Hunting Accidents Claim Ten Dead in Two Months
A Muscatine paper lists ten hunting deaths and thirteen injuries from two months of sport. Victims include Arthur Wilshite and Clare Parker. Other casualties range from drownings to gunshot wounds, with details of each incident and aftermaths.
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Iowa
Arthur Wilshite
Muscatine
Herman Underberg
Humboldt
Clare Parker
Ottumwa
Frank Perkins
Mt. Zion
Stephen Way
Norwalk
Edward Oleson
Fort Dodge
Ernest Reed
Ruthven
Eddie Meeks
Madrid
James Shannon
Nashua
Veter Soer
Victor
Neil Bump
Iowa Falls
Asa Noe
Eddyville
J. Fothergill
Frank Cejka
Cedar Rapids
Herman F. Garrity
Lansing
Fred Landphier
Peoria
Herbert Jackson
Burlington
Clarence Smith
Atlantic
John Gilmore
Deep River
Bloomington Church Resolutions Mourn Loss of Suel F. Negus
The Bloomington C. E. meeting on Sunday evening passes resolutions expressing sorrow over the death of Suel F. Negus on December 16 1902 noting his faithfulness and loyalty as a valued member.
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Bloomington
C. E
Suel F. Negus
Former Durant Native Jacob Pingrey Dies in Nebraska at 84
Jacob Hudson Pingrey, formerly of Durant Iowa, died December 18 in Wayne County Nebraska after a ten day illness. Born April 19, 1819 in Mount Holly Vermont, he married Mary L. Parker in 1844 and moved to Durant in 1852. He later prospered in land and banking, totaling an estimated fortune of 400000. He and his wife lived in Wayne since 1899. funeral was held Saturday with remarks by Mrs. I R Andrews.
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Wayne Republican
Wayne
Nebraska
Durant
Iowa
Mountholly
Vermont
Mary L. Parker
Pingrey
Wilson Hudson
Coon Rapids
Roxie
E. T. Rennicx
Towa
Wayne County
Prescott
Rennick
W. H. Pingrey
E. T. Rennick
Prescotts
Shinn Heads to Chicago for Oliver Typewriter Banquet
F H Shinn left Saturday night on the 9 52 train to Chicago for the Oliver Typewriter company annual banquet in a large downtown hotel Tuesday evening. Alvah Fuestel, once local, now Grandview agent and telegraph operator for the M N S, visited Saturday and then rode the 9 53 train to Fairport to spend Sunday with his parents.
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Harry C. Ryan
Davenport
City
F. H. Shinn
Chicago
Oliver Typewriter Company
Alvah Fuestel
Grandview
Fairport
John Fuestel
Rock Island Holiday Excursion Rates Within 200 Miles
Rock Island System excursion tickets to points within 200 miles on the C R J P Ry sold Dec 24 25 and 31 1902 and Jan 1 1903 with return by Jan 2 1903. C M Gould agent.
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Rock Island
Local editors debate grocery prices in Pulaska
The Pulaska editor questions why residents should buy in Chicago stores when cheaper options exist locally. The Keokuk Gate City says the reason is simple. Chicago merchants advertise while Pulaska merchants do not. The Pulaska editor personally inquired at a local store to learn the sugar price for $1.
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Pulaska
Chicago
Keokuk Gate City
West Liberty visitors dine with East Second street family
Wm. Stevens and his son Roy of West Liberty visited J. A. Heath and family on East Second street for dinner Saturday, sharing time and hospitality in a small-town exchange.
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Leonard M. Nevens
East Fifth Street
East
George Miller
East Eighth Street
Thomas Butler
West Branch
Tom Reatler
George A. Miller
East Sth
Wm. Stevens
Roy
West Liberty
J. A. Heath
East Second Street
Noah the first man to advertise flood tale
The piece cites Noah as the first advertiser who advertised the flood and was proven right while those who laughed were drowned. It notes advertisers have prospered since Noah’s time and others are swept up in disaster.
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Nebraska
Noah
Uncle Eben Compares Folks to Mules in Colorful Talk
The speaker quips that some folks resemble mules who burn energy by standing and kicking, a humorous analogy from Uncle Eben reflecting on human energy and habits.
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Uncle Eben
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