Brisbane social round honors Aubrey Dean back from Philippines
A Thursday night at 845 Cedar street hosted by C A Robertson and Miss Silva honored Aubrey Dean recently returned from service in the Philippines. Dean recounted army life and braved a hut raid to capture a native chief while others enjoyed refreshments and lively entertainment. Miss Emma Warner then hosted a six oclock dinner for cousin Esther Longstreth of Knoxville Iowa with a group of young ladies sharing a jovial evening.
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Aubrey Dean
Philippines
Num
Sife
Hardtack
Aubrey
Emma
Warner
Esther Longstreth
Knoxville
Iowa
Mabel Warner
Eva Legotte
Ada Chenoweth
Florence Schwertfeger
Harriet
Mattie
Adelaide Heller
Lehigh Valley Line Travel Notes and Local Anecdotes
Regional travel details note Lehigh Valley routes via Buffalo to New York and Philadelphia with stopovers. Local items report Frank Jarrard injured by a fall, Henry Ficken enlisting in Dubuque, Edith and Irene McCray visiting Wayland, a West Third street streetcar accident, and a humorous Walton rotunda tale about a ship captain and a toe-eating dog with a post mortem recovery.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Philadelphia Lequirer
Notorious Bender Family Reemerges in Colorado History
Reports place the infamous Benders back in Colorado as officers seek to arrest them and return them to Kansas for trial. The family once ran a wayside inn ten miles west of Geleeburg, where travelers were murdered for gain. Eleven bodies were unearthed after locals drove them out. The 1873 murder of Dr. William York sparked the manhunt.
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Bender
Colorado
Kansas
Benders
Labett County
Kate
Geleeburg
Wm. York
Independence
York
Free booklet on hay fever cure sent by mail
A notice promotes a new inexpensive home treatment for hay fever and summer catarrh. The F A Stuart Co of Marshall Michigan offers a free mailed booklet describing the treatment and the disease, inviting skeptics to request it by sending name and address on a postal card.
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F A. Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
F. A. Stuart Co
Marshal. Mich
Injured Boy in Runaway Wagon On Fourth Street
Alden Schruers, 606 East Fourth street, son of Mr and Mrs G W Schruers, was seriously injured this morning when a team ran away while hauling sawdust for his father's feed mill. He was thrown from the wagon, his collar bone broken, and bruised on the back and limbs. Dr E H King treated him and said recovery should proceed without serious danger.
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Fourth Street
E. H. King
Tenement Collapse After Flood Kills 33 in Austria
A flood in Fiood, Learburg causes a tenement building to collapse. Authorities report thirty three people killed in the disaster and rescue operations continue at the site.
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Fiood
Learburg
Austria
Fioods
Twenty Killed in Coneg Russia Mine Explosion
An explosion in a Coneg Russia mine on July 25 killed twenty workers and caused local authorities to begin investigations into the disaster.
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Vienna
Coneg
Russia
Miss Othmer and Weggen Head to Chicago BYPU
Miss Katie Othmer plans to depart for Chicago within a day to attend the B Y P U session. Miss Mary Weggen traveled this morning to Chicago to join the B Y P U gathering there.
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Katie Othmer
Chicago
Mary Weggen
Haydn and the Ladies in London Society
The article recalls Haydn’s England visit and his famed allure for several women. It notes diaries and letters from Mrs Shaw and Mrs Schroeter, describes his reactions to Mrs Hodges and Mrs Billington, and even a witty remark about Mrs Billington’s portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. It portrays Haydn as a beloved London society figure.
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Haydn
England
Cornhill
Shaw
Hodges
Schroeter
Anna Maria
Mrs. Billington
Sir Joshua Reynolds
St. Cecilia
Billington
Reduced Rock Island fares to Colfax for Epworth League
Great Rock Island Route offers one fare round trip from Iowa points excluding Council Bluffs. Tickets on sale August 7 to 18 1901 with return by August 19. Assembly program promises health pleasure and intellectual enjoyment at low cost. Apply to Rock Island agent or John Sebastian G P A Chicago ID 723817.
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Assembly
Rock Island
John Sebastian
Chicago
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C. A. Robertson
Miss Silva
Cedar Street
Frank Jarrard
Conesville
Wayland
Henry Ficken
Dubuque
Co. C
Mies Edith and
Irene McCray
Moline
EB. H. Kime
Miss Miriam
West Third Street
Walton
Alden Schruers
G. W. Schruers
Sta
M. C. Hayes
Chas. A. Miller
Ccessor
Mull's Grape
Muscatine
C. Kneese
East Hill
People
Batterson Block
E. S. Batterson
Oak Street
J. C. Coster
East Second Street
John A. Robbins
Olds Block
M. Havercamp
Geneva
Islands
Jessie Brogan
J. W. Journal
George Frey
West 7Th Street
Geert House
J. K Scott
Misa Cummins
Remmington
P. O
Lucas Street
Woodlawn Avenue
F. 8Th Street
Keokuk Lake
Thos. Brown
Olds Building
Haydn and the Ladies
London
Journal
Colfax
Worth
Great Rock Island
Council Bluffs
Chicago Kindergarten College
J. N. Crouse
Elizabeth Harrison
van Bureg St
Chicago, Ill
Sth
Sth Street
Sycamore
Avenue
East 6Th Street
Dale Street
East 8Th Street
West 3Rd Street
Third Street
H. H. Arnold
West Second Street
Muscatine, Iowa
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