M Abbott of Cedar Rapids becomes the first woman to preside over the association.
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Iowa City
F. C. Ensign
State Teachers’ Association
F. E. Bolton
State University
Ensign
Unen
Addie M. Abbott
Cedar Rapids
Pittsburg Council Corruption Arrests Rumored
In Pittsburg Dee 25 rumors spread of many more arrests Saturday tied to the council graft scandal with sensational aspects still unfolding.
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Pittsburg
Dee
Council of
Dr Hale's Household Ointment Promises Quick Relief
The advertisement claims Dr Hale's Household Ointment cures any form of skin disease or scalp trouble and soothes itching after the first application. It cites prompt relief from exasperating skin troubles and lists price as 25 cents, with orders from Kenyon & Thomas in Adams New York.
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Hale
Kenyon & Thomas
Adams
N. Y
Sugar beet as political force cited in revived revision debate
The piece extols the sugar beet as a key legislative power shaping policy from Cuba annexation to tax and tariff debates. It credits the beet with influencing the Teller resolution, Philippine reciprocity, Cuban reciprocity, and U S reclamation policy while shaping trusts and industry, praising its influence and eloquence. It also notes a separate case where a woman faced minor charges amid extradi tion proceedings, with $150 000 in alleged civil rights losses.
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Cuba
Democratic Party
Pioneer Kansas newspaper man Charles Spaulding dies at 79
Charles West Spaulding died in Kansas City Kansas aged 79. A pioneer in journalism he reportedly received a presidential message by telegraph and worked as an operator in Chicago. He played first violin at McVicker's Theater and was organist at St Mary’s Cathedral. He belonged to the Ben Cotton minstrel troupe and served as a Civil War era Chicago Times correspondent.
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Kansas City
Kan
Charles West Spaulding
Kansas
Chicago
McVicker’s Theater
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Chicago Times
Dorchester Barn Suicide Casts Grim Christmas Shadow
A note found in the pocket of an unidentified man, about 40, read Merry Christmas to the world and then goodbye before his body was found yesterday hanging from a rafter in a Dorchester barn. The incident occurred in Boston on December 25.
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Boston
Mass
Dorchester
Olga Stein Sentenced in Russia for Forgery Embezzlement
Olga Stein, who was extradited from New York after arrest last March, was sentenced in St. Petersburg to sixteen months in prison for charges of forgery and embezzlement. The case involves losses reported as over 8150,000.
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Olga Stein
St. Petersburg
New York
Russia
Zemō Claims Quick Cure for Skin Diseases
An old advertisement touts ZEMO as a clean external liquid that draws germs and toxins to the surface and destroys them. It promises instant relief and permanent cures for skin or scalp diseases and notes availability through E. W. Rose Medicine Co. in St. Louis and A. W. Morgan at 107 West Second Street.
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Zemo
E. W. Rose Medicine Co
St. Louis
A. W. Morgan
2Nd St
Tabitha and Samantha Praise Gold Medal Raised Biscuits
Tabitha notes Gold Medal Flour raised biscuits are excellent. Samantha agrees on quality and texture of the baked goods.
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Tabitha
Samantha
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Dorothy Garrison
Ethel Fisher
Laura May Garrison
the People's
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Geo. Bitman
Ruthenberg Clothing Co
East Second St
Cable’s New Jewelry Store
Wagner Bros. Wide-A-Wake Book Store
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S Pepper
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West Second Street
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EL. P. Ingham
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H. Lb. Horst
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Geo. Wright
Gertie DE S. Wentworth-James
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England
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