Adams Neighborhood News Highlights Local Social Life
Local notes recap Miss Minnie Lewis’s surprise 14th birthday party with music by Fred Humphyble and Will Lewis, a midnight lap supper, and a well attended spelling and cyphering night led by Grace and Carry Meyers. Other items mention visits, illnesses, and community work around Adams and nearby Muscatine and Cedar Ville.
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Minnie Lewis
Minnie
Fred Humphyble
Will Lewis
Adams School
Grace
Carry Meyers
Black Board
Bill Meyers
Savesterpool
John Lewis
Roy Cochran
Muscatine
Josh Mills
Rural free delivery grows. residents urged to help
The Rural Free Delivery reports show the system expanding beyond experiments and becoming permanent. Residents are urged to upgrade mail boxes and improve roads to extend daily delivery, with landowners gaining property value benefits. The column notes deaths, visits, omissions, and local movements as community life continues.
Local Notes From Lettsville And Surrounding Towns
Prof Reimer is convalescing D H Westbrook sold two cars of cattle early this week In these locals last week No 2 appeared instead of M E M H Shearer of Columbus City visited Wednesday A private musical at Dr Armentrouts on Jan 24th D Shellabarger spent time in Wapello returning Tuesday Quarterly conference at U B church next Saturday Warner Meeker of Seventy Six township visited Wednesday Hugh Brown has lumber for a feed mill at Linn street and Iowa Avenue Home talent play Aunt Hannans Quilting Party set for Jan 20 M E church buys Estey organ G Schmidt and Bro Muscatine sold Parts of Coder Sons room to public reading circle Annual Co Operative store officer election Saturday at 10 am Married Wednesday at Hugh Walkers residence Scott Shellabarger Union to Mrs Hand Walker
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U. B
Warner Meeker
Muscatine
Coder & Sons
Co-Operative
Hugh Walker
Scott Shellabarger
Union Two
Hand Walker
Local Notes Include Sick Mrs Dowling and Corn Hauling
Mrs Dowling is ill with pneumonia. James Hillyer hauls corn across the Cedar. Wm Schmidt and Earl Baker visited the county seat on Saturday. Harry Liece of Crawfordsville called on Mr and Mrs J S Fulmer. Dr F F Carl has his hall repainted and will be a fine room. George Norris and wife visited Thos Norris. Miles Doran shipped a carload of cattle home from the north and plans to buy more. Lilly Buck returned from West Liberty with Pearl Johns who will stay several days.
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Mr. Doran
Miss Lilly Buck
West Liberty
Pearl Johns
Outburst of abuse hits Balfour as war crisis deepens
London January 11 The Times and Globe criticize the government for weak war leadership as Balfour defends his stance. Talks in Manchester highlight Conservative anger over lack of battlefield energy. Lord Lansdowne Salisbury and others face blame if the war stalls. Roberts Kitchener arrival in Cape Town noted.
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London
South Africa
Manchester
Balfour
House of Commons
The
Times and
Globe
Mr. Balfour
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lord Salisbury
Dalfour
Gage Replies to Congress on National Bank Depositories
Secretary Gage releases a lengthy defence of treasury policy on national bank depositories. He argues depositories avoided economic disruption, explains why internal revenue receipts were placed with banks, and details selections of National City Bank and Hanover Bank, plus historic context and legal backing.
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Washington
Gage
Congress
Senate
Allen
Nebraska
House
Sulzer
New York
Treasury
Department
New York Clearing House
National City Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Sherman
National Bank
Fairchild
Internal Revenue
Union Pacific Railroad
Congressional
Hanover National
National City
Custom House
Supervising
United States Treasury
United States Depository
United States
Supreme Court
Hanover National Bank
West Liberty News Thirteenth District Briefs
Geo Randall, formerly of Springdale now in West Liberty, buys a share in theDitmar and Ayers implement business. Artesian well workmen bore 1515 feet toward the globe center and report a steady flow of soft water. F C Mead sells his book store to Fred and Roy Tharp, young but capable. Prof L T Hill joins his wife in West Branch as a carload of horses ships to Chicago.
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Geo. Randall
Springdale
West Liberty
Ditmar
Ayers
Globe
F. C. Mead
Messrs
Fred
Roy Tharp
Mr. Fisher
Chicago
L. T. Hill
West Branch
Army Post Secured in Des Moines with Land Donations
Three trunk lines have offered to donate six hundred acres to Des Moines for a United States army post. Ground acquisition was the main delay, now virtually settled. The project, backed by a local committee, awaits House and Senate committee approvals. Buildings cost about five hundred thousand dollars and the post would house a thousand soldiers plus families.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States Army
House Committee On
State Senate
Oratory a Gift Not Acquisition Says Politician
A politician argues that oratory is a gift not an acquisition after a long harangue. The chairman replies that blame is not deserved and the speaker did his best. In France, a petition asks diversifying baby nourishment to include pig’s milk with doctors split on the issue.
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Chamber of Deputies
Tragic triple tragedy shocks McPherson family
Mrs Joseph Christie of McPherson Kansas on Wednesday night slashed the throats of her two young children then tried to kill herself and set the house ablaze Both children died instantly and Mrs Christie died soon after Her husband Joe Christie was jailed Monday for drunkenness and could not pay his fine He is described as a laborer with irregular work The incident is blamed on their precarious circumstances
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McPherson
Kan
Joseph Christie
Christie
Joe Christie
Chicago Livery Propr proprietor files bankruptcy petition
Chicago banker Leroy Paine, a veteran livery stable proprietor, filed for bankruptcy with liabilities of 199000 dollars and no assets.
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Chicago
Leroy Paine
Death of a Banker in New York
Philip Bissing er, president of the German savings bank, died Wednesday in New York at age 72.
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New York
Philip Bissinger
German Savings Bank
Acquittal in Chattanooga Stage Murder Trial
Julia Morrison James, charged with murdering Frank Leidenheimer of the Mr Plaster of Paris company during a Chattanooga opera house performance on September 23, was found not guilty after one ballot. The verdict drew cheers from spectators both inside and outside the court. She plans a Chattanooga lecture tour titled The Other Side of the Stage warning young girls about dangers in show business.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Julia Morrison James
Frank Leidenheimer
Plaster of Paris” Company
Chattanooga Opera House
Democrats nominate Fred E. White for U S senator
Des Moines Iowa January 11 Democrats in a joint caucus nominated Fred E White of Webster for United States senator after a telegram from Cato Sells of Vinton asked for White to be named without opposition Sells then withdrew his name and White was named by acclamation
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Des Moines
United States
Fred E. White
Webster
Cato Sells
Vinton
Theophilus
Davenport
Sells
White
Mr. White
Blackburn Declared Elected Senator by Kentucky Legislature
In a joint session of Kentucky’s General Assembly the clerks read journals showing Blackburn won a majority on Tuesday’s ballot for senator. Speaker Trimble announced the journals’ comparison and proclaimed Blackburn elected.
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Frankfort
Trimble
Blackburn
Root's Positive Declination in Milwaukee
Henry C. Payne says Elihu Root has written that he is not and will not be a candidate for the vice presidency. The Wisconsin Republican committeeman reports the secretary of war declined the post in a letter dated January 11.
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London
Gibraltar
The
Daily Telegraph
Great Britain
South Africa
Root
Milwaukee
Henry C. Payne
National Republican
Wisconsin
Fion
Elihu Root
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